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Editor’s message

My household is buzzing with noise

and activity right now that signals something big is about to happen.

The washing machine is going nonstop, my husband is digging out luggage from under the stairs and I am dashing around Lethbridge buying last-minute items on the list. While all this happens, our 15-year-old son is saying goodbye to his friends and double checking for his passport and the printout of contact information he will have in his pocket as he gets on a plane and heads to France to stay with friends for three weeks.

While I am filled with excitement for him at the opportunities and challenges that await as he puts his nine years in French immersion classes to the test, I also am a bit overwhelmed at this next big step out of the nest. It’s only three weeks, after all, but just like those other firsts – leaving a newborn with grandparents, dropping a toddler off at preschool, watching a 5-year-old step on that giant yellow bus – it is an essential part of the process of preparing him to one day fully launch out on his own.

Soon, he will be facing that even-bigger step that we get to witness each fall at Lethbridge College, as students start their post-secondary careers and work to become independent, capable, problem-solving adults. That, I keep telling myself as I buy extra antihistamines and Kleenex for him (because clearly he wouldn’t be able to get those for himself in France), is the ultimate goal. And you only get there with a lot of small and sometimes bittersweet steps.

At Lethbridge College, both the fledglings and their loved ones can find support during this transition at New Student Orientation. NSO is the first step in a student’s academic journey and an important one to take as they work toward their goal of crossing the stage at Convocation. It speaks to the core

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of our business about the work that goes on across campus to welcome, inform, engage and prepare our students for success.

And it’s a truly meaningful tradition.

Lethbridge College’s NSO started 20 years ago as a fairly low-key event in the Barn, where its purpose was to welcome the 300 or so students who chose to attend with a couple of fun activities and lunch. Today, it has grown to be a much more intentional experience for all 1,500 new students, and it includes multiple family orientation sessions, mature student workshops, orientations for all programs, cultural engagement for our Indigenous and international students, and info sessions that address academic, social, emotional and physical wellness.

It’s also just a ton of fun.

NSO is one of the 60 cool Lethbridge College ideas highlighted in this final 60th anniversary issue of Wider Horizons. Throughout 2017, we have had a lot of fun celebrating in these pages the places, the people and the ideas that set the college apart and make it such a wonderful place to live, work and learn.

We invite you to come and join in the celebration at Coulee Fest, which takes from from 1 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23.

You’ll find music, entertainment, beer gardens, food trucks, a street market, campus tours, family activities and more. For event details, check out lethbridgecollege.ca/60 or as always, just drop us a note at WHMagazine@lethbridgecollege.ca.

Thanks for reading – and bon voyage to everyone heading out on new adventures!

Lisa Kozleski Editor

Lethbridge College legacies From our kitchens Office intrigue

We thank you for picking up this copy and we hope you enjoy the read. If you would like to suggest a story or find out more about our magazine, contact us.

Wider Horizons c/o The Advancement Office 3000 College Drive South Lethbridge, AB T1K 1L6 WHMagazine@lethbridgecollege.ca

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51 It’s a family affair

In addition to free distribution to our regional community, Wider Horizons is also mailed to all Lethbridge College alumni. Alumni are encouraged to stay connected to the college by emailing alumni@lethbridgecollege.ca or by updating their contact information at the Alumni Relations website: lethbridgecollege.ca/alumni

WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? Six great ideas that are foundational to Lethbridge College, and 54 other fun facts about the institution and its people, programs, quirks, curiosities and sources of pride.

34 Wonton soup: This recipe, which is inspired by those taught in the 1960s, has been updated so that it is simple to make and delicious to eat any time of year.

Publisher: Dr. Paula Burns Editor-in-chief: Gwen Wirth Editor: Lisa Kozleski Design: Dana Woodward Cover photo: Rob Olson Photographers: Rod Leland, Rob Olson, Gregory Thiessen Contributors: Mark Campbell, Belinda Crowson, Jeremy Franchuk, Megan Shapka

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Q&A: Agriculture Science instructor Sampath Walgama encourages novices to take up gardening and inspires longtime growers to try new varieties.

Grads on our grounds: College grads put their hands-on learning to the test as skilled tradespeople working on the new trades and tech facility.

Illustrator: Brent Bates College staff contributors: Kristy Clark, Leeanne Conrad, Jamin Heller, Paul Kingsmith, Liz Morgan, Abdullah Mouslli, Ron Ostepchuk, Jonathan Ruzek, Shawn Salberg, Kasha Thurston Proofreaders: Brenda Brandley, Joanne Briggs, Cathie Carlson, Mary Ann Sorge, Linda Sprinkle

To share this issue with others or access even more content, visit us at widerhorizons.ca.

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President in action

Dr. Paula Burns, Lethbridge College’s President and CEO, high-fives Kodi the Kodiak as she crosses the finish line on April 8 at the 44th annual Kodiaks 10/4 Road Race. This year, 155 runners competed in the four-mile race, 85 runners competed in the 10-mile race, while 24 children participated in the first-ever one-mile fun run during the city’s oldest annual road race.

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In the four-mile race, former Kodiaks Willy Kimosop and Marissa Theriault were the winners, while the 10-mile race saw Dawn Ladds and Daniel Kipkoech cross the finish line first in their races. The race offers some of the largest cash prizes of any road race in Alberta, and all proceeds from the event go to support the Lethbridge College Kodiaks cross country and indoor track teams.

Photo by Rob Olson

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Campus in season

Each autumn, the elm, ash, maple and oak trees on campus erupt in colour, creating vibrant canopies for students and staff on the paths below. Head groundskeeper Gary Harmon (Welding 1985 and Metal Fabrication 1987) says there are more than 2,500 trees and bushes on campus, many of which were planted in the late 1960s and early 1970s and are now being replaced as they reach the end of their lifecycles. From May to August, he works with summer students and other staff members to keep the campus looking lush.

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Harmon is only the second groundskeeper in the college’s history. He started working for the college in 1983 and took over from the original groundskeeper, Mike Herrington, about 10 years ago. “The grounds have always been evolving and changing with the times. When Mike gave me the reins, he said, ‘You’ll have to update, because things will be getting to the end of their life, so you have to change,’ which is good.

I want to keep planting – taking down the old and putting up the new.”

Photo by Gregory Thiessen

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Hoisted high As the final buzzer sounded at the CCAA Women’s Basketball National Championships in March, the Kodiaks jumped for joy and huddled together in sheer jubilation at centre court. In the middle of the pack, hoisted high up in the air, was an 18-year-old who hadn’t played a moment of the game.

