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ISSUE # 4 , 2013 VOLUME 87, NUMBER 4 SERVING THE QUEEN’S COMMUNITY SINCE 1927

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT 2 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK 22 MEXICAN LOVE AFFAIR 3 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Family and friends wondered aloud about her decision to settle in Mexico, 8 FROM THE DESK OF but this young grad is happy that she THE PRINCIPAL did so. It’s a move for which her 10 QUID NOVI? Queen’s education prepared her well. News from campus, including By Caroline LeBlanc, In Memoriam , a new Chancellor Artsci’03 is announced, and much more.

COVER STORY 17 HOMECOMING’13 UPDATE 24 A NEW CAMPUS HUB 19 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT OF INNOVATION While Canada is a world leader in many regards, the country has

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’ve been at Queen’s for 27 years, long Queen’s helps launch into the world the EDITOR Ienough that former classmates and old young alumni who will be tomorrow’s Ken Cuthbertson, Artsci’74, Law’83 friends now ask, “When are you planning problem solvers and “doers.” These bright EDITOR EMERITA to retire?” The question that’s really being minds will become the dynamic entrepre - Catherine Perkins, Arts’58 posed is – nudge, wink – “How much neurs who’ll drive the economic prosper - KEEPING IN TOUCH (KIT) EDITOR longer will you want to go to work each ity of Canada and the world. Andrea Gunn, MPA ’07 day?” (We live in cynical times.) ART DIRECTOR My stock response is to laugh and Larry Harris, University Marketing point out that I still have a few more years before I can “officially” hang up my edi - ASSOCIATE DESIGNER (KIT) Wilma van Wyngaarden tor’s visor. I then hasten to add that I’ve also got one more daughter to see ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Peter Gillespie, Artsci’01 through university. Those are my “talking Phone: 613.533.6000 ext. 75464 points,” as the folks in suits call ’em. Email: [email protected] What I leave unsaid, unless pressed for THE QUEEN’S ALUMNI REVIEW details, is that I still love my job. And why (circ. 123,000), published quarterly by n o not? I get paid to do meaningful, chal - S University Communications, is a member t r E of the Council for the Advancement and lenging work that I enjoy. What makes B h t

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n to alumni, $25 cdn /year for others. Opinions E ing and working with so many bright, K expressed in the Review are not necessarily dedicated, intelligent, and creative people THANKS TO ... John Boyko, Ed’)&, those of Queen’s University or of the QUAA . – students, faculty, co-workers, and fellow author of the critically acclaimed book ISSN # 0843-8048 grads. Blood and Courage: How Canada Fought “I nitiative” is the operative word at the American Civil War and Forged a QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY Queen’s these days. It inspired the Univer - Nation (Knopf Canada), for being in CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Michael Fraser sity’s $500-million fundraising campaign, the spotlight at October’s launch of the which began last fall and is ticking along Review’s 2013-14 “Write Thinking” series. 2011-2013 QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT nicely with about $369 million raised – Sponsored by the Queen’s University Jess Joss, Artsci’96 thank you, very much (bit.ly/Cdl MNXM ). MasterCard program and local sponsors As we assembled stories for this issue of Le Chien Noir Bistro and Delta Water - THE MISSION OF THE QUAA “To reach out and foster a lifelong association the Review , “initiative” also emerged as front Hotel, the series brings outstanding with Queen’s, to engage our members in the our editorial theme. We didn’t plan it that alumni authors to campus and introduces life and work of the University, and to serve way; it’s just how things worked out. them and their works to students, faculty, the alumni community in all its diversity.”

Queen’s is a vibrant, diverse commu - and local alumni. In the photo above, CANADA POST PUBLICATIONS nity whose members study, ask bold ques - Boyko is shown signing a copy of his MAIL PERMIT #41089017 tions, dare to dream big, and more often book for Barbara Yates, Ed’96. Postage paid at Kingston, ON than not, get things done. In this milieu, Humourist Iain Reid, Artsci’&', was Return undeliverable Canadian and other addresses to the Review offices. “initiative” isn’t just a word in a diction - the featured author at our Nov. 20 event. Queen’s University ary; it’s a guiding principle, a kind of un - Iain read from his book The Truth About 99 University Avenue spoken mantra. Sound like Advancement- Luck: What I Learned On My Road Trip Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 speak? Perhaps, but it’s true. With Grandma (House of Anansi) and Phone: 613.533.2060 If you don’t believe it, you can decide then discussed his writing with series em - or 1.800.267.7837 for yourself when you read our cover story cee Carolyn Smart, the creative writing (toll-free in Canada and U.S. ) Fax: 613.533.6828 for this issue (p. 24). It describes the details instructor in the English Department. of the planning that’s underway for the TO UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS [email protected] splendid new building that will be the hub BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ... Prof. of creative entrepreneurship on campus. Emeritus (Political Studies) John Meisel, Queen’s Innovation Commons, is a ,,+ ’*( , who celebrated his 90th birthday $45-million project, yet in my mind it on October 23. John, though retired, still would be a deal even at double the cost. relishes being consulted on the topics of I’m in awe of the kind of creative thinking the day when he walks on campus or in that will take place in this new facility as the downtown. – K.C .

2 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

R eview in all the many years I’ve been I always look forward to receiving the receiving it and reading it. Review ; simply reading about Queen’s and The article on the Lees, the now- various activities there makes me feel that deceased Chinese couple who operated a I’m back on campus. laundry business near the University for david E. grant, artS’64 almost half a century, was also very stimu - ottawa, on lating. When one realizes just how many sacrifices that couple had to make every NOT THIS READER’S TYPE? day essentially to raise 16 children and he explosion of content in the Review have all of them go to Queen’s is mind Tis leading the magazine down a slip - boggling. Some immigrants to this coun - pery slope. try put me – basically a person who is 100 My enjoyment of reading the Review is per cent career-oriented – to shame. Of not what it used to be. Both the font and course, Canada has always been a country AN ENJOYABLE ISSUE font sizes are making it quite difficult to built largely by immigrants, and those of iSSuE #3-2013 do a casual read. Specifically, reading the us who were fortunate enough to have R eview in bed is a chore. It’s only possible he summer 2013 issue of the Review is been born here should always treat the to read it sitting up and with very good Tthe best I’ve read in all of my many bulk of these newcomers with tremen - illumination. This led me to question my years as an alumnus. dous respect. eyesight, but I have been reassured by my The article on the Queen’s University The article on the newest governor of eye doctor that nothing is wrong with Biological Station ( QUBS ) was really fan - the Bank of Canada was also very well my eyes. tastic. Queen’s has had a major presence researched and written. Stephen Poloz, It appears that your quest to “up” the on the shores of beautiful Lake Opinicon Artsci’78, is another fine example of a content is leading to the use of at least since 1945. This is the first article of note person from the hard-working immigrant three different font sizes (from normal, to about QUBS that I can recall in the stock who make this country so great. small, to minuscule). Adding to that, the

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www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 3 use of background colours is not well ers, but often we still don’t know how to say ciently persuasive, Carney might have been matched with a font that’s bold enough them because there’s something missing: not the first, but rather the second, Cana - for readers to make out the words. the emphasis. Any word or name in Eng - dian Governor of the Bank of England. Please consider eliminating the small - lish with more than one syllable has an em - gordon BalE, law’62 est fonts and increasing the boldness of the phasis on one of them. So is the name of proFESSor EMErituS (law) KingSton, on fonts [used against] coloured backgrounds. the new Governor of the Bank of Canada chriStophEr MorriS, Sc’69 pronounced “ POLE -oz” or “pole- oz´”? To read more about the life of Sir ottawa, on linda KEllar artS’62 Edward Peacock, please visit the watErloo, on By coincidence, the Review staff has begun Department of Economics homepage at preliminary work on redesigning the maga - Stephen Poloz’s surname is pronounced www.econ. queensu.ca/support/life/peacock. zine. The current look is now more than a “pole- oz´.” – Ed. decade old, and while aspects of it have been MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT tweaked, the time has come to wipe the slate QUEEN’S AND THE ON-LINE LEARNING clean and develop a cleaner, more reader- CENTRAL BANKS Re “Missing something?” – Letters friendly and contemporary look. Two iSSuE #3-2013, p. 3 anadians have applauded the appoint - elements of the Review ’s design that we’ll ment of Mark Carney as the first for - s online faculty at the University of be looking at closely are fonts (typefaces) C eign-born Governor of the Bank of Eng - ABritish Columbia, I was dismayed to and the size of the type being used in vari - land. It was appropriate that he assumed read James F. McDonald’s argument that ous sections of the Review . If you have sug - the position on Canada Day. online learning “will never replace full - gestions in this regard or about anything The Queen’s community also takes time learning” and “will always be second- else that you’d like to see – or not see – in a pride in the fact that Carney’s successor at rate.” These are common misconceptions new-look Review , please share them with us the Bank of Canada is Stephen Poloz, typically held by naysayers with no first- at review @queensu.ca. We welcome your Artsci’78. As Hugh Winsor’s article points hand experience teaching or learning in a suggestions. – Ed. out, of the nine governors of the Bank of virtual classroom. Canada, three have been Queen’s gradu - As a former on-campus instructor, I MENTOR MISIDENTIFIED ates: Gerald Bouey, BA ’48, LLD ’81, and shared McDonald’s bias when initially Re “Still at the head of the David Dodge, Arts’65, LLD ’02, in addi - hired in 2006 to develop and teach online Economics class” tion to the incumbent. courses for UBC ’s then-new (now well iSSuE #3-2013, p. 36 With no intent to diminish Carney’s respected) Optional-Residency MFA enjoyed reading the Review article accomplishment, it is worthy of mention Program in Creative Writing – the virtual Iabout the new Bank of Canada Gover - that (Sir) Edward Robert Peacock (1871- equivalent, I might add, of the two-year, nor, Stephen “Steve” Poloz. Those of us 1962), who earned his MA at Queen’s in full-time graduate program I completed who were in the Economics Department 1894, became the first Canadian to be a on campus at UBC a decade earlier in the late ‘70s remember him as a director of the Bank of England, serving (MFA ’94). Suffice to say, my seven years student, and many of us have interacted 1921-24 and 1929-46. He became a friend as an online educator have drastically with him in more recent years. of Montagu Norman, Governor of the altered my perspective. Unfortunately, the article contains a Bank of England from 1920 to 1944. I’ve noticed, for example, that online glaring error. It refers to the supervisor When Norman was nearing retire - learning pushes all students to actively en - of Dr. Poloz’s honours thesis as “Robert ment, Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the gage in class discussion. In a traditional, Fisher,” a “young British econometrician.” Exchequer, on the recommendation of on-campus seminar, it is possible to show His supervisor was actually Dr. Gordon the eminent economist John Maynard up and say little and let other students Fisher, who came to Queen’s in 1975 as a Keynes, suggested that Graham Towers, carry the conversation. In an online set - full professor and would have been in his Governor of the Bank of Canada, should ting, an individual student’s silence can be late forties when Steve was a student. As succeed Norman. deafening. If you don’t contribute to the the article states, Gordon is now at Peacock was charged with the task of class through written posts, you’re as good Concordia University in Montreal. persuading Towers to let his name stand as absent. Students also tend to put more proF. JaMES g. MacKinnon for a five-year term as Governor. Peacock thought and care into composing written Sir Edward pEacocK proFESSor failed, and so did Chancellor of the Ex - responses than they do when speaking off oF EconoMEtricS the cuff. As a result, online discussions of - EconoMicS dEpartMEnt, QuEEn’S chequer Kingsley Wood when he tried to influence the selection committee, al - ten have more depth and breadth when compared to the level of analysis in the HOW DO YOU SAY IT? though its members did “acknowledge ad - miration for Towers, his character and his equivalent, two-hour class in an on-cam - always appreciate it when unusual names ability as a central banker.” pus seminar room. Iare broken down into syllables for read - Had Peacock and Wood been suffi - True, an online class can never com -

4 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw pletely replicate the feel of face-to-face world), online programs make university learning in a bricks-and-mortar class - education accessible to those who, for var - room, nor can an optional-residency ious reasons, cannot uproot their lives to program hope to provide the fully immer - study full-time on a university campus. sive experience of full-time campus life. This accessible education is undoubtedly Indeed, online programs face particular different from a full-time, on-campus challenges, such as potentially high experience, but no less stimulating, attrition rates and student disengagement. engaging, and personally meaningful. However, a well-designed program strives Sara graEFE, artSci’92 not only to deliver dynamic online vancouvEr, Bc courses, but also to build a thriving, virtual community that meaningfully few years ago I probably would have engages students both inside and outside Aagreed with James F. McDonald’s

o bleak assessment of online learning as of classes, promotes quality interaction, t o h p and helps foster long-term friendships being “second rate”, but, having taught on - d E i

l line, I take issue with his assertion. Every - and professional connections. p p u In our program, for example, students S where I look I see what I always thought use community forum software ( IP .Board) Sara graefe teaches creative writing in of, and what the generations of students not only to participate in their courses, but uBc’s optional residency MFa program. who preceded me thought of, as the typi - also to engage with the entire student cal university experience – football games body outside of class. We have various on - Online education is not only a grow - in the fall, housemates and piles of dirty line “salons” and general-discussion ing trend, but it is also the way of the dishes, juggled assignments, and fond threads, where students share information, future. While traditional degree programs memories of campus life. The imperatives engage in passionate discussions and still have their place (I wouldn’t trade my and, indeed, pleasures, of a lived campus heated debates, or simply chit-chat and four years at Queen’s for anything in the experience remain with us still, but on - goof around, in the same way they would in the hallway outside a traditional class - room, in the student lounge, or at the university pub. We have “pods” of students in major centres such as Victoria, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Los Angeles, to name but a few, as well as in far-flung places such as the Netherlands and Dubai, who arrange face-to-face meetings to socialize in their Working together to home communities. understand climate change The cornerstone of our program is our annual Summer Residency, where Queen’s students are learning about climate change in the students fly in from across the country Arctic. They are finding practical solutions to the associated and around the world for a two-week, issues of resource management and sustainability in a place face-to-face, intensive experience that that is experiencing staggering rates of change. includes traditional on-campus classes, lectures, panel discussions, literary read - Queen’s students are learning by doing. ings, and social time. From exchange programs and multi- The in-person relationships forged at disciplinary learning to fieldwork the residency carry over to the virtual and community service programs, classroom in the fall-winter term, making experiential learning creates students feel more connected despite the limits of technology, and strengthening possibilities – and leaders. the quality of their online interaction. In fact, the Summer Residency has been Every gift creates opportunity. such a rich, rewarding experience for our www.givetoqueens.ca students that the on-campus Creative Writing program now plans to replicate it for its incoming grad students. QUEEN’S ANNUAL APPEAL 

www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 5 line education has grown to address com - on sharing this with friends, many of pletely different needs. whom are immigrants. More students than ever want access to Judy wEllS (grEEn), artS’67 a university education, and not all stu - toronto, on dents can take four years of their lives to reside in a particular place, often far from A LATIN MYSTERY SOLVED home. Online education has enabled thou - Re “Isiah had more to say” sands of students of all sorts of back - iSSuE #3-2013, p. 5 grounds, ages, and perspectives to access liked the letter from Diane (Richards) what was once a fairly closed shop. It’s a IMcKillop, Arts’63, regarding the Univer - bit of democracy and market responsive - sity’s motto. At Queen’s, when I made in - ness rolled into a novel technological quiries as to its meaning, I was told it format. By describing such courses as meant, “Wisdom and learning shall be the second-rate, without appearing to have stabilizer of the times.” I subsequently taken such a course himself, McDonald asked an old friend (who’s no mean classi - struck an off chord with me. cist) what the motto meant, but he didn’t Having taught at Queen’s now for

know. So thanks to Diane, we know what S n o almost 20 years, I can say that the best i the University’s founders assumed we t a c i

online students I have taught would have would. n u M excelled in the live classroom as well. pEtEr SaundErS, artS’61 M o c

Indeed, online formats demand different ESQuiMalt, Bc y t i S r kinds of assignments and participation E v According to Herb Hamilton’s CJHH book i n components that, in many ways, free u Queen’s Queen’s Queen’s, when Principal students to be more active and insightful W.A. Mackintosh had Queen’s crest regis - than they might otherwise be. And poor Further, the Review article refers to an tered with Britain’s College of Heralds, students will always be poor students, “Aboriginals Admission Policy.” It implies some campus Latin scholars and theolo - whether they fail to show up in the class - that Aboriginals may be accepted with gians supported a different translation of room or at their computer. lower scholastic standards than regular its motto: “Stability through wisdom and The hard part in online teaching, to students. Perhaps the University plans to learning.” However, the English translation be sure, is reaching the middle pack, the make up for this shortcoming by having in the Queen’s Senate Minutes is “Wisdom students who, with a bit of prodding, pok - students take an extra year or more, to and knowledge shall be the stability of thy ing, or persuading, could rise to a chal - learn basic high school math and science. times”– taken from a Thomas Hardy poem lenge and find success. But reaching such Without this fundamental knowledge, no called “Aberdeen.” (Now, do those of you students has always been the greatest chal - matter the field of study and degree, valid older grads whose degree parchment was lenge facing any teacher at any time and critical thought is not feasible in our mod - in Latin ever wonder what it says above anywhere. In the end, online learning will ern life. the Principal and Registrar’s signatures, be what students and their professors This article also suggests that natives hmmmm?) – Ed. make of it, which is the basic deal that has have been disproportionately affected by always underwritten campus life and the the development of natural resources, and QUESTIONS ABOUT university experience. it infers that with more aboriginal engi - INDIGINEOUS STUDIES dr. JaMES carSon, chair neers, this problem might be rectified. Re “Taking education in new dEpartMEnt oF hiStory Any such suggestion is debatable, but, directions” without a doubt, native engineers should iSSuE #3-2013, p. 32 AN EXTRAORDINARY AND contribute to a better understanding by INSPIRING STORY his is the second article concerning aboriginals of these projects. However, Re “The Lee family’s legacy of love” TAboriginal peoples that I have noticed without a major improvement in reserve iSSuE #3-2013, p. 39 in the Review in the last few years. As a secondary schools, the possibility of more geologist who has worked throughout native students becoming engineers is a was very moved by this wonderful northern Canada, I find these articles mys - pipe dream. Moreover, it has been demon - human interest article. Many mornings, I tifying if not incomprehensible, particu - strated that reserve Aboriginals have very as I walked down Division Street to class, larly when it is suggested that Aboriginals little interest in modern-day occupations I would glance at the premises but had no do not have access to higher education. If or labour, and I think that might be attrib - idea that such an extraordinary story was they achieve the required level of education uted to poor schools. unfolding within. The parents’ love of in secondary school, why would they be r.J. BradShaw, artS’58 family and education is inspiring. I intend refused entry to a university in Canada? MEaFord, on

6 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw e cannot change the past, but it Studies program helps in that regard, Off-reserve they may experience Wcan teach us. Even into the 1970s, please sign me up. various forms of racial discrimination. Canada forced malnutrition “experi - david MorE, Mpa’94 Furthermore, the shadow of residential ments” upon Aboriginal children trapped KingSton, on schools can be long, affecting, even now, in religious residential schools. The very attitudes toward learning in schools and The letter writer is the author of the first generation to have missed all those from books, and using a language other “Smithyman saga,” a series of four Colo - “introductory courses” in Canadian than one’s own. nial-era novels in which First Nations culture is now spreading its wings. Nonetheless, as elsewhere, responses people play prominent roles. The inaugural I recently met a young Cree woman are individual. I taught students who were book in the series, The Eastern Door who was calmly and competently practic - diligent and worked hard, and those who (DBBG), will be reissued this fall by Fireship ing her Laboratory Technologist profes - didn’t. I also had parents who worked Press, www.fireshippress.com – Ed. sion in Weeneebayko Hospital near James with me as a team, and those who didn’t. Bay. I salute her hard-won success, and s someone who has taught both Accessibility is not a simple issue. the vision of First Nations Technical math and science on a reserve in M. BouSFiEld, artSci’78, Ed’04 A wolFE iSland, on Institute on Tyendinaga Reserve, and the North, in addition to having worked now, Queen’s, for initiating its new there as a scientist, I read the article in BRICKBATS OR BOUQUETS? Indigenous Studies program. the University’s new Indigenous Studies We may find ourselves looking in program with great interest. Send your letters to [email protected] the mirror when we learn more about It’s my observation that Aboriginal or write to: Queen’s alumni review, Aboriginal peoples, few of whom escape students in the North need an earlier university communications, unwounded from the maw of the re - intervention than at the postsecondary Queen’s university, Kingston, ON K 7L 3N6 source sector wolfpack that still gnaws school level. They come from an oral please be concise as space is limited, insatiably on their lands, so many genera - tradition, learn in a second or third and all letters may be subject to tions after first contact. language, and use their first language in editing for style and length. If the University’s new Indigenous their home communities.

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Athletics and the balanced academy the need for a new campus stadium is both pressing and essential, and plans are taking shape to build one.

