Meisterworks Portfolio December, 2015 by meisterworks

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Conceptual design • Typography • Layout Photo-illustration • Production • Template Design Displays • Interactive PDFs • Fillable Forms

25 years experience

Portfolio Samples Creative Design Note: Projects dated before January 2007 were completed at Semaphor Design. 1

Doers’ and Dreamers’ Guide to Nova Scotia

Regional Tourism Maps English & French

Lighthouse Route Entry Sign

Recruitment “Viewbook” for University of King’s College

Journalism Program Brochure for University of King’s College

Student Retention Posters for University of King’s College

Destination Halifax Client Appreciation Invitation

Destination Halifax Booth Banner

Destination Halifax Partner Sign

NSBA Boatbuilders Directory

Career Crafting the Decade After High School

Four Billion Years and Counting

Blessed Stranger Film Promo

Ship Hector Launch Poster

Farmed Sea Scallop Brochure

Visual Identities

Centre for Clinical Research Brochure

Project: Doers’ and Dreamers’ Guide to Nova Scotia Client: Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture and Heritage Year(s): 1991 to 2010. 2008–2015 as MeisterWorks

Deliverables: 360 page English guide and 320 page French guide, Trim size: 8.25" x 10.5" Description of services: Design and production of editorial and listings pages in coordination with advertising agency (Extreme)

Halifax

A vibrant vibrant capital city by the sea

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hether you set out to navigate Halifax with a plan in mind and a map in hand or by spontaneously seeing where the wind takes you, enjoy the journey. Adventures can be found around every corner. As the cultural and historical capital of Atlantic Canada, Halifax has been delighting visitors for over 265 years.

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This category includes national parks, historic sites, museums, and other attractions. See also listings under Galleries, Shops, Artists and Artisans; Outdoors; and Trails. Please be aware that GPS co-ordinates referenced in the listings may not be exact. For a key to symbols and codes, see p. 3.

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6350 Coburg Rd, Halifax. Dorm-style: 91 rooms (S,T), with fridge, phone (free local calls). Oldest chartered university in North America. Catering, conference, meeting & recreational facilities. Rates STC. May 1–Aug 17.

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374 Bedford Hwy, Halifax. Motel: 40 A/C units (Q,2D; 90% no-smoking): 4-pc bath; free Wi-Fi & local calls. Light breakfast incl (peak season). Playground, BBQ; laundromat. Small pets welcome. Rates STC; F(15); cot $10; O/S rates. Year-round.

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Mount Uniacke

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1181 Hollis St, Halifax. Hotel: 310 A/C rooms and suites (K,Q,D,S), 4-pc bath, deluxe amenities. Historic hotel. Restaurant, bar; whirlpool, gym, spa, salon. Reward programs. Parking (fee). Rates STC; F(18); weekend packages; O/S rates. Year-round.

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Dartmouth Alderney Landing

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26 Newcastle St. Restored Victorian house (c 1867). Former home of Dr Helen Creighton, Nova Scotian author and folklorist; now home of Dartmouth Heritage Museum. Admission $2, F(12). Year-round, 10am–5pm (summer Tue–Sun; O/S Tue–Sat; weekends closed 1–2pm).

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902-861-1623 • 888-544-3434 (reservations) • www.novascotiaparks.ca/parks/laurie.asp

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30 John Brenton Dr. Campground with lake access, within the city. 1 yurt. Wood, ice. Supervised beach, tennis, walking trails. 24-hr staff. Rates STC; 48-hr CXL. May 11–Oct 14, STC.

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57–59 Ochterloney St. One of the oldest buildings in the city (c 1785); associated with the Nantucket Quaker whalers who were in Dartmouth 1785–92. Costumed tour guides; pioneer dress-up trunk for children; historic garden. Admission $2, F(12). Jun 1–Aug 31, Tues–Sun.

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471 Poplar Dr. GPS 44.67289, -63.49944. A rural oasis amid a suburban area. Heritage buildings, archival material, farm and household implements, farm animals, gardens and a tea room. Special events. Partial wheelchair access. Admission by donation. May 15–Oct 15, O/S by appt.

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902-464-2300 • fax 902-464-8210 • www.dartmouthheritagemuseum.ns.ca/quaker-house

3070 Sackville Dr. Riverfront. 7 camp cabins; 1 mini-home. Ice, firepits, wood, free Wi-Fi. Games room, boating. 24-hr security (summer). Rates STC; cabins $74–169; booking-specific CXL. May 1–Oct 31.

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7 Mellor Ave, Unit 3. GPS 44.70832, -63.58012. Metro’s first indoor climbing gym. Suitable for all age & fitness levels. Instruction and equipment rentals available. Day pass $12. Year-round, Mon–Fri noon–11pm, Sat noon–8, Sun noon–6.

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902-468-8788 • groundzeroclimbinggym@ns.sympatico.ca • www.climbgroundzero.com

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902-865-4342 • 888-562-4705 • halifaxwestkoa@gmail.com • www.halifaxwestkoa.com

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26 Newcastle St. GPS 44.66663, -63.55999. Located in Evergreen House; highlights of Dartmouth’s history; gallery with changing art/heritage exhibitions. Archival reference and research services, by appointment. Admission $2, F(12). Year-round, summer Tue–Sun; O/S Tue–Sat.

4949 Hwy 2. Private sites & picnic area on lake. Dishwashing station, fire grills, wood, ice. Canoe/kayak dock, walking trail. Campground host. Leashed pets permitted. Rates STC; 24-hr CXL. Jun 12–Sep 6.

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1515 Shore Rd. Apt.: 1-bdrm A/C luxury suite (K, pull-out; sleeps 4), 4-pc bath, 2 TVs, fireplace, dishwasher, balcony, BBQ. Waterfront; view of islands and harbour. Next to Fisherman’s Cove. Rates STC; discount for extended stay. Year-round.

Toilets are identified as Flush (F) or Privy/Pit (P) . Showers: a $ indicates pay showers. Swimming options are Lake (L), Pool (P), River (R), Ocean (O).

1 Challenger Dr. Marine research centre; one of the world’s largest oceanographic establishments. Exhibits on fisheries science, oceanography, hydrography, marine geology, protected areas; touch tank. Tours (in English and French), by appt only. Admission free. May 15–Aug 31, Mon–Fri.

902-405-8480 • fax 902-405-8482 • quigleyslanding@eastlink.ca

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2 Ochterloney St. GPS 44.66502, -63.57026. Cultural and performing arts centre with outdoor event plaza. Visual art gallery, weekend farmers’ and craft market, marina, and harbourside park. Admission charged for events. Year-round.

902-465-3455 • 866-725-3455 • fax 902-406-4988 • fishermansinn@eastlink.ca • www.theinnatfishermanscove.com

All campgrounds listed have been approved by CampingSelect and/or NS Approved to ensure that they meet the required standards. Please be aware that GPS co-ordinates referenced in the listings may not be exact. For a key to symbols and codes, see p. 3. Internet access (@) at campgrounds is usually Wi-Fi, but may not reach all campsites.

Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia

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10 Cherry Brook Rd. Exhibits and displays on Black migration, settlements, and communities, telling the story of one of Nova Scotia’s founding cultures, dating back to the early 1700s. Also contemporary African Nova Scotian and African Canadian history. Admission: adult $6. Jun 2–Oct 4.

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15 Fort Sackville Rd. Dutch Colonial mansion (c 1770) with gambrel roof, hand-hewn beams, wishbone chimneys. Permanent and weekly exhibits, family histories, local history & archaeology, photos, summer events. Barrier-free on ground floor. Admission free. Jul 1–Aug 30, daily; tea room 2–4pm.

Tammy Rehberg. 1531 Shore Rd. Tourist Home: 8 oceanview rooms (Q; 4 with balcony), 4-pc bath, mini-fridge. Light breakfast. Heritage-style house in fishing village; glassed-in breakfast area; pvt dock. Rates STC; cots $25; O/S rates. Year-round.

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902-832-2336 • scott.manor@ns.sympatico.ca • www.scottmanorhouse.ca

Albert & Mary Conrod. 25 Lighthouse Lane. GPS 44.60090, -63.46259. B&B: 3 rooms (Q): 4-pc bath, ceiling fan. Full breakfast. Games room, propane fireplace, pool table, CBTV. Boat charters arranged. Rates GTD; packages; O/S rates. Year-round.

IN THE GRID: Rates are given for one or two people in peak season unless otherwise specified. Tax will be added to these rates unless “no tax” is indicated.

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Geena Gador. 98 Ridding Rd. B&B: 2 rooms (Q,S), 4-pc baths; 2-room family unit available. Light breakfast. Oceanview home. Laundry facilities available. Off-street parking. Multiple-cat household. Rates STC; family unit $129; O/S rates. Year-round.

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33 Sackville Dr. Documents, photos, garments, tools and artifacts of 19th-century Sackville; cooper and blacksmith shops (wheelchair-accessible); gardens; nature trails; Veterans Memorial Cenotaph. Tuesday teas; special events. Admission free. Jul 1–Aug 31, 10am–5pm daily (STC).

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Hammonds Atlantic Playland W Plains 902-865-1025 • www.playland.ns.ca 1200 Lucasville Rd. GPS 44.74162, -63.74722. Fun for the entire family: water slides, mini-golf, go-carts, batting cages, bumper cars & boats, rides, gravity house, arcade games. Corporate picnic area. Pay-as-you-go or bracelets; group rates. Jun 14–Sep 1, 11am–6pm daily; haunted castle in Oct.

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758 Hwy 1. GPS 44.90168, -63.84460. Grand country mansion (c 1815) of Attorney General Richard John Uniacke; original Georgian furnishings, portraits, ceramics. Walking trails (maps available). Admission charged (house only). Jun 1–Oct 4, STC; trails year-round, dawn to dusk.

902-443-1576 • 877-515-0551 • fax 902-445-6348 • wedgewoodmotel@hotmail.com • www.wedgewoodmotel.ca

Catwalk Bed and Breakfast

2463 Rocky Lake Dr. Gold mining artifacts, school pictures, archival records, sport records, stamp-mill model and blacksmith tools. Located in a former church built with naval construction techniques, giving the impression of an upside-down ship’s hull. Admission free. Jun 1–Aug 31.

902-422-1271, ext 106 • fax 902-423-3357 • conferences@ukings.ca • ukings.ca/conference-services

Eastern Passage

902-861-1463 • waverleyheritagemuseum@gmail.com • waverleycommunity.ca/?page_id=1671

101 Yorkshire Ave Ext, Dartmouth. Hotel: 75 units (K,Q,S; incl 38 suites): 4-pc bath, DVD, fridge; 2 TVs, wet bar, microwave in suites. Complimentary breakfast, use of fitness room & business centre, parking. Rates GTD; F(17). Year-round.

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Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum

20 Sky Blvd. Atlantic Canada’s aviation history, from the first heavier-than-air flight in the British Commonwealth, the Silver Dart, to jet aircraft of the ’60s, ’70s & ’80s: photos, uniforms, medals, aircraft engines, weapons, 24 vintage aircraft. $5 donation suggested. May 15–Oct 1, daily.

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Joan Robillard. 1394 Edward St, Halifax. B&B: 2 rooms (Q), 4-pc bath; 1-bdrm H loft (D), 3-pc bath (S). Light breakfast 8:30am. Charming Victorian home in quiet residential area, close to downtown amenities, university, parks. Rates STC. Year-round.

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5795 Africville Rd. Africville, a 150-year-old African Nova Scotian community, was destroyed in the 1960s. Audiovisual kiosks, pictures, descriptive panels, and artifacts in a replica of the church celebrate the community. Adult: $3.50. Year-round, Jun 1–Oct 15 Tue–Sun, O/S Tue–Fri.

Alexander Keith’s Nova Scotia Brewery

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1496 Lower Water St. Animators in period costume and character bring 1863 Halifax to life in story and song as they lead guests through one of the oldest breweries in Canada, in a massive stone building (c 1820); 1-hr tours. Admission: adult $21. Year-round, call for tour times.

Army Museum, Halifax Citadel

902-422-5979 • armymuseum@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Halifax Citadel. An extensive collection of Nova Scotian militaria, including uniforms, decorations, edged weapons and firearms. May 7–Oct 31, also Nov. 11.

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Project: Regional Tourism Maps English & French Client: Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture and Heritage Year(s): 1995 to 2014. 2008â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2014 as MeisterWorks

Deliverables: Map of Nova Scotia highlighting Tourism Regions. Trim size: 38.5" x 26" Description of services: Design and production of French and English maps to correspond with other Tourism print products.

Project: Lighthouse Route Entry Sign Client: Communications Nova Scotia Year(s): 1995 to 2014. 2008â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2014 as MeisterWorks

Deliverables: Digital artwork in Adobe Illustrator or vinyl-cut sign Description of services: Design and production of sign artwork in consultation with client..

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning. —ALBERT EINSTEIN

Project: Recruitment “Viewbook” Client: University of King’s College Year(s): 2008–2010

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Deliverables: 7.5" x 10.5" booklet, offset printed. Description of services: Booklet design to coordinate with print and web promotions. Includes art direction, production, photo direction/editing.

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dynamic King’s community, with its full slate of student-led social activities, will often keep you close to home.

Our students love the camaraderie and personal ggrrowtth which come from residence life. W Wh herever you go on campus, you’ll alwaayys run into friends. You’ll know the faculty and staff, and they’ll know you. It’s an ideal climate for discovering who you are and who you want to become.

