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CELEBRATING OUR STORIES ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

King’s student wins big in Brussels MacLennan Scholar reflects on King’s Remembering Dr. Angus Johnston

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DEAR FELLOW ALUMNI, We did it: another year and another fabulous King’s Worldwide Alumni Celebration!

On October 19, we celebrated together, face-to-face and across the miles in cities around the globe. Celebrations took place in many new locations this year, from Tokyo to Atlanta. While some King’s grads had afternoon tea together in our gorgeous

King’s Library, others celebrated with a quiz night in London, England. We had two cities “North of 60” this year, with both Whitehorse and Yellowknife in on the fun. Once again, Corner Brook, N.L., took the prize for creativity with a lecture on Shakespeare’s life in Stratford followed by a themed “Shakespearean England” potluck dinner. Whatever the details, connection to each other and the school was paramount.

A huge thank you to all our hard-working hosts and everyone who participated. To take a closer look at the celebrations around the world, check out our photos on the WAC website at ukingswac.ca/the-wac-zone.

Even though the WAC is officially over for this year, the spirit lives on in our theme, “Find a Friend, Bring a Friend.” My coffee

date is booked with my old Alex Hall roommate, and I am hoping to host my cousin and her son as they tour King’s later this month. I hope that you also continue to connect with each other and pass on introductions to friends and family who might thrive in our tight-knit King’s environment. For more information on how to connect King’s with your community, please email kathy. miller@ukings.ca.

All the best,

Chère Chapman BSc (Hons) ’94 Chair, 2017 Worldwide Alumni Celebration

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Campus News Wayne Hankey’s retirement marked with two colloquia HYP: Opening the world of humanities to young thinkers Dr. Dorota Glowacka named to US Holocaust Memorial Museum Academic Council King’s study-abroad course takes students to Berlin Dr. Saul Green Lecture examines ethical dilemmas facing MSF King’s HOST professor recognized with prestigious Insight Grant

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LETTER FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

JEN LAURETTE

AS THIS IS MY FIRST opportunity to write to you in my new role as Alumni Association president, I want to share how excited and proud I am to be assuming this position.

For those that know me, you know my history with King’s is multifaceted—from a student and Alex Hall Campus Security to an employee with the Advancement Office and an alumna who is married to an alumnus—I can honestly say my life would not be what it is without King’s.

While I have moved on career-wise, my dedication to King’s remains unchanged.

Over the past several years, I have served on the Alumni Association executive as a member of the awards committee and chair of the branch committee. During this time, I

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learned how students and alumni alike want to strengthen the university and ensure that they remain connected. Nowhere has this been more evident than seeing how alumni eagerly support our branch development efforts or excitedly participate in our worldwide alumni celebrations.

My goals as Alumni Association president are to support President Lahey’s goals for King’s, strengthen and advance existing and new branches, and provide current and future alumni with opportunities to connect and reconnect. I believe it is through our connections—and reconnections—that we can ensure King’s remains the magical place it is for the many generations of students to come.

King’s Alumni Association is your asso-

ciation, and it is here to help you maintain your lifelong connection with the university.

I hope you can find time to strengthen your connection by attending an event, encouraging prospective students to attend King’s, reconnecting with a fellow alum or reaching out to me or the Advancement Office to learn how to be more directly involved.

I truly look forward to hearing from you and engaging with you more over the next two years.

Sincerely,

Jen Laurette, CFRE (BA ’01) President of the Alumni Association

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

WILLIAM LAHEY

A FEW MONTHS BACK, I was chatting with King’s alumnus and Bank of Canada economist, Dan de Munnik (BScH ’02), about what distinguishes our approach to higher education. After all, in a STEM-driven post-secondary environment, dominated by big players, here we are: a small liberal arts and journalism university in Nova Scotia, holding our own.

My question to Dan was, what makes a King’s education, grounded in our renowned Foundation Year Program (FYP), relevant and valuable? His answer was simple: with a degree from King’s, “You can go anywhere from here.”

And he’s right. Whether I think of conversations on my cross-country alumni tour, our second successful Worldwide Alumni Celebration or your stories in our ever-growing collection of profiles on Ukingscommunity.ca, it is clear King’s alumni make a difference. By pursuing your goals and creating a better world across a range of careers, you prove the power and adaptability of a King’s education.

So, in this edition of Tidings, we’re celebrating what makes King’s great—from our self-knowing and intellectually curious students, our dedicated faculty to you, our accomplished alumni.

In the pages that follow, you’ll meet, among many others: • Third-year student Cassie Hayward, whose passion for food security and sustainable agriculture found her in Brussels, Belgium, as part of a winning team of young leaders helping envision a new future for agriculture.

• Dr. Sundar Sarukkai, the internationally renowned public intellectual and philosopher, who spent two weeks with King’s students and faculty as our inaugural MacLennan History of Science and Technology scholar-in-residence.

• The seven alumni who are bringing the King’s touch to digital marketing leader, VERB Interactive, and its clients worldwide—and who credit their career success to the humanities foundation they built here.

I’m often asked what sets King’s apart.

Without question, we’re a place of knowledge and inquiry, academic rigour and independent thinking. But most importantly, King’s is a caring community, one that embraces learning as a shared life experience.

Here, we walk together—students, faculty, staff and alumni alike—supporting and encouraging each other as fellow seekers on this lifelong journey.

That’s what makes King’s, King’s.

And that’s what will take you anywhere from here.

So, to our beloved family of alumni and friends, we send you warmest Season’s greetings and all good wishes for 2018.

Sincerely,

William Lahey President and Vice-Chancellor

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CAMPUS NEWS WAYNE HANKEY’S RETIREMENT MARKED WITH TWO COLLOQUIA

By Dr. Peter O’Brien (BAH ’90) WHEN FACULTY COLLEAGUES retire, it is customary to celebrate their achievements, and to reflect on their years of service in teaching, scholarship and institution-building.

The retirement of Wayne Hankey (BAH first-class, University Medal in Philosophy, Valedictorian ’65) posed a peculiar challenge, however. How do you adequately to sum up a career of more than 50 years, in which prodigious output in scholarship (over 100 publications, including two monographs and several co-authored and edited volumes) is exceeded only by the multiple generations of his students, many of whom have gone on to distinguished scholarly careers themselves? Or by the expansive network of colleagues and friends across the globe?

The challenge was met by gathering a generous cross-section of these multitudes at King’s for two consecutive colloquia: “Wisdom belongs to God” and “God every day and everywhere.” From June 18 – 24, some 95 participants lived, dined, read, thought, debated and celebrated with each other, a testament both to the serious philosophical speculation that Wayne has practiced and inspired, and to the enduring friendships that have arisen out of it.

King’s alumni literally too numerous to mention here were among attendees and

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speakers in whose papers, according to Dr. Hankey, “(i)mportant and real developments…were worked out…in areas from the crucial matching of matter and the body with form and thought in Platonism, and the role of liturgy and ritual in reason, to fundamental misrepresentations of Islam dominating current conflicts.” Selections will appear in Dionysius, the journal devoted to classical and medieval philosophy and theology that Wayne has edited for many years.

The high point between the two colloquia was marked by a beautiful luncheon reception in the King’s Library, where Wayne served as Librarian between 1982 and 1993, and whose magnificent present structure he was instrumental in taking from idea to reality. Toasts were delivered, a gorgeous rendition of Adam and Eve’s Paradise duet from Hayden’s Creation was performed, and a striking portrait, painted by Aaron Weldon, was unveiled. The piece now hangs on the west wall of the Reading Room.

As apt as this week was for honouring Wayne’s long career, it has not actually ended. He was appointed Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie this spring, and continues to teach a seminar and to supervise theses. To read the colloquia papers and see photos of the two events, search faculty/arts/classics/ wisdom at Dal.ca.

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HYP: OPENING THE WORLD OF HUMANITIES TO YOUNG THINKERS

By Dr. Laura Penny (BAH ’96) IN EARLY JULY, KING’S WELCOMED 28 high school students from across Canada for the second session of Humanities for Young People (HYP), a live-in summer program that offers participants a taste of college life, while encouraging their interests in reading, writing, politics and the arts.

This year’s HYP theme was “The Challenges of Reconciliation.” The week began with the raising of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council flag in the quad and a warm welcome from President William Lahey and members of the King’s community. This year’s cohort of HYPsters enjoyed several workshops with the coordinator of Dalhousie’s Elders-in-Residence Program, Geri Musqua-Leblanc, who taught the students the history of residential schools, showed them how to make medicine pouches, and led talking circles at the beginning and end of HYP. Our 2017 HYPsters worked with King’s profs, as well as professors from Dalhousie’s Indigenous Studies program, to learn about Canada’s reconciliation process, Indigenous spiritual and cultural practices, and the history of the concept of reconciliation.

The students’ HYP experience culminated

in a public symposium at Halifax’s Central Library, featuring Lisa Robinson, Aboriginal Education Officer with Nova Scotia’s Human Rights Commission, and Charlene Bearhead, former Education Lead for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and current co-chair of the Downie-Wenjack Fund.

Registration is now open for HYP 2018.

This year’s theme is Migration, and HYP is delighted to partner with Pier 21, Canada’s Immigration Museum, where HYPsters will spend a day touring the archives and exhibits. HYP is also grateful for the continued support of Halifax’s Central Library, who will host our public symposium on Migration on July 14, featuring acclaimed Canadian author Lawrence Hill, whose latest novel, The Illegal, is a compelling take on HYP’s 2018 theme.

Do you know a high school student who’d be perfect for HYP (and maybe King’s)?

Encourage them to check out our 2018 program online at hyp.ukings.ca.

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CAMPUS NEWS

DR. DOROTA GLOWACKA NAMED TO US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM ACADEMIC COUNCIL DR. DOROTA GLOWACKA, King’s faculty member in Contemporary Studies, was recently named to the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. “I’m thrilled and honoured, as the council members represent some of the foremost Holocaust scholars in the world,” says Dr. Glowacka, who is currently on leave as a research fellow at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the museum. “By selecting the recipients of future research fellowships, the council determines the type and direction of research pursued at the museum.”

While in residence at the Mandel Center this past year, Dr. Glowacka—herself the daughter of a Holocaust survivor—has been examining the intersections between the Holocaust and the experiences of North American Indigenous peoples.

Colonial/Post-Colonial research is a rela​tively new direction in Holocaust Studies, which examines the connections between the Third Reich and colonial conquest. “My research focus is comparative genocide, which is both unusual and innovative for the

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Mandel Center, and it looks at the intersecting memories of the Holocaust and settler colonial genocide,” says Dr. Glowacka. “Hitler literally drew on examples from North America’s treatment of Indigenous peoples and transplanted them to Europe.”

“I’ve been reading Indigenous writers, poets and scholars who’ve been interpellating the Holocaust in order to draw attention to their own genocide,” adds Dr. Glowacka.

“I’m also looking at what we can learn about the Holocaust if we consider it in comparison with colonial genocide, and ask how we can enlarge our knowledge of the Holocaust by engaging with other mass atrocities or instances of genocide.”

It’s precisely this interdisciplinary and comparative perspective that Dr. Glowacka will bring to the Academic Committee.

“Until now, this committee was mostly comprised of historians and I’m not an historian,” she says. “Given the new paradigms in Holocaust research, however, the museum realized it was time to broaden its approach.”

Dr. Glowacka completed her MA in English at the University of Wroclaw, Poland,

and her PhD in comparative literature from State University of New York in Buffalo.

Since coming to King’s in 1995, she’s taught courses in philosophy and literary topics, but now focusses her research and writing on Holocaust and genocide studies.

In early November, she returned to Halifax to organize a public discussion to mark the Holocaust Education Week that brought together two close friends and fellow survivors: Ted Fontaine, a survivor of the Indian Residential School system and Nate Leipzeiger, who lived through Nazi death camps.

“This was a first for Halifax, as we’d not acknowledged the history of our Indigenous peoples in this context before,” Dr. Glowacka explained. “But it finally happened, and it was very meaningful.”

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KING’S STUDY-ABROAD COURSE TAKES STUDENTS TO BERLIN A NEW MONTH-LONG, six-credit course, “Memory, Politics, Place: Berlin’s 20th Century,” will be offered this coming May through the Contemporary Studies Program.

“So many defining events of the 20th century happened in Berlin,” says Assistant Professor in Contemporary Studies and course instructor Dr. Sarah Clift, citing historical, cultural and political events such as the Holocaust and construction/ destruction of the Berlin Wall.

“Berlin is a youthful, energetic city that is endlessly interesting and inherently thought provoking,” says Dr. Clift, who lived in the city from 1999 to 2006 while completing her PhD. Students who’ve completed King’s Foundation Year Program or at least five courses (one full year) in another program are eligible to apply. Students from Dalhousie and other universities are also welcome to apply but enrolment, which opened December 1, will be capped at 20.

Over their four weeks in Berlin, students will explore themes such as collective memory, public space and historical trauma in Germany’s capital.

Every day, students will participate in a two-hour morning lecture, with field trips in the afternoon. “For example, they could read work by James E. Young who studies Holocaust memorials, then visit the memorials he’s referencing to consider how every nation remembers the Holocaust according to its own traditions, ideals and experiences,” explains Dr. Clift. “Students will actively engage in their own experiences in these public sites.”

Participants will also visit Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, where they will consider its enormity and what effects fascism had on architecture.

“How does architecture matter to our sense of humanness, to our shared world?” Dr. Clift asks.

Dr. Clift says students will also fine-tune their sense of understanding social memory as a dynamic process rather than one that’s set in stone. Ironically one of the examples that will illustrate this point—the Stolperstein—is actually set in stone, as it’s a series of small memorial brass plaques nestled into cobblestone sidewalks.

Memorializing individuals who lived or worked near those places and lost their lives due to Nazi extermination or persecution, the Stolperstein is the world’s largest decentralized memorial.

Lessons will cover the history and politics of reunification and offer students the opportunity to engage in analyses of visual culture, including posters and Berlin street art. But though Dr. Clift will introduce students to the city, the real discovery work will come from them.“I want participants to think of themselves as sleuths uncovering things onsite.”

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CAMPUS NEWS

DR. SAUL GREEN LECTURE EXAMINES ETHICAL DILEMMAS FACING MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, the Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture has commemorated a life of compassion by featuring speakers committed to creating strong, healthy communities.

This year’s lecture was delivered by Dr. Bertha Fuchsman-Small, a family and palliative care doctor, who works primarily with new Canadians at her Montreal clinic. A humanitarian and activist, she volunteered with Médecins Sans Frontières on two missions to the Congo and now serves as a trainer for the organization.

In a wide-ranging presentation, Dr. Bertha Fuchsman-Small shared personal observations based on the first-hand experience in what are termed “chronic civil war areas.”

She focussed on the various challenges and ethical dilemmas an independent and neutral non-governmental medical organization

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faces when working in varied legal, cultural and religious contexts.

“There are no easy answers to the questions of compromise and balance facing MSF and its volunteers in the field,” explained Dr. Fuchsman-Small. “But the questions are important and must be asked regularly and repeatedly, for the answers will vary with circumstances and with the viewpoint of the questioner.”

The annual lecture celebrates the legacy of Glace Bay native, Dr. Saul Green, a fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada and the American College of Surgeons. A graduate of Dalhousie Medical School, Dr. Green served as a physician with the Canadian Army at the end of World War II and later opened a family practice in Halifax with his brother, Dr. Leo Green.

“Everyone I speak to remembers Saul Green fondly as a dedicated family doctor and general surgeon, and an avid athlete,” said President Bill Lahey. “Most of all, though, he was a loving husband and father, and a true and loyal friend.”

A founding member of the Shaar Shalom Synagogue, Dr. Green also cared deeply about the relationship between Judaism, medicine and humanitarianism. “And it’s the intersection of these three powerful concepts that served as the genesis for this lecture series,” added Lahey.

The Dr. Saul Green Memorial Lecture is made possible with generous support of King’s alumna Dr. Roselle Green and her family, along with members of the Shaar Shalom congregation.

