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But based on the response from the crowd of people—young and old— New director A fond farewell who stormed the U of M information We follow the last day in a 40-year career booth at We Day to meet Scott, get her of Alumni Relations and say goodbye to one of the U of M’s autograph, and have their photo taken Mark Robertson joins the external relations team, bringing with him a wealth of most impactful figures: Debbie McCallum with her and her famous bling, it [BSc/71], vice-president (administration) was like it happened that day experience and professionalism 5 President’s Message 31 Through the Years Whether it’s a life-changing event like Donna Lowery’s awesome job; We Day, or a life-affirming educational authors, academics and other alumni experience at the U of M, the desire to foster accomplishments the spirit of engagement and discovery that fuels the passions of today’s youth is 36 Last Page something we all share Not only does the Bike Dungeon provide 8 U of M in Brief the ultimate drop-in centre for the U of M’s 24 Alumni Stories growing legion of cyclists to learn the Breaking ground on the ALC; the microscop- ins-and-outs of DIY maintenance, it’s First they found careers, and then they ic solution to bigger, better crops; a legacy also motivating environmentally friendly found their passions. How a trio of alumni of learning from rebel Walter Rudnicki; a behaviour global design competition gets a global jury; are realizing their dreams by helping others celebrating a pair of distinguished doctors 28 Giving Back The gift of mentorship paid forward December 2 012 1 Celebrating the experiences that helped define you. At Homecoming 2012 we celebrated Indigenous achievement at Migizii REBEL PIONEERAgamik/Bald Eagle Lodge trailblazer ... EXPLORER DEFENDER TRAILBLAZER CHALLENGER CREATOR EXPLORER DEFENDER TRAILBLAZER REBEL PIONEER EXPLORER ADVENTURER TRAILBLAZER REBEL EXPLORER DEFENDER TRAILBLAZER CREATOR REBEL PIONEER CREATOR EXPLORER ADVENTURER TRAILBLAZER REBEL EXPLORER ... joined our Bison football squad at practice and on gameday ... ... got a sneak peak at the new Investors Group Field ... 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Bureau 300 • Montréal (Québec) H3A 3C2 • T : 514 842 4416 F : 514 844 9343 ATTENTION : Merci de vérifier attentivement cette épreuve afin d’éviter toute erreur. President’s Message I want students who come to the University of Manitoba to know their lives are going to be DIFFERENT AND better as a result of their experience here. want them to feel the spirit of the University of Manitoba, which Tito Daodu, a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Medicine and dwells within each of us and challenges us to defy convention, carve recent winner of the Nahlah Ayed Prize for Student Leadership and Inew paths and ask: “How far can we go?” Global Citizenship, joined former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, This is the message we brought to thousands of young Manitobans at alumnus Justice Murray Sinclair and Ladybug Foundation founder We Day Manitoba on October 30. Hannah Taylor as speakers who inspired young people to take action at In this issue of On Manitoba, we reflect on the experiences of We Day, home and abroad. profile some of the people and programs at the U of M that create Olympic bronze medalist and proud Bison Desiree Scott was at the vehicles for our students to make our world better, and show how our University of Manitoba information booth at We Day signing autographs alumni continue to be guided by this principle years after graduation. and sharing her story of triumph this summer on the soccer fields of The University of Manitoba was a sponsor of We Day, which was London, England. organized by Free The Children—a charity focused on empowering Twenty of our staff volunteered at We Day and we installed a Pledge children around the world to be agents of change, founded by then-12- Wall at University Centre to give our community on campus an year-old Canadian Craig Kielburger in 1995. opportunity to post and share their commitments to social and global More than 18,000 students, who have committed to an act supporting change. social justice during the school year, were invited to MTS Centre to We are inspired by these young Manitobans, who see ‘making change celebrate their commitment to building a better world. for the greater good’ as an integral part of who they are. And we know, We Day provided us the opportunity to showcase our mission, values based on what our current students and alumni are doing, that studying and programs to an audience of outstanding young people that we would at the U of M will allow them to keep making long-lasting contributions be proud to have as students. to the cultural, economic and social wellbeing of our province, country and world. David T. Barnard PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHANCELLOR December 2 012 5 VolumE 72, DISCOVER # ONMANITOBA 3 DECEMBER 2012 EDItoR CONTRIBUtoRS Jeremy Brooks [BA/98] David Barnard Jeremy Brooks [BA/98] ADVERTISING Katie Chalmers-Brooks Denise Proulx [BA/99] Luc Desjardins DESIGN Thomas Fricke Doowah Design Inc.