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Native Studies 30th Anniversary Association President's Message Trent's Outstanding Research Record Convocation 2000 Photo Collage What's New in Academic Programs |
by Tony Storey
On Line Directory If you have an e-mail address, go directly to www.trentu.ca/alumni and click on "On Line Directory." Once registered you will be able to search for other on line alumni, send e-mails, get caught up on biographical details, browse the career mentors by major or career category, receive Trent alumni e-mail broadcasts and keep your own record up to date. The new directory was introduced in May 2000 and alumni officials were delighted at the initial response, especially the 627 alumni who agreed to be mentors. The mentor site will be available to students at Trent who have queries about career paths, graduate schools and other facets of the post-Trent experience. The university is very excited about the mentors' program potential to further enrich a student's experience. Alumni Council motion The following motion was approved at the conclusion of the Alumni Council Retreat on June 11, 2000.
Articulate the value The annual Alumni Council Retreat undertook a one-day facilitated session to see how best Trent alumni might assist the university in articulating the value to society of a liberal arts and science education. The complete report is available on the alumni web site (www.trentu.ca/alumni, and look under Special Announcements). The Alumni Association welcomes your participation in helping deliver the positive liberal arts message to a number of important audiences.
Applause for Alumni accomplishments Roberto Acosta '85 (MSc 1997) is the 1999 recipient of the Alumni Association Spirit of Trent Award, for his environmental work in Mexico City. He introduced the first Hispanic integral health solar exposure and awareness program with daily public UV index reports and the integral monitoring of the ultraviolet solar radiation in conjunction within academic institutions and the media. He designed, implemented and operated a UV monitoring network for the Ministry of the Environment Mexico City government and developed the first air quality environmental information system in Mexico City that reports real-time data.
Stuart Butts '65 is the chairman and CEO of Xenos Group Inc whose IPO was recognized by Profit : The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs as one of the most successful of 1999. Xenos is an innovator in electronic document presentment. The Globe and Mail profiled Xenos in the "Upstarts and Startups" column (October 7, 1999) and characterized Stu Butts as the co-founder of a firm that was delivering the "missing technological link."
Jason Sharp '92 has launched a small business in the Brighton area, with the goal of assisting business owners with accounting and human resources management issues. Brighton Business Solutions was featured in the Brighton Independent in August 1999. A commitment to help end malnutrition and famine had its roots at Trent University for Melody Allaire '94, according to the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal. Her work as a CUSO agricultural extension officer took her to northern Thailand in September 1999, where she is furthering her stewardship of the earth's resources. Roaming the muddy boglands of Britain under full moons in the cold mist of early morning in search of dead baby piglets has all the trappings of a good suspense story. It is, in fact, the archaeology research of Heather Gill-Robinson '86 at England's York University. Her quest for dead piglets is an effort to mimic as closely as possible the conditions surrounding the preservation of thousands of so-called bog bodies, ancient mummies discovered intact in the soggy peat throughout the UK and northern Europe. (The Trentonian, August 1999) Tanya Wiegand '89 is the executive director-curator of the Myrtleville House Museum. Her Trent history degree, followed by Fleming College's museum management and curatorship certificate program, set the stage for this opportunity. (The Brantford Expositor, July 24, 1999) Canada's oldest newspaper, the Kingston Whig Standard, has Steve Lukits '68 at the helm as editor. Making sure the paper is "dramatic" is Steve's imperative in overseeing all the pages of the newspaper. The Whig's local focus is essential, according to Lukits. "It's important that we cover Kingston in the best and most thorough way possible." (Kingston Whig-Standard, August 7, 1999) Mr. B, as he is known to generations of Peterborough students, Jim Burchell '70 retired from teaching in June 1999. His 29 year Peterborough career has been rewarding, and not without important milestones. He was the first male teacher assigned to teach a primary grade by the former Peterborough Count Board of Education. Jim is the coauthor of Human and physical geography, used in schools across Canada. And, in 31 years of teaching, he missed only three days of work. In 1999 Jim also received the trainer of the year award from the Peterborough Minor Hockey Council. (Peterborough Examiner, June 26, 1999) Shane Peacock '75 has put his Trent Honours English degree to considerable use. As the author of two plays, The Great Farini and The Devil and Joseph Scriven, both of which have been produced by the 4th Line Theatre near Millbrook. His biography of Farini (The Great Farini: The High-Wire Life of William Hunt) was published by Penguin Books in 1995. His journalism has appeared in Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, Saturday Night, Equinox, Shift and others. In 1998 Shane earned a National Magazine Award nomination. In the summer of 1999, he wrote the screenplay for History Television's documentary about the Great Farini. Penguin also released Shane's first novel The Mystery of Ireland's Eyes, a story for young adults.