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Dr. Roselle Green (DipJ ’65, DCL ’15) and members of the Green family with Dr. Bertha Fuchsman-Small and President Lahey.

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CAMPUS NEWS

KING’S HOST PROFESSOR RECOGNIZED WITH PRESTIGIOUS SSHRC INSIGHT GRANT DR. GORDON MCOUAT, PROFESSOR in Sciences Studies in the Contemporary Studies Program and the History of Science and Technology Program, was recently awarded an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

The funding is part of a $5.69 million package of federal research support to four Halifax universities, designed to encourage innovation in social sciences and humanities projects.

Insight Grants are intended to build knowledge and understanding about people, societies and the world by supporting research excellence in subject areas eligible for SSHRC funding.

Dr. McOuat’s project, entitled “Circulating knowledge in a post-colonial world: J.B.S. Haldane’s passage to India—biopolitics, evolution and diversity,” examines the effect on both Western and Eastern knowledge of this leading English scientist’s move to India in 1957. Haldane, who founded modern neo-Darwinism (also known as modern population biology), renounced his British citizenship to devote himself to the cause of Indian independence.

“No one has ever looked at the way the move affected Haldane’s science and, in turn, the effect this had on our understanding of modern genetics and population biology,” said McOuat. “This is the first case study in a larger study that looks at

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how knowledge circulates and changes as it crosses borders and encounters other cultures.”

“In essence, we’re looking at the circulation of knowledge and cosmopolitan science around the globe, and the constant dialogue this generates with other traditions.”

Dr. McOuat was Director of the SSHRC-funded Strategic Knowledge Cluster, a 10-year project to promote new ways of bringing together leading Canadian and international scholars studying science and

technology from philosophical, historical, sociological and cultural perspectives, along with colleagues in adjacent fields, and making that work accessible to journalists, museum workers and the Canadian public.

He also spearheads a SSHRC-funded partnership with universities in Canada, India, and South-East Asia to study “Cosmopolitanism and the local.” The findings from both research initiatives will feed into and shape Dr. McOuat’s current project.

“Projects like this demonstrate how humanities research can complement and parallel basic science research. This kind of work contributes to the important crossdiscussion that informs and addresses broader societal concepts about how science and technology affects us all.”

Dr. Peter O’Brien, VP Academic

ALUMNI PROFILE

ALEX QUON Recent journalism grad investigates restaurant inspections for three-part TV news series

By Alison DeLory

ALEX QUON (BJ ’16, MJ ’17) has conducted an investigation into seven years of data on food inspection records in Nova Scotia, discovering restaurants may not be inspected as often as you think.

A data journalist now with Global Halifax, Quon analyzed more than 43,000 inspection records and found that despite the province’s having one of the laxest inspection regimes in the country (18 months is the maximum allowable time between inspections per provincial guidelines), it hasn’t been able to meet its own standards.

His investigation into the issue yielded a three-part investigative series that pushed ratings up for Global.

“The skills I learned here (at King’s) make finding stories and communicating them easier.”

“Restaurant safety is really important and also really gross,” he told this year’s masters of journalism (MJ) students during a guest lecture he gave on campus in November 2017.

Quon came up with the idea of looking at restaurant inspections when choosing a topic for his professional project, the capstone project all MJ students complete. “I knew I wanted to use a gigantic data set…No one before me had attempted to scrape this database.”

Through an online database of restaurant inspections and multiple freedom of information requests, he discovered that 32% of the province’s restaurants that have operated in Nova Scotia during the past seven years have gone 18 months or longer without an inspection.

“Data is powerful. It formed the backbone of my (food inspection) story. From there on in it was interviews about the data to give it context,” says Quon.

When he was at King’s last year, Quon worked as a freelance reporter for Metro News. He then did a term position in the investigative unit at the CBC in Halifax before joining Global.

“Data journalism is still really new…I’ve

created a niche for myself,” he says. Quon sought extra help from professor Fred Vallance-Jones, who Quon says took time out of his own schedule to teach him outside of class. The two met at a conference three years ago where Vallance-Jones convinced Quon to move from Saskatchewan to Halifax for King’s graduate journalism programs. “If I didn’t go through King’s I wouldn’t have a job. The skills I learned here are the skills I sell myself on,” Quon says.

During his presentation, when a student asked Quon what he found most useful about his MJ degree he cited learning how to code, learning how to use numbers in a way to tell a story people are interested in, and investigative skills. “The skills I learned here (at King’s) make finding stories and communicating them easier.”

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 228TH GRADUATING CLASS AND WELCOME TO THE KING’S ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

“Education is not about systematic instruction, or following other people’s orders.

Our education has been learning the conditions for free thinking.

Because we have learned maturity, and developed and expanded our interests, we now know how to engage with the world with confidence.”

— E xcerpt from the Valedictory Address by Maggie O’Riordan Ross To read the full address visit ukings.ca/alumni/events/encaenia/2017

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LEADING PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL VISITS KING’S AS INAUGURAL MACLENNAN SCHOLAR

by Elizabeth MacDonald

THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY of Oriel MacLennan, a retired university research librarian and lifelong enthusiast of the history of science, King’s now offers an annual two-week residency for a visiting scholar in the History of Science and Technology Program. The inaugural scholar was Dr. Sundar Sarukkai of the National Institute for Advanced Studies in Bangalore, one of India’s leading public intellectuals and philosophers.

During his residency in October, Dr. Sarukkai delivered public lectures and colloquia in departments and programs across King’s, as well as at Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s, on topics ranging from the nature of mathematical knowledge to decolonizing knowledge.

For the first-ever MacLennan Lecture in the History of Science and Technology—the centrepiece of the residency—Dr. Sarukkai spoke on “Science and the Rationality of the Social” to a capacity audience of university and community members.

Drawing on recent developments such as last year’s global “March of Science” and the fractious debates over climate change, vaccination and creationism, he addressed the common notion that a modern scientific temperament can remove blind beliefs and superstitions. Using examples from India and the West, Dr. Sarukkai explored science’s relationship with other forms of knowledge and belief, wondering whether we were asking too much of science in creating a “rational public.”

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On his final day as the inaugural MacLennan Scholar, Tidings sat down with Dr. Sundar Sarukkai to talk about his recent residency at King’s. Here’s a condensed version of our conversation.

I understand you were already familiar with King’s before MacLennan residency.

Yes, I’d already been working with Dr. Gordon McOuat and his colleagues on his projects these past few years, so King’s was familiar territory and a place where you know the best work in the history of science and technology is being done.

But I was especially interested in coming back, as we’re trying to set up humanities programs in India. And the King’s program is not only very good but unique because it incorporates learning how to engage with science and technology within contemporary studies. So I thought this would be a great opportunity to come and share ideas here.

conversations. I’m impressed that King’s students are interested in particular kinds of questions about the knowledge of alternate cultural systems.

Coming from India, this conversation is very familiar to me, as we’ve been debating how to recover our pre-colonial knowledge system for a long time.

Canada is interestingly colonial. You were colonized by the British; if you’re the descendants, then you weren’t really colonized, but the First Nations people were. So you’re both colonized and colonizers at the same time, and this makes the Canadian identity different from the British, for example (who returned home after Indian independence).

King’s faculty, students and administration have been so open—the mark of a good liberal academic institution. That’s the great strength of this university.

What stood out for you over these two weeks King’s?

Within a few days of arriving, I realized both the scholars and students here were focussed on re-engagement with First Nations people. I started hearing terms like “indigenizing the university” and “decolonizing knowledge.” Many of the conversations came down to understanding “the other” and the other’s forms of thinking.

By contrast, when I was here at King’s a few years ago, you didn’t hear any of these

Talk to me more about the concept of decolonizing knowledge.

Decolonization has become a major point of reference in many cultures that were colonized. Indian education, for example, is a colonized form of education: it privileges certain kinds of methods and texts.

To decolonize means to remove those kinds of academic influences and in some sense recover what the trajectory of your cultures could have been by reading your

own texts. For example, liberty and democracy are not products solely of Western modernity. Other expressions of democracy also exist, so decolonization challenges us to consider what we are reading.

The question of decolonization also asks what kind of intellectual tradition we should be exposed to. What kinds of books should we reading? What kinds of concepts of the world should we learn and think about?

What does it mean to do colonized knowledge in Canada today, to open up what some people would consider a closed system? It’s not as simple as linking Indigineous knowledge to university knowledge.

Reading Indian, Chinese, African or other texts is not about being politically correct or liberal. These texts also hold fundamental truths and sometimes offer a very different vision of what what human life and social life should be. And that’s an important lesson about what it means to be human.

More than ever we inhabit a common world, so what happens in Halifax today can affect Cape Town tomorrow. We don’t want just one kind of imagination or one kind of people to dominate. We want it to be a little more egalitarian. So in this sense, the subject of decolonization has become a larger dialogue with different people on some forms of internationalization of ideas.

While it was not my aim in coming here, it’s been great because of the openness of people to engage in questions and debate.

And that’s only because King’s faculty, students and administration have been so open—the mark of a good liberal academic institution. That’s the great strength of this university.

How do you go about that process of bringing different ways of looking at the world into a shared knowledge system?

We create or rediscover a common vocabulary. That’s the project. For example, I’m trying to show how Indian philosophy can offer us a different way of looking at every important question in the philosophy of mathematics today.

The history of science is already an entry point into other cultures, given the fact that science and technology began in various other places—Greece, India, China, the Middle East—so any program in the history of science has to engage with that.

What’s the one thought or reflection you’ll take home with you from King’s?

The one revelation, which came to me repeatedly, was how different Canadians are from Americans. These kinds of conversations I had here with the students and

Every morning during his residency, Dr. Sarukkai met informally with students in Prince Hall, including Cédric Blais, a third-year honours student in Contemporary Studies and International Development Studies.

“I had the chance to talk to Dr. Sarukkai on many occasions during his stay at King’s, and was impressed by his dedication to a cosmopolitan philosophy. Dr. Sarukkai, who brought knowledge of both the Indian and Western philosophical traditions, encouraged us to value the study of the humanities in these science-dominated times while asking us to question

others about your relationship with First Nations or Indigenous peoples would not have happened at U.S. universities.

I was particularly struck by the reference in lectures, on posters and in emails about King’s being on unceded territory. The fact that there’s a public discussion on the residential school system here, at such a level, says everything. I also heard the term “New Canadians” for the first time, too, and find it such a positive, inclusive term for immigrants.

And that’s what impresses me about what’s happening in this country. On this trip, I saw a unique Canada. An important Canada. A new Canada.

LEFT: Dr. Sundar Sarukkai RIGHT: Dr. Melanie Frappier,

Director, History of Science and Technology Program, and Oriel MacLennan

our attitude towards the canon. Why, after all, would a 21st century Canadian philosophy student feel a stronger attachment to ancient Greek philosophy than to the multitude of other ancient traditions?

If the ideas are what truly matters, then the impulse that leads us to study the ‘Western’ canon must also compel us to look beyond it. His visit here was very much a step towards this cosmopolitan ideal, and it is my hope that the connections he made here at King’s will be a springboard towards opening the university to the wider world.”

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STUDENT PROFILE

CASSIE HAYWARD: FEEDING A HUNGRY WORLD, SUSTAINABLY King’s student part of international team on food security

by Elizabeth MacDonald

CASSIE HAYWARD GREW UP in Dartmouth, a long way from a farm. But today, her passion for sustainable agriculture and food security found her representing Canada on the winning team at the 2017 Youth Ag-Summit, held recently in Brussels, Belgium. Their project proposal—an online information portal for young Kenyan

women seeking opportunities in agriculture —will come to fruition over the coming year, thanks to a €10,000 grant from life sciences giant, Bayer.

“I was raised in a low-income family, one of four kids with a single mom, so we didn’t have a lot of opportunities,” Cassie recalls.

“But completely by accident, I was intro-

“Agriculture is probably one of the biggest growth industries over the next 20-50 years.

And we’re hoping this next agricultural boom will have a different face: sustainable, organic, maybe vertical urban farming. Who knows? But it has to be young people who make that push.”

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duced as a teenager to 4HRM, a new urban version of 4H, an amazing leadership program usually associated with rural youth.”

In her four years in 4HRM, Cassie learned life skills ranging from woodworking and cooking to public speaking. “Prior to this, I’d never been on a farm” she says.

“By the end of high school, I wanted to be a dairy farmer.”

Today, Cassie is a third-year student in political science and sustainability at King’s.

In October, her passion for food security and sustainable agriculture resulted in her being selected as one of four young Canadians, aged 18-25, to attend the prestigious international Youth Ag-Summit.

Over the course of a week, the 100 delegates representing 49 countries worked in teams, each tackling the challenge of how to feed a growing world population, sustainably. Using one of five UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)—gender equality, climate action, innovation, responsible consumption and production and quality education—each team set about developing workable solutions.

winning

“It was incredible to be in space where you’re literally from around the world, collaborating on something you’re all passionate about,” says Cassie. Together with colleagues from Salvador, Colombia, Ireland, the Ukraine, Denmark, Tanzania, Kenya, India and Indonesia, Cassie’s team had four days to design a project focussed on promoting gender equality in food security.

“With 10 people on a team, it’s all about collaboration and allowing everyone the time and space to contribute,” Cassie explains. “With such a diversity of experience and perspectives, you need to understand issues from these other points of view to create something awesome.”

After beginning, then abandoning, one concept, Cassie’s team embraced the idea of a digital platform designed to encourage young Kenyan university women to consider agriculture as a career. “There’s still a lot of stigma and bias in some cultures and communities about women being involved in business, as it’s considered a ‘man’s job,’ ” says Cassie. “We want our site to serve as a resource, providing access to information

on agricultural education, local financing options, and scholarship and bursary opportunities in local communities, while connecting the users with female leaders and mentors.”

“Addressing a systemic issue as big a gender equality requires targeting a segment of the population most able to make effective change: young university women. We wanted to facilitate a platform that really connects them to what’s going on and the opportunities open to them.”

And the Youth Ag-Summit judges and audience agreed. The group’s project, co-presented by Cassie and her colleague from Kenya, won the €10,000 first prize for its feasibility, innovation and creativity. In addition to the funding, the team will return to Europe to work with Bayer experts, who’ll train the students how to build the platform themselves. The team will also present their prototype to a group of industry representatives.

Once complete, the team hopes to pilot the site at an agricultural university in Kenya. “It’s like planting a seed: we’ll build the

platform and let the university decide how best to use it, whether as a resource or part of a course.”

“The platform concept can be adapted anywhere in the world, in any local community,” adds Cassie. “That’s its beauty. That’s what makes it sustainable.”

For Cassie, being part of an international winning team was life-changing. “I’ve never felt more ‘in place’ ever before than at this conference,” she says. “I felt like I had come home—with 99 other people who felt as passionately about a topic as I did.”

Cassie credits the King’s community with helping to set her up for success. “King’s gave me the opportunity to learn a ton of new skills,” says the varsity rugby athlete and Students’ Union member, who also holds down three jobs on campus. “Here’s where so much of my personal education happened—and continues to do so.”

ABOVE RIGHT: Cassie Hayward celebrating with colleagues from the winning Youth Ag-Summit team, Brussels, Belgium

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ALUMNI PROFILE

DR. CARRIE BEST’S LEGACY LIVES ON AT KING’S

By Alison DeLory

DR. CARRIE BEST (DCL’92), born in New Glasgow, N.S. in 1903, was said to have written her first poem when she was just four. She grew up to become a prolific writer, publisher and broadcaster, and was unafraid to call out the racial injustices she witnessed in her lifetime.

“I fought on my own terms and with my own weapons…Intelligence, patience, a lot of prayer, a lot of forgiveness,” Dr. Best said in CBC interview in 1991.