She wasn’t a Kodiaks player. In fact, she had only seen six games live all season. But she was a key figure in the playoff season, and that moment – held up high and surrounded by cheers – was one she called her dream come true.

Hanna Strebel is the younger sister of Shantaya Strebel, a third-year Kodiaks forward from Tabiona, Utah. Hanna has Down syndrome.

Shantaya says it’s never defined who she is or what she does.

“Growing up I honestly didn’t know she was different,” explains Shantaya. “My mom always said she was special, but I didn’t really ‘get it’ until I was older. She would take dance classes with me, play volleyball, and she wasn’t limited by any means.”

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Hanna cheered on Shantaya throughout high school and two years at nearby Utah State University – Eastern. Shantaya transferred to Lethbridge College in December 2014 and Hanna watched every game online. This year, Hanna was able to visit Lethbridge as the Kodiaks hosted the ACAC championship tournament. The trip was extra special because “Coach Hanna,” with the full support of then-head coach Brad Karren and the rest of the team, got to sit on the Kodiaks bench for each game.

After the Kodiaks claimed the ACAC championship and qualified for the CCAA national championships in Edmonton, Hanna and her family knew they had to make the long trip north from Utah. When Hanna arrived at the hotel, she shared a confession. “She said ‘Mom, you know what my next dream is? When they win, if they would just pick me up in the middle and hold me on their shoulders and cheer,’” Shantaya recounts.

Kodiaks then-assistant coach (and newly-named head coach) Deanna Dotts overheard Hanna’s comment. After Hanna was out of earshot, Deanna assured Hanna’s mother: “If we get there, we are making it happen.”

In the final, the Kodiaks overpowered Dawson College 81-57 to secure an undefeated season and the fourth national championship in program history. “When the final buzzer went, Hanna came running out onto the floor. We were cheering and Logan [Moncks] saw Hanna and she was like ‘lift her up guys, lift her up!’ So she and Emma [Lowry] lifted her up on top of the entire team.”

It was extremely emotional for Shantaya. “If you look at the pictures, I was kind of away from the group because I was crying,” she says. “I was super happy about winning the championship, but really I was crying because my sister’s dreams were coming true and it was so much bigger than me. It was just very humbling to see my whole team make her dreams come true, even as ours were coming true at the same time.”

As the team celebrated, the coaching staff and Kodiaks Athletics manager Todd Caughlin got to work, arranging with CCAA officials for Hanna to receive the same champions’ hat, t-shirt and gold medal as the rest of the team. “Todd and the coaches were so good about it, they were behind the scenes making all this happen for Hanna.”

Hanna posted about the experience on her social media pages, where, with the help of her mom, she regularly chronicles her life, from her cheerleading competitions to her performances in her school’s speech and drama program. Her Facebook page has more than 20,000 followers – many of them families who have children with Down syndrome or other disabilities.

In addition to inspiring her followers, Hanna had a big impact on Shantaya’s Kodiaks teammates. Logan Moncks, the ACAC Player of the Year, says Hanna opened her eyes to what people with disabilities can accomplish. “Hanna has changed my life. She gives hope to families all around the world and she has shown that a disability will not stop her.”

You can follow Hanna’s journey on Facebook (@hannasjourneywithdownsyndome) and Twitter (@journey_hanna).

Story by Jamin Heller | Photos courtesy Emmerson Reyes and CCAA

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CONVOCATION CALLOUTS

In addition to the thrill of seeing about 650 students become alumni as they crossed the stage at Convocation at the Enmax Centre on April 28, guests at this year’s ceremony witnessed a few additional notable moments: The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, received an honorary degree. McLachlin, who was born and raised in Pincher Creek, has had a profound influence on the Supreme Court for more than 25 years, since first being appointed in 1989.

Named Canada’s 17th chief justice in 2000, she is the first woman to serve as chief justice of Canada’s highest court, and is now the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history, with a strong history of fighting for Indigenous rights and causes. She announced her retirement a few weeks after the ceremony.

The annual Honour Night took place after the ceremony. This event gave the 120 Indigenous convocates the opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments with fellow classmates, family members and community members. As students embark on their pursuit of further academic and career goals, this evening also provided an opportunity for convocates to express thanks to their families as well as the services and agencies that have assisted in their educational journey.

Father and son duo Julius and Troy Delaney, from the Blood Tribe/ Kainai First Nation, gave the inaugural performance of the Lethbridge College Honour Song. The Delaneys, who come from a long line of drummers and singers who carry on the songs of many past spiritual leaders, both attended classes at Lethbridge College.

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News and notes THERAPEUTIC MUSIC MAKING

Forty-six participants – including therapeutic recreation

students, therapeutic recreation professionals and community members – came to campus in May to learn how to connect seniors to rhythm at a recreational therapist facilitator training program called Lulujam. This training, led by musical educator Lulu Leathley, has a scientifically-documented medical, emotional and even spiritual benefit and can bring seniors, clients and their families together. Participants learned skills and activities to promote participation in drumming, rhythmic body movements, auditory stimulation, playing musical instruments, singing and chanting – all with a therapeutic purpose.

“I was amazed at the active participation I saw by all who attended,” says Kathie Ervin, an instructor in the Therapeutic Recreation – Gerontology program who called the workshop one of the most beneficial training programs she has been involved in. “After the workshop, I could see how this drumming/music making could be used with all ages and disabilities in therapeutic recreation services, and also how this could be used to build teamwork, collaboration and relationships of employees in any workplace.” Ervin adds that the Therapeutic Recreation – Gerontology program will explore future training with Leathley for students and practitioners.

First-in-Canada accreditation for Child and Youth Care

COLLEGE NEWS

College receives $6.79 million in federal funding New infrastructure funding will allow Lethbridge College to create a flexible, modular innovation space that will benefit students, faculty and industry by providing real-world research opportunities in all disciplines. Lethbridge College will receive $6.79 million from the federal government, and a further $350,000 from the provincial government, for two projects under the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund (SIF). A total of $6.44 million of that federal funding will go towards the development of a 7,000-square-foot innovation space in the second phase of the 8

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college’s new trades and technologies facility.

Additionally, the federal and provincial governments will each provide $350,000 in funding to upgrade the power supply in the Aquaculture Centre of Excellence.

