Your University Magazine No. 45 Spring 2015 BISHOP’S BISHOP’S OWN BREWERY + A FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW SPORTS CENTRE + U4 UP FOR DEBATE WEEKEND + CHRIS HADFIELD ON CAMPUS + CANADA’S GREEN RUSH + 3M FELLOWSHIPS + BISHOP’S IN BURMA + GAITERS BASKETBALL ANNUAL FUND YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN BRAINSTORMING SUSTAINABLE YOU CAN DIRECT YOUR GIFT FOOD GROWTH PROGRAMS. TO ANY PROGRAM WHERE BISHOP’S IS DIRECTING A STUDENT-WRITTEN PLAY. YOU’D LIKE TO HAVE THE TRYING LOCAL DELICACIES ON A COMMUNITY BURSTING EXCHANGE. READING WITH LOCAL with ambition, full of students who GREATEST IMPACT. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. are capable and willing to take on the SNAPPING PHOTOS OF ENDANGERED challenges our world faces. They leave Every gift, regardless of size, really PLANT LIFE. MODELING with the tools to act, the confidence to does make a difference, and shows INTERNATIONAL POLICY DECISIONS. perform and the knowledge to ask the that you’re here to support our right questions. We empower them students and their education in On a single day on campus, each to deal with complexity, diversity and every way possible. You can be student is choosing their own change. proud of what you’re helping them adventure and shaping their own Donations provide the opportunities accomplish. On behalf of our that foster this knowledge and growth. education. students, thank you. CONTENTS P. 19 P. 6 P. 22 P. 28 P. 12 Bishop’s University Magazine is published twice DIVERGENT PATHS PAGE 12 a year by the University Advancement Office. How four alumni have led the charge in changing industries on the back of a liberal education Editor-in-Chief Fraser Lockerbie PAGE 19 THE ARCHES BREWERY Copy Editor How one prof’s love of beer gave birth to Canada’s Sarah Haddon first academic microbrewery PAGE 22 Contributors THE PLEX Sarah Haddon A first look a the renovated and expanded Elizabeth Mazurek John H. Price Sports Centre Matt McBrine PAGE 28 Chelsea McLellan UP FOR DEBATE Alexis Chouan Students, faculty and special guests debate the Jordan Winnett issues of the day in the annual U4 League event Ronan O’Beirne Mark Lawson REGULAR FEATURES Garry Retzleff Julie Lorrain Editor’s Note PAGE 4 Julie Frédette Principal’s Note PAGE 5 Chris Cook PAGE 6 Martin Rourke Campus News Opinion PAGE 18 Contact Information: Alumni Events PAGE 31 1-866-822-5210 [email protected] Weddings PAGE 32 Births PAGE 33 Submissions PAGE 35 Sarah Haddon Through the Years [email protected] In Memoriam PAGE 36 Perspectives PAGE 38 Cover Chemistry professor Dale Wood in the lab with brewing science students. Photo: Krystel Morin. BISHOP S MAGAZINE | WINTERSPRING 20152014 3 BISHOP’S MAGAZINE | WINTER 2014 3 EDITOR’S NOTE THE PASSIONATE PURSUIT ALUMNI hat’s the value of a liberal education is about more than liberal education? Chris just academic excellence; it is about Cook ’00 tackles that striking a balance, between mind and EVENTS question head-on in one body – as in the case with Gaiters’ Wof the many revamped features (“Per- historic run to the CIS National Cham- spectives”, p.38) found in this issue of pionship (p.11) and the opening of the the magazine. But I think you’ll find that opening of the renovated John H. Price JUNE 19 the answer is perhaps more ubiquitous Sports Centre (p.22) – and between Vancouver Alumni Social Event than that — that it is evidenced with socializing and studying: that for each every turn of the page. of us, as many lessons were learned JUNE 20 A liberal education is, after all, outside of the classroom as in. pervasive by nature; it is an all-consum- It’s in considering the value of Calgary Alumni Social Event ing academic experience that crosses liberal education that we’ve also rede- matters and majors and breeds a bet- signed the magazine. The best of what JUNE 20 ter sort of scholar, a student who can Bishop’s has to offer has never resided Ottawa Alumni Social Event see the world not just through eyes of in the who, what, when and where, a scientist or poet, but in a well-round- but the why? We want to showcase JUNE 20 ed way, a way that ultimately allows for more than just our achievements – we greater exploration. want this magazine to be a place that MUHC Walk For Montreal As is the case with our four fea- continues to challenge the ideas of the tured alumni (p.12), graduates who day, that sparks debate and keeps the JUNE 26 ventured out into three rapidly-chang- ideals of a liberal education alive in our Golf the Way We Like to Play – ing industries, prepared to face the alumni community. Alumni & Friends Golf Tourney at challenges ahead and question the With that, we ask bluntly for your Richmond Hill Golf Club. status quo. Or in the case of