In 1943, Dr. Best confronted racial segregation at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow. She had purchased two tickets for downstairs seats to watch a movie with her son. Both of them were arrested and fought the charges to challenge the legality of the theatre’s segregation. Their case was unsuccessful, and they were ordered to pay damages to the Roseland’s owners. The experience motivated Dr. Best in 1946 to found The Clarion, a newspaper that exposed racism and explored the lives of Black Nova Scotians. Among her first big stories at The Clarion was the case against Viola Desmond, the Halifax beautician similarly

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arrested, charged and fined for sitting in the whites-only seats at the Roseland Theatre.

SKIP AHEAD SEVEN DECADES… Seventy years later, in 2016, a high school senior named Eddie Cuevas was at home in Oakville, Ont., contemplating which university to attend. With high marks, strong references and a resumé that cited his involvement in music, football, theatre and student senate, he was populating a large spreadsheet listing all his university options and scholarship opportunities. They included King’s and its $5,000 Carrie Best Scholarship.

“I researched her (Carrie Best) and found out she was a journalist…To see a black woman standing up was inspiring. It was a sign you can overcome things. Obstacles are made to be jumped over,” says Cuevas.

He won the scholarship, which is open to Black Canadian and Indigenous Canadian students and renewable for up to four years, and he’s now enrolled in the Foundation Year Program.

“I got a letter in early February telling me

I’d won. I freaked out. The letter is still on my fridge. It was a very proud moment,” says Cuevas.

Cuevas says he never thought he’d enjoy writing a paper at three in the morning, but he’s discovered the pleasure in doing so this semester. “I’m lucky and glad it turned out this way,” he says. He was also recently elected to the equity committee of the King’s Students’ Union.

Dr. Best had a similar work ethic. “We’ve got to work twice as hard. We’ve got to be twice as honest,” she told the CBC’s Jim Nunn.

Dr. Best’s newspaper lasted for 10 years.

Her son, Dr. James Calbert Best (BA’48, DCL’95), was co-founder of The Clarion and later became a Canadian diplomat.

In 1954, Dr. Best also began her own radio show, The Quiet Corner, which aired on CBC Radio out of Halifax. It was a program of poetry and music that ran for 12 years.

Then from 1968 to 1985 she wrote a column about human rights for the Pictou Advocate.

She also wrote her autobiography titled The Lonesome Road which was published in 1977.

ON COMING TO KING’S Cuevas had never been to Halifax until he arrived at King’s on move-in day, and already he’s reflective, recognizing it was a bold move, but one he’s happy he made.

He says he’s rediscovered his passion for theatre, has joined the King’s Theatrical Society and will perform in Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2.

He’s also performing at open mic nights around the city.

Sylvia Hamilton, a filmmaker and journalism professor at King’s who knew Dr. Best as a community leader and fellow church-goer, says Dr. Best also commanded attention from behind a microphone. When she received her honorary doctorate from King’s, she gave her acceptance speech in the form of a poem.

“The students were very taken with her,” says Hamilton, but the poetry recitation shocked Dr. Best’s daughter who was at Encaenia and didn’t know this was her mother’s intention.

“She (Dr. Best) was the kind of person you couldn’t say no to,” says Hamilton, who

is currently working on a series of documentaries about Dr. Best that will be shown at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown, N.S. “She was one of those individuals who had an incredible presence.”

During her lifetime, Dr. Best was granted many awards and distinctions for her work in furthering race relations, including member of the Order of Canada in 1974 and a Harry Jerome Award in 1986. She was posthumously awarded the Order of Nova Scotia in 2002 and in 2011, was commemorated on a Canada Post postage stamp. Dr. Best died at the age of 98 of natural causes in her hometown New Glasgow.

Her legacy lives on at King’s through students like Cuevas.

“I wouldn’t be here (at King’s) if it wasn’t for the Carrie Best Scholarship. It’s opened up a lot for me. It’s the reason I don’t have to have a job this semester. It’s been the most help, financially and with peace of mind, knowing it’s going to be OK,” said Cuervas.

Do you know someone who should apply for the Carrie Best Scholarship? Our application deadline is January 15, 2018, for September 2018.

ABOVE LEFT: Dr. Carrie Best ABOVE RIGHT: Eddie Cuevas signing the Matricula

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PRESIDENT LAHEY’S CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR

VICTORI A VANCOUVER CAL GA RY

PRES. LAHEY’S

CROSS-COUNTRY TALKING WITH ALUMNI

TOUR

F REDERICTON MONCTON MONTRÉ AL OTTAWA TORONTO

PRESIDENT LAHEY TOOK TO THE ROAD in June 2017. After enjoying the company of the many alumni he met in his first year at King’s, he wanted to meet more of you. The cross-country tour included eight stops, from Moncton to Victoria.

President Lahey enjoyed hearing tales from alumni of their years at King’s and was keen to share news about the College.

Thanks to all who joined us to share your thoughts about the future of alumni and King’s.

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LUNCH IN THE LODGE

INSPIRED BY HIS EXPERIENCE at his Oxford college, Exeter, President Lahey has begun hosting a popular new event for students: “Lunch in the Lodge,” designed to connect students with King’s alumni.

The format is simple—and effective.

Periodically throughout the term, approximately six to eight students, selected on a first-come, first-served basis, join the president for a light meal and conversation with a King’s alumni member.

This term, our alumni guests have been: writer Stephen Marche (BAH ’97); social entrepreneur and activist Barb Stegemann

(BA ’91, BJ ’99); public servant Joshua Bates (BAH ’02), who was senior advisor to Mayor Michael Savage and now works on implementation of Nova Scotia’s new accessibility legislation; writer and mental health advocate Helen MacDonnell (BA ’86, MFA ’15), and Brian McGuigan (BAH ’85), a lawyer who specializes in aboriginal and treaty rights and who has negotiated major land settlements.

All shared their career paths and experiences, showing how their King’s education set the stage for the contributions they have made to their community after King’s.

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BRINGING THE KING’S TOUCH TO DIGITAL MARKETING VERB Interactive tells clients’ stories, with the help of seven grads

By Dick Miller

“EVEN ON THE WORST DAYS with tight deadlines,” says Nina Cherry (BJH ’12) “I’d, ten-out-of-ten, rather be here than anywhere else.”

Erin Fitzgerald (BJ’08) is quick to agree.

“This is a dream job to me. I wake up every morning and I am excited to come to work.

I’ve been here for five years, and that’s the longest I’ve ever been in one job.”

“Here” is VERB Interactive, a digital marketing company in downtown Halifax with 105 employees, seven of whom are King’s grads. Along with Nina and Erin, there’s Stephanie McGrath (BJH ’99), Mel Hattie (BJ ’16, MJ ’17), Courtney Richardson (BA ’09), Jill Mader (BJH ’08) and Kathleen Hunter (BJH ’10).

There’s a little King’s community here.

At the moment, five of them are sitting around the conference room table. Courtney had to skip the interview to meet a deadline and Jill is on maternity leave.

“We all have each other’s backs,” says Stephanie, who is Senior Director, Content

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Strategy. And she means it not only for this group but also for the other 98 VERB employees. It’s that kind of company. Even though it has been around for 13 years, it still operates like a start-up. There are a couple of arcade-style video games just to the right as you get off the elevator. The lighting in the hallways is soft and there are big open spaces filled with natural light and busy people. There’s a well-used kitchenette to the left.

“When there’s no coffee people aren’t happy,” says Nina, who is an Associate Graphic Designer. And Mel, Content Marketing Manager, adds, “There’s a beer keg, too.”

VERB has a hierarchy, but it seems pretty flat. Kathleen, Account Manager, talks about the openness and approachability of everyone in the company.

“It’s very collaborative,” she says.

It appears to work. The company is doing well.

Stephanie explains that VERB “provides

end-to-end digital marketing for tourism and hospitality clients.”

Those clients include cruise lines, hotels and resorts with names such as Experience Kissimmee, Marriot and Amtrak Vacations.

“One of the things we do is build websites,” Steph continues.

But, being “end-to-end”, they also analyze who visits the site, what they look at, how long they stay. And there’s more—they write content for social channels for their clients, and they also measure audience reaction, constantly adjusting to meet the needs of people who are dreaming of the perfect vacation.

“We talk to our clients a lot about the journey to engagement. That means we think about how we can tell our clients’ stories about their destination or hotel or cruise from awareness and dreaming right through to booking. So our team and Nina create content for every stage of that journey. It all starts with your dream of being on this beach or on that cruise. We tap into

LEFT: back row L to R — Kathleen Hunter, Nina Cherry; front row L to R — Erin Fitzgerald, Steph McGrath, Mel Hattie RIGHT: Stephanie McGrath

what people are dreaming about and what they want to experience. People used to go on trips to collect souvenirs, but that trend is gone. What they want now is to collect experiences and memories. Our job is to tap into that emotion and tell the story of the destination in a way that makes them excited and want to book.”

It’s all about the story, as Stephanie says.

It’s no wonder that, of the seven King’s grads here, six have journalism degrees. Nina sums the company’s perspective.

“After the interview and I got the job at VERB, they said they wanted to hire me because they thought it would be a big benefit to have someone on the design team who understands story telling and content and how those two marry. People do see King’s and journalism specifically as an asset, no matter, really, what field you’re working in.

It means you can communicate well and effectively and that’s huge.”

Everyone around the table nods in agreement. They talk about plain writing and

“After the interview and I got the job at VERB, they said they wanted to hire me because they thought it would be a big benefit to have someone on the design team who understands storytelling and content and how those two marry. People do see King’s and journalism specifically as an asset, no matter, really, what field you’re working in. It means you can communicate well and effectively and that’s huge.”

Nina Cherry (BJH’12)

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getting rid of jargon when they talk to their clients. They talk about how the Foundation Year Program (FYP) taught them how to synthesize ideas and how to give presentations with confidence. And then Mel brings it back to one of the key lessons of journalism—it’s all about the story.

“In terms of transferable skills from King’s, everyone—be it an NGO or a travel company—needs professional storytelling and everyone needs to be accountable, and the best way to do that is to create stories that tell the world what you’ve done, what you are doing and what you want to do. It’s taking all those communications goals and putting them into story form.”

Nina offers an example. She says that if they were working on a campaign to entice people to visit Haida Gwaii on Canada’s West Coast, “we might pair with a poet who has this experience and tells the story—the whole page is that story. So you get to really dive into it and get that experience, but you are also learning about the place at the same time.”

A good story, Mel says, can attract new potential customers for their clients—even customers who have what might be considered niche interests.

“For one client, we discovered a bunch of birder forums in the client’s area so that told us we should create content about birding that could go on any channel like Facebook, the client’s website, a blog, any kind of social

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media they have … email, newsletter.”

But the story of a destination or company can change, and it can change quickly.

Stephanie says that they were over-thetop busy in the fall of 2017. Remember the hurricanes? They ripped through and pummeled places where some of VERB’s clients operate. They had to help those clients with swift communication, letting customers know what was going on. And, when the winds died down and the damage assessments were made, Stephanie says they turned their attention to the question of getting back down to business.

“When is it okay to start talking about the destination as being business as usual?

When is it appropriate?” she asks. “We watched the conversations online and when people stopped talking about the damage we thought, now it’s okay to go back into the market.”

Research, analysis, synthesis and stories—it’s the stuff of journalism and of contemporary marketing. VERB’S content unit even has a “newsroom” where a group meets every Wednesday afternoon to talk about what’s trending, what Facebook is doing and what’s new in their industry. Those discussions become a newsletter for their clients.

Even their individual jobs resemble those found in the news media.

“If you think of it in the traditional sense, I would be the publisher,” Stephanie says. “Erin would be the lead editor and

Mel would be like a beat reporter. Kathleen would be sales, management and client service. Nina would be working on the layout.”

They all agree that so much of what they studied at King’s helps them at VERB—so much of what made them shudder as well.

“The fear of missing a deadline still stays with me now,” says Erin. Everyone hoots at that one.

But there is something else these women bring with them from King’s besides their skills. It’s a difficult attribute to describe, but the word King’s-ness comes close.

“We have an affinity for one another,” says Kathleen.

Steph adds, “There’s definitely a personality type.”

“We all have very similar interests,” Nina says. “So, even though there are 105 people in this company, we definitely talk more together than with the other people because we have so many things in common.

Curious, fun, really weird and quirky—that’s King’s. You can have a bunch of people in a room and the loudest one will be from King’s giving their opinion about something pretentiously, but knowingly.”

They all look at each other, knowingly, and have a good laugh.

This really is a tight little King’s community.

STEWARDSHIP REPORT 2016/17

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STEWARDSHIP REPORT April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2017 IT IS AN HONOUR to recognize you, our donors, the people who seize and hold firmly the significance of what we do at King’s. As I reach the midway mark of my second year as president, I am honing my own appreciation for the uniqueness of the experience we offer our students and how that manifests in the varied and fulfilling lives our alumni carve for themselves.

Just recently I wrote a note to Paul Halley, our Music Director that read, “On Friday evening, I had Paula and Peter O’Brien (Vice President) and (former president) Bill Barker in for a drink after our contribution to the Odyssey Live reading for Halifax Humanities underway in Alumni Hall. On way to the Lodge, we passed swing dancing in the hall and an overflowing Wardroom. We crossed paths with Daniel Halpern, one of the producers of the current KTS production, Ubu Roi, who told us they had a very full house in The Pit. Once back in the Lodge, having the beautiful sound of the Choir coming from the Chapel as we sat down for our drink was icing on our cake.”

Not every day is as relaxed as this, but I share my musing to testify to the unavoidable vitality of daily student life through which your generosity indelibly weaves. Your gifts augment regular and extra academic programming and provide student assistance to help make it more accessible. Your gifts recognize student accomplishments, provide seed funding for their ideas, care for their campus, their student societies, library holdings and much more.

The gifts we receive, and continue to receive, help to protect us from the constant external pressures we face as a university with a specialized focus on Humanities and Journalism. Although there are fragile aspects to today’s university environment, we have done remarkably well as a small institution. This is in large part due to our donors today, and to the donors of the past whose vision created endowment funds upon which we draw annual support and greater stability. From here, I have the privilege of seeing your gifts in action every day. On behalf of all of us in this collegial community, thank you.

TOTAL FUNDS RAISED Bequests

$36,470

Annual Fund

$260,695

Gifts

$878,288

In-Kind

$9,777

TOTAL $1,185,230

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William Lahey President and Vice-Chancellor

ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, our benefactors.

And, with deep gratitude, we note that there are more of you to thank than there were last year. Further, your generosity abounds. Your total giving to King’s is up 56%. And King’s faithful Annual Giving Fund donors raised the bar to new heights in 2016/17, too. Special thanks to those who provide this fund its steady core, and to those of you who are building its momentum.

With this news, I think it’s safe to say that philanthropy is flourishing within the King’s community. With your continued help we will grow well into the future. We owe you, the donors who enrich and strengthen all aspects of King’s, our sincere appreciation. It’s an honour, as well as great fun and a great pleasure, to work with you.