Halifax: The place to be If you’re looking for a friendly and vibrant city with lots of young people, come to Halifax. Eight institutions of higher learning in one place means an abundance of intellectual energy and plenty of fun to be had. Perhaps you’ll spend a Saturdayy morning downtown at the Halifax Farmers’ Market befo ore meeting up with friends at one of the city’s many coffee shops. Saturday night you might take in a play or film screening, avourite sports team, go dancing or watch your fav choices which are all within walking distance of King’s. Just don’t be surprised if you spend more time on campus than not. The

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King’s is a place where we value and nourish ideas. Discussions flow effortlessly from the tutorial room to the stairwell, across the campus to the dining hall and back out into the quad. There’s no better environment for developing an analytical eye and an inquiring mind, or for growing as an individual while you explore possibilities. Professors from other institutions say it’s easy to recognize King’s students by the way they apply logic, the way they ask questions, and their writing ability. Great books. Inquisitive minds. Individualism. bundant energy. You’ll You’ll Expansive spirit. Abundant find King’s students are as uncommon and individual as the university they love.

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Getting credit(s) If you are an Arts or Journalism student, FYP provides you with the equivalent of four of the five full credits needed for a complete first year. Dalhousie and King’s Universities recognize

FYP as the equivalent to introductory courses in English, history, philosophy and sociology (except social anthropology). FYP Science is a three-credit version, with a proportionally reduced schedule and workload.

We trace the origins of much of Western European development through the institutions, art, religion and thought of Greece, ome and Israel. The focus is on Rome poetic and philosophical texts. The Eppic of Gilgamesh • The Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Job) • Homer, Th he Odyssey • T Plato, The Republic • Virgil, The Aeneid

political philosophy and literature, the expansion to the world beyond Europe and a new view of nature. The re-ordering of Christianity is seen through the Reformation and Counter-Reeformation. Thomas More, Utopia • Machiavelli, The Prince • Montaigne, Essays • Shakspeare, The T Tempest empest and Faustus austus Othello • Marlowe, Drr. F

We encourage F FY YP students to take their elective credit or credits in subjects other than English, history, philosophy and sociologgyy, as it allows more flexibility for upper-level study. Turn to the inside back cover for a complete list of avvailable areas of study. We wiill gladly advise you about your options.

The main concern of this section is with the development of Christian forms in political, social and intellectual life as these grow in contrast to, and by assimilation of, ancient culture. We attempt to grasp the world of the late Middle Ages through Dante’s Divine Comedy. Augustine, Confessions • Dante, Th he Divine Comedy • The Song of Roland Section III: The R Renaissance enaissance eformation and R Reformation

Section IV: The Age of Reason Beginning with Descartes, we study the development of the modern concepts of freedom, nature and society. Special attention is paid to political theory and natural science in this section. Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy • Rousseau, On the Social Contract • Locke, The Second Treatise of Government • Kant, Groounding for the Metaphysics of Morals

In this section we examine the foundations of modernity in the break-up of the medieval world. The Renaissance re-ordering of the world is seen through works of art,

of liberalism and socialism relative to the revolutions in political and economic life. This century is seen as marking the transition between the European Enlightenment and the various preoccupations of the 20th century.

The big picture Having spent an inspiring year in F FY YP, you can now continue your interdisciplinary journey by selecting one of King’s three combined honours degree programmes—contemporary studies, early modern studies, and history of science and technologgyy. These programmes givve you the flexibility to strengthen and expand your understanding of the development of the Western tradition, while exploring new directions through King’s affiliation with Dalhousie.

Hegel, Introduction to the Philosophy of History • Darwin, The Origin of Species • Robespierre, Virtue and Terror • Mill, On Liberty • Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals Section VI: The C o ontemporary W o orld Contemporary World

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The 20th century has given rise to a radical rethinking of various aspects of the European tradition, and a concern for the validity of much that has developed in the West.

For example, you might pair contemporary studies with history and select from courses which include “History of the Modern Middle East in the 20th Century” and “Orientalism and Occidentalism”. Perhaps you’ll match early modern studies with sociology and social

Eliot, The Waste Land • Freud, The New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis • Simone de Beauvoir, Th he Second Sex • Beckett, Krapp’s Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces

anthropology and explore such courses as World: orld: Selected “People and Cultures of the W Area Studies” or “Ethnicity, Nationalism and Race”. Maybe you’ll link history of science and technology and neuroscience. It’s up to you to pursue the combination that intrigues and challenges you. You might also choose to build on what King’s and Dalhousie has to offer you by participating in one of close to 60 study abroad programmes. And the learning never stops. King’s graduates have travelled diverse paths—journalism, politics, business, laaw w, education, international development, policy and research, medicine, music, creative writing, acting, and the list goes on. In an ever-changing world you will be secure in knowing you havve the ability to learn, to wrrite, to speak persuasively and with passion, and to be open to change in the light of others’ ideas.

Section V: The Era of Revolutions European culture and society from the French Revolution to World War I is the focus of this section. We endeavour to understand the rise

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The post-baccalaureate Bachelor of Journalism program at the University of King’s College or you may decide to use your degree to start any career that calls on you to write and speak well, to analyze and explain complex issues and to connect with other people.

Overview The Bachelor of Journalism program moves quickly. Over eight months, you will learn the basic skills and knowledge required of professional journalists. urnalists. You You will graduate with a solid foundation for either the working world or the Master of Journalism program. f you are interested in the oneyear Bachelor of Journalism at King’s, you’re already familiar with university life. Y ou’ve completed, or You’ve almost completed, one degree, but you’re looking for something more. If that something has to do with telling stories, King’s may be the place for you.

You o can find our alumni in newsrooms and editing suites around the world. They cover community news, legislatures, daily arts and crime stories and events that change the world. They produce science programs, edit sports magazines and create feature documentaries. Some use their journalism skills to succeed in law, advertising, politics, fiction writing and many other professions. Our faculty work closely with students, emphasizing solid

journalism skills and engaging storytelling— on paper, on the air and online. All of our journalism faculty bring real-world experience to their jobs; they have won national awards, written authoritative texts and continue to practice their craft.

The program is divided into five blocks: an eight-week introductory basic training module; three sixweek-long workshops and a monthlong internship.

Students in the King’s one-year Bachelor of Journalism program don’t just learn technology and technique. They learn how to think like journalists: to follow their curiosity, to ask questions, to use the concrete to illuminate the abstract, to see the world in terms of a story and to communicate it clearly and well.

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As a King’s student, your journalism will go out into the ‘real world’ around Halifax and around the world on the Internet. You You will graduate with a professional portfolio and be able to work as a reporter or editor,

In the workshops, you are a working journalist constantly producing stories for the public, under the guidance of faculty ulty and staff. You You will pitch story ideas and produce stories on your own and with others.

Basic training Come ready to work hard! You You will learn basic writing and reporting skills for print, broadcast and online, practical research skills, and journalism ethics and history.