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mong my favourite memories from and hopefully a home for Amy undergrad days at Queen’s are the future championship foot - two weekends in the fall of 1978 when I fol - ball teams. That said, I lowed the football team to key playoff hasten to point out that a games. I accompanied two friends on the new stadium will benefit long bus ride to Halifax to see the Gaels many more sports than

defeat St. Francis Xavier in the Atlantic just football. Many of our S n o Bowl game. The following weekend, I went i sports teams, both men’s t a c i

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umph over UBC . I didn’t get to experience y here. t i S r another Tricolour football championship E Happily, we’re on the v i n until 2009 when, in my first autumn as u cusp of moving forward. Principal, the Gaels overcame a huge half- principal woolf (right) led the halftime alumni parade A lead donor, who prefers time deficit to defeat Calgary and capture around the track at the gaels’ game on oct. 5. to remain anonymous for their fourth national championship. now, has been working Sport has always been a big part of life the refurbished Tindall Field, and the beau - with University officials to develop a plan at Queen’s, whether one is or has been a tiful rugby pitch, Nixon Field, generously for the new George Richardson Memorial highly trained varsity athlete, a casual supported by Initiative Campaign Chair Stadium. Other potential donors are also player, or just someone with no particular Gordon Nixon, Com’79, LLD ’03, and his considering their support for this project. I athletic skill (a group that would certainly wife Janet (Raymond), Com’80. fully share the excitement and vision for include me) but who’s keen to stay in shape But we have more to do. We still lack a what could be a spectacular facility. I while adhering to that ancient maxim mens field house and a campus arena, and apart consider it one of my highest priorities for sana in corpore sano – “a healthy mind in from the new practice field, the sports the campaign and am devoting a great deal a healthy body”. I regard both physical and facilities on West Campus are in poor of my Campaign-related time to raising mental well-being as essential components shape. Above all, we desperately need a funds for this project, which will be entirely of Queen’s “balanced academy.” The num - new facility to replace Richardson Stadium, philanthropic; government funding does ber of men’s and women’s varsity teams which was intended to be temporary when not normally support athletic facilities. and clubs that we have at Queen’s is re - opened 39 years ago, in 1974. As we start putting plans in place for markable. Not all are played at nationally or A key component of the Initiative Queen’s 175th anniversary in 2016, it’s ex - provincially competitive levels, of course. Campaign is a Fields and Stadium project citing to imagine that we could be marking Since 2007’s Crawford-Deakin report, we that would include a new, up-to-date it with a brand new stadium. It would be a have opted to train and fund a smaller stadium that will be a centerpiece for West wonderful way to acknowledge our history number of teams at the varsity level, while Campus revitalization, a big cauldron for while making a substantial commitment to encouraging broad participation in all stirring up that legendary Queen’s spirit, our future – both on the field and off. B kinds of sports across the broader campus community. A FEW WORDS ABOUT HOMECOMING 2013 In support of our athletes – of all interests and abilities – we opened the Ath - Queen’s spirit was much in evidence during the two weekends of our revived home - letic and Recreation Centre (the ARC ) in coming celebrations. i think most people would agree that on the whole both weekends late 2009, as a replacement for the very in - went well. i was pleased with the overall tone and organization of the celebrations. there adequate indoor facilities we once had. were, however, still too many people gathered on aberdeen Street on that first Saturday Attached to the Student Life Centre, the night. i’m grateful to everyone who worked so hard to make the weekends successful and ARC has been a boon to campus life; its safe – in particular our own staff and students and the members of the Kingston com - facilities and equipment are almost always munity. i’d also like to offer special thanks to the Kingston police Services for their work used to capacity. In addition, we have a new throughout the weekends. – D.W. all-weather practice field on West Campus,

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New Chancellor named Historian is the new Jim leech, MBA ’73, has been named the 14th chancellor of Dean of Arts and Science Queen’s university. the announcement was made shortly before Susan Mumm believes the role of a university is to give people the this issue of the Review went to press. opportunity to transform their lives. “it’s about opportunity and transfor - chancellor-designate leech is an accomplished business mation,” says the new dean of the Faculty of arts and Science, who’s a leader who devotes considerable time to charitable causes and history professor by vocation. “a university gives people the chance to also has a long history of become more than they otherwise would have been able to become.” service to the university. academia has had that effect on Mumm herself. She grew up on Since 2007, he has been a Sakatchewan sheep farm never believing she’d attend university; it president and CEO of the wasn’t something anyone in her family did. her mind was changed ontario teachers’ pension when she went to the u of Saskatchewan bookstore with a friend who plan, overseeing the was taking a night class in economics. management of $130 “the bookstore was teeming with students, and listening to them billion in assets. talk, i thought, ‘they don’t sound any smarter than me. i can probably leech, who earned a do this,’” Mumm recalls. “i decided right there that university probably BSc degree from royal was for people like me.” Military college in 1968, She fell into history, “because the queues [to sign up] for psychol - currently serves as chair ogy courses” were too long, she says, laughing. and it ended up being

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IN MEMORIAM n her doctorate at the u of Sus - u Historian Susan Mumm has • CHADWICK, DR. PAUL, prof. Emeritus (Microbiology and sex in England, then taking succeeded Alistair MacLean, ’67, immunology), died September 27 in Kingston, ON , age 87. teaching positions at york u MA PhD’69, as the Dean of the Faculty • FRID, DR. JAMES G., prof. Emeritus (pediatrics), died and the open university, U.K. of Arts and Science. august 26 in Kingston, ON , age 89. She then landed at Mount Saint vincent u in nova Scotia as dean of arts and Science and most • SIMEON, RICHARD, former prof. (political Studies) and recently as pro vice-chancellor of the college of humanities and Social former director of the institute of intergovernmental Sciences at Massey u in new Zealand. relations (1976-83) and director of the School of public her role here at Queen’s is an exciting next step in her academic administration (1986-91), died october 11, in toronto, age 70. evolution. asked “why Queen’s?”, she responds candidly. “it’s just such • YEN, WAN-TAI, prof. Emeritus (Mining), died aug. 11, in a bloody good university!” Kingston, ON , age 76. Queen’s also seems to have done the impossible trick of combining • YENDT, DR. EDMUND R., prof. Emeritus (Medicine), died the traditional values of a university education and a contemporary aug. 2, in Kingston, ON , age 87. focus, she adds. “it isn’t archaic. it’s future-focused, but it hasn’t aban - doned the traditional values.” – WANDA PRAAMSMA, QNC

10 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw Queen’s China liaison officer honoured the university’s china liaison officer, Zhiyao Zhang, has been awarded a governor general’s Medallion for his work promoting canadian educational ties in china. a letter from governor general david Johnston, law’66, recog - nized Zhang’s efforts in strengthen - ing links between the two countries, particularly his work helping students study abroad in canada or china. “dr. Zhang is the bridge be - tween Queen’s and universities in o

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p that ultimately create a stronger p u S educational partnership between Out of the initial group of 200 applicants, 10 students were chosen for admittance to the QuARMS. canada and china,” said principal daniel woolf. On the fast track to medical school as the university’s representa - For christina huang, gaining admittance to the unique new program of study that’s being offered at tive in china, Zhang focuses on Queen’s is “a once in a lifetime opportunity.” building academic programs her classmate lauren chan shouted with joy when she learned she’d been admitted. Since she between the university and partner was taking part in a model united nations conference at the time, her outburst brought a security schools, recruiting students, guard running developing alumni relations, and huang and chan are among a select group of 10 first-year students who have been admitted into facilitating research collaboration. the Queen’s university accelerated route to Medical School ( QuARMS ). – QNC the university has launched this innovative academic program, which allows students who have been nominated for the prestigious chancellor’s Scholarship to enter medical school after only two years of undergraduate study. QuARMS is the only program of its kind in canada. “Students are encouraged to take a variety of different subjects during the first two years,” says dr. richard reznick, the dean of the Faculty of health Sciences. “we started the program with great optimism, and it’s going very well so far.” More than 500 students expressed interest, and 200 were invited to submit supplementary appli - S n o cations. out of this group, 40 students were interviewed, and 10 were admitted to the program. after i t a c i

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SOUP’S ON AT THE BAN RIGH CENTRE

the Ban righ centre will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2014. to help raise funds, the Ban righ Foundation Board of directors is creat - ing a soup cookbook to be called Soups for Every Season . Staff at the centre are looking for recipes, and so they invite submissions for the book. For more information, please contact Karen Knight, administrative assistant, Ban righ centre, by email at [email protected] or by calling 1-800-267-7837, ext. 77837, or 613-533-2976. and watch the winter 2014 issue of the Review for an article and photos celebrat - ing the Ban righ centre’s 40th anniversary.

www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 11 Q: HOW WILL THINGS BE DIFFERENT WHEN THE IBCPA OPENS NEXT FALL? A: it’s really a dream come true for us. we are thrilled to know that we will have a new space we’ll be able to use for our perform - ances. and the other wonderful thing is that we will have a real rehearsal room. our current basement rehearsal room is so cramped that when you get our symphony orchestra in there, there’s hardly enough room for the violinists to move their bows S n

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Dr. Margaret Walker and School of Music students and faculty are looking forward to the Q: WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK THE move to the IBCPA , which is set to open in 2014. NEW FACILITY WILL HAVE ON MUSIC STUDENTS? Something to sing about A: the challenge for music programs is finding a way to keep things current – especially as the isabel Bader centre for the performing arts ( IBCPA ) takes shape on the lakefront, when some of the music we play is 300 students, faculty, and staff of the School of Music are readying themselves for the move to this years old. that means staying in touch with new facility. dr. Margaret walker, director of the School of Music, sat down with Meredith dault, the professional world of music-making in Senior communications officer, to talk about what the IBCPA will mean for music at Queen’s. all its manifestations, not just classical

Q: WHAT’S THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL to fruition. that’s why we generally use grant music. we want our students to be OF MUSIC? hall for large ensemble concerts. Sometimes equipped to pursue careers in fields such A: it was founded in 1969 as the department we use Mclaughlin hall in the JDUC . at other as arts management, sound production, of Music, with the late canadian composer times we have to rent outside spaces. we and radio, and the interdisciplinary nature istvan anhalt [ LLD ’91] as its first head. the also have a rehearsal room and a lecture of the IBCPA will facilitate that. we also School is currently housed within the theatre in the basement of harrison-lecaine want our students to be self-starters. we Faculty of arts and Science. it’s a small, hall that we can use, but neither is ideal. imagine that happening as they work intimate program, with about 130 under - the fact is that we give lots and lots of con - together on collaborative projects with graduate students, all of whom are either certs, but at physically scattered campus students in other disciplines, while making working toward their Bachelor of Music, venues. we aren’t able to say this is our connections that will serve them long after which includes a performance aspect, or home. Every time we give a concert in grant they’ve graduated from Queen’s. their Bachelor of arts. we also have a well- hall, for example, we have to move all the The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing known program in music education, with instruments and music stands over there. Arts will open in November 2014. many students in the concurrent Education Sometimes we have to move grand pianos For more information, please visit stream. the School of Music has always around, too, and that’s expensive. www.queensu.ca/badercentre. had a strong focus on composition, as well. Four of the School’s six previous directors were composers. The end of an era

Q: WHEN DID THE IDEA FOR A CONCERT Kingston penitentiary, one of the world’s oldest HALL FIRST COME ABOUT AND WHY? continuously operating prisons, has closed after A: it has been a dream at the School of Music 178 years. the imposing King Street facility, a famil - for decades now. i once heard the associate iar landmark and an indelible presence in the dean of arts and Science, and former direc - mind’s eyes of many generations of Queen’s tor of the School of Music, dr. gordon students and faculty, was the lock-up for some n

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l-r Jason Caldwell, Rico Garcia and Mike Campbell The Spirit of Initiative Donations to the Initiative Campaign are enhancing our students’ learning experiences through programs like the Queen’s Summer Innovation Initiative (QSII). The QSII provides student entrepreneurs with mentoring and a chance at $.,,,,, in project funding. Congratulations to this year’s winners, Rico Garcia, Artsci’-., Mike Campbell, Sc’-., and Jason Caldwell, Sc’-/, for their invention of the Charge Centre, a portable battery-charging station that makes charging mobile devices in public spaces, like restaurants, possible. See story on page . initiative campaign queensu.ca/initiative ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT – ‘00 s

The organic entrepreneurs they studied in the same class at Queen’s, graduated, and now these two young alumni are taking a “road less traveled.” they’re building businesses, careers, and a life together in Kingston.

BY MARY ANNE BEAUDETTE, ED’96

ba (Mortley) and her Sc’02 ethic,” Aba explains. “It was about Aclassmate-turned-husband, avoiding excessive use of packag - Ted Bailey, laugh as Aba recalls ing and materials and trying to be their postgraduate, pre-automo - mindful about what we do, and bile days in Kingston. not be wasteful.” “Right up until we had our She hopes to continue that tra - S n o third child last year, we didn’t have i dition in partnership with her hus - t a c i

a car. We live downtown, and so n band. “We try to work together. For u M

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calls. “My mother would look at us y vironmental- and quality- manage - t i S r and say, ‘You two are so organic! ’” E ment system that included installa - v i n

The adjective is spot on, in all u tion of solar panals at our factory”. its current shades of meaning. aba and ted Bailey The company also uses natural, Aba, who after graduating cruelty-free ingredients, and recy - from Queen’s earned her MSc and PhD in gave him the confidence and the contacts cles post-consumer waste for its packaging. Materials and Chemical Engineering at to take “a road less traveled” by most Like Ted, Aba credits her Queen’s edu - RMC , focused on organic chemistry, doing young engineering grads; he started his cation for her success to date. She acquired her Governor General’s Award-winning own company, Aureus Solutions. It offers post-grad knowledge “tools,” but her drive doctoral thesis on the effects of radiation businesses simple, low-cost options and to use them stemmed from her Sc’02 years. on castor-oil-based polyurethanes. Ted, a best-management practices to improve en - “I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit,” civil engineer, turned his sights on solving vironmental performance. “I believe in she says,” and Queen’s was not just about environmental problems. people working with what they have in or - core subjects; there was also emphasis on Today they’re operating their respec - der to make things better, rather than al - doing – about walking the talk.” tive companies a short walk from one an - ways starting over from scratch,” he says. The Baileys volunteer with Kingston’s other in downtown Kingston, and they’re In other words, it’s an organic approach. highly successful Youth Diversion ( YD ) doing it on their own terms, following a Aba, too, was born into a livelihood program, which helps promising youth. shared passion for saving, based on the organic “We’re both lucky that we had good role conserving and giving i’ve always had an world. A native of models,” Aba says. back to their adopted entrepreneurial spirit, Trinidad, by the age of Aba and Ted love living in Kingston. community. eight she was actively help - Walkability aside, they say the city’s rela - and Queen’s was not The couple’s back - ing her mother, Cheryl tively low cost of living and geographic grounds are rooted in en - just about core Bowles, grow her business, position in the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto trepreneurialism – liter - subjects; there was The Herbarium Limited, triangle make it easy to be a small-business ally. Ted grew up on a also emphasis on and its international sub - person here. farm in Carp, ON , where sidiary, Cher-Mère spas. They have encouraging words for other doing – about his family grew typical Founded in 1985, the com - Next-Gen entrepreneurs, “Be realistic, stay Eastern Ontario produce – walking the talk. panies offer natural, eco- within your means,” says Aba. “Start small, strawberries, tomatoes, friendly aromatherapy and even in your own home if you have to. corn, pumpkins. “I loved the farm and al - herbal products based on botanicals native Don’t give up, and find yourself a support ways thought I’d have one myself,” he says. to Trinidad. system – KEDCO , mentor programs, and, “Instead I came to Queen’s. Civil engineer - Today Aba uses her materials science if you’re still connected to Queen’s, look in - ing gave me a broad base of skills, not just and business acumen as Cher-Mère’s As - ternally.” technical skills, but also critical business sistant General Manager/International Advises Ted, “Don’t wait until you re - skills and a great network of classmates Marketing. Earlier this year she opened tire to try your own business. If you live it, and teacher mentors.” Canada’s first Cher-Mère spa in Kingston. everything else will come. It’s amazing That winning combination, he says, “I was raised with a conservationist what you can accomplish if you try!” B

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Remembering the fabulous ‘50s Queen’s has changed a lot since the early 1950s, but as ALLAN DIBBLEE, ARTS’52, IR’54, explains, fond memories of his “rewarding” student years remain strong.

or old times’ sake, my old Queen’s pal Fighting ’40’s. We often listened to the ra - that came the annual Model Parliament, FRev. James “Jim” Scanlon, Arts’51, MA’54, dio on cold, clear nights when music of which was a well- attended event. Contro - and I recently got together on campus for a the big band/swing era boomed in from versial topics led two students with their mini-reunion. Jim is retired and lives in New York, Detroit, and Chicago. It was collars on backwards to change sides and Kingston, while I reside in Burlington, ON . also a time of Amos ’n’ Andy, Burns and cross the floor of the House. Both of us are octogenarians, and as Allen, and Jack Benny, Spike Jones, Victor Jim and most of our friends graduated such we’ve outlived many of our class - Borge playing Chopin’s “Chasing Rain - in the spring of 1951, Jim in honours History. mates and other Queen’s friends. How - bows” and “Till the End of Time”, and I continued with my studies. I attended ever, the memories of our student days Freddie Martin’s orchestra performing summer school along with other students remain strong. We noted the many “Tonight We Love” and “Now is the Hour”. who needed make-up courses for degree changes that have been made around Jim and I both had grown up in small- requirements and for enrolment in teacher’s campus – especially the new buildings. town northern Ontario, and we met at college. In those days it was necessary, for a The old gym looked forlorn, having Queen’s in the fall of 1949. Although we general degree, to complete three courses in been replaced by the gleaming new were both on campus in 1947, when I each of three different subjects, and it hap - Athletics and Recreation Complex, and the attended summer school, I was living off pened sometimes in final year that course Queen’s Tea Room that once stood at the campus when Jim arrived for the 1947-48 scheduling conflicts resulted in being short northeast corner of Division and Union school year. Our friendship blossomed in one course to qualify. Streets has given way to a building the three years from 1949 to 1951, though Both Jim and I went on to do grad stud - currently called the Integrated Learning 1951 was the most eventful. Several ies at Queen’s. Jim worked on his MA Centre. The same is true of the former incidents took place that for me made it an under Prof. Arthur Lower before going on Levana annexes on the west side of especially memorable year. to complete his religious studies at University Avenue – from the Ban Righ/ There was an AMS trial of students Wycliffe College at the U of T, where he Goodwin House corner up to Miss Austin’s attempting entry, after hours, by an unusual earned his licence to preach. I completed rooming house at Union Street. manner, of a Levana residence. Since the studies in Industrial Relations under pro - Jim and I recalled the many happy young ladies in the residence at the time fessors James C. Cameron, BCom’29, times we’d had sitting on the front steps of had encouraged their efforts, the students MCom’32, LLD ’73, the first Director, and those residences – Baker, Chown, and “got off” with a stern warning from Dean of Clifford H. Curtis, BA ’33, MA ’34. Muir Houses, for example, enjoying the Women Dr. A. Vibert Douglas, LLD ’75. Looking back, I recall my student days company of the lovely young ladies who Then followed a spirited election campaign as being most rewarding. It was a privilege lived there. We’d listen to the mostly clas - for the Arts Society presidency between to attend Queen’s, and Jim and I and our sical music coming out of the open win - C.F. “Mike” McInnis, Arts’52, and Aubrey classmates received much more at the dows of the music room in the nearby Russell, Arts’52. Jim and I University than pieces of Douglas Library. Music was an important were on Mike’s committee, parchment with our names part of student life in the Dirty ’30s and and he was the victor. After on them. B S E v i

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New mom Jill Barber, Artsci’02, has emerged as a Canadian original – a chanteuse who’s equally at home singing dreamy tunes in either of Canada’s official languages. BY GRADY MITCHELL “ thi nk we won the baby lottery for July,” – soon pointed Jill toward jazz masters long into francophone music and into a Isays Vancouver-based jazz singer and such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and French-language immersion program in Queen’s alumna Jill Barber. She’s referring Nat King Cole. An obsession was born. the south of France. to her son, “the very serious, thoughtful “When I listen to that music,” says Jill, “it But it’s not as easy as simply translat - young man” who’s already part of her jet- transports me from the everyday to the ex - ing. To perform in French Jill must adopt set lifestyle. He was barely a month old traordinary … to a world where everything a completely different stage persona. “I when he collected his first concert stub at is a little bit dreamier, more whimsical, and actually have to move my body differently, the Sunshine Coast Musical Festival – with more romantic. Suddenly I’m starring in have to channel Edith Piaf, not be afraid an onstage shout-out from the band The my own film, and that’s the soundtrack.” to have that French moxie,” she says. Matinee. Little Josh also has his first pass - That buoyancy helped shape the “That, and a little wine.” port, so he can accompany mom to an romance-laden songs Jill is known for, as Although she’s made great strides, Jill upcoming gig in New York and perhaps on well as the velvety, honey-sweet voice with knows bilingualism, like motherhood, is a a planned 2014 tour of Germany. which she sings them, nicely displayed on long journey. But in both cases, she Clearly, fans who feared motherhood such signature songs as “Chances,” which welcomes the trip. In 2014 she’ll return to would sideline Jill can rest easy. “The fate she co-wrote with Ron Sexsmith. the studio to record – in English – the of my career depends on baby Josh’s will - These days she’s challenging herself to songs she wrote during her pregnancy, ingness to go along with it,” says Jill, “and bend that wonderful of hers voice around and she has plans for that concert tour in he seems willing.” another language. In 2009, Jill sang at the Germany. Josh’s easygoing attitude, combined Montreal Jazz Festival, where in a bid to As for son Josh, Jill’s hopes are simple. “I with support from Jill’s husband, CBC engage the largely francophone crowd, she hope he gets to be as lucky as I’ve been, Radio 3 host and author Grant Lawrence, sang a friend’s translation of one of her which is to do what he loves for a living,” she allowed Jill to book an extensive tour of songs. The surprised audience roared its says. “That’s the ultimate goal for anyone.” Quebec in October and she has even had approval. time to write new songs for her sixth Of course, the pairing feels natural: Vancouver freelance writer Grady Mitchell album. “I want to have it all,” she says, “my why wouldn’t the country’s most romantic is the son of Teresa (Flood) Mitchell, family and my career.” songstress sing in its more romantic Artsci’HE, Law’HG, and Senator Grant Underlying Jill’s success is her Queen’s language? Newly inspired, Jill dived head - Mitchell, RL ’HG. B education. She earned her honours BA in philosophy (“I think I’m making as good a use of a philosophy degree as anybody,” she says) and minored in drama. Although not directly related, her studies have influenced her music. If philoso - phers grapple with vastly complex human concepts, well, so do songwriters. And being a good performer requires a sense of stagecraft. Hence, drama. In an extracurricular sense, too, Jill Barber began her music career Queen’s shaped Jill’s music. She performed at Queen’s, where she was

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Socially conscious consulting John paul de Silva and his team of commerce and MBA students are helping non-profits raise funds and social awareness.

BY HEATHER GRACE STEWART, ARTSCI’95

“ ow do you get people to give money months on his business plan and building “SFC brought together a group of bright Haway?” asks John Paul de Silva, the brand, while seeking partners such as young leaders with the knowledge, energy, QMBA ’10. “I’ve always found that question the QSB ’s Centre for Responsible Leader - professionalism, and insight to ensure our interesting.” Fittingly then, he has com - ship. “It champions the idea of being a program will continue to be a leader in bined this interest with his passion for social responsible leader, and doing social good, services to promising youth,” he says. “The causes to start Social Focus Consulting whether you’re in the private sector or not- results of their work have been demon - (SFC ), a company that employs 27 business for-profit,” says John Paul. strated by the successes we have enjoyed students and one engineering student. He now hires Queen’s business students and the increased awareness through As a U of T graduate with a degree in during the school year and business social media of the great work we do.” toxicology, John Paul realized he wanted to students from Queen’s, U of T, Western, John Paul’s energy and commitment is make a social impact through business and York in the summer. boundless, and he’s forging mutually rather than medical science, and so stud - SFC achieved notable success in January, beneficial bonds across a wide network. ied at Queen’s School of Business ( QSB ). delivering a branding and pricing strategy In March, he was the youngest moderator He lauds the School’s MBA program as to Youth Diversion, a charitable organiza - of the QSB Innovation Summit’s Social being “transformational.” tion in Kingston, whose mission is to Innovation Panel, and the only participant After graduating, he entered a case “Allow youth to take responsibility for their who’s was not a professor or administrator. competition involving a non-profit. “I’ve behaviour, to reduce the number of youth He’s also become a sought-after always enjoyed using my creative skills to involved in the young offender system, to lecturer, having guest lectured for a solve problems,” he says. “That competi - reduce the number of people victimized Queen’s Commerce course, Strategies of tion required lots of creativity and led me by youth, and to involve the community in Social Enterprise. He’s been invited this to realize that I was interested in working youth corrections.” winter to guest lecture on social media for with non-profits as a career.” Says John Paul, “We gave the organiza - a Marketing and Communications course John Paul grew up in Malvern, a “rough tion time to implement our ideas, and its centred on social media. part of Toronto,” which he describes as be - June 2013 boat cruise fundraising event Discovering new directions and find - ing a “priority neighbourhood”. And so his earned 40 per cent more profit than last ing out what’s going to work for his com - roots tie him to the work he’s now doing. year.” pany continues to be a challenge. “I’ve often His efforts to create a common banner Daren Dougall, Artsci’85, ME d’97, Ex - been told that most new companies fail, around his pro-bono consulting for non- ecutive Director of Youth Diversion, sees that people lose interest in their original profits led him to start SFC . He spent four a bright future for John Paul’s company. idea,” he says. But this doesn’t dent his confidence, not in the least. “We have momentum building. It’s clear we’re going to have financial suc - cess, it’s just a matter of when.” Although John Paul appears inde - pendent and relies strongly on his own judgment, he’s an industry team player, supporting his competitors along the way. “I’ve helped out similar companies and given them advice. I understand what they are going through, and I want to help out. I know we’ll succeed even if other people 5 1 ’

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exico is a scary place. My younger brother insinuated is predominantly a border issue. The violence occurring in Ciudad as much a few years ago when he questioned the Juarez, which is across the Rio Grande from the U.S. , has little to Msafety of bringing my nieces to visit me. In Canada, no effect on the personal safety of people living in central Mexico. it seems that whenever Mexico is mentioned in the news, it’s to list It would be like saying that a forest fire in Alberta has a direct off the number of dead in the cartel wars or to mention some in - impact on the safety of people living in New Brunswick. With few cident of corruption within the government. exceptions, the rest of Mexico remains largely unaffected. Speaking frankly, people’s concerns regarding Mexico’s safety Queretaro, the city in which I live, is about 200 km northwest are understandable. I’d be lying if I told you that corruption and of Mexico City. It has remained a neutral zone with regard to the drug-related violence don’t exist here. They do. Many police offi - drug wars. Rumour has it that this is due to a strictly-enforced cers prefer to accept a “ mordida ” – a bribe – rather than issue a truce between the drug cartels or “ familias ,” who have established ticket. National elections are always rife with accusations of vote Queretaro as their home. tampering. Since 2006, when then-president Felipe Calderón There are other risk factors, of course. Everyone I know has a began a military assault on criminal cartels, more than 60,000 personal anecdote about being robbed in Mexico City or being on people have been killed in drug-related violence (a statistic that my the target of a kidnapping or extortion plot. What sets Mexicans father brought to my attention). apart is how they respond to such events. And while they However, while a certain level of apprehension is justified, acknowledge that their country faces certain challenges, they Mexico is just too beautiful a place to pass up. The country I’ve refuse to let those challenges dictate how they live their lives. called home for seven years is far more complex, far richer, The truth is that bad things can happen anywhere. You than what a few negative headlines would have you be - might get “taken for a ride” by a taxi driver in Mexico City, lieve. Just as you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you just as you might become the living target of a mass shooter shouldn’t judge Mexico solely by what you see on the 10 in rural Connecticut, of a bomber in Boston, or of a stray o’clock news. bullet fired by a gang member in Toronto. Mexicans As sad and real as it is, drug-related crime in Mexico understand this.

