University of Saskatchewan | Alumni Magazine | Spring 2006 greenandwhite Invites all U of S Alumni and their guest to a Special performance of the renowned... University of Saskatchewan | Alumni Magazine | Spring 2006 Editor Luke Muller, MA’00 features Location: College Building Production 08 Convocation Hall DHS Communications 08| Waskesiu’s Heritage Museum 107 Administration Place Production Manager Monica Pollard, BComm’93 BY BEV FAST Date: Thursday, June 15, 2006 In conjunction with the Alumni Association’s Art Director Evoking images of a simpler time, the new Waskesiu Heritage 90th Annual General Meeting Natasha Hnidy, LGDC Museum provides a touchstone to the past for visitors to this Time: 6:00pm Complimentary hors d’oeuvres with cash bar (beer & wine) Prepress Technician remarkable resort community in Prince Albert National Park. Ryan Kerr Limited Seating Please RSVP by Monday, June 12, 2006 to: Advertising 10 | Hope or Hype?: [email protected] or 966-5186 or 1-800-699-1907 (306) 966-5186 The Realities of Stem Cell Research Editorial Advisory Board To view the Alumni Association webpage please visit BY MICHAEL ROBIN http://www.usask.ca/alumni/alumnisite/association/ Joanne C. Paulson, BA'82 Peter K. Fenton, BA'97 Hype surrounding stem cell research promises everything from Michael Robin cures to intractable diseases to growing replacement body parts. Melana Soroka, BA’84 But how realistic are these expectations and when can we expect Gordon Barnhart, BA’66, PhD’98 Ben Voss, BE’99 to see results? The Green & White, with a circulation of 90,000, is published twice annually 13 | The Art of Conservation The (approx. Oct 25 and May 25). An electronic BY MATT BARRON version is published in January. Views and opinions expressed in the Green & White Sarah Spafford-Ricci (BSc’84) and Tara Fraser (BFA’90) have the Alumni do not necessarily reflect an official position healing touch. From parchments to paintings, Trans-Ams to of the Alumni Association or the University 10 Tibetan Thangkas, they’ve restored it all. of Saskatchewan. Advantage The Green & White was founded in 1939. The University of Saskatchewan is 16 | The Lynching of Louie Sam committed to protecting the privacy of BY DAVID HUTTON alumni, donors, and stakeholders including On a moonlit night in February 1884, an American mob rode Take advantage of personal information held by University Advancement and the U of S Alumni north, abducted, and hanged Louie Sam, a 14-year-old boy your Alumni status Association. Any personal information from B.C.’s Stó:lõ Nation. After years of researching the provided to the University is collected, used, lynching, U of S historian Keith Carlson uncovered a sordid tale and disclosed in accordance with applicable of murder and international intrigue. on campus and… provincial/federal legislation and applicable University policy. For more information, visit the University Advancement website at As a University Get fit www.usask.ca/advancement. of Saskatchewan Contributors 13 Learn a new language Beverly Fast is a freelance writer in Saskatoon who has written for the graduate you’ve Green & White, Western Living worked hard Buy a computer Magazine, and The Commuter. Matt Barron lives in Saskatoon and is to meet your Find a good book currently a freelance writer to trade magazines. departments educational goals. Michael Robin is a research 16 Dine out communications officer specializing in 03 | president’s message science and technology in the Research Now, enjoy the Communications Office at the University Attend the theatre of Saskatchewan. 04 | on campus rewards of the Colleen McKay is a Research 10 | discovery Explore new job Advancement Analyst at the University of alumni programs Saskatchewan, as well as a proud alumna. possibilities 19 | alumnews and services David Hutton (BA’04) is a student intern in the U of S Research Communications 23 | in print available to you. office. He is currently completing his Master’s degree in English. 24 | class notes Canadian Publications Mail Agreement #40064722 26 | in memoriam Return Undeliverable Canadian addresses to: University of Saskatchewan Room 223 Kirk Hall 28 | Q & A 117 Science Place For complete details visit: www.usask.ca/alumni Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8 Pick up your free alumni card at the University Advancement Customer Service Email: [email protected] Centre in Room 223 Kirk Hall on campus or contact us and we’ll mail it out to you. www.usask.ca/greenandwhite Call (306) 966-5186 or 1 (800) 699-1907 or email [email protected] editor’s note letters president’s message he University of Saskatchewan continues to inspire those who work, study, When we think of I enjoyed the article, “The Sisters of Mercy” (Jan 2006). However, it should be conservation we tend to and visit our campus. Indeed, we are living the aspirations of the University’s think immediately of our noted that there is also a