Workshops orkshop (6 weeks each)

You’ll ou work to strict real-world deadlines and strive to break news. Students take two of the following five basic workshops: newspaper, radio, television, online and creative non-fiction. All students take one of the advanced workshops offered at the end of the winter term: investigative reporting, advanced (documentary) radio, advanced (documentary) television and advanced magazine production.

Internship Yo ou will participate in a four-week internship ernship in April. You You arrange for this internship with the help of faculty. The experience lets you apply all you have learned and is an excellent opportunity to get your foot in the newsroom (or magazine, or production company) mpany) door. You You may do your internship anywhere in the world.

Scholarships and Bursaries: There is a broad range of scholarships available to Bachelor of Journalism students and several scholarships for African-Canadian and Aboriginal students. Awards range from $2,000 to $9,000. Students in the Bachelor of Journalism program may also apply for King’s bursaries of up to $2,500.

Applications Applications for admission, scholarship and needs based awards are available online at ukings.ca Early application deadline—F eb 15th adline—F Feb.

Costs: (as of 2013–2014)

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BJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,285 Books (estimate) . . . . . $ $400

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The F Futur uture of Journalism o odern journalism demands new forms of storytelling, new investigative techniques and even new types of news organizations. The Master of Journalism is for journalists who want to lead the way.

The 10-month program was developed in consultation with industry and independent journalists in Canada and abroad. Whether you choose the hard-news Investigative stream, or the more entrepreneurial New V entu es route, your year will entur Ventur be both exciting and challenging. The program is only open to students with a strong foundation in journalism skills and practice. The MJ program begins in June and runs on campus until December, with core courses in practice and theory and specialty courses for each stream. In the new year, you begin a professional project in the field, working under the guidance of a skilled mentor supplemented with faculty contact via distance education.

Core Courses: Multimedia Core These courses provide a solid grounding in multimedia digital storytelling skills, along with an overview of the changing media business landscape and how to navigate it. As in other King’s journalism programs, you will build on a solid foundation of hands-on practice. In the second part of the program, students focus their work in one of

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After 25 years in broadcast journalism, assigned to more than a hundred diﬀerent countries, I did not think I had much left to learn. Wrong! This program has opened my eyes to endless possibilities; whether you want to teach or practice, work in Canada or in the developing world, this program is a must. It will take you places you will not believe.

two specialized streams: Investigative Reporting and New Ventur Ventures.

Investigative Reporting This stream focuses on deep investigative reporting and data journalism skills that can be used in daily journalism or major projects. You You will learn cutting-edge techniques such as how to acquire, analyze and map large data sets, the journalistic use of geocodes and different forms of data visualization. The Investigative Reporting stream is led by faculty member Fred Vallance-Jones, whose work has been recognized by the National Newspaper Awards and the Canadian Association of Journalists. He is also co-author of the widelyused texts Digging Deeper: A Canadian Reporter’’s Research Guide and ComputerAssisted Reporting: A Comprehensive Primer. COURSES: Summer: Digital Journalism 1, Mobile Reporting, Public Records Research, Audience and Content Strategies Fall: Digital Journalism 2, Investigative Methods Winter: Investigative Project, Exemplars of Contemporary Journalism (Students do not have to be in Halifax for the winter term.)

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New V entures Ventures The business of journalism isn’t just for big media companies anymore. The New Ventur Ventures stream is for journalists who want to develop a full- or part-time freelance practice, launch an entirely new journalism outlet, or create projects within an established media organization. Students will learn how to identify markets, raise start-up funds and write business plans. This New Ventur Ventures stream blends the expertise of Dalhousie University’s Faculty Faculty of Management and King’s School of Journalism. It is led by Kellyy T Toughill, oughill, MBA (Queen’s), an award-winning journalist and former senior manager with the he Toronto Toronto Star. Faculty of Management classes are led by Dr. Ed Leach, director of the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University.

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COURSES: Summer: Digital Journalism 1, Mobile Reporting, Business Fundamentals for Journalists, Audience and Content Strategies Fall: Digital Journalism 2, Managing the New Venture, Emerging Business Models in Journalism Winter: Professional Project, Exemplars of Contemporary Journalism

Professional Project Each student works with a mentor on a capstone project in the final term. Mentors are working journalists who are leaders in their fields. The professional project in the Investigative stream is an investigative package suitable for publication. The propro fessional ional project in the New Ventur Ventures stream is a business plan and prototype for a new journalism enterprise.

Scholarships and Bursaries: Two Evanov Scholarships of $2,500 each are available to Master of Journalism students. Graduate students may also apply for King’s bursaries of up to $2,500. Students in the Investigative stream are eligible for SSHRC funding.

Applications The Master of Journalism program is designed for the student who either has an undergraduate degree in journalism or deep experience as a professional journalist. Those who don’t have an undergraduate degree in journalism may want to consider the one-year Bachelor of Journalism degree at King’s. To To apply please visit www.ukings.ca/master-journalism and click on “Apply Now”. Applications are considered on a rolling basis with a final deadline of February 15. Applicants must meet the minimum admission requirements of the Dalhousie Universityy F Faculty aculty of Graduate Studies; a GP PA A of 3.0 and proven English language competency. In rare cases, an applicant with extensive journalism experience may enter the program without a Bachelor of Journalism degree. Please contact the King’s Registrar’s Office for more information. Please refer to dalgrad.dal.ca/regulations/iii/ for detailed admission requirements.

Costs: (as of 2013-2014) MJ . . . . . . . . . . . $8,363 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . $

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Parking TORONTO WEST LUNCHEON Cirillo’s Culinary Academy Parking for the academy is at the rear of the building (off Burnhamthorpe Road). The Academy is also accessible via a rear entrance. By subway, take the Islington Subway Station; the Academy is just across the street on the right hand side.

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Career Crafting the Decade After High School

Cathy Campbell & Peggy Dutton

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Chapter Five degree and trying, unsuccessfully, to find work in the field that appealed to her. Recently she had become interested in working with animals and wanted to explore that option to see if it might be more meaningful. She said that it wasn’t as easy since getting married: “I have to be more calculated about exploring and go about it more intentionally. The question is, given my responsibilities, how can I satisfy my curiosity?” Family responsibilities also influenced participants’ decisions to settle for the work situations they were in. Rebecca explained the connection between her father’s death and her decision to settle for a job she didn’t particularly like:

Some participants felt that, once they took on family responsibilities, the time for exploring their options was beginning to run out. Maggie had spent much of the preceding decade in exploration, by taking a social work

When my father really became sick, I returned home. I would never consider that an obstacle. It was a huge learning experience for me and something I’ll never regret. I decided to stay home after that to be close to my mom. That’s why I’m still here: to help her and support each other. Because of that, I took a job which sort of relies on previous skills. I’d already decided that I didn’t want to be in the field that I am currently in, but I fell back on that because it was a good job. I know it’s sort of settling for the time being, but for the right reasons.