22 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw I challenge anyone to come to Mexico and not be absolutely transfixed, as I am, by its charm and warmth. Mexican culture is a feast for the senses. Celebrations such as the Day of the Dead, regional costumes, and the artwork of Mexican artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are visual explosions of colours and tex - tures. Looking at the panorama of houses in Guanajuato is like looking at a box of Crayola crayons. Walking through the streets, you’re often serenaded by mariachi music spilling out the open doors of crowded cantinas. The Span - ish language itself sounds like a love song, melodic and romantic, as it rolls off the tongue.

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… Mexican cuisine is a mix of the sweet and the S savoury, of the subtle and the (often very) spicy. School’s out! caroline celebrates with some of her grade 1 students As for smells, the nose delights in the fragrance on the last day of the 2012-13 school year. of blossoming gardenias in the trees that line the streets, in the pungent, earthy smell following a much-needed and are sacred days, when families go to church and spend the day to - very welcome rain storm, in the aroma of fresh tortillas being sold gether. As someone who considers herself part of a closely knit in a market stall. family, I continue to be impressed by the importance placed on Queretaro, like many Mexican cities, is a study in contrasts, a family in Mexican culture. seamless blending of the historical, and the modern. Delicately I think the family bond that’s prevalent in Mexican society has intertwined with Mexico’s rich cultural heritage is what could be helped shape how Mexicans treat one another; you’d be hard- defined as its economic revolution. While the rest of North Amer - pressed to find a kinder people. The greeting kiss, saying hi to ica continues to experience the repercussions of the 2008 financial strangers on the street, saying bless you when you sneeze … crisis, Mexican industry is growing by leaps and bounds. In Quere - Mexico is a place where simple courtesies have never gone out of taro alone, multinational corporations such as Kellogg’s, Daewoo, style. Once, while visiting a small pueblo near Morelia, Michoacán, GE, Samsung, and Bombardier, have set up shop, with more com - my friends and I stumbled upon a Quinceañera — the Mexican panies arriving every day. equivalent of a “Sweet 16” party. Not only were we invited to join And Mexicans are industrious, hard-working people. The long- the festivities, we were given food and a bottle of tequila to share. standing stereotype of the Mexican worker, his sombrero shielding Since arriving in Mexico, I’ve worked at the John F. Kennedy his eyes from the blistering sun American School of Queretaro, an international school whose mis - while he takes a lengthy siesta after while Mexicans sion is to impart the knowledge, skill sets, and values needed for a lunch, is a thing of the distant past. acknowledge that future in an increasingly globalized world. This innovative approach Many of my Mexican friends easily to teaching mirrors the experience I had at Queen’s. work 10- to 12-hour days, plus their country faces My four years at Queen’s laid the foundation for the life I’ve weekends. Which isn’t to say that certain challenges, chosen to lead. At Queen’s, students are taught to look beyond the they are all work and no play. they refuse to let surface of things. We learn to look at life from new perspectives, Mexicans live passionately and those challenges and to broaden our horizons by exploring that which we don’t yet know how to have fun. Whether know or understand. it’s cheering on their local soccer dictate how they Ultimately, that’s what visiting Mexico entails. It’s about put - club while throwing beer and live their lives. ting aside preconceived ideas and arriving with an open mind yelling profanities, or spending 12 and what a life it is. and the willingness to learn and grow from our experiences. hours seated at a carne asada – a So yes, there are risks involved when one comes to Mexico. Mexican BBQ – drinking tequila and eating cuts of grilled meats Living and traveling here is largely about using common-sense with their closest friends, Mexicans know how to live life the way precautions. It’s about being safe and making good choices. But it should be lived. traveling to Mexico, like many things in this life, is worth the risk. Part of this Mexican philosophy is a deep-seated sense of Seven years ago I took that risk, and I’m infinitely glad I did. family. In Mexico, reverence to your family is more than a social Mexico has since become my home. As they say here in Mexico, custom, it’s an obligation. Even in modern Mexico, many Mexicans “Mi casa es tu casa ” – “My house is your house.” B continue to live with their families until they get married. Sundays

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or Mike Campbell, Sc’13, the scenario couldn’t have been sweeter. He and his two busi - ness partners, Rico Garcia, Artsci’13, and former Queen’s student Jason Caldwell F were at an upscale eatery in downtown Kingston where they were hoping to test an invention they wanted to bring to market. while canada is a world leader The youthful trio had created an electronic device that allows people to charge cellphones and other mobile devices by plugging them into a pair in many regards, the country has of charging cables snaking out of a stand-alone wooden box – essentially slipped to 13th among 16 peers in the a battery wrapped in an attractive case – that’s placed unobtrusively on global rankings of innovative nations. the tables and countertops of bars and restaurants. the university plans to help correct The budding entrepreneurs were debating how to convince the restau - rant manager to let them approach potential customers, when they over - the situation by giving student heard a conversation three young women were having at the next table. imaginations room to fly. One of the women wanted to make a phone call, but her phone battery was almost dead and her charger was at home. Campbell seized the BY ALEC ROSS moment. He introduced himself, pulled out the Charge Centre, and let the young woman recharge her phone on the spot. “She loved it,” he says. “We knew then that we had a product we could market.”

24 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw Since then, the partners have sold more than two dozen Charge creatively and be able to analyze and assess complex problems. Centres, and they’re working hard to ramp-up production. That’s what entrepreneurs do. And that’s what every student must But the story here is this Queen’s trio didn’t dream up their do to succeed in today’s competitive world.” invention over coffee or build a prototype in somebody’s garage. They That premise was a central theme of the aptly named Initiative came up with the idea, refined it, and obtained $30,000 in seed Campaign even before the $500-million fundraising drive was money through the Queen’s Summer Innovation Initiative ( QSII ), the launched in the fall of 2012. “As its slogan says, we’re striving to unleash flagship of the new Queen’s Innovation Connector ( QIC ). Now a the potential of our thinkers and doers, and, by focusing on what we University-wide initiative in innovation and entrepreneurship, and do best, we’ll also be bolstering the University’s reputation nationally working with regional, national and international partners, QIC and internationally,” says Woolf. challenges students, faculty, and communities to work together to de - Making Queen’s even stronger as an institution that helps to velop and take innovative ideas and advance Canada’s political, social, products to market, and to launch so - innovation is the ability to turn knowledge and economic well-being will also cial initiatives for the benefit of our into new and improved goods and services. enhance the roles of graduates in community, Queen’s, and the world. currently, canada receives a ‘d’ grade and the global marketplace. Nowadays, Last summer was the second ranks 13th out of 16 [peer] countries. that promises to be increasingly round for the experiential learning important. THE CONFERENCE BOARD OF CANADA program that brought together stu - Some hugely innovative busine - dents from Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Busi - ses have been born in Canada over the years. At their peaks, high- ness, and Arts and Science for four months of paid internship. tech companies such as Mitel, Research in Motion, and Northern They explored what it takes to start a successful business in five Telecom (which was run by the great innovator and longtime steps: coming up with a marketable idea; prototyping the product; Board of Trustees member Walter Light, BSc’49, LLD ’81) were identifying customers; devising sales strategies; and approaching world leaders. Unfortunately, such successes have become in - prospective investors. creasingly rare of late. In fact, The Conference Board of Canada The students were coached at every stage by faculty members noted this year that Canadian innovation ranked 13th among 16 and alumni mentors. The kind of innovative ideas they envisioned peer countries – including Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, The promise to play out countless times in a $45-million building that’s Netherlands, Finland and Ireland, all of which topped Canada in being planned for campus. The Queen’s Innovation Commons, a the annual ranking. futuristic-looking 70,000-square-foot complex, will become the The Conference Board has warned that unless Canada steps up campus hub for the kind of expertise and collaborative environ - its innovation game, the country’s national per-capita income, ment that fledgling innovators and entrepreneurs need. social programs, and productivity suffer. Economically, Canada The building will house specialized classrooms, offices, equip - will fall farther behind. Innovation and entrepreneurship are the ment, and the creative people who will foster and support learning, keys to that better future. collaboration, teamwork, prototyping, and other interrelated The report affirmed that Canada has excellent universities, activities. It will also be a venue in which students and their faculty engineering schools, and training institutes, and that this country’s mentors explore complex, open-ended problems in a multitude of scientists produce world-class research. However, Canada isn’t creative ways, whether through QIC , or through S

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High-tech, leading-edge teaching and design studios n will be modeled after those in Beamish-Munro Hall, u home to the Integrated Learning Centre, with its internationally recognized teaching and design spaces. In all aspects, the Queen’s Innovation Commons will provide spaces where innovation and creativity will thrive and grow. Some “creative spaces” already exist at Queen’s, but they’re scattered in buildings all across campus, and during the school year most are filled to capacity. Engineering is a family affair for Michael norris, Sc’75, chair of the “Whether or not they plan to start a business, Faculty of Engineering and applied Science portion of the and regardless of their field of study, today’s gradu - initiative campaign. Michael, who’s a lead donor in the drive to ates need to be entrepreneurial,” says Principal raise the money to build the Queen’s innovation commons, is the Daniel Woolf. “They need to think critically and proud father of Jonathan norris, Sc’11 (left), and andrew norris, Sc’07.

www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 25 doing enough of what other countries – our “competitors” – are The Initiative Campaign and QSB doing to commercialize the fruits of research. As a result, says The QSB aims to raise $65 million to invest in the future of the School. Conference Board, Canadian companies are “rarely at the leading there’s an urgent need for more canadian leaders who have what edge of new technology and too often find themselves a generation it takes to succeed in all business environments. to ensure or more behind the productivity growth achieved by global students achieve their full potential through an exceptional expe - industry leaders.” rience inside and outside the classroom, four areas of focus have This and other less-than-stellar assessments have not gone been identified that will allow us to remain at the forefront of unnoticed at Queen’s, thanks to both the University’s faculty strate - business education and leadership. gists and its network of astute alumni advisors. Some Canadian

DEVELOPING LEADERS – $23 million to provide students with universities – Waterloo being a prime example – have established, more scholarships, bursaries, and leadership opportunities; or are planning to establish, facilities where innovation and entrepreneurship can be nurtured, taught and practised. ACCELERATING THOUGHT LEADERSHIP – $15 million to attract However – and not surprisingly – Queen’s iteration of this concept and retain outstanding, innovative, and research-driven faculty who differs from others in a number of important respects. The will ensure our students receive an exceptional learning experience; construction of the Queen’s Innovation Commons, a building with TRANSFORMING STUDENT LEARNING – $5 million for measures a focus on fostering and promoting a culture of innovation and that develop innovative curriculum and leading-edge teaching entrepreneurship, is just one of the distinguishing characteristics. techniques; and, Another one that’s equally important is that the Faculty of GOODES HALL ENHANCEMENT – $22 million to ensure our Engineering and Applied Science and Queen’s School of Business world-class facility continues to be outfitted with the latest in (QSB ) are working in tandem to drive the innovation agenda at teaching and learning technology to enable us to deliver an Queen’s. On many, or most, campuses, the tendency is to segregate exceptional learning experience to our students. disciplines into silos. The result is that engineering faculties that want to teach innovation establish a business program or school The Initiative Campaign and Engineering within the faculty, or else the business school – if the university has the Faculty of Engineering and applied Science has a goal of $85 one – might offer an Engineering 101 course or a stand-alone million to inspire greatness and deliver exceptional opportunities technology-oriented business program. That’s the kind of dupli - to innovate, problem-solve, and work in teams across disciplines cation that can eat up investment dollars. At Queen’s, bright minds and cultures. we must invest in our students, our faculty, our in the engineering and business programs have worked in tandem programs, our research and our spaces so that our grads go out from the get-go. into the world with a rich capacity for innovation, initiative, and Dr. Kimberly Woodhouse, Dean of Engineering and Applied leadership. Four key areas have been identified: Science, began discussions with key alumni and business leaders INSPIRING SPACES – $45 million in support of the Queen’s in 2007, and brought in QSB ’s Associate Dean Elspeth Murray, innovation commons. this purpose-built research and teaching Artsci’85, MBA ’87. space - the heart of the Queen’s engineering community – will It was Woodhouse and Murray who co-conceived the idea for also be home to the university-wide innovation initiative. a top the summer innovation program, assembled a team of faculty priority for the university, the Queen’s innovation commons will volunteers and alumni, and launched the pilot in 2012. “At every accelerate innovative programing and research across disciplines juncture, we set out to capitalize on the capabilities and the best of and across Faculties. what both faculties had to offer,” says Murray.

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26 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw The initial summer program grew into initiatives planned for the Queen’s Innovation Commons have the broader Queen’s Innovation Connec - attracted some high-profile interest, such as that from entrepreneur tor ( QIC ), with leadership from Greg extraordinaire Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, PhD’79 (who was Bavington, Sc’85, who accepted the role of profiled in Issue KF-DBCC, p. EI). The co-founder of Sycamore Net - QIC ’s executive director and is now works, a manufacturer of network switches, supports entrepre - pulling together a proposal for a new neurship around the world through his Boston-based Deshpande o t

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THE QUEEN’S INNOVATION COMMONS AT A GLANCE …

the Queen’s innovation commons will: • increase the scope and impact of the Queen’s innovation agenda by providing a permanent home for the Queen’s innovation connector ( QIC ); • allow for increased enrolment in both QSII and the Master of innovation programs; • attract further investment in QIC , as it is seen as the hub of the innovation ecosystem in Eastern ontario, pushing innovation out across the province and the country; • ensure that Queen’s is an invaluable contributor to the canadian economy and propels the country’s global standing as an innovator nation; provide space to meet the target of enhancing within the Faculty of Engineering and applied Science the • S t c E

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• create reconfigurable teaching space that allows flexibility for innovative and interactive discussions and d learning; and, artist’s rendering of the union • expand the opportunities for student participation by mixing engineering with students from all Street façade of the Queen’s faculties and disciplines, as well as undergraduate and graduate students, to promote innovation and innovation commons synergy of ideas and knowledge creation. – DR. KIMBERLY WOODHOUSE, DEAN, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 27 FEATURE REPORT

Eight years after his first visit to china, PROF. JOHN P. SMOL, PHD’82, one of the world’s foremost environmental scientists, returned to that country to deliver a series of lectures. the Review invited him to report his impressions of … The ever-changing “Middle Kingdom ”

undertook a request from the ULV to write about my visits to the Yellow Mountains and Xi’an and a lecture recent visits to China with some trepidation, as I’m back in Beijing. Ino expert on that country. In fact, I’ve only visited on In June I returned for a two-week trip to south - five occasions. My first trip was in 2005, when I went to western China that involved some lectures and a short Beijing to participate in an interna - course at Yunnan Normal University in Kunming tional conference focused on long- (where I was also made an honorary professor), as term environmental change, and well as trips to Dali, Lijiang, and Shangri-La – yes, colleagues at the Institute of Geology there r eally is such a place; it’s near the Tibetan border and Geophysics (Chinese Academy of – concluding again with a lecture in Beijing. Sciences) and at the Geosciences University China is a fascinating and highly diverse country, invited me to give some lectures. with vast potential, but it also has vast environmental I returned twice in 2010 – first on a lecture series that problems. The sheer size of, well, almost everything in brought me to Hefei to deliver the keynote lecture at the China is often my main first impression, whether we’re International Conference on Environmental Indicators, talking about traffic in Beijing, the number of people as well as lectures at Fudan University and Shanghai using the subway in Shanghai, or the size of some Normal University, and the Nanjing Institute of Geog - university classrooms and lecture halls. raphy and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. A second major impression is the speed at which var - My second trip in 2010 was mainly a stopover in ious things can be done. For example, what may have Hong Kong on a lecture series in Nepal, where I been a small, starting academic unit or operation a few lectured at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and years ago, can very quickly become a giant department the University of Hong Kong. with a full complement of dedicated faculty, staff, and In 2012, I had the honour of being awarded an students, dwarfing many similar longstanding Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of programs in North America and Europe. Sciences. As a result, I presented a four-day course on I’ve also begun to appreciate China’s diversity – paleolimnology at the University of Science and Tech - partly in its landscapes and biology (which are closer to nology of China in Hefei, as well as my fields), but also in the diversity of the peoples and delivered the Einstein Professor cultures. For example, on my latest trip to China, within Lecture. This was followed by one day’s drive I passed from regions where the Bai people (one of the 56 ethnic minorities recognized by China) were common, then the Naxi, followed by the Yi, and finally the Tibetans. In each of these regions the dress, architecture, and the food changed markedly. M o c . K c o t S r E t t u h S

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28 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw I ate very well in China, even if what I ate often was an adventure. Beijing in 2005. I remember looking out the window of my hotel The most memorable dishes on my most recent visit were fried bees room each day and saying “Boy, Beijing sure has a lot of fog!” It was and roasted bamboo worms. Once we were near Tibet, I lost count by Day Four or so of my stay that I realized, “No, that’s not fog. This of the various, but delicious, ways that yak is served – whether is what Beijing smog looks like – at least on many days!” stewed or roasted, and served with yak cheese and Tibetan tea. Nonetheless, in some respects, the Chinese are ahead of the The contrasts in China are another thing that can be striking. West. For example, a large number of houses there have solar While walking through some old town or village, it often looks panels, mainly for passive water heating. However, the environ - like you’re in a place where time has stood still. Then, within a few mental challenges in China are enormous, and my colleagues kilometers the high-rises and the ubiquitous construction cranes clearly acknowledge as much. re-appear. My own specialty is related to water issues, and there’s no The eight-year interval since my first visit to China is hardly a dearth of important projects to work on in China. For example, the sufficiently long enough time to establish a significant trend, but I’m sheer size of the country’s algal blooms dwarfs anything I’ve seen left with some general observations, at least as they relate to my in North America. Other less visible water-quality issues, such as interactions with scientific colleagues and various contaminants and their students. the effects of climate First, the quality of the written and change, may severely im - spoken English, especially by the younger pact China’s future. people at the universities and institutes, One of the things I continues to improve rapidly. Chinese miss most when I’m in scholars are very much encouraged to pub - China is the simple pleas - lish their findings in North American or ure of turning on a tap and European journals, to the point that I’ve taking a drink of water –

heard some say that if they publish their o rather than having to boil t o h p

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advancements. S evidence-based policy into Second, the thirst for connections and prof. John Smol delivered his Einstein lecture to a action will be key to meaningful interactions with western uni - large and very attentive audience in hefei. China’s success in over - versities, such as Queen’s, continues to coming its environmental accelerate steadily. A large number of collaborative programs are challenges. I’m not naïve to the enormity of the problems on the being proposed, with the general intent of hosting Chinese country’s horizon. Although I’ve often been frustrated in Canada students and other researchers in our labs for extended periods of by our attempts at getting our politicians and policymakers to be time. Indeed, in Queen’s new internationalization strategy, China more appreciative of the wealth of scientific data that can better is a region of strategic focus. inform their decisions, I know that I can openly criticize our Third, I have observed that the infrastructure, including lab government. Speaking out in the same way can be problematic for equipment, is as good or often better and certainly appears to be Chinese scientists. more easily attainable than the equipment that we have in many The pace of expansion of many environmental laboratories and labs in North America. Science is “big,” and it’s getting “bigger” research institutes in China is a positive sign, as is the dedication in China. of the country’s researchers. I’m hopeful that many of the The disciplined work ethic of my colleagues and especially approaches we use and have developed here at Queen’s – such as Chinese students, as a group, continues to impress me. (Mind you, using lake sediments to demonstrate the trajectories of environ - this isn’t to say that Queen’s students don’t work hard). As one mental problems – will be part of their solutions. I was pleased to example, at my recent lecture series in Hefei, the organizers decided learn that one of my textbooks is currently being translated into to schedule some of my lectures for students in the evening – two Chinese. hours on a Friday and a Saturday night! I laughed as I asked if they I have several more invitations to visit China, and I hope to actually expected any students to come to non-compulsory lectures accept at least some of them. In addition, many of my Chinese on these evenings? My hosts didn’t seem concerned, and they colleagues and their students plan on visiting Kingston. To be were right. In fact, the lecture halls were packed on both evenings. candid, I get extremely nervous about these reciprocal visits, as I Despite all of the positives I saw in China, the country clearly can’t imagine how I could possibly approach the level of hospitality has some tremendous issues to deal with. With the multitudes of that I’ve enjoyed in China. challenges that may have complex solutions, there’s no shortage of work for an environmental scientist such as me. Prof. John P. Smol, SM , PVWM, is Professor and Canada Research My main research focuses on water-quality issues, atmospheric Chair in Environmental Change, Paleoecological Environmental pollution, and climate change, all of which are very much on the Assessment and Research Lab ( TOLVQ ) in the Queen’s Department minds of my Chinese colleagues. I chuckle to recall my first trip to of Biology. B

www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 29 ALUMNI BOOKSHELF

The unlikely historian historian John Boyko’s new book explains how america’s civil war helped forge the canadian federation.

ack in his high school years, John element of interest for Boyko, who has BBoyko, Ed’80, disliked history classes, been intrigued by the Civil War all his life. and so it’s fair to say that he made an un - He’s visited the Gettysburg battlefield usual – and odd – career choice. “about 20 times,” and he can recite Lin - Boyko, who earned degrees at Trent and coln’s Gettysburg Address with emotion – McMaster before graduating from the something he does dressed up as Honest Queen’s Faculty of Education, is a history Abe and orating before the students of his teacher and administrator at Lakefield Col - history class. “That really gets their atten - lege School, near Peterborough, ON . What’s tion,” he says with a laugh. more, because he’s someone with passion Boyko adopted a similarly unorthodox and a flair for making a subject come to life, approach to the writing of Blood and Dar - he’s also the author of five critically ing . He has framed his narrative around acclaimed books. His latest is Blood and the stories of six “guides” who were in - Daring: How Canada Fought the American volved in the war or were deeply affected Civil War and Forged a Nation (Knopf by it. Three of them are well known: John Canada, $35). This fast-paced, deftly writ - A. Macdonald, George Brown, and U.S. ten work of popular his - Secretary of State William Seward. The

tory has earned glowing re - o other three guides are obscure figures: t o h p views both in Canada and John Anderson, a runaway slave from d E i the U.S. It’s also selling l Missouri who found refuge in Canada; p p u briskly on both sides of the S Sara Emma Edmonds, a woman who pre - border, 2013 being the historian John Boyko, tended to be a man in order to serve in the 150th anniversary of the Ed’80, “hated history Union army; and, Jacob Thompson, a Battle of Gettysburg. classes” in his slave-owning Mississippi politician who So how did Boyko’s high school days. set about establishing a spy network and conversion from history- stirring up mischief in Canada. class hater to history lover battles, mayhem, mystery, In telling the stories of these individuals, come about? A good ques - and romance. Boyko also explains how the momentous tion, he says. “All historians worth events that reshaped America also played a “I found high school their salt are storytellers,” vital role in fostering the conditions that in history classes boring be - says Boyko. 1867 led to Confederation, with Macdonald yond measure,” Boyko recalls. “They were That’s true in spades where he’s con - and Brown playing key roles. mostly about memorizing names and cerned, and Blood and Daring is a prime ex - Boyko notes that American readers are dates for exams, and I hated that.” ample. In the hands of a less inventive and as surprised as Canadians are to learn But, he hastens to add, where history as passionate writer Canada’s involvement in how involved Canada was in the Civil a subject is concerned … that was “a dif - and response to the Civil war probably War and the impact that conflict had on ferent matter altogether.” would have been a dry recita - this country’s push for na - Hamilton-born, Peterborough-raised, tion of names and dates. But all historians tionhood. When Boyko sent a Boyko is the eldest of four boys. His the “War Between the States” worth their salt draft of his m anuscript to mother was an avid reader who enjoyed was an intense, traumatic con - Princeton professor emeritus history as a subject. There were always piles flict that in four years of fight - are storytellers. James McPherson, a leading of books around the house, and talk of his - ing, 1861-65, left more than Civil War historian who has tory and current events was regular fare at 600,000 dead and many more wounded won a Pulitzer Prize for his own writing, the family dinner table. In the Boyko and shook the U. S. of A. to its very core. McPherson was enthusiastic in his praise. household, history wasn’t the stuff of rote Boyko makes it the stuff of high drama. “He told me there’d been a gap in the learning and dusty tomes, but of rousing The fact that some 40,000 Canadians history of the Civil War that needed to be good stories filled with larger-than-life fought in the war – most of them in Union filled,” says Boyko, “and that my book fills heroes and villains who were involved in blue, against slavery – provided an added it. I’m really proud of that.” B