Jordan thoughts, your concerns, your con- Winnett ’09, whose experience work- tributions. We ask that you write us, JUNE 26 ing in one of Canada’s more contro- whether it’s to express an opinion, versial startups provided the impetus expound on an idea or share a story. Halifax Alumni Social Event for the first of what we hope are many This magazine is as equally yours as opinion pieces (p.18) written by you, it is ours and its content should be JU LY 9 our infinitely talented alumni. collaborative, current and conceptual – The value of a liberal education, just like a liberal education. Toronto Alumni Social + Four an education that does not ask that But above all, it should be reflec- Shades of Purple Annual Summer we memorize facts and figures, but tive of what you want to read. Event. teaches us instead how to use them to Chris Cook concludes that a AUGUST 20 better communicate with and influence liberal education is what you make it. the world, to think critically about any We’d add that it doesn’t expire with a BC Lions Alumni Event problem – not just the one limited four-year degree. With your help, we’ll to a final exam – is evidenced in the continue to showcase the passionate OCT. 1-4 interdisciplinary, experiential nature of pursuit of better ideas and fuel the life- Homecoming! See page 34 for Bishop’s new academic micro-brewery long learning process that was kindled more details! (p.19). It is expounded in its purest for all of us on the mighty shores of the form in the Socratic influence flowing Massawippi. Visit ubishops.ca/alumni for a full listing from the U4 League’s Up For Debate of upcoming events. Want to organize weekend (p.28). It is present in our - Fraser Lockerbie an event in your city? Contact Sarah community through Bishop’s first-ever Haddon ([email protected]) to Café Scientifique (p.8) and recognized The University would like to thank find out how to launch a great alumni nationally through not one but two 3M Pam McPhail, who retired as magazine event where you live. Fellowships awarded to Bishop’s com- editor, and welcome Fraser Lockerbie munity members (p.7). And throughout ’09, as the new editor. this issue, we are reminded that a 44 BISHOPBISHOP’’SS MAGAZINEMAGAZINE || WINTERSPRING 20142015 PRINCIPAL’S NOTE REWARDING RECOGNITION his spring, I flew out Our high ranking is testament to the independent and West to meet pro- engaged students who choose to come to Bishop’s and to spective students in the talented and dedicated professors who choose to teach Victoria, Vancouver here. Tand Calgary. On the flight, I At each of the events out West, I invited local Bishop’s considered the choice fac- graduates to address the prospective students. Their messag- ing these promising young es were strikingly consistent. They all spoke about the oppor- people – a choice that tunity to engage with faculty who are passionate about teach- would set them apart from ing undergraduates. And they all spoke of the critical thinking most of their high school and social skills that they acquired at Bishop’s that prepared classmates. them for success once they left the Bishop’s bubble. Consider this: Unfortunately, in the current funding model in Canada, • Two-thirds of Canadian universities are incented to focus on growing the size of their undergraduates attend a undergraduate classes rather than on enhancing the quality of university within 20 kilome- the experience they offer to their students. ters of their home. Universities are rewarded for filling lecture halls to the • Only nine per cent of Canadian students cross a point of overcrowding rather than for the learning outcomes provincial border to attend university. achieved in those classrooms. • Only 5 per cent of Canadian students attend a So how does Bishop’s continue to succeed in a system university with an enrolment of fewer than 6000 that fails to recognize our unique offering? students. First, we are able to rely on terrific alumni, who continue This means that very few Canadians enjoy an undergrad- to support their university because they value what Bishop’s uate experience like the one we offer at Bishop’s. gave them and they want to give back to their alma mater. And yet there is widespread recognition amongst educa- You are our best ambassadors. We need you to continue tors of the immense value of our model. to help us attract great students, to share your knowledge As a Bishop’s student, you were taught by professors with our current students and to mentor our recent graduates. who knew your name (for better or for worse) and who took And to the extent that you’re able, we need you to support the a genuine interest in both your education and your overall fundraising efforts of the university on an ongoing basis.