Shifting Places I think drifting and exploring for awhile and then navigating is cool. Kind of like getting thrown off a ship. You drift for awhile and then think this is getting a little boring so maybe I’ll swim this way for a little bit. Then you’re like, it’s definitely this way and you swim to shore. S Colin, a 26-year-old from Halifax The previous three chapters described the process by which participants found a place and the influencing factors that impacted on their career journeys. For the sake of clarity, the strategies and factors were discussed primarily in isolation of one another. By doing so, there is a danger of losing the most important finding of the study: the strategies and influences interacted with and informed one another in complex and unpredictable ways. In this chapter, a case study is presented that illustrates how one participant moved back and forth between strategies and was influenced by different factors to varying degrees at different points along her journey.

Drifting Megan had “no dreams, no goals, and no plans” when she graduated from high school. Her school years were difficult: she was bullied emotionally and physically and she did poorly academically. She had no friends and was “socially handicapped” when she graduated. Megan’s experience in school left her with little confidence: she didn’t believe she was capable of doing anything beyond working on a road crew or an assembly line. One of the few positive things Megan had in her life during high school was the emotional support of her mother and step-father. As she put it, they “built me up after I would come home everyday in a puddle” and constantly told her not to “let ‘them’ win.” Megan hadn’t planned on pursuing post-secondary education because of her poor high school marks and lack of

confidence. However, her mother was adamant that she acquire skills that would make her self-sufficient. Megan had no idea what interested her, so her mother decided that a computer technician program would be a fit with her personality. Her mother took matters into her own hands, phoning and going to the local college to get her registered. There was a waiting list, but her mother persuaded the college to accept her and paid the tuition. Megan wasn’t particularly interested in the program, nor did she think she was capable of doing it. She agreed, however, to give it a try because she believed that there were no other options open to her.

Upon graduation, I didn’t know what I was going to do. I thought about going back to high school for a year, but my mother said “you’ve got to do something.” My mother managed to get me into a program

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before we can act has it backward.10 Knowing, she says, is the result of doing and experimenting. Ibarra contends that, because so many new ideas and bits of information surface once people get moving, that spending too much time upfront figuring out “the plan” wastes energy. She advises people in the midst of a career decision to get out of their heads and begin to take action (test-andlearn rather than plan-and-implement).

Given the tenacity of the Career Myth, it’s not surprising that this attitude dominates the public’s thinking about the school-towork transition. If young people and their parents believe that career pathways are supposed to be linear and unchanging, it follows that they would presume that it’s possible to be matched with a suitable career. Moreover, career counselling approaches that emphasize certainty and promise neat answers are attractive to people who are rattled by the uncertainties and complexities of life. Little wonder then that young people want (and expect) counsellors to give them the answers. Career professionals themselves perpetuate the belief that young people can be matched with certainty to occupations when their primary intervention is to administer a battery of career inventories.2 This is not to say that we need to jettison the interest inventories, values exercises, and skills and aptitude assessments that are in most career professionals’ tool boxes. But we do need to reconsider how we think and talk about uncertainty and change with the young adults we work with. The same could be said for clients of all ages, but it’s particularly important for those of us who work with young adults because unpredictability and change is a defining feature of the early stages of their career journey. The challenge for career professionals is to find a viable alternative to the Career Myth. What do we offer young people, if not the mythic idea of security and certainty? We need to help young people accept that there will be a certain amount of disorder in their career journeys, at the same time encouraging them to look for the underlying patterns and themes that are expressed through their interests, values, and preferences. Recent decades have seen strides in the development of career counselling approaches that embrace unpredictability and change rather than trying to keep them in check through attempts to develop long-term career plans. Major contributions that support this new line of chaos-friendly approaches include: • H.B. Gelatt who gave us the term “positive uncertainty” and who suggests that people should head off in the direction of their career goals while staying open to the possibility that they will change their minds on the basis of new information or as circumstances change.3

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Collectively, these chaos-friendly approaches normalize the convolutions that characterize young people’s career journeys. They make it clear that long-term plans don’t make a lot of sense when there are so many wild cards that can profoundly impact on what happens. At the same time, they emphasize the need for young people to take action even as they wade into the sea of uncertainty.

• John Krumboltz who maintains that career development, at core, is a learning process and that emphasizing the next step as opposed to the final destination will do much to alleviate the anxiety many people experience.4 Along with two colleagues, Krumboltz also highlights the role of happenstance in people’s careers and recommends that people create their own luck by strategically doing things that increase the chances that positive unexpected events will occur.5 • Danielle Riverin-Simard who offers the idea that vocational identity provides hidden order to people’s seemingly disordered career journeys in that a person’s identity may change over time, but not generally in dramatic ways.6 • Robert Pryor and Jim Bright whose Chaos Theory of Careers suggests that people’s careers constitute a complex system in which many factors impact on one another in intricate ways which, in turn, lead to unpredictable outcomes.7 They emphasize the impact of the “butterfly effect” that is characteristic of complex systems which means that a small incident (such as a chance encounter) can produce a large variation in the outcome (such as entering a career field not previously considered).8 • Katharine Brooks who further operationalizes the use of chaos and complexity theory in career counselling with the development of her “Wise Wandering” coaching system.9 She advocates for “experimental wandering” and “intention setting” which increases the chances that positive unforeseen opportunities will be noticed. • Herminia Ibarra who argues that the conventional wisdom that we must first know what we want to do

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The strength of more traditional approaches is the emphasis they place on identifying people’s vocational personality which can provide a compass to guide young adults’ decision making and thereby lessen the chances they run aground. Marrying the strengths of both approaches allows counsellors to help young people embrace the vicissitudes of their career journeys while still providing a means by which they can recognize what’s discernible in their lives that can guide them as they proceed.

Career Crafting Techniques The results of this study highlight the importance of normalizing unpredictability and change in the school-towork transition and providing young people with tools to work more effectively with this reality. In the pages that follow, a series of strategies called Career Crafting Techniques is presented. These techniques counsel young people to recognize the need to take action in the face of uncertainty rather than spend too much time and energy trying to “figure things out.” In taking action, young people learn about themselves and make it more likely that positive unplanned events will occur that lead them to satisfying work. From the work of Gray Poehnell and Norm Amundson, the term “crafting” was intentionally chosen as an alternative to the more traditional words, planning, management, or decision making.11 Crafting removes the inference that one can predict and control the future and emphasizes the uniqueness of individuals’ career journeys,

as well as the proactive notions of practicing, doing over, mastering, and creating as they go along. The idea of crafting is in line with the reality that most young people construct their careers from the opportunities that are available to them rather than choosing a career pathway.12 Woven through the Career Crafting Techniques are the recurring themes of “Doing” and “Reflecting” on what’s next. All too often, young people do one without the other. Those who do without reflecting rush around doing education and career-related things in a frantic haphazard way. By doing so, they often fail to take full advantage of the opportunity for learning about themselves and the possibilities that are available. Those who reflect without doing try to think their way to satisfying career decisions and never venture out to test the suitability of their choices. For many, it becomes a case of, “the more I think about it, the more confused and frustrated I get.” Then, when their choices don’t work, they are left feeling even more baffled and anxious. The Career Crafting Techniques offer a way for service providers to integrate chaos-friendly career counselling approaches into their existing practice. They allow the career professional to retain many of the tools and processes they are accustomed to using while strengthening their utility. By shifting the focus from determining a goal and mapping a plan, these techniques allow the