30 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw The runner as writer The doctor loves a good mystery obert McGill, ArtSci’99, knows that writing, like long-distance ttawa Valley native Virginia (Wurm) Winters, Meds’70, Rrunning, requires persistence. The winner of the 1998-99 Jenk - Ogrew up in a family and a community obsessed with books, ins Trophy, one of Queen’s oldest student athletic awards, logged reading and storytelling. thousands of kilometers running along Kingston’s scenic water - Her high school English teacher, Pat Bolger, encouraged Win - front. But the recent release of his second novel, Once We Had a ters to read beyond the curriculum, and to write. So the good Country (Knopf Canada, $24.95), marks the end of different kind of teacher may have been disappointed when her charge went off to marathon: six years of writing, rewriting, and immersing himself in Queen’s to study medicine, not literature. Little did either of them the history of the tense waning know that a career in pediatric medicine would prove to be pretty days of the Vietnam War. fair preparation for writing fiction. The novel begins in the sum - “Getting beyond the ‘what’ to the ‘why’ – the essence of medi - mer of 1972 as Maggie Dunne, cine – helped me to be a better writer,” says Winters, who has au - an American schoolteacher, fol - thored a series of mystery novels. “Medicine also gave me a per - lows her draft-dodger spective on the lives of others at times of stress and worry and pain. boyfriend Fletcher to a farm That’s invaluable to any writer. I don’t mean lifting the details of near Niagara Falls with the am - patients’ lives to include in works of fiction, but using the insight bition of starting a commune they give into the human condition to create characters who are and living off the land. But the not just cardboard cutouts, but who step off the page into reality. r E

young lovers’ idealism begins to Z At least I hope they do.” t i w S

falter amidst the tensions of life After Queen’s, marriage, and residency in Toronto (pediatrics for E n a in a new country and the disap - J Winters, internal medicine for her husband George Winters, pearance of Maggie’s estranged robert Mcgill, artsci’99 Meds’71), the couple moved to Lindsay, ON , where they set up their father, a missionary in Laos. It’s medical practices and started a a coming-of-age story not only about Maggie, but of Canada as “a family. When there was time – peacekeeping nation, a progressive alternative to the United States,” aside from her family respon - McGill says. sibilities, busy practice, med - However, the novel doesn’t gloss over Canada’s periphery role ical administrative duties, a in the conflict. “When I wrote this novel, I wanted to honour peo - stint as chief of medical staff at ple’s memories of the time, but also challenge the various stereo - Lindsay’s Ross Memorial Hos -

types that have become dominant,” McGill says. pital, recording texts and liter - o t o h p

Growing up, McGill was no stranger to Queen’s; his parents, ature for the blind, promoting d E i

Bruce and Marcy (Cook) McGill, both PhysEd’72 and Ed’73, met local French immersion, and l p p u

on campus and were married before fourth year. Growing up, the fund raising for a new arena – S family made the trip from Wiarton, ON – to Kingston every few Winters wrote some poetry dr. virginia winters, Meds’70, years to celebrate Homecoming. “Even before I came to Queen’s, and a mystery novel called says four decades of practising I had affection for the place,” McGill recalls. Murderous Roots (1998). How - pediatric medicine has made Introverted and soft-spoken, McGill majored in English and ever, at the time, she couldn’t her a better writer. was very much invested in his identity as an athlete. It was a find a publisher. Short stories third-year creative writing course with Carolyn Smart, who be - followed. Various writing contests, circles, retreats, and workshops came a good friend, that cemented his future; “I knew that writ - later, a much-revised version of Murderous Roots finally made its ing fiction was what I really wanted to do.” way into print with an American publisher (Write Words/Cam - Awarded a Rhodes scholarship in his graduating year, McGill bridge Books, 2010). Winters followed up with another mystery earned a Master’s degree in philosophy from Oxford and a Mas - novel, The Facepainter Murders, which was also published in the U.S. . ter’s of Creative Writing degree from the University of East Anglia. When she retired in 2010, Winters set to work on the third McGill, who completed his PhD in English at the U of T in book in what she’s now calling her “Dangerous Journeys” series. 2006, wrote most of Once We Had a Country, while he was a jun - No Motive for Murder appeared in the summer of 2012. ior fellow with the Harvard Society of Fellows between 2006 and Encouraged by her 2012 win in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly 2009, where his outsider’s perspective probed him to think about (London, England) short story competition, for a story called “what really distinguishes Canadians from Americans.” “The Decision”, Winter is now working on more short stories and Now a professor of creative writing at the U of T, McGill recalls, another novel. “I hope to find a Canadian publisher for this novel,” “At Queen’s, I studied with several professors whose teaching has she says. – BRIAN MCFADZEN, ARTS‘68, MA‘71 stayed with me. Not just what they taught me, but how they taught me,” says McGill. “They’ve influenced my own teaching to a great The Dangerous Journeys series is available at amazon.com and extent.” – JANE SWITZER, ARTSCI’10 writewordsinc.com.

www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 31 NEW ON THE BOOKSHELF

SARA BANNERMAN, CYRIL DABYDEEN, CATHERINE HIGGS, MUS’98, has written MA’74, MPA’75, has a ARTSCI’84, is the The Struggle for Cana - new collection of short author of Chocolate dian Copyright: Imperi - stories in bookstores: Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, alism to International - My Multi-Ethnic Friends and Colonial Africa ism, 1842-1971 (UBC & Other Stories (guer - (ohio university press, press, $95), the Berne nica Editions, $20). From $22.95). She traces the convention for the pro - the jungles of guyana early-20th-century tection of literary and to the urban jungle of journey of Englishman artistic works, first signed in 1886, is still the ottawa, the stories highlight the struggles Joseph Burtt to the portuguese colony of cornerstone of international copyright law, of immigrants living in a society that talks São tomé and príncipe (the “chocolate is - but the Bannerman book reveals the deep multiculturalism but doesn’t always walk it. lands”), through angola and Mozambique, roots of conflict in the international copy - his characters straddle many worlds, but and finally to British Southern africa. cad - right system over the years. Sara argues that tend to feel comfortable in none. bury Brothers chocolatiers hired Burtt to canada’s signing of the 1886 convention can determine whether the cocoa it was buying BILL GLOVER, SC’72, has published his be viewed in the context of a former British from the islands had been harvested by second book, Friends of a Mad Miner colony’s efforts to find a place on the world slave labourers forcibly recruited from (cranberry tree press, $19.95), a collection stage. the author is an assistant professor in angola, an allegation that became one of of 15 non-fiction stories about mining char - the department of communications and the huge scandals of the early colonial era. acters past and present in the Krkland lake Multimedia Studies at McMaster u. the author is associate professor of history area of northern ontario. Bill writes: “Some and vice-chair of africana Studies at the ANDREW BINKS, of these ‘rock stars’ have had their 15 min - university of tennessee. ARTSCI’82, has pub - utes of fame, while others still cry out from lished his second novel, the grave for justice.” this book is available JIM WADDINGTON, Strip (nightwood Edi - from the Museum of northern history in SC’63, and his wife tions, $21.95), an unset - Kirkland lake or directly from the author Sue have created a tling yet inspiring story through [email protected] . coffee table book of a male stripper and called In the Footsteps GERALD IRWIN, his floundering dance of the Group of Seven , MEDS’55, has chroni - career. published this fall cled both sad and (goose lane Editions, FRASER BROWNLEE, LAW’73, is the author funny stories from his $55) and called “splen - of Twenty Eighty-Four (Baico publishing inc.), early medical career in did” by reviewers. For the past 36 years, the a twist on orwell’s classic 1984. Fraser imag - It’s Full of Sandwiches pair have been locating and photographing ines the world a century after orwell’s tale, in (authorhouse). the the scenes that inspired the group of the age of terrorism. author is a retired pro - Seven painters almost a century ago, often fessor of radiology at ERIC CROUSE, hiking or canoeing to reach their vantage SUNY Stony Brook, NY . PHD’97, has written points. their book compares the paintings his fourth book. The TUDOR ROBINS, with photos of their real-life locations. Cross and ARTSCI’94, has pub - long-time friends Reaganomics: Con - lished her first young MARYANNE WAIN - servative Christians adult novel, Objects MAN, ARTSCI’10, Defending Ronald in Mirror (red deer and JESS KOEHN, Reagan (lexington press, $12.95). the ARTSCI’11, have Books, $65) discusses story follows a teen- collaborated on their conservative chris - aged competitive first children’s book, tians in the united States as champions of horseback rider as Lawrence, The free-market economics. she struggles with her intensifying eating Story of a Hedgehog Who Wanted to Fly disorder, while trying to win back the (Epic press, $15.99). the story, written by chance to jump, and show, the horse she Maryanne and illustrated by Jess, explores loves. tudor is an ottawa-based author, a two themes: the importance of children writing workshop leader, and a blogger on believing in themselves and the power writing themes at www.tudorrobins.ca . of kindness.

32 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw CREATIVE MINDS – ’90 s

Close brushes with history he put eight years into studying for a career in clinical psychology, but this grad came to the realization that his future was in looking to the past.

BY KEN CUTHBERTSON, REVIEW EDITOR

icture this: It’s 1984 and a young man fun. “I must get my artistic Pfrom Windsor, ON , the son of a boat- skills from my mom. She builder father and a commercial artist was incredibly versatile in mother, arrives at Queen’s for grad studies her work as a commercial in psychology. He spends eight years earn - artist,” he says. ing two degrees, and then goes on to carve He dabbled in painting out a highly successful career for himself – as an undergraduate at the one in which he wins high praise, with one University of Alberta and observer even hailing him as “a genius.” brought his hobby with That’s a rough sketch of the life to date him to Queen’s. The light of Peter Rindlisbacher, MA ’86, PhD’92. went on for Peter about However, it’s only when you begin to fill in how gifted an artist he is the details and add some colour to the pic - one day when he was chat - ture that the man really comes into focus. ting with an academic ad - You then see that his story didn’t turn out visor. “He happened to see

as you might have anticipated. one of my paintings and o t o h p

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never followed his intended career path. you doing studying psy - S The would-be psychologist became an chology?’ I took that the Kingston-based Quarry press has included 115 of peter artist. Not just any artist, but one of the wrong way and felt down rindlisbacher’s meticulously detailed paintings of war of world’s foremost painters of marine and for several weeks … until I 1812 naval battle scenes in a new coffee table book. historical subjects. Last year, when Canada realized that he had paid began its bicentennial celebrations of the me a compliment, and he was right.” oil and gas company. Where he’s located War of 1812, Peter’s works adorned the The rest, as they say, is history. doesn’t make much difference to Peter, as covers of several books about the war, and He did finish his degrees, but didn’t go long as there’s water nearby. “It’s not too interest in his commercial artwork looking for an office. For a time after he bad here because we live near a lake,” he blossomed. In addition to those book cov - graduated from Queen’s, Peter lived at says. And it’s about a half-hour’s drive to ers, his oil paintings can be found in Amherstburg, ON , a community that treas - Galveston, on the Gulf of Mexico. magazines, in the Canadian War Museum, ures its maritime and War of 1812 heritage. Peter also gets his nautical fix by taking and in other museums and galleries across After marrying and starting a family, Peter part in re-enactments of historic battles. North America. Now a lavish coffee table stayed home to care for the kids and work That’s his hobby now that painting’s his book of his artwork has been published. at establishing himself as an artist. Being a profession. In his garage Peter has a nine- War of CICD: The Marine Art of Peter Rindlis - stickler for historical accuracy, he spent metre (29-foot) longboat with eight oars bacher (Quarry Press, $39.95) is a collection whatever time he could find or make and two small cannons – a replica of an of 115 paintings depicting naval battles of doing research for his paintings, which are 18th-century British gunboat – his the war between Canada and the U.S. meticulously and painstakingly crafted. “I “re-enactment toy”. He hauls it around the Peter now works full-time on commis - enjoy the painting,” he explains. But I also continent, and he and some friends dress sions. “You could say that my hobby has really love doing research, trying to nail up in period costumes to take part in taken over. It’s become my life,” he says down every detail of whatever subject I’m various commemorative events. with a laugh. painting.” And what about Peter’s training in psy - Fact is, Peter was always interested in That attention to detail is much in chology? Does he ever wonder what might art and in history. He’s never had an art les - evidence, and it’s one of the reasons Peter’s have been if he’d hung out his shingle and son, and for most of his early life he didn’t career has taken off as it has. worked as a clinical psychologist? take his art seriously. He was an avid sailor These days, he’s living near Houston. “No,” he says without hesitation. “Right who spent his summers on the water. He The Rindlisbachers moved to Texas so his now, I enjoy painting far too much. I’m painted only in winter, and then just for wife Ellen could pursue her career with an doing what I love.” B

www.aluMnirEviEw.QuEEnSu.ca 33 AT THE BRANCHES

NEWS AND NOTES Ottawa Branch update The new Branch Contact for the Ottawa Branch is Jeff Bird, Sc’01. Welcome to the team, Jeff! Ottawa alumni can contact Jeff at [email protected] . German Branch alumni weekend The Germany Branch held its annual weekend get-together in September. This year, the group travelled to Bonn, where alumni enjoyed a guided tour of the inner city, a visit to the Beethoven House, and a ride on the historic cog railway to enjoy i

t the scenery of the Rhine Valley. Oskar t o n i von dem Hagen, PhD’86, shared some of p

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p his photos from the excursion, including this one, taken at Drachenfelsburg in 2013 Stirling Award Köenigswinter. See more photos on our Keith “Skip” Eaman, Sc’72, received the John B. Stirling Medal from the Montreal Branch Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/ in June. Skip was honoured for his enthusiasm and dedication to Queen’s and his beloved queensualumni ). Gaels football team. Skip, a running back for the Gaels 1968 Vanier Cup championship team, went on to win a Grey Cup as a member of the Montreal Alouettes in 1974. He has also had a successful career in the construction industry. Seen here at the award recep - tion are Monica Dingle, Com’02, Montreal Branch President, and Skip. See photos from this and other Branch events at flickr.com/photos/queensbranches .

Principal visits Hong Kong Principal Daniel Woolf met with about 120 alumni at a Branch reception during his n E

October trip to Hong Kong, his first to that city. Queen’s has academic partnerships with g a h

several universities in Hong Kong. In the last academic year, nearly 20 per cent of all M E d

international students at Queen’s were from the Greater China area. See photos from n o v

the reception at flickr.com/photos/queensbranches . In Hong Kong and want to network r a K S with other alumni? Contact the Branch at [email protected] . o

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS A LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS IN CANADA, THE U.S., AND AROUND THE WORLD

CANADA strong tradition in the calgary community and all alumni are welcome to join us. the event starts at 6 pm. BROCKVILLE DECEMBER 19 – NOVEMBER 30 – Join us at a welcome Back reception with the Join us with your tricolour mittens and scarves as Queen’s Bands following the Santa claus parade. please bring we toast the holiday season in true Queen’s style. our annual a non-perishable food donation. For more information, contact holiday pub night will bring students and alumni together to Branch president cheryl Johnston, artsci’01, at 613-342-8688 or share some pints and Queen’s spirit on what is sure to be a cold [email protected]. winter’s night. the event runs from 5:30 pm onwards at the Barley Mill pub, 201 Barclay parade SW (Eau claire). RSVP to CALGARY nick godwin, artsci’11, at [email protected] . NOVEMBER 28 – the calgary wine and cheese night returns to lougheed house (707 13th avenue SW ). Built in 1891, lougheed U.S. house was the home of the lougheed family for many years and ARIZONA

is now a national historic Site. in addition to great food and wine, DECEMBER 14 – Join our annual holiday celebration in pheonix and alumni will enjoy a journey back in time courtesy of a guided tour spend part of the season with Queen’s grads and their families. and historical tales of this grand estate. this annual event marks a it will be an evening of dinner and holiday cheer.

34 iSSuE 4, 2013 • QuEEn’S aluMni rEviEw Connect with grads in 2013 Kathleen Beaumont organize class reunions, and introducing Toronto Hill Award recent law grads to members of the Interested in staying connected with fel - In September, the Vancouver Branch pre - Vancouver legal community. low alumni in Toronto? Are you new to sented the 2013 Kathleen Beaumont Hill the Toronto alumni community? Looking award to Carman J. Overholt, Law’84. Congratulations, Don! for your next opportunity to do the Oil Carman is a leading practitioner in the Congratulations to Don Duval, Thigh? Come check out what’s new with field of labour and employment law. As a Artsci’99, our Sudbury Branch Contact. the Queen’s Toronto Alumni Branch at law student, he worked with the Queen’s Don, who is the CEO of NORCAT , has queenstoalumni.ca or email us at Legal Aid Society, which inspired his been named one of Sudbury’s Top 40 [email protected] . drive to start Pro Bono Law of B.C. He Under Forty by Northern Ontario still has close ties to Queen’s, helping Business Ltd. Official Calgary Branch T-Shirts – “We Put the Oil In Oil Thigh” The official Calgary Queen’s Alumni Branch T-shirts are in! If you are inter - ested in acquiring one of these handsome shirts, email Adam Shetler, Sc’08 ([email protected]), or join us at one of our upcoming events. Come pre - pared with $20 and land yourself an offi - cial Calgary Queen’s Alumni Branch T-shirt. Various sizes are available (sold out of S and XL ), so show your Queen’s spirit and support the creativity of the o

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New contact in Calgary p u Welcome to Karlyn Roberts, Artsci’82, S the new Manager, Western Regional Of - Washington, DC celebration fice, for Queen’s Office of Advancement. Victoria, Artsci’07, Ed’09, and Andrew Jesmain, Artsci’07, hosted a satellite You can reach Karlyn at 403.266.6195 or Homecoming party in late September for local alumni. Guests celebrated with [email protected] . pancakes, mimosa drinks, and Queen’s-themed trivia.

WINTER/SPRING 2014 – we are currently planning our winter and BOSTON

spring activities so let us know your suggestions for future events. JANUARY 12 – gear up for the winter olympics by trying your hand please check our branch website for all the latest information on at an olympic sport. alumni curling takes place at the petersham our events at alumni.queensu.ca/arizona . curling club (65 miles west of Boston off route 2) from noon to FEBRUARY 2014 (TUCSON) – a visit to tucson (including lunch) 4 pm. Family and friends are welcome. no matter what your skill makes this the perfect outing to spend time with alumni living in level, you’ll enjoy the opportunity to play the game. registration the southern part of arizona. is $40 and includes instruction, equipment, time for some games, and buffet BBQ dinner. watch your email inbox or visit our branch MONTHLY (PHOENIX) – our monthly Branch pub nights continue! website to register: alumni.queensu.ca/boston. please join us on the first thursday of the month from 6 to 8 pm at Sunup Brewhouse, 322 E. camelback road. For more information, contact Branch president Mary reed, artsci’84, at For details on these and other Branch events, [email protected] . go to events.queensu.ca . SNOWBIRDS – please join us while you are wintering in arizona. check out photos from past Branch events on Facebook! we look forward to welcoming all Queen’s alumni and their www.facebook.com/queensualumni families living in (or visiting) arizona.

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The return of Homecoming after a five-year hiatus, a beloved alumni tradition has been reborn and reinvigorated by not one, but two, weekend celebrations.

BY JESS JOSS, ARTSCI’96

he Queen’s community is a were active on campus in their T vibrant one that’s built on day. Our oldest returning alumna tradition and innovation. The an- this year was Katherine Ferguson, nual ritual of alumni returning to Arts’9?, of Ottawa. Katherine says campus for an autumn reunion she’s looking forward to attend- was resurrected in October after a ing her =;th reunion in 867:. five-year hiatus prompted by the Now, that’s Tricolour spirit. University’s concerns for the As a side note, for those who safety of alumni and students aren’t able to make it back to alike. Homecoming’79 featured campus to take in Gaels’ games, two weekends of celebration. the DG@@ is delighted to an- Alumni marking milestone re- nounce a partnership with union years were invited back to Queen’s Athletics and Recreation reconnect with classmates and and Queen’s FH to stream live all other Queen’s friends, celebrate home football, men’s and

their Tricolour spirit, connect UniversiTy CommUniCaTions women’s basketball, and men’s with students, support varsity The half-time alumni parade around the track at the and women’s volleyball games for sports teams, and give back to the Gaels’ football games was just one of the many popular the 8679-7: season. So you never local community. The first Home- traditions reborn at Homecoming’13. have to miss the Gaels action. coming weekend festivities, held Check out GoGaelsGo.com to October :-<, were for alumni who were campus for their 76th, 86th, 96th, :6th re- take in all the action. celebrating a reunion ending in five, and unions, and the Tricolour Guard – alumni Without many hours of work by dedi- the weekend included a special focus on who were celebrating a reunion ;6 years or cated alumni, staff, and students – and a alumni who were celebrating their 8;th re- more. Again, there were events at which nod from Principal Woolf – we wouldn’t union. The Class of 7?>> took part in year- alumni could interact with students, give have had a chance to “come home” this crest painting, a pre-football game party, back to the local community (a student- fall. Without the nearly two years of back- and received commemorative reunion run food drive, a tree-planting initiative), ground work by the Homecoming Work- jacket bars. We look forward to continuing and explore Kingston. There was also a ing Group, involving more than ;6 meet- this practice in 867: with the Class of 7?>?. second triumphant football game, this time ings with local stakeholders, on and off The football Gaels against Guelph, and an- campus, and then the diligent efforts by played Laurier in a hard- Without many hours of other impressive alumni the Homecoming Program Committee, fought nail-biter of a work by dedicated parade at half-time. and the fabulous staff of Alumni Relations, game in which the Tri- I always look forward these two amazing, well-run, fun, and well- colour prevailed in over- alumni, staff, and to speaking with our sen- attended weekends couldn’t have hap- time. The traditional students – and a nod ior alumni and to their pened. Thank you for providing an oppor- alumni parade at half- from Principal Woolf – stories of campus and tunity for alumni to return to see old time was enthusiastically we wouldn’t have had Kingston in their student friends, meet new ones, enjoy Kingston, cheered by current stu- days. So for me the high- and show their Tricolour spirit on campus. dents. And the weekend a chance to “come light of this second week- A heartfelt thanks, too, to students – or included the Grant Hall home” this fall. end was the Tricolour “future alumni,“ as I like to call them – Society dinner, which Guard reception and din- and especially the student leaders of the had a wonderful World Café theme. Most ner. This year, so many senior alumni were @BE, EACE, DE@@, and the Rector for help- Homecoming events were well attended, delighted to return that our dinner was ing put the focus on alumni celebrations, and included a rousing rendition of Oil overcapacity. Some classes – Sc’<9 and and staying off a certain infamous street. Thigh. Meds’;> among them – were especially With two such positive weekends, the This second Homecoming’79 weekend, well represented. I met one of our Rhodes DG@@ is excited to begin look forward to Oct. 7>-86, saluted alumni who returned to Scholars, and many other alumni who future Homecomings. B

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HIV vaccine, planet formation, and songbird gene research awarded funding

he development of therapeutic vaccines a successful therapeutic vac - Hannah, who com - Tagainst HIV , understanding how plan - cine against HIV . The first pleted her BSc in astro - ets are formed, and exploring songbird focuses on treatment op - physics at Queen’s, is now a diversity and migration are winning re - tions for children with HIV . PhD student in physics at search topics for three Queen’s alumnae. Christina is researching the the University of Victoria. Alumnae Christina Schweitzer, Sc’13, characteristics of cytotoxic She is studying the planet received the Jean Royce Fellowship; T cells that could recognize formation processes that Hannah Broekhoven-Fiene, Artsci’09, and kill virus-infected cells. take place when a star is earned the Alfred Bader Fellowship in This will help her to under - young and surrounded by a Memory of Jean Royce; and Kira Delmore, stand the immune response massive disk of gas and o t

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biomedical engineering at Queen’s, is now munoglobulin hypermuta - R cloud of gas and dust about a PhD student at the University of Cam - tion, a hallmark of individ - Jean royce. BA ’30, LLD ’68, 1,300 light years from bridge. She intends to pursue two research uals infected by HIV who served as Queen’s registrar Earth. She will compare the projects that have the potential to lead to do not develop AIDS . for 35 years. planet-forming disks in ARAG award nomination ad 13-0492 25/9/2013 1:26 PM Page 1 Auriga to those of the Orion star-forming region, which, while similar in mass, has a very different star- HELP POTENTIAL forming environment. Hannah hopes that studying planet-forming disks in Auriga and Orion will help us ultimately under - BECOME ACHIEVEMENT stand the process of forming Earth-like CALL FOR APPLICATIONS planets that are capable of nurturing life. Kira, who studied biology at Queen’s, The Marty Memorial Scholarship, the Jean Royce Fellowship and is now a PhD student in zoology at UBC . the Alfred Bader Fellowship in Memory of Jean Royce are awarded Her work explores the role migration annually to women graduates of Queen’s University for a year of plays in songbird diversity. Kira’s work study and research, or to pursue an endeavour that contributes focuses on the Swainson’s thrush, the to the advancement of knowledge, contributes to society or allows migratory patterns of hybrid offspring, creative expression. and the role of migration to reduce gene Please submit your Office of the University Registrar flow between bird species. Kira aims to applications by Student Awards identify the genes that control the birds’ 15 February 2014 to: Gordon Hall, 74 Union St. migratory routes. Queen’s University The three awards are named in hon - Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 our of Jean Royce, BA ’29, LLD ’68, (the longest serving Registrar in Queen’s For more information please visit history) and sisters Aletta Marty, MA 1894, queensu.ca/studentawards LLD 1919, and Sophia Marty, MA 1897, (two pioneering women in the field of educa - tion). Deadline for 2014 applications is February 15. Learn more about awards for alumnae at queensu.ca/studentawards. To contribute to one of these awards, visit givetoqueens.ca. – AG

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A inspiration in the classroom Biologist daniel lefebvre goes the extra mile to make his classes special, and his students appreciate it. their recommendations have earned him the 2013 alumni award for Excellence in teaching.