Paddling to perfection

Congratulations to the two college dragonboat teams for an excellent showing at the Lethbridge Rotary Dragonboat Festival in June. The Kodiaks women’s team earned a gold in Division C and a bronze in the top four local women’s community teams’ race. The Klippers team received a gold in the top four local mixed community team and the Reynar Cup.

Lethbridge College is the first college in Canada to earn accreditation from the Child and Youth Care Educational Accreditation Board of Canada (CYCEAB). The CYCEAB is a consortium of educators from both university- and college-level post-secondary institutions, representing institutions across the nation. The CYCEAB created a process for post-secondary institutions to apply for accreditation, with Lethbridge College’s Child and Youth Care program becoming the first institution to apply for and receive accreditation. Social service agencies and employers throughout Canada will have assurance that students from Lethbridge College are educated in a program that has been thoroughly examined by a nationally-ranked accrediting body.

National Indigenous Education award Lethbridge College, which is situated on traditional Blackfoot territory, received a bronze Indigenous Education Excellence award in May at the Colleges and Institutes Canada annual conference in Ottawa. Marcia Black Water, the college’s Indigenous student coordinator, accepted the award on behalf of the institution. From the college’s earliest days, it has been committed to and valued its Indigenous learners and communities and worked to nurture a culture that respects First Nations, Métis and Inuit intellectual and cultural traditions. Over the years, the college has developed Indigenous-centred programs and services to meet the educational and training needs of the First Nations communities from the region – the Kainai, Piikani and Siksika nations.

College team wins Business Case Competition

In a competition designed to put the province’s top young business minds into a pressurepacked, real-world scenario, Lethbridge College students kept their cool and took home first place and $4,000 from the CPA Alberta Education Foundation in the 12th annual Alberta Deans of Business Case Competition.

Lethbridge College hosted the competition on its campus, in conjunction with the University of Lethbridge, in March. The winning team included Business Administration students Scott Anderson, Andrea Kowalchuk, Sarah Phillips and Taylor Waters, and was coached

by School of Business chair Rita Halma and

faculty members Rod MacGregor and David Orr. A total of 14 teams from colleges and institutes throughout Alberta worked to find solutions to real-world business problems.

DOLLARS AND SENSE

Northside Dodge honours Rita Simons with $100,000 gift Northside Lethbridge Dodge has honoured one of its own by making a generous gift in support of post-secondary education and Lethbridge College. In May, the company and college announced a gift of $100,000 to create the Rita Simons Memorial student awards.

Rita Simons was the mother of Diane Simons and the grandmother of Northside Lethbridge Dodge general manager Russell Gallant.

A total of eight Rita Simons Memorial Awards, worth $2,500 each, will be presented annually to students in trades and apprenticeship programs, as well as to students in any program with a focus on Indigenous students, mature students or students who are single-custodial parents.

Best in our class

The spring and fall 2016 issues of Wider Horizons received a silver award – and the only award given in the “community college magazine” category this year – in the international CASE Circle of Excellence Award competition. The judges wrote: “truly a unique alumni magazine, Wider Horizons appeals to far more than the Lethbridge College community.

With a wide variety of engaging written pieces and high quality design and photography, this publication stood head and shoulders above the other magazines entered.”

Top-notch teachers The winners of the LCFA/SA Teaching Excellence and Rookie of the Year Awards were celebrated at Convocation in April. These outstanding instructors were chosen based on their teaching excellence, fulfilment of their professional responsibilities as well as their demonstrated interpersonal skills and ethics. Congratulations go out to: • Marda Schindeler, General Studies, who won the LCFA/SA Teaching Excellence Award • Amy Bright, General Studies; Natasha Fairweather, General Studies; and Marie Laenen, Nursing; who were named “Rookies of the Year.”

$ 101,122 Signature Homes, a fourth-generation Lethbridge-based custom home builder, along with its suppliers, tradespeople and building team, announced a donation of $101,122 to Lethbridge College as part of The College Home partnership on March 8.

$ 75,000 Funding received from the Government of Alberta’s Community Initiatives Program to create “Founder’s Square,” a legacy project planned in celebration of the college’s 60th anniversary.

$ 10,000 Funding received from the Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta to be used for art and artifacts in Founder’s Square, which will open this fall near the Food Court.

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News and notes INTRODUCING

Lethbridge College is pleased to introduce some of the people who have recently moved into new positions or came to campus in a variety of leadership roles.

Samantha Lenci, who started work as vice president academic on Aug. 1. Most recently, she had served as the associate vice president of Academic Services at SAIT. Lenci has spent more than 20 years leading a variety of programs in education that provided leadership, community development, strategic planning, project management and program development during stints at Mount Royal University, Bow Valley College and SAIT. Dr. Kenny Corscadden, who started as Dean of the Centre for Technology, Environment and Design on Aug. 8. He previously had served as associate dean of research and graduate studies in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University.

Dr. Tim Heath, who started as Dean of the Centre for Applied Arts and Sciences on July 4. He is an experienced instructor and administrator who had previously worked as an associate dean at Red Deer College.

Dr. Janet Welch, who has more than 25 years of higher education experience both in Alberta and internationally, is the college’s new associate vice president academic.

BY THE NUMBERS

PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS WHO 3 2 D I F F E R E N T P RO G R A M DURING THE STUDENT FOR PROGRAM IN FEBRUARY AND

VISITED AREAS A DAY MARCH.

STUDENTS WHO TOOK PART IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING WEEK ON CAMPUS.

Dr. Jagvir Singh, who has over a decade of involvement in post-secondary research collaborations, is the new director of Applied Research.

Sandra Dufresne, who was named to the newly-created position of director, External Relations and Community Engagement. Dufresne has worked at Lethbridge College since 1990.

Deanna Dotts, a former Kodiaks athlete and assistant coach, who was named the women’s head basketball coach for the 2017-18 season.

June 16 : @SierraGarner7

Glad I could be there with @LethCollege to celebrate this great month. #LoveIsLoveIsLove { Sierra Garner }

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NUMBER OF ITEMS THE BUCHANAN LIBRARY COLLECTED

AND DONATED TO THE LCSA FOOD BANK AS PART OF ITS FOOD FOR FINES CAMPAIGN IN APRIL.

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NUMBER OF COLLEGE EMPLOYEES A N D T H E I R FA M I LY M E M B E R S W H O PA R T I C I PAT E D I N T H I S YEAR’S STEPS FOR LIFE EVENT ON MAY 6 AT HENDERSON LAKE.

LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE LEGACIES

The “college” years With Lethbridge College turning 60, it seems appropriate to reflect on the history of Lethbridge College. For this edition, we focus on the last 20 years.

Anniversaries encourage people and institutions to reflect on past achievements and hopes for the future. The college took the opportunity of its 50th anniversary in 2007 to renew a commitment to students and to refocus its mandate, changing its name (which had started as Lethbridge Junior College and changed to Lethbridge Community College) to Lethbridge College.

Becoming Lethbridge College was about so much more than a name change. It was about the evolution of the college and recognition of the diverse faces of the student body. When the college started, its primary focus was to serve Lethbridge and district students and it truly was a community college. By 2007, the college was serving students from around the world and a new name reflected that new reality. With the new name came a new vision which helped to enhance the identity of the college locally, provincially and nationally.

As one looks back, it also becomes clear that the college has always had the trades and technologies area as one of its main priorities. As a result, new programs have been introduced to ensure college graduates have the best possible skills. The Wind Turbine program was introduced in 2005 as the first of its kind in Canada. Considering the great growth in the wind turbine industry, both across southern Alberta and around the world, it would be fair to say that Lethbridge College wind turbine graduates have a brisk future ahead.

The trades and technologies areas have also been enhanced with new facilities to help grow the programs. These state-ofthe-art classrooms and labs will ensure students are provided the most up-to-date learning opportunities so they stay ready for challenges today and far into the future. It will be fascinating to see what the college and its students and graduates achieve in the next 20 years.

Who knows, perhaps 40 years from now, when the college is 100 years old, these new graduates will look back on their college years and see the important ways it shaped their lives, just as grads like Mark Campbell (Communication Arts 1975) does: “Going to Lethbridge College back in 1973 was the best decision I ever made in my life. It provided me with the groundwork for a career that I was able to sustain for over 40 years in Lethbridge.”

Do you have memories of the past 20 years to share? What do you think the future of Lethbridge College will be?

If you have a memory of the last 20 years of Lethbridge College’s history that you’d like to share, email WHMagazine@lethbridgecollege.ca or post your story and photos on the college’s social media channels: /LethbridgeCollege @lethcollege @lethcollege

We can’t wait to hear from you.

Story by Belinda Crowson, Galt Museum and Archives Photos from Lethbridge College archives

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College research project puts tastes to the test

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ne afternoon in May, I sit down at a desk in a Lethbridge College School of Culinary Arts classroom to take a test I hadn’t studied for and couldn’t pass or fail.

I am there, along with 16 members of the culinary program’s advisory committee, for a session of organoleptic (sensory) testing, led by instructor Rob Sonnenberg (Renewable Resource Management 1992, Fish and Wildlife 1993). There are no exam books or calculators – just trays of fresh produce, some of which come from the college’s aquaponics program, which raises fish and grows produce together in a single integrated system.

The test itself is straightforward. Seemingly identical samples are given to each participant who is asked to taste and evaluate them according to an array of criteria; some are simply ranked in terms of preference, some are rated on a scale weighing different qualities, including colour, smell, texture and, of course, taste. To eliminate any potential bias, we aren’t told where each sample comes from. They could either be from the college’s aquaponics program, or from the grocery store down the street.

“ We w a n t t o make s u r e t h e f o o d that is b e i n g g r o w n by our a q u a p o n i c s p r ogram i s go o d a n d d e t ermine h o w go o d i t is.”

“We want to make sure the food that is being grown by our aquaponics program is good and determine how good it is,” says Sonnenberg.

“The sessions we are running are made to answer those questions in a scientific manner.

There’s inherent biases and it’s neat to see where those exist with certain products.

For example, one of the big myths we face is the belief that [produce] grown in fish water has a fishy taste and that’s not the case.”

As each sample of bok choy, kale, basil, lettuce and tilapia comes and goes, I find myself straining to detect the differences between each. Three different containers of lettuce could be from the same head; later it’s revealed two were from the same crop from the aquaponics program, but picked a few days apart. I make notes and try each sample repeatedly before submitting my opinion. Overall, the test is a challenge, but an interesting insight into the ways the kitchen and the lab are coming together through the college’s applied research programs.

{ Rob Sonnenberg } Above: Chef Rob Sonnenberg prepares the 16 “students” for a sensory testing experience in May. Left: Among the items sampled were bok choy, kale, basil and lettuce.

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“...it ’s important to know that the food we’re growing is c omparable to what you c an get at Safeway or B rox burn Farms.”

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ob Sonnenberg wears many hats at Lethbridge College. As Chef Rob, he is a full-time instructor in the Culinary program, helping train new generations of chefs. But the Coaldale native also wields diplomas in Renewable Resources and Fish and Wildlife technology, as well as bachelor and master’s degrees in environmental science.

“I was working as a fishery consultant when I applied for a teaching position at the college, so from about 1993 to 2014, I would teach cooking from August to May and then I’d go work with fish out in the woods during the summer.”

While food science is having something of a moment, thanks to the popularity of figures like British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal and Spanish molecular gastronomy pioneer Ferran Adrià, for Sonnenberg the two interests overlap at a more elemental level.

“I very much enjoy and connect to the outdoors, hunting and cooking wild game and harvesting my own products,” he says. “That’s where that outdoor connection and cooking come together for me.”

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In 2015, Lethbridge College received a $2.1-million Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant for aquaponics research.

Currently fish, such as tilapia, and produce, such as lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and bok choy, are being produced through water recirculation technologies and greenhouse operations at the college (see p. 17).

“The sensory testing is one aspect of our NSERC grant,” says Christine Picken, operations manager in the Centre for Applied Research and Innovation. “We are growing plants with fish waste and so it’s important to know that the food we’re growing is comparable to what you can get at Safeway or Broxburn Farms.”

With his extensive experience in the kitchen and his background in environmental science, Sonnenberg was a natural fit to lead the sensory testing portion of the project.

“They let me take the ball and start running with it,” he says.

In May 2016, Sonnenberg was part of Lethbridge College’s culinary research team that underwent a three-day organoleptic training session by Sirocco Food and Wine Consulting to learn how to use the senses of taste, texture, sight and smell to create protocols that allow testers to subjectively evaluate the quality of foods so they could, in turn, deliver their own training sessions.

While the current focus is on evaluating the produce from the college’s aquaponics program and completing the research project under the NSERC grant, Sonnenberg says there are other applications for this type of research.

Above and left: Participants use all of their senses – especially touch, taste and smell – during the testing.