(Peterborough This Week, October 20, 1999)The University of Utah Press has published Reconstructing Ancient Maya Diet by Christine White '77. Richard Harrison '76's fourth book of poetry, Big Breath of a Wish, was nominated for the Governor General's award for poetry. The jury's comment on Richard's book was "Richard Harrison captures with elegance, grace and candour the first year of his daughter's life."
Robert Palmer '88 was appointed Vice President, Electronic Commerce, for Optus Corporation. He brings over 10 years experience in the provision of technology solutions for the financial services solution. (Globe and Mail, July 6, 1999) A traffic accident in 1988 has left Kevin Chappell '83
with a rare brain injury, visual agnosia, that is teaching scientists
about how humans see and identify objects. Since his accident,
Kevin's mind functions in such a unique way that he's responsible
for remapping the medical world's knowledge of the workings of
the human brain. He cannot look at an object and recognize it,
the world appears as a series of blobs but he can imagine perfectly
what objects look like, and then draw them. Shown those same
drawings, he'd have no idea what they were. Kevin is to be a major subject in a BBC documentary about the peculiarities of the human brain. ("The strange world of Kevin Chappell" The Ottawa Citizen) Steve Martyn (MA 2000) was the subject of a Toronto Star article ("A man who found calm in the wild", August 28, 1999). He and his partner have opened the Algonquin Tea Co., which produces herbal teas from wild plants in the Algonquin area. The teas lucid dream tea, sweetfern tonic and homestead tea sell at stores in the $6 range for a package of 20 bags. A report on wind energy in Canada prompted CBC to interview Dr. Jim "Jay" Salmon '67 in his role as president of the Canadian Wind Energy Association. The interview was aired in September 1999. Chris Magwood '85 has written Straw Bale Building: How to Plan, Design and Build with Straw, published by New Society Publishers. The focus of the books is assisting owners/builders in creating their own straw bale structure, from the earliest planning and design issues through to the last finishing touches. e book's official launch took place at Lady Eaton College on February 29, 2000. e launch included an opportunity to view a newly constructed demonstration bale wall. Grey County's new archives are to be created and managed by Paul White '72. With his return to his native Owen Sound in 1996, Paul has been busy as a full time researcher and freelance writer, and has written widely on the history of Grey and Bruce counties. He was hired in November 1999 to establish the new facility. (The Owen Sound Sun Times, November 27, 1999) Erica Cherney (Honorary) is Peterborough's 1999 Citizen of the Year. Mrs. Cherney has operated H & M Cherney Realty, chaired Trent's Board of Governors, been vice chair of TV Ontario, president of the board of directors and a committee volunteer with the United Way of Peterborough and contributed to many arts and cultural organizations in the community. (Peterborough This Week, February 23, 2000)
Dave "Jake" Newman '70 is the president of Newman Communications, an Ottawa consulting company specializing in coalition and alliance building and reputation management. He wrote "the real Y2K bug, Y2K +1" for the March 2000 issue of Summit : the Business of Public Sector Procurement, where he is Contributing Editor. The first national Canadian conference on "Your Charity in Business" was held in Toronto, with assistant professor of Business Administration Ray Dart '82 taking part as speaker. Ray consults and researches widely in the nonprofit sector with a particular focus on entrepreneurship and business development in nonprofits. His publications include Charities Doing Commercial Ventures: Societal and Organizational Implications, published in 1999 by the Trillium Foundation and Canadian Policy Research Network. Paul Butler '68 was one of 30 Canadian executives (including fellow alumni Don Tapscott and Stu Butts) of high-tech companies who came out in support of liberal arts university