BY MICHAEL ONESI

tudents who take a biol - beyond simply taking the Sogy course with Prof. time to prepare interesting Daniel Lefebvre don’t go to lectures. He is the type of pro - class expecting to sit and fessor who tries to learn the listen to a one-hour lecture. names of his students to The students usually do more make participating in class talking than the professor. easier and more enjoyable. Lefebvre likes to chat for He likes to connect to 10 or 15 minutes and then students by talking to them pose a question. It’s up to the outside the classroom about students to work together to non-academic issues. research and debate possible Prof. Mel Robertson, the answers. It’s all a part of in - former Biology Department teractive learning. head who recommended “It seems to come to them Lefebvre for the award, says as a bit of a surprise. But after he’s delighted that Lefebvre a few weeks of classes, they is getting some public recog -

are working well together in K nition. r a l groups. What I want them to c “It is great to see Daniel

d r discover is the better they a recognized with this award n r E work together, the better B after all these years of inspir - their answers will be,” he says. prof. daniel lefebvre (Biology) has never been one to ing students and getting them Lefebvre tries to instill a shy away from trying new teaching techniques. to truly understand and enjoy sense of wonder in his stu - biology,” says Robertson. dents and create a desire to learn. And vre’s undergraduate students. His work has “Daniel is a pioneer at our school in judging by the reaction, it is working. been described in glowing terms. terms of innovative teaching techniques. Praise from his current and former stu - “Professor Lefebvre is enthusiastic and He always seems willing to try something dents is a key reason Lefebvre is the win - passionate. He makes learning fun,” wrote new to engage his students.” ner of this year’s Alumni Award for Excel - one student. “He is a very jolly, caring man In 2010, Lefebvre was one of the first lence in Teaching. The who loves the students and professors at Queen’s to work with the award, which carries with it daniel is a his job,” wrote another. Queen’s Centre for Teaching and Learn - a $5,000 cash prize, is given pioneer in terms One student went out of ing to embrace video lecture capture – by the Queen’s University of his innovative her way to send Daniel an having a lecture recorded and made avail - Alumni Association to rec - unsolicited thank-you letter. able to students on the Internet. It allows ognize a Queen’s teacher teaching “You really made me like bi - students to learn anywhere and at any who shows outstanding techniques. he ology … I think what I liked time. knowledge, teaching ability, always seems best about your lectures is Lefebvre was also one of the first people and accessibility to students. willing to try that it was clear you wanted at Queen’s to embrace personal response His students have ranked to be there, which made me units in the classroom, which allow Lefebvre’s Biology 102 course something new really want to be there, too,” students to use a clicker to anonymously one of the top courses in the to engage his the student wrote. answer multiple-choice or true/false Biology Department every students. Lefebvre says he doesn’t questions asked by the professor. year for the past decade. teach to win awards; how - “Being an early adopter of technology However, if you want a real sense of ever, he’s happy to be recognized and know takes a bit of effort. Some people have to the impact of a great teacher, read some of that the students appreciate his efforts. stick their necks out and try these things,” the course evaluation feedback from Lefeb - And it is a lot of effort and goes far says Lefebvre. B

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News from classmates and friends wife, Marilyn, and attends church, which has To 1959 always been an important part of his life. He • SEND NOTES TO: FAMILY NEWS has three living children, nine grandchildren, [email protected] A belated happy birthday to and two great-grandchildren. He is a role • UPDATE ADDRESS: W.K. “BILL” THOMSON , model for subsequent generations that ‘you [email protected] Arts’48, MA’50 (PhD’54, never say die.’ Bill has enjoyed a retirement Wisconsin), who celebrated busy with his many interests: painting, music, • PHONE: his 100th birthday on July 12, Scottish country dancing, genealogy and 1-800-267-7837 ext . 33280 surrounded by family. Bill watching many sports. In fact, he only stopped was a WWII veteran who doing a cartwheel to celebrate his birthdays at • ONLINE EDITION: 86! He felt it was time before he hurt himself.” www.alumnireview.queensu.ca accepted the government’s gift of a post- secondary education upon returning home from overseas. He studied microbiology and IN THE NEWS biochemistry at Queen’s, specializing in bacte - MARLENE BRANT-CASTELLANO , Unless otherwise indicated, dates in rial genetics. He spent a year at the University Arts’57, LLD’91, was a guest speaker when these notes refer to 2013 . of Wisconsin doing research with a supervisor Queen’s launched its new Indigenous Studies who was a Nobel Prize winner. After complet - degree program (an Artsci minor) at the Four ing his PhD, he worked at the Defence Directions Aboriginal Student Centre in Research Board laboratory, first in Kingston September (see Review Issue 3, p. 32). and later in Ottawa. He then moved to work Marlene, a Mohawk elder, retired after a dis - KeepiNg iN toUch NoteS with the Department of Food and Drugs for tinguished academic career in social sciences the federal government in Ottawa, where he Queen’s Alumni Review and now lives in Shannonville, ON, close to stayed until his retirement in 1976. His daugh - the Tyendinaga Mohawk Nation Reserve Queen’s University ter-in-law, Linda Dawn Brown-Thomson, named for her ancestor, Loyalist General and 99 University Avenue Artsci’73, Meds’77, writes, “Bill continues to Chief Joseph Brant. She continues to co-chair Kingston, oN K7l 3N6 live life to its fullest, despite failing health. He the Canadian Aboriginal Council. Thanking continues to live in his Ottawa home with his Queen’s and the gathering of First Nation,

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Inuit and Metis stu dents for the initiative, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science; Martin (Fong), and Hilary Moses (Gareth), as she said, “We are no longer excluded as Reser - Hamilton Sparling, Kelowna, BC; Jack well as 11 much-loved grandchildren. vation Indians. We are reclaiming the territory Billingsley, Newark, DL; and Bob Scally, ALEXANDER ANDREW of the mind.” Kanata, ON. Members of Sc’48½ didn’t return GREENLEES , BSc ’48, died to campus for Homecoming festivities, but in April 24 in Barrie, ON. He is NOTES their honour, some of the student recipients of greatly missed by his daughter, the Sc’48½ bursary carried the class banner in Betsy Greenlees, Artsci’77 the traditional football halftime parade during (Ray Dorosz), his son Rob the October 5 game at Richardson Stadium. Greenlees (Mary), and his DEATHS grandchildren, Megan and Sam Dorosz and Kristen and Cameron Greenlees. He was ELIZABETH MARGARET predeceased by his wife Jean in 1986 and his “BETTY” (MONT - brother Thomas Clarke Greenlees, BSc’48, in GOMERY) BAXTER , 2009. Alex graduated from the Royal Military BA’37, died July 7 in Port College in 1940 with a War Certificate. He Hope, ON, in her 98th year. served in the Canadian Army from 1940 to Betty studied Latin, French, 1944 in Canada and the U.K., then in Holland and Greek at Queen’s. After and Germany with the Essex Scottish Regi - graduation, she returned to her hometown ment until 1945. After the war he attended of Bloomfield, ON, to work at the local Bank KATHLEEN SATCHELL , Arts’51, let Queen’s, graduating in 1948 with a degree in of Commerce. She married Ronald Baxter in us know that our flashback photo (p. 59) in Chemical Engineering. In 1994 he was 1939, and they had been married for 56 years the last issue had the right names, but in the awarded a Bachelor of Military Science from when he died in 1995. Betty is survived by her wrong places. Kathleen recognized some of RMC. Alex worked as a professional chemical two children and extended family. her fellow Muir House residents. Clockwise engineer for Polysar in Sarnia, ON, from 1948 from top right (not left, as we had thought) ROSS BRANSTON , BSc’52, died May 17 to 1983. He moved to Barrie in 2008. are: Ann Elliott, Arts’51, Peggy House, in Burlington, ON, in his 86th year. He was JOHN GREGORY , BSc’44, died July 27 in Arts/PHE’50, Ann Smith, Joan Waddell, predeceased by his wife, Mary, but is survived Orillia, ON, aged 93. Dearly loved husband of Arts’50, Peg Pepler, Arts’50, Madeleine by his children Elizabeth, David, and Ian and Norma, and cherished father of Jane McLeish. Pogachar, Arts’52, Lois Buckley, Arts’49, their families. Ross maintained an active inter - Ruth Stuart, NSc’53, and Susie Atkins, Arts’50. est in many institutions, including Queen’s. He LORNE BEATTIE Thanks, Kathleen! was an active member of St. Luke’s Anglican HALLADAY , BSc’51, died Church and served as its property manager for April 7. He is survived by his many years. Ross enjoyed a varied professional wife, Margaret, but was prede - life in manufacturing, including a 31-year ceased by his sister Catherine career with Dofasco. and brother Muir, BSc’48. A grad of the Geological Engi - DOUGLAS DENNY , MD’54, of Victoria, neering department, Lorne became one of BC, died July 25. Doug’s graduation from high Canada’s most respected exploration geolo - school coincided with the start of WWII. His gists. He first joined Falconbridge’s exploration wish to enlist led him to an officer training team in Newfoundland, but was later involved course at King’s College and then on to the MEMBERS OF MEDS’59 and their in various projects throughout Manitoba, On - Royal Canadian Naval Reserve as a sub-lieu - spouses enjoyed a mini-reunion aboard a tario, and Quebec, including the Populus Lake tenant. He served with distinction as a gun - Caribbean cruise ship last winter. Seen here nickel deposit. After 1955, Lorne was involved nery officer aboard HMCS Border Cities in the (back row) J.Davidson, D. Davidson, D. in many exploration projects for M.J. Boylen North Atlantic. With peace came the opportu - Braden, M. Braden, L. MacLeod, J. Thompson. Engineering. This included extensive work in nity to pursue his lifelong goal to become a Front row; J. Thompson, N. Bajjaly, K. the Scottish Highlands, in Ireland, in Canada’s doctor. A trip to the West Coast after gradua - MacLeod, A. Atkinson. Thanks to Marilyn sub-arctic, northern Quebec, and Newfound - tion convinced him that this was the best Braden for the photo. land. In the late 1960s, he joined Dome Explo - “port” in Canada, partly because it was where ration (Canada) Ltd. and traveled across he met Winifred, the love of his life. After Canada and the U.S. for his work. He became interning at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Chief Exploration Geologist for the Dome he set up practice in Burnaby and bought a Group, and in this position he contributed home on Deer Lake, where he and Winifred greatly to the Dona Lake and Musselwhite raised five highly individual children. After programs. When the merger of Placer and 20 years of practice, the vagabond side of his Dome took place, Lorne became Vice-Presi - nature overcame suburbia and Doug joined dent, Exploration, of Placer Dome and contin - Canada’s Foreign Service as Medical Attaché ued in this position until his retirement in Five of the original members of the CLASS with the Department of Health and Welfare. 1988. He still carried out prospecting activities OF SC’48½ attended the 65th anniversary He and Winifred spent the next 20 wonderful, in various parts of northern Ontario. dinner of the famous Queen’s post-war class. mind-stretching years in magical places: India, Through out his life, Lorne was an ardent The recipients of the Sc’48½ Mature Student Germany, Hong Kong, London, and Trinidad. sports fan, a nature-lover, and very knowl - Bursary organized the September event at the Retirement brought them to Victoria, where edgeable about plants, trees, and animals. He Donald Gordon Centre. Pictured above are they settled in a harbourside condo. Doug is was also a limerick-writer who won a prize at (l-r), Jim Ramsay, Toronto; George Brown, survived by Winifred, his children Kilmeny, the Leacock Festival in 1991 for his work. He Ottawa; Dean Kim Woodhouse from the Peter (Michele), Barbara Underhill (Gerry), is greatly missed by his family and friends.

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DONALD GORDON Kingston, and London, ON. He held three WALKER M c KAY SMITH , BCom’58, MATHIESON , BCom’45, principalships in North York before being LLB’62, died Feb. 8 at home in Chatham, ON, died May 15 in Kingston, aged appointed the first Director of Education for aged 75. He is survived by his sister, Amelia 88. Born in Winnipeg, Don the Frontenac County School Board. His life - (Smith) Farquharson, Arts’63, and her chil - returned there following grad - long energy and generosity led to his involve - dren James, Com’97, and Catherine. He was uation to work at the Great- ment in the Masonic Lodge, Rotary, and predeceased by his parents, Jean (Gray) Smith, West Life Assurance Co. There Probus Clubs, and to social outreach as Chair BCom’29, and E. Russell Smith, BA’24, he met his wife, Dorothy, and stayed until his of the Kingston United Way, contributor to a BCom’25, MA’26. Walker practised law in retirement in 1983. As early as 1966, he had history of the Cataraqui Golf and Country Toronto until 2003 and then retired to predicted the arrival of personal computers, Club, and member of the Board of Governors Chatham to run the family business, Gray’s long before such devices existed, and in due of Kingston General Hospital. His love of his - China Hall, started by his grandfather in 1902. time he became the company’s pioneering tory went far beyond the classroom to avid DOROTHY JANE manager of computer education. He was reading of historical plaques, visits to Civil (HEARTZ) SNOOK , passionate about his work, loved jazz, and was War battlefields, and taking and cataloguing BSc’46, died Aug.18 at home an authority on his favourite musician, Duke photographs of old Ontario rail fences. Bolton in Truro, NS, in her 89th Ellington. Retiring to Kingston, Don consulted is now reunited with his cherished wife of 56 year. She was predeceased for a short time with Empire Life before retir - years, Kathleen Mary “Kay” (Swinton) Slack, by her husband John. She is ing completely and continuing his travels with BA’39, who died October 14, 2002. Donations survived by her sons, grand - Dorothy throughout North America and in their memory may be made to the J. Bolton son, and sister. Dorothy was the first woman Europe. Predeceased by Dorothy, he is sur - and Kathleen Slack Scholarship at Queen’s. vived by sons Peter, Artsci’91, MBA’94 , and to get a degree from Queen’s Faculty of Ap - Evan, and three grandchildren. GARY SMITH , plied Science. She was a proud and gracious BA’52, MA’54, died lady, and is missed by everyone who knew her. HUGH M c MASTER , BSc’50, died Aug. 1 May 6 at his Toronto RUTH ROSE (OESTREICHER) WOLFE , in Ottawa, aged 90. Hugh was a WWII veteran home with his friend, BA’50, died Jan. 29 in Hanover, ON. Ruth who served his country in the RCAF. Beloved caregiver, and longtime learned the value of serving others through husband of Lois, father of two, and grandfa - partner, Margaret, at her mother, Elizabeth, a nurse, and her father ther of two. his side. Gary was a John, a minister. After completing her BA in scholarship student ALICE WARNER English, Ruth taught high school in Markdale and member of the (HOLMES) POOLE , and Palmerston, ON. In 1956, she married intercollegiate champ - BA’42, died Sept. 19 in Sheldon Wolfe, forming the professional vol - ion ship boxing team Victoria, BC, in her 92nd unteer team that was known to so many as at Queen’s. Following year. She was predeceased “RuthandSheldon.” Ruth provided countless a stint at Canadian Press, he began his teach - by husband Werk Poole, hours of support to many community organi - ing career in the Toronto region. In 1965, he with whom she lived for zations, and to her local church, all the while was an exchange teacher in Birmingham, Eng - more than 50 years in Napanee, ON, before raising five children. She touched countless land. He returned to Canada and joined the they moved to enjoy retirement in Victoria in lives through the positive outlook that en - Ontario College of Education (now U of T’s 1996. Alice is survived by her three daughters, livened her volunteerism and was reflected in Faculty of Education). Gary also became a Jan Hope-Burke, Nancy Poole, Arts’73, and her love of family, friends, cottage life – and traveling lecturer, speaking on Canadian his - Nora Stephens, Artsci’77, and three grandchil - ice cream. Her family misses her joyful and tory and life at British schools. He estimated dren, Cybil and Coleman Stephens and Burke generous nature, but also celebrates a life truly that he visited more than 1,000 schools in Dlouhy. Alice was proud of being one of the well lived. few women graduating in Economics as early England, Scotland, and Wales – and “a stagger - as 1942, and was a generous donor to Queen’s ing number of pubs.” In 1987, he moved to over her lifetime. teach history at the Lycée Canadien en France in St-Jean Cap Ferrat. He retired in 1993 and 1960s JOSEPH BOLTON eventually returned to Toronto. As a writer, HONOURS “BOLT” SLACK , BA’44, lecturer, keen tennis player, and teacher, Gary J. DOUGLAS CUNNINGHAM , Law’67, MA’46, died May 5 in was dynamic, energetic, generous, informed, received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree Kingston, aged 96. As interesting, and witty. His students and col - from the Law Society of Upper Canada at its Dad, Grandpa and leagues remember him as an excellent teacher. Call-to-the-Bar ceremony this spring, cited for treasured Great-Grandpa, For much of his life, Gary liked living alone, outstanding qualities as lawyer, judge and he is deeply missed by his yet he enjoyed the company of women and mentor. Doug practised law for 22 years in daughter, Janey Bates, Arts’71, Ed’72 (Tim, was a considerate, compassionate friend and Kingston with Cunningham Swan LLP before Arts’71, Law’74); grandchildren Heather, companion. He was genuinely disappointed in his first appointment to the bench in 1991. Artsci/PHE’02 (Trevor Rogers), and Ian not having been able to publish his humorous The LSUC award also referred to his skilled (Anne-Elizabeth); and great-granddaughters manuscripts on such topics as the great love handling of the 2012 City of Mississauga Judi - Hadley Rogers and Lilianne Bates. To all who affairs of history, American presidential elec - cial Inquiry. Doug recently retired as Associate knew him, he was a kind, giving, dapper, tions, and the Olympics. Considering the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court distinguished, and charming man who could vagaries, joys, and disappointments of life, and has established a mediation and arbitra - always be counted on for laughter and good Gary had a favourite verse: “Bliss in possession tion practice at Neeson Chambers in Toronto. cheer. He had a long, varied, and exemplary will not last; Remembered joys are never past.” career in education. He started as the lone In his own words, Gary said, “Queen’s gave me ELLIOTT JACOBSON , MBA’69, was teacher in a one-room schoolhouse at Poole’s much, for which I’m ever grateful, especially awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Ju - Resort, ON. He went on to become history those remembered joys.” Pictured here, Gary bilee Award for community service in 2012. teacher and then department head in Stouffville, in 1986 at the Lycée Canadien in France. 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Foundation in recognition MAKING A DIFFERENCE of his long service as its Treasurer. He is also Treasurer and Vice-Chair of The value of Dixon Hall, a Toronto social educating young services agency. In 2013, Elliott was elected a Fellow women (FCPA, FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Two Queen’s alumnae are making Accountants of Ontario. a difference in the East African nation of Tanzania by helping to educate JOB NEWS young women to build better lives GEOFFREY ADAIR , Law’67, has set up a for themselves and others. o t new legal practice, Adair Barristers LLP, in o Maureen Law , meds’64, and i were at h p

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Toronto. He can be reached at gadair@ Queen’s at the same time, but although e i l p adairbarristers.com. the University was much smaller in p U those days, we never met. that hap - S ROD M c LEOD , Com’64, is into his fourth maureen (left) and Arlene in longido’s pened about 40 years later when our year as a public director and Chair of the three-room library with the village kids who shared concern for girls’ education Board of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association stay around after school. of Canada, a self-regulating organization brought us together. Now both of us under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Securi - are very involved as board members of temBo, a small ottawa-based charity. the word ties Administrators. He and his wife, Mary tembo means “elephant” in Swahili, and the acronym stands for tanzania education & Anne McLeod, NSc’64, continue to reside in micro-Business opportunity. Markham, ON, and spend time in Southamp - for nearly 10 years, temBo has sponsored girls in the longido district of northern ton, ON, and Fort Myers, FL. tanzania to go to secondary school, teachers’ college, and vocational school. over those years, temBo has sponsored more than 200 girls for up to six years of education. it’s currently spon - FAMILY NEWS soring 85 girls. the girls temBo helps are mostly maasai who come from homes with very few resources. without this sponsorship, they would almost certainly be married and pregnant Congratulations before the age of 15. to MaryAnna the parents of the girls are often illiterate and are unable to provide much support. their and PETER community is only beginning to understand the value of education. that’s just one of the DUNLOP , reasons the sponsored girls struggle for academic success. others include the fact that their Meds’63, on primary school education often is very weak. the girls attend overcrowded schools that have their 50th wed - few, if any, resources. Secondary school classes are in a third language. (these girls are born ding anniver - into homes where the language spoken is ma, an oral tradition; primary school lessons are sary on June 22. delivered in Swahili, while secondary school is taught in english.) The couple celebrated in Niagara-on-the-Lake, to improve their opportunities in life, it’s clear these children need an earlier intervention. ON, with the members of their 1963 wedding Seeking a possible solution, temBo maintains contact with local educators, government party. Pictured here are (from left) Diane and officials, education officers, traditional leaders, parents, and students who, despite these Bill Dunlop, Meds’70, Heather and Garry barriers, have “made it.” the overwhelming conclusion of these interactions is that the Willard, Meds’63, celebrants MaryAnna and community needs broad support, and so temBo is about to begin construction of a learning Peter, and Barb and Lou Mitrovich, Sc’62. centre that will offer informal education programs for nursery-age children, primary school Thanks to Garry for sending us the photo. students, secondary school students, and adults. in short, the learning centre will be a Cha gheill! resource for all members of the community. the longido district learning centre will build on the work of the small three-room library NOTES that temBo has been operating in longido village for several years, as well as on the lessons learned from the small school and community library that temBo has recently built in the nearby village of orbomba. this part of temBo’s work has become our special passion. we’ve worked with local lead - ers and together have developed an understanding that to be successful, the learning centre must belong to the community and serve the needs expressed by the residents. orbomba has provided an excellent site for the centre, and maureen and i returned to tanzania in october to finalize an agreement whereby the village will assume responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the learning centre once it’s constructed and resourced. we’re now a very experienced team. maureen had a distinguished career that included DIANE GOODWILLIE , Arts’68, sent the position of deputy minister of health and welfare in the federal government and senior us this photo from her home in Coolum positions with the world Bank and world health organization. After a career in information Beach, Australia, where, she writes, “A Scot - technology, i graduated from U of windsor law school in 1990 and practised law in ottawa tish-Canadian Oil Thigh was performed for until i retired in 2009. the African Children’s Choir in Australia!” temBo is a small charity that keeps its administrative costs low. All its canadian members Diane met alumna STEPHANIE BOND , are volunteers. in tanzania, temBo has five female employees who are the breadwinners for Mus’10, Ed’11, the African children’s music their families and are now able to send their own children to school. teacher, when the touring choir visited if you’d like to learn more about the work of temBo, please see www.projectembo.org. Coolum Beach and Diane hosted some of the – ARLENE (ARGUE) MCKECHNIE, ARTS’66 children in her home. The African Children’s

