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TIDINGS Meet fourth-year biology student
ISABELLE ROACH King’s 32nd Rhodes Scholar ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
Residence retrospective: 100 years after the fire Athletics celebrates a big year and 56 new scholarships Where did your liberal arts degree take you?
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Editor Alison DeLory alison.delory@ukings.ca Design Co. & Co. www.coandco.ca Postal Address Tidings c/o Advancement Office University of King’s College 6350 Coburg Road Halifax, NS, B3H 2A1 (902) 422-1271
3 Isabelle Roach becomes King’s 32nd Rhodes Scholar Roach will head to the University of Oxford next year to study neuroscience
4 King’s celebrates 56 new academic athletic scholarships The inaugural Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Athletic Scholarships have been awarded
16 Meet our students A decorated student-athlete who holds King’s close to his heart, a 2019 graduate who took a break from her degree to serve her country, and a young scholar who recently shared his knowledge all around the world
22 Where did your liberal arts degree take you? Whether going on to take other degrees or entering the workforce directly, King’s alumni have interesting and meaningful careers that start with a Bachelor of Arts
28 Residence retrospective At King’s, living together is intertwined with learning together. One hundred years after the fire, residences are still essential to living and learning at King’s
60 Llewellyn Jones, Canada’s first female engineer Alumna Llewellyn Jones, believed to be Canada’s first female engineer, entered King’s during WWI. Jones was also a student when the fire of 1920 burned the campus to the ground
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Stories for this issue were written by students, staff, faculty and alumni of the University of King’s College. Tidings is produced on behalf of the University of King’s College Alumni Association. The view expressed in Tidings are expressly those of the individual contributors or sources. We welcome and encourage your feedback on each issue. Mailed under the Publication Mail Sales Agreement #40062749 Cover shot of Isabelle Roach is by Darren Calabrese, BA’03, darrencalabrese.com
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
WILLIAM LAHEY
THE FINAL PARAGRAPH of the introduction to Fenwick Williams Vroom’s 1941 book King’s College: a Chronicle, 1789-1939: Collections and Recollections, references the College’s 1920 fire, and the problem of rebuilding: “…like the Phoenix of mythology, she rises from her ashes, renewed in strength and beauty, not only to be a memory of the good things of the past, but an incentive to the higher and greater things of which her new and fresh life is capable.” This issue of Tidings arrives shortly after King’s Feb. 5, 2020 remembrance of the 100th anniversary of that Windsor, N.S. fire. The stories on these pages show how far we have come. The achievements of our students, faculty and alumni highlight our programs’ strengths and the College’s evolving and highly successful relationship with Dalhousie. Like the King’s of 1920, we must decide what our distinction as a college will mean to us and the world in our second century in Halifax. We will have more to do than address current challenges; we must address them by setting a course for the college’s continuing success. We must continue to educate in a way the world continues to need,
perhaps more today than ever. And at the heart of all this, is our college community. At Encaenia this past year, I reminded graduands of the oath they took at matriculation. They promised to obey the College’s best traditions, signifying not only love of our traditions but openness to change as our understanding of the truth of our traditions evolves. They also swore to serve the “precepts of communal life and learning,” not just for their time at King’s, but for life. This is the heart of the matriculation oath. Learning in community is the core element of intellectual life at King’s. It is the core of our shared belonging to the College and each other, not only as we study together but as we live beyond King’s as informed, engaged and responsible citizens, and contributing members of other communities. Like our College traditions, our precepts of communal life and learning change. In today’s world, these precepts must include making King’s the equitable, diverse and inclusive community we want it to be for all who want to study and learn here. Our determination to make King’s a diverse community of learning is signified by the emphasis the Board of Governors placed
on diversity when recently revising my mandate as I began my fourth year at King’s (found in full at ukings.ca/mandate). To continue as King’s president is my privilege, and to do so to the best of my abilities is my responsibility. Within this revised mandate, I remain happily committed to King’s and to all of you, the heart and soul of our Collegii Regalis. As alumni and friends of King’s, you are a treasured part of our community, and I hope you will continue to treasure King’s. We are on this journey together, charting the course for King’s, as Vroom said, to “higher and greater things of which her new and fresh life is capable.”
Sincerely,
William Lahey President and Vice-Chancellor
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LETTER FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
PAUL THOMSON
President of King’s Alumni Association Paul Thomson, BA’90, speaks at the 2019 Alumni Day Brunch with emcee and King’s Journalism professor Pauline Dakin, MFA’15.
STARTING A NEW TRADITION at a university steeped in so many old traditions can be daunting. One wonders, will it carry that special mix of purpose and playfulness that is so King’s? Will it catch on? Will it become as treasured as matriculation, frivols or formal meal? With a goal of bringing our alumni back home to King’s for one day in May, King’s held its first Alumni Day on May 25, 2019. In attendance, we had alumni from graduating classes between 1965 and 2019 who came together to celebrate King’s community. They enjoyed a delicious brunch with live music in Prince Hall where they spoke about coming home and the lifelong friendships they formed during their time here. “I think King’s means community and connectivity,” said Robert Hyslop, BA’69. “The coziness of the Quad and the sense
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of belonging to a small university where you knew everyone. Coming back, I still get that feeling; that sense of camaraderie that exists,” said Jane Bailey, BA’71. Following the brunch, alumni were invited to attend a campus tour, a mini Foundation Year Program lecture, and for some, the 50-year reunion tea. Later in the day, people gathered in the Wardroom to celebrate the donors who generously made its renovation possible, and that evening the party continued in the Wardroom. At the end, people had full stomachs and full hearts, and sufficient interest in coming back to do it again. Thus, planning for the second iteration is already underway; please save the date and plan to join us for King’s Alumni Day 2020 on May 31. Also in the year ahead, we’ll be branching out and helping alumni to connect wherever
they find themselves—in places across Canada and around the world, as well as in the digital sphere. As a network of alumni, we become stronger and more effective when we come together. The Alumni Association is committed to creating more opportunities for alumni to engage with one another. As your president, I look forward to continuing to hear from and represent you, and working to bring us together more often to support one another and by extension, King’s.
Sincerely,
Paul Thomson, BA’90 President of the Alumni Association
CAMPUS NEWS ISABELLE ROACH BECOMES KING’S 32ND RHODES SCHOLAR KING’S SCIENCE STUDENT Isabelle Roach has been awarded a Rhodes scholarship and will head to England to study at the University of Oxford in the fall. Rhodes defines its scholars as people who have a vision of how the world could be better and the energy to make a difference. “In her four years at King’s and Dalhousie, Isabelle has made an indelible mark on her academic community, excelled at athletics, and created opportunities for her fellow students to become environmental stewards,” said King’s President William Lahey. “We are incredibly proud of her many accomplishments.” Roach came to King’s from Halifax’s Citadel High School to begin her post-secondary education with King’s interdisciplinary Foundation Year Program. Roach calls it her most formative educational experience for instilling in her the curiosity and courage to become involved in more than just academics. Since 2017, Roach has taken many courses at Dalhousie University as a King’s student while pursuing an honours biology degree. Dr. Chris Moore, Dalhousie Provost and Vice-President (acting), knew Roach in his role as Dean of Science at Dalhousie. “Isabelle illustrates what is best about the King’s-Dalhousie educational relationship—the seamless transition from exceptional first-year general liberal arts and science education at King’s to strong disciplinary focus at Dalhousie. She has excelled in both contexts, while providing leadership to both communities.”
“Isabelle exemplifies the opportunity that the King’s and Dalhousie partnership provides to students who want an education that melds the humanities and the sciences, with each enriching the other,” said President Lahey. “Now more than ever, the world needs leaders like Isabelle who have this kind of interdisciplinary formation.” Outside the classroom, Roach is captain of the King’s women’s volleyball team and this year she was one of the inaugural recipients of the Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes. She is already contributing to medical research, having received an NSERC under-
graduate student research award to work in a medical neuroscience lab. And through her work with Shad Canada, she has managed a STEM-focused education program for youth from across the country. Additionally, she founded a group called King’s College Students for Sustainability that is passionate about environmental change. Plus she sings in a choir dedicated to highlighting social justice issues through music. Roach’s short-term goals are to continue educating people of all ages about climate change, and her long-term goals are to focus on the integrated health of the environment and population. She intends to use her interest in medical research and future work as a clinician to bring health care to underprivileged populations, while maintaining her interest in the environmental impacts of health care.
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KING’S CELEBRATES 56 NEW ACADEMIC ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS The inaugural Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes were awarded this fall DEBRA DEANE LITTLE AND ROBERT (BOB) LITTLE did an extraordinary thing for King’s this year. They chose to fund 14 new renewable scholarships to be awarded annually to incoming students to the Foundation Year Program (FYP) who also play varsity sports for the Blue Devils. “It’s a selfish act for us to do this in a way because we want to help and we want to give back,” Little said, of the initial $1.4 million gift that he and his wife Debra gave from the Deane-Little family’s Alpha Aquilae Foundation.
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Conversations between Debra Deane Little, Robert Little and the university began last February when the family decided to make their gift to support scholar-athletes. Things moved quickly, and the first Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes were awarded this fall. “I couldn’t even imagine it working out better. The strategy and everything lined up…we’re really really happy that we got off to this start,” Bob said.
‘IT ALLOWS ME TO CONTINUE MY STUDIES’ Luke Dyment is a first-year FYP student and Blue Devils rugby player who was chosen to receive a scholarship. He was mowing lawns in Tyne Valley, P.E.I. last summer to pay for his education, and described the moment he opened the letter telling him he’d won a scholarship as “so special.” “It allows me to continue my studies… and be able to take steps toward my future knowing that I have the support and confidence of two outstanding donors who contributed this award,” Dyment said. He was speaking at a reception held in King’s gym in September to celebrate the benefactors and recipients. “For that, Debra and Bob, I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and consideration.”
Fourteen Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes are given out each year. Each $5,000 incoming scholarship is renewable for up to three years, provided the student maintains scholarship standing. This means as many as 56 scholar-athletes will hold a Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Athletic Scholarship by 2022/23 and in subsequent years. Also, for the next three years, the family has agreed to offer 14 additional renewable scholarships to scholarathletes in each of the three upper years while the first three years of scholarships are being offered to incoming students.
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN WHOLE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT Isabelle Roach is a fourth-year science student at King’s, Blue Devils volleyball team captain, and King’s 32nd Rhodes Scholar. She also received a Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Athletic Scholarship this year and spoke at the September reception, thanking Debra and Bob. “It’s not only financial support for the athletes at King’s but it’s a vote of confidence in (Athletics Director) Neil (Hooper) and (Athletics Coordinator) Trish (Miles) and every single athlete in our department.” Roach spoke about the excellence of a King’s education, and its uniqueness. “It’s something you don’t get anywhere else—
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FIVE OTHER THINGS THAT MADE NEWS IN ATHLETICS IN 2019
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President Bill Lahey flanked by Debra Deane Little and Robert (Bob) Little at a celebration of the new Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes held in King’s gym. Isabelle Roach and Luke Dyment, two of the scholarship’s recipients, thanking Debra and Bob on behalf of all the scholar-athletes. A large crowd gathered to celebrate at the reception. Robert (Bob) Little and Debra Deane Little at King’s.
especially in the FYP program,” she said. “We’re full-time students, we’re trying to be the best players we can be, and to be financially supported is just a show of support for our whole athletics department so thank you guys so much.” President Bill Lahey said these new scholarships are a vote of confidence in our scholar-athletes, our academic mission and our athletics program. “It is because of the King’s approach
“By investing in the academic-athletic scholarship we feel like there’s an opportunity to really ratchet up King’s place not just in Canada but in the world.” —Bob Little
to combining the life-changing benefits of a collegial academic life with those of continuing dedication to competitive sports that we rightly refer to the winners of Deane Little Scholarships as our scholar-athletes,” President Lahey said in his speech. “It is also worth recognizing that our model of competitive sports, in which athletics is another dimension of a holistic education of the whole person, is as traceable to Oxford and Cambridge as are many of our College traditions and the essays and tutorials of our Foundation Year Program.” Bob Little said he believes King’s is a special school with an opportunity to take its reputation even further. “By investing in the academic-athletic scholarship we feel like there’s an opportunity to really ratchet up King’s place not just in Canada but in the world. For us that’s exciting.” Little ended his speech at the reception by directing comments to the many athletes gathered there. “I would encourage you to keep believing in yourselves and being compassionate. In today’s world there’s a lot less compassion than there should be but I’m confident in the end it’s going to win and a lot of negativity out there is not going to survive quite frankly. Deb and I wish you all the best and thanks very much for having us. We’re enjoying this.”
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Athletics Director Neil Hooper was awarded Athletic Director of the Year by the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) at the 2019 CCAA Hall of Fame Banquet in Calgary in June.
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King’s badminton team won the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association (ACAA) Championships for the second year in a row.
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King’s badminton team capped off a historic year at the CCAA-ACSC national tournament in Truro, N.S. Benn Van Ryn and Bryce Mason captured a men’s doubles silver medal—King’s first national medal in any sport—while Sam Lawther and Sam White finished fourth in mixed doubles.
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Thirty-four Blue Devils athletes received Academic Excellence Awards at the Athletics Banquet. Additionally, 19 were named Conference All-Stars.
5 A new King’s-branded bus means the Blue Devils ride in style. Athletics Director Neil Hooper and Athletics Coordinator Trish Miles were all smiles when it arrived on campus in September.
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TALES FROM THE QUAD JOURNALISM SCHOOL JOINS CONSORTIUM
MACLENNAN LECTURE 2019 LOOKS AT MEDICAL EXPEDITION TO EASTER ISLAND
King’s School of Journalism joined a national investigative reporting network based out of Concordia University involving students, professors and working journalists who undertook a year-long investigation into lead in Canada’s drinking water. Their stories were published across the country on Nov. 4, 2019, with local reporting by Master of Journalism students Megan O’Toole and Lyndsay Armstrong, under Professor Pauline Dakin’s, MFA’15, direction, appearing in Star Metro Halifax and elsewhere.
CLOCKWISE FROM L: Adri Vanos, Nick Harris,
Katie Clark, Sam Sharp, Tessa Hill
AND THAT MAKES FIVE LORAN SCHOLARS
L TO R: Lyndsay Armstrong, Megan O’Toole, Pauline
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KING’S PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY LAW STRENGTHENS Dean Ian Holloway from the University of Calgary’s Law School came to King’s in the fall to discuss their curriculum and the partnership that gives Foundation Year Program students provisional pre-admission into their program. With about 1,100 to 1,500 applicants a year and only 130 places in Calgary’s law program, King’s students have a considerable advantage in the applicant pool.
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King’s welcomed two new Loran Scholars this year: Tessa Hill and Sam Sharp, both of whom are enrolled in the Foundation Year Program, bringing the total number of Loran Scholars currently at King’s up to five. Loran Scholars receive a renewable four-year award valued at over $100,000. It’s Canada’s largest and most comprehensive undergraduate merit-based award. There are 35 recipients each year and King’s is one of 25 partner universities.
“Our approach to legal education is different...we believe that our mission is to prepare students for the legal profession [of the future that] they’re going to join,” Dean Holloway told students gathered in the President’s Lodge for his lecture “The Language of Law.” Dr. Holloway also hosted a Q&A in which he talked about the UCalgary Law curriculum and future of legal education. He said the missions of King’s and UCalgary Law fit together perfectly, adding: “One of the great things about a legal education is it teaches you how the world works.”
“Mesmerizing,” is how medical historian and hematologist Dr. Jacalyn Duffin described five years of research she’s put into uncovering the mysteries of a 55-year-old Canadian medical expedition to Easter Island which attempted to survey its entire biosphere and for which no final report was ever written. The 2019 MacLennan Visiting Scholar in the History of Science and Technology, Dr. Duffin spent two days at King’s talking with students, faculty, members of the expedition and their family members, and interested members of the public about “Stanley’s Dream” and her incredible career as a researcher, educator, writer, academic and emeritus Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen’s University. “It just blew me away, that Canada would have led such a complex expedition to this remote part of the world,” she said.
Dr. Jacalyn Duffin
Dean Ian Holloway’s Q&A in the President’s Lodge
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SLAVE LIVES MATTER LECTURE IMPLORED RESTORATION OF HUMANITY
ACADEMIC PAPERS CONCERNING SCHOLARLY INQUIRY NOW IN
“They were still people. Don’t treat them as if they were not human,” said Dr. Harvey Amani Whitfield in talking about slaves during his lecture Slave Lives Matter: Biographies of Black Slaves in the Maritimes. As King’s continues its inquiry into possible historical connections to slavery, it welcomed Dr. Whitfield, a professor of US and Canadian history at the University of Vermont, who gave a glimpse into the stories of some slaves in the Maritimes during the 17th and 18th centuries, and also reminded the crowd to restore the humanity to slavery.
The four academic research papers that form the backbone of King’s scholarly inquiry on connections between King’s and slavery are all now in and posted on King’s website at www.ukings.ca/ slavery-inquiry-research. They were commissioned by President Lahey and each essay has been reviewed by a panel consisting of representatives of the King’s community and academic historians from outside of King’s with expertise in relevant fields of historical scholarship. The inquiry’s next steps are now in development and will be shared with the community later this year.
SCHOLARSHIPS FURTHER ACCESSIBILITY On March 14, Minister Tony Ince read Resolution No. 836 in the Nova Scotia legislature recognizing the role of the Prince and Dr. Carrie Best Scholarships in making education more accessible for African-Nova Scotian and Indigenous students at King’s.
2019 SAUL GREEN LECTURER EXAMINES THE RELEVANCE OF BIBLICAL ANALOGIES TO HEALTH-CARE TRANSFORMATION “We trust our health-care providers too much,” psychiatrist and philosopher Dr. Abraham Rudnick told the audience at the Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture at King’s this fall—a lecture that was in turns challenging, empowering and provocative. He encouraged everyone to do research. “I want my patients to be better informed. I want to stand corrected.” The premise of his lecture was to examine counterfactual or ‘what if ’ thinking through Biblical examples.
MFA STUDENT WINS RESEARCH BURSARY Australian-born Toronto travel writer Amanda Lee has won the MFA Research Bursary worth $1,500. The bursary is intended to help the student undertake research for their book project, which they would otherwise not be able to pursue. It’s made possible by the generosity of award-winning journalist and nonfiction writer, Mary Janigan, a supporter of the MFA program since its inception, and her husband, respected business leader Thomas Kierans. Amanda Lee is using the prize to fund research into a book she’s writing about opal mining.
SUMMER MFA RESIDENCY WELCOMES JORDAN GINSBERG AND ALICIA ELLIOTT Jordan Ginsberg, editor-in-chief of Hazlitt and editorial director of Penguin Random House Canada’s new Strange Light imprint, was this year’s King’s MFA Editor in Residence. Alicia Elliott, a Haudenosaunee writer, was the MFA’s Writer in Residence for the Summer 2019 MFA residency. Her acclaimed collection of essays A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, was published in 2019.
BEST NONFICTION BOOK PROPOSAL GOES TO STACY MCLEOD
President Lahey, Dr. Harvey Amani Whitfield and Dr. Dorota Glowacka
Dr. Abraham Rudnick
TRUE STORIES FROM KING’S MFA IN CREATIVE NONFICTION
Stacey McLeod, MFA’19, won the first Penguin Random House Canada Prize for Best Nonfiction Book Proposal. It celebrates excellence in creative nonfiction, is valued at $2,500 and includes consultation with a Penguin Random House Canada Editor, as well as an offer by Westwood Creative Artists to represent the author.
MFA MENTOR APPRENTICE ALSO INSTRUCTOR OF NEW, NONCREDIT WRITING COURSES Cooper Lee Bombardier, who holds an MFA in Creative Writing/Nonfiction and a Master of Science in Writing/Book Publishing, as well as a BFA in Illustration, and is a queer and trans writer working primarily in creative nonfiction, was named as King’s MFA mentor apprentice for 2019-20. He is also one of the instructors teaching King’s new noncredit writing workshops.