YOUR GIFTS DIRECTED Unrestricted

Athletics Chapel Chapel Chior Student Support Student Life Campus Renewal Other

Adriane Abbott, Director of Advancement

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$109,976

ibraries & Academic L Programmes $51,429 $1,175 $34,818 $65,616 $320,071 $11,540 $576,770 $13,835

TOTAL $1,185,230

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DONOR ROLL Ann (Creighton) Day Paul Cassel & Diane de Camps Meschino Kenneth Dekker ∂ Fraser Dewis & Marilyn (Lingley) Dewis J. Mark & Rachel (Swetnam) DeWolf Andrew Dick Blair Dixon Susan Dodd ∂ Jane Dover Alex Doyle Bethany Draper Alan Dryer Stephanie Duchon ∂ Robert Dunsmore ∂ Andree Duquette Diocesan Synod of Fredericton Bala & Satya Elango C. Russell Elliott ∂ Peter Ellis Jennifer Elvidge Howard Epstein Karen & James Farquhar Monica Farrell ∂ Alyssa & Matthew Feir ∂ Wilson Fitt & Thelma Costello Brian Flemming David Fletcher Phillip Fleury ∂ Ian Folkins ∂ Ilze Folkins ∂ Susan Folkins Brenda & Robert Franklin ∂ J. Roderick Fraser Linda & Gregor Fraser Marion Fry ∂ Jim & Sally Garner Peter Giddens Dorota Glowacka ∂ Victoria Goldring Nestor Gomez John Gorrill ∂ Judah Gould Andrew Graham Gayle Graham Nicholas Graham Nita H. Graham Patrick Graham & Naomi Blackwood Charlotte (Graven) Cochran David Gray Jennifer Gray Roselle Green ∂ Bev Greenlaw & Sylvia Hamilton Anne Gregory

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Mary Grise & Christopher Mogan Joanna Grossman Maureen Gurney & Kenneth Goessaert ∂ Gregory Guy Patricia Gwin Nick Halley Catherine & David Hamilton ∂ Geraldine Hamm ∂ Wayne J. Hankey Timothy Hardy Carla & Steve Harle ∂ Peter Harris Sarah & Michael Harrison Nicholas Hatt Michael & Kathy Hawkins Marnie Hay E.Kitchener Hayman ∂ Annette Hayward C. William Hayward ∂ David Hazen Douglas Hazen ∂ Harold Hazen Mark & Shirley (Wall) Hazen ∂ Penny & Ken Headrick Alan Hebb Ross & Linda Hebb James Helmke Paul & Penelope Henry Wendy Hepburn David Herbert Tammy Hermant Peter Herrndorf & Eva Czigler Bernard Hibbitts Angela Hill Cindy & Brent Hirtle Jennifer & George Hiseler John Hobday Paige Hochschild Annemieke Holthuis Neil Hooper ∂ Dennis & Doris House James Howison Michaela Huard Caroline (Bennet) Hubbard Ian & Catherine Hugill Diane & Paul Hurwitz ∂ Robert Hyslop ∂ Erin Iles Ranall & Sherry Ingalls IWK Medical, Dental, Scientific, and Affiliated Staff (MDSAS) Simon Jackson Ally & Hersh Jacob Alan Levine & Iris Jacobson Rhonda Jansen & Brad Faught Kelli & Oliver Janson

Ian Johnson ∂ Paula Johnson ∂ Andrew Judge Benjamin Kates Janet Kawchuk Doreen Kays Genevieve Keen Jennifer Keenan & Donald Raymond Danford & Mary (Burchill) Kelley Christopher & Emily Kelly Edward Kelly Tony Kelly Karen & John Kemp Glen & Glenda (Cummings) Kent ∂ Stephen Kimber ∂ Stephen Knowles ∂ Martina Kolbe & Stefan Pieper-Kolbe Phil Kretzmar & Kaarina Baker Frances (Kuret) Krusekopf ∂ Patricia Langmaid Jennifer Laurette Caleb Lawrence ∂ Sean Lawrence Susan LeBlanc Thomas Ledwell John & Nancy Leefe ∂ George Lemmon ∂ T.C. Leung ∂ Margaret Little Ruth Loomer ∂ Bill & Stella Lord Susan & Tim Lorimer Richard Sean Lorway Iain R.M. Luke ∂ Gregory Lypny ∂ Beth MacDonald & Joseph Clarke Elmer MacDonald Lesa MacDonald David & *Margaret (Currie) MacDonald ∂ Kevin MacDonell Ken & Mary MacInnis ∂ David Mackay ∂ Margaret Mackay Kathleen MacKeigan & Chris Gibson John MacKenzie ∂ Norman MacKenzie ∂ Jill MacLean John MacLean Stephen & Julianne (Doucet) MacLean Russell MacLellan ∂

Oriel MacLennan Jennifer (Bassett) MacLeod Michael & Cynthia (Edwards) MacMillan Marli MacNeil ∂ Adrienne Malloy James Mann ∂ Robert, Marsha & James Mann Robert Mann ∂ Wayne & Elsie Manuel Mary Martin ∂ Elizabeth May Heather May ∂ Allen McAvoy ∂ Mary Grace (Macdonald) McCaffrey ∂ Kim McCallum ∂ Alexandra McCann Kathryn & Leo McCluskey Frances (Smith) McConnell Paul & Lucy McDonald Mark McElman & Katie Bowden Astri Prugger & John McGaughey Robin McGee & Andrew Hurst Graham McGillivray Christa McGuirk Ian & Johanne (Zwicker) McKee Cal McMillan ∂ Grace McNee & Family Stuart McPhee David Mercer Leanne Mergelas Beverley Millar ∂ Carol Miller Gary Miller ∂ Kathy & Dick Miller Nicole Miller Catherine (Rhymes) Misener Edward Mishaud Janet Mitchell Ronald & Susan Mitton Penny Frances Moody-Corbett Stuart Moore Andrew Morrison & Jennifer Morawiecki ∂ David Morris ∂ Brendan Morrison ∂ Joan Morrison Susan & Bruce Moxley Penny Moxon Stephen Murray Diane Murray Barker ∂ David & Margaret (Harris) Myles Peter Nathanson ∂ Duncan Neish Jane Neish

DONOR ROLL Newspapers Atlantic Kenneth & Brenda Niles Rodger & Melissa (Gillespie) Noel Peter O’Brien Valerie O’Brien Malcolm Ogborn Anne O’Neil ∂ Debra O’Neil Fran Ornstein ∂ Jessica & William Osborne Robyn Osgood & Christopher Ashwood John Page Owen & Elizabeth (MacDonald) Parkhouse Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University Kelly Patterson & Peter Buckley Charlotte (MacLean) Peach ∂ LeRoy Peach ∂ Pediatricians of the Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre Gary Pekeles & Jane McDonald ∂ Sandra Penney Arthur & Elizabeth (Baert) Peters Robert Petite George Phills Diane Pickard & Russell Bamford C.B. (Chuck) Piercey ∂ Ranjit Pillai Simone Pink & Doug Mitchell Ann Pituley ∂ Rob Platts & Rachel Syme Frances A. Plaunt Helen & John Poletes David Pond Elizabeth Murray & Gary Powell ∂ Helen Powell ∂ Peter Power Morton Prager ∂ Margo Pullen Sly ∂ Christina Quelch Irene Randall ∂ Elizabeth (Strong) Reagh ∂ F. Alan Reesor Peter Rekai Ryan Rempel & Joanne Epp Iris (Martell) Richards Patrick Rivest Anna Ruth (Harris) Rogers ∂ Henry & Phoebe Roper ∂ Bala Jaison & Marc Rosen ∂ Janice Rosenitsch

Stephen Ross & Mary O’Riordan Michael Rudderham ∂ Elizabeth (Betsy) Rumble Elizabeth Ryan ∂ Helen Anne Ryding Saint John Regional Hospital, Department of Pediatrics Katie & James Salem Stanley & Anne Salsman Mark Sampson Jennifer Saunders B. Lynn Sawyer Daniel Sax Nicholas Scheib Matthias Schmidt Barbara Scott Douglas Scott Richard Scott Karen Servage & John McGugan David Sheppard Brian Sherwell ∂ Jack Siemiatycki Carrie & Peter Simon Patricia Simpson & Kim Read Lynda Singer Bernard Singh Katharine Sircom Barbara Smith ∂ Ben Smith ∂ Roslyn Smith Stephen Snobelen ∂ Peter & Elizabeth (Bayne) Sodero ∂ Andrew Sowerby ∂ Susan & David Speigel Detlev Steffen Ian Stewart Dora Stinson Michael Stinson Thomas Stinson ∂ Kevin & Janice Stockall Carmon Stone John Stone Frances Strauss Dorian Stuber Lynn Sully & Ward Stendahl Livingston Sutro John Swain ∂ David Swick ∂ Lisa Taggart ∂ Dusty & Charles Tarbell Elaine Taylor Elizabeth & Simon Taylor R. Brian & Sheila Taylor D. Lionel Teed ∂ Jerome Teitel ∂ Geraldine Thomas

Donald & Mary (Archibald) Thompson ∂ Paul Thomson Chelsea Thorne ∂ Gary Thorne Sarah Thornton Shirley Tillotson ∂ Robyn Tingley Keith Townley ∂ Sabrina Uswak Fred Vallance-Jones ∂ Pauline Verstraten Elizabeth Vibert Thomas & Nora (Arnold) Vincent ∂ Nancy (Clark) Violi ∂ Benjamin von Bredow Anne von Maltzahn Isabel Wainwright John Wainwright Mordecai Walfish ∂ Richard Walsh ∂ Karolyn Waterson & Carl Boyd Anita & Elliott Weidman Ariel Weiner William Wells ∂ Alvin Westgate & Cathy Ramey-Westgate Christopher J. White ∂ Tara Wigglesworth-Hines Peter & Irene Wilkinson William Williams ∂ Hugh Williamson Jan Winton James Wood Kathryn Wood Wendee Wood ∂ Glenn & Karen(Cordes) Woods Michele Wood-Tweel Peter & Maida Woodwark Hugh Wright Judy Wright Des Writer Li Zhou & Hai Xiao CUPOLA CLUB (up to $99) anonymous (4) Paula Adamski James Allard Trina (Boutilier) Amadio Kenneth Askew Karla & George Atwood Kathleen Bain Richard Bartram Joshua Bates John & Lorraine Baxter David & Margaret Beggs Cindy & Spencer Belyea

Elliott Bent Gilbert Berringer ∂ Rebecca Best Joy Blenman Julian Cyril Bloomer Carrie Bolton Vanessa Bonneau Sjoerd Borst Bob Bortolussi Mike Bowman Vince Bowman James & Marion (Ware) Boyer Margaret & Maurice Breslow Myrna Brown & Nathan Gilbert Rae Brown Lawrence & Jane (Reagh) Bruce-Robertson Rene Bruemmer Sue Bruemmer Ronald Buckley ∂ Matt Buckman Jackson Byrne Katrina Byrne Rachael Cadman Anne Cameron ∂ IWK Auxiliary Nancy Campbell ∂ Davis Carr John Chance Clare Christie ∂ Lyssa Clack Ginny (Lewis) Clark Dolda Clarke ∂ Michael Cobden Janet Cochran John Cook ∂ Robert Craig ∂ John Creelman Veronica Curran Cliodna Cussen Nevin Cussen Arthur Cuzner ∂ Caroline (Lightfoot) Dacosta Guenevere Danson Dr. Yasmine David & Family Douglas Davis ∂ Ingrid D’eon Alexander Desiré-Tesar Carol (Coles) Dicks ∂ Sarah Dingle & Carl Lem Heather (Hamilton) Doepner Jennifer Duchesne Sandra Dwyer Gordon Earle ∂ Alexander & Stacey (MacDonald) Forbes Maria Franks Grace Galati

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DONOR ROLL Isabelle Gallant Cynthia Gatto & Kevin MacDonald Edward Gesner Alfred Spurr Gilman Joan Gilroy ∂ Carol Gold Jennifer & Sean Gorman Emily Graham Terrance Graham ∂ Barb Granek Gutstein Elizabeth Hanton ∂ Susan Harris ∂ Karen Harrison Keith Hatfield Lillie Haworth Pamela Hazel H. Douglas Hergett ∂ Jessica Herschman Nancy Herve ∂ Michael Hoare ∂ Barbara Hodkin Bruce Howe Chloe Hung James Hunter W. Eric Ingraham Kieran Innocenzi Debbie James ∂ Claudette (Callbeck) Johnston David A. Jones Jesper Jorgen Michael Kaczorowski Tara Kapeluch Simon Kaplan Lauren Kay Gladys (Nickerson) Keddy ∂ John Kennedy & Karen Olsson Catherine Kingston W. J. Tory & Margaret (von Maltzahn) Kirby Mary Beth Knight ∂ Simon Kow ∂ Diane Kuipers David Kumagai Jacob Langer & Ferne Sherkin-Langer Adrian Lee Clifford Lee David Lewis Xiang Li Catherine Lipa Thomas Lissaman Casey Lynch Christina Macdonald ∂ Ronald A. MacDonald Alexa MacKay Eric MacKay ∂ Linda MacLean

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Rory MacLellan Ronald Marks M. Garth Maxwell ∂ Barbara (Neish) McArthur Lori McCay-Peet Warren McDougald Gillian McGillivray Molly McKay Caitlin McKeever Natalie McLeod & Nikolas Capobianco Steve McNally Elizabeth McNeil Gary & Bethany Miles ∂ Hilary Molyneux Elizabeth Montgomery ∂ Paul Moore Angus Morgan Andrew O’Neill ∂ Kevin Pask Neil Pierobon Cynthia (Smith) Pilichos ∂ Brenda & Stephen Polstra Ian Porter Marcia Porter Ingrid Sketris Mark & Carolyn Power Nancy (White) Power Victoria Prostak Colin Charles Pye & Maria Ceolin Kevin Reinhardt Natalie Rekai Lars Renborg Mark Rendell Andrew Robertson Sheila (Fenton) Robinson Carol (Fairn) Rogers Emma Romano Jennifer Roos Gillian (Bidwell) Rose ∂ Richard Rowberry Melvyn Sacks Bonnie Sands George Sapp Mary (Marwood) Sargeant ∂ Myra (Crowe) Scott Jennifer Seamone Aden Seaton & Howard Krongold Shelley Shea ∂ James Shields Ellen Sim Taylor Simon Ann Smith Jamie Smith Anne Snow Pat Song & Chris Hancock

Sharon & Jack Spence Michael Steeves Heather (Christian) Stevenson David Stewart Ewa Szudek Scott & Jennifer Tarrant Liz Tarshish Dylan Tate-Howarth Karis Tees Edward Thompson Shawn Thompson Kelly Toughill ∂ Randy & Deborah Townsend Catherine Tuck Randolph Tyler Upper Grand District School Board Joe Van Ryn & Nora Sheffe Hendrik Veltmeyer Leslie Vogt Charles Wainwright Angela Walker Terrance Wasson ∂ Shannon Webb John Weeren ∂ Margy Winthrow Amichai Wise The Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Wissler ∂ Jaymie Stuart Wolfe & Andrew Wolfe Ken Woroner & Tamara Deverell Shelley Zucchi *deceased LEGACY Estate of Fraser Lawrence Burke Estate of Mary Isabel Henderson Estate of F.C. Manning ∂ IN MEMORY OF Susan Marie Barker Margaret Barnard Malcolm Bradshaw Andrew Butler Dan Canfield Innis Christie Allan Conrod John F.S. Crocker Jane Curran Sarah Dubé Gordon Dunphy Louise Ghiz Peggy Heller Joan Holman Elizabeth Horlock Daina Kulnys

Colin MacLean Burns Martin Anabella Mazur Dr. Daniel O’Brien Adrian Potter Hugh Francis Haswell Pullen Peter G. Rae Helen Roby Margaret Amelia Campbell & Ernest Bishop Spurr Robert Tuck Leslie Ann (Cutler) Walsh IN HONOUR OF Matthew Apostolides Celine Beland Niko Bell Nancy Blake Jackson Byrne & Rebecca Best Jackie Cappell Tia and George Cooper Eli Diamond Dorota Glowacka Dale Godsoe William Lahey Julia Lewis Colin Nicolle Gabrielle Rekai Sarah Toye Shawn Weidman SPONSORSHIPS Advocate Printing & Publishing Scotiabank Commercial CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) CFFI Ventures Inc. Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada Chartwells Duffus Romans Kundzins Rounsefell Ltd. Eastern Building Cleaners Inc. Floors Plus Commercial Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. G & R CPA Grant Thornton LLP Grinner’s Food Systems Limited MacGregor Brown Plumbing & Heating Limited Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Gillian McCain RBC Royal Bank Dean & Carnegy Group, ScotiaMcLeod TD Insurance Meloche Monnex The Walrus Foundation Wilson Fuel Company Limited

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As an example of the gifts that came to King’s this year, we thank Shirley Isabel Bradshaw for establishing the Malcolm Henry Bradshaw (1957) Scholarship in her husband’s memory. Malcom (Mac) studied pre-law at King’s and was a resident student for four years in the 1950s. In 1956 he received the R.L. Nixon Award for Best Contribution to Residence Life. He also served on the King’s Board of Governors from 19791981. Shirley established the scholarship “to honour the special place King’s held in Mac’s heart and all it meant to him and to many others.” The Bradshaw’s generosity will assist future first-year students at the college.