Right: Chef Sonnenberg will lead 12 more training sessions during the remaining three years of the project.

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“It opens the eyes of the students and shows them that it ’s not just the art-side of c ooking; there’s a sc ienc e-side that you c an make a living on if you want.” { Rob Sonnenberg }

“I’ve had a few discussions with people in the food service industry, nothing concrete, but there is some interest there,” he says. “For instance, I’m hoping to work with a local [producer] of haskap berries. We’ll run those in one of our sessions to get the analysts’ views of that product. If the industry finds this is useful for them, you never know where it can go.”

So far, Sonnenberg has run four of the training sessions, with 12 more to come over the remaining three years of the project. The first few sessions have drawn from local commercial aquaponics and greenhouse growers, the Culinary program advisory committee, and Culinary students, but Sonnenberg is hoping to grow his base of test subjects.

“I’m working on a plan to canvas the general population at the college to see if we can get some people who’d like to do this,” he says. “I’m hoping to build a database of people who are interested and get a little more pointed in asking questions about their habits to give me cleaner data. It’s maybe not as exciting as going to a wine tasting, but people think it’s interesting.”

Sonnenberg says that beyond the research project, bringing science into the kitchen can have some side benefits for culinary students.

“The science of cooking is on the rise and there are definitely job opportunities out there with a lot of companies on the product development side,” he says. “It opens the eyes of the students and shows them that it’s not just the art-side of cooking; there’s a science-side that you can make a living on if you want.”

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t the conclusion of the sensory test session, Sonnenberg goes through the results and informs the test group (myself included) about the origin of each sample. I’m not surprised, given how hard it was to detect differences and the fact I’ve never tasted aquaponically-grown food before, that my choices skew to the supermarket stuff. But perhaps that itself is a testament to the quality of the product that an untrained pallet like mine can’t spot the difference.

I come out of the test having learned this punny lesson: taste might be subjective, but there’s nothing fishy about Chef Rob’s research.

Stories by Jeremy Franchuk | Photos by Rob Olson

Above: ShaeLynn Bordyschuk, a third-year cook apprentice in the college’s Cook apprentice program who works at Mocha Cabana, assists Chef Sonnenberg during the testing. Participants in the first few sessions have come from local commercial aquaponics and greenhouse growers, the Culinary program advisory committee, and Culinary students, but Sonnenberg is planning to expand his base of test subjects.

“We’re tr ying to educ ate people that there are different ways of growing food.”

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hat’s Nemo,” says John Derksen, chair of the Aquaculture Centre of Excellence (ACE) at Lethbridge College, as he points to a large, silver-scaled tilapia swimming near the top of a plastic tank. “He’s very friendly.”

Sure enough, as I brush the surface of the water, Nemo swims up and nibbles my finger.

“He thinks you’re going to feed him,” laughs Derksen.

We’re standing in a warehouse-like building next to humming equipment, plastic tanks teeming with Nemo and his fishy friends, and large tables of plants bathed in purple UV light. This facility is the heart of the centre’s research on aquaponics, an agricultural technique where fish and plants are cultivated together in a growing system that can efficiently and safely produce plants year-round.

The ACE has been a fixture of the college for 20 years, originally focusing on the study of fish and later adding aquaponics research to its body of research. That work was boosted in 2015 when the college received a $2.1-million Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant to support applied research in Integrated Fish and Plant Systems (IFPS).

Using animal byproducts as fertilizer to grow produce is a practice as old as agriculture itself. In aquaponics, fish, microbes and plants work together in an almost perfectly closed cycle; fish waste is collected and processed to remove harmful substances like ammonia, leaving nitrogen and nutrients that help plants thrive.

“We’re taking waste that would otherwise go into the sewer and making it into an organic fertilizer,” explains Derksen. “By controlling the environmental parameters like pH, temperature and oxygen, we want to find the perfect recipe to break down tilapia [waste] as quickly as we can into organic fertilizer and utilize that in our aquaponics.”

As a result, Derksen says aquaponic-grown produce grows twice as fast as in soil, utilizes 90 per cent less water and is nutritionally comparable, but superior to hydroponic-grown produce. The biggest challenge is maintaining the right

balance within the intricate system, which is one of the focuses of the centre’s research led by Dr. Nick Savidov.

“Everything is tied together,” says Derksen. “You have to be good at the fish and you have to be good at the plants.

There’s a lot to know but once you have the ecosystem running, it takes care of itself.”

To test the quality of the produce grown through the program, the ACE has partnered with the college’s culinary program (see main article), as well as local restaurants, including Plum, Mocha Cabana and Prime Catering.

“We’d send our apprentice to help harvest the produce with the aquaponics team and they would deliver it to the participating restaurants,” says Angel Harper, co-owner of Mocha Cabana. “I could tell it was much better than what we were getting from other suppliers. When we can’t get something locally, chances are that product has been picked and held up to two weeks before we get it. The aquaponics produce was so fresh and it lasted longer because it was picked the morning we got it.”

In addition to creating better produce, aquaponics also has environmental benefits; there’s little waste produced and minimal water used. And of course, locally-grown produce cuts down on the carbon footprint involved in bringing your food to the table.

“In a world where there are environmental concerns in terms of available water and land use, for us to have an applied research project that could impact how we grow food and look at food production, is very exciting, especially for a small institution,” says Christine Picken, operations manager at the Centre for Applied Research and Innovation.

Ultimately, the goal of the project is to see if aquaponics can work on a commercial scale. So far, Derksen says, the results are encouraging.

“We’re trying to educate people that there are different ways of growing food,” says Derksen. “Since we’ve started, there’s been a big change in the number of people adopting this on a commercial level. I think this is the future.”

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WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? Ideas are essential to the life and legacy of Lethbridge College. Ideas illuminate. Ideas lead to innovation. They come from ever ything.

And our capacity to create and understand them is part of what makes us human.

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Ideas are central to the purpose and people who are tied to Lethbridge College, an institution rooted in an inspiring history of embracing big ideas and committed to a future of fostering new and innovative ones.

This issue of Wider Horizons is dedicated to the ideas – both large and small – that have been launched from, discovered at or embraced by Lethbridge College, in its past, present and future. Earlier in this anniversary year, Wider Horizons 2017 featured 60 meaningful Lethbridge College places and 60 memorable Lethbridge College people. The following pages contain a discussion of 60 Lethbridge College ideas – in-depth discussion of six “big ideas,” followed by 54 lesser-known aspects of the college’s story. These insights and bits of inspiration are a diverse mix of thoughts, facts, concepts, plans, purposes and philosophies that have distinguished the college in the past and set it on its course for the future.

WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?

60 ideas • 60 years Sixty ideas – large and small – to celebrate Lethbridge College’s 60 years of leading and transforming education in Alberta

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{ with Dean W.J. “Jim” Cousins }

“Ex Disciplina Docti” or learning can only be achieved by discipline and hard work.

Dean W.J. “Jim” Cousins, Lethbridge College’s first chief executive, was asked to bring several school mottos to the first Board of Governors during the college’s inaugural academic year, 1957-58. The board directed him to include the words “doctus” in its meaning of “learning.” He found several mottos, and the one the students selected was the motto above, which, roughly translated, means “through discipline learning.” The spirit of this motto echoes throughout the pages of an oral history about Cousins conducted in 1975

by Charles Ursenbach.

Interview by Charles Ursenbach 1975 | Photos supplied

You must have been influenced by a good many teachers. Have you a particular teacher who influenced you?

There are a number of them. But there was one in particular and I think it’s partly due to him that I’m in the history profession. This man, Mr. Hughes, … had a marvelous knack of telling stories. So all the history he taught me I can remember almost word for word. I can remember the expression on his face when he said it. … I think it has something to do with the fact that I’m a Welshman. We’re very musical.

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Was this music a vital part of [your] school training?

I took a very broad pattern. They wanted breadth in those days… so I had French, I had music, calculus, chemistry, and every one of those was useful in teaching history, because a historian has to know a little bit about medicine, chemistry, science and everything that went with it. All the courses that I had gave me a great breadth, because I wanted to know this and that and the other thing. You can find that today when I’m talking that I can draw illustrations from so many different places.

It appears to me this great urge you have for learning must be quite a gift.

It must be that I have a general intelligence. I used to take all these subjects in university thinking “Now I’ll be a genius in one of them,” but I never was. I was good in a whole bunch of them. …From the time I was 2½ years until I was 60, my life had been a constant one of studying and learning. I never had a chance to stop learning and appreciate doing nothing. Even now my conscience bothers me if I’m not over there with microfilm digging stuff out.

Were your summer school activities very demanding?

At the University of Alberta, you had to prepare 25 to 30 per cent of your work before you went there. I always had it done. It was done and I could write the exam on the first day. While a lot of teachers said they didn’t have the time, I used to say “Well, you make the time.” Because I had to make it. I had to garden, I had to teach my students, I had to put on concerts and I had to study, even if it was after eleven o’clock some nights. So I was never caught flat-footed, and on the first test I always made a good mark.

And the rest of the term I would work very hard.

You have been involved in education here in the city, particularly in the junior college and also in the University of Lethbridge. Would you like to tell us about the growth of those two?

Once we got started in 1957, after the University [of Alberta] accepted the idea, we decided that we were going to open a junior college. …So we opened with some university courses, first-year arts and science and first-year education, and with a course in business. …We had one student in motor mechanics…[and] a couple of rooms in LCI. When we started that year then, we had almost as big a staff as we had students.

The students of the first year [at Lethbridge Junior College] did very well when they went to the university the next year. …I think the city owes a lot to the junior college. …When Lawrence Bussard asked me in 1957 if I thought the thing would succeed, I said I thought it would but he wondered where the students would come from. One is the community college and the other is the University of Lethbridge, but they were both Lethbridge Junior College and that’s where it started and that’s what it is.

I was never caught flat-footed, and on the first test I always made a good mark. And the rest of the term I would work ver y hard.

What has been the great impact upon your family in Lethbridge?

I think it was my association with the junior college, because when that institution came, the college was a new idea. It’s a movement now, but I had to sell the idea.

I had help from a lot of people like Lorne Blackbourne and Lawrence Bussard and so on. But I was a speaker, and as a speaker I went around to all the schools and to graduations and all sorts of places. I think I’ve been in every school from the boundary down to Medicine Hat. …

That college got me started as a speaker, and I think that is what I’ve been doing ever since. I think that is the biggest impact in Lethbridge.

W. J. “Jim” Cousins, a Welsh-born history teacher at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, was 45-years-old when he was the first person hired to work at the college – to teach history – and later named the college’s first chief executive officer. He served in this role until 1963, when he returned to teaching history full-time at the college, and he was one of the inaugural faculty members when the new University of Lethbridge opened in 1967. He retired in 1975, shortly before this interview was conducted, and died in Lethbridge in 1996 at the age of 88.

Special thanks are given to Bob Cousins, the grand-nephew of Jim Cousins, and his wife Lois Romney, for alerting Lethbridge College to this oral history and sharing the book with us.

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Roy Weasel Fat’s grandparents, Henry and Louise Standing Alone, were one of the first families on the Blood Reserve to farm and ranch. Weasel Fat and his sons still carry on that legacy today.

WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? { with Roy Weasel Fat }

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“New Buffalo” Education is the “new buffalo,” and the work done at post-secondar y institutions is essential to ensuring a strong and prosperous future, especially for Indigenous peoples.

Interview by Lisa Kozleski | Photo by Rob Olson Story by Dave McMurray

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What is this idea all about?

Our Elders call education the new buffalo. You know how in our traditional culture the buffalo used to provide almost everything a person needed – food, shelter, clothing? That is how they view education now.

They keep encouraging everyone to get an education – much like my parents did for me.

How have you seen this idea in action in your life?

For me, growing up on my dad’s farm on the reserve, south of Standoff, I worked, farmed and ranched, and basically it was more of my parents’ push for me to go to college. They told us kids to get an education – they said we’d be better off for it. It was what they wanted for us.

Their own schooling was limited. They were at boarding [residential] schools, and my mother only went through grade eight and my father through grade six. They saw education as a value and they wanted me to try college.

NEW BUFFALO I went to Lethbridge College to study Vocational Agriculture.

There were two three-month semesters that coincided with harvest and spring seeding. I was one of very few from the reserve to go on to post-secondary education. When I got there, there were a handful of students from here, including one in the ag program with me.

[After graduating from the college, Weasel Fat worked at the Lethbridge Research Centre and then in various ag-related jobs on the Blood Reserve. In 1987, he returned to the world of post-secondary education, attending Mount Royal University for upgrading, the University of Calgary where he earned a Bachelor of Education degree in 1992 and Gonzaga University where he earned a Masters of Arts in Educational Counselling in 1997. He is currently working on his doctoral degree focusing on Blackfoot cultural philosophy.]