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“AN INELEGANT SOLUTION TO A NONESSENTIAL PROBLEM”: ON WAITING, NON-ARRIVING, AND EATING DINNER WITH ANNE CARSON After Anne Carson delivered the 2019 Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture, I spent months writing poems on the theme of waiting. In preparing to write this reflection, I returned to those poems only to discover that they had been building, unbeknownst to me, together towards an arrival in this work. What follows is drawn from those notebooks, the lecture and Carson’s novel Autobiography of Red by Julia-Simone Rutgers, BJ(Hons)’19
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TELL ME RUSTY, HOW DID IT ALL GET STARTED? the sky says to notoriously-waited-upon literary figure Godot, who is going by Rusty here. The non-arriving. This line is spoken at some point in the midst of Anne Carson’s Lecture on the History of Skywriting, which she presented to a room of eager listeners on a late January 2019 evening in Alumni Hall. In the lecture, Carson is the sky, offering a succinct autobiography on writing, on becoming, and notably on the peculiar precept of non-arriving. *
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The night of the lecture I had affixed a pin (a gift from my mother, who years ago had seen it and thought of me) to the shirt beneath my jacket. It’s a black and white photo of Carson in the same jacket and tie she wore that evening—she is stoic, steely, striking. Over the years the pin has served as a memento of a poetic inspiration that has long shaped my own creative voice. Knowing I would have an opportunity to speak with Carson over dinner that evening, and being propelled by a tingling journalistic instinct, I prepared a number of questions to ask her. By the time we sat down to eat, however, it had become clear she didn’t much like being asked questions, so I chose the one I thought would yield the most practical response.
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The 2020 Alex Fountain Memorial Lecture will be held at King’s on Thursday, February 27. Cree artist Kent Monkman, known for his provocative interventions into Western European and American art, will discuss challenging the colonial perspective in history. Monkman was recently commissioned for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York—two monumental history paintings for the Great Hall and the creation of a new performance piece. His lecture at King’s will be livestreamed at ukings.ca if you’d like to watch it on-line.
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Anne Carson delivering the 2019 Fountain Lecture at King’s, looking ‘stoic, steely, striking’. Julie-Simone Rutgers displays the Anne Carson pin her mom gave her. Rutgers’s Anne Carson pin.
“Anne, in your writing you have a knack for seamlessly drawing seemingly disparate details and concepts together—how do you see the disparate things as connected?” I asked. In response, she told me that connecting the disparate things is simply about thinking: first intuiting and later thinking out why they were intuited that way.1 On paper this seems quite simple but in the space of that movement, from intuiting to discovering why things were intuited as such, there is a period of waiting. There is a period of time where the thinking is a kind of non-arrival; the ideas fall but do not fall into place.2 There is a period of time wherein there is nothing to write. *
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I re-read Carson’s Autobiography of Red (a novel in verse) shortly after the lecture, searching again for inspiration. In it, our hero Geryon says: “Everyone seems to be waiting.” “Waiting for what?” Ancash replies. “Yes, waiting for what,” said Geryon. I understand Autobiography of Red, much like History of Skywriting, to be the story of a becoming. Each is the story of a creative force being thrust into being; the
heroes face desire, longing and pain until eventually staring down the ineffectual certainty of their voice. Through it all, driving them onward, is the fact of non-arriving. Autobiography of Red continues a short while later to note that, with Geryon, “overhead / the sky waited too.” *
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In January I took myself to the edge of the Northwest Arm to look upwards and try to trace which direction the clouds were moving. I tried to decide whether they were stratus or perhaps nimbus clouds blurring the afternoon sun. I tried to imagine where they were going, what they were writing. “Waiting is at the meeting point of blue and orange—impossible, sturdy, ephemeral, the dream image that stays clear after waking,” I wrote in February, from that same rocky and cloud-gazing shore. “When I am waiting here I am always here, and in every waiting moment here, since being here and not here simultaneously is much the point of waiting.” Why don’t I arrive? Rusty asks amidst the lecture. This strikes me as a familiar question. I have long felt at the mercy of my non-arrival, caught on the edge between myself
and time, time catching up to me and time stretching away before me. I have often found myself frustrated, waiting for the intuitions to become ideas, for voice to arrive. Always ahead is another terrifying blankness, another promise springing forth from nowhere and as yet unfulfilled. Not to arrive, we learn from Rusty, is tricky, layered work. I say all of this to offer what Carson calls “an inelegant solution to a non-essential problem.” Here the problem is what to make of the non-arriving—how to grapple with the uncertainty between intuition and connection, with the profoundly human fact of waiting. If I take Carson’s word for it the solution, inelegant as it may be, is to think through it, trusting in the intuition. To trust that in the boundless non-arrival, somewhere, is the becoming. In the waiting and perhaps never arriving, is the trembling fortitude of voice.
1 As this was not actually an official interview, these are not an exact transcript, and rather a patchwork of memory and the notes I took in my journal that night. 2 I find it worth noting: my journal from that night offers here that “many things deserve to be forgotten.”
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LAWRENCE HILL DELIVERS LECTURE ON THE STORIES OF AFRICANCANADIANS Each year, the Armbrae Dialogue brings high school students to King’s to participate in a two-day symposium on a contemporary, pressing topic. The 2019 topic was The Story Not Told. Celebrated author Lawrence Hill, DCL’18, delivered the keynote lecture to a capacity-crowd of high schoolers and community members in Alumni Hall as part of the Armbrae Dialogue at King’s on Nov. 13. Speaking about the stories of African-Canadians, he said, “Slavery’s story in Canada isn’t an untold story...it’s a story most people haven’t listened to.” CBC Halifax’s Information Morning host Portia Clark moderated the Q&A. Answering questions about the call to write, Hill said it’s “an act of liberation” and that writing fiction gives him a freedom to get to his own truths: “Fiction is where my heart beats hardest.” The audience responded with a standing ovation.
IT’S HIP TO BE HYP Forty-one students, King’s largest-ever Humanities for Young People (HYP) class, spent a week ‘thinking through fear’ at King’s last summer. The grand finale to their busy week was a public symposium at Halifax’s Central Library featuring two keynote speakers: activist and freelance journalist Desmond Cole, and the critically acclaimed author of Hysteria and other titles Elisabeth de Mariaffi. Both Cole and de Mariaffi discussed the social and political dimensions of fear. The theme for HYP 2020, its fifth iteration, is aptly “Hindsight.” Yep—Hindsight is 2020! If you know a bright and highly motivated 15- to 17-year-old who would enjoy spending a week living and learning at King’s this summer, please refer them to hyp.ukings.ca.
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TOP: 2019 HYP students toured the Halifax Harbour during one of their outings. BOTTOM: A 2019 HYP student
asks a question at the public symposium.
Dr. Lawrence Hill, DCL’19, speaking at the Armbrae Dialogue at King’s.
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FACULTY HONOURS SYLVIA HAMILTON AND SHIRLEY TILLOTSON RECEIVE 2019 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S HISTORY AWARDS
photo: Nick Pearce
CHRIS ELSON RECEIVES ORDER OF ACADEMIC PALMS In April, King’s faculty member and Chair of Dalhousie University’s French Department, Dr. Chris Elson, BA(Hons)’86, was invested into the Ordre des Palmes Academique (Order of Academic Palms), a national order bestowed by the French Republic to distinguished academics and figures in the world of culture and education. The French Ambassador to Canada, Kareen Rispal, was in Halifax for the investiture ceremony which took place in the Dalhousie Arts Centre. King’s President William Lahey was among the speakers to congratulate Dr. Elson, along with Dalhousie’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean Frank Harvey and Dalhousie’s interim President Peter MacKinnon. “…Chris is one of the world’s foremost experts on Canadian writer Scott Symons and French poet and thinker Michel Deguy. He’s admired as an astute editor, translator, and writer. But despite expertise in some of the most challenging philosophy and poetry ever written, he’s also remarkably down to earth,” President Lahey said in his remarks. “An elderly Mennonite woman, after meeting Chris, even said: ‘I didn’t realize that he was a professor. He was so nice I just assumed he was a plumber or something.’ ” Toutes nos félicitations, Dr. Elson.
It’s a history-making year! Two of King’s faculty members have been recognized for deepening our understanding of the past. Sylvia Hamilton (left) is receiving the 2019 Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media. She has been teaching documentary journalism at King’s since 2004. Hundreds of King’s students have benefited from Hamilton’s immense knowledge, steadfast guidance and firm, gentle nature. All the while, her award-winning body of work uncovering stories of the struggles and accomplishments of African Canadians has grown. She’s a filmmaker, essayist, poet, public speaker and multi-media artist. Historian and King’s Inglis Professor Shirley Tillotson (right) is receiving the 2019 Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research for her book Give and Take: The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy. It was published by
UBC Press in 2017 and has been called a ‘trailblazing study.’ “It is indeed extraordinary for two King’s community members to be receiving these national awards in the same year, and lovely that one recognizes achievement by a journalism professor, and the other achievement by a humanities professor. Please join me in wishing both Sylvia and Shirley our deepest congratulations for these honours, and gratitude for their many contributions to King’s and society,” President Lahey said in a community email.
PRESIDENT LAHEY HONOURED FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION King’s President and Vice-Chancellor William Lahey received the 2019 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Excellence in Public Administration at a ceremony at Government House on Oct. 24. This award is given annually to a public sector practitioner whose contributions to public administration exhibit the highest standard of excellence, dedication and accomplishment. It is presented by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia who serves as patron of the award. In his acceptance speech, President Lahey said, “To be recognized for excellence in one’s profession is a great blessing. It is doubly so when the honour comes from one’s peers based on the nomination of respected colleagues. It is triply so when the honour is conferred by the Lieutenant Governor in
Government House. Forgive the self-indulgence if I say, ‘Not bad for a kid who started out on a chicken farm and woodlot in Miramichi’… In today’s more cosmopolitan world, it probably does not seem noteworthy that a New Brunswicker should be honoured for public administration by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. But from where I started in life, it seems like a miraculous thing. As an adopted Nova Scotian, who owes so much to Nova Scotia, it makes me very proud.” And that’s not the only honour President Lahey received this year. He was appointed Chair of the Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents (CONSUP) and is now leading this advocacy organization that represents 10 of Nova Scotian universities. Plus, he received the “Friend of the Acadian Forest” award from the Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association for his independent review of forestry practices in Nova Scotia. King’s is thankful to President Lahey and his wife, Kathryn Lassaline, for giving King’s the honorarium he received for his independent review to create one of the major gifts that helped endow the now re-instated Prince Scholarship.
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CAMPUS NEWS
ALUMNI GATHERINGS CONTEMPORARY STUDIES TURNS 25 King’s Contemporary Studies Program marked the CSP 25th Anniversary this year. The first of King’s honours programs to reach this milestone enjoyed a busy couple of days at King’s with alumni-panel discussions, a summit and student-run conference. LEFT: (From L) Eyo Ewara, BJ(Hons)’14, Lisa Crystal, BA(Hons)’07, Dr. Dorota Glowacka, Mordecai Walfish, BA(Hons)’07. RIGHT: Three panelists at the CSP
25th Anniversary Summit. (From L) Alex McLean, BA(Hons)’96, Lezlie Lowe, BA(Hons)’96, MFA’16, Shannon Brownlee, BA(Hons)’96.
GOLFERS TEE OFF TO SUPPORT KING’S The Alumni Association’s Annual Golf Tournament brought alumni and friends together in August and raised more than $18,000 to finance bursaries and tutors that support student athletes. Thank you to our players and generous sponsors! Alumni Mike Smith, BSc’08, Sean Farmer, BSc(Hons)’07, Matt MacLellan, BA(Hons)’07, Samuel Stewart, BSc(Hons)’06
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WAC WAS BACK King’s Humanities Professor Dr. Sarah Clift, along with Eli Burnstein, BA(Hons)’09, were at the Imperial Pub in Toronto for a rousing game of Spelling Bae, a beginner-friendly spelling bee of FYP words, as part of Worldwide Alumni Celebrations (WAC) on Oct. 17. Other WAC events included: a meal at Eatopia in Doha; a meet-up at The Harp, a British Ale House in London, England; and a play followed by Belgian style ales in the taproom at Nonsuch Brewing in Winnipeg. Thanks to all the alumni around the world who participated in WAC events.
ALUMNI RECEIVE AWARDS Congratulations to our 2019 Alumni Association Award recipients. Robyn Tingley, BJ’97 (top left), was awarded the Judge J. Elliott Hudson Distinguished Alumni Award. Ryan Hreljac, BA’14 (top right), was honoured with the Meraki Kudos Young Alumni Achievement Award. Lindsay Cameron Wilson, BA’95, BJ’99 (bottom right), and Stephanie McGrath, BJ(Hons)’99 (bottom left), were inducted into the Order of the Ancient Commoner. Members of the 10-, 25- and 50-year classes were also celebrated and given pins. Please join us for King’s Alumni Day on May 31, 2020 where this year’s award recipients will be celebrated.
FRIENDS GATHER ON ALUMNI DAY The inaugural Alumni Day happened on May 25, 2019, and included a reception in the Wardroom.
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BREAKING IT DOWN “One person will be responsible primarily for delivering argumentation for your side, whereas the other person will be responsible primarily for providing refutation that tears down the other team’s arguments. So, if one person is stronger in one area, generally you want to try to find a partner who is stronger in the other area.” —Brie Dukeshire (left) “Even if it’s a topic that seemingly has a right answer, or a moral answer, that’s not always the only way to look at it.” —Abigail Trevino (right)
NO ARGUMENT HERE: KING’S DEBATERS CAN ARTICULATE A POSITION Brie Dukeshire and Abigail Trevino have found more than success on the Dalhousie— King’s debate team by Josh Hoffman, Journalism student
KING’S STUDENTS Brie Dukeshire and Abigail Trevino have been teammates on Sodales: the Dalhousie and King’s College Debating Society for four years but they never competed together until last year. At the very last minute, they entered as a team in the first ever Gorsebrook Cup debate tournament at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. Dukeshire and Trevino blew away their expectations and their competition. The pair finished first in all six rounds and were named the first and second speakers overall at the Nov. 1 and 2 competition. “I literally practiced my facial expression
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to be very composed if we didn’t [win], because I didn’t think we would,” said Trevino, who is in her fourth year of a journalism major and anthropology minor. “So, when they called our name it was just such genuine joy and shock.” Once you look at their resumes, there’s nothing shocking about their performance. Dukeshire, a fifth-year student majoring in international development with a minor in environmental sustainability, helped the Saint Mary’s Debating Society get off the ground in 2017 and was excited to participate in the school’s inaugural tournament. “It was really cool to see it come full circle,” she said. Dukeshire is used to life coming full circle. She was part of the first ever debate club at Truro Junior High, where she is now a debate coach. Trevino spent two years learning world school debate style while studying abroad, attending and debating in competitions with the world’s best. “We got demolished by the Pakistani National Team in our very first round, in my first ever tournament. After experiencing that I was like, ‘Woah, I want to debate like they do.’ ” The ability to argue one side of a motion or another has led Dukeshire and Trevino to success in tournaments, but it has also benefited them in and outside the classroom. “I think it has been invaluable to me in real life,” Dukeshire said. She credited debate for her being able to think critically
but quickly, while weighing options on both sides of an argument. She believes debate helped her excel in the Foundation Year Program, and vice versa: “In terms of my studies, it has propelled me forward as a student in ways that no study strategy ever could.” As an aspiring journalist, those skills go a long way for Trevino, too. Debate has trained her how to approach a story from every angle. But above all else, it has taught both of them how to look at things differently and to be more understanding. It’s probably why the team is so close. “I think Sodales has kind of become my family here,” Trevino said. “We’re a team in every sense of the word just like an athletic team would be, right? We have movie nights together, we go out for food, we support each other if someone is having a tough time. You can talk to anyone on the team.”
Sodales: the Dalhousie and King’s College Debating Society
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COMINGS AND GOINGS AMONGST KING’S STAFF
JORDAN ROBERTS points out that while King’s has always worked to prevent and respond to sexualized violence on campus, and has long had an equity officer, dean of students and residence dons on the frontline, her new stand-alone position as Sexualized Violence Prevention and Response Officer (SVPRO) is more advocacy-oriented and focused. In addition to providing coordination, support and services for those who have experienced sexualized violence, Roberts receives disclosures and reports, facilitates safety planning, and develops awareness, education and training programs for all members of the King’s community. “You’re not going to solve everyone’s problems in one conversation, in one month, or even in one year, but you can be a place where someone can share what’s happened to them and they don’t have to experience victim blaming, a myriad of questions, finger pointing, blame or shame,” Roberts says. “They can just tell their story and have someone present to receive that, to offer some kind words, some compassion and maybe a little information. I think that’s what this position can build across campus—more safe spaces to land.” Roberts’s position was created in conjunction with the drafting of King’s Sexualized Violence Policy. This policy was mandated by the Province of Nova Scotia (all N.S. universities were required to create such a policy) and was written collaboratively by students, faculty and staff. The Board of Governors approved it in December 2018.
IAN WAGSCHAL, King’s new Director of Facilities Management, says, “Architecturally, King’s has a message that is connected to its purpose.” For example, the quadrangle is designed to be a physically protective shell, protecting and sustaining the garden space within. This is analogous to King’s mission to nurture the personal and scholarly development of the student community. At just five acres, King’s campus is compact, providing many cross-over spaces where students and staff can study, eat and socialize together. There are also quiet corners for rest or reflection, including King’s Chapel. Wagshal and the Facilities team look after them all. Wagschal appreciates King’s history and reputation but feels he will have to earn his spot in all of it: “At King’s, managing the facilities is more than just a job. The people here are invested in King’s both as a workplace and as a community.” He says the physical infrastructure directly impacts the reason why the students are here. “If I go in and make a change to any of these buildings, any of these facilities, it’s going to have a direct impact on that mission.” Some changes are inevitable. King’s must improve accessibility for students with disabilities or mobility issues. Wagschal also wants to look at enhancing the student experience with upgrades to the residences, “renewing them to sustain their historic character, but with modernized interior infrastructure that’s more comfortable, and perhaps doesn’t overheat every winter.”
CÉLINE BELAND, King’s beloved Food Service Director, will retire at the end of April 2020 and will be fêted by the community later this term. Beland came to King’s in 2004 as General Manager with Sodexo. When Chartwells was awarded the food service in 2017, much to King’s delight, Beland and many of her staff decided to stay at King’s. Beland’s dedication to and compassion for King’s students is legendary. From accommodating dietary needs and restrictions to sleeping in her office to ensure uninterrupted service on a storm day, Beland and her staff ensure students are well looked after, and well fed. Indeed, many students consider her to be their mom away from home–as do a generation of alumni. Every day, Beland and her team provide delicious high-quality meals and outstanding service. Beland brings just the right touch to important special occasions at King’s: from black-tie dinners at Encaenia, installations and visiting special guests, to multi-day celebrations such as King’s 225th Anniversary, Beland’s thoughtfulness and personal flair are always apparent. Her cheerful, friendly and warm-hearted disposition will be missed most of all. “My time at King’s was filled with growth, friendships and a sense of community. This has made my decision to retire quite hard to make,” Beland says. “I will miss my wonderful team, the faculty, staff and the revolving door of amazing students and minds that I get to spend time with each day…Je vous aime.”
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STUDENT PROFILES
MAKING US HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE Now as always, King’s students enjoy a variety of interests and pursuits. In this section we profile a decorated student-athlete who holds King’s close to his heart, a 2019 graduate who took a break from her degree to serve her country, and a young scholar who recently shared his knowledge all around the world by Josh Hoffman, journalism student
BRYCE MASON KING’S HELPED BRYCE MASON fulfill a childhood dream to play varsity sports. The third-year chemistry student did not know, however, he would be part of an historic run by the Blue Devils. The team won its second straight ACAA Badminton championship in 2019, before Mason and his doubles partner, Benn Van Ryn, went on to win the team their first-ever national medal (silver) at the 2019 CCAA Badminton National Championships. “I couldn’t have planned it any better,” Mason said. He cherishes the triumph, but the most special moments at King’s for him will always be the camaraderie. “My biggest memory is just every day being with my teammates,” he said. “Not one single day that I could pick out, or an event that happened...but just every day.” Because he lives off campus and also holds down a part-time job, it was athletics that helped Mason find community at King’s. During his first year on the badminton team, veteran players would introduce him to staff and other students to help him get to know people. “It allows me to get a lot closer to the school.” Wearing the Blue Devils uniform is something he doesn’t take for granted. Whether he is on the court or off campus in the community, Mason feels he is still representing his school and its values. That means being honest and respectful of everyone else. Coming from a very reputable school, he said, makes him raise his own game.