DONOR ROLL BY DECADE 1937 C. Russell Elliott ∂ 1938 Robert Dunsmore ∂ 1942 Iris (Martell) Richards 1943 Julian Cyril Bloomer 1944 John Carling 1947 Edward Thompson 1948 *Alberta Boswall ∂ Anne Cameron ∂ Danford Kelley Brian Sherwell ∂ David K. Wilson ∂ 1950 J. Roderick Fraser Mary (Burchill) Kelley Johanne (Zwicker) McKee 1951 anonymous (1) Hope Clement ∂ W. Eric Ingraham Gillian (Bidwell) Rose ∂

1952 Donald Clancy ∂ Arthur Cuzner ∂ E.Kitchener Hayman ∂ Elmer MacDonald Frances (Smith) McConnell Anna Ruth (Harris) Rogers ∂ 1953 Donald Beanlands Carol (Coles) Dicks ∂ Marion Fry ∂ Ruth Loomer ∂ Barbara (Neish) McArthur Joan Morrison Peter Power 1954 Keith Barrett ∂ John Gorrill ∂ Alan Hebb David MacDonald ∂ 1955 anonymous (1) John Cook ∂ *Margaret (Currie) MacDonald ∂ 1956 Gilbert Berringer ∂ Ann (Creighton) Day Harold Hazen George Phills Ann Pituley ∂

1957 Dolda Clarke ∂ Caroline (Bennet) Hubbard John MacKenzie ∂ C.B. (Chuck) Piercey ∂ Elizabeth (Strong) Reagh ∂ Mary (Marwood) Sargeant ∂ Ben Smith ∂ Isabel Wainwright 1958 Joan Aitken ∂ George Caines ∂ Fred Christie ∂ Joan Gilroy ∂ C. William Hayward ∂ Michael Rudderham ∂ 1959 Janet Cochran Norman MacKenzie ∂ LeRoy Peach ∂ Elizabeth (Baert) Peters Donald Thompson ∂ 1960 Sandra (Jones) Caines ∂ Arthur Peters Mary (Archibald) Thompson ∂ 1961 James Boyer David Myles Richard Walsh ∂

1962 anonymous (1) Marilyn ( Lingley) Dewis Geraldine Hamm ∂ Caleb Lawrence ∂ Russell MacLellan ∂ Sharon Spence Nancy (Clark) Violi ∂ John Wainwright 1963 anonymous (1) T. Frederick Baxter ∂ Marion (Ware) Boyer Charlotte (Graven) Cochran ∂ Gwendolyn Davies ∂ Fraser Dewis Gordon Earle ∂ Linda Fraser Edward Gesner Charlotte Graven Cochran Doreen Kays Genevieve Keen Stephen Knowles ∂ David Morris ∂ Melvyn Sacks Elizabeth (Bayne) Sodero ∂ D. Lionel Teed ∂ Nora (Arnold) Vincent ∂ 1964 Nicola Butler Donald Chard Burdette Coates-Storey Blair Dixon Lillie Haworth H. Douglas Hergett ∂ David A. Jones T.C. Leung ∂ Anja Pearre Barbara Smith ∂ William Wells ∂ Judy Wright 1965 anonymous (1) Roselle Green ∂ Wayne J. Hankey Michael Hoare ∂ Nancy Leefe ∂ Cal McMillan ∂ Lois Miller ∂ Margaret (Harris) Myles Carmon Stone John Stone Thomas Vincent ∂ William Williams ∂

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DONOR ROLL 1966 Margaret (Burstall) Brown Ronald Buckley ∂ Carolyn (Tanner) Chenhall ∂ Annette Hayward Glen Kent ∂ John Leefe ∂ Eric MacKay ∂ James Mann ∂ M. Garth Maxwell ∂ 1967 Mary Barker ∂ David Boston Clare Christie ∂ John Creelman Douglas Hazen ∂ Bruce Howe Glenda (Cummings) Kent ∂ Carol Miller Charlotte (MacLean) Peach ∂ Sheila (Fenton) Robinson 1968 anonymous (1) Jean (Kryszek) Chard Ginny (Lewis) Clark Peter Coffin J. Mark DeWolf Peter Harris Keith Hatfield Claudette (Callbeck) Johnston Edward Kelly Ronald A. MacDonald Cynthia (Smith) Pilichos ∂ Beverly (Zannotti) Postl ∂ 1969 *Robin Calder ∂ Marilyn (McNutt) Cregan ∂ Richard Cregan ∂ Larry Holman ∂ Robert Hyslop ∂ Ronald Marks Stuart McPhee David Mercer Janet Mitchell John Page Robert Petite Helen Powell ∂ Elizabeth Ryan ∂ Lynda Singer 1970 D. Feversham Arnold Peter Ellis David Mackay ∂ Heather (Christian) Stevenson Hugh Williamson 32

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1971 Ken MacInnis ∂ Penny Frances Moody-Corbett Rodger Noel Irene Randall ∂ Sheila Taylor The Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Wissler ∂

1972 anonymous (1) M. Joan Christie Rachel (Swetnam) DeWolf Ian Johnson ∂ Gladys (Nickerson) Keddy ∂ Linda MacLean Mary Grace (Macdonald) McCaffrey ∂ Carol (Fairn) Rogers 1973 Glenn Davidson Phillip Fleury ∂ Cathy Ramey-Westgate R. Brian Taylor Charles Wainwright Alvin Westgate 1974 Wilson Fitt Susan Harris ∂ Kim McCallum ∂ Melissa (Gillespie) Noel John Swain ∂ 1976 anonymous (1) Peter Bryson W. J. Tory Kirby Adrienne Malloy Myra (Crowe) Scott 1977 Wendy Davis ∂ Michaela Huard Tony Kelly Margaret (von Maltzahn) Kirby 1978 Robert Craig ∂ Jennifer (Bassett) MacLeod Kevin Reinhardt Patrick Rivest 1979 anonymous (1) Andrew Graham

1980 Leslie (Donald) Behnia ∂ Patricia Chalmers ∂ Bev Greenlaw David Hazen Bernard Hibbitts Richard Sean Lorway Barbara Scott Shelley Shea ∂ 1981 Thomas Curran ∂ Elizabeth Hanton ∂ Ross Hebb Margaret Little Catherine (Rhymes) Misener 1982 Robert Dawson ∂ Susan Folkins Stacey (MacDonald) Forbes Annemieke Holthuis Kim Kierans ∂ Marli MacNeil ∂ 1983 Kathleen Bain Jane (Reagh) Bruce-Robertson Thomas Eisenhauer Alexander Forbes Terrance Graham ∂ David Stewart 1984 Anne Gregory Michael Hawkins Susan LeBlanc Debra O’Neil Kevin Stockall 1985 Lawrence Bruce-Robertson Mark Hazen ∂ Shirley (Wall) Hazen ∂ Iain R.M. Luke ∂ Stephen Murray Marcia Porter Neil Robertson ∂ John Weeren ∂ 1986 anonymous (2) Christopher Elson ∂ Ian Folkins ∂ Simon Jackson Andrew Laing ∂ Peter Nathanson ∂ Angela Walker

1987 anonymous (1) Jonna Brewer Susan Dodd ∂ Victoria Goldring Patrick Graham Gregory Guy Jennifer Inglis Julianne (Doucet) MacLean Stephen MacLean Gillian McCain Stuart Moore Ellen Sim Katharine Sircom Elaine Taylor James Wood 1988 Terri Lynn Almeda ∂ Jennifer Balfour ∂ Laurelle LeVert ∂ Terrance Wasson ∂ 1989 David Carter Caroline (Lightfoot) Dacosta Christopher Mogan Owen Parkhouse 1990 Trina (Boutilier) Amadio Daniel Brandes ∂ Nicholas Graham Jennifer Gray Peter O’Brien Elizabeth (MacDonald) Parkhouse Jennifer Seamone Paul Thomson Llewellyn Turnquist 1991 Jennifer Bell Rebecca (Moore) Brown ∂ Paul Charlebois ∂ Lyssa Clack Marnie Hay Kevin MacDonell Shannon Webb Kathryn Wood 1992 anonymous (1) Kenneth Dekker ∂ Maria Franks Kevin Gibson ∂ Mary Grise Tara Kapeluch Sandra Penney Jennifer Saunders

DONOR ROLL 1993 Andrew Dick Judah Gould Sean Lawrence Thomas Lissaman Lesa MacDonald Suzanne Wheeler Romeo ∂ 1994 Paula Adamski Katie Bowden Chère Chapman ∂ Gord Cooper ∂ Peter Giddens Paige Hochschild Peter Jelley ∂ Frances (Kuret) Krusekopf ∂ Cynthia (Edwards) MacMillan Michae MacMillan Lori McCay-Peet Mark McElman Gillian McGillivray Jennifer Morawiecki ∂ Andrew Robertson Sarah E. Stevenson ∂ Lisa Taggart ∂ Christopher J. White ∂ 1995 Carolyn Gibson ∂ Andrew Morrison ∂ Christina Quelch Nicholas Scheib 1996 Eric Aldous ∂ Roberta Barker ∂ Laura Penny Jennifer Roos Elizabeth (Betsy) Rumble 1997 anonymous (1) Rene Bruemmer Heather (Hamilton) Doepner Angela Hill Mary Beth Knight ∂ Colin Charles Pye Mark Sampson Dorian Stuber Robyn Tingley 1998 Sjoerd Borst Fredrik Bruun Andrew O’Neill ∂ Ranjit Pillai Aden Seaton Leslie Vogt

1999 Rae Brown David Butorac Gordon Cameron 2000 Sarah Dingle Carl Lem Amichai Wise 2001 anonymous (1) Lauren Brodie Howard Krongold Jennifer Laurette Catherine Lipa Robert Mann ∂ Jane Neish Sarah Thornton 2002 Joshua Bates Daniel de Munnik ∂ Thomas Ledwell Allen McAvoy ∂ Edward Mishaud Michael Steeves Des Writer 2003 Naomi Blackwood Nicholas Hatt John MacLean Nancy (White) Power Andrew Sowerby ∂ Glenn Woods Karen (Cordes) Woods 2004 Ingrid D’eon David Herbert Jessica Herschman Benjamin Kates Caitlin McKeever 2005 Dawn Tracey Brandes ∂ Colin Burn Joanna Grossman Wendy Hepburn Duncan Neish Daniel Sax Frances Strauss Chelsea Thorne ∂ Tasya Tymczyszyn ∂

2006 Jane Baldwin Elliott Bent Terra (Duncan) Bruhm ∂ Jennifer Elvidge Brendan Morrison ∂ 2007 Myra Bloom Cliodna Cussen Graham McGillivray Mordecai Walfish ∂ 2008 anonymous (1) Vanessa Bonneau Guenevere Danson Isabelle Gallant 2009 Alyssa Feir ∂ Chris Gibson Christina Macdonald ∂ Kathleen MacKeigan David Sheppard 2010 Clifford Lee Rory MacLellan 2011 Matthew Feir ∂ David Kumagai Adrian Lee David Lewis Lars Renborg B. Lynn Sawyer Sabrina Uswak

Nevin Cussen Stephanie Duchon ∂ Kieran Innocenzi Simon Kaplan Warren McDougald Elizabeth McNeil Angus Morgan Emma Romano 2014 Matt Buckman Hilary Molyneux James Shields Dylan Tate-Howarth Shawn Thompson 2015 anonymous James Hunter Xiang Li Molly McKay Ariel Weiner 2016 Jesper Jorgen Karis Tees 2017 Hendrik Veltmeyer Benjamin von Bredow ∂ represents 5 + years

of consecutive giving ∂ represents 10 + years

of consecutive giving. They are awarded a “King’s Crown”

2012 Richard Bartram Mike Bowman Davis Carr Veronica Curran Alexander Desiré-Tesar Bethany Draper Chloe Hung Casey Lynch Elizabeth Montgomery ∂ Mark Rendell 2013 anonymous (2) Rebecca Best Joy Blenman Jackson Byrne Rachael Cadman

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ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT RAISES FUNDS FOR KING’S ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS ON AUGUST 22, alumni and friends hit the greens at Granite Springs Golf Club for the Alumni Association‘s 24th Annual Golf Tournament. Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, players, friends and prize donors, the University of King’s College Alumni Association will present 20 King’s students with entrance awards of $1,000 each in 2018. We couldn’t have done it without you!

MASTER LEVEL SPONSORS

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ALUMNI HONOURED AT ANNUAL DINNER ALUMNI SPANNING 60 YEARS of graduating classes celebrated their shared history and reconnected with friends and fellow alumni at the 2017 Alumni Annual Dinner on May 27. Alumni from the class of ’92 were honoured with 25-year anniversary pins, while seven fellow classmates who graduated in 1967 received commemorative 50-year anniversary pins.

As part of the evening’s celebrations, Douglas Ruck (BA ’72) received the Judge J. Elliot Hudson Award. Doug is a lawyer and arbitrator with extensive experience in the fields of labour and employment law, human rights, civil litigation and administrative

law. He oversaw the consolidation of six of the major labour and employment tribunals in Nova Scotia as the first full time Chairperson of the unified Nova Scotia Labour Board. Doug also served as the Ombudsman of Nova Scotia. He devotes considerable time to volunteer and community work. In addition to his King’s degree, Doug holds a law degree from Dalhousie, and is a member of the Queen’s Counsel.

Kevin Gibson (BAH ’93) was inducted into the Order of the Ancient Commoner for his service to King’s. As Secretary to the Board of Governors for 10 years (2006-16), he documented board and executive meet-

ings in detail and served on various board committees including Governance, HR, and Nominating. Kevin’s sage legal advice helped the board navigate major issues, and he was instrumental in the creation of our governance documents.

TOP LEFT: 1967 grads celebrating 50 years.

Back row L to R: Dennis Walsh, Gordon Cleveland.

Front row L to R: Mary Barker, Sheila Robinson, Charlotte Peach, Marsha Mills, Clare Christie TOP RIGHT: Douglas Ruck, Hudson Award recipient BOTTOM RIGHT: Dr. Tom Curran inducting Kevin

Gibson into the Order of the Ancient Commoner BOTTOM LEFT: L to R: Sandra Goodwin, Dr. Peter

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By Dick Miller

I LOVE CHOCOLATE. It is the ideal treat for cold nights, sad days … any time, actually. It is the solution to so many of life’s problems.

But as Michael Sacco (BAH ’99) told me when I interviewed him for the King’s Community website (Ukingscommunity.ca), “chocolate is not the answer.”

Say what?

I certainly didn’t expect to hear that, especially voiced from a chocolatier’s mouth.

But that’s the thing when speaking with people for King’s Community—I am constantly surprised.

King’s both attracts and produces deep

thinkers, adventurers and people who are willing to take chances. They are people who love to learn, and love to take what they have learned and—among a multitude of other things—go on to make chocolates… In Mexico.

A little more about our chocolatier, Michael. He formed his company, ChocoSol, in 2004 in Oaxaca, Mexico. The company makes artisanal chocolate from organically grown cacao sourced from Indigenous communities. But producing superb chocolate and helping the local economy is not the ultimate goal of ChocoSol; he finishes his sentence about chocolate not being the

answer with, “the big vision of Chocosol is to fight climate change through the vehicle of chocolate [as well as] coffee and tortillas.”

He does that by using a new solar technology that focuses the energy of the sun into a roaster, therefore no greenhouse gas emissions.

Trying to make a difference in the world is a thread that weaves through many of the King’s Community profiles. Michael Dick (BJ ’04) is another good example. He works for the CBC in Thunder Bay. “I’m a journalist who happens to be Aboriginal,” he says. “It does give me some insight on certain stories but I am a jour-

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We know you’ve powerful stories to tell, so why not share yours? Tell us how your time at King’s helped shape you and the impact you’re making on the world. Connect with us at Ukingscommunity.ca.

nalist first.” He goes on, “You never know the power of your voice or your pen to make change.”