Career Crafting Techniques DOING Know that it will be a journey Actively look for what sparks your interest Develop a “shopping list” to guide your journey Experiment with intent Create your own “lucky breaks” Take another step Plan with a pencil Do what you love somewhere in your life

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FOUR BILLION YEARS AND COUNTING Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Geological Heritage

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and here rocks flow more readily than in the rest of the mantle. The The lithosphere therefore â&#x20AC;&#x153;floatsâ&#x20AC;? on the underlying asthenosphere base of the asthenosphere is poorly defined but, from observations much as an iceberg floats in the ocean. This is why the dense basaltic of seismic waves, we know it to be about 250 kilometres down. ocean floors are at an average depth of about 4.5 kilometres below How do we know the asthenosphere can flow? In Chapter 1 we sea level, and the less dense continents stand at an average elevation discovered the ups and downs of the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface. Such vertical of about 500 metres above sea level. Moreover, as we will see in Chapmovements provide the answer. The mobile nature of at least part ter 2, the lithosphereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the rigid outer shell of the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is broken of the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior was recognized about ninety years ago from into tectonic plates, with the asthenosphere acting like a lubricating observations of regions such as Hudson Bay and the Baltic Sea, once oil that allows these plates to move. depressed by the weight of ice that accumulated during the last glaciation (Chapter 11). The ice sheet was 2 to 3 kilometres thick and very heavy. Where the weight of an ice sheet pushes down on the lithosphere, the underlying asthenosphere continental crust is displaced. The land or sea floor directly beneath the ice sinks up to several hundred lithosphere metres, and the land beyond the edge of mantle the ice sheet bows up slightly. After the ice melts, the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface gradually recovers to its original levels. The process of vertical ere sph uplift and subsidence of the lithosphere in eno asth oceanic response to the addition and removal of crust material at the surface is known as isostasy. Old, cold lithosphere such as that of the Canadian Shield is still rebounding from the most recent glacial retreat. In contrast, younger lithosphere, such as that under Structure of the outer layers of the Earth in terms of both rock composition (crust versus mantle) and rock strength (lithosphere versus asthenosphere). The latter relationship is the most important when considering plate tectonics (Chapter 2) Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s western mountains, has already because the outer, stiff lithosphere, consisting of rigid crust and outermost mantle, forms plates that float on the more fully rebounded.

CHAPTER SUPPORTED BY A DONATION FROM JAMES D. REIMER Without tectonic forces within the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lithosphere we would not have magnificent mountain ranges such as the Rockies. This is a view of the Kananaskis Country of southwestern Alberta. RON GARNETT / AIRSCAPES.CA.

On the Move

n 1596, following the discovery of the New World and the creation of the earliest reasonably accurate global maps, the Antwerp-born cartographer Abraham Ortelius raised the possibility that continents had not always

been in their present positions. And in 1620, the English scientist Francis Bacon noted that the coastlines of South America and Africa would fit together snugly if the Atlantic were closed. Such ideas stayed in limbo until the early twentieth century, when American geologist Frank Taylor and German meteorologist Alfred Wegener independently suggested that continents had drifted apart. In 1910, Taylor reasoned that mountain ranges such as the Himalayas and the Cordillera resulted from the movement of continents. Wegener began to publish his ideas in

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1912. In a book published in German in 1915 (and in English in 1924 as The Origin of Continents and Oceans), he argued for the former existence of a single landmass or supercontinent, which he named Pangea. Further, he implied that the modern Atlantic Ocean originated when Pangea broke up. One of Wegenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most persuasive

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Greenlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s temporary separation from North America began in the Cretaceous. Between Canada and Greenland today are, from south to north, the Labrador Sea, Davis Strait, BaďŹ&#x192;n Bay (collectively the Labrador-BaďŹ&#x192;n Seaway), and the narrow Nares Strait. It was clear to many early twentieth-century explorers that the two facing coastlines match up like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Even before the concept of continental drift had been generally accepted, several geologists made the case that Greenland on the one side and BaďŹ&#x192;n Island and Labrador on the other had drifted apart. They further suggested that Nares Strait was underlain by a transform fault with a left-lateral displacement of about 500 kilometres. Recent research has shown that this scenario is partly correct. About 100 million years ago, a series of rift basins developed, and these ultimately joined to form a late Cretaceous seaway from the Labrador Sea to BaďŹ&#x192;n Bay. Once formed, the Greenland Plate rotated away from North America as the Labrador-BaďŹ&#x192;n Seaway widened. So far then, early speculations were right. Where they went astray is a topic for the next chapter.

Cretaceous Park

The igneous rocks that form the Monteregian Hills are a source of rare minerals, such as this specimen of orange serandite GSPN .POU 4BJOU )JMBJSF 2VFCFD HELEN TYSON, FROM THE COLLECTION OF HELEN AND ROD TYSON.

Late Cretaceous rocks of the southern Western Interior Plains preserve some of the richest dinosaur assemblages in the world. So many fossils are found there mainly because of the wide range of environments in which the rocks were deposited, including rivers, lakes, swamps, and coastal settings. Much of Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan was then a subtropical coastal plain between the rising Rocky Mountains to the west and the Western Interior Seaway to the east. Over time, sea level ďŹ&#x201A;uctuated and the shoreline migrated east and west, so particular types of dinosaurs and their habitats also changed. Floods, created by storms or by rivers breaking their banks, covered the landscape with sediment and buried the remains of animals and plants. Some of these remains became the wonderful diversity of fossils that continue to be discovered in the region. Today, much of southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan is a semi-arid grassland with deep river valleys in which poorly vegetated steep slopes and soft bedrock are easily eroded to reveal abundant fossils. Over 80 dinosaur species are known from the region, from rocks ranging from 80 to 65.5 million years old. Half of these come from an 80-square-kilometre expanse of badlands near Brooks, Alberta, designated as Dinosaur Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There, the great diversity of dinosaurs comes from an even shorter interval that covers only about 1 percent of the roughly 160 million years that dinosaurs existed, but represents about 10 percent of known species. Hundreds of dinosaur specimens have been recovered from the Park, and many of these are displayed in museums around the world. Some of the best are on display at Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, the largest museum in the world dedicated to paleontology.