It was during a practicum experience at the U of C, that’s the time I started to know that mainstream people didn’t know much about the First Nations people. I was working in a school southeast of Calgary – and that class, they were the best group of kids. Those kids were really hungry for First Nations teachings, for learning about our Blackfoot ways. My dad loaned me his buckskin outfit and I wore it one day, and showed them my dad’s headdress. It was remarkable to see these kids wanted to know more – they just wanted to learn.

How do you see this idea in action in your work?

I began my career at Red Crow Community College in January 1994 by developing an adult literacy course and instructed there to 1996. In 1997, I was appointed the adult education coordinator, and in 2002, the vice president academic. In the fall of 2013, I became President of Red Crow College. As president, I enjoy being able to promote the college. My work here is trying to get our community members educated.

Accessibility is number one and it’s important that we have it right here in the community, that we are one of the five First Nations colleges in Alberta.

My tenure here at Red Crow was the right place for me as far as education is concerned. For us here, we are teaching our younger generation about their culture. A lot of them don’t really know about the culture – even the language – and that’s a critical area. At the foundation, we want our kids to know who they are, to be self-confident and not underestimate themselves.

One of our main advantages as a First Nations college is that we have direct access to our community Elders and the traditional way of knowledge. We have had an Elders Advisory Council for more than two decades. They help our students connect with their culture and with our Blackfoot ways of living

and being, how we come together as a Blackfoot community, how to continue the practices of teaching this culture to our community. Elders are very important to our community. They can help members of our community think more about their Blackfoot identity.

Some of the questions our Elders ask our younger people as they start their journey of learning about their culture are: “Do you have a Blackfoot name? Who gave you that name? If you don’t have one, do you want one?” If so, the Elders will go about getting the student a Blackfoot name, because that’s part of the self-identity. They also ask “What clan are you from?”

There are about 17 clans and it is another way students can connect to their community and history.

What we do here at Red Crow Community College is make it so anyone can come and learn about Blackfoot ways if they choose to come here. Once people return back into the culture it has a transformative effect. People change once they know.

And for me, success is when a member of our community experiences success in education and in life. It is my obligation to pass on this knowledge of success to our students and other members of the community, so that they may enjoy the benefits of a post-secondary education and lead a better life – so they may benefit from the “new buffalo” as our ancestors benefitted from the buffalo. That’s what I want for our students.

Roy M. Weasel Fat is the president of Mikai’sto/Red Crow Community College and a 1974 graduate of Lethbridge College’s Vocational Agriculture program.

As a leader, he has demonstrated vision and innovation, and he is responsible for the infusion of Blackfoot culture and values in every sector and level of education, including adult literacy, adult upgrading, trades, health and general studies, at the Standoff college.

Red Crow Community College was established in 1986 as a First Nations educational institute and initially offered upgrading and college prep courses. In the late 1990s, the college formed the Kainai Studies Department, which incorporated uniquely-designed courses built upon Blackfoot and Kainai worldviews. In its 31-year span, the college has evolved into a complete post-secondary institution offering diploma and degree programs in partnerships with many post-secondary institutions, including Lethbridge College.

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WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? { with Jaclyn Doherty }

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Learning Experience Design Imagine if a learner was a learner at Lethbridge College, and all students, staff and faculty had equal access to interdisciplinar y learning opportunities… all the time. This is an idea that can happen thanks to Learning Experience Design.

Interview by Lisa Kozleski | Photos by Rob Olson

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Why is this an important idea to consider?

Learning isn’t only about delivering content. It is about how we experience, process, reflect and contribute to fulfilling outcomes and become competent in something. At its core, the learning journey should be enjoyable, engaging, relevant, informative and tangible.

Lethbridge College, much like most other post-secondary institutions, is under significant pressure to build on learner success within the context of transition. This means establishing and implementing breakthrough teaching and learning models, innovative and collaborative learning partnerships, and creative uses of technology, all while respecting increased accountability and the need for a return on stakeholder investment. In our various roles at the college, we are obliged to do as much as possible to improve what we have while simultaneously building the conditions for new possibilities and solutions to emerge. We have a variety of thoughtful plans to guide us in this work. They provide the necessary frameworks for programs to build on existing research, knowledge and practice while creating a foundation for new course models, innovative learning space designs and assessments of academic progress while enhancing individual strengths and capabilities through the development of our faculty, staff and students.

That all sounds great. But how do you actually pull it off? How do you move from plans to action?

Fortunately, we don’t need to look far to find the answers. As learning experience designers, we work with most departments at the college and get to see incredible examples of teaching and learning happening every day across our campus, and not just the kind of learning you see in a classroom (although there are many great examples of that too!). All you have to do is look behind walls and over cubicles to see students, staff and faculty creating and nurturing a culture of learning within their discipline areas. They are already successfully operationalizing certain aspects of our current vision of leading and transforming education in Alberta. All across campus, you can see a full spectrum of students, faculty and staff learning and sharing knowledge and developing new skills. So in many ways, this is already happening!

Unfortunately, all too often it is occurring behind closed doors. I often wonder, what would happen if we exposed it all – if we truly removed the barriers and deliberately took down the silos, opening the door to more interdisciplinary opportunities?

What if we responded to existing policy, strategic plans and our provincial mandate by making those who are already doing great things more visible? What if we identified everyone as a learner and endorsed a mindset that fosters experimentation, encourages new ways of thinking and, most importantly, translates plans into action? What would this look like?

One aspect of learning experience design is putting theory into practice. Can you give an example of how that can happen on campus?

To get a glimpse of some of these creative learning space designs that already exist on campus, as well as to see students putting theory into practice, just look into the Early Childhood Education lab. The classroom there transforms day after day to meet the needs of the students and different children who attend each week.

One day it will be set up as a traditional classroom for students to learn the theory of their discipline. On another day, that space is transformed into an Infant Observation Lab. The environmental design for the infant class is completely different and must be very sensitive to the infants’ unique stage of development. Exposure to infant, play-based curriculum is very limited, so the ability to create it in the lab is a rare opportunity for students to observe, record and understand concepts related to infant early learning and care.

And during the same week, that same classroom can be converted again for the Parent Preschool Program, which serves as a practicum site for students. With the instructors’ ability to flex this space, the students, with their practicum instructor and the children, have the opportunity to co-construct their practicum experience. They literally build the curriculum in the lab, which creates exceptional experiential learning.