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STUDENT PROFILES
LEAH WOOLLEY
CÉDRIC BLAIS AS HE TOOK OFF HIS COAT and sat down in the Wardroom, King’s student Cédric Blais let out something between a laugh and a sigh when asked how busy he is. Blais is an honours student studying both the History of Science and Technology (HOST), and International Development. He is also doing a minor in Contemporary Studies and pursuing a Certificate in Indigenous Studies. It was late March, and he wasn’t concerned about exams or final papers. He was preparing for what he called “a really fun summer of ‘conference-hopping.’ ” Blais spent weeks presenting papers at professional conferences in Massachusetts, Vancouver and Norway last year, highlighting his work on lateral gene transfer and molecular evolution. Back at King’s in Halifax he resurrected the HOST society and held a successful student-led conference in 2019 called “Alternative Histories of Science” which included a keynote speech by Dr. Jonathan Ferrier on Native science and colonialism. “I was incredibly proud of what the entire [executive] did for that,” Blais said. “We’re kind of building things from the ground up and the fact that it’s gone so well is just incredibly rewarding.” The young scholar is happy to contribute to the King’s community. “HOST society seemed like such a great opportunity to actually help students engage with the history of science that it felt a shame not to do something about it,” Blais said, admitting his motivations were somewhat selfish. At the meetings they simply talk about whatever they are interested in: microscopes, alchemy, or prisms of light. “It felt like a great way to actually explore topics in house that you wouldn’t [necessarily] get to explore in class.”
IN 2016, KING’S STUDENT Capt. Leah Woolley needed to take a break from her studies—to go serve in Afghanistan. The military reservist was assigned to work as an intelligence officer in an operation to protect the Canadian Embassy in Kabul. “It was pretty normal to hear explosions just around the city,” Woolley said. She was in Kabul for the May 2017 truck bombing near the German embassy that killed more than 150 people and injured 450 more. It was the deadliest attack the city had ever seen. “There, the warzone is normal,” she said. “Everyone is completely and utterly adjusted to the warzone. You don’t notice that you’ve adjusted to it until you come back.” The journalism and international development student had to readjust to civilian life when she returned King’s in 2017. But lessons Woolley learned in the military helped in the classroom as well. She admitted it was sometimes difficult getting excited about writing essays when bombs used to be a workplace hazard, but she became more comfortable expressing herself and confident she would succeed in the world beyond King’s. The Fort Erie, Ont. native was so grate-
ful to King’s, she nominated the university for three awards for supporting her decision to serve overseas in the middle of her degree. Woolley and King’s were honoured at a ceremony at the Nova Scotia Lieutenant-Governor’s Residence in March, and Woolley and President Lahey then travelled to Ottawa to attend a ceremony and dinner on May 9 where King’s received the Canadian Forces Liaison Council’s Employer Support Award for Most Supportive Organization to Student Reservists. Woolley’s father and mother both served in the Canadian Armed Forces. After six years in the reserves, she understands the pride they carried with them. “It’s very much about learning constantly and self-improvement and always getting better,” Woolley said. “So, it’s really easy to be proud of that and feel good about it. My mom often talks about military training as being what taught her she could be more than she was. And for Woolley, the combination of learning from both her military experience and studies at King’s has been powerful. “If King’s told me I couldn’t have done it, I wouldn’t have gone,” Woolley said. “It meant a lot to me for King’s to allow me to do that.”
MP Andy Fillmore with Leah Woolley and President Lahey.
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SCHOLARS ROUND-UP Meet this year’s major scholarship recipients, who have resilience, gratitude and a strong sense of purpose
DR. CARRIE BEST SCHOLARSHIP The Dr. Carrie Best Scholarship is for Indigenous students in Canada and Black Canadian students applying to do a degree in arts, science, journalism (honours) or music. It’s valued at $5,000 a year and renewable for up to three years. It honours Dr. Carrie Best, DCL’92, an African Nova Scotian writer, publisher and broadcaster from New Glasgow, N.S., who was unafraid to call out the racial injustices she witnessed in her lifetime. “There’s a powerful name attached to this scholarship. It makes me want to have a watchful eye on my community. I also feel a sense of responsibility to take Dr. Best’s values and live them myself, which I try to do,” said this year’s recipient Simone Read.
PRINCE SCHOLARSHIP The Prince Scholarship is awarded to African Nova Scotian students entering the Foundation Year Program and pursuing a degree in arts, science, journalism (honours) or music. It’s a $6,000 scholarship and is renewable for four years. “It was cold out, and I was job hunting and kind of sad. When I read the [acceptance] letter, I thought thank God, if I don’t find a job right away, it’s OK. The news came at a really good time,” said recipient Ayele Atiwoto (top). She’d like to become a foreign aid worker and plans to study international development. “I’m grateful for the fact that I can rely on this scholarship to focus fully on my studies. It’s a monetary weight lifted,” said Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) student and Prince Scholarship recipient Isabella Jefferies. The scholarship means that she doesn’t have to work during the school year.
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HARRISON MCCAIN SCHOLAR-BURSARY Worth $16,000 over four years, the Harrison McCain Scholar-Bursary is granted to high school graduates in Canada who have a minimum admission average of 80 per cent, documented financial need and a recognized desire to fund their own education. “The scholarship was the difference between university or no university. It’s an honour to receive it,” said one of this year’s recipients, Eliza Murray (top). Though her mental health issues kept her out of school for years, now that’s re-enrolled she’s taking her first steps toward becoming a lawyer. “There were 15 people in my graduating class, and there are 15 in my tutorials, so it isn’t a big change,” recipient Jessica GeneralKnickle (bottom) said of the small class sizes that drew her to King’s. She hopes to one day get a PhD and become a university professor.
CARRIE AND RALPH WRIGHT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
DONALD R. SOBEY FAMILY SCHOLARSHIPS
King’s new Carrie and Ralph Wright Memorial Scholarship is available to incoming Foundation Year Program students. It’s valued at $12,000 and renewable in each upper year for $9,000 to students who maintain their academic standing. “I always dreamed of receiving a scholarship of this size but I never thought I’d achieve it,” said inaugural recipient Cassie Burbine. If the scholarship’s benefactor Judith Wright were here today, Burbine knows what she’d say to her: “I’d reassure her that I’ll do my best to make the most of what she’s granted me.”
DEBRA DEANE LITTLE AND ROBERT LITTLE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR VARSITY ATHLETES New this year, 14 Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarships for Varsity Athletes are being given out each year. Each $5,000 incoming scholarships is renewable for up to three years, provided the student maintains scholarship standing. Also, for the next three years, 14 additional renewable scholarships are being offered to scholar-athletes in each of the three upper years.
“The Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholarship has allowed athletes like me to feel believed in and supported by the greater community for the dedication to our studies and our sport,” said recipient Sophia Tonks, a Blue Devils rugby player. “It allows me to continue my studies... and be able to take steps toward my future knowing that I have the support and confidence of two outstanding donors who contributed this award,” said Luke Dyment, also a Blue Devils rugby player.
Since 2014, the Donald R. Sobey Family Scholarship has supported 17 King’s students. It’s worth $50,000 over four years. “I think that the [Foundation Year Program] is one of a kind,” said 2019 Donald R. Sobey Family Scholarship recipient Saskia Laufer (top), on her decision to come to move from Toronto to attend King’s. “It’s absolutely excellent in building a foundation for any kind of academia.” “I liked that King’s had the advantages of a smaller school, but…because of its agreement with Dalhousie about classes, offers such a wide variety of classes,” said 2019 Donald R. Sobey Family Scholarship recipient Gwendoline Edith Chant (bottom), who’d had King’s on her vision board since 2015. “I also liked the concept of the Foundation Year Program, moving sort of chronologically through time from the ancient world to the modern day and looking at the thoughts and ideas that people have had at various points in history.”
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HOW TO GROW YOUR NETWORK WHEN YOU HATE ‘NETWORKING’
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The word “networking,” to some people, has become a pejorative. They imagine pushing their business cards into unwanted hands, making awkward small talk with strangers at events they’re not much interested in attending, or forging what feels like artificial friendships with people they think may be useful connections. We’re here to tell you it doesn’t have to be so. It’s possible to network in ways that feel comfortable and true to who you are, and here are four options:
1. GET SOCIAL ONLINE Activity on your social media accounts, including regularly updating your profiles, sharing relevant status updates, reposting professional articles, and engaging with your connections (e.g., liking, sharing and commenting on others’ posts to build reciprocity), will push you to the top of peoples’ news feeds and make you more searchable. Yes, this can be time-consuming, but setting boundaries around how many times you check these accounts daily or how long you spend on a social media site per visit can help you feel that you’re controlling your social media consumption—rather than letting it control you. Don’t forget to highlight your King’s affiliations on social media; for alumni on LinkedIn, please include the University of King’s College under education. Here’s where you’ll find King’s on social media. We’re hoping that if you aren’t already, you’ll follow us here: IG: @ukchalifax TW: @ukings FB: @UniversityofKingsCollege LinkedIn: University of King’s College
2. BE ACTIVE IN NETWORKS YOU ARE ALREADY A PART OF—INCLUDING KING’S ALUMNI NETWORK Your King’s alumni network is over 12,000 members strong and it exists to help you. Take advantage of the opportunities this presents to forge professional and personal connections. We are here to help you ask and answer questions. Are you trying to decide what grad school to apply to? Have you just been asked to transfer to a new city? Are you wondering what a job in [name the field] would be like? We can link and introduce you to alumni who can help.
3. VOLUNTEER Volunteering is great way to meet new people with shared—or different—interests. Young alumni who may not have the financial means to donate find it offers them an alternative way to give back. Plus, it can help you build knowledge and skills. Volunteering can often have direct impact on you and people you know. Or if you prefer to volunteer for a social cause that’s near and dear to you, you’ll meet like-minded volunteers and find satisfaction in helping others.
4. ATTEND EVENTS In additional to community events that places like your public library may offer, if you live in Halifax or are visiting, King’s hosts many public events open to alumni such as guest lectures. You can find these listed at www.ukings.ca/events and in our newsletter. And don’t forget, Foundation Year Program lectures, which happen Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings during the academic term in Alumni Hall, are also always open to alumni who wish to sit in. Why not make it a tradition to attend a few (or a lot) throughout the year to connect with people while learning something new? Lifelong learning, for the win! There are other King’s events including Chapel services, King’s Alumni Day, KTS plays, Blue Devils sporting events, and a December holiday party that you can mark in your calendars. If you live outside Halifax and would like some assistance connecting with alumni in your area and planning your own event where you live, please reach out to King’s Advancement Office for assistance. Additionally, in 2020, King’s will also be hosting events across the country. You’ll stay informed by following our social channels and reading our e-newsletter. We hope to see and hear from you.
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WHERE DID YOUR LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE TAKE YOU? Whether going on to take other degrees or entering the workforce directly, many King’s alumni have interesting and meaningful careers that started with a Bachelor of Arts
ON THE WHOLE, a liberal arts degree, typically structured as a Bachelor of Arts (BA), is not qualification for a particular field of employment. It is instead more broad-based and general, teaching what are called ‘foundational skills.’ Foundational skills are not narrow occupation-specific skills, but rather are broad skills related to the ability to work with others, think critically and be a lifelong learner. A liberal arts degree is often considered a training of the mind, rather than training for a particular job or salary bracket. Yet on the point of salary, a Sept. 2019 New York Times article “In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint but English Majors Endure,” debunks assumptions many hold about liberal arts grads earning less, showing the salary advantage for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors fades steadily after their first jobs; by age 40 the earnings of people who majored in fields like social science or history have caught up. Gaining the foundational skills a liberal arts degree confers is believed to help devel-
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op well-rounded students who become flexible and adaptable global citizens prepared to build a bright future for themselves and society. And even tech giant Google agrees. In 2013, Google launched Project Oxygen through which it crunched the hiring, firing and promotion data it had accumulated since the company’s incorporation in 1998. Project Oxygen concluded that the seven top characteristics of success at Google are all soft skills: being a good coach, communicating and listening well, possessing insights into others (different values and points of view), having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues, being a good critical thinker and problem solver, and being able to make connections across complex ideas. The employment trend watchers tend to agree. On LinkedIn each year, author Dan Schawbel does annual forecasting to help prepare organizations for the future by collecting, assessing and reporting the trends that will most impact them. For 2020, Schawbel is predicting the return of
the liberal arts major, citing artificial intelligence (AI) as an example of where this will take root: AI will automate technical skills and drive the demand for soft skills like creativity, communications and empathy, he says. Schawbel also addresses the myth of the salary gap, saying, “The fact is that while liberal arts majors have lower starting salaries, their salaries rise much quicker over the course of their lives than STEM majors.” Time and time again, King’s alumni with BAs demonstrate they’re equipped and adaptable in the way today’s work force demands. They understand not only the world but themselves and their place within it. They make meaningful contributions across a broad spectrum of professions within government, education, research, communications, information technology and many other industries. In the following pages, you’ll meet four King’s Bachelor of Arts graduates who came to understand and achieve their potential.
ALUMNI PROFILE
NEVIN FRENCH Being able to adapt, lead, research and present clear and concise briefs, has given Nevin French an edge in government and information technology roles
NEVIN FRENCH, BA’00, is a career public servant who’s enjoyed transitioning from policy analyst to working on the Russia file with Global Affairs Canada, to today being Vice President Public Policy, Information Technology Association of Canada, an association bridging the tech world and government. “I can pick up new files and say ok, how do we drive this forward? It’s like doing the Foundation Year Program at King’s. We’re doing Marx today. Next week it’s something else.” French understands how government works and how quickly technology evolves. Calling it a “plug and play background,” French says his liberal arts education gave him a broad understanding that he applies to many facets of his work. “One of the most fascinating things about tech is no one knows where it’s going…[the industry] needs critical thinkers and people with strong analytical skills.” He also holds a Master of European and Russian Studies. He’s moved across the country a few times as a public servant, between Ottawa with the Federal Government and the Government of Alberta in Edmonton. He’s been a policy analyst with both Natural Resources Canada and Public Safety Canada, Manager of the Canadian Energy Strategy Secretariat, Deputy Director for European Commercial Affairs, Senior Desk Officer for Russia with Global Affairs Canada, and Senior Analyst with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The list goes on, as does his excitement for the work. “I have always just wanted to do work that interests me,” he says. French is an unabashed supporter of the
liberal arts education he got at King’s and never passes up a chance to mention how it has shaped him. “Government doesn’t do well creating policy on the fly. Technology is changing so quickly you have to be careful setting policy to respond to the crisis of the day. That technology may not be relevant in five years. We ask governments to aim for a more principles-based approach.” It’s the kind of thoughtful work that those who study liberal arts are uniquely qualified for, French says. “When you think about issues of privacy, there is going to be such a need for people with a strong background in subjects like ethics. Someone with a Contemporary Studies Program (CSP) background, or a background in Classics—they are going to have a good approach to how we will need to think about evolving principles of privacy in the future. There are lots of people who can handle the bells and whistles of the new technologies but being able to understand what modern privacy means is going to be very important for tech companies to understand.”
“I can pick up new files and say ok, how do we drive this forward? It’s like doing the Foundation Year Program at King’s. We’re doing Marx today. Next week it’s something else.”
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ALUMNI PROFILE
ANDREW LAING Andrew Laing, whose media measurement company Cormex Research was acquired by US-based Reputation Institute in 2019, says critical thinking set him apart
ANDREW LAING, BA(Hons)’86, was as excited that his daughter started at King’s this year as he was about selling his media research company to an industry leader. “The only vacation time I took this year was at the very end of August. I fixed up a 1991 Jeep YJ, and my daughter and I drove to King’s,” he said. “I took her to start her first year. So, definitely put that in the story.” It was the pause that refreshed after a whirlwind spring and summer at work. In May, US-based data and analytics insight company Reputation Institute announced that it had bought Laing’s Toronto-based firm Cormex Research. Founded in 1989, Cormex Research has developed customized social media and traditional media measurement and analysis solutions that have helped shape communications strategies and tactics for hundreds of organizations. Present and past clients include Bank of Montreal, Sunlife Financial, University of Toronto, Rogers Communications, KPMG Canada and several Canadian government departments. “Cormex Research has a great track record of success in the areas of media
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research and analysis. They don’t rely solely on automated tools and they have experience and wisdom to add to the analysis, which differentiates them in terms of quality and service,” Kylie Wright-Ford, CEO of Reputation Institute said in a press release at that time. “Global companies of all sizes and across a broad range of industries have come to depend on Cormex Research for their insights on how media coverage and media trends can impact an organization’s reputation.” Now, as Reputation Institute’s SVP of Media RepTrak, Americas, Laing is responsible for product development and introducing solutions to companies throughout the Americas. At the same time, Cormex’s research analysts continue to work out of the Toronto office supporting existing accounts. Laing said they’re excited to join Reputation Institute because of the opportunity to give clients a better way to measure how, when and where media content can influence public opinion about their company’s reputation. Cormex successfully grew over the past three decades because the people in the
company are skilled and hard-working, Laing says. And he attributes some of his personal success to his time at King’s. “One of the things that King’s does not get recognized for is how successful they have been in developing leaders in business,” he said, pointing also to many of his former classmates, who he said have risen to senior levels in the business world.
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE WORLD WORKS For Laing, it’s the ability to think critically rather than relying on more traditional technical skills that has set him apart from his peers and helped him succeed. This is something he directly attributes to his education at King’s. “Starting to understand how the world works, how issues affect how people decide things, how policies are created, all of that starts with the understanding that comes from a liberal arts background,” he said when interviewed for www.ukingscommunity.ca. Laing’s formal education continued through a master’s degree at Queens, an
MBA from Royal Roads University, and a PhD from York. But it’s his time at King’s that he identifies with the most. “You find as you get older the fear of not having a job recedes, and the desire to be seen as a more knowledgeable and educated person increases. You want to increase your knowledge and awareness of the world. To deny yourself that opportunity in those first years of university life is a shame. When Laing graduated from King’s in 1986, the media landscape was drastically different from today. Since 1989, Cormex has collected media and data about prominent companies and organizations to help them manage their reputation. A lot has changed over that time. “I think the electronic stapler was an innovation in the late 1990s,” Laing joked. Media just used to be print, radio and television. Now it’s all of that at once and then some. Not only did Laing and his company navigate the unchartered waters, they pioneered the way. This is what attracted the U. S. Reputation Institute to the firm north of the border. The acceleration of change means Laing, perhaps even more than most parents,
understands how different his child’s world is from the one he lived in when he was walking around King’s more than 30 years ago. But in that full-circle moment when he dropped his daughter off at King’s in September, he also noticed that the Quad looked in many ways the same, and the feeling was one of coming home. “Anybody should want to take a liberal arts education for the very simple fact that you want to be an educated person. You want to run with educated people. You want to be thought of as an educated person,” he said.
Andrew Laing and his daughter Kateryna drove from Toronto to King’s in September so she could begin the Foundation Year Program.
“One of the things that King’s does not get recognized for is how successful they have been in developing leaders in business.”