education, at a time when it appeared the Ontario government favoured the funding of technology over the liberal arts. Paul is founder and director of Artech Digital Entertainments, an Ottawa-based interactive media developer. e executives issued their statement in the wake of the province's $600 million funding package for universities that emphasized practical and technical education. According to the group, companies benefit from the cultural and civic literacy of employees who have a background in the humanities. "We need more Captain Picard, less Scotty in the engine room," said Paul Butler. (Globe and Mail, April 19, 2000) The Canadian Historical Association has awarded the Hilda Neatby Prize to Professor Joan Sangster '70 for the best article published in women's history in 1999. The article, "Criminalizing the Colonized: Ontario Native Women Confront the Criminal Justice System, 1920-1960", appeared in the Canadian Historical Review. The Association's citation describes Joan's article as a "richly descriptive account." Jane Davidson '68 is the co-author of A Brutal Way of Learning Does it have to be? It is the story of Dan Haley who overcame a harsh childhood and illiteracy to now serve as a champion of adult literacy. Haley travels the speakers' circuit addressing teachers, correctional workers and learners and motivating adults to take risks and break out of their crippling cycle of illiteracy and failure. e book is available through Davidson Communications (705-749-2095) or visit the web site at www.seejanerun.net. Reverend Christopher "Kit" Greaves '78 was "walking on water" in a Cottage Life magazine article. "Amazing Greaves" is the Anglican priest in Haliburton , where he has been the incumbent for eight years. e article chronicles the unique demands, and rewards, of being a priest in God's country. (Cottage Life, April/May 2000). |
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Don Tapscott
'66 continues to appear on the public stage frequently as
more and more calls are made for his insights on the Internet,
the digital generation and e-commerce. "Don Tapscott : Digital
Dad" was title of an article in Communication World, December
1999/January 2000. Sympatico Netlife ran an article by Don, "The
Future Starts Here" in its November/ December 1999 issue,
and he also contributed to the National Post Online in July 1999,
"Education becomes a lifelong process : Net-savvy students
will change the way education structured ." Don was the
keynote speaker at Centennial College's launch of its E-commerce
institute in December 1999.
The Toronto
Star (November 15, 1999) drew heavily on Iain Dobson '70's
expertise as vice president of office leasing for real estate
company J.J. Barnicke in an article about the "big stall"
in office space development in downtown Toronto. Iain also wrote
"Focusing on Key Indicators of Tenant Growth : credible
Research Techniques to measure the Growth of Tenants"
for Research Report, Office Market, Volume 1.1, Fourth quarter
1999.
The economic
impact of Peterborough's Fleming College was the focus of a report
prepared by Tom Phillips '74. Tom calculates that Fleming
pumps $100 million into the local economy each year. "I
grew up here before the College and University existed, so I
have seen how they have affected who are here and what's here.
It's an amazingly different community than it was."
"Funky
clothes" on George street is the "Flavour" of
Mike Watt's '93 new store in downtown Peterborough. "Any
funky streetwear can be found here, whether you are into skateboarding,
snowboarding, surfing, clubbing, raving or hip-hop." the
store's atmosphere has a big-city spirit, featuring 20 foot ceilings,
dramatic angles and vibrant colours. Mike also sets the mood
by having disc jockeys "pump up the volume" on Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays. (Peterborough Examiner)
Scheduling
a 16 division, 175 team youth soccer season sounds daunting.
But John Casserly '72 has designed a computer program
which does the job. He inputs teams, divisions and fields and
the computer does the rest. (Peterborough This Week, March 1,
2000)