religious order associated with Saskatoon that is called T founding president, Walter Murray, who believed unequivocally that this environment, and rightly the ‘Sisters of Mercy’. This can lead to a bit of confusion. University was destined to have “an honoured place among the best”. so. With debates raging James Schmeiser, BA’60 Fulfillment of President Murray’s vision, however, has not come at the expense of over everything from global warming to Just read the online G&W and signed up to save you the price of sending a paper our roots. Our programs continue to evolve to satisfy demand from the gas prices, it wouldn’t be difficult to argue community. A Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness, for example, will be offered copy all the way to Australia. I do have one problem with the layout, though. that conservation is one of the defining beginning this fall – the first new degree in agriculture in 90 years. A Masters of issues of our time. Like far too many webpages, this document is set up to view properly on older International Trade will also be introduced, building intellectual capacity to More broadly construed, however, Windows PCs. Please get into the 21st century by ensuring your web pages use capitalize on the export focus of our province. New graduate programs, too, in conservation may be understood as a kind UNICODE for their character encoding. public health, public policy, and the environment will also be available in the next of preservationism that encompasses or George W. Gerrity, BE’62, MSc’65 several years. protects the things we believe matter most There is a nice picture of Mr. Kennedy presenting the And we are ever conscious that our students must remain a central focus of our – everything from art (which preserves efforts. We have made considerable investment in both graduate and “Huskie Men’s Hockey” poster in the online G&W, but culture) to history (the past) to human undergraduate scholarships. We are implementing programs to assist our health (the body). The stories featured in no mention of how I could buy the poster and get it Aboriginal students in making the transition to university life, including a first-year this issue of the Green & White, in their shipped down to Ottawa. Any ideas? experience program, summer transition courses, and a math and science various ways, are reflective of exactly this Clarke La Prairie, BE’82 enrichment program. And the student experience at this University continues to be kind of conservation. defined and enhanced by small class sizes and substantial teacher contact. (Note: The posters can be obtained by contacting Dave You’ll meet, among others, Sarah Adolph at (306)966-1031 or via email at We are also dramatically expanding our infrastructure, which will enhance the University’s teaching, learning, and research environment. Spafford-Ricci and Tara Fraser who, as [email protected].) The Academic Health Sciences Centre building project, for example, will do much to attract and retain medical specialists, health science conservators, are preserving not only art, researchers, and health science students. These professionals will study and train in an interdisciplinary environment that is second-to-none but history and culture as well. You’ll meet in the country. The Saskatchewan government’s $100-million investment in this project speaks to the ongoing significance and relevance of Ione Langlois, whose strong sense of Please write to Editor, Green & White, our University in the life of this province. history and deep connections to Prince c/o University Advancement or email Albert National Park have led her to [email protected]. And our relationship with Saskatchewan and our community is one we take very seriously. Our Foundational Document on Outreach and establish the Waskesiu Heritage Museum. Engagement recognizes our traditional role of providing extension service to the province and places it in a contemporary context. It clearly identifies the ways in which we can – and should – engage our community, as well as the people across Canada and throughout the world, You’ll also read about U of S history in our scholarly and artistic works and partnerships. professor Keith Carlson’s contributions to documenting and rehabilitating history’s In this, the City of Saskatoon’s centennial year, we have reaffirmed our commitment to our community and we are meeting these account of the lynching of Louie Sam. commitments with determination and vigour. I am deeply proud of the fine work being undertaken at the University of Saskatchewan – And in our cover story you’ll meet James work that has placed this University prominently on the national and international map, and continues to engender a spirit of excellence Till and Freda Miller, whose work in the that we are increasingly becoming known for here at home. field of human health has led to the discovery and practical application of human stem cells.