In all three formations, the physical environment sends a big message to those who are in it about how they should feel and interact with each other, the furniture and the space.

What if this was what learning looked like across campus?

Imagine a place that provided transparent out-of-the-box professional development experiences and new learning technologies – a place that was designed for executing innovative work and openly sharing scholarly activity – a place that would inspire all people to cultivate and participate in interdisciplinary peer networks all the time. What if this type of learning design was not only contained in our classrooms and libraries? What if it spilled into our hallways, meeting rooms, offices and outdoor spaces?

Imagine an incubator for transformative teaching practices – a place that fosters teaching and learning excellence by providing a safe and supportive environment to experiment with breakthrough teaching and learning models, participate in innovative partnerships and contribute to institutional strategic transformation. Imagine all of this, which comes with the long-term benefit of informing institutional practices, improving retention and strengthening our reputation within the community and beyond.

The Early Childhood Education lab transforms daily from a traditional classroom to an infant lab to a preschool setting, always meeting the needs of the college students and children who attend.

Imagine if there were more opportunities to create internal partnerships between programs and departments.

These partnerships could create capacity for higherquality multidisciplinary programming, more meaningful consultation, more efficiencies in our services and provide more opportunities to work closely with a broader range of educators, learners, entrepreneurs, researchers and other multi-disciplinary groups to tackle complex sets of challenges while designing, developing and implementing high-quality and engaging learning opportunities for the future.

Imagine if by adopting a curious mindset for what others are doing (and perhaps not doing), we could influence how we think about and deliver education and spark innovative thinking and the ideas that shape our world. Imagine if…

Jaclyn Doherty is the manager of Curriculum Development and Renewal in the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Innovation at Lethbridge College. In that role, she collaborates with program chairs, deans, faculty and community partners to design and develop programs and teaching and learning initiatives.

Doherty has a broad and interdisciplinary academic background in educational and strategic leadership, curriculum development, technology and art as well as extensive educational development experience. She has a strong interest in design research, leading with positive change, people development and facilitation. Doherty earned a B.A./B.Ed. in Education and Technology at the University of Lethbridge and a Master’s degree in Educational Research, with a special focus in educational technology, from the University of Calgary.

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{ with Knud Peterson }

Teamwork Fostering a team spirit, camaraderie and the idea of pulling for one another are all key to a favourable outcome in any group, institution, organization or business.

Interview by Paul Kingsmith | Photo (bottom right) by Ian Martens, courtesy of The Lethbridge Herald, (above right) by Gregory Thiessen

Why should we value teamwork?

Teamwork at its best can be described as people working together successfully for a common cause. On sports teams for instance, it is particularly important that teammates work together with determination. Such desire can often overcome lack of skills within the team and make them successful against more talented but less motivated teams.

There are numerous examples of “underdog” teams pulling off seemingly impossible feats in the world of sports.

In fact, teams with the best players do not necessarily win championships.

Management and coaching are really important and valuable parts of any type of teamwork in terms of bringing out the best in people. Recognizing strength, weakness and leadership skills among team members along with providing individual encouragement can make everyone feel valuable and part of the team, even if some people fill lesser roles.

Coaching can also help instill passion and determination, two important ingredients for success in all phases of life.

People with leadership skills are an important component of successful teamwork whether it involves sport teams or other types of teams. Leadership qualities, however, may manifest themselves in many different forms – from brilliant skills to extra hard work and from strong ethics to keeping everyone motivated. These types of skills are often discovered while working together and are good reasons why we should value teamwork.

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How do you see teamwork in action?

It is difficult for me to assess all aspects of teamwork at Lethbridge College, but in general it appears quite focused.

After almost 25 years of involvement with Kodiaks Athletics, I’ve seen firsthand how important teamwork is - not only among teams, athletes, coaches and Kodiaks administration, but also between students, instructors, managers, administrative teams and indeed all the way up the stairs to the Lethbridge College administration.

Certainly, in my mind at least, information sharing has by and large been adequate at the college. In our fast changing world, such info sharing is likely challenging at times, but nevertheless, successful teamwork depends on it. Things like “here’s what you have to work with, these are the limiting parameters and here’s what we expect” are facts people and teams need to know and discuss before realistic goals can be set. As managers, coaches and teams change, it’s often difficult to maintain equal success rates.

Teamwork is key to a favourable outcome in any institution, organization or business and inevitably most, if not all, have had struggles along the way. My experience with the college has been a real eye-opener, positive in most ways, in terms of how teamwork is able to function in a much larger environment than in my former business, a potato farm with only one or two layers of decision-making power. It blows me away to see how well the college manages to maintain a teamwork atmosphere through numerous layers of management and priorities.

TEAMWORK How do the values of teamwork translate to the outside world?

My opinion is that a college education involving teamwork, among other things, often leads to graduates becoming more readily employable. Many employers like to hire college graduates who have participated in competitive sports or other teamwork experiences that enhance leadership skills. Except for the many students in trades, moving from a college setting to the outside world can still be a daunting task even for the most well-rounded graduates unless they have prior work-related experiences.

Many students at Lethbridge College are getting ready to further their education at the university level and for them it’s equally important to have a good sense of what teamwork is about. I personally know of students making the jump from college to university who are thankful to Lethbridge College for a smooth transition. As well, it can be said that the many teamwork activities students organize with assistance from the Lethbridge College Students’ Association (LCSA) are of lasting benefit.

Additionally, the LCSA helps foster the importance of teamwork in the democratic process by facilitating the annual students’ association election campaign. For many students, it is also their first real chance to vote on issues directly affecting themselves and often students who do cast a vote end up becoming life-long voters in municipal, provincial and federal elections.

Knud Petersen, along with ACAC hall of famer Alvin Tietz, founded the Lethbridge College women’s soccer program in 1994. The team went undefeated in its inaugural 1994 season, winning both the ACAC conference championship and the CCAA national title. Petersen continued to help coach and manage the team for two more years, through the 1996 season, and also helped to finance the women’s soccer program through its early years, working with well-known entertainment promoter Ron Sakamoto to keep the team financially stable.

In addition to his ongoing support of the Kodiaks, Petersen has been an active volunteer at a host of community organizations, including the Lethbridge Food Bank, the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs, environmental groups, University of Lethbridge athletics and more. In 2013, he was awarded the college’s highest honour, receiving an honorary degree, and this spring, he was inducted into the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame.

Rob Kossuth (second from right), chair of the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame, speaks with inductee Knud Petersen