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TEMMA FRECKER Award-winning middle school teacher says trans-disciplinary learning allows students to make connections
TEMMA FRECKER, BA(Hons)’01, is pretty clear about her teaching philosophy: “Empowerment is foundational for me—giving the students the tools and the confidence to help them delve into whatever is important to them.” It’s a philosophy and a teaching style that won Frecker the 2018 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. Frecker teaches middle school at a non-profit independent school called The Booker School in Port Williams, N.S. She brought her King’s experience to her new school, saying the wide variety of texts she read at King’s and the way she learned to make connections between things that she saw in day-to-day living, across subjects and interest areas, is the same approach The Booker School takes. “It’s called trans-disciplinary. Everything is taught through the idea of trying to get a deeper understanding of a big concept. You don’t separate your subjects. That’s what we did at King’s.” After King’s, Frecker was an intern on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. She worked for NGOs across Canada and in Mexico and Honduras, and began her teaching career when in an isolated fly-in community in Nunavik. “Education isn’t necessarily a huge priority there, so I had to make it relevant to develop trust and keep the students coming back.” Relevancy is key to why Frecker won the national teaching award. She was completing a unit on Canada 150 at the time when there was an emotional debate going on in Halifax over what to do with the statue of Edward Cornwallis. He is called the founder
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of Halifax, but for many Mi'kmaqi, his statue represents injustices and violence against Indigenous people. They wanted it removed. “I didn’t have the answers. I didn’t know the best way forward, so I thought—I’ll just put it to the students.” The students came up with an elegant solution to incorporate the statue with other statues, such as one of Chief John Denny Jr., the last of the Mi'kmaq hereditary grand, or Viola Desmond, a beacon in the fight for racial equality. The statues would face each other as if in conversation to bring a larger perspective to Halifax history. The media got hold of it and Frecker and the students were besieged by interview requests. All that led to the award. Frecker, with true humility, deflects any personal kudos. “It shows the education at Booker is a really legitimate and powerful educational experience.” She also credits her students who tackled the assignment in a typically King’s-ian way, with positions and debate and discussion. As part of the assignment the students had to write reflections on what they had
experienced. One grade 6 student wrote: “If you want change to happen, you have to try to make it happen.” That’s what empowerment looks like.
“Everything is taught through the idea of trying to get a deeper understanding of a big concept.”
ALUMNI PROFILE
LEZLIE LOWE Freelance journalist, author and journalism instructor combines her education and natural curiosity to look more closely at things others merely see and accept
LIFE HAS BEEN A SERIES of epiphanies for Lezlie Lowe, BA(Hons)’96, MFA’16. There was the one she had while studying in the Contemporary Studies Program (CSP). “I found that I could study philosophy, but I didn’t have to think about or write about old stuff by white guys with white beards,” Lowe says. “I could write about things like the show I saw at the Beaux Arts in Montreal or the dichotomy of the virgin slut. I could take things from the present day that I was interested in and apply philosophical concepts to them and write about them in a really engaging, conversational way.” Lowe didn’t realize it at the time but using her education to address contemporary issues she was curious about would become a cornerstone of the career that lay ahead. After graduating from King’s, Lowe worked as a fitness instructor and started writing record reviews for The Coast, “to keep in the habit of writing. That snowballed and I realized (epiphany number two) I liked journalism.” The snowball grew as it rolled and Lowe found herself also freelancing for CBC Radio. She began teaching at King’s School of Journalism and writing an opinion column in the Chronicle Herald. Along the way she also started a family. One winter day she found herself on the Halifax Commons with a baby and a toddler who had to pee. Epiphany number three: public bathrooms are often inaccessible to many groups including the homeless, trans people, older people, and people with babies. “I thought this is ridiculous. Not only is it ridiculous but nobody thinks about it and very few people talk about it. I love doing
that in journalism—looking at things that we look at but don’t actually see.” Lowe wrote a feature piece on public toilets for The Coast. There was more to come. “It became the itch I had to keep scratching. I kept coming back to it. Talking about bathrooms is talking about the human condition—who has access and who doesn’t. At the most basic level it’s the questions of how do we include everyone in a well-functioning society?” Lowe kept researching and writing about bathrooms and took the idea for a book into King’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program. In 2018 she published No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs. Lowe is working on another book these days—this one is about women volunteers
during WWII. It’s due out in the fall of 2020. “That’s what I do,” Lowe says. “I write about things I want to write about when I want to write about them.”
If you’d like to read more alumni profiles, please visit www.ukingscommunity.ca. While there, you can also nominate a fellow alumnus or yourself as a possible profile candidate.
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1929 drawing by Andrew Cobb of King’s Campus in Halifax (detail).
RESIDENCE RETROSPECTIVE
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At King’s, learning together is intertwined with living together. One hundred years after the fire, residences are still essential to the King’s experience THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY and to the present day, the majority of King’s students have participated in residence life at some point during their undergraduate degrees, whether through living there or spending time studying or socializing in residence. King’s residences have always been more than just boarding houses offering convenient lodgings—they are places where students come together within our College to begin learning the rigours of academic discipline, challenging and supporting one another, and living with and for others. This year, King’s marks a significant anniversary: 100 years since a fire destroyed the Windsor, N.S. campus. At this milestone in our history, we are taking a moment to reflect on how our residences have evolved over a century, while yet maintaining their core character as the lifeblood of King’s. Harking back to that fateful day, this story begins on Feb. 5. 1920, when the main building of King’s College, Windsor, caught fire. It spread quickly to all parts of the building, destroying the heart of the campus. “HISTORIC MAIN BUILDING OF OLD KING’S BURNED…THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY IN THE DOMINION, AND ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ON THE CONTINENT, LIES IN RUINS…ALL THE STUDENTS ESCAPED, AND SOME OF THE FURNISHINGS WERE SAVED,” read an account in the Halifax newspaper of the day, according to Fenwick Williams Vroom’s 1941 book King’s College: a Chronicle, 17891939: Collections and Recollections. University administrators originally planned to rebuild in Windsor. Halifax architect Andrew Cobb was hired to prepare proposals for a new main building and an expanded campus, while students attended classes in two adjoining houses near Windsor High School. Construction proceeded as far as a foundation for the new building. However, when the Carnegie Corporation of New York offered the necessary funds to rebuild if the College formed a partnership with Dalhousie University, the administration decided to move to Halifax. The official agreement between King’s and Dalhousie took effect on September 1, 1923.
Andrew Cobb was again retained to design the Halifax campus in its present location near the northwest corner of the Dalhousie campus. The Main Building (now called the A&A) was designed to match the old College building in Windsor. Like the old building, it is dominated by a large central portico, with impressive Ionic columns made of Indiana sandstone. The fourth floor, Angel’s Roost, was built originally to provide accommodations for 12 domestic employees. The Roost is still located on the top floor of the A&A, overlooking the campus, but is now home to upper-year students, primarily those in the one-year Bachelor of Journalism degree. Both wings of the Main Building were constructed as residence bays. The south bay was named North Pole Bay, after the same in in Windsor. The north bay was first occupied by female students and named Alexandra Hall, after the women’s residence in Windsor. Later, in 1962, the new Alexandra Hall—now King’s largest residence—opened, and the north bay was renamed Cochran Bay. Chapel Bay, Middle Bay and Radical Bay share one roof and are identical bays each designed to house 24 students. The design of these buildings was based on the Oxford-Cambridge model of small colleges. The “bay model” of residence living, in which residence rooms are clustered around a common stairwell, creates a tight sense of community as students pass by their peers as they come and go. Cobb designed the buildings this way, to serve the College’s educational mission and to enable this wider King’s experience that generations of students have enjoyed since the buildings’ construction. The cornerstone of the new Main Building was laid on May 9, 1929, at Encaenia. A full decade after the fire, King’s officially re-opened on October 2, 1930. Now, 100 years after the fire, we look back at our stone buildings and the sense of camaraderie they encourage, while simultaneously looking forward to the continuation of this tradition.
ALUMNI SHARE FOND AND FUNNY MEMORIES OF RESIDENCE “The time I threw the FYP book out the window of my 2 East room only to have someone throw it back in.” —Melanie Henley, BJ(Hons)‘87 “One particular week in the winter (1991-92) there had been so much snow, that the pile around the flagpole was probably eight to 10 feet high. I decided to leave the comfort of my dorm room in Radical Bay as the sun was out and placed myself atop the mound of snow in a chair to read my latest FYP book.” —Nick Taylor, 1991-92 “They said things like, ‘This place is amazing. You’re going to do fine.’ I felt welcomed.”— Stephanie Dick, BA(Hons)’07, on moving into Alexandra Hall in 2002 and opening her desk drawer to find notes left behind by former residents. “Middle Bay. I remember my radiator being broken and my room being over 30 degrees for a few days until it could be fixed. I made toast on the radiator.”—David Wallis, BA’17 “I was very ill. I ended up being quarantined in my room for weeks because of a severe case of mono. It was those nursing students checking in on me, bringing meals from the dining room, and Librarian Janet Hunt putting together books for me so I could later do some assignments for my classes which I wasn’t able to attend, that got me through that difficult period. Their thoughtfulness and compassion were so special and helpful to me that to this day I remember and think of them.” —Mary Barker, BA’67, HF’97 “Because the residences are quite small you get close to your roommates and your floormates quickly. After the first two days, I already had people that I would start calling my best friends and I still do.”—Sophia Josenhans, BSc’19
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RESIDENCE TIMELINE
1789 The University of King’s College was founded in Windsor, N.S. on the residential model of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, where living in college is part of a student’s total academic experience.
1920 On Feb. 5, in the depths of winter when hydrants were frozen, fire burned the university’s main building in Windsor to the ground, destroying students’ rooms in the Bays. That night, beds were brought into the Science room for the male students. The female students’ residence, Alexandra Hall, did not burn.
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Bishop Charles Inglis designed the first College building, which was probably completed in 1792. It consisted of five bays separated from one another by three feet of stone: President’s Bay, because it accommodated the President and his family, Chapel Bay, Middle Bay, Radical Bay, North Pole Bay.
President T. W. Powell drew up rough plans and gave them to a local carpenter to construct three new buildings, including a female students’ residence.
Carnegie Corporation of New York offered financial assistance if King’s agreed to form an association with Dalhousie University in Halifax. On Sept. 1, King’s and Dalhousie signed Articles of Association and King’s began its transition to Halifax, after which, King’s students began attending classes in Halifax.
Female students lived in Shirreff Hall at Dalhousie. They were not permitted to leave after evening chapel and required the President’s permission to stay out until 10 p.m. (30 mins earlier than the men’s curfew).
King’s retained Halifax architect Andrew R. Cobb to design the new campus in its present location near the northwest corner of the Dalhousie campus.
King’s students in Windsor, N.S., circa 1888.
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“The Burning” (as the photo is so labeled) on Windsor’s campus.
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1914 Alexandra Hall, the new residence for women, opened in Windsor. It was named for Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), wife of King Edward VII.
1926 A campaign was launched to raise funds to build a permanent campus in Halifax.
1929 During Encaenia celebrations on May 29, a cornerstone was laid at the site of the new King’s, adjacent to Dalhousie campus.
“I absolutely loved living in Chapel Bay six years ago! We had such a great group of students in our little home.” —Alexandria Samson, BA(Hons)’17
1930 The new buildings formally opened on Oct. 2 including residences for men and women students, a President’s house, administrative offices, library, lecture rooms, dining hall, a chapel consecrated by Archbishop Clarendon Lamb Worrell and a large recreation hall. “The buildings are of stone, of fireproof construction, and modern in every respect, and are within a few minutes’ walk of the Dalhousie University buildings.” (1930-1931 Calendar) Women moved into the first dormitory for female students, at the north end of the main building (next to the President’s Lodge).
“North Pole Bay — our Dantethemed bay party was pretty epic.” —Matt Aronson, BA(Hons)’01
A bas-relief of Aeneas and Anchises, brought to the new campus from Windsor, was installed over Middle Bay’s door.
A floorplan of the “bay model” of residence living in which residence rooms are clustered around a common stairwell.
1962 Opening celebrations were held for Alexandra Hall on Oct. 30, at which Gladys Manning (honorary DCL 1962) unveiled a plaque honoring her husband, industrialist Fred C. Manning, for whom the common room was named. With an increasing number of students enrolling in the early 1960s, a larger residence for women became necessary. In 1962, enrolment reached 150, an all-time high. King’s retained J. Philip Dumaresq’s architectural firm to design a women’s residence, dining hall, and gymnasium.
1941 The Royal Canadian Navy took over King’s buildings as an
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Officer’s Training Establishment. During the next four years, until May 1945 when the war had ended and King’s reclaimed its campus., nearly 3,600 Officers were trained for sea duty with the R.C.N. King’s students and academic staff carried on during this period at Dalhousie and Pine Hill Divinity Hall (1947-1948 Calendar). Male students lived at Pine Hill and female students at Dalhousie’s Shirreff Hall. There were no Deans for the duration of the war.
Residence fees were $485-$515 for board, light, etc., depending on location of room plus a $15 damage deposit (1954-1955 Calendar).
The number of King’s students in residence was so low that the university considered moving all residents into the Bays and renting Alexandra Hall to Dalhousie as office space or for use as a Dal residence or transferring it to a realty company to manage.
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Painting of Graduation March Pass by Anthony Law.
“The Carly Simon song whose lyrics included, ‘I took a Learjet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun.’ I experienced [that] from my top floor room of Radical Bay. Day turned to night! I think it was 1968? It was a long time ago. An image I’ll never forget.” —Ian Deakin, BA’70
Cochran Bay, once a men’s-only residence, became co-ed. The Don that year was Tom Curran. In the 1976 Record he wrote, “From all points of view, the ‘co-ed experiment’ was a success.”
Cochran Bay, 1976, the first year it was co-ed.
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1997 $1 million was spent on a new sprinkler system and new wiring in the Bays.
1998-99 Improvements included electrical renovations, addition of a bicycle storage room and work on the reception area of Alexandra Hall. Other work involved loss of the tunnel between Radical and North Pole Bays, necessary for the planned new academic building.
1984-85 After the Board Committee on Student Housing recommended additional residential space be built on the fourth floor of Alexandra Hall, 26 single rooms and a Don suite were added.
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On Jan. 14, N.S. Minister of Education Terry Donahoe officially opened the Alexandra Hall fourth-floor addition. The addition increased the university’s residence capacity to 122 women and 124 men.
The most celebrated campus animal of the time was given a full-page tribute in The Record (p. 52): “King’s College lost one of its oldest and most familiar members on Monday, Oct. 14, 1991. Gregi, the campus cat, was hit and killed by a pizza delivery vehicle in the driveway of King’s College.” Gregi came to the college as a stray found by Ruth Smith, secretary to then-President Dr. John Godfrey, around 1976. His name was from the King’s motto: Deo Legi Regi Gregi. College Regulations distributed to all residence students (1991) stated: Section A. College Property, #6: “The keeping of animals and pets on College property is prohibited. The College cat is, of course, excepted from this rule.”
Students ready for their move across the Quad into a newly renovated Alex Hall.
Gregi, the College cat.
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2000-01 For fun, a residence bed was hauled out into the Quad, 1985.
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This was the first year there was only one Dean, the Dean of Residence, instead of two, a Dean of Men and a Dean of Women.
2003-04 In late September, Hurricane Juan caused minor damage and flooding that was dealt with quickly. In February, a blizzard named White Juan caused power outages, transportation problems and depletion of emergency services. In both cases, a central concern was to ensure that the students were fed and safe, and that all fire hazards were minimized. Sodexo’s kitchen staff slept in common rooms and worked at all times to ensure students had three hot meals every day.
Students relaxing in the Manning Room, 2002.
2002-03 Installation of a Smart Card access system started. Campus Patrol was introduced to handle conduct and discipline on campus. Final construction of lower level rooms in Alex Hall East Wing was completed. This added eight rooms (five doubles and three singles). A Don’s suite, computer room, another washroom and an office/practice space for the Chapel choir were also added. The 14 new beds and washroom completed in the West Wing in 2001 made 27 new beds in 16 rooms. These rooms were built to accommodate growth in Foundation Year Program and anticipation of the double cohort year.
2008 2005 Residences have by now witnessed two centuries of evolving technology. Heating has changed through wood-burning fireplaces and coal stoves to hot water radiators. A single telephone at a front desk has expanded to telephones in every room. Cable internet has gone wireless. Plastic smart cards with electronic strips give access to the Bays and Alexandra Hall basement. Storm closures are sent via text message to cell phones through Dalhousie’s DalAlert service.
A residence application management system enabled online applications for rooms.
2010 Hurricane Earl happened on Move-In Day (Sept. 4) littering the Quad with fallen trees and broken branches. Lights were dim as a backup generator struggled to keep electricity on. The welcome barbecue and opening ceremonies were moved into Prince Hall. Students chanted and danced while cleaners and facilities staff frantically worked to keep water from flooding into the main building. By the end of the day, the sun was shining and students had moved in.
Chapel, Middle and Radical Bay, 2017.
Common areas in North Pole Bay.
2016 North Pole Bay renovations include a new kitchen and common room and it becomes a residence primarily for upper-year and international students featuring all single rooms instead of the traditional bay style.
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Alexandra Hall became a co-ed residence. Male students moved into rooms in the west wing of the first floor, and every second room in the basement.
residence: a woman resided in Middle Bay, and a same-sex couple shared a Don’s suite.
Move-in day, the symbolic first day of a student’s life in residence and a treasured College tradition, happens under a glorious blue sky, and the tradition of living in residence continues.
2014 In January, a sprinkler head burst on the fourth floor of Alexandra Hall. It had frozen as a result of extreme cold weather. Accommodations were arranged at the Lord Nelson Hotel. The end result was the complete renovation of the west wing of Alexandra Hall.
“The Halloween night water fights.” —David Townsend, BA’88, who lived in North Pole Bay and Angel’s Roost
Thank you to King’s Librarian and Archivist Janet Hathaway for her assistance in compiling this timeline.
2014 In July, the Dean of Residence’s job description was updated and title changed to Dean of Students to better reflect the Dean’s growing responsibilities for non-academic student life outside of the residence. In particular, the Dean had become a main point-of-contact with student wellness services (e.g., student life, health, counseling, health promotion) at Dalhousie.
Move-in day 2019.
2020 On Feb. 5, the community gathers to remember the 100th anniversary of the Windsor fire. Students go about their regular, day-to-day lives studying, learning, laughing and living together in residences and in friendship.
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THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE GIVING Scholarship encourages people to give even a little bit as they’re able by Jane Doucet, BJ(Hons)’93
THE YOUNG ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP at the University of King’s College is proof that the saying “lots of little things add up to big things” is true—and perhaps no one knows that better than Gabrielle Rekai, BA(Hons)’13. After graduation, Rekai started working in recruitment in the Registrar’s Office at King’s. “I was the biggest proponent for all of the things that King’s does and the valuable education it offers,” she says. “Since I had just graduated, I had a lot of friends who felt like I did—that King’s was great and everyone should go there. I started
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thinking about how to make King’s accessible to even more students.” In 2015, Rekai came up with the idea to solicit several small donations from a large pool of people, which when tallied would be a significant amount of money. “I thought, what if I pledged to give $20 a year? It would be useful if a lot of people did it. I wouldn’t miss that amount of money, and I knew that my friends who were also new alumni wouldn’t miss it either.” That’s how the Young Alumni Scholarship for first-year students was born. Rekai raised funds for the first scholarship by
using Facebook. “I sent a message to about 20 of my friends who I thought would want to be involved,” she says. If someone responded, “What impact can I have if I don’t have a lot of money?” Rekai would reply, “I know you have $20! Tell you what—if you don’t have it, I’ll pay it for you this year. But I never had to.”
USING YOUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE AN IMPACT Although donations to the $1,000 scholarship mostly come from alumni, anyone can
Gabrielle Rekai, who started the Young Alumni Scholarship at King’s, with (then) Dalhousie Chancellor Fred Fountain, at Encaenia 2013.
“I didn’t set out to leave a legacy, I just wanted to encourage the idea of using your community to make an impact.” —Gabrielle Rekai, BA(Hons)’13
give; for example, Rekai’s parents and brother-in-law, none of whom went to King’s, are donors. “Scholarships are meant to provide a means to even the playing field,” says Rekai. “Some of them show that you’ve done well in sports or volunteering. But maybe you didn’t go to a school that provided these things. The Young Alumni Scholarship is for someone who wants to go to King’s and needs a bit of financial help.” There are currently three Young Alumni Scholarship recipients at King’s: Fiona Purdy, Grace Higgins and Luke Cameron. Purdy, who is 19 and from Halifax, is honoured to have been chosen. “My experience at King’s has already opened many doors for me, including playing on the varsity badminton team,” she says. “This campus truly embodies a diverse and welcoming community for all.” Purdy’s academic plans are to study general sciences and follow where her passions take her. “Currently I’m interested in biology and psychology,” she says, “and hopefully I’ll be able to use my education to find my dream job.” Hearing sentiments like this make Rekai happy. She’s now in her second year of law school at Queen’s University after earning a master’s degree in social justice education at the University of Toronto. “I feel very humbled to be part of this scholarship,” she says. “I didn’t set out to leave a legacy, I just wanted to encourage the idea of using your community to make an impact.”