An excavated bone bed in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. DAVID EBERTH.

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bones and teeth of small and large theropods, ankylosaurs (armoured dinosaurs), hadrosaurs, pachycephalosaurs (bipedal, dome-headed dinosaurs), and ceratopsians. Dinosaur fossils have also been found in southwestern Saskatchewan, the most striking among them a morethan-half-complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, found in the Frenchman Valley. Locally known as Scotty, this dinosaur can be viewed at the T. rex Discovery Centre in Eastend. The dinosaur fossil treasury of the Western Interior Plains also includes trackways. For example, near the town A skull of the late Cretaceous ceratopsian dinosaur Anchiceratops found between Morrin Bridge and Tolman Bridge in the Red Deer of Grande Cache in west-central AlberValley and now displayed at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. COURTESY OF THE ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY. ta, folded rocks preserve thousands of tracks left by dinosaurs as they walked on a muddy shore about One of the most remarkable features within Dinosaur Park 105 million years ago. The footprints tell us that small to large is the Centrosaurus bone bed. Centrosaurus is a herbivorous dinosaurs, birds, and small mammals were all thriving together. horned dinosaur, one of the ceratopsian group, the best known Because the sea flooded the Western Interior Basin from of which is Triceratops. In an area the size of a football field, so time to time, many marine fossils are also known. Marine many ceratopsian bones litter the ground that it is hard to put vertebrate remains have been discovered in oil-sand exposures your foot down without stepping on one. It is estimated that near Fort McMurray in Alberta, including sharksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; teeth and hundreds of Centrosaurus are represented in the bone bed. Research has shown that the dinosaurs in the bed may have died simultaneously, probably during a flood. The carcasses were feasted upon by meat-eaters such as Albertosaurus, and then the bones were washed around by subsequent floods so that the skeletons were broken up into a dense scattering of bones. This find suggests that centrosaurs may have gathered, at least from time to time, in large herds. Dinosaur Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end with dinosaurs. It is home to one of the most diverse ancient ecosystems known: aside from 44 dinosaur species, 31 mammal species have been extracted, along with 9 lizards, 13 turtles, 5 amphibians, 2 crocodiles, 2 pterosaurs, 6 birds, and 35 fish. And Dinosaur Park, as remarkable as it is, is by no means the whole paleontological legacy of the Western Interior Plains. For example, at Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coulee near Warner, Alberta, discoveries from rocks of about the same age as those in Dinosaur Park include several nests containing the eggs of duck-billed dinosaurs (hadrosaurs) and small meat-eaters (theropods), as well as the bones of unhatched hadrosaur embryos and babies. To the south in Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, famous for its rock art and magnificent hoodoos, the rocks contain some of Fossil embryo of the hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus from Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coulee, Alberta. COURTESY OF the oldest dinosaur body fossils in the province. They include THE ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY.

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Nova Scotia Farmed Sea Scallops

ova Scotia is renowned for its clean, cold, nutrient-rich ocean waters. Quality sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) are farmed here in a variety of mesh bags, nets and cages, which produce a clean, top-quality product. On average, it takes one to three years to grow a juvenile scallop to market size. Processed in federally inspected facilities, our scallops undergo the world’s most rigorous testing and inspection. To ensure that customers obtain the highest quality product, Nova Scotian farmed scallops must meet or exceed the strict shellfish protocols and standards of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Canadian Shellfish Sanitation Program.

Forms and Shipping of Scallops

ova Scotia farmed sea scallops can be purchased in several forms: whole live, freshly shucked, and frozen shucked. Scallops range in size from 55 to 100 mm (2 to 4 inches) in shell diameter, and depending on size, the live yield is 13–35 scallops per kg (6–16 scallops per lb.) Shucked scallops, depending on size, yield 66–110 scallops per kg (30–50 scallops per lb.) Custom packed to meet your needs, scallops can be shipped around the world by ground and / or air. Package labeling includes the harvest date, processor’s address, the quantity and the size of scallops.

Availability and Storing

Cooking and Nutritional Values

ea scallops, a natural, healthy food, are high in protein and low in calories. They may be steamed, sautéed, broiled, or microwaved. Their shells will open when steam heated and should be cooked for a few minutes after opening. For best flavour and texture do not overcook. Scallops can be used in any recipe calling for shellfish. Enjoy one of the world’s finest delicacies farmed for you in Nova Scotia!

Nutritional Information* 100 g of raw meat (3.5 oz): Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 cal Kilojoules. . . . . . . . . . 369 kcal Lipids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.76 g Carbohydrates . . . . . . . 2.36 g Protein . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.78 g Iron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.29 mg Magnesium. . . . . . . . . . 56 mg Potassium . . . . . . . . . . 219 mg

Sodium . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 mg Calcium . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 mg Phosphorus . . . . . . . . . 219 mg Vitamin B12 . . . . . . . 1.53 mcg Thiamine . . . . . . . . . 0.012 mg Riboflavine . . . . . . . 0.065 mg Niacin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15 mg

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Farmed Sea Scallops are available from the following Nova Scotia Shellfish farm:

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ive Nova Scotia scallops are available throughout the year, while frozen scallops can be stored and enjoyed year round as well. Once you get live scallops home they will keep 3–5 days refrigerated at 2°C (35°F), stored in an open container covered with a damp cloth. Individually quickfrozen scallops will store for months if kept frozen until serving. Additional assistance provided by Marketing Division, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture

Scallops Tancook 2 dozen live whole Nova Scotia farmed Sea Scallops 250 mL whole wheat cracker crumbs (1 cup) 90 mL Butter (6 tbl spoons) Garlic clove, crushed and mixed with butter 85 mL Grated Parmesan cheese (1/3 cup) A lemon Finely chopped herbs, and spices of choice (parsley, pepper and others are excellent)

Basin Sea Scallops 12 (1 lb.) live whole Nova Scotia farmed Sea Scallops 250 mL (1 cup) diced green pepper 250 mL (1 cup) diced red or orange pepper 125 mL (1/2 cup) diced red onion 15 mL (1 tbsp) chopped parsley 125 mL (1/2 cup) white wine 50 mL (1/4 cup) butter 1 clove garlic, crushed 1. In a medium pot, bring 1 cm (1/2 inch) of salted water to a boil. 2. Add scallops, and diced and chopped peppers, onions, and parsley. 3. Steam covered for 5 – 10 minutes on high heat, after two minutes add wine. 4. In a small pan melt butter; add garlic and sautée for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. 5. Drain scallops and place on serving plate, reserving steamed vegetables. 6. Remove the bottom shell and drizzle garlic butter over scallop meat and arrange reserved vegetable garnish around scallop meat. Serves 2 –3. Recipe courtesy of Hillsburn Basin Scallop Group, Digby, Nova Scotia