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Choir was founded in Uganda in 1984 and Com’66, MBA’67. The occasion? Lorne’s mar - moved. Her “work” with her young grand - has since toured the world (including many riage and the classmates’ 69th birthdays. That’s children was never finished, either. She Canadian cities) raising awareness and funds Lorne on the left, and Paul on the right. encouraged them to read and write, and she to help orphaned and disadvantaged children ensured that their bodies developed too by in Africa. Stephanie began working with the DEATHS encouraging them in sports. Choir for her practicum during her BEd stud - E VELYN (WEIR) BRYAN , BA’67, died MARLENE “MARNI” (DAVIDSON) ies at Queen’s. This was her second tour with Sept. 5 in Toronto. She is survived by her HARGRAFT , BA’60, died July 4 in Brockville, the children. She is now back in Uganda, husband Larry, their children and grand - ON. She was predeceased by her husband working with the choir in preparation for its children. Evelyn was a career woman and, Michael, her brother, John Davidson, BSc’48, tour of US and Canada in January. for many years, a single mom. She worked for and her sister Shirley. Marni is survived by her PAUL MYLES , Sears in Ottawa and Toronto before moving children, Jane, Artsci’85 (Elly Winer), and Com’66, MBA’67, to Bell Canada, where she finished her work - John, Ed’93, MEd’06 (Fiona (Neill), Artsci’94), and his wife, JOAN , ing career at Bell’s Business Development unit. four grandchildren, and extended family. Arts/PHE’68, trav - Retirement enabled her to devote time to gar - Marni is fondly remembered as a math tutor eled to Thunder dening and her grandchildren. She always said and teacher, power skating coach, figure Bay, ON, in July to that her gardens were never finished, because skating judge, cryptic crossword fanatic, and celebrate with LORNE FIRMAN , also there was always something to be planted or her husband’s number one (and most vocal) football fan. After studying chemistry and mathematics at Queen’s, Marni went to TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS teacher’s college in Toronto, where she met Mike. After a brief stint teaching high school The sweet life in Prescott, Mike and Marni moved to Trinity Karen Flavelle , com’79, never expected to be the ceo of her College School (TCS) in Port Hope, ON, father’s business, purdy’s chocolatier, a premium chocolate where they would spend the next 30 years to - company. gether, teaching and mentoring hundreds of She did ask him about working for the vancouver-based young men and making lifelong personal and company early on in her career, but charles flavelle did not professional friendships. Before Marni started want to parachute his kids into the company ahead of long- teaching full-time at TCS, she was one of the time employees. Karen assumed he’d sell the business when country’s top returning officers for Elections he retired, so she set her sights on becoming a marketing Canada, overseeing several federal elections in vice-president of a large packaged-goods company instead. the riding of Northumberland-Durham in the Years later, after working for general mills and consulting 1970s and ’80s. She was also active in the Port for a company called product development partnership in Hope Figure Skating Club, serving as president england, she was living in toronto and contemplating her fu - and sewing many, many costumes. After Karen flavelle runs canada’s ture. She assessed her strengths and weaknesses to help her Mike’s untimely death in 1991, Marni contin - largest chocolate retailer decide what she wanted to do next. ued to teach at TCS. She retired in 1997 to “An opening at a medium-sized retail company jumped off the page at me,” says Karen. “i Highbanks, the house they had built on the talked to my father again. i was more thoughtful about why i was interested and felt i could do a St. Lawrence River east of Brockville. There good job. he was more ready this time because tragedy had struck our family, and my younger she continued her interest in politics and brother’s death caused him to realize he, too, was mortal and needed to think about succession.” served as treasurer of the Leeds and Grenville So he hired her – a good move for them both. Karen has now been at the helm of purdy’s Provincial Liberal Association. Marni was an since 1994 and has increased sales while maintaining purdy’s’ reputation as one of canada’s avid reader, a prolific storyteller, warm, fun to top chocolate makers, as well as its largest retailer – 64 stores in British columbia, Alberta, be with, and straightforward, with an in - and ontario. purdy’s started in 1907 in vancouver and was taken over by Karen’s dad in 1963. formed opinion about everything! The family it’s the type of company that has loyal customers, many of whom have shared with Karen would appreciate donations in Marni’s name to their warm family memories involving purdy’s. Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at She has launched a number of initiatives to boost purdy’s success – including expansion Queen’s – www.givetoqueens.ca or Queen’s into ontario 10 years ago. University Office of Advancement, Kingston, “it was company lore: ‘going to ontario can’t be done. it’s too far away,’” she says, “but ON K7L 3N6. this year it feels like ontario is coming to life for us – people are discovering purdy’s.” WALKER M c KAY SMITH , LLB’62. See Karen’s expansion into ontario wasn’t the first time she’d left her comfort zone. She chose Deaths, Up to 1959. Queen’s because she was interested in studying in a smaller town. She was the only person from her high school graduating class to go to a university other than UBc or Simon fraser University. Karen started at Queen’s in french and Spanish with a plan to get into international 1970s business. After her first term, she realized she was more interested in speaking languages HONOURS than studying those countries’ literature. She made the move to studying business for its prac - tical application. ANNEMARIE BONKALO , Arts’72, Law’76, the chocolate industry has changed a lot since the flavelle family took over purdy’s in has received an honorary doctorate (LLD) 1963. fair trade products are now popular, so purdy’s has started a program to educate from the Law Society of Upper Canada African cacao farmers on better farming techniques that will help increase their income. (LSUC) for exemplary service to the law “consumers today are much more knowledgeable and sophisticated,” Karen observes. profession and the judiciary, and especially they’re interested in where the cacao bean came from, the different kinds of cacao beans, for helping to advance the status of women and the health benefits of chocolate. A company doesn’t last more than 100 years without lis - practising law. She is the first female Chief tening to its customers.” – MICHAEL ONESI Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice and before that was instrumental in securing

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maternity leave for Crown attorneys and flex Keith’s essay about his first trip to Armenia Between my roles as Vice-Chair of Waste Di - hours for female lawyers. When Annemarie can be read at www.keghart.com. version Ontario, board member of the Peter - graduated from Queen’s Law, less than a borough Regional Health Centre, advisory GEORGE PEMBERTON , Artsci’72 (Geol - quarter of the class was female. board member of Delivery Net, and member ogy), is the 2013 recipient of the Logan Medal, of the Audit Committee of Canada Border ADOLFO DE BOLD , MSc’71, PhD’73, has presented by the Geological Association of Services Agency, I can barely fit in two to three been named to the Canadian Medical Hall of Canada. The medal is the association’s highest cruises and vacations a year!” Fame. A pioneer in the field of cardiovascular award and is presented, usually annually, to endocrinology, his work at the University of an individual for sustained distinguished R. PAUL DUNCAN , Arts’71 (MS and Ottawa led to the discovery of atrial natriurec - achievement in Canadian earth science. PhD, Purdue), has been named Associ - tic peptide (ANP), a hormone secreted by the George is C. R. Stelck Chair in Petroleum ate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Univer - heart muscle cells. He discovered the heart Geology at the Department of Earth & Atmos - sity of Florida Graduate School. His uses ANP to modulate blood pressure, blood pheric Sciences at the University of Alberta. responsibilities emphasize interpreting and volume and cardiovascular growth. This implementing graduate education policies as FRASER KEITH , Meds’76, had the opened up a new field of research which has they pertain to nearly 300 graduate and pro - Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit of led to new heart failure therapies. He will be fessional degree programs serving about the MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital in Ohio inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony 15,000 graduate and professional degree stu - named in his honour. Fraser is now retired in Kingston in April. dents. In addition to the new administrative from his work as a cardiothoracic surgeon. He assignment, Paul will retain his faculty KEITH GAREBIAN , PhD’73, was a delegate played a major role in the team that developed appointment as the Malcolm and Christine to the 5th Conference for Diaspora Armenians MedCentral’s heart surgery program, which Randall Professor of Health Services Research Who Compose in Other Languages in July in has been named one of the best in the US. in the university’s College of Public Health and Armenia. At the conference, he received the Health Professions. William Saroyan Medal for “the dissemination JOB NEWS of Armenian culture in the Diaspora, promi - LOUIS O’BRIEN , MBA’78, having retired JOHN T. MATHEW , nent achievements in the sphere, developing from Canada Post, tried to live the so-called MDiv’75, minister of Can - Armenia-Diaspora partnership through relaxed life of a pensioner. “That worked for field United Church in creative activities and making great contribu - about three months,” he reports. “Now, I am Canfield, ON, and part-time tions to the strengthening of relations between president of my eponymous consulting com - faculty member in the Armenia and the Diaspora and relations pany and working on four governing bodies. department of Religious w1ithin Dia spo ra Armen ian c ommu niti es.” Studies at Sudbury’s

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Huntington University, recently attended immediately thereafter as Vice-Chair, Appeal receive her the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Division, of the Social Security Tribunal. The BCom Churches held in Busan, South Korea. Tribunal was recently created by the federal with first- government to replace four tribunals dealing class PETER MERCHANT , Com’76, is now with appeals under the Employment Insurance standing Director, Real Estate Development, at Gracorp Act, the Canada Pension Plan, and the Old at her June Capital Advisors Ltd. The Calgary-based com - Age Security Act. Convoca - pany develops both public infrastructure and tion in the purpose-built private facilities and operates a FAMILY NEWS ARC. It was an emotional and nostalgia-jog - private equity fund. Peter can be reached at ging experience for Doug, who cherishes the [email protected]. DAN KASABOSKI , Com’74 , and spouse CAROL ANN (CURRY) , Artsci’86, have memories of his days at Queen’s in the early WILLIAM “BUD” OWEN , MBA’76, three daughters who attended Queen’s: ’70s. There are other similarities in Doug’s is now CFO of Clinverse, Inc., a global Brooke, Artsci’12, Ed’13, and twins Michelle, and Gillian’s respective Queen’s experiences, technology and services provider for the Artsci’13, and Paige, who completed her first including first-year residence at Donald Gor - financial management of clinical trials based year in Arts before transferring to St. Mary’s don Hall (“The rooms look just like they did in Raleigh, NC. School of Business in Halifax, from which she over 40 years ago,” says Doug) and being a Student Constable. Doug continues to be hap - DAVID WAKE, Law’72, retired in June as a will graduate in December 2013. pily engaged in his wealth advisory practice in full-time judge of the Ontario Court of Justice DOUG MARTIN , Com’75, and his wife Kim Mississauga, and Gillian has just successfully after 19 years on the bench. He was appointed were proud to witness their daughter Gillian completed her CSC exams. She is considering following her father’s footsteps into the wealth ALUMNI MEMORIES advisory business, but only after a four-month European back-packing adventure – something A Mission Yuletide tradition Doug wishes he had done after graduating.

it’s tough to say just how long something has to go on NOTES before it becomes a tradition. two or three years? maybe. ADRIENNE ALISON , Artsci’76, has been Six or seven? You’re probably safe. But after 37 years, chosen to design the national War of 1812 there’s no question. John Campey , Artsci’79, mpA’80, Monument. Her sculpture will be located on and a group of Queen’s pals have got a tradition on their Parliament Hill to mark the 200th anniversary hands, and it’s too late to stop now. of the War. Adrienne, a well-known sculptor, it started around 1976, when John, who is now execu - was the 1994 recipient of the QUAA Alumni tive director of Social planning toronto, moved into a Achievement Award in recognition of her nine-bedroom house at 574 princess that he and his o t work in anaplastology. (Watch for more on o

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U , Artsci’76, everyone’s schedules would be slammed with exams and S recently retired after 35 years of public service in 2000, the “mission” pals got holidays. with the Government of Canada, completing together in Kingston and posed So a room was cleared, christmas lights were strung his career as Ontario Regional Manager of for this photo on the stairs of up, a tree propped in the corner, and a bedsheet table Business Expertise and Integrity Services with the bed-and-breakfast where cloth was draped over the table. dates arrived, and some Service Canada. Rob and his wife, Judy, are they stayed. of the house residents who were excellent cooks – or so both enjoying their retirement by gardening, John insists – served the kind of meals that their own families shared at holiday dinners. traveling and spending time with their children today, almost 40 years later, John and the other missioners still get together on the last Kevin (wife Chantal and granddaughters Saturday in November to enjoy a dinner together. the spirit is the same, even if the travel time Fiona and Hannah) and David (fiancée Ellen). is much greater. most of the friends have settled in ontario. others make pilgrimages from Rob and Judy live in Belleville, ON, and can be calgary or as far as denver. they share the same stories, make the same jokes. the group has contacted at [email protected]. grown as dates became girlfriends, and then wives. however, they still take the same photos: BRIAN CANO , Ed’76, is usually one of the women, another of the men. Sometimes they take a photo of the whole beginning a two-year term group sitting on a staircase. “every year,” John says, “it gets harder and harder to get two of as the Ottawa Unit Occa - us abreast.” sional President for the other things have changed, too. for starters, they now have a real tablecloth. while they Ontario English Catholic still imbibe, they can’t drink like they used to, and hosting duties rotate each year. “it’s a little Teachers’ Association. Brian bit like bidding for the olympics, without quite the degree of bribery and corruption,” says retired from full-time teach - John with a laugh. ing in 2007 and has been active in the union Some years they’ll book a restaurant, and every fifth year they return to Kingston. for their for many years. He also is finishing a five-year 30th anniversary, they dined at fort henry. stint as chair of the 100th Season committee the secret to keeping a tradition like this alive is simple: respect the date. After nearly four for the Ottawa Little Theatre, which completes decades, the last weekend of November has achieved sanctity. that box on the calendar is its centennial season in 2012-13. always ticked. everybody books around it, because it’s the one day each year that most of these Queen’s friends will see one another, the single face-to-face opportunity they have ROYCE NETTLETON , Com’74, writes, to catch up on careers, families, and lives. “After seeing Seamus the Tricolour Puppy in And, of course, as always happens when old friends get together, some other things. the last Review, I thought I’d send in a pic of “what happens at the dinners,” says John, “stays at the dinners.” – GRADY MITCHELL Figaro the Tricolour Horse!” Figaro, a Russian Warmblood, and Royce, his owner, ride in

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the Cavalry announce the birth of HONOURS Squadron of Alessandro Michael Aron ARTHUR J. VERYARD , Artsci’84, received the Governor Santoro, born Nov. 3, 2011, a the Phil Baker Award from the Kingston General’s Horse brother for Francesca. Sharon Criminal Defence Lawyers association in Guards. “We have reports that Francesca loves December 2012. Named for longtime been honoured to being a big sister and the Kingston Judge P.E.D. (Phil) Baker, the award escort Royals and family feels very blessed. is presented annually “to a person who, while their Canadian representatives at CREATIVE MINDS the Queen’s Plate and the Royal Winter Fair,” Ex-SNL writer enters world of writes Royce. independent filmmaking They are also weekly visitors at Royce’s local Tim Hortons Lori Nasso , Artsci’86, has done a lot in the entertainment drive-through in Oshawa, to pick up a coffee world. She was a performer with toronto’s Second city improv or hot chocolate. Royce is looking forward to group, a writer for Saturday Night Live for four seasons, and next year’s Homecoming, to see all his Com - a voicework actor for animated tv shows such as King of the merce classmates for their 40th anniversary. Hill and Beavis and Butt-Head. Now she is branching out into a new area – independent filmmaking. DEATHS lori, who lives in los Angeles, is the co-writer, co-star and tv veteran lori Nasso co- co-producer of Life Inside Out, a small-budget movie about a writes and stars in her first GREGORY ERNEST mother who rediscovers her musical roots and uses singing as KLYMKO , MD’76, fondly film, Life Inside Out. a way to reconnect with her troubled son. known as “the young Dr. After years of working in television, Life Inside Out was lori’s first time working on a movie Klymko” by his peers set and she loved the experience. the advantage of an independent movie is that the film - locally, died in Kitchener, makers have a lot of control; there are no studio executives telling you what to do. ON, Nov. 9, 2012, after a “As writers, we didn’t have to go through the process of having the story re-written by two-year struggle with a others. it’s rare to have your movie go from the page to the screen pretty much the way rare T-cell hepatosplenic lymphoma. He bore you wrote it,” says lori, who wrote the script with friend maggie Baird. “i love acting on film his illness with the patience and grace with much more than i thought i would. it’s much slower than tv sketches, and you really get which he lived his life. Even after 34 years of into it.” marriage, Greg still called his wife, Cathy don’t expect to see the film at your local cineplex next week. lori has to pray to robert Menes, Meds’76, “my beautiful bride.” Their redford’s Sundance gods or toronto’s tiff angels and hope that Life Inside Out gets screened children, Mary and John, learned by his exam - at film festivals, generates some buzz, and gets picked up by a distributor. ple how to live a kind and decent life, as well lori, who is originally from toronto, never would have believed after graduating from as to appreciate a dry sense of humour. He Queen’s that she would one day be living in los Angeles. She worked for a theatre company adored his granddaughters, Marion and Gracie. in toronto before signing up for a Second city improv class. She was a natural at it – she Greg had a sister, Marie, as well as three broth - always was a class clown and made her friends and family laugh – and she soon found ers who graduated from Queen’s – Alex, herself as a Second city performer. Artsci’65, Edward, Com’71, and Jim, MA’74. it was there that she was recruited by scouts from Saturday Night Live in the mid-1990s A loyal supporter of the Meds’76 Bursary, and offered a job as a writer. She was surprisingly hesitant about the opportunity. Greg was also dragooned into helping with “At Second city, you don’t write, you improvise scenes. i would have been perfectly Meds’76 Reunions. He practised Anaesthesia comfortable performing on SNL . i didn’t know how comfortable i would be writing for other for 32 years in Kitchener and was a long-time performers. i thought it over, but it was too good an opportunity to pass over.” member of St. John’s Roman Catholic Church, lori enjoyed writing parody sketches, including the popular spoofs of céline dion serving as a lector. He particularly enjoyed all (featuring Ana gasteyer) and The View (which she co-wrote with tina fey). Thomas Hardy and P.G. Wodehouse novels, working on SNL forced her to become a good writer very quickly. the competition behind and movies with John Wayne and Leslie Neil - the scenes was intense, and it was embarrassing to have your sketch get zero laughs in front son. He could be just as happy on the back of dozens of fellow writers and actors during the weekly table read. if you got laughs, your deck, cigarette and Tim Hortons coffee in sketch got on the air. hand, surveying his garden. “Young Dr. lori was also responsible for producing many other aspects of her sketches, working with Klymko” will be sorely missed by many, as the set designers, wardrobe, and prop departments. evidenced by the more than 400 friends and She knew the frantic pace of the show was leading to burn-out, but it was a great experi - family who attended his visitation and funeral. ence that taught her a lot about working on a tv show, she says. After four years, lori decided A gracious and thoughtful man who took great to move on because she missed performing, even though she would occasionally appear in delight in his family and in trivia, and also in minor roles. heckling surgeons, Greg will be remembered After Saturday Night Live , lori moved to los Angeles and continued her career as a tele - with love and respect. Queen’s friends can con - vision writer/producer for such shows as oxygen’s Ripe Tomatoes and the cw’s Hype . when tact Cathy at [email protected]. interviewed by the Review , she had just completed a job as head writer and actress on a new show for Nickelodeon entitled Parental Discretion . will there be another movie in her future or more tv shows? lori’s not sure. 1980s “i go off in whatever direction inspires me. i’ve never made a plan for my life,” she says. BIRTHS “i’ve been pleasantly surprised so many times! if you were to have told me back at Queen’s SHARON ONISHENKO-SANTORO , that i’d be living in l.A. 25 years later, i would have said you were crazy.” — MO MBA’89, and her husband are thrilled to

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displaying integrity, compassion, and good summer. Jennifer (left) graduated with a BCom JAYNE WATSON , humour, has made a significant contribution and began working toward her CA designation Artsci’82, MPA’83, to the administration of criminal justice in the with KPMG this fall. Youngest daughter tweeted a family Kingston community.” This is the first time the Caroline (middle right) has now completed her photo of move-in award has been given to a Probation Officer. second year in music at the U of T. Gary ex - day at Queen’s with presses his sincere thanks to all the teaching her husband, Peter IN THE NEWS and support staff at Queen’s for continuing to Froislie, and daugh - ters Nicola, Class of 2017, and Olivia, Class of MARK BAIN , provide a great education and life experience. Artsci’86, MBA’02 , He lives in Calgary, where he is a consultant for 2014.“Move-in day 35 years after I arrived won the Progressive the power and energy industries. @queensu – same res and floor!” Conservative nomina - tion to represent HEALTH MATTERS his home riding of Kingston and the Biology grad helping develop Islands in the next Ontario provincial breakthrough malaria vaccine mark, left, with ontario election. A long sought-after vaccine for malaria, a disease that killed pc leader tim hudak. www.markbain.ca 660,000 people and infected more than 200 million others in 2010, is one huge step closer, thanks to a promising JOB NEWS breakthrough developed in part by Peter Billingsley , JEFFREY GIACOMIN , Sc’81, MSc’83, has phd’85 (Biology). returned to his alma mater to take a job as Pro - the renowned entomologist is part of a recent study fessor of Chemical Engineering. He spent the published in Science , one of the world’s most prestigious o t past 20 years directing the Rheology Research o

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Center of the University of Wisconsin at Madi - e the world, because it is the first time a clinical trial has i l p son. (Rheology is the study of the flow and de - p shown 100 percent success for a vaccine protecting U formation of sticky, gooey, elastic liquids such S against infection by the mosquito-borne disease. peter Billingsley is a senior as molten plastics.) The Polymers Research while peter is thrilled with the results so far, he director at Sanaria. Group that Jeffrey has joined at Queen’s studies recognizes that it is just one step, though an important the processing, reaction engineering, process one, towards the final goal of a vaccine that will protect travelers and people in Africa from control, and rheology of polymers. this deadly disease. there is still field testing ahead over the next five years, after which time the vaccine should be ready for licensing. the results are the best to date and the possibilities DIANE PERRY , Com’81, has retired from LoyaltyOne (Air Miles) after 20 years. She and for future implementation are outstanding. her husband DJ have opened an online steak for decades, scientists have been trying to find an effective malaria vaccine. peter is shop for BBQ enthusiasts in Toronto: a senior director at Sanaria, a biotechnology company in maryland whose goal is to eradicate DJSteaks.com. “Only the best, only online! malaria from the planet through vaccination. peter has played a pivotal role in developing the Check it out!” says Diane. vaccine to the point at which it could be studied in clinical trials, and in this particular trial he oversaw all the vaccine manufacture and formulation from a quality assurance perspective CHRISTOPHER WHYTE , MBA’84, has and helped with data analysis. joined Toronto-based Davis + Henderson Cor - “developing a vaccine that could save so many lives is huge motivating factor for my poration as Vice President, Strategic Accounts, work,” he says. “i have spent a lot of the time in the field and met people who died from responsible for managing D+H’s key mortgage malaria. i, like my colleagues at Sanaria and many others, want to do something about it. lender relationships. Previously, he worked at Sanaria is a place where people feel a moral imperative to really make a difference. there several of Canada’s largest retail banks, includ - are a lot of driven people here, and it is extremely invigorating.” ing TD Bank, Bank of Montreal, National there are currently drugs that will cure people infected with malaria. there are also Bank and, most recently, CIBC, where he was numerous ways to prevent people from getting it, such as sleeping under bed nets, wearing Vice-President, Alternate Channels. insect repellent, and using outdoor insecticides. the problem is that these cannot lead to the long-term goal of eradicating malaria because none are sufficiently effective or sustainable in PIERRE LERMUSIEAUX , MA’87. See Job News 2010. the long term. Spraying insecticides over large areas (which has to be done two to three times a year) helps suppress mosquito population, “but when you stop,” says peter, “the mosquitoes FAMILY NEWS will return.” drugs can cure a person, but victims will likely transmit malaria to several other mosquitoes by the time they are treated, and the drugs do not provide long-term protection. GARY “if you have a vaccine that gives people immunity for a long period – it doesn’t have to REYNOLDS , be for life – you can get to the point where malaria will be gone and won’t come back. MBA’81, is Sustainability is the key issue, and that is where a good vaccine comes out on top of all other pleased to an - methods,” explains peter. nounce the addi - his interest in malaria goes back to his Queen’s phd days when he was studying blood- tion of two of his feeding insects. peter credits his supervisor, the late biology professor Al downe, with helping daughters to the to inspire his passion for science and striving to do things that many said could not be done. Queen’s Univer - “there was a great team of people in Al downe’s lab during my phd days and we helped sity Alumni each other out a lot. we were very critical of one another’s work, but in a good way. we were Association this spring. Lindsay (middle left) all taught to think independently and critique one another, and that has always stayed with graduated with an Honours BA (psychology me,” says peter. “my enthusiasm for science research was definitely fostered at Queen’s.” and biology) and began working as an assistant – MO brand manager for Proctor and Gamble this