KING’S LAUNCHES UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN PUBLIC HUMANITIES King’s students think broadly, analytically and for themselves. We graduate alumni who find meaningful work in various organizations and industries including public administration, media, finance, global high-tech, law, medicine, business, scientific research, education, social enterprises and the arts. King’s students have long exhibited broad intellectual and interpersonal skills. They are innovative, creative and possess an ability to apply understanding in diverse contexts. And now more than ever before, they are eager to transfer and apply their humanities education to work experience in the community— even before graduating. In response, King’s announces its new Undergraduate Fellowships in Public Humanities. For the first time, current King’s students and King’s alumni have an opportunity to partner through eight-
to 10-week summer work placements in organizations. These new fellowships are open to all students who are taking or have taken King’s Foundation Year Program. King’s will fund $5,000 towards each fellowship, including benefits. Partner organizations gain an unparalleled opportunity to offer King’s students relevant work experience while receiving the value a humanities perspective brings to a workplace. Please visit ukings.ca/public-humanities if you or your employer are interested in hiring a public humanities fellow this summer and want to find out how to apply. Thank you for your interest! *King’s Undergraduate Fellowships in Public Humanities are generously supported by a gift from BMO Financial Group.
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Shirley Hambrick, photo courtesy CBC
A LIFETIME’S PURSUIT OF UNDERSTANDING A generous bequest of half her estate enriches opportunities for current and future students by Philip Moscovitch, MFA’19
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SHIRLEY HAMBRICK NEVER attended King’s. She wasn’t an alumnus, or a parent of a King’s student. But she valued King’s so much that when she died in July 2017, the long-time Dartmouth High School history teacher left half of her estate to the university in memory of her late husband, Donald Hambrick—a generous gift that will better the lives of students and other young people for years to come. “People sometimes like to follow the true and tried path and not go off in all kinds of directions, but Shirley took a lot of chances,” says her close friend and executor Alice Hale. “She tried to introduce her students to different ideas. She didn’t go in for just ordinary teaching. She taught what she thought would be of value to students and make them think beyond Dartmouth and Canadian history. She spread her wings and got her students interested as well.” That attitude would have fit in well at King’s.
HOW HER GIFT IS BEING DIRECTED
GIVING THROUGH TEACHING
Shirley didn’t put any restrictions on her gift of $149,000. “I would like to make special mention of my husband’s special interest in supporting King’s,” her will read. The university has directed $100,000 of the bequest toward endowing the previously dormant Prince Scholarship for African-Nova Scotian students, $40,000 to fund scholarships for the Humanities for Young People program, and $9,000 to bring Indigenous band Alan Syliboy & the Thundermakers to King’s for a performance in spring 2020. The Prince Scholarship at King’s was established in 1959 but went into abeyance when its anonymous benefactor died. With the help of this bequest and other major gifts to the fund, it was resurrected in 2019, providing two $6,000 annual scholarships, renewable for four years. King’s Vice-President Peter O’Brien says there is a desire at the university “to build up relationships with African-Nova Scotia communities. President Bill Lahey (who also personally significantly contributed to the Prince Scholarship) believes we need to be building connections with the African-Nova Scotia community, which had lagged in various ways, and this would be an ideal way of doing so.” Humanities for Young People reaches out to a different group: high-school students with an interest in humanities. Now entering its fifth year, co-founder and co-director Laura Penny describes the week-long program as “a summer camp for high school students that encourages young people’s interest in literature, politics, history, and philosophy, and gives them a taste of university.” The program has a new theme each year. For 2020, it’s “Hindsight.” Penny remembers learning about Shirley Hambrick’s gift by email and “actually being speechless. And I am usually the opposite of that. Having diverse perspectives in the room is necessary for everybody. The scholarship is not just about the particular kid who gets one. It’s about the whole group having a better conversation.” She adds, “The year we [studied] the challenges of reconciliation, up to a quarter of the class was Indigenous, and that made a huge difference in terms of the conversations we could have. The year we did migration, one of our students was himself an Afghan refugee. So, of course, having him there, having had this experience, was tremendously educational for all of us… It’s an awesome bequest. For us, it’s several years of scholarships. I’m very glad for this gift.”
Asked what Shirley would have thought of the way King’s is putting her gift to use, Hale says, “I’m sure she would approve of that.” Shirley’s late husband, Donald Hambrick. was a lifelong Anglican, she says, and Shirley had an interest in Anglicanism too. “They looked upon King’s as more philosophical than some other universities,” she says. King’s Vice-President Peter O’Brien, BA(Hons)’90, knew Shirley and Don, although he had not seen either of them in years and did not know Shirley had planned a bequest. He first met Don as an 18-year-old studying at King’s. “My first encounter with Don would have been in 1986,” O’Brien says. “I was a student in the Foundation Year Program, and there was an old guy who would come to all the lectures and I’d see him in the coffee line and so on. I didn’t really know who he was at the time, but that was Don.” A great lover of classics and philosophy, Don, who died a year before Shirley, was also a public school teacher. He earned his undergrad in classics in 1951, and his PhD in 1998, and taught in both the history and classics departments at Dalhousie. Always seeking new perspectives, he and Shirley travelled extensively, particularly to China and Korea, where Shirley taught for a year. Asked if he was surprised by the gift, O’Brien says, “In retrospect, no. Just as they both gave their lives to a pursuit of understanding and transmitting their giving to others through teaching, I think it’s completely consistent with the lives they lived, and very much appreciated.” As Shirley’s gift demonstrates, one need not be extravagantly wealthy to make a significant and concrete difference in the lives of students. For information on giving, please visit https://ukings.ca/alumni/giving/ ways-to-give/ or contact the advancement office at 902-422-1271 ext. 129.
SHIRLEY’S GIFT WILL SUPPORT:
1. Endowing the previously dormant Prince Scholarship for African-Nova Scotian students like 2019 recipients Ayele Atiwoto and Isabella Jefferies.
2. Scholarships for the Humanities for Young People program.
3. Bringing Indigenous band Alan Syliboy & the Thundermakers to King’s for a performance in spring 2020.
“Just as they both gave their lives to a pursuit of understanding and transmitting their giving to others through teaching, I think [Don and Shirley’s gift is] completely consistent with the lives they lived, and very much appreciated.” —King’s Vice President, Peter O’Brien TIDINGS | WINTER 2020 37
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STEWARDSHIP REPORT April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019 LATELY I HAVE BEEN thinking about what it must have been like for King’s students, faculty, staff and alumni between the 1920 fire in Windsor and the formal reopening of King’s in Halifax in 1930. This decade had many challenges for daily institutional life, but it was also punctuated by fresh possibility, imagined futures and the eventual decision to become a College defined by its association with Dalhousie. One hundred years on from that new beginning, it is now time to provide for the College’s next hundred years at a time when our missions in the humanities, journalism and the fine art of writing are more salient to the world’s situation than ever before. Then as now, our mission is funding dependent. This Stewardship Report covers philanthropic gifts to King’s during fiscal year 2018-19, the same year the province increased our annual operating grant by $2.2 million. Together with your generous giving, this represents a tremendous vote of confidence in the importance of King’s and its future. During the decade before us, and with your continued assistance, we must build on this confidence by securing the College’s future for the century to come. To the alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends recognized on the following pages, your giving enhances the exceptional educational journey our students enjoy, and for this we thank you.
TOTAL FUNDS RAISED Annual Giving Gifts In-Kind
$1,057,685 $315,419 $549,533 $4,000
TOTAL $1,926,637
New Pledges (2018-2019) $1,457,500
YOUR GIFTS DIRECTED Unrestricted
$123,693
ibraries & Academic L Programs $23,815 Athletics Chapel Chapel Chior
$28,811 $34,892 $71,032
tudent Assistance S (Scholarships & Awards) $1,391,514 Student Life
Endowment $1,340,589
CHANCELLOR’S CIRCLE ($10,000 and over) anonymous (2) The John and Judy Bragg Family Foundation George & Tia Cooper ∂ The Peter Cundill Foundation Fred & Elizabeth Fountain ∂ Estate of Donald & Shirley Hambrick* Harrison McCain Foundation ∂ Larry Holman ∂ William Lahey & Kathryn Lassaline Estate of F.C. Manning* ∂ Estate of Mary Grace McCaffrey* Estate of Robert Des Brisay Morris* TD Greystone Asset Management UKC Alumni Association ∂ Wesley M Nicol Foundation Wilson Fuel Company Limited ∂ Estate of Judith Kaye Wright* GOVERNOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000 to $9,999) anonymous (1) Adriane Abbott ∂ Acadia Broadcasting Limited ∂ Owen Averill & Heidi Laing Patricia Chalmers ∂ Compass Group Canada Tom Eisenhauer ∂ Susan Hunter ∂ Mary Janigan & Tom Kierans ∂ Peter Jelley ∂ John MacLeod Anja Pearre Beverly (Zannotti) Postl ∂ Peter & Elizabeth (Bayne) Sodero ∂
William Lahey President and Vice-Chancellor
Bequests
DONOR ROLL
Campus Renewal Other
$144,502 $99,543 $8,835
INGLIS CIRCLE ($2,000 to $4,999) David & Robin Archibald ∂ William Barker & Elizabeth Church ∂ Black Family Foundation Richard Buggeln Gordon Cameron ∂ Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada Richard & Marilyn (McNutt) Cregan ∂ Thomas Curran ∂ Edmonds Landscape and Construction Services Ltd. Christopher Elson ∂ Neville Elwood Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. Arthur Frank & Catherine Foote ∂ Kevin & Carolyn Gibson ∂
TOTAL $1,926,637
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DONOR ROLL Pamela Blais & Marvin Green William & Anne Hepburn ∂ Kathy (Pratt) LeGrow Laurelle LeVert ∂ Rowland Marshall ∂ Anita McBride Gillian McCain ∂ Kim McCallum ∂ Michael & Kelly Meighen ∂ Neil & Patricia Robertson ∂ Douglas & Valerie (Morine) Ruck Donald Stevenson ∂ Sarah E. Stevenson ∂ Stingray Radio ∂ R. Howard Webster Foundation PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($1,000 to $1,999) anonymous (2) Mary Ellen & Lowell Aronoff Roberta Barker ∂ Katrina Beach ∂ Willa Black Peter & Patricia Bryson Colin Burn Paul Charlebois ∂ Sarah Clift Christine Clinton Robert Dawson ∂ Daniel de Munnik & Tasya Tymczyszyn ∂ Diocesan Synod of Fredericton ∂ Marion Fry ∂ Bruce Geddes Dale Godsoe ∂ Howard Green & Lynne Heller John & Brenda Hartley ∂ Kara Holm ∂ The Hornbeck Family ∂ Ronald Huebert ∂ Kim Kierans ∂ Stephen Lownie Mark MacKenzie Kenzie MacKinnon ∂ Jaqueline Matheson Ann McCain Evans Elizabeth Miles ∂ Richard Oland Ann Pituley ∂ RBC Foundation Paul Robinson & Ann Surprenant Ronald Stevenson ∂ Llewellyn Turnquist & Jennifer Inglis
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University of King’s College Day Students’ Society Nancy (Clark) Violi ∂ Isabel Wainwright Fernald Wentzell Suzanne Wheeler Romeo ∂ James Wilson & Lindsay Cameron Wilson Hugh Wright ∂ BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE ($100 to $999) anonymous (21) George Abbott Janet & Kenneth Adams ∂ Jennifer Adams John Adams Jane Adams Ritcey & Wilfred Moore Joan Aitken ∂ Eric Aldous ∂ Bob Allison ∂ Terri Lynn Almeda ∂ Rachel Ariss & Gary Genosko Marcia & Stephen Aronson Nathalie Atkinson Margot Aucoin David Baker Jane Baldwin Paul Baldwin ∂ Jennifer Balfour ∂ Mary Barker & Ron Gilkie ∂ Keith Barrett ∂ T. Frederick Baxter Donald Beanlands ∂ Jennifer Bell David Ben-Arie Matthew Bernstein & Risa Prenick Peggy & Peter Bethune ∂ Andrew & Christa Black ∂ Nancy Blake Myra Bloom Victor Bomers David Boston* Elizabeth Boudreau Stephen Bowman Anne & John Brace Daniel Brandes & Dawn Tracey Brandes ∂ Lauren Brodie ∂ Rebecca (Moore) Brown ∂ Sharon Brown Brian Brownlee ∂ Terra (Duncan) Bruhm Sandra Bryant Mordy Bubis & Nina Stipich ∂ Steven Burns & Janet Ross
Melissa & Jeff Burroughs Barbara Butler David Cadogan Sandra (Jones) Caines* & George Caines ∂ Sheila Cameron Nancy Campbell ∂ Judy & Mark Caplan Howard Cappell John Carling ∂ Jackie Carlos & Colin Soule John Carr ∂ David Carter Lincoln Caylor Carolyn (Tanner) Chenhall ∂ C. LouAnn Chiasson Greg & Karen Chiykowski ∂ Fred Christie ∂ Joan Christie Ian Chunn & Susan Reaney Donald Clancy ∂ Ginny (Lewis) Clark Burdette Coates ∂ Grace Anne & John Cochrane Wayne Cochrane Peter Coffin Mellanie Cohoon Peter Conrod ∂ Thomas Coonan ∂ Gail & Richard Cooper Barbara Corbin John Cordes Armand Couture Mary Craig Brian & Lindsay Cuthbertson ∂ Ronald Cutler ∂ Audrey Danaher & Richard Heystee ∂ Sally Danto Ken Dauphinee Gwendolyn Davies ∂ Susan Davies ∂ Wendy Davis ∂ Joan Dawson ∂ Gwen Day Kenneth Dekker ∂ Alison DeLory Kenneth & Marged Dewar Fraser Dewis & Marilyn (Lingley) Dewis J. Mark & Rachel (Swetnam) DeWolf ∂ Andrew Dick ∂ Sarah Dingle & Carl Lem Susan Dodd ∂ Jane Dover Alex Doyle Sally (Bergasse) Driscoll
Stephanie Duchon ∂ Robert Dunsmore ∂ Elizabeth Edwards ∂ C. Russell Elliott ∂ Sean Farmer Monica Farrell ∂ Jim Feir Wilson Fitt & Thelma Costello ∂ Mark Fleming & Rachel Renton David Fletcher Phillip Fleury ∂ Ian Folkins ∂ Susan Folkins Brenda & Robert Franklin ∂ J. Roderick Fraser Kyle Fraser Linda & Gregor Fraser Cathy French Nevin French Paul Friedland Jim & Sally Garner ∂ Maxine Genge Emily Gesner & Anna Maria Martin Joan Gilroy Danica Gleave & Walter Riemann Dorota Glowacka ∂ Jan Goddard & Gordon Howe Amy Goldlist Victoria Goldring Nestor Gomez Sandra Goodwin John Gorrill ∂ Graduating Class of 2018 Andrew Graham ∂ Nicholas Graham Harry Grant David Gray Jennifer Gray Roselle Green ∂ Anne Gregory Mary Grise & Christopher Mogan Joanna Grossman ∂ Gregory Guy ∂ Brenton Haliburton Catherine & David Hamilton ∂ Geoffrey Hamilton Geraldine Hamm ∂ Andrew Han Elizabeth Hanton ∂ Gaye Harden Andy & Anne (Dorey) Hare Carla & Steve Harle ∂ Kathleen Harper Peter Harris Susan Harris ∂
DONOR ROLL Sarah & Michael Harrison E.Kitchener Hayman ∂ C. William Hayward ∂ David Hazen Donald Hazen Douglas Hazen ∂ Harold Hazen ∂ Mark & Shirley (Wall) Hazen ∂ Alan Hebb ∂ Mureena Hebert James Helmke Paul & Penelope Henry ∂ Wendy Hepburn David Herbert Tammy Hermant Peter Herrndorf & Eva Czigler Angela Hill John Hobday ∂ Nicola Hoffman Neil Hooper ∂ Bruce Howe Jamie Howison Michaela Huard Caroline (Bennet) Hubbard ∂ Ian & Catherine Hugill Dennis Hurlburt Robert Hyslop ∂ Erin Iles ∂ Ranall & Sherry Ingalls Trish Irwin-Kitt & Kevin Kitt David Israelson & Susan Elliott Alan Levine & Iris Jacobson ∂ Rhonda Jansen & Brad Faught David Jerome Ian Johnson ∂ Paula Johnson ∂ Angela Kaiser Hansen Ben Kates Janet Kawchuk Doreen Kays ∂ Mary (Burchill) Kelley* & Danford Kelley ∂ Lynn Kenison-Higgins & Jai Higgins Mary (Lewis) Kennedy ∂ Glen & Glenda (Cummings) Kent ∂ Stephen Kimber ∂ Jennifer Kinsley W. J. Tory & Margaret (von Maltzahn) Kirby Stephen Knowles ∂ Martina Kolbe & Stefan Pieper-Kolbe Phil Kretzmar & Kaarina Baker ∂ Frances (Kuret) Krusekopf Andrew Laing ∂
Kelly Laurence Jennifer Laurette ∂ Caleb Lawrence ∂ Amanda Le Rougetel Dennice & Stephen Leahey Ann Leamon Thomas Ledwell ∂ John & Nancy Leefe ∂ Jeanne & Ian Leslie T.C. Leung ∂ Catherine Lipa Caroline Liptay Ruth Loomer ∂ Anne Loosen Bill & Stella Lord ∂ Susan & Tim Lorimer Richard Sean Lorway ∂ Iain R.M. Luke ∂ David MacDonald ∂ Elmer MacDonald Lesa MacDonald Kevin MacDonell ∂ Sara Macfarlane Jose Machado Ken & Mary MacInnis ∂ Wendy MacInnis David Mackay ∂ Estate of Helen (Grant) MacKenzie* John MacKenzie ∂ Norman MacKenzie ∂ Lina (McLean) MacKinnon Anne MacLaren Jill MacLean John MacLean ∂ Linda MacLean ∂ Stephen & Julianne (Doucet) MacLean ∂ Rory & Genny (Whelan) MacLellan Rod & Robin MacLennan Michael & Cynthia (Edwards) MacMillan ∂ Marli MacNeil ∂ Adrienne Malloy ∂ Bob Mann ∂ James Mann ∂ Heather May ∂ Allen McAvoy ∂ Molly McCarron Frances (Smith) McConnell Paul & Lucy McDonald ∂ Astri Prugger & John McGaughey Graham McGillivray ∂ McInnes Cooper Gordon McOuat Stuart McPhee