Before I interview someone for King’s Community, I learn a few things about them.

I know what degree they have, what they majored in at King’s and their current job.

I can sometimes glean a little more from social media and the internet. What I don’t know is the path they took to get there, and it is the journey that yields the best stories.

Take Hannah Rittner (BAH ’11) for example. Hannah went into theatre after graduating and has worked for some of the leading Canadian theatre companies and festivals such as Summerworks, Canadian Stage, Neptune Theatre and LunaSea as a playwright, director and producer. She was one of eight playwrights chosen from across the country for the Stratford’s Playwrights Retreat in the fall of 2016.

A liberal arts education—a King’s education—really is a foundation for anything you want to do, from being an author to working in a lab studying zebra fish.

Along the way she wrote The Unbelievers, which was the first live production to tackle the torture, the sexual slavery and the sheer

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ugliness of the Yazidi genocide in Northern Iraq by ISIS. Specifically, The Unbelievers tells the story of a Yazidi woman imprisoned

by ISIS who shares a cell with a female conflict journalist.

Hannah, because of her research in writing the play and her advocacy on behalf of the Yazidi, became both ally and friend of Nadia Murad. Nadia is a Yazidi woman who was imprisoned and raped repeatedly before escaping her ISIS captors. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and has spoken to the United Nations and other world leaders. She asked Hannah to accompany her to her speech before a Parliamentary committee in Ottawa.

From King’s grad to accomplished playwright and international activist, Hannah’s is a great story.

Jaime Wertman (BScH ’12) was early in her journey when I interviewed her. She was enrolled in a PhD program at Dalhousie University where she was conducting research into neuroblastoma, a common pediatric cancer. Jaime had already won awards for her academic proficiency including the 2014 Colleen Elliot Award which recognizes excellence in cancer research. She then had her sights on something else and was studying zebra fish to help her understand how cancers develop.

“Right now I am trying to find drugs that will help reduce side effects of common chemo-therapeutic drugs. Just thinking I might be able to find something that might work I would say is the best part of my work.”

From chocolatier to cancer researcher, from journalist to playwright, for someone like me who has made a living talking to interesting people (I worked for the CBC for 35 years as a host, reporter, producer and documentary editor) this is as good as it gets. Who wouldn’t want to chat with Adam Scotti (BJ ’12) who is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s official photographer? Or meet Rebecca Brown (BA ’91) who created Clear-

view Tea in Creemore, Ontario, and who is also a certified tea sommelier and gets to make and name her own unique tea blends such as—get this—Ivory Cable Knit Sweater.

Or listen to filmmaker Daniel Boos (BAH ’12) describe what he does in the most poetic terms: “I see film as painting emotions with light.”

And every one of the people in the King’s Community can trace a line—sometimes straight, sometimes jagged—from their time at King’s to where they are now.

Matthew Sherrard (BAH ’99), a lawyer with Gowling WLG in Montreal, works with the James Bay Cree. He said, “With law I am always thinking and learning new things.

My King’s and liberal arts background served as a great foundation.”

Dr. Owen Averill (BAH ’04), a family physician in Whitehorse, told me that what he learned at King’s prepared him for the parts of his job as a doctor you might not think about. He said, “A lot of the things that I was exposed to at King’s are the foundations of the ethics I use every day as a doctor—from patients’ rights to resource stewardship—all of these are overarching concepts. King’s gave me the framework to work with those.”

For me, working on King’s Community has been an amazing education. I know things I never knew I didn’t know. Kristi Bryson (BAH ’09), who sings opera and choral music professionally, told me her vocal chords thickened during pregnancy.

Who knew? She loved the way that made her voice sound, by the way.

For people who are searching for a university for themselves or their kids, I hope the King’s Community site gives so much more. I hope the depth and breadth of experiences and career paths show that a liberal arts education—a King’s education—really is a foundation for anything you want to do, from being an author to working in a lab studying zebra fish.

MATTHEW SHERRARD Partner, Gowling WLG Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), International Development Studies and Contemporary Studies, 1999

“I wanted a career that pushed me intellectually all the time.”

MATT SHERRARD’S CAREER PATH can be understood as “A Tale of Two Meals” (with apologies to Dickens).

The first was a vegan meal of chapati and spicy curry. Not just spicy, “fiery,” Matt says.

He was in Western India at that time, working on an internship he had set up himself.

That meal was standard fare that he shared with the others on the World Bank project.

“I was the only non-Indian of eight researchers,” Matt says. “We were out in the middle of the desert, beyond where the roads disappeared. This project was an analysis of the poverty conditions in part of Rajasthan. I was just a student, but among other things, I offered a novelty attraction.

I’m six foot four, so a good foot taller than most people there. People wanted to come and see me. It gave us a chance to talk with many more people than we might have otherwise. It literally opened doors.”

The work he did there became the focus of his honours thesis in international development.

The second meal couldn’t have been

more different. It was in northern Quebec, in the Cree community of Chisasibi. Matt visits the area in his current work as a partner with the law firm Gowling WLG. The James Bay Cree signed the first modern day treaty in Canada in the 1970s, when massive hydro projects were developed on their land. Now, Matt advises his Cree clients on issues of governance, negotiations with federal and provincial governments, and on Nation-to-Nation agreements. The memorable meal he had in Chisasibi was to honour a local Cree woman.

“We had a feast of traditional food harvested by local hunters. This feast was really remarkable. I had a huge plate of all these different country foods, including rabbit, goose, caribou, moose and bear.” Matt laughs and then gives the punch line. “Then they came around with the tray of beaver, including a roasted beaver head.”

Matt cleaned his plate.

Matt had a few stops on his journey from the deserts of India to the coast of James Bay. He worked on exchange projects in

North Africa, the Carribean, Latin America and Russia for Canada World Youth. He also worked in a scuba diving centre on the Red Sea. But he was looking for a different kind of experience in those days. So he went back to school to get his law degree.

“This is where it loops back to my King’s experience,” he says. “I was looking for a real intellectual challenge. I wanted a career that pushed me intellectually all the time. With law, I am always thinking and learning new things. My King’s and liberal arts background were a great foundation. The critical thinking and debate that I learned at King’s serve me every day”.

It’s also a career that satisfies him in other ways.

“I get a lot of satisfaction from my practice. On top of that, I feel that I am helping to make a difference,” Matt says. “It is important work. The whole process of reconciliation is a tremendous challenge. But I feel honoured to assist the Cree Nation to continue to move forward in its nationhood.

It’s really exciting times.”

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OWEN AVERILL Physician, Whitehorse Medical Services Ltd. Bachelor of Arts (Hons.)

Contemporary Studies and Economics, 2004

“I figured medicine would be a good combination of the humanities and science.”

OWEN AVERILL CAN LOOK out on his lawn and see deer browsing, maybe a fox slinking by. Out back there are biking trails, but word of a sow grizzly bear and her two cubs hanging around is keeping him off those paths.

“Attacks are few and far between, but we see them on occasion,” Owen says. If and when they happen though, there’s a good chance he’ll be the doctor on call to tend to the wounds.

Owen is a family physician in Whitehorse, Yukon. It is, to say the least, a busy gig.

“I have a family practice in a clinic. I work shifts in the hospital Emergency Department. I take care of patients who have been admitted to the hospital. I have patients in nursing homes and long term care.

I have a small outlying community practice where I do clinics once a month outside of Whitehorse. I am on call for them all the time.”

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a career for most who take Contemporary Studies and Economics. But Owen says, “I thought it would be a good challenge. Before going to King’s I was all science, all the time.

So I thought I’d go to King’s and shift gears.

I figured medicine would be a good combination of the humanities and science.”

And he’s found that it has been.

“A lot of the things that I was exposed to at King’s are the foundations of the ethics I use every day as a doctor—from patients’ rights to resource stewardship—all of these are overarching concepts. King’s gave me the framework to work with those.”

Owen and his wife Heidi Laing (BAH ’04) moved to Whitehorse in 2013. They wanted to go north, picked a point on a map and started cold calling. The job soon followed. Owen had to quickly adapt.

He says, “Sometimes you’re on an overnight shift in the Emergency Department and you think, hey, I’m the only doctor working and I’m responsible for the whole territory! But mostly it is pretty quiet.”

Still, he does encounter illnesses and ailments he has seen maybe once before, maybe never.

“We are pretty well supported up here,” he says. When he does run into something out of his comfort zone, Owen says he can call specialists in Vancouver or Edmonton.

“They can talk me through it,” he says.

That’s a part of the job he loves: learning, constantly learning. “It’s very much a generalist practice. I’m a jack-of-all-trades and I like that.”

Owen does admit that it can be stressful at times. But he laughs and says, “My wife jokes that I am a kind of stressed-out, high-strung person anyway so I might as well have important things to worry about.

But it works the opposite way and calms me down.”

And that’s probably a good thing for a family physician who is pretty much on call all the time.

HANNAH RITTNER Playwright, Screenwriter, and Producer Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), Contemporary Studies and English, 2011

“I was taught to never forget and … if there was any kind of injustice happening … to do something about it.”

“I’M NOT A ‘NAME’ YET,” says Hannah Rittner.

Maybe. But don’t tell the Canadian theatre scene that. Hannah has worked for some of the leading Canadian theatre companies and festivals such as Summerworks, Canadian Stage, Neptune Theatre and LunaSea as a playwright, director and producer.

In particular, don’t tell the people at Stratford that she isn’t a “name”. Hannah was one of eight playwrights chosen from across the country for the prestigious Playwrights Retreat in the fall of 2016. Hannah began work on a four act play about Sarah Bernhardt there. It’s a story “about heartache and ambition and what we stand to lose when we try to gain as much as we can,” she says. But it is also a story that “deeply investigates gender, women’s power and genius.”

That is a powerful theme in Hannah’s life as an artist and as an advocate. Before heading off to Stratford Hannah launched LACE Productions. It is a film and theatre collective that uses, as Hannah says, “art to

tackle what it means to be a woman on the planet and to promote social change.” The company’s first production, a play Hannah wrote, is called The Unbelievers. It is the first live production to tackle the torture, the sexual slavery and the sheer ugliness of the Yazidi genocide in northern Iraq by ISIS. It tells the story of a Yazidi woman imprisoned

by ISIS who shares a cell with a female conflict journalist.

“I hope this play ignites a national conversation about this issue and gives people a way in so that they take action,” Hannah says.

Hannah’s experience at King’s gave her a hefty push into the world of theatre. She was involved with a number of King’s Theatrical Society productions, but more importantly she says, “I came into myself as a thinker at King’s.” And with the tools she learned she has been able to channel her own story into her art.

Two of Hannah’s grandparents were Holocaust survivors. “I was taught to never forget,’’ she says, “and to make sure that if there was any kind of injustice happening,

that was related to people telling someone else that they don’t deserve to live because they are different, that I had to do something about it.”

And there is more.

“Many women know what it’s like to be assaulted and unfortunately I have had some bad luck that has led me to know what these experiences are like. I have a very deep understanding of this kind of pain and to also move out of it.”

Hannah, because of her research and advocacy on behalf of the Yazidi people, has become both ally and friend of Nadia Murad. She is a Yazidi woman who was imprisoned and raped repeatedly before escaping her ISIS captors. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and has spoken to the UN and other world leaders. Hannah facilitated and coordinated meetings with Canadian politicians in Ottawa for Nadia. Nadia then asked Hannah to accompany her when she spoke before a Parliamentary committee.

Hannah may not be a name yet. But she certainly is a force.

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SAYING FAREWELL TO A BELOVED FRIEND

A eulogy for Dr. Angus Johnston, delivered by Dr. Neil Robertson (BAH ’85), April 17, 2017

FOR HERE THE LOVER WILL TURN, in his boundless love of wisdom, to gaze upon the vast ocean of beauty and, intent on this, he will give birth to countless beautiful ideas and speeches.

—Plato Symposium 210d2-5 In the very midst of life Angus Munroe Johnston left us.

It was so sudden that I know many of us were simply unable to get our minds around it. As I am sure many of you know, he had been out with friends the night of his death, listening to a musician he delighted in, whose career began here at King’s. The day before, he had had a long conversation with his daughter Phoebe—and, after his evening of song, he watched a movie with his other beloved daughter Harriet. And of course always there was Sandra.

“In the midst of life, we are in death.”

That last evening, in fact, Angus was talking about architecture, and he spoke of exactly this—the need for all of us to face mortality.

What a College can hope for, or a life can hope for, he said, is “an odd hope”—that “in the midst of life ... we are crafting also a beautiful ruin.” His family shared with me a letter Angus wrote as a young man from Germany, to his mother and uncle: “Last night I read a delightful story by Dylan

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Thomas about a boy and his grandfather who sets off periodically to be buried where he wants to be. He goes on foot and the village people always catch up and tell him he is not dead yet. That is what it is all about —we roam the world in order to get to the place we want to be buried.” Angus found that place.

In his obituary we read these words: “He always said he was the happiest person he knew, and we believe this to be true.”

In our grief on this Easter Monday, I want to talk about just this: the happiness, the eudaimonia, the blessedness, of the life of Angus Johnston. In what did it consist? We could say in many things: in his family, in his deep friendships, in thought, in art, in teaching and reading, in his College, in his final work of Halifax Humanities, in the conversation of life.

All of this—and more—is true.

But to honour Angus, I want to try to put this more obscurely.

Borrowing from Aristotle, and from faith, I want to say that Angus’s happiness arose from his recognition of what I will call “the actuality of grace.” Grace, gratia, meaning both thanks and gift—both the gratitude itself, and that for which we are grateful.

Last Monday, before the final lecture in the Foundation Year Programme, I said just one

thing about Angus to the last group of FYP students to know him in person—that he loved life and he loved thought with a joy and gratitude unequaled. He loved life in all its givenness, its immediacy, its glowing presence; and he loved thought in its deepest, most obscure, speculative freedom.

He loved living thought, and thoughtful life: the life of dogs as much as the thought of gods—and above all, those stranger beings between dogs and gods, both dog and god: we humans. And so he loved stories: that mixing of life and thought in which our lives become thought. And all of this I want to call his recognition of the actuality of grace.

Now one can speak of this actuality of grace in many ways: as the wonder that Aristotle tells us is the beginning of philosophy, in the philia of friendship, in the insight of faith, in what Hegel calls “the living good” of institutional life that meant so much to Angus. But here I am going to focus on one particular way of seeing this actuality of grace—in the love of the beautiful.

Angus found, saw, and loved the beautiful. He loved the beautiful in his family and his friends, in strangers and acquaintances of a day. He loved the beautiful in the souls of his students—and even of his colleagues.

He saw all of them not as people to be taught or “administered,” but as fellow travelers in

the life of thought and wonder.

This year he gave a lecture in FYP on Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey—and, as Director, I can tell you it had all the marks of a disaster. The novel is 238 pages long, and by the break we were still pretty much on the first page; with 15 minutes to go, we were at page 98. I was also co-ordinator of the section—I had invited this guy to give the lecture! And then ... and then, he completely departed from the text, and told us in a story, a story that had nothing to do with the novel, everything we needed to know to understand Northanger Abbey. The novel is about a seventeen-year-old—like so many of our students—trying to find out who she is as she faces the world. Angus recounted a time when he was in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, waiting for a concert to begin, and a former student came along, someone who had graduated and gone on to do well.

He sat down beside Angus, turned to him and simply asked, “I just want to know: what did you see in me?” And, as Angus said to the class, because he asked that question, in the way that he asked it, the question was answered.

But this is not just a one-off thing.

Continually colleagues asked Angus, what did you see in me? Or how did you see that in me? I can remember when I was a Junior

Fellow in FYP and feeling pretty much out of my league, what it meant to me that Angus saw something in a lecture I gave. And I do remember thinking: what an excellent thought, I only wish I had had it. But Angus recognized it, and was able to see in it “something rich and strange.” This is the love of the beautiful, this actuality of grace that I am trying to describe in Angus.