1. Shuck off lower scallop shell - the flat, white half. 2. Reverse upper shell onto absorbent paper for a few minutes until dry. 3. Lightly layer cracker crumbs over scallop meat in shell. 4. Melt butter on low heat, add crushed garlic clove and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. 5. Sprinkle over crumb layer. 6. Over this, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. 7. Arrange Scallops on cookie sheet; place in oven at 400(F. 8. When garlic butter starts to bubble, gently squeeze lemon juice over scallops, add herbs or spices. 9. Bake approximately 20 minutes or until lightly browned and meat separates from shell. Sprinkle a bit more lemon juice during this time. 10. Serve immediately while very hot. Serves 4 –5. Enjoy with your favourite white wine – perhaps a Chardonnay. Recipe courtesy of Great Maritime Scallop Trading Co., Chester, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotian Sea Scallops with Exotic Salsa 20 Nova Scotia farmed Sea Scallops, cooked and refrigerated Preparation: 1. Shuck the Sea Scallops and reserve the meat with the roe, keep the deeper formed shell for service. 2. Poach the shucked scallops in court bouillon (water, white wine or white wine vinegar, sliced onion & bay leaf) or steam for a couple of minutes until the Sea Scallops are open and cooked. Place the Sea Scallops in refrigerator to chill.

Exotic salsa: yield: 250 ml (1 cup) 100 ml (6 Tbsp) Mango, finely diced 100 ml (5 Tbsp) Red & Green Peppers, diced 50 ml (4 Tbsp) Red Onions, finely diced 15 ml (1 Tbsp) Lime juice 15 ml (1 Tbsp) Cilantro, chopped 10 ml (2 tsp) Rice Vinegar to taste Salt & pepper 20 Cilantro leaves For service: 1. Place the pre-cooked refrigerated Sea Scallops into the shell. 2. Top it with 3/4 tablespoon of the exotic salsa and garnish with a cilantro leaf. 3. Arrange five Sea Scallops onto a serving dish and serve chilled. Serves 4 Recipe courtesy of; Chef Hans Wicki Consulting Services, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

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Exploring Brain FunctionMental Health Links Around the world, experts increasingly believe that the roots of many psychiatric illnesses and mental health problems in general will be found in brain dysfunction. Consequently, attempts to deal with psychiatric issues in the absence of understanding how the brain works—and what happens when it fails to function effectively— offer limited possibilities for success. The development of new tools to examine these functions has precipitated a tremendous interest in the neurological underpinnings of behavioural and emotional disorders and their treatment. Mental health research is growing rapidly within Capital Health. Dr. Stan Kutcher, Chief of the Mental Health Program at Capital Health and Head of Dalhousie’s Department of Psychiatry, points out that from a baseline of almost nil a few years ago, the researchers associated with his department secure over $4 million annually in external funding.

including a magnetic resonance imaging centre, for the study of brain function in health and disease. Psychiatry already has an active brain imaging program. Investigators are examining children with ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and adults with bipolar disorder and depression, along with a variety of other psychiatric conditions and types of cognitive impairments. Several groups are using Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to study structural and chemical changes in the brain for diagnostic and treatment purposes, with a particular focus on differentiating various types of dementias and studying the effects of antidepressant treatments. Another leading area of research is the bipolar program. A local team has secured major funding to study the role of genetics in bipolar illness. Since the late 1990s they have been collecting samples of genetic material and are compiling a bipolar registry, with the goal of identifying defects that may give rise to bipolar disorder in certain familial lineages and not in others. This line of investigation is expected to promote development of a strategy for better predicting and managing the disease. Dr. Kutcher anticipates that projects such as these will pave the way for further innovative collaborations for mental health researchers with departments such as Surgery, Radiology, Pharmacology, Neurology, Psychology and Geriatric Medicine.

The Mental Health team has gained a reputation for specific expertise in the fields of psychopharmacology, bipolar disorder, mood disorders and first onset psychotic disorders. A well-equipped sleep lab at the QEII also allows them to play a leading role in circadian and chronobiology treatment and research. A key characteristic of research in the Mental Health Program and Psychiatry is that it often links closely with research being conducted in other departments, such as Neurology, Pharmacology and Psychology, where basic and clinical research address aspects of brain function. The interactions among investigators with overlapping interests increase and enhance opportunities to strengthen research in psychiatry and mental health disorders. For example, the Dalhousie School of Medicine is a leader in neuroscience, pioneering techniques in therapeutic neurosurgery, neural transplantation and molecular neurobiology. Building on these and other strengths, Dalhousie and Capital Health are currently developing a Brain Repair Centre,

RESEARCHING TOMORROW’S HEALTHCARE

CAPITAL HEALTH CENTRE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

Focus on Ophthalmology “Full-spectrum” is an appropriate description of a vision research program that ranges from complex molecular investigations of the optic nerve to finding new ways to ensure that a person with diabetes on a small, rural First Nations reserve has access to regular eye screenings. As far as Dr. Raymond LeBlanc is concerned, building the strongest glaucoma research program in Canada was not enough. Over the last few years as head of Ophthalmology he has significantly expanded the scope of vision health research at the QEII. The glaucoma team has consistently been at the forefront of clinical research in Canada. Currently, there are several major long-term clinical studies looking at a variety of issues in glaucoma patients. One CIHR-funded study examining ways of detecting progression has led to significant involvement in cutting edge image technology for this investigative group. The Canadian multi-centre Glaucoma Study (directed by the team at the QEII) is looking at factors that contribute to the progression of the disease, and may lead to changes in therapy. Other studies are looking at ocular blood flow and the role of auto-regulation. The retina group has main interests in diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. An epidemiological study carried out by this team in Nova Scotia has established that there is a marked deficiency in meeting national standards for vision care and screening for diabetic retinopathy. A pilot study conducted in the summer of 2001, involving a combination of mobile and fixed photographic screening clinics, showed that screening for diabetic retinopathy among persons with diabetes is effective and costefficient. The results of this pilot study will allow a better assessment of the proposed province-wide diabetic retinopathy screening program that is currently being considered by the Department of Health.

RESEARCHING TOMORROW’S HEALTHCARE

Dr. LeBlanc is extremely pleased to have forged a direct link between The Department of Ophthalmology’s clinical teams and basic research through a program jointly funded by the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation and CIHR. Five full-time PhD scientists (and 20 students) from four different departments make up the core team that is conducting cutting-edge research at the cellular level, examining how cellular mechanisms of the optic nerve and retina interact. This work will have major implications for understanding conditions such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy and developing new treatments for these conditions. Such collaborations will also help expand the opportunities for vision health research in the newly created Brain Repair Centre. The vision health team’s involvement in clinical research has expanded to health outcomes and health delivery models as well. The department has spearheaded a working group of ophthalmologists, family physicians, and optometrists that has looked at patientcentered models for the delivery of vision care. This unique approach, which recognizes that many vision care professionals have an extremely important role to play in the delivery of health care services, is being considered as a template in other parts of the country.

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