Toby Mendel David Mercer Kaitlin Merwin Beverley Millar ∂ Beverly Miller Carol Miller Gary Miller ∂ Kathy & Dick Miller ∂ Lois Miller & Iain Macdonald ∂ Catherine (Rhymes) Misener Janet Mitchell Penny Frances Moody-Corbett Stuart Moore David Morris ∂ Kathryn Morris Andrew Morrison & Jennifer Morawiecki ∂ Brendan Morrison ∂ Joan Morrison ∂ Susan & Bruce Moxley Penny Moxon ∂ Elizabeth Murray & Gary Powell ∂ Stephen Murray ∂ Diane Murray Barker ∂ David & Margaret (Harris) Myles Peter Nathanson ∂ Andrea Nemetz Jan Nicholls & Paul Sobanski ∂ Fred Nicholson Rodger & Melissa (Gillespie) Noel Peter O’Brien Valerie O’Brien Anne O’Neil ∂ Andrew O’Neill ∂ Fran Ornstein ∂ Jessica & William Osborne Robyn Osgood & Christopher Ashwood Doug Oxner John Page Owen & Elizabeth (MacDonald) Parkhouse Kevin Pask Kelly Patterson & Peter Buckley Anne & Pays Payson Charlotte (MacLean) Peach ∂ LeRoy Peach ∂ Gary Pekeles & Jane McDonald ∂ Sandra Penney Andrew Pepper & Victoria Gall Robert Petite ∂ George Phills Ranjit Pillai Simone Pink & Doug Mitchell ∂
Brian Pitcairn Rob Platts & Rachel Syme Frances A. Plaunt Helen Powell ∂ Peter Power Morton Prager ∂ Margo Pullen Sly ∂ James Purchase Christina Quelch ∂ Irene Randall ∂ Carol Reardon Mary Lu Redden F. Alan Reesor ∂ Peter Rekai Ryan Rempel & Joanne Epp Iris (Martell) Richards ∂ Nancy (Brimicombe) Ring Tim Rissesco Patrick Rivest ∂ Colin Robertson Anna Ruth (Harris) Rogers ∂ Henry & Phoebe Roper ∂ Stephen Ross & Mary O’Riordan Michael Rudderham ∂ Elizabeth Ryan ∂ Helen Anne Ryding ∂ Mary Salenieks Stanley & Anne Salsman Mark Sampson Mike Sampson Bonnie Sands Michael & Julia Sax and Family Barbara Scott Richard Scott Aden Seaton & Howard Krongold Karen Servage & John McGugan ∂ Shelley Shea ∂ David Sheppard Brian Sherwell David Sherwin & Marilou Reeve Bill Sigsworth & Catherine Richard John Simons Patricia Simpson & Kim Read Lynda Singer ∂ Katharine Sircom William Skinner Barbara Smith ∂ Ben Smith ∂ Fiona Smith & Thomas Clute Jane Smith Roslyn Smith Sean Smith Shelley Smith Stephen Snobelen ∂ Andrew Sowerby ∂
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DONOR ROLL Miranda Spence Lori Stahlbrand Detlev Steffen Catherine Stein Gail Stevens Ian Stewart Thomas Stinson ∂ Kevin & Janice Stockall ∂ Carmon & Sharon Stone John Stone John Swain ∂ David Swick ∂ Lisa Taggart ∂ Frederic Tassinari Elizabeth Taylor R. Brian & Sheila Taylor ∂ Kelley Teahen D. Lionel Teed ∂ Jerome Teitel ∂ Geraldine Thomas Donald & Mary (Archibald) Thompson Chelsea Thorne ∂ Gary Thorne Sarah Thornton ∂ Robyn Tingley Keith Townley ∂ Nicholas Townley John Trainor Fred Vallance-Jones ∂ Emily Varto T. Lorraine Vassalo Saras Vedam & Jeff Miller Pauline Verstraten Thomas Vincent ∂ Jannette Vusich Mordecai Walfish ∂ Richard Walsh ∂ Karolyn Waterson & Carl Boyd Chris & Meredith Watson William Wells ∂ Alvin Westgate & Cathy RameyWestgate ∂ Christopher J. White ∂ Susan Whiting Tara Wigglesworth-Hines Tom Wiley Peter & Irene Wilkinson William Williams ∂ Susu & Craig Wilson Jan Winton The Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Wissler ∂ James Wood ∂ Kathryn Wood Stuart Wood Peter & Maida Woodwark ∂ Charles Wurtzburg Li Zhou & Hai Xiao 42
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CUPOLA CLUB (up to $99) anonymous (7) James Allard Carolyn & William Appelbe Gillian Archibald Kenneth Askew ∂ Karla & George Atwood Virginia Barton & Bruce Creba Richard Bartram Leigh Bateman Joshua Bates Gilbert Berringer ∂ Julian Cyril Bloomer Vanessa Bonneau Timothy Borlase Mike Bowman James & Marion (Ware) Boyer Margaret & Maurice Breslow Rae Brown Ronald Buckley ∂ Matt Buckman Katrina Byrne Rachael Cadman Anne Cameron ∂ John Chance Clare Christie ∂ Lyssa Clack Brenda Clark Dolda Lorraine Clarke* ∂ John Cook ∂ Brian Cormier Rosalie Courage Robert Craig ∂ Mary Jane Craik John Creelman ∂ Hugh Crosthwait Rosalind Curran Veronica Curran Tim Currie & Christina Harnett Arthur Cuzner ∂ Michael Daniels Guenevere Danson Douglas Davis ∂ Paul Denison Ingrid D’eon Michelle Deruchie Frances E. Dibblee Carol (Coles) Dicks ∂ Donna DiCostanzo Heather (Hamilton) Doepner Jennifer Duchesne ∂ Gordon Earle ∂ Williams English & Jennifer Adams Alyssa & Matthew Feir Ashley Fitzpatrick Alexander & Stacey (MacDonald) Forbes ∂
Edward Gesner ∂ Holly Gilkie Alfred Spurr Gilman Jennifer & Sean Gorman Barb Granek Gutstein Kathy Grant & John Grant-McLoughlin Jasmine Hare Keith Hatfield ∂ Lillie Haworth Pamela Hazel H. Douglas Hergett ∂ Jessica Herschman Michael Hoare ∂ Barbara Hodkin Robert Howe James Hunter Kieran Innocenzi Sarah Jones Tara Kapeluch Gladys (Nickerson) Keddy ∂ Simon Kow ∂ Diane Kuipers ∂ Adrian Lee Christina Macdonald ∂ Ronald A. MacDonald M. Garth Maxwell ∂ Barbara (Neish) McArthur ∂ Andrea McBride Warren McDougald Anne (Wainwright) McGaughey Molly McKay ∂ Caitlin McKeever ∂ Elizabeth McNeil Mr. & Mrs. Loren Mendelsohn William Mercer Gary & Bethany Miles ∂ Jillian Millar Drysdale Elizabeth Montgomery ∂ E. David Morgan Emma Morris Jane Neish Christine O’Neill-Yates Kathryn & Richard Ortner Deborah Ostrovsky Stewart Payne Arthur & Elizabeth (Baert) Peters ∂ Diane Pickard & Russell Bamford ∂ Cynthia (Smith) Pilichos ∂ Marcia Porter Mark & Carolyn Power Nancy (White) Power Shelley & Trevor Reid Amy Rizner Eve Roberts Sheila (Fenton) Robinson
Matthew & Laura Rogalsky Carol (Fairn) Rogers Gillian (Bidwell) Rose ∂ Jonathan & Emily (Hunter) Rowe Melvyn Sacks Jody Sadofsky Halina Sandig & Peter Middleton Mary (Marwood) Sargeant Myra (Crowe) Scott James Shields Carrie & Peter Simon ∂ Paul Simpson Heather (Christian) Stevenson Livingston Sutro Dylan Tate-Howarth Edward Thompson ∂ Shirley Tillotson ∂ Kelly Toughill ∂ Randy & Deborah Townsend Joe Van Ryn & Nora Sheffe Benjamin von Bredow Valerie Vuillemot Angela Walker Terrance Wasson John Weeren ∂ Zachary Wells Heather White Brittain Gavin Will Chris & Sherry Willison Amichai Wise ∂ Ken Woroner & Tamara Deverell Des Writer Peter Young *deceased
LEGACY Estate of Donald & Shirley Hambrick Estate of Helen (Grant) MacKenzie Estate of F.C. Manning Estate of Mary Grace McCaffrey Estate of Robert Des Brisay Morris Estate of Judith Kaye Wright
DONOR ROLL IN MEMORY OF Fred & Kadri Campbell Jamie Cochran Jane Curran Eddie Doane Charlie Doucet George Earles Bob Fowler Bishop Mark Genge Mr. C. Gouldson Donald Hambrick Peggy Heller Angus Johnston Sheila Jones Daina Kulnys Heather Nguyen MacDonald Colin MacLean Burns Martin Deirdre Murphy William Naftel Daniel O’Brien Ruth Smith Prof. CWF Stone Nora (Arnold) Vincent Leslie (Cutler) Walsh Judith Wright Jae Won Yang IN HONOUR OF Aidan Aronoff Celine Beland Jackson Byrne & Rebecca Best Jackie Cappell Class of 1972 Dorota Glowacka Jennifer Gray Roselle Green Natalie Hunter Stephen Kimber Svea Kolbe Lois E. Miller Brenna Sobanski Michal Stein Lindsay Wilson Hugh Wright SPONSORSHIPS ACCEL Physiotherapy and Sport Performance Centre Ambassatours Gray Line Armview Restaurant and Lounge Canmar Services Ltd. CBC Atlantic CFFI Ventures Inc. Chartwells Coca-Cola Canada Duffus Romans Kundzins
Rounsefell Architects Ltd. Floors Plus Commercial Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. G&R Chartered Professional Accountants GDI Integrated Facility Services Grant Thornton LLP Greco Pizza Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites McInnes Cooper Murphy Hospitality Group RBC Royal Bank RBC Wealth Management Dominion Securities Dean & Carnegy Group, ScotiaMacLeod SoccerStop Surrette Battery Company Ltd. TD Insurance Tony’s Famous Donairs & Pizza Wickwire Holm Wilson Fuel Company Limited
1951 anonymous (1) Gillian (Bidwell) Rose ∂ 1952 Donald Clancy ∂ Arthur Cuzner ∂ E.Kitchener Hayman ∂ Elmer MacDonald Frances (Smith) McConnell Anna Ruth (Harris) Rogers ∂ William Skinner 1953 Donald Beanlands ∂ Carol (Coles) Dicks ∂ Marion Fry ∂ Ruth Loomer ∂ Barbara (Neish) McArthur ∂ Joan Morrison ∂ Peter Power
1937 C. Russell Elliott ∂
1954 Keith Barrett ∂ John Gorrill ∂ Alan Hebb ∂ David MacDonald ∂ Estate of Robert Des Brisay Morris*
1938 Robert Dunsmore ∂
1955 John Cook ∂
1941 Estate of Helen (Grant) MacKenzie*
1956 Gilbert Berringer ∂ Mary Jane Craik Frances E. Dibblee Harold Hazen ∂ George Phills Ann Pituley ∂
DONOR ROLL BY DECADE
1942 Iris (Martell) Richards ∂ 1943 Julian Cyril Bloomer 1944 John Carling ∂ 1947 Edward Thompson ∂ 1948 Anne Cameron ∂ Danford Kelley ∂ Brian Sherwell 1950 J. Roderick Fraser Mary (Burchill) Kelley* ∂ E. David Morgan
1957 Dolda Lorraine Clarke* ∂ Caroline (Bennet) Hubbard ∂ John MacKenzie ∂ Fred Nicholson Mary (Marwood) Sargeant Ben Smith ∂ Isabel Wainwright 1958 Joan Aitken ∂ George Caines ∂ Fred Christie ∂ Joan Gilroy C. William Hayward ∂ Michael Rudderham ∂
1959 Norman MacKenzie ∂ LeRoy Peach ∂ Elizabeth (Baert) Peters ∂ Donald Thompson 1960 Sandra (Jones) Caines* ∂ Harry Grant Arthur Peters ∂ Mary (Archibald) Thompson Fernald Wentzell 1961 James Boyer David Myles Richard Walsh ∂ 1962 John Cordes Marilyn (Lingley) Dewis Geraldine Hamm ∂ Caleb Lawrence ∂ Donald Stevenson ∂ Nancy (Clark) Violi ∂ 1963 T. Frederick Baxter Marion (Ware) Boyer Gwendolyn Davies ∂ Fraser Dewis Gordon Earle ∂ Linda Fraser Edward Gesner ∂ Donald Hazen Doreen Kays ∂ Stephen Knowles ∂ David Morris ∂ James Purchase Melvyn Sacks Elizabeth (Bayne) Sodero ∂ D. Lionel Teed ∂ 1964 anonymous (1) George Abbott Burdette Coates ∂ Lillie Haworth H. Douglas Hergett ∂ T.C. Leung ∂ Anja Pearre Barbara Smith ∂ William Wells ∂ Estate of Judith Kaye Wright*
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DONOR ROLL 1965 Roselle Green ∂ Michael Hoare ∂ Nancy Leefe ∂ Lois Miller ∂ Margaret (Harris) Myles Carmon Stone John Stone Thomas Vincent ∂ William Williams ∂ 1966 Margaret (Burstall) Brown Ronald Buckley ∂ Carolyn (Tanner) Chenhall ∂ Glen Kent ∂ John Leefe ∂ James Mann ∂ M. Garth Maxwell ∂ 1967 Mary Barker ∂ David Boston* Clare Christie ∂ John Creelman ∂ Hugh Crosthwait Douglas Hazen ∂ Bruce Howe Glenda (Cummings) Kent ∂ Carol Miller Charlotte (MacLean) Peach ∂ Sheila (Fenton) Robinson Frederic Tassinari 1968 anonymous (2) Brenda Clark Ginny (Lewis) Clark Peter Coffin Armand Couture J. Mark DeWolf ∂ Brenton Haliburton Peter Harris Keith Hatfield ∂ Ronald A. MacDonald Anne (Wainwright) McGaughey Cynthia (Smith) Pilichos ∂ Beverly (Zannotti) Postl ∂ 1969 Wayne Cochrane Marilyn (McNutt) Cregan ∂ Richard Cregan ∂ Sally (Bergasse) Driscoll Larry Holman ∂ Robert Hyslop ∂ Lina (McLean) MacKinnon Stuart McPhee
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David Mercer Janet Mitchell John Page Robert Petite ∂ Helen Powell ∂ Elizabeth Ryan ∂ Lynda Singer ∂ 1970 anonymous (2) Andy Hare Anne (Dorey) Hare Kathy (Pratt) LeGrow David Mackay ∂ Nancy (Brimicombe) Ring Heather (Christian) Stevenson 1971 Sara Macfarlane Ken MacInnis ∂ Penny Frances Moody-Corbett Rodger Noel Irene Randall ∂ Sheila Taylor ∂ Susan Whiting The Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Wissler
1975 Peter Young 1976 Peter Bryson Rosalie Courage Mary (Lewis) Kennedy ∂ W. J. Tory Kirby Adrienne Malloy ∂ Myra (Crowe) Scott 1977 Wendy Davis ∂ Michaela Huard Margaret (von Maltzahn) Kirby Gail Stevens 1978 Robert Craig ∂ John MacLeod Patrick Rivest ∂ 1979 anonymous (1) Andrew Graham ∂
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1972 John Carr ∂ Joan Christie Rachel (Swetnam) DeWolf ∂ Mureena Hebert Robert Howe Ian Johnson ∂ Gladys (Nickerson) Keddy ∂ Linda MacLean ∂ Estate of Mary Grace McCaffrey* Carol (Fairn) Rogers Douglas Ruck Valerie (Morine) Ruck 1973 Timothy Borlase Phillip Fleury ∂ Brian Pitcairn Cathy Ramey-Westgate ∂ Alvin Westgate ∂ R. Brian Taylor ∂ 1974 Wilson Fitt ∂ Susan Harris ∂ Kim McCallum ∂ Melissa (Gillespie) Noel John Swain ∂
1980 anonymous (1) Patricia Chalmers ∂ David Hazen Richard Sean Lorway ∂ Stephen Lownie Barbara Scott Shelley Shea ∂ T. Lorraine Vassalo 1981 anonymous (1) Thomas Curran ∂ Elizabeth Hanton ∂ Catherine (Rhymes) Misener 1982 Robert Dawson ∂ Susan Folkins Stacey (MacDonald) Forbes ∂ Kim Kierans ∂ Marli MacNeil ∂ 1983 Tom Eisenhauer ∂ Alexander Forbes ∂ Ann Leamon Carol Reardon
1984 David Baker Leigh Bateman Anne Gregory Kelly Laurence Kevin Stockall ∂ 1985 Mark Hazen ∂ Shirley (Wall) Hazen ∂ Iain R.M. Luke ∂ Mark MacKenzie Stephen Murray ∂ Marcia Porter Neil Robertson ∂ Kelley Teahen John Weeren ∂ 1986 anonymous (1) Sheila Cameron Brian Cormier Christopher Elson ∂ Ian Folkins ∂ Andrew Laing ∂ Peter Nathanson ∂ Angela Walker 1987 anonymous (2) C. LouAnn Chiasson Susan Dodd ∂ Victoria Goldring Gregory Guy ∂ Jennifer Inglis Julianne (Doucet) MacLean ∂ Stephen MacLean ∂ Gillian McCain ∂ Stuart Moore Katharine Sircom James Wood ∂ 1988 Terri Lynn Almeda ∂ Jennifer Balfour ∂ Amanda Le Rougetel Andrea Nemetz Terrance Wasson Charles Wurtzburg 1989 David Carter Christopher Mogan Laurelle LeVert ∂ Owen Parkhouse Gavin Will
DONOR ROLL 1990 Daniel Brandes ∂ Lincoln Caylor Sandra Goodwin Nicholas Graham Jennifer Gray Beverly Miller Peter O’Brien Elizabeth (MacDonald) Parkhouse Sean Smith Llewellyn Turnquist
1995 Jennifer Adams Lindsay Cameron Wilson Carolyn Gibson ∂ Andrew Morrison ∂ Christina Quelch ∂
1991 Jennifer Bell Rebecca (Moore) Brown ∂ Paul Charlebois ∂ Lyssa Clack Kevin MacDonell ∂ Colin Robertson Kathryn Wood
1997 Heather (Hamilton) Doepner Emily Gesner Angela Hill Deborah Ostrovsky Mark Sampson Robyn Tingley
1992 Tim Currie Kenneth Dekker ∂ Bruce Geddes Kevin Gibson ∂ Mary Grise Andrew Han Tara Kapeluch Sandra Penney 1993 anonymous (2) Andrew Dick ∂ Kyle Fraser Paul Friedland Lesa MacDonald Molly McCarron Kathryn Morris Christine O’Neill-Yates Tim Rissesco Amy Rizner Suzanne Wheeler Romeo ∂ Stuart Wood 1994 Mark Fleming Peter Jelley ∂ Frances (Kuret) Krusekopf Cynthia (Edwards) MacMillan ∂ Michael MacMillan ∂ Jillian Millar Drysdale Jennifer Morawiecki ∂ Rachel Renton Sarah E. Stevenson ∂ Lisa Taggart ∂ Christopher J. White ∂
1996 Eric Aldous ∂ Nathalie Atkinson Roberta Barker ∂ Christina Harnett
1998 anonymous (1) David Ben-Arie Geoffrey Hamilton Andrew O’Neill ∂ Ranjit Pillai Emily (Hunter) Rowe Aden Seaton 1999 Rae Brown Gordon Cameron ∂ Jonathan Rowe Zachary Wells 2000 Sarah Dingle Nevin French Carl Lem Amichai Wise ∂ 2001 anonymous (2) Lauren Brodie ∂ Howard Krongold Jennifer Laurette ∂ Thomas Ledwell ∂ Catherine Lipa Bob Mann ∂ Jane Neish Mike Sampson Paul Simpson Sarah Thornton ∂ Valerie Vuillemot
2002 Gillian Archibald Joshua Bates Daniel de Munnik ∂ Holly Gilkie Allen McAvoy ∂ Des Writer
2009 Victor Bomers Alyssa Feir David Jerome Sarah Jones Christina Macdonald ∂ David Sheppard
2003 Amy Goldlist John MacLean ∂ Nancy (White) Power Andrew Sowerby ∂
2010 John Adams Genny (Whelan) MacLellan Rory MacLellan
2004 Owen Averill Ingrid D’eon David Herbert Jessica Herschman Ben Kates Heidi Laing Caitlin McKeever ∂
2011 Matthew (Baker) Feir Adrian Lee Kaitlin Merwin 2012 Richard Bartram Mike Bowman Veronica Curran Elizabeth Montgomery ∂
2005 Colin Burn Joanna Grossman ∂ Wendy Hepburn Nicola Hoffman Chelsea Thorne ∂ Nicholas Townley Dawn Tracey Brandes ∂ Tasya Tymczyszyn ∂
2013 anonymous (1) Rachael Cadman Stephanie Duchon ∂ Jasmine Hare Kieran Innocenzi Warren McDougald Elizabeth McNeil
2006 Jane Baldwin Terra (Duncan) Bruhm Brendan Morrison ∂
2014 Matt Buckman James Shields Dylan Tate-Howarth
2007 Myra Bloom Williams English Sean Farmer Anne Loosen Graham McGillivray ∂ Miranda Spence Mordecai Walfish ∂
2015 anonymous (1) James Hunter Molly McKay ∂
2008 Jennifer Adams Vanessa Bonneau Guenevere Danson Michelle Deruchie Ashley Fitzpatrick
2017 Kathleen Harper Benjamin von Bredow
2016 Rosalind Curran Emma Morris
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ENCAENIA 2019 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2019
On Thursday, May 23, 2019, King’s held its 230th Encaenia at Dalhousie’s Rebecca Cohn Auditorium and proudly welcomed almost 200 new members as King’s alumni. In his remarks, King’s President William Lahey told graduates: “You will always be welcomed back with open arms and true gladness for your return...King’s will always belong to you, in common with all the others who have signed their names in the matricula.” 46
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HONORARY DOCTORATES AWARDED TO THREE OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS Author and teacher Lawrence Hill received a Doctor of Civil Law (honoris causa), educator and community leader Dale Godsoe received a Doctor of Civil Law (honoris causa), and religious scholar and Yale professor Bruce Gordon received a Doctor of Canon Law (honoris causa).