For Angus this love of the beautiful was a full-time occupation, and it was so multi-faceted. His love of art, his love of music—perhaps especially opera. His house is a kind of catch-all for this magnificent, multi-dimensional love, as the strangest array of beautiful things all sit together in splendid profusion.

His family was very long-suffering. You could come in and there would be a branch or a rock or yet another piece of leather work he had picked up. The family told me that after his death they needed to find his wallet —and they actually found six wallets, picked up for their workmanship from Value Village—but the one with his driver’s licence?

No such luck. Jane Reagh Bruce-Robertson, told me about the time Angus was faced with a dilemma: he could only afford either to have a hole in the kitchen floor fixed, or to buy one of her paintings—of which he already owned several. Well, you know where

the money went.

But perhaps it was, as in the quotation I began with from Plato, in “countless beautiful ideas and speeches” that Angus was most profligate. Angus was famously obscure, and this is in a way true. But one always had the sense that the cause of the obscurity was not in him, but in us. He gave us wonderful metaphors and images: the problem was somehow in seeing the fullness of these thoughts, catching hold of the beauty he discerned. I think part of the challenge is that Angus sought to be both present to “the things themselves” and to see in those things visibly before us all that is invisible in that visibility.

Eli Diamond told me that he had sent Angus some chapters from his thesis before it was finished, and they met at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia where there was a special exhibit of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art.

As they went around the gallery and looked at each work, Angus brought forth from these works a marvellous commentary on Eli’s thinking about Aristotle on the soul.

This was the demand of Angus: to think what is before us in its beauty and reality, without dissolving it into abstractions.

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in a game of golf, in watching the World Cup with friends, in organizing a concert trip, in going to New York City to see operas.

But I especially want to speak of his love of the beautiful in institutional life, above all, in King’s, his college. Angus was a beloved and generous friend, a teacher of staggering gifts, “Mentor”—not in the contemporary sense, but as the goddess Athena in human form, guiding this College to be what it could be. He endlessly called us simply to have the courage to be that actuality.

We can speak about what his obituary recounts so well, and all that he built—certainly the New Academic Building—but also, with Colin Starnes, our curriculum, the upper year programmes of Contemporary Studies, Early Modern Studies, and the History of Science and Technology. Certainly many others had important roles, but it was the clarity of Angus’s curricular vision, the beautiful in that vision, that made it into a whole.

The beginning of that vision was earlier than his vice-presidency. It was there in the Foundation Year Programme under his direction—though again with others, always with others. That vision finds its final form

in Halifax Humanities. I recommend to you the chapter he contributed to Susan Dodd’s collection for Halifax Humanities, Each Book A Drum. There Angus quotes one of his teachers, Robert Crouse: “Teaching is not showing students what sun they should orbit, but rather what sun they are orbiting.”

Angus expands and develops this image: “Our work may bring out the “center” for students but we do not turn them towards it.

We leave that to them.” Dennis House wrote to me, “Angus has a wonderful way of leading one to the door but leaving you to find your own way in.” This is just what I mean by Angus’ recognition of the actuality, not just the possibility or potentiality of grace. Our task as teachers is to do nothing more than illuminate what has been given, the beauty of that given, and the gratitude for the gift.

In my time at King’s, I have heard Angus lecture on an astonishing array of topics, always with wonderful insight and freshness of vision, but I think above all I have heard him lecture most often on Homer’s Odyssey.

For me there was always a sense that he was revealing himself more directly here. Angus delighted in the delight that Athena felt in

Odysseus—“Two of a kind are we,” she tells him.

But I always felt that there was also something at work in the relationship of Odysseus to Penelope that spoke to him.

The story of the Odyssey is the story of a home-coming, the story of travelling in the wide world, but also of being at home: the circle and the center, as Angus put it. This is Angus: he was always at home—I never knew anyone so at home in his own skin— and always in the circle, always active and developing. He was in both places at once.

This is the actuality of grace—he was the happiest person he knew. This is the beauty he saw and loved in his family, among his friends, in the students he taught and who taught him to see things in new ways, with his colleagues, and with those who helped build worlds of wonder at King’s and in Halifax Humanities.

I know too that he knew himself to have lived a blessed life. A week ago, as a small tribute to Angus before the final lecture in Foundation Year Programme, we played Bob Dylan’s song “Forever Young.” Angus told me he listened to this song while working in seclusion on his doctoral dissertation, and that it always spoke to him of the spirit of ancient Greece. But it surely speaks of Angus’s spirit also—forever young. And perhaps it can also speak to us, even as our hearts are broken: May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you.

May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, [—And, when he read it, Angus always emphasized that “every”.]

May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young.

IN MEMORIAM Bob Anderson (Friend of the College) August 18, 2017 Edith (Moore) Anthony (BA ’42) June 11, 2017 M. Alberta (Bryant) Boswall (BSc ’48) May 20, 2017 Launcelot Burdock (BSc ’52) October 22, 2017 Robin Calder (BA ’69) April 5, 2017 Pamela (Ventham) Collins (BA ’50) January 2017

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G. David Douglas (1961) May 7, 2017 Christopher Feunekes (BAH ’13) August 25, 2017 Ernest Fisher (1953) February 4, 2017 Angus Johnston (Inglis Professor, former Vice-President & FYP Director) April 9, 2017 Margaret (Currie) MacDonald (BA ’55) June 20, 2017 Mary Ellen MacEachern (BA ’78) July 6, 2017

David Morrison (BA ’64, LTh ’65) May 15, 2017 Judith (Bryson) Nicholson (BA ’56) August 9, 2017 Harold Nutter (BA ’44, MA ’47, BLitt ’47, DD ’60) September 9, 2017 Kara Quann (BA ’93) October 23, 2016 George Robert Sircom (1950) July 4, 2017 Phyllis (Scott) Wood (BA ’49) November 6, 2017

FYP TEXTS

RECONCILING OURSELVES TO OUR PAST—AND OUR FUTURE A lesson on “drinking from two rivers” from Dante’s Inferno

by Dr. Thomas Curran IN THE 5TH CANTO of Dante’s Inferno, the poet meets Francesca da Rimini, lover of Paolo. The lovers were killed by Francesca’s husband (and Paolo’s brother) in a sensational crime of passion during the 1280s. Francesca is subject to the sentence of Minos, the judge of the Underworld, for her violation of her marital vows, and Paolo is now suffering for the betrayal of his brother’s trust.

It has to be said, however, that while Paolo and Francesca occupy the 2nd circle of the Inferno, Paolo’s brother, we are informed

by Francesca, is now domiciled in the frozen lake of Cocytus in the 9th (and final circle) of Hell—so that “relative” distinctions are maintained and acknowledged with respect to the heinous nature of these transgressions, as they turn into capital crimes.

In her encounter with Dante, Francesca offers one of the most famous of all the poetic insights in the entire array of the 100 Cantos of Dante’s Divine Comedy. As Francesca tells the poet, “No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy” (trans.

by Robert Pinsky of Canto v: 121-123).

The announcement this autumn that the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro had won the Nobel Prize for Literature put thoughts of

Francesca in my mind. In Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go (2005)—which recounts circumstances no less agonizing than those of Paolo and Francesca—the narrator Kathy (enveloped in her own prison of overwhelming sadness) suggests a different point of view: “The memories I value most, I don’t see them ever fading.”

And then I want to bring a third witness to the table: a leftover from the 20 seasons of America’s Law & Order drama series.

Lieutenant Anita Van Buren of the NYPD’s 27th Precinct says about some other unbearable tragedy, uncovered in the course of her investigations: “Memories are supposed to fade [like photographs]; they’re made that way for a reason.”

So, who’s right?

As always, Dante remains a reliable guide for this miserable terrain. At the top of Mount Purgatory, Dante, the pilgrim, is required to drink the water of two rivers (consecutively). The first, Lethe, is the river well known from the afterlife of classical antiquity. Lethe is the river of forgetfulness.

The second river, Eunoë, is entirely an invention of Dante, and brings together two Greek words to suggest a condition of “well-mindedness.” The pilgrim, who is about to journey into Paradise in this vision, must be cleansed from the burden of insupportable memories of discourtesies, mistakes and betrayals (of friendship, for instance) in which some of us are engaged on a more or less daily basis.

Who can enter the afterlife with that

baggage, and all that overweight luggage?

But Dante’s genius is to add a second river, in which the same life—with all its false starts, misdirections and dead ends—can be viewed in another and more positive light.

How often have I thought to myself: if only I had not made that senseless error, if only I had not missed that golden opportunity, if only I had not neglected that pressing duty…

But then I am “minded” to try and see all these “devices and desires,” all those “crimes and misdemeanours” from the perspective of Dante’s second river. I’d like to forget, but now I choose to remember. Had I not made all those wrong turnings and detours, then I would not now be a tutor at King’s, engaged annually in the greatest privilege of any academic life: namely, the opportunity to discuss Dante’s Divine Comedy with the most alert and attentive students that anyone could ever hope to meet.

The mistakes were made, the opportunities were squandered, the friends were neglected. Nothing can ever change that… As has been often repeated: “Not even God can change the past,” to which must be added: that is the sole prerogative of the historians!

But perhaps by reading Dante (and others), we might be able to reconcile ourselves to our past, and also reconcile ourselves to the future that we have created for ourselves by making those mistakes in the past.

Please consider the value of slaking your thirst by drinking from both of Dante’s rivers.

James Joyce (a Dante reader) seems to have done just that, based on the evidence of his masterpiece Ulysses (1922). There the author offers up a telling assessment, no less moving or persuasive than that which we received from Francesca six centuries earlier: A man of genius makes no mistakes.

His errors are volitional and are portals of discovery.

Francesca de Rimini and Paolo Malestra appraised by Dante and Virgil – Ary Sheffer (1835), The Wallace Collection

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ALUMNOTES

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60s

On July 9, the Rev. Canon Russell Elliott (BA ’37, BDiv ’52, DD ’79) was fêted on his 100th birthday at a celebration at St. John’s Anglican Church near Port Williams, Nova Scotia. On hand for the occasion was the Most Rev. Arthur Peters (BA ’60, BST ’63, BDiv ’73, DD ’82), who commended Elliot’s service to the church and his community.

50s Trent University’s Traill College has renamed Principal’s Lodge “Fry Lodge” after its first principal, Dr. Marion Fry (BA ’53, DCL ’85), who served in the role for five years starting in 1963. Dr. Fry taught philosophy at Trent until 1986, and held the position of vice-president from 1975 until 1979, with several stints as acting president during her career at the University.

Of the two summer 2016 organ recitals played by James Burchill (BA ’58) at Halifax’s All Saints Cathedral, the August 3 event also marked his 80th birthday. Since September 2016 Dr. Burchill has enjoyed a second apartment in Victoria, BC, where he plans to spend half of the year.

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The Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) honoured respected educator, mentor and life member of the CPRS, Mary Barker (BA ’67, HF ’97) with the 2017 Philip A. Novikoff Memorial Award. Mary was recognized for her superior and outstanding service over time as a public relations professional. She received a certificate with a cash award and was celebrated by her peers on the final day of Illuminate 2017, the CPRS National Conference, on May 30 in Kelowna, BC.

ALUMNOTES

Jock Mackay (BAH ’68) now spends about half of each year in Sutherland’s River, NS, after 44 years of post-secondary teaching sociology and humanities courses, mostly at Vanier College in Montreal.

Lynda (Harfield) Raine (BSc ’72) worked at the IWK hospital for four years and Statistics Canada for 33 years. Lynda and her husband, Rick, are now happily retired and enjoying life with their four children and four grandchildren.

70s After graduating from King’s, Allan R. Thomson’s (BA ’70) passion for serving others led him to enter the field of missionary aviation. He details his time in the late 70s and early 80s in Bolivia as a young pilot and mechanic in Jagged Horizons, A Missionary Pilot’s Memoirs: Flying in the Andes. His book, edited by Dr. Jock Mackay (BAH ’68), sees Thomson flying medical, agricultural, engineering, pastoral and teaching specialists, as well as conducting medevac flights to and from remote mountain and jungle villages throughout the country.

George Burden (1972-74) has been appointed by Father Peter Noel Lamont, Chief of Clan Lamont, as his lieutenant for Canada.

George will serve as chieftain at functions of the Canadian branch of the Clan.

In 2016, Tim Borlase (BAH ’74) was named to the Order of Canada. Tim is a long-time educator who specializes in the needs of native and isolated youth in communities across Labrador. Tim was recognized for his teaching initiatives as well as contributions to music, arts and drama.

80s Dr. Robert J. MacGregor Dawson (BSc ’82) was inducted into the Science Atlantic Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Member for 2016.

Catherine MacLeod (BJH ’83) won the inaugural 2016 Sunburst Award for Short Story for “Hide and Seek.” The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award which recognizes exceptional writing in three categories: adult, young adult and short story.

You know you’re at an 80s reunion when Madness and Huey Lewis lyrics are part of the vows at a wedding.

Jonna Brewer (BJH ’87) and Peter Rockwell (BJ ’86) tied the knot on the King’s Library steps on May 27, 2017, in front of family and friends, including a large contingent of 80s alumni at King’s for a five-year reunion.

A great time was had by all!

Former Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter (BJ ’83) has completed his second leg of the Camino de Santiago, an 800-kilometre trail from St. Jean-Pied-du-Port, France to Santiago, Spain. Dexter trekked the final 300 kilometres after completing about 500 kilometres last year.

Sherry Ramsey (BA ‘84) released a collection of short stories entitled The Cache and Other Stories, while her fifth novel, Beyond the Sentinel Stars, came out from Tyche Books in November. The Cache is a collection of speculative fiction that features “all manner of unusual things found in strange places.” Ramsey also co-founded Third Person Press, a Cape Breton-based publishing house dedicated to promoting speculative fiction from local writers, which released its debut novel in the fall of 2017.

Leslie (Fyfe) Golding (BA ’85) is currently working on her Library and Information Technician diploma at Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ottawa, ON. Steve Warburton (BJ ’85) was the Halifax Regional School Board member for Bedford-South Shore from 2012-2016. As part of Canada 150, he researched, wrote, produced and directed a video called Bedford’s Canada 150 Video on YouTube.

Cheryl (Penney) O’Shea (1984-86) has started a new career as a freelance editor, specializing in academic manuscripts and materials. She can be contacted at cheryloshea@editors.ca.

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ALUMNOTES

Journalist and author Janice Landry (BJH ’87) has written four books. Her latest, The Legacy Letters, published in November 2017, exposes and explores the indelible marks of trauma. The book is a poignant journey through the lasting impacts of tragedy on the families left behind, as well as the personnel who work around trauma day-in and day-out.

John Sadoway (BJ ‘87) brought his new one-man show, “Trued on a Base Story: A Cautionary Tale,” to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival in July. This show is a darkly comic, autobiographical account of John’s difficult relationship with a trusted high school teacher. John has worked as a CBC producer and journalist in Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg and Iqaluit. He’s also a part-time educator in the Manitoba public school system.

Darren Greer (198689) won the 2017 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award for Advocate (Cormorant Books) at the Atlantic Book Awards. Advocate is about a man who returns home to his small town in Nova Scotia in 1984 to die of AIDS. Darren’s awards and recognitions for this and previous publications include winning the 2015 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award for Just Beneath My Skin and a 2017 nomination for Advocate at the East Coast Literary Awards.

Roger Thompson (BA ’89, HC ’91) has been elected to Britain’s Royal Society of Arts. His Ethics of Star Trek class was endorsed by Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, as well as by Susan Sackett, who was Gene Roddenberry’s assistant for 17 years. His second book was endorsed by New York Times bestselling author Andrew Bacevich, while former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, endorsed his civics class.

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Dr. Roberta Barker (BAH ’96) is Associate Professor of Theatre and Associate Director of the Theatre Department and holds cross-appointments in Canadian Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies at Dalhousie. She also teaches in the Foundation Year and Early Modern Studies Programs at King’s. On July 1, 2018, Roberta will become Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie.