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NOTES CAROLYNE husband of 57 years, chil - KAUSER- dren Jean and James, seven JANET ABBOTT , Artsci’85, grandchildren, and one BRENCHLEY- has launched her sec - great-grandchild. She was KRUG , ond travel app for predeceased by her son Joel. Artsci/PHE’84, IPhone and Android Betty was proud of her time shared this photo devices. Banff Audio at Queen’s, having worked from the trails Tour, offered by Car - very hard to get her degree in sociology in her of the 2013 olyne’s company, Edible 50s while balancing work, family, and school. Canadian Ski Heritage Technologies, Marathon. Seen offers a historical walking tour of the Alberta here showing town and also highlights local cuisine. tricolour flair 1990s Carolyne also offers a similar app for Aix- BIRTHS are Janet with en-Provence, France. She is seen here enjoying Jennifer Allen, European wine country. edibleheritage.com JAIME BLACKWOOD , Artsci/PHE’84, MSc’86. Not seen in this photo Artsci’99, and NOEL JANET MANN are Lori Baird, Sc’81, and Alex Leslie, , MBA’84, received the Queen ROBITAILLE , Sc’99, are Artsci’89. Janet, Jennifer, and Lori were team - Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recog - thrilled to announce the mates on the Queen’s Nordic ski team as nition of her volunteer contributions to the arrival of Charlotte Adeline, students. The four participated in the 2013 Whitehouse, YT, community, notably her born Feb. 8 in Calgary. Canadian Ski Marathon as “Queen’s on Skis” involvement, spanning more than 25 years, Charlotte is very much and together won gold medals in the “Grey with Girl Guides of Canada at both the local adored by her big sister, Taylor. Meres” category, skiing a combined total of and national levels. about 430 km. The annual marathon takes STEPHANIE (PETTIT) PETERS , KAREN SPAFFORD-FITZ , Artsci’86, Com’93, and her husband Bill are proud skiers from Lachute, QC, to Ottawa. Janet says Ed’87, after the recent launch of Vanish , her the four have already signed up for the next one. to announce the birth of their fourth son, second novel for middle-grade readers, is hard Colby Walker, on Sept. 7, 2012. Colby joins big IRENE (GRABALOWSKI) CHAPPELL , at work promoting the book while also work - brothers Steven (10), Tyler (8), and Brady (5). OT’82, opened the first private practice occu - ing on her next one. She is excited about her The family lives in Southampton, NY. pational therapy clinic in British Columbia in upcoming author visits, when she will be 1986 to develop and implement work assess - presenting readings to students and to other TIMOTHY ment and treatment programs. Today the writers in northern Alberta. Karen launched McDONALD , clinic employs more than 30 specialists who her book career in 2006 with the novel Dog Artsci’94, and Sam provide services in the assessment, treatment, Walker . Learn more about her writing and her Doherty welcomed and prevention of work-related injury. Irene workshops at karenspafford-fitz.com. daughter Raya Lillian has been recognized as an expert in return-to- McDonald on Feb.10 work issues, ergonomics and costing of future DEATHS in Renfrew, ON. care needs. Irene’s latest book is ESC Computer GRANT BARKER , BSc’82, died July 23 in COMMITMENTS Pain: Seven Commandments of Ergonomics. Burlington, ON, after battling MS for 24 years. www.ergocommandments.ca He is survived by his wife, Linda Price, FRANK CIPOLLA , Artsci’98, and ERIN SHEILA Artsci’82, his children Owain and Clare, SCHIPPER , ConEd’98, COOKE- MA’14, and his three sisters, including Eleanor Barker, Artsci’76. became engaged in WITT and husband Iceland in July. Erin KARSTEN WITT , MARIE ELIZABETH ‘BETTY’ writes, “We did not know both MBA’83, com - GILBERT , BA’83, died July 28 in Brockville, each other at Queen’s, pleted a two-year cir - ON, aged 80. Betty is survived by Jim, her although we were in the same year and even cumnavigation of the world in their 55-foot X-Yacht GUNVØR ALMA MATER MEMORIES XL . More than 60 family and friends took part in their sailing 15 years later adventure, including Sam Altman, Law’82, Cathy McNally , Artsci/phe’98, invited who sailed with them from South Africa to some old classmates and their children Brazil, and Elizabeth Lawler, Artsci’81, Law’86, to her cottage in picton this summer. who sailed from St. Lucia to Guadeloupe. John erika vines, Artsci/phe’99, ed’07, says Thompson, Artsci’81, MBA’83, and Ellen she can’t believe it has been 15 years Thompson, MBA’83, flew from Ghana, where since they first graduated from John is with Nestlé, to South Africa just for a Queen’s. in the photo (top left to right) visit during the ship’s stopover at Cape Town. are erika, Amy (van Santen) hart, Sheila and Karsten are now settling back into Artsci’98, ed’00, cindy (marchen) the “real world” at their home in Hamburg, crowder, Artsci/phe’98, and cathy. Germany, where Sheila is a teacher and robin (fonger) Beveridge, Artsci’98, is translator and Karsten is President of Witt at bottom right. As for the kids, they are & Sohn AG, a multinational manufacturer (middle row) Anna hart, hailey hart, hailey crowder, Ben crowder, massey Beveridge and of industrial fans. (first row) Nikola and Anna powick and emma Beveridge.

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lived in the same apartment building on Barrie NICOLE GILES , Artsci’98 (MPhil, both her boys are in school full-time) on St. for a time. We met through mutual friends Oxford), is now Canada’s High Com - an in-patient surgical unit at the General who didn’t know we’d both gone to Queen’s! missioner in the Co-operative Republic of Campus. She just misses being able to wear her We are thrilled to have found each other!” Guyana and Representative to the Caribbean beloved high-heeled shoes to work! Sarah can Community (CARICOM), with concurrent be reached at [email protected]. accreditation as Ambassador to the Republic DAYNA (CAMERON) VAN DOLE - of Suriname. WEERD , Artsci’91, ConEd’92, continues RON GUIDINGER , to work at Rothesay Netherwood School, an EMBA’95, has embarked on independent school in Rothesay, NB, but has a new career path as Executive now joined the Development and Alumni Coach and Chair for The Affairs Office as Event Coordinator. Dayna JANICE HEW , Artsci’98, Ed’99, and Ted Executive Committee Canada, had worked in the Admission Department Timar were married Aug. 11 in Toronto. In a peer-to-peer mentoring and taught music part-time prior to this new attendance were Queen’s friends Charles program for Canadian business appointment. Her children, Ariel and Atticus, Tamkei, Jason Law, George Kim, Daniel leaders. Ron and his wife Cindy continue to attend RNS and are in Grades 8 and 7, Cheung, David Frei, Allison Henderson, enjoy life in the Calgary area, with the added respectively. Dayna can be contacted at Daniel Henderson, Rachel Kim, Roger Prasad, pleasure of having two grandchildren in the [email protected]. Sunita Venkateswaran, and Daniel Oster. Ab - clan. They delight in regular travel adventures, ERIC WONG , Com’97, decided in July 2012 sent from the photo are Andrew Stok, Jeremy most recently to Crete and Vienna. Ron has to accept a position with a software company Hew, and Christian Hew. After working in also renewed his ties with his Air Force family in order to return to the Toronto area after Quebec’s Eastern Townships and in China, by accepting the appointment of Honorary having spent nearly six years in Asia. He and Janice has returned to Ontario and is working Colonel of 419 Tactical Fighter Training his wife Shalyn are now living in Oakville and with the Toronto District School Board. Squadron in Cold Lake, AB. look forward to reconnecting with Queen’s JOB NEWS CHRISTINE KEELING , EMBA’97 , friends. has recently relocated to Brisbane, ALICE ABBOTT , MBA’96, Australia, as Regional Director Asia Pacific FAMILY NEWS was appointed Chief for Garner, a company that provides project HUBERT Compliance Officer, Chief solutions for the oil-and-gas, mining, and LAI , Anti-Money-Laundering pipeline industries. Chris can be reached at Artsci’90, Officer and General Coun - [email protected] . Law’91, sel at Jameson Bank in April. has been Her other positions include DAVE QUIST , MPA’92, is now Vice-Presi - appointed Corporate Secretary, Chief Privacy Officer, dent at the Manning Centre for Building Queen’s and dishwasher-loader in the staff kitchen. Democracy. The Centre, in Calgary, is Counsel. Since 2001, he has served as UBC’s Jameson Bank is a Canadian Schedule I Bank, dedicated to building Canada’s conservative chief legal officer. Hubert is a founding direc - Canada’s first treasury bank, and the first movement by strengthening the knowledge, tor of entrepeneurship@UBC Management privately owned bank in Ontario. Alice lives skills, ethical foundations, and networks of Inc. and entrepreneurship@UBC Ventures in Toronto with her three active boys – Otis, political practitioners. Dave received the (VCC) Inc. He also serves as a director and Cyrus, and Felix – and very patient husband Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for research officer of UBC Research Enterprises Inc. and Desmond. and work in the support of family, through his previous work with the Institute of Marriage as a director of the CEP Commerce Executive BART ADLAM , MBA’91 , is now Presi - and Family Canada. Programmes Society. Hubert is married to dent of Siggi’s Dairy, a U.S.-based yogurt LAURA (WRIGHT) , Com’90, Law’93, company. Bart continues to live in New York JOHANNA READ , Artsci ’92, MPA’93, who practises law with Alexander, Holburn, City, where the company has its headquarters. has swapped her life as a Public Service Beaudin + Lang LLP in Vancouver. They have of Canada executive in Ottawa for a nomadic two children: Kevin (11) and Deirdre (10). RIC ANDERSON , life as a freelance travel writer and photo - Hubert writes, “Kevin is an outstanding chess Artsci’91, Ed’92, MEd ’09, grapher. In October, she began a six-month player and Dee Dee is a budding ski racer in has been appointed Head trip through New Zealand, Australia, and Whistler’s J4 program. Kevin and Dee Dee of School at Matthews Hall, Southeast Asia. Johanna would love to connect have also recently taken up tae kwan-do and an independent elementary with Queen’s alumni there or anywhere, are very excited by the prospect of beating one day school founded in as well as get advice on where in the world another up (just kidding). The family spends London, ON, in 1918. Ric’s she should go next. You can reach her at its weekends skiing and mountain biking at London appointment comes after 21 years of [email protected] and find her work at Whistler, and Hubert and Laura welcome any dedicated service at Albert College in Belleville, TravelEater.wordpress.com. When not travel - former classmates who are visiting Whistler to ON, where he was the founding principal of ing the world, Johanna can often be found in give them a call. They always enjoy showing the College’s Junior School. Vancouver. old friends around their “home hill.” MARK DEEP, Com’91, recently joined The SARAH (SHIMKOFSKY) SILVER - NOTES Marketing Store Worldwide as Senior Vice- STEIN , Artsci’98 (and Herstmonceux President and Managing Partner, responsible Winter’97), is delighted to have joined the ANDREW CHERWENKA , Com’93, is co- for leading the customer relationship marketing incredible team of social workers at The founder and CEO of Authintic, an analytics and loyalty practice for North America. He lives Ottawa Hospital. Sarah made the switch after technology company with offices in Toronto with his family in Markham, ON, and would be almost 13 years in the field of child welfare, and NYC. Authintic helps retailers personalize happy to hear from friends and classmates from mainly at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa. their customer emails and website content Queen’s through Facebook or LinkedIn. She is enjoying working full-time (now that using social permission data (Facebook,

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LinkedIn, Twitter) and survivors include his wife, Chris, sons Rob and on Jan. 19 at the BC predictive analytics. Andrew Jay, and two grandchildren. Women’s Hospital in looks forward to hearing Vancouver. Proud grand - from fellow alumni and mar - parents include James keters wondering why data 2000s (Sc’72) and Sally Richards scientists are suddenly sexy. BIRTHS (Arts’73) and François You can reach Andrew at (RMC’69) and Valerie 647.455.1352 or [email protected] SARAH (DUNBAR) , Draper. Uncle Thomas (Ed’05) and Aunt NSc’05, MSc’10, NP- Meredith (Artsci’04) Richards are thrilled to KEVIN DONALD PHC’10, and BILL PAIN , have a niece with whom their two girls can WILLISON , Artsci’90, has MSc’07, welcomed their first play. “We’re loving being back on the West been appointed to a two- child, Frederick William Coast,” the Drapers write, “and hope to get year term on Public Health James, on Aug. 7 in Colling - both kids on skis before too long. Ontario’s Research Ethics wood, ON. Proud grand - Board. Since 2011, he is parents are Jamie Dunbar, Artsci’77, Jane “We went and did it been on the Board with the Currah, Artsci’77, and Peter and Carole Pain. again!” writes SARA Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition. In Happy aunts and uncles are Allie Dunbar, LIPSON , Artsci’02. 2000, he married Qing Zhu. Since attending Artsci’07, Megan Dunbar, Bob Pain, Dave Sarah and John Kyle Queen’s, Kevin has earned his MA at Lakehead Pain, Peter Pain, Artsci’93, and Laura Gifford, welcomed Lauren to U. in Thunder Bay, ON (1993) and his PhD Artsci/PHE’94. the world on March in Community Health from the Faculty of 25. “Her sister Audrey Medicine at the U of T (2009). He is currently ZULFIKAR CAUSER , Com’02, and his loves to look at the a faculty member (Lecturer) with Lakehead’s partner Sanaa are pleased to announce the babies in the Review and will be ecstatic to see Orillia Campus. birth of their second son, Hassan Zulfikar. her ‘Yo-yen’ among their number.” JENNIFER (RICHARDS) and MARC DEATHS KRISTIN MUSZYNSKI , Artsci’02, Law’05, DRAPER , both Sc’00, are proud to announce and MATTHEW HOLMBERG , Law’97, are MARY COLLEEN KIBERD , MEd’93, the arrival of Marie-Genevieve and the pro - proud to announce the birth of their daughter formerly a faculty member at Queen’s School motion of Felix to big brother. Marie arrived Gwenyth Abbigael Holmberg (note the special of Nursing, died July 3 in Halifax, NS, aged 56. She leaves behind her husband, Bryce, and three children. Colleen had extensive experi - MAKING A DIFFERENCE ence as a floor nurse, ICU nurse, burn unit nurse, and nurse administrator. Everywhere Fandemonium! she worked (Halifax Infirmary, Victoria General Hospital, Kingston General Hospital, Peter Bearse , Artsci’06, ed’07, NSc’11, is very passionate Wellesley Hospital, and Stanford University) about Queen’s football. on game day, you can always find she was appreciated for her kindness and work him at richardson Stadium in his Queen’s jersey, helmet ethic. Her greatest professional love and ambi - and shoulder pads. tion was to be a nurse educator. She was what’s so unusual about that? adored by her students. At Queen’s, she twice he’s not a player. won the Reddick Award for Excellence in peter is well known at the games as the Queen’s super fan.

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it’s my way to rally and support the team,” says peter, who is a o graduating class of Dalhousie School of Nurs - h registered nurse at Kfl&A public health when he is not at foot - p ing created an award in her honour. Colleen peter Bearse, super fan. loved her students, willed them be successful, ball games. and wanted them to open up their inner hearts Queen’s football has always been a part of his life. peter grew up in Kingston and could and souls and be dedicated to caring. They, in see richardson Stadium from his backyard. on game days, he could hear the cheering crowd turn, responded to that love. She was instru - and see tricolour-dressed fans walk past his house. mental in establishing the Rho Rho chapter of “our family bleeds tricolour,” says peter’s wife, Kate, who works in Queen’s Alumni Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society relations department and is used to him getting a lot of attention when they attend games. of Nursing in 2002 at Dalhousie and served as “peter is an overachiever in every sense of the word.” its president. She promoted the ultimate gift of when he went to his first game during frosh week in 2002 with friend ian everdell, organ donation. Colleen’s own greatest gift was Artsci’06, mSc’09, they both dressed up. they were a “super fan duo” for years until ian her spirit, a gift that came from God. She moved out west in 2009. peter carried on as a solo act. shared it with everyone and hoped that those he likes pumping up the crowd. it’s not unusual for fans passing by to give him high she touched would respond by sharing that fives and say, “You are awesome!” Some people get their pictures taken with him. And spirit with others. when games are televised, you will sometimes see the camera move to him before commercial breaks. JEROME LIPPERT , DipEd’99, died Oct. peter has been dressing up for more than a decade now and has no plans to stop. 22, 2012, in Walkerton, ON, after a battle with “it’s still fun. i am going to keep doing this as long as i can,” he says. – MO cancer that he fought with all that he had. His

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spelling of her middle name) ANDREA of Client Experience Strategy and Develop - in Kingston on March 6. HOOK , ment in Vancouver. Pictured here: Juggy with Matthew practised law in Artsci’00, and her parents at the Canadian Women in Pembroke and Kingston Phary Louis- Communications award ceremony in Ottawa. before returning to Queen’s Jean were mar - to coach the women’s hockey ried on July 27 JOB NEWS in Ottawa. team (which won the 2012- JOANNA GRIFFITHS , Com’05, is the They now live 13 OUA championship). Kristin practises law founder and CEO of Knix Wear, which sells in Montreal. at Templeman Menninga. high-tech women’s underwear. She recently launched Knix Wear via a crowdsourcing TERRY (JUN) FAMILY NEWS PERENICH , campaign on Indiegogo, and secured a large Artsci’01, and husband KATE BALDWIN , Artsci’02, and pre-order from the Hudson’s Bay Company in Terence welcomed KIRAN KESHAV , Sc’03, started the process. This marks the first time a major Alexandra Grace on June new jobs at Yale University recently. Kate is retailer has purchased a brand while it was in 21 in Clearwater, FL. an assistant professor of political science and the crowdfunding process. We’ll have more a faculty fellow at the Institution for Social on Joanna and her company in a future issue. DIANE (PHAT - and Policy Studies. Kiran is now Director of SAPHAPHONE) , Research Service Management, disseminating PETER LUKOMSKYJ , Artsci’07, and services such as High Performance Computing EMBA’05 , has been appointed JONATHAN SCAR - and Visualization to the research community. COO of QuickMobile, a LETT , Sc’06, are pleased The couple recently welcomed their first child, Vancouver-based developer to announce the birth of Alden. of enterprise social mobile Eleanor Deborah on June 19 in Toronto. solutions. Previously, he DOUGLAS served as V-P of Strategic LESLEY (COUGHTREY) SLOGGETT , cousins Jack Sales Programs at Sophos, a global IT security Com’04, and her spouse joyfully announce Christopher and data protection company. In his new role, the birth of their son, Cooper Bruce, born and Geoffrey he oversees QuickMobile’s daily operations Sept. 17, 2012, in Toronto. Jackson cele - and directly manages the sales and product ANDRIA SHERSTONE , brated their delivery teams. first birthdays Artsci’05, MES’05, and JENNIFER M ac INTYRE, MPA’08, MATTHEW FLETCHER , on June 4 and Aug. 29. Numerous Queen’s alumni attended their birthday parties, includ - is now Canadian Ambassador to the MA’05, welcomed their first Swiss Confederation. Jennifer has been with ing their Grammie and Grandpa, DONNA child, Samuel Lindy Sher - the Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter - (COON) DOUGLAS , Arts’73, and MUR - stone-Fletcher, on October national Trade since 2003, most recently as 28, 2012, in Ottawa. RAY DOUGLAS , Com’72. Jack recently moved to Calgary with his parents Colleen executive advisor with the Europe and Eurasia Bureau. COMMITMENTS and ADAM DOUGLAS , PHE’05. Last month, Geoffrey took part in his first Queen’s ISABELLE MÉNARD , MBA’06, was SARAH ATKIN - Homecoming when he made the trip to recently appointed Vice-President, Business SON , Arts’00, Kingston with his parents, MICHAEL Banking, at TD Bank, where she is responsible Law’03, married DOUGLAS , Com’03, and MEREDITH for leading the downtown Montreal (and Karl Schumacher BRIGLIO , Sc’05. district) commercial banking centre. on July 6 in Rich - [email protected] . mond Hill, ON, HONOURS surrounded by KEVIN M ac LEOD , Artsci’09, MA’10, family and many JUGGY has joined the legal firm of Bond, Schoe - Queen’s alumni SIHOTA , neck & King, PLLC, in Syracuse, NY. friends. EMBA’05, received two JORDAN STOUCK , ALBERTO HEREDIA , Com’07, and prestigious PhD’01 (English), has been KRISTEN SHAMESS , Artsci’07, were Canadian awards appointed Director of the married in August 2012 in Toronto. Close this year. First, Centre for Scholarly friends and family, including many alumni, she was named Communication at UBC joined the couple in celebrating the occasion. to Business in Vancouver magazine’s Top Forty Okanagan. The centre Alberto is a CA at Detour Gold and Kristen is Under 40. This recognition acknowledges BC supports scholars as they the Manager of Customer Relations at Porter business leaders for their business achieve - communicate their research, in oral or written Airlines in Toronto. ments, inspirational leadership, and commu - form, to their peers and to the community at large. Jordan specializes in composition, EMMA HILL , nity contribution while still under the age of rhetoric, and Canadian literature. She has been Artsci’09, and 40. Then she received a Leadership Excellence teaching about writing for 12 years and came ALEX Award (Trailblazer category) from Canadian to UBC from the University of Lethbridge in SCHONBERG , Women in Communications. This organiza - 2009. Her recent publications include the Artsci’08, were tion honours seven leaders from across Canadian version of the textbook Writing married Canada who have demonstrated outstanding Today and an edition of Sinclair Ross’s letters, June 1 in achievements, leadership, and support in the entitled “ Collecting Stamps Would Have Been Toronto. communications and technology sectors. Juggy is currently the TELUS Vice-President More Fun” .

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ROY SUDIPTO , EMBA’08, residence friends. L-R: Jan Stirling, Sc’10, community and his Mormon faith, he was is now Supervisor, Corporate Cassie, Nabil Akel, Sc’11 (now an MSc stu - working east of Okotoks to help rescue his Contracts, at ConocoPhillips dent), and Amanda Warren, Artsci’10. neighbours when his ATV flipped and he Canada. Assisted by a team sustained a fatal head injury. Robert, who was NICOLAS PETRAGLIA , Artsci’03, is of contract specialists, Roy is once Canada’s 5th ranked wrestler, came to Community Coordinator for Redwood responsible for managing all Queen’s Law after a varied and colourful ca - Strategic Inc., the Toronto company that runs corporate contracts of the reer. He practised in both Calgary and Dubai CampusPerks and other platforms for the company’s operations in Canada. before becoming a quickly successful land de - Millennial market. HIs newest project is Ten veloper in 2012. He is survived by his wife Jen - JEFFREY VEFFER , Thousand Coffees, an online movement that nifer Anne and their six children: Taryn, Seth, MBA’02, is leaving the connects experts of today with the leaders of Eton, Maysa, Asher, and Ellery. corporate chapter of his life tomorrow, through online and in-person chats behind to pursue a career in over a cup of coffee. “Great conversations architecture. After graduat - and a lot of opportunities begin over a cup of ing from the University of coffee. Most of the time these coffees happen 2010s Waterloo’s architecture pro - through an established network – a network BIRTHS gram nearly 20 years ago, he was offered a job that many young people don’t have, and we ERIK at the Discovery Channel, which led to his want to change that,” he says. Nicolas invites FLAKSTEAD , MBA studies. After working in marketing fellow alumni to sign up to offer an hour of AMBA’12, and roles in corporate Canada, including at Bell their time to connect with a student. Learn his wife Krystal Canada and Air Miles, he has opened Incite more at TenThousandCoffees.com or contact were excited to Design, an architecture practice in Toronto. Nicolas at [email protected]. welcome their He and his partner have a wide range of first son, experience, from large commercial architec - DEATHS Benjamin ture projects to residential additions. “I’m ROBERT DAVID NELSON , LLB’05, died Markus, in looking forward to helping clients solve their June 21 at the age of 41 after a tragic accident January. problems, such as getting that new addition during the flooding in Alberta. A man widely SARAH (DUNBAR) PAIN , MSc’10, built, redesigning a corporate office, or just and warmly admired for his devotion to family, chatting about the best way to plan their cot - NP-PHC’10 . See 2000s Births. tage,” says Jeffrey. Learn more at incited.ca.

NOTES CREATIVE MINDS

TYLER BARRACK , Com’09, is now in his second year of the MBA program Music grad lands dream job just at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School weeks after graduating of Management. Tyler was recently named a McGowan Fellow, a program that honours top Michael Morreale , mus’11, is only 24 years old, but he MBA students at select business schools in the already has his dream job. three weeks after completing his U.S. McGowan Fellows, chosen by the William degree, the School of music graduate was hired as an associate G. McGowan Charitable Fund, are in the top producer on cBc radio 2’s national classical music show 5% of their class, and also show leadership Tempo . his days are now filled with listening, researching, ability and commitment to public service and and writing about music. ethics. While at Queen’s, Tyler co-founded a “i joke that i had a 10-year plan and i am already at year chapter of Free the Children. Following gradu - 12 only two years after graduating,” says michael, who is ation, he joined the Boston Consulting Group originally from Sarnia but now lives in ottawa. “this is a as a management consultant. There, he co- dream job that i got surprisingly quickly.” An understatement. founded a mentorship program to match at- he came to Queen’s to study violin, but after a while felt risk students with business, medical, and legal that performing music wasn’t for him. he enjoyed doing research, but didn’t want to become an academic. So his radio professionals. At Kellogg, he has pursued his michael morreale career goals in sports management through job is a perfect fit for him. his work with the Sports Business Club and michael started hosting a classical music show on campus radio station cfrc in his Hockey Club. This past summer, he also second year. he became more involved and was named music programming manager interned with the Chicago Cubs. by his third year. on a whim, he emailed cBc radio to see if they were accepting interns. his timing was perfect; they were, and when the internship was over, he was hired by cBc part time. in his fourth year, he would spend one week a month working in ottawa on Tempo (and skipping all his classes at Queen’s). with his Bmus in hand, he was soon offered a full-time job. “A lot of it was just really good timing, but it was also about having the right experience,” michael says. “cBc really liked my campus community radio experience and the research skills i had learned from really good teachers, like professor (clara) marvin.” Beyond the research, he also does interviews, writes blogs, and does some radio direction. the fact that the cBc is becoming more involved in music with last year’s launch of digital service is good for michael’s future there. “As digital grows, i am sure i will grow with it,” he says. “i think there will always be CASSIE MILLER , Mus’12, tweeted this a future in radio. it’s one of those technologies that will never go away.” – MO photo of her mini-reunion of her Queen’s

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COMMITMENTS based application that evolved from Abed’s the company’s acquisition by the Chinese master’s thesis. The app helps commuters National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), ALEX proactively avoid heavy traffic, construction, the largest Chinese purchase of a Canadian POWELL and accident sites. The pair officially launched company to date. On May 2 James and his wife and LINZI the platform in Ottawa and in the Greater Laura welcomed their second child, Molly, a LeCLERC , Toronto Area earlier this year. sister for big brother Caden. both Artsci’10, NOTES KAREN BLAIR , PhD’12 (Sociology), writes, Ed’11, tied “I received a postdoctoral fellowship to con - the knot in JAMES ARMSTRONG , AMBA’10, teaches duct research at the University of Utah with July. The courses in petroleum land management at the Dr. Lisa Diamond. My latest research focuses ceremony University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of on the psychophysiology of prejudice within and reception took place at the University Business. He also continues to work at Nexen the context of prejudicial responses to same- Club on Queen’s campus (of course!), where and has gained invaluable experience during sex public displays of affection: What is it that they celebrated with friends and family, including Erin Cannon, Artsci’10, Ed’11, and Riley Leclerc, Artsci’13. MAKING A DIFFERENCE

JOB NEWS A journey of geographic JOSHUA AMIEL , proportions AMBA’11, has taken As a Queen’s grad and an artillery officer in the canadian a new role at Hogg Armed forces, i currently find myself in Kabul, Afghanistan, Robinson Group on the last rotation of canadian soldiers deployed in as Sales Leader for support of the training and advising mission known as Canada. The com - operation AtteNtioN. pany handles all Based out of camp Blackhorse, on the eastern edge aspects of corporate of the city, my job is to mentor the Afghan National Army o

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SPOTLIGHT – ‘10 s YOUNG ACHIEVERS Bursary was “like a On top of the world lottery win” winning the top grades of your class in one year of your university career is a boast-worthy achievement. earning the top marks of your Shelby Nicholson 350-student class in each of the four years of your undergrad, well, was working as that’s a near impossibility. But not if you’re Robbie Mitchnick , com’13. the operator of the robbie credits his incredible post-secondary success in large part to wind tunnel at the the educational techniques he developed from grades 4 to 12 at the University of on - private crescent School in toronto, where he was head boy in 2009. N

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p Achieving complete understanding involved more than attending lectures and reading was a secure job, Shelby Nicholson, a great deal. to round out his knowledge while a Queen’s student, robbie participated in one he could have Sc’17, the 2013 numerous extracurricular pursuits. in first year, he was frosh rep on the Queen’s University stuck with for the winner of the investment counsel, which manages a $600,000 portfolio for the School of Business long haul. that Sc’48½ mature endowment. By fourth year, he was its ceo. would have been Student Bursary. he also took part in the Students in free enterprise prison project. (don’t worry, his the easy thing to criminal record is clean.) through the program, he and fellow students visited minimum- do. however, he wanted – and needed – security prisons in the Kingston area and gave inmates presentations on financial literacy, more challenge in his life and had been entrepreneurship, investing, and other dollars-and-cents topics. (if the next few years see thinking for about five years about going a bump in market-savvy felonies, blame robbie and his friends.) back to school. when not dealing in high finance and low crime, he also found time to play Bews hockey So Shelby and his wife made a big and football and even to down an occasional pint at the Ale house. decision: they decided he should apply in September robbie began a job with the canada pension plan investment Board, which for admission to first-year studies in the manages around $170 billion in assets. with offices in toronto, hong Kong, and london, and faculty of engineering and Applied with more international hubs opening soon, his work will take him around the world. Science at Queen’s. to his delight, he Beyond that, he has undefined plans of an mBA at harvard or Stanford, or perhaps a got accepted. however, when he did master’s degree in economics at oxford. whichever path he chooses, if current trends hold so, Shelby had no idea how he was true, this already accomplished young alumnus has many more record-setting years at going to pay the bills for four years, even the top ahead of him. – GM with the support of his wife, Jessica van - dusen. “i was checking out the Queen’s makes people go from seeing gay to seeing Coupland, Artsci’01, Ed’02 (Chris) and Rachel registrar’s web site, looking for possible red? It is our hope that this research will con - Donovan (Ryan) and devoted uncle to Adelaide. funding when i came across the informa - tribute to the development of interventions to Predeceased by his father, Dr. Peter E. Mezciems. tion about the Sc’48½ mature Student reduce prejudice and subsequent hate crimes. Mathew was a compassionate, strong, and gen - Bursary. it looked promising, and so i Those interested in learning more about this tle man with a huge heart. He was a champion applied,” says Shelby. “when i heard that project can do so through my research website: for the underdog; and believed strongly in, and i’d been chosen as the 2013 recipient of klbresearch.com or endhatecrime.com . In other fought for, social justice. He had a great love of the Bursary, i felt as if i’d won the lottery. news, I’m engaged to Rhea Hoskin, a PhD music and a wicked sense of humour. He had a my wife and i were ecstatic.” student currently in Queen’s Sociology.” passion for sports: he loved sledge hockey and they had good reason to feel that downhill skiing. He was a dedicated fan of the way. the Sc’48½ mature Student Bursary DEATHS home team, wherever home was at the time. is valued at $76,000 over four years. Mathew was a kind soul whose love for his established in 1998 by the members MATHEW RICHARD NATHAN MEZCIEMS family was always first and foremost in his life. of Sc’48½ – the only half-year class in , JD’12, died suddenly on July 18 the history of Queen’s – the Bursary is at the age of 28. Much beloved son of Karen Queen’s friends can send their condolences to the most generous award of its kind in Mezciems, dearly loved brother of Rebecca [email protected]. canada. “i’m now enrolled in first-year studies as a member of Sc’17,” says Attention new grads . . . Shelby. “my wife Jessica was fortunate enough to find a job with itServices Moving? Got a new job? Getting married? at Queen’s. my return to school has worked out beautifully.” – KC Share the news with classmates, your professors, and other Queen’s friends by sending along a Keeping in Touch note or photo. For more information on the Sc’48½ Mature Student Bursary, please visit it’s easy, and it’s free. bit.ly/166sfB7. email [email protected]

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Planning a birthday party for Sir John A. canada’s first prime minister played a role in the founding of “Queen’s college”. now a group of alumni is organizing a celebration to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth.

BY ANITA JANSMAN, ARTSCI’06

e’s the “Father of Confederation,” would bring together historians, political Hhad the vision and will to build a scientists, archivists, and other academics railway that stretches across the entire to examine how Macdonald shaped country, and was present and played a role Canada, would be modeled on the one- at the 1839 meeting at which the decision day academic conference held in January was made to establish Queen’s College, the 2013 by the Commission in partnership forerunner of Queen’s University. So it’s with Queen’s Institute of Intergovernmen - not surprising that Sir John A. Macdonald tal Relations. Experts gathered to discuss continues to intrigue us in ways no other Macdonald and Canadian federalism. “Our Canadian prime minister – or other goal [in staging the conference in 2015] is to elected official – ever has. spark academic discourse on a whole

Arthur Milnes, Artsci’88, who shares in o variety of Macdonald topics,” says Milnes. t o h p that sense of wonderment, is heading the or - Perhaps one of the most exciting ini - d E i ganizing committee that’s planning what l tiatives so far is the staging of the play Sir p p u promises to be the “biggest birthday party in S John, Eh? The Musical. Written by Jim Gar - Canadian history.” Set for January 11, 2015, commissioner arthur Milnes, artsci’88 rard, Arts’67 (who is also the Bicentennial with some events later that year), the party (seated ), Executive director Jim garrard, Commission’s Executive Director), and be - will celebrate the 200th anniversary of arts’67, and rita holland, MA ’02, project ing performed this year by the SALON Act - Macdonald’s birth. As head of the non- Manager, of the Queen’s grads on the Sir ing Company throughout Ontario, the mu - profit, non-partisan Sir John A. Macdonald John a. Macdonald Bicentennial sical comedy is about a band of young Bicentennial Commission, Milne is over - commission. musicians who encounter the ghosts of Sir seeing the planning and execution of events John A. and his first wife, Isabella, on a that are scheduled to take place across honorary commissioners, as are former summer night in Kingston’s Cataraqui Canada. “Our main goal will be to engage Ontario premier Bob Rae and former Cemetery. The theatrical production is Canadians, particularly youth, in the cele - Quebec premier Jean Charest. billed as a “ghost story, a love story, and a bration,” he says. “It’s not just about history, Some aspects of the celebration are rollicking comedy, a tale of scandal and it’s about culture and education, too.” already underway in Kingston, Macdon - great achievement – not without tears. The With funding from the federal govern - ald’s adopted hometown. He lived much of story of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s ment and from corporate sponsors, the his life in the city, practised law here, and founding prime minister, warts and all.” Commission hopes to encourage and as - represented Kingston in Parliament for Milnes hopes to see the play go on a sist every town and city in Canada to come many years. Fittingly, it’s in Kingston that national tour. He notes, “Sir John A. was a up with events that will celebrate Sir John the Commission plans to test run ideas political genius and a consummate politi - A.’s legacy and his local historical heritage. and events. Earlier this year, the first Sir cian. He had a national vision that no one Milnes is thrilled that all six living for - John A. Macdonald Bicentennial Bursary else was capable of seeing at the time. He mer prime ministers – Joe Clark, John at St. Lawrence College in Kingston was built a railway even when people said it Turner, Kim Campbell, Brian Mulroney, awarded to a student. And a video contest was folly to do so. That’s what makes him Jean Chretien, and Paul Martin – have was held to encourage participation such an intriguing politician. And on top of agreed to serve as honorary commissioners. among Kingston elementary school-aged all that, he was a flawed man, something he And they’re not just lending their names to children. It will be the model for similar never hid or denied. That’s what makes the project, they’re rolling up their sleeves national contests. him such a fascinating character.” to get involved. “They’ve all been extremely The Commission is also hoping that enthusiastic and helpful,” says Milnes. Queen’s will host a multi-day, national For more news about the Macdonald DBBth Sir John Major, the former British academic conference in 2015 to examine anniversary celebrations, please visit Prime Minister, is another of the group’s Macdonald’s legacy. The event, which www.sirjohna2015.ca. B

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At the Agnes • Branch Marsha Lampman Award – Etherington Mitch Andriesky, Arts’53, and his wife Art Centre Wilda Andriesky, Arts’59, MA ’61, and Sarah Chan, Artsci’08; The following passing exhibitions are cur - • Branch Rising Star Award – Monica rently on display at the Agnes Etherington Dingle, Com’02; Art Centre ( AEAC ): • Branch Event of the Year Award – • Masters of Time: European Paintings Calgary Branch (Student Outreach From the Permanent Collection , Program); o t o

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Gift ”, to April 20, 2014; u Megas, Artsci’13. S • Fastwürms – Knot Knock: Decoy Signs For more information, please visit and Occult Operatives , Sixteen months of http://bit.ly/QUAAawards. to January 12, 2014; and, historic Kingston • Tensions and Institutions: French Prints Kingston book publisher Quarry Press has From the CJth Century , published “Kingston Calendar – 2014,” a to November 23 to March 2, 2014. 16-month (September 2013 – December 2014) wall calendar that features the works QUAA awards for 2013 of 16 Kingston artists of the late 18th cen - Biology professor Daniel Lefebvre ( who is tury to the early 20th century. Some of profiled on p. EI ) is one of 10 individuals these historical images – which are housed who will honoured by the QUAA at its up - in Queen’s University Archives, the RMC coming April 2014 annual awards gala. Museum, the Marine Museum of the

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• Alumni Achievement Award – Dr. seldom been published. All were chosen d E i Alfred Bader, Sc’45, Arts’46, MSc’47, l by author Mary Alice Downie, Quarry p p u LLD ’86, and Dr. Isabel Bader, LLD ’07 S publisher Bob Hilderley, and Queen’s pro - (who have already received their award, principal daniel woolf ( left, rear ) and his fessor and local historian Brian Osborne. see photo below ); wife Julie gordon-woolf ( middle, standing) To order copies of “Kingston Calendar – • Alumni Humanitarian Award – Shelagh recently visited drs. alfred and isabel Bader 2014” at $19.95 each, please contact Bob Rogers, Artsci’77; at their home in Milwaukee, WI , to present Hilderley at 613-548-8429 or bob@quarry - • One to Watch Award – Jeffrey Gallant, the couple with the 2013 alumni press.com. Locally, copies of the calendar Com’11; achievement award. alfred’s son daniel can be purchased at Novel Idea bookshop • Outstanding Student Award – Rico (right, standing) was also on hand for the in downtown Kingston and at the Campus Garcia, Artsci’13; happy occasion. Bookstore. GEAR UP AT THE Q-SHOP

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“The Indian Medicine Man ” there are only about 200 aboriginal doctors practising in canada today. a year before confederation, there was just one, and he was a Queen’s grad.

BY LINDY MECHEFSKE

t was 1866 when Peter Edmund Jones, Especial Reference to Their Conversion to IKahkewaquonaby in Ojibway, quietly Christianity , in which Rev. Jones had de - made history. The name and details of scribed the practices of Ojibway healers and Student No. 596, age 23, are written in the compiled a list of their herbal medicines. Student Register of Queen’s College, proof With his exams passed and his thesis ac - that a year before Canada became a nation, cepted, Jones was awarded his MD degree Jones became the first known Aboriginal in in the spring of 1866. Later that same year, British North America to earn a medical he passed the licensing exam, receiving degree. medical licence number 678. When he arrived at Queen’s in 1864 after In an 1873 ceremony in Brantford, spending two years at the Toronto School of Jones married English widow Charlotte Medicine, Queen’s College was but 23 years Dixon. The couple lived in Hagervsille, old, while its new Faculty of Medicine had where Jones practised medicine among S S E been founded only a decade earlier. Why r the Mississauga of New Credit. Although p

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Upper Canada West, Jones was the third r couple never had children. F l i son of Rev. Peter Jones and Eliza Field. He w During his ambitious career, in addi - grew up at the Munsee Mission – now a Jones biography written by dr. allan tion to practising medicine and promoting known as the Munsee-Delaware Nation Sherwin of Mcgill (professor Emeritus, “modern” public health measures on his Indian Reserve – near Brantford. Jones’s neurology), won the 2012 Joseph Brant reserve, Jones twice was elected Chief of missionary father, who was half-Ojibway, award (ontario historical Society). the Mississauga Ojibway. He founded and died in 1856 when Peter was just 12. For the For more info: www.wlupress.wlu.ca . edited the first known Aboriginal news - rest of his life, he followed his father’s paper ( The Indian), was a tireless advo - example, honouring his Aboriginal college, remained a committed Christian cate for Aboriginal rights and education, heritage and working within First Nations all his life, although he was known for be - served as an archeological advisor to the communities. ing remarkably broad-minded in his views. Smithsonian Institute, was a political During his time at Queen’s, Jones and Jones had been stricken with polio as a organizer for John A. Macdonald, acted as his classmates endured a rigorous schedule child and in adulthood walked with a a federal Indian agent, and last – but not of lectures in chemistry, natural history, cane. A man of slight physique, his strong least – was a taxidermist. and anatomy, laboratory demonstrations, Aboriginal features, that bespoke his her - While Jones had a foot in two cultures, and time spent following the attending itage. However, even though prejudice ran at times he met resistance in each. In one surgeon on his rounds of the wards at high in his day, Jones was well liked, per - instance, because he wasn’t a full-blood, Kingston General Hospital. haps thanks to his forthright, confident, his own cousin worked to dislodge Jones As part of his education, Jones was re - friendly manner, his intelligence, and his from his position as official reserve doctor. quired to attend chapel daily. Queen’s mastery of chess, which was popular at Despite his many successes, Jones was Board of Trustees was responsible for the time. immune to neither tragedy nor despair, supervising student morality, which in - In his final year at Queen’s, Jones was and he sometimes escaped his unhappi - cluded their attendance at worship. There required to submit a thesis. His proposed ness in fits of melancholy drunkenness. In are reports the Board was concerned about topic, “The Indian Medicine-Man,” was his early sixties, he developed oral cancer, the “boisterous behaviour” of some med - accepted despite the fact that it was the disease that eventually killed him. ical students (not likely Jones), who were markedly different from traditional case Jones died on June 29, 1909, in said to be more difficult to discipline than studies. He was no doubt inspired by his Hagersville, having spent much of his life those in the Faculties of Art and Theology. father’s posthumously published 1861 book, building bridges between the Aboriginal Jones, a devout Anglican at a Presbyterian History of the Ojebway Indians: With and white cultures that he embodied. B

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Let nothing trouble you in her new book One Day I Walk, Review editorial contributor ANITA JANSMAN, ARTSCI’06, recounts her experiences in northern Spain walking as a pilgrim on the famed camino de Santiago. we present a brief excerpt …

t is a cool, wet evening at the men – cycling. She called it IAzofra municipal albergue , “better-than-sex-showering”. I which is new, clean and well-de - now understand what she was signed. I am sharing a room with talking about, but I can’t recall Rosa from Barcelona, a soft- ever being that excited about spoken, warm woman with a taking a shower. functional ability to speak Eng - I begin to laugh at the ab - lish. We chat a little bit about surdity of this scene. I am in a why we are walking alone on the shower in a shared bathroom in Camino, and it turns out that a little village in Spain, and all she, too, is a mother of two sons that is dividing me from devil - in their early twenties…. ishly good-looking naked Span - I am not feeling particularly ish men is a thin wall of metal sociable this evening as I am still from which the distinct sounds recovering from the stony walk of “oohs” and “ahhs” seem to and the emotional ride I have amplify. I laugh hysterically at been on for the past two days. I this scene of which I am a part. decline Rosa’s offer to go to din - Salvador Dali could definitely

ner and instead discover a gro - o do something with this bit of t o h p

cery store nearby where I pur - surrealism. d E i chase a packet of dried pasta l Rosa has returned from din - p p u and chorizo sausage to prepare S ner, and we talk briefly before at the albergue. anita Jansman walking the camino de Santiago – lights go out. I want to tell her The kitchen is humming with “the way of St. James”. about my shower experience pilgrims clanging dishes and because I know she would be pots, opening and closing drawers to find is always a big rush by all the sweaty and amused, but I haven’t got the Spanish utensils, and figuring out how the stove dusty pilgrims to get cleaned up. I decide words, and I doubt she would understand works. I pitch in wherever I can. In my now is my time. me well enough to pick up on the silliness own home, the kitchen is my refuge, the My shower experiment goes awry when and humour of my story. temple of my familiar. It is where I go to I realize the two shower stalls beside me are Instead, I tell her about my interest in create, to think, prepare food for people I occupied by two Spanish cyclists whom I Santa Teresa de Ávila and San Juan de la love, listen to music, and sip wine. noticed a little earlier hanging around the Cruz. She is familiar with both these mys - It is second nature for me to find my corridor of the albergue . They are conspic - tics, of course, being a Spaniard who way around this kitchen, and I am happy to uous by their extreme good looks and in - reveals her spiritual nature. We share assist anyone trying to put together a hot credible level of fitness, and for walking something like an intelligent conversation meal. Give me a few seconds and I will un - around wearing nothing but their cycling in our broken Spanish and English before lock the mystery of the stovetop and oven. shorts. It seems they, too, have decided to we say good night. I will find the right-sized pot, locate the shower at the same time as I have. I know I silently recite one of Santa Teresa’s dish soap, and clean up. In the kitchen, I this, not because I can see them, but poems, or what I can recall of it from feel purposeful and full of good intentions. because I can hear them. memory: Let nothing trouble you/Let noth - In the coolness of the evening and with In addition to carrying on a loud con - ing scare you/All is fleeting./God alone is rain falling, the albergue is not warming versation … there are sounds of pleasure unchanging./Who possesses God/Nothing up. I haven’t showered yet because I am approaching something close to orgasmic wants./God alone suffices. cold, and also I am experimenting with in nature. I am now reminded of a woman the timing of taking a shower. I theorize I walked with a day or so ago, who referred For more information about Anita Jans - that the bathrooms will be less busy in to the delight of the shower after a long hot man’s book, One Day I Walk , please visit the evening than in afternoon, when there day of walking – or in the case of these two http://stonepathpress.net/. B

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