MEAGAN CAMPBELL’S VALEDICTORY SPEECH: PURE POETRY Meagan Campbell, BJ(Hons)’19, was chosen by her peers as their valedictorian. She delivered her valedictory speech in rhyming couplets. For space, we’ve excerpted portions. The full transcript is found at www.ukings/valedictory-2019
“What are you going to do when you graduate?” Families, guests, faculty If I can offer you a task, There’s one simple question You should try not to ask. You know that the future Gives us trepidation, But it seems the go-to question In every conversation. Ask anything profound, Our answers won’t be frugal, Universities exist For questions we can’t Google But approaching graduation, All good questions fade, Goodbye, epistemology Just one question remains. It’s nine little words That punch above their weight, It’s, “What are you going to do when you graduate?” I think what you’re asking, Is what we’ll do for work, If we’re no longer in school, It’s, “get to work. Get to work.”
Well, “get to work” starts to sound Like “go party” to me, “Get to work, to work, t’work, T’werk, twerk.” See? We’re in a gig economy That’s out of our control, And changes in technology Could compromise our goals. “What are you going to do when you graduate?” When an older person asks, They should think about their own fate. I’ll say, “I’m not sure, It’s not fully in my hands.” “What are you going to do when you die? Any plans?” Your question, it implies, That a normal path should be: High school, university, Career. One, two, three. In 2019, We must change this expectation, Almost nobody will go Right into a vocation. [. . . ] You have a right to ask the question Even if we hate it, You want to know our plans But perhaps you could reframe it. Maybe you could ask, “Can we help you navigate?” Or, “What are you exploring
When you don’t know what awaits?” If you start to ask the question, It might not be too late, “What are you going to do When you gradua — I mean, grad … ually get some work experience in a field that might not relate?” Ask us any questions On ethics, art or liberty, That’s why we went to King’s But used all of Dal’s facilities. [. . . ] We’re updating our standards On language, love and race, We’re questioning what beauty means, We’re all about that bass. Yet somehow on careers, An old idea pervades, We expect a simple path, And some interns still aren’t paid! I think we’ll change our standards But I hope, in the meantime, We won’t panic; this is normal, And let’s think hard about our screen time. Social media gets loud The buzz can seem unstoppable, Somewhere along the way We forgot that it was optional. Professors, thanks for putting us On a learning spree, We framed a hundred arguments To frame this one degree.
Our other type of teacher Holds just as many merits, But your tenure never ends That’s why we call you parents. Sorry if we criticize you On a daily basis We take issue with most things you do, And say so, to your faces. Thanks for teaching us to get along With friends, sisters, brothers, Without you, we would not be here, Or we’d be here, hitting each other. Apologies again For giving you such flak You often hug your children, And we should always hug you back. We thank the staff on campus, And the librarian, within it, She’d come around each night to say, “We close in 15 minutes.” We’re closing now, I hoped somehow I’d get a chance to say, Our careers might not be linear, And that’s okay. To all of the grads Who have no idea what’s next, Know that this is normal In an era so complex. And to our families and the faculty, When we return these gowns, Just give us time to find our way, We will not let you down.
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FYP TEXTS
E-GAD: THE DISCIPLINE REQUIRED BY CONSTRAINED WRITING WILL FEEL FAMILIAR TO FYP STUDENTS by Dr. Thomas Curran
ONE WORK THAT MAY NEVER appear in the Foundation Year Program reading list is an infamous French novel by Georges Perec (1969) which shuns the use of the vowel “e” as the condition of its completion and publication. Nor are we likely to embrace its even more miraculous translation in 1995 by Gilbert Adair* (290 pages in the English version, without a single appearance of the letter “e”). Please note that neither the author nor the translator could have been identified correctly on the covers of these books without the employment of the forbidden “e”; up to this semi-colon the vowel in question has already appeared 65 times— and this sentence cannot be concluded without a further 16 repetitions. This “novel” adventure belongs to a remarkable (bizarre) self-imposition upon authors of something called “constrained writing.” A Parisian avant-garde circle, founded in 1960 and of which Perec was a member, dedicated themselves to exploring these unprecedented constraints in their writing. Perec’s novel has survived as the singular most ambitious and—to employ a second adjective which absolutely requires an “e”—“unconventional” example! On many occasions I have had opportunity to wonder whether FYP students do not think of themselves as having landed in some eccentric “laboratory” for exercises in
“constrained writing.” The seemingly endless rules concerning formatting, titles, spacing, citation, block quotation and electronic submission under which they operate must give students the impression that they seem to have enrolled in a course run by H&R Block—solely for the purpose of the correct, accurate and invariable data entry required by Revenue Canada! But help is on the way, and specially on the way in FYP, by one of the authors whom we do read more or less annually: Goethe (the German-language equivalent to Shakespeare). For many years, we used to read Goethe’s shorter Novelle, but now we try to liberate students from the cobwebs of stuffy scholarship and incessant philosophical argumentation by reading the infamous epistolary novel of Goethe’s youth, The Sorrows of Young Werther (first published in 1774 and later revised). Werther, the protagonist, chafes under the restrictions of the petty bourgeoisie. Sample: “A man shaped by the rules will never produce anything tasteless or bad … [but] the rules will destroy the true feeling of Nature and its true expression.” How many students have been released from the interminable shackles imposed by FYP, in the reading of Werther’s sustained howls of protest for authenticity? And how many students have been emancipated from the blinkered response of this tutor to their
EDGAR ALLEN POE’S “THE RAVEN” WITHOUT AN “E” BECOMES
“Quoth that Black Bird, ‘Not again.’ ” (ACCORDING TO GILBERT ADAIR)
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creative ideas and startling insights? After reviewing their deep engagement with the greatest thinkers of the millennium, all they learn from me is that they have repeatedly “split the infinitive”! Nearly 30 years after the publication of this roar of protest against cringing convention, Goethe provided his own answer to Werther in a sonnet (1802) entitled Natur und Kunst (“Nature and Art”). The sonnet (14 lines of verse) has a strict established structure and, in its Continental version, is mostly recognized by its division into two sections, first of eight, and then of six lines, further supported by a prescribed rhyme scheme. How can anyone possibly produce something of “true feeling” under these totally arbitrary and foreign conditions? Goethe provides us with his answer, presumably himself still squirming under the strait-jacket restriction of 14 lines of verse. Goethe explains that, as with mountaineering, the summit will never be attained without sustained discipline, and true mastery will only ever be available to those who are able “to pull themselves together” and can learn both to operate and to create within the limits that time, reversal of fortune and limited opportunity impose on them. Maybe this year, I shall militate that we allow FYP students to read a novel (in FrEnch or English) which is offered to them without a single employment of the all too conventional letter “e”…That is so last century! * Adair’s translation of Perec’s La Disparition is entitled A Void. The word play begins with the very title, i.e. A-Void!
ALUMNI PUBLISH King’s is pleased to share announcements of books alumni have published that we learned about this year. You will also find announcements of previously published books that have been nominated for awards in ALUMNOTES
Brenda Clark, BA(Hons)’68, the first woman to be ordained a priest in the Diocese of Nova Scotia, June 29, 1979, has written Call the Priest. Clark attended the Atlantic School of Theology and did a ministry in Nova Scotia before moving to the Diocese of Huron (Ontario) in 1987. David Jones, BA’68, HF’98, received honourable mention in the Legacy Nonfiction category of the 2019 Hoffer Awards for his book The School of Sun Tzu. In it, Jones examines how the empire of China came into being, the leadership of its first emperor, and the role played by his learned academies. Sue Farrell Holler, BJ(Hons)’84, an Alberta-based journalist, literacy advocate and an author of picture books and middle-grade fiction, was a finalist for a 2019 Governor General’s Literary Award for young people’s literature for her latest book Cold White Sun (Groundwood Books). Based on a true story, it tells the story of a young Ethiopian refugee who shows up at the Calgary Greyhound station.
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Janice Landry, BJ(Hons)’87, has released Silver Linings: stories of gratitude, resiliency and growth through adversity (www. janicelandry.ca). The journalist set out to ask a group of remarkable people one question: “What are you most grateful for?” She dedicates her interview with Dr. Robert Emmons, the world’s leading researcher in the study of gratitude, to her late King’s professor, Ian Wiseman. Marnie Hay, BJ’91, a lecturer in history at Dublin City University in Ireland, published her latest book, Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909-23: Scouting for Rebels (Manchester University Press, 2019). It provides an account of the Irish nationalist youth organization Na Fianna Éireann and its contribution to the Irish Revolution between 1909 and 1923. KC Trommer, 1993, has released her debut book of poetry We Call Them Beautiful (Diode Editions, 2019). It explores the making and remaking of the self through art and stories, while looking unflinchingly at the ways that time works on us all. Trommer is founder of the audio project QUEENSBOUND and Assistant Director of Communications at NYU Gallatin. She lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, with her son.
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Steven Spears, BSc’94, recently published his second book Under the Red Sheet, a collection of poems and short stories that explore dating, flirting, sex, relationships, love, lust and loss. Spears writes that in addition to writing poetry and short stories, he has also branched out into telling his own brand of fairy tales. Wilson Bell, BA(Hons)’00, published Stalin’s Gulag at War: Forced Labour, Mass Death, and Soviet Victory during the Second World War with the University of Toronto Press. It places the Gulag within the story of the regional wartime mobilization of Western Siberia during the Second World War. Andrea Miller, BJ’02, wrote Awakening My Heart: Essays, Articles, and Interviews on the Buddhist Life (Pottersfield Press), a diverse collection of work that she’s done over the past 13 years for Lion’s Roar (formerly called the Shambhala Sun). Jenn Thornhill Verma, BJ(Hons)’02, MFA’19, wrote Cod Collapse, The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland’s Saltwater Cowboys (Nimbus Publishing, 2019). It tells the story of the cod moratorium that put some 30,000 fishers across Newfoundland and Labrador out of work in 1992. Her editor was Simon Thibault, BJ’10.
Lindsay Ann Reid, BA(Hons)’03, a lecturer in English at the National University of Ireland, Galway, has written Shakespeare’s Ovid and the Spectre of the Medieval, a study of how the use of Ovid in Middle English texts affected Shakespeare’s treatment of the poet. Ron Haflidson’s, BA(Hons)’04, book On Solitude, Conscience, Love and Our Inner and Outer Lives, places Augustine in conversation with contemporary authors who warn of the dangers of abandoning solitude for constant (often technological) connection. Haflidson says he first encountered Augustine in FYP during Colin Starnes’s searching and witty lectures on Confessions, and regards it as an honour to have lectured on Confessions as a senior fellow. Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, 2004, Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Geneva, has published Pilgrimage as Moral and Aesthetic Formation in Augustine’s Thought. In it, she responds to Augustine’s critics by elaborating the Christological continuity between the earthly journey and the eschatological home.
Jennifer Otto, BA(Hons)’06, became Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Lethbridge in July 2018. Her first book, Philo of Alexandria and the Construction of Jewishness in Early Christian Literature, was published in 2018 by Oxford University Press. Jessica McDiarmid’s, BJ(Hons)’08, MFA’16, book Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was published in September by Penguin Random House (Canada) and Simon and Schuster (United States). It’s been short-listed for the prestigious $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize in Literary Nonfiction (2020). Afton (Aikens) Brazzoni, BJ(Hons)’10, has self-published a book called Shop Dogs of Canmore. In it, Brazzoni tells the story of 20 Alberta dogs and the shops in which they work. Stephanie Griffiths, MFA’16, was a successful money manager and self-described workaholic when she learned to meditate. By cultivating what Buddhists call “beginner’s mind,” Griffiths changed her perspective. She wrote Sit Still and Prosper to cut through the complexity and confusion of personal finance.
Sue Harper’s, MFA’16, new self-published book Winter in the City of Light: A Search for Self in Retirement chronicles her journey as she adapts to life after retirement and finds herself after moving to “the most exciting city in the world,” Paris. Sean Mott, BJ(Hons)’16, has written his debut novel Fill the Chalice, a “darkly comedic thriller.” Mott currently works as a reporter in Kelowna, B.C. for the online news site infonews.ca. “I think [King’s] journalism program helped clarify my writing by teaching me how to communicate the crux and heart of a story with clean, precise language.”
In Adventures in Bubbles and Brine, published by Formac, fermentation enthusiast Philip Moscovitch, MFA’19, takes us on a tour of Nova Scotian ferments, and introduces us to the people who have taken this food trend to heart. You may even find a recipe or two in his book to try yourself!
Please let us know if you’ve published a book by emailing kathy.miller@ukings.ca so we may celebrate your achievement.
Nellwyn Lampert, MFA’17, describes her book, Every Boy I Ever Kissed, which was published by Dundurn in July 2019, as “a millennial coming-of-age memoir about gender and sexual liberation.” Andrew Reeves’s, MFA’16, book Overrun: Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis (ECW Press) was long-listed for the prestigious $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize in Literary Nonfiction. Both his and Jessica McDiarmid’s short-listed book began as King’s MFA book projects and are pictured with other books published by King’s MFA in Creative Nonfiction alumni on p. 49.
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ALUMNOTES Read more details on alumni achievements in the Alumni & Friends section of King’s website: www.ukings.ca/alumni
50s Johanne McKee, 1950, has been awarded the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers by the Governor General of Canada. Johanne is a lifelong volunteer who has given her time to multiple causes and inspired a spirit of volunteerism within her family. She has served in multiple roles at the First Baptist Church Halifax, contributing to the flower committee, the craft group and various fundraising events. She also spent more than two decades raising funds for the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. The award will be presented in Halifax at a later date.
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Good friends from King’s got together in Ottawa: (L to R) Ena Gwen Jones, 1968, Don Reid, 1972, David Jones, BA’68, HF’98, Mark DeWolf, BA(Hons)’68 and Mike Nichol, 1970.
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Michelle Rippon, BA’65, received a Volunteer of the Year Award from the Asheville, N.C. Chamber of Commerce. Michelle is Senior Counsel with Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP and has served as attorney for the Chamber for the past 24 years.
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Alumni from King’s met at an event in Saint John, N.B., called, “Faces of Women in Business” hosted by The Chamber. Jessica Sundblad, BJ’18, MJ’19 (l), and Eleanor Austin, BJ(Hons)’81 (r), pose with Lily Lynch, BA(Hons)’16.
Six members of the last N.S. Junior Varsity King’s Championship hockey team also participated in King’s alumni golf tournament at Granite Springs Golf Club in August 2019. BOTTOM: (L to R) Dave MacKay, 1970, Andy Sherwood, BSc’70, Allan Thomson, BA’70, Andy Hare, BA’70, George Sheppard, BSc’72, and Bob Colavecchia, BSc’70.
Dr. George M. Burden, 1974, was recently formally appointed by Father Peter Noel Lamont, Chief of Clan Lamont, as both as High Commissioner for Canada and as Ceann Tighe (head of the house, or Chieftain of a major branch of a clan). Dr. Burden currently sits as an Associate Member on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs as Peter Lamont’s representative.
Kevin Reinhardt, BSc’78, has a new position as Director of Clinical Services, PsychologyService.ca in Newmarket, ON.
King’s journalism professor Kim Kierans, BA(Hons)’83, tweeted her delight in running into Yukon’s Deputy Premier Ranjit Pillai, BA’98, at the Whitehorse airport over Christmas. Rev. Taunya (Padley) Dawson, BA(Hons)’85, received the degree of Master of Divinity from the Atlantic School of Theology on May 4, 2019 and was ordained a Deacon (transitional) by the Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on May 30, 2019. She has since been appointed to All Saints’ Cathedral in Halifax.
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ALUMNOTES The Venerable Stephen Vail, BSc’87, has been appointed Rector of St. James Cathedral and Dean of Toronto. Stephen studied Theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto, and was ordained in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in 1991.
Chris Elson, BA(Hons)’86, Kate Scarth, Nicholas Jones, BJ’00, and Lisa Takagi, BJ’16, MJ’17, had a lovely evening together at the Mon restaurant in the Hotel Grand Arc, Hanzomon, Tokyo. Ian Fairclough, BJ(Hons)’89, was promoted in Nov. 2018 to the rank of deputy chief with the Kentville Volunteer Fire Department in Nova Scotia. He has been a member of the department since 1992 and is also the training officer. In his day job, he is the Valley Southwest bureau reporter for The Chronicle Herald.
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Former King’s roommates Patrizia Quas, BA’90 and Barb Stegemann, BA’91, BJ’99, were back at King’s in May and took the opportunity to re-create a photo of themselves in the Quad taken 32 years ago!
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Lisa Blackburn, BJ(Hons)’90, has been named Deputy Mayor of Halifax. First elected to represent District 14— Middle/Upper Sackville in 2016, Lisa is best known as a radio broadcaster, but also wrote a column in the Halifax Daily News and worked at CBC. Laurie Cook, BJ(Hons)’92, has started working as a faculty member at Mount Saint Vincent University teaching Intro to Nonprofit Leadership. Laurie is also President of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet).
ALUMNOTES as delivery partner for the Mayor of London’s programme of Brexit Business Resilience for London’s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Chris and his team of UK/EU regulatory experts are rapidly expanding their offering to support businesses within the UK, EU and further afield to mitigate risks (and explore opportunities) within the upcoming transition period.
On Dec. 14, 2019, Jane Doucet, BJ(Hon)’93, married Craig Pothier at Halifax Central Library. It was the fifth anniversary of their first date at the library’s fifth-floor Pavia café, and also the fifth anniversary of the library opening. The couple, who attended high school together in Yarmouth, N.S., in the mid-1980s, lives in Halifax.
Stephanie Nolen, BJ(Hons)’93, DCL’09, won a sixth Amnesty International Canada media award for a long-form print piece focused on Colombia’s peace negotiation process. In July 2019, Lia Daborn, BA(Hons)’94, became the Chief Executive Officer for the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick. In October, Lia was awarded The Pinnacle Award from the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) for excellence in association leadership—one of the top two awards that this organization hands out. Lia also received her Level 3 designation from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (London) and is a sommelier in her free time. Chris MacNeil’s, BA’94, company, ebooster limited/BrexitHelp.net, has been appointed
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Amelia Hadfield, BA(Hons)’96, has taken up a new position as Head of Department of Politics at the University of Surrey, as well as Chair in European and International Relations. She’s also founder and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe.
John Perry, FYP’96, BJ’04, has stepped away from his role as Senior Producer of CBC Radio’s As It Happens program. He’s currently a fellow at University of Toronto’s Massey College (along with Martha Troian, MJ’13). The William Southam Journalism Fellowship will take him to Halifax, Berlin and Helsinki this year. He writes that he’s not missing the daily deadline at all. Smoke and Baloney, a film by Shirley Moore, BJ’99, won Best Picture at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival. Smoke and Baloney focuses on Shirley’s quest to find out what killed her father after he was diagnosed with cancer and passed away in the prime of his life. Then two of his brothers suffered a similar fate. It turned out they grew up merely 200 metres away from one of the largest toxic waste sites in Canada—Nova Scotia’s notorious Sydney Tar Ponds. Smoke and Baloney follows Shirley’s search for answers against the backdrop of an environmental nightmare.
Colin Borgal, BA(Hons)’01, who’s been selling rare books part-time since the early 2000s and full-time since 2008, has launched a new online library called Codex Rare Books with business partner Michael Vickers. Since 2011, more than 4,000 books have been photographed to comprise the collection, which continues to grow. After spending two years as Executive Producer at CBC Sports digital, Mihira Lakshman, BJ’01, has moved to a new role at The Walrus as Director of The Walrus Lab. A play called The Bridge, an exploration of faith, family and forgiveness set in a rural Black Nova Scotian community and written by alumna Shauntay Grant, BJ’03, premiered at Neptune Theatre in February 2019.
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ALUMNOTES Megan Wennberg’s, BJ’04, documentary Drag Kids won Best Atlantic Documentary at the Atlantic International Film Festival and Best Canadian Feature at the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival. This film was co-produced by Erin Oakes, 2006, and Edward Peill. Brenda Solman’s, BJ(Hons)’05, theatre company, Theatre Kraken, presented Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, one of ancient Greece’s funniest—and most surprisingly modern—comedies in May in Ottawa’s Gladstone Theatre. Fed up with endless wars, the women of Peloponnesia decide to go on a sex strike until peace is brokered. What followed is a pitched battle of the sexes, loaded with innuendo, biting social commentary and ribald (sometimes even lewd) humour.
Jen Powley, BJ’01, MFA’15, received the Independent Living Nova Scotia Lois Miller Tulip Award. Jen founded and continues to work with No More Warehousing: The Nova Scotia Association for Inclusive Homes and Support. She’s also a long-time disability rights advocate who has contributed to disability supports and accessible transportation. The annual award, named for King’s alumna Lois Miller, BA(Hons)’65, (pictured to the right of Jen) recognizes a person, group or organization that exemplifies the spirit of independent living and enables people living with disabilities to have control over their lives.
Gillian Nycum, BA(Hons)’02, began a new job in October 2018 as Interim Registrar and Executive Director of Enrolment Services at McGill University and was appointed to the role permanently in April 2019. After King’s, Gillian studied law at McGill, becoming involved in health law and bioethics research and projects. She also started managing indie rock bands. She interned at the World Health Organization in Geneva, then took a genetics and ethics research post at University of Montreal. After having her first child in 2008, she launched a career in music management and film production. In 2014, Gillian took a temporary contract in McGill’s Faculty of Law. In 2016, she was Senior Advisor for Federal MP, David Lametti (now Minister of Justice). In 2017, she was Director of Strategic Initiatives for a startup, before she had the opportunity to return to the Faculty of Law as Acting Assistant Dean. John MacLean, BJ(Hons)’03, was elected President of the Law Society of Nunavut for 2019-2020.
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Janet Dyson, BJ(Hons)’04, and Ryan McNutt were married September 6, 2019. They both work at Dalhousie University and often walk to work through the King’s Quad. They live in Dartmouth.
For the past five years Benjamin Witte, BJ’05, has been living in Montpellier, France, with his wife and daughter. After leaving King’s, Benjamin went to Chile and worked with an English language publication called the Santiago Times, freelanced and started working as a correspondent for a weekly publication on Latin America produced by the University of New Mexico. Benjamin is currently teaching at a communications school in Montpellier called ISCOM. He also writes about France’s rather obscure semi-professional baseball league, the D1. Myra Bloom, BA(Hons)’07, completed a master’s (2008) and PhD (2014) in Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, where she specialized in bilingual Canadian lit. Her dissertation, Textual Transgressions, looked at subversive uses of confessional discourse in 20th century Canadian and Québécois texts. Myra worked sessionally for a few years in Toronto, then landed an extended-term appointment at Concordia in 2018, where she taught in and coordinated the Professional Writing and Composition programs. In July 2019, she left Concordia and joined York University (Glendon Campus) as Assistant Professor of Canadian literature. Myra has published in a variety of academic journals and also in a few literary magazines, including The Walrus and The Literary Review of Canada. Zachary Moull, BA(Hons)’07, has recently taken on the role of Learning, Networking, & Conference Manager at the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT).
ALUMNOTES Dr. John Godfrey, DCL’06, King’s president from 1977-87, was named to the Order of Canada. He was a stalwart for traditions and a strong believer in establishing a living-learning community at King’s which he modelled after the Oxford-Cambridge experience, calling it the “total integration of all aspects of education, the education of the whole person,” and the primacy of undergraduate teaching. Alexis Paton, BSc(Hons)’07, lives in England, is married to an Englishman and has a three-year-old daughter. Alexis is a lecturer at the University of Leicester, where she teaches and researches on social science applied to health and ethics. The North American Travel Journalists Association has awarded King’s alumni with honours. Emma Yardley, BJ’07, and Jennifer Bain, MFA’20, both won multiple medals, including golds, for their travel stories. Julia Clahane, BA’08, graduated summa cum laude from Mount Saint Vincent University’s Bachelor of Education program in 2012 and started a Master of Education in Curriculum Studies—Supporting Learners with Diverse Needs and Exceptionalities at MSVU in the fall of 2019. Jessica Lee, BA(Hons)’08, was awarded the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Writing about her year travelling around Germany, swimming in 52 separate lakes (one for each week of the year), and overcoming heart-break and depression, Jessica was awarded this prize by 2019’s RBC Taylor Prize winner Kate Harris. The prize consists of $10,000 cash and mentorship by Kate. Jessica currently lives in Berlin, Germany and is working on finishing her next book and projects like The Willowherb Review. Denise Smith, BA(Hons)’08, works as an academic health sciences librarian at McMaster University where she supports health researchers, undergraduate and graduate students in facilitating health research excellence by teaching information literacy. Denise is also a part-time instructor at Western University’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies and currently a PhD
candidate at Western. She is researching Wikipedia and its role as a consumer health information resource for patient education and health decision-making. Laurel Collins, BA’09, was recently elected as a Member of Parliament to represent the riding of Victoria in the House of Commons of Canada. Prior to her election in the House of Commons, Laurel was a councillor for Victoria City Council. Megan Dean, BA(Hons)’09, received her PhD in Philosophy from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in May 2019. She defended her dissertation, “Eating as a Self-Shaping Activity,” with distinction in April. Megan celebrated her graduation with her dear friend Arran Smith, BA’09, and her mother, Pamela Hazel, Assistant to King’s President William Lahey. Her PhD studies were supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Mellon Sawyer Foundation, and Georgetown University. In the fall, Megan headed to the Philosophy Department at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. to take up the Chauncey-Truax postdoctoral fellowship. Christina Macdonald, BA(Hons)’09, was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in June 2018 and has joined Kimball Law in Wolfville, N.S. as an associate lawyer. Christina practices primarily civil litigation, including injury, insurance and employment litigation. She also practices family and criminal litigation, wills and property law.
2010s Timothy Blackwood’s, BA(Hons)’10, award-winning documentary The Conqueror tells the story of how “dreams can be realized even in dire circumstances.” The Conqueror has been an official selection at over 20 film festivals around the world and the winner of awards such as “Best Documentary” at the Global Film Festival awards in Los Angeles. Nick Baker, BA(Hons)’11, has been accepted into the PhD program in the Department of History at the University of Toronto, where he continues his master’s research into the intersection of imperial citizenship and political violence in the Atlantic world.
Michael Fraiman, BJ(Hons)’11, and Alex Rose, BA’16, BJ’17, MJ’18, who both work at The Canadian Jewish News, have launched a biweekly podcast called The Canadian Jewish Schmooze. They invite all fellow alumni to tune in on iTunes, Spotify or wherever they get their podcasts.
Rory MacLellan, BA’10, and Genny (Whelan) MacLellan, BA(Hons)’10, welcomed their daughter Josephine into the world on Dec. 17, 2019. They ran into old friends from King’s at the Seaport Market not long after: (L to R) Mike Beall, BSc(Hons)’09, Carol Malko BA(Hons)’08, Genevieve and Rory MacLellan.
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ALUMNOTES Nance Ackerman’s, MJ’13, latest film, a feature documentary called Conviction, premiered to a full house at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto in April 2019. Women are the fastest growing prison population in Canada and around the world. In Conviction, three filmmakers collaborate with women on the inside to explore the stories behind that statistic and ask what they would have needed in their lives to avoid incarceration. Martha Troian, MJ’13, (along with John Perry, FYP’96, BJ’04) is among five Canadian journalists who have received Massey College 2019-2020 William Southam Journalism Fellowships. Martha, the McLaughlin Centre Fellow, is an independent award-winning investigative journalist who has contributed to CBC, Vice Canada, Maclean’s, Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, The Walrus and APTN News.
Veronica Curran, BA(Hons)’12, and Thomas McCallum, BA(Hons)’14, were married in the King’s Chapel on August 17, 2019. Included in the wedding party were King’s alumni, Katie Merwin, BA(Hons)’11, Rosalind Curran, BA(Hons)’16, Colin Nicolle, BJ(Hons)’10, BA’13, and Aaron Shenkman, BA(Hons)’14.
After graduation, Adam Foster, BA’12, completed a MA at Acadia University in Social and Political Thought in 2015. Adam started his PhD in the fall of 2015 at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa in political science, specializing in political theory, and law and society, and is also completing an additional graduate certificate in international cultural studies. Adam also wrote a chapter in the book Childhood, Science Fiction, and Pedagogy published by Springer titled “Heretic Gnosis: Education, Children, and the Problem of Knowing Other-wise.”
Corbett Hancey, BJ’11, was awarded one of two 2019 Michener-Deacon Fellowships, an award that honours excellence in public-service journalism. Corbett will produce a series of investigative articles for print and broadcast on the recent controversial decision, made by the Canadian government, to allow Canadian defence contractors to sell weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian-backed rebels in the country’s restive east.
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Casey Lynch, BA(Hons)’12, completed a PhD in geography, with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies, from the University of Arizona in May 2019. Casey has accepted a tenure-track assistant professorship at the University of Nevada, Reno. Jordan Parker, BJ(Hons)’12, MJ’14, is currently a successful public relations (PR) professional and freelance journalist and is starting his own PR firm, Parker PR, to work with entertainment industry professionals.
Sarah Lawrynuik, BJ’14, has been awarded the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary. Sarah is a Calgary-based multimedia journalist who has worked across multiple platforms, filing stories to the CBC, The Narwhal, The Sprawl and New Scientist. As the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter, she will examine the current political shifts in Eastern and Central Europe and how those shifts are resonating in Canada. When Brenna Sobanski, BA(Hons)’14, and Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand, BA(Hons)’15, were matched as roommates in their first year at King’s in 2010, little did they know where it would lead. They remained roommates for four years as they both pursued History of Science and Technology (HOST) degrees and are still close friends today. Both also received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) funding to pursue their master’s degrees. Eliza West, BA(Hons)’14, earned her MA from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware in May 2019. Her thesis, titled “ ‘Milled Fit for Trowsers’: Toward a Fuller[’s] Understanding of Woolen Finishing in the Mid-Atlantic from 1790 to 1830,” brought together her love of the early modern, history of technology and textiles, to explore a previously understudied craft, and was a runner-up for the program’s thesis prize. As always, she would like to thank King’s for fostering her creativity and making her the kind of writer who actually enjoyed the entire process of getting her master’s thesis on paper.
ALUMNOTES Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie, BA(Hons)’15, is a research associate at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, where she has been working on an exhibition, entitled Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe, which opened on Nov. 25 and runs until March 1, 2020. The exhibition explores the intersections of art, science and technology, and entertainment in early modern court culture. She holds an MA from the Bard Graduate Center in the history of decorative arts, design, and material culture, where her qualifying paper on the private glass workshop of Archduke Ferdinand II won the 2017 Clive Wainwright Award.
Kirk Angus Johnson, MFA’19, was one of the finalists for the RBC Taylor Prize and Mentorship program, being mentored by Kate Harris, who was the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize winner. Kirk, who served with the Canadian Armed Forces, has already secured a publishing deal with Penguin Random House for the book he is writing about PTSD and Cpl. Lionel Desmond.
Sean Young, BA(Hons)’15, has received a Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNF) Broadcasters of Atlantic Canada scholarship. The RTDNF Broadcasters of Atlantic Canada Scholarship is for demonstrated skill in broadcast journalism by a student from Atlantic Canada. Sean is currently in his first year of a Master of Journalism program at Ryerson University.
Helena Moncrieff, MFA’16, has won Heritage Toronto’s Book Award. Helena’s book The Fruitful City examines our relationship with the various fruit trees found on our streets and in Toronto backyards. It traces the rise, fall and resurgence in the popularity of fruit trees in the GTA, while sharing the cultural heritage of Toronto’s indigenous roots and the stories of recently arrived communities. King’s alumna Hannah Barrie, BA(Hons)’17, joined King’s scholarly inquiry to examine the possible connections, direct and indirect, of the university with slavery in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The comprehensive project comprises original, independent research by leading Canadian and U.S. scholars Hannah is currently an MA student in Gender Studies and Feminist Research at McMaster University. Matthew Green, BA(Hons)’17, looks back on his time at King’s from his life now in England, where he’s pursuing a Master of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University: “It felt both responsible and empowering to learn more about the various methods, values, and assumptions that shape science as a form of knowledge and as a social institution.”
In June 2019, Amelia Wilding, BA’14, graduated from a dual degree program between the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law and Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, earning a Juris Doctor and MA in International Affairs. After working internationally at the ICTY and for the Canadian government, she is completing her articles at Beach + Starkie, a criminal defence firm in Ottawa. Adding to the exciting news, Amelia married Andrew Rastapkevicius on June 29, 2019. Adriana Fraser, BSc(Hons)’15, graduated from King’s with a science degree in microbiology and HOST. After leaving King’s, she worked in cancer clinical research at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. She returned to academia at McGill University, pursuing an MA in the history of medicine with a CGS-M award. Adriana is now in her first year of doctoral studies in the history of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, supported by a SSHRC fellowship.
In the fall of 2019, Abagail Bumpus, BA(Hons)’18, joined the second-ever class of the Curating Science program, a joint venture between the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, and the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Sciences at the University of Leeds.
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ALUMNA LLEWELLYN JONES, BELIEVED TO BE CANADA’S FIRST FEMALE ENGINEER, ENTERED KING’S DURING WWI Jones was also a student here when the fire of 1920 burned the campus to the ground by Megan Krempa, History of Science and Technology student
IN 1920, LLEWELLYN MAY JONES (née Reese), graduated from King’s. She’s believed to be the first female engineer in Canada. Jones was born in Springhill, N.S., in 1899. She was the daughter of a mining family, and her father encouraged her to pursue studies to become an engineer. After attending St. Francis Xavier University for two years, she transferred to King’s where she completed her engineering education. Jones graduated in 1920, and was, at the time, only the second female valedictorian in King’s history. Her valedictory address referenced the tumultuous period they had all just lived through: “…[the] Class ’20 made its advent in College under the dark cloud of war in the autumn of ’16. In the second year its number began to diminish. Some answered the call of duty, other members have gone to other professions and other universities, and now the original class is almost without representation. During the last four years King’s has undoubtedly passed through the most difficult period in her History. To Dr. Boyle,
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our esteemed President…we owe a debt of gratitude for guiding us safely amid the most disheartening conditions. With peace came great hope for King’s, and last autumn we welcome many of our old students returning from France. How gratifying it was to know that every available room in the College was taken…” Jones also referenced the great fire of Feb. 5, 1920 that burned the original King’s campus in Windsor, N.S. to the ground in her final year, and again displayed her pluckiness by writing of the campaign to fundraise $600,000 to rebuild King’s, “… may King’s continue to win fame and glory in the future as she has in the past!”
A FORKED CAREER PATH After graduating in 1920, Jones moved to Alberta. In a later interview when she reflected back on this time, she said when applying to jobs related to her field, she came to realize employers “only wanted a Girl Friday.” Not interested in taking such a role, she returned to school, earning an education degree and going on to teach high school sciences. She was by then married to
Sid Jones, another King’s alumnus. During the Second World War, Jones finally had the opportunity to work in engineering, taking up a position as Assistant to the Chief Geologist for the provincial engineering board. She left once the war ended so that the returning servicemen could take the job. In her later years, she worked as a teacher and philanthropist in positions with the University Women’s Club in Alberta, and sat on symphony music boards. She visited King’s during a return to Springhill in the 1970s, where King’s Librarian Patricia Chalmers, BA(Hons)’80, had the opportunity to meet her. (See sidebar.) Then in 1978, at the age of 79, Jones received an MA from the University of Calgary. Her thesis explored the history of the oil and gas industry of Alberta until 1947. She spent her final years working to develop exhibits of that history for museums in Ottawa. Jones died in 1986. Llewellyn May Jones is like many of our past alumni trailblazers: ready and willing to help and make strides for others, tireless in her interests. Her achievements have been obscured by the lack of history in the field
JONES WAS PROUD OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS King’s Librarian Patricia Chalmers, BA(Hons)’80, had the opportunity to tour Jones around King’s during Jones’s 1979 campus visit. “Llewellyn May Jones received her degree from the University of Calgary in November 1978. The following summer she came back to Nova Scotia for a visit, and in early June 1979 she came to King’s, her alma mater. I was an undergraduate working as a student Library Assistant that summer. Dr. John Godfrey, the President, met with her, and then brought her upstairs to the Library, where she presented the Librarian, Mrs. Mary (Hunt) Lane, BA’38, with a copy of her M.A. thesis, “The Search for the Hydrocarbons: Petroleum and Natural Gas in Western Canada, 1883-1947.” I was asked to show Mrs. Jones around the College buildings. She was a slight, but confident and energetic presence, and maintained a lively flow of conversation while we went up and down the stairs. I have always been interested in the history of King’s, and tried to prompt her to reminisce about her undergraduate days, but she preferred to tell me about her research into the energy industry in Alberta. She was proud of her accomplishments. Mrs. Jones told me that many people thought that she must have made a fortune with all her inside knowledge of the industry, at a time when people were staking claims and striking oil. They assumed that she would have made investments based on information gained when she worked for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board in the 1940s. She was quite disdainful of this attitude, as she would have considered it a violation of a public trust, to profit personally from a privileged position.”
When applying to jobs related to her field, she came to realize employers “only wanted a Girl Friday.” Not interested in taking such a role, she returned to school.
of engineering, but in the 70s she herself said that if she were not the first female engineer, she was certainly among the first several. King’s own history of scientific and engineering education is often indistinct from that of Dalhousie’s, but it’s important to remember that our interdisciplinary model of education which today includes studying scientific texts in the Foundation Year Program, and includes an upper years honours program in the History of Science and Technology, is born of its legacy. With the centennial anniversary of King’s fire happening this year, it does us well to remember the lasting impact that alumni from that era have had on King’s and society. Llewellyn May Jones, a trailblazing pioneer, serves as an example to alumni and current students that the work done at this university has lasting impact. Sometimes, though, it takes a bit of uncovering to rediscover these stories. But King’s students not only know how to find them, but how to make history themselves.
IN MEMORIAM Eric Alcorn, (BA’88, HC’93), July 4, 2019 John Alward, 1955, September 1, 2019 Margaret (Hatt) Armstrong, (BA’50), June 19, 2019 Nigel Armstrong, (BA’84), April 18, 2019 Beryl (Whalen) Balcom, (BA’46), January 7, 2019 David Boston, (LTh’67), May 27, 2019 George Boutilier, (BA’63), April 23, 2018 Anne Bruce, (Friend of the College), December 26, 2018 Edward Burn, (DCL’91), February 6, 2019 Sandra (Jones) Caines, (BA’60), June 20, 2019 Kadri (Oolo) Campbell, (BA’66), October 17, 2018 Dolda (Ricketts) Clarke, (1957), June 17, 2019 George Daley, (BA’93), July 22, 2018 J. Trevor Eyton, Former King’s Chancellor, (DCL’02), February 24, 2019 Robert Ford, 1953, November 2, 2019 Robert Fowler, 1960, March 16, 2019 Barbara (Hendry) Goodman, (BA’47), September 8, 2019 Anne (Hill) Hart, (BA’56), October 9, 2019 William Hody, (BA’83), February 3, 2019 Arthur Irwin, (Friend of the College), January 7, 2019 Kathleen Jerome, (Friend of the College), May 30, 2018 Mary (Burchill) Kelley, (BA’50), November 12, 2019 Eric MacKay, (BA’66), July 26, 2018 George Martell, (Friend of the College), April 15, 2019 C.B. (Chuck) Piercey, (BA’57), April 4, 2019 Wendy (Harrison) Siteman, 1990, March 9, 2019 Murdock Smith, 1958, May 11, 2019 Ruth Smith, (BA’76), February 18, 2019 Elizabeth Churchill (Tolson) Snell, (DipJ’56, BA’58), September 5, 2019 Mary Tasman, (Friend of the College), June 19, 2019 Christine Williams, BJ(Hons)’83, August 22, 2019
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