Perfume War, the award-winning documentary from Michael Melski (BA ’91), played in theatres across Canada in April. The film explores the extraordinary relationship between best friends Captain Trevor Greene (BJH ’88, DLC ’09) and Barb Stegemann (BA ’91, BJ ’99). After Greene was brutally wounded by the Taliban while serving in Afghanistan, Stegemann began working with Afghan farmers who grow legal flower crops instead of the illegal heroin poppy—the Taliban’s chief income source—and created an unlikely weapon in the fight for world peace: perfume.

Julie Forbes (BA ’92) has two children, Shay and Rowan. Julie works for the Metro Halifax newspaper and has a dog named Farley Mowat.

Jane Doucet (BJH ’93) has written her first novel, The Pregnant Pause, about a married woman who is turning 37 and trying to decide whether or not to have a baby.

Amelia Hadfield (BAH ’96) has been promoted to Professor of European and International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University; she is also the Jean Monnet Chair in European Foreign Affairs and Director of the Centre for European Studies.

Her work, both in Britain and beyond, involves teaching, publishing and consulting on European foreign and security policy with a specific focus on the Brexit process as it applies to foreign affairs and defence, as well as higher education and regional issues.

Aaron MacLure (1995-96) has begun studies at the Maritime Christian College in Charlottetown, PEI, and is reading towards a ministry certificate at MCC. Jennifer Bakody (BJH ‘97) managed a small radio station in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during a fragile time when the nation was recovering from six years of war.

Radio Okapi Kindu, a new memoir about Bakody’s experiences, was published in May 2017.

Steven Spears (BSc ’94) has published a book of pagan poetry entitled A Journey with the Lady. Steven’s book touches on themes of paganism, religion, faith, learning and out-andout fun. In addition to his writing, he works as a forester and biologist.

Nova Scotians went to the polls on May 30 to elect a new provincial government. One of the new faces that headed to Province House was NDP Susan Leblanc (BAH ’97) representing Dartmouth North. Susan is also known for her work as a performer and co-artistic director of Zuppa Theatre.

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Stephanie Nolen (BJH ’93, DCL ’09) has been chosen as a 2018 Ochberg Fellow, “a program for veteran and mid-career journalists looking to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy.” The program runs out of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.

Author Stephen Marche (BAH ’97) read from his new book and was interviewed live by CBC journalist Mary Lynk for the Leave Out Violence (LOVE) Book Club fundraiser in November. Stephen’s latest, The Unmade Bed: The Messy Truth about Men and Women in the 21st Century, weighs in on contemporary male–female relationships with his characteristic wit.

Toronto Life editor-in-chief Sarah Fulford (BAH ’96), who is also Marche’s wife, provides her two cents with footnote commentary throughout.

Kirsti Mathers McHenry (1996-97) and wife, Jennifer, welcomed their second child, Cy, in 2014. (Ruby, their first, was born in 2010.) In 2015, Kirsti started a new position as Director of Policy and Programs at the Law Foundation of Ontario. In 2016, Kirsti and Jennifer worked with the provincial government to pass the All Families Are Equal Act, which extends equal parental recognition to same-sex families, trans parents, and multi-parent families.

The Rev’d Jonathan Rowe (BAH ’99) was appointed Rector of the Anglican Parish of St. Michael and All Angels in St. John’s, N.L. in June 2015. In September 2015, he was appointed Director of the Discipleship and Ministry Program (formerly known as Exploring Faith) offered by Queen’s College, St. John’s. His wife, Emily (Hunter) Rowe (BA ’98) was made Editor-in-Chief of Anglican Life in Newfoundland and Labrador in December 2015.

Ranj Pillai (BA ’98) was elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly and, in addition to being named Deputy Premier, is also the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, Minister of Economic Development, and Minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and the Yukon Energy Corporation. Prior to running in his provincial riding, Ranj served as a City Councillor in Whitehorse.

In January, Juliet Williams (BJ ’98) became Northern California news editor for The Associated Press (AP), based in San Francisco. Juliet now oversees a team of reporters in all formats who cover the environment, courts, education and more for the world’s largest news organization.

She moves to this role after 11 years covering the California state capital and politics for the AP.

Elizabeth Scarratt (BSc ’99) has been named a Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue magazine. The Top 40 Under 40 list honours exceptional young community leaders in Calgary and the Capital Region under the age of 40 who are excelling in their careers, giving back to the community and raising the profile of the city. Elizabeth is the Director, Institutional Programs Division of Research Services at the University of Calgary, and has become a key player in securing funding for research at the university, implementing processes that have helped increase research funding by more than $100-million annually.

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2000s Stephanie Mitchell (BJH ’00) has finally decided to make her love of words official; she now specializes as a writing coach for lawyers and business professionals. She offers writing workshops and individual coaching for clients across Canada, and she is constantly going around asking, “Is that the best word for that?” Her business is called Telegram Writing Consulting because a telegram was the original pithy statement.

If you’d like to find out more or just drive up her Google ranking, you can find her website here: http://telegramwriting.com/ Also, if you have a favourite—or least-favourite— word, Stephanie would love to hear from you. Words are everything.

Shauntay Grant (BJ ’03) has published a children’s book called The Walking Bathroom. “A sweet story of standing out and fitting in,” The Walking Bathroom tells the story of a young girl’s quest to find a daring and creative Halloween costume that is as one-of-a-kind as she is. Grant’s debut children’s book, Up Home, won a 2009 Atlantic Book Award. She is also a journalist and spoken word artist, and teaches creative writing at Dalhousie University.

Royalty have always raised their children in the public eye and attracted praise or criticism according to parenting standards of their day. Dr. Carolyn Harris’s (2002-03) book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting, tracks how the rearing of royal progeny has faced issues running the gamut from keeping Vikings at bay to fending off paparazzi.

Donna Lee (BJ ’03) is the assignment producer at CBC Nunavut. She moved to Iqaluit in August 2017 as part of an 18-month secondment. Prior to her move north, she was an online news writer, copy editor, social media editor and technical trainer with CBC Manitoba and CBC Indigenous. She was also an online writer with CBC in Yellowknife.

Fellow alumni can find her on Twitter @donnaleecbc Ali Weinstein’s (BAH ’07) first feature film was shown in Halifax as part of the 2017 Atlantic Film Festival. The film is called “Mermaids” and is about the universal myth of the mermaid and how it has affected the lives of five women who have found transformation and empowerment through wearing tails.

After winning the CBC Short Story Prize earlier in 2016, David Huebert (BAH ’08) also won the Walrus Poetry prize with the poem “Colloquium: J.T. Henry and Lady Simcoe on Early Ontario Petrocolonialism.” In September, David launched a new anthology titled Peninsula Sinking. This collection of short stories chronicles veterinarians, prison guards and prosthetic phallus designers, among other subjects.

Liam Hyland (BJH ’08) and his wife welcomed a baby girl named Nya who was born in August 2016. Liam is a Camera Operator/ ENG Technician for the Los Angeles Bureau for CTV National News. He covered both the US election and the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Jessica J. Lee’s (BAH ’08) debut book is a memoir recounting her attempt to mend a broken heart by swimming in 52 German lakes over 52 weeks. Her book, entitled Turning: A Year in the Water (subtitled A Swimming Memoir in the UK), is available in Canada from Hamish Hamilton (Penguin Books).

On October 28, 2017, Evelyn Hornbeck (BJH ’12) and Jonathan Briggins (BJ ’12) were wed in a ceremony on King’s campus, where they fell in love.

They met in the radio room and bonded over party planning for the journalism students. Seven of the eight bridal party members were King’s grads, including Davis Carr (BAH ’12), Nina Cherry (BJH ’12), Eleanor Hornbeck (BAH ’15), Ryan McMullen (BA ’10) and Sarah Wilson (BAH ’12). The reception at the Dalhousie University Club included dinner, dancing and a surprise performance by Rich Aucoin (BAH ’06). The happy couple live in Halifax.

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Author Wanda Taylor (BJ ’08) has delved into harrowing subject matter for her third book, a novel about sex trafficking entitled Ride or Die. Based on real-life stories, the novel chronicles a Nova Scotia teen who is forced into the sex trade and suffers physical and emotional abuse as she plots her escape.

Suzannah Showler (BAH ’09) has published her first book of nonfiction. Most Dramatic Ever, a work of cultural criticism about the reality TV show The Bachelor, is part of the ECW Press Pop Classics series and due out January 2018. Also author of the poetry collections Thing Is (M&S 2017) and Failure to Thrive (ECW 2014), Suzannah is currently a Presidential Fellow at Ohio State University.

Comedian Evany Rosen (BAH ’10) has released her first book, a comic romp through Western history entitled What I Think Happened.

For this collection of essays, she has taken off her kid gloves to tackle subjects from the British monarchy to “America’s dumpiest presidents.”

The Rev. Colin Nicolle (BJH ’10, BA ’13) was ordained to the Anglican Priesthood in November 2016 and now serves as the Rector of the Parish of St. Mary & St. John in Summerside, PEI. Samantha Durnford (BJH ‘11) is currently Senior Manager in Marketing at Scotiabank.

Previously, Samantha worked for Sun Media as National Online Editor and has written for publications including Canadian Living, VICE and NOW Magazine.

December 6 marks the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, one of the deadliest human-made explosions in history. Katie Ingram (BJ ’11) dug into the newspaper reports that chronicled the casualties, survivors and a city under crisis in her new book, Breaking Disaster.

Adrian Lee (BJH ’11) is the Opinions Editor at Maclean’s magazine. Adrian joined the magazine in 2014 and made his mark as Digital Editor when he produced the award-winning podcast, “The Thrill,” with fellow King’s grad Emma Teitel (BA ’11).

Playwright Hannah Rittner (BAH ’11) debuted her new work, “The Life and Death of Ana Petrovna,” with a reading at the Groundswell Theatre Festival in Toronto in October. Presented by Nightwood Theatre, the Groundswell showcases emerging voices in contemporary women’s theatre.

Laura Cooper (BJH ’13) and her husband, Dan, welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Noah Osmond, on July 22, 2016.

Aaron Williams (BJ ’13, MFA ’17) has signed his first book deal. In October, Harbour Publishing launched Chasing Smoke, a “gritty, exhilarating and danger-filled” memoir about his time spent as part of a firefighting crew in British Columbia. Aaron’s book topped the British Columbia bestseller list in October 2017.

Ian Kenny (BAH ’14) graduated cum laude from the University of Amsterdam with a Master’s degree in Cultural Analysis. His thesis, Rending and Weaving the Fabric: constituting a representative Canadian lieu-de-memoire, confronted Canadian cultural memory—what we remember and what we purposefully forget or disguise. He investigated the settler Canadian heritage of colonialism, posing questions about representation in a climate of truth telling and reconciliation. Ian currently works in the Summer Programmes Office at the

University of Amsterdam, assisting in the creation and production of interdisciplinary summer programs for students from around the world.

Grace McNee (BAH ’14) and the late Sarah Dubé (BAH ’11) were named this year’s co-recipients of the Lois Miller Tulip Award

by Independent Living Nova Scotia (ILNS).

The award recognizes a person, group or organization that exemplifies the spirit of independent living and contributes to enabling people living with disabilities to have control and informed choice over their lives. This past summer and fall, Grace biked across Canada to raise money for ILNS. Her campaign, in loving memory of her friend Sarah Dubé, raised over $15,000. Sarah, who was born with muscular dystrophy, was an advocate for independent living and a co-chair of the organization. She died in 2016 at age 29. The award is named after King’s alumna Lois Miller (BAH ’65), who served as the Executive Director of ILNS for 13 years.

Anna Bishop (BScH ’15) received a 2017-18 NSERC grant (Canadian Graduate Scholarship-Masters Program) for her second year of the MSc program at the University of Alberta. Anna is studying the flux of organic carbon and carbon dioxide from the land to the ocean and atmosphere in the coastal temperate rainforests of British Columbia.

Run Hide Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Pauline Dakin (MFA ’15) is an unforgettable family tale of deception and betrayal, love and forgiveness. Pauline’s book has been longlisted for the 2018 British Columbia’s National Award for Nonfiction and topped the national bestseller list in October 2017.

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Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie (BAH ’15) graduated from the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan, and is now working as a research associate at the historic Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. At the Bard Center, Ana Matisse was chosen as the winner of the Clive Wainwright Award for her outstanding MA paper and contribution to the fields of decorative arts, design history and material culture.

Baseball Life Advice: Loving the Game that Saved Me by Stacey May Fowles (MFA ’15) was published by McClelland & Stewart on April 11, 2017, which was—perhaps not coincidentally—the date of the Blue Jays home opener.

25 Years of 22 Minutes

by Angela Mombourquette (MJ ’15) provides firsthand accounts of This Hour Has 22 Minutes key moments in the words of the writers, producers and cast members who were there.

Readers will have a front-row seat to the birth of the show—including a crisis that had producers scrambling in the very first episode—as well as obtain an insider’s take on the highs, the lows and the daily grind behind the scenes.

Maggie O’Neil (BA ’15) was elected to the State of Maine’s House of Representatives (Democrat) in 2016. Maggie won an impressive 66% of the vote running in her first election and now represents District 15– Saco, Maine. After graduating from King’s with a degree in Classics and History, O’Neil worked as a state park ranger before giving up that position to run for office.

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Just Jen, a memoir by Jen Powley (MFA ’15), tells the story of Powley’s life at the time of her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at age 15, followed by the infinite, irrevocable ways it has changed since. Just Jen is a powerful, uplifting and unforgettable work by an author who has lain her life—and her body—bare in order to survive.

Michelle Elrick (2013-16) released her latest collection of poetry and prose then/ again in May 2017.

Comprised of seven long-poems/poem-cycles and seven prose poem narratives, this book goes looking for the place between the unfamiliar and familiar, where feelings of home begin to accumulate.

Mel Hattie (BJ ’16, MJ ’17) was awarded the 2016-17 Journalism Innovation prize by the School of Journalism for her “Mel Had Tea” travel blog. The award is given to a journalism business plan developed by a student in the Master of Journalism New Ventures program. On top of being a delicious pun, “Mel Had Tea” chronicles Hattie’s globe-trotting quest for the perfect cup of tea, and features reviews and insight on tea, from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Philippines.

Dina Lobo (BJH ’16) and Sarah Rae’s (BJH ’16) documentary short about Syrian-born teenager Bahej Melli won the From Away Post-Secondary film competition at this year’s Atlantic Film Festival. Another set of King’s grads, Victoria Walton (BJH ’17) and Bronwen McKie (BJH ’17), also showed their film East Side Till the Grave in the From Away competition. Both films were produced for the documentary workshop taught by Professor Sylvia Hamilton, King’s Rogers Chair in Journalism, and had their world premiere at Big Day, the School of Journalism’s annual showcase of student work.

In A Distorted Revolution: How Eric’s Trip Changed Music, Moncton, and Me, Jason Murray (MFA ’16), journalist, musician and Monctonian, follows the rise of the band that put the Maritimes on the map.

Through personal recollections, interviews with band members and others integral to the early 90s scene, this book offers a rare glimpse inside the band’s formation, success and ultimate unravelling.

F-Bomb: Dispatches from the War on Feminism by Lauren McKeon (MFA ’16) takes readers on a witty, insightful and deeply fascinating journey into today’s anti-feminist universe.

Lauren is also the new editor of the Walrus Online.

PARTING SHOT

MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL, IN THE CHAPEL For its second production of the fall term, the King’s Theatrical Society (KTS) took to the floor of the chapel to stage the T.S. Eliot classic, Murder in the Cathedral. The verse drama, penned by Eliot in 1935 to protest the rising wave of fascism across Europe, featured a cast of 18, with Keely Ostad playing Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury murdered for his opposition to King Henry II. Vicky Coo directed the production.

For the dress rehearsal, King’s hosted more than 50 high school drama students from Dartmouth High, Sacred Heart Academy and Kings-Edgehill School. Students and teachers enjoyed a reception prior to the play in the G. Peter Wilson Room, along with hot chocolate in the quad at the interval. Photo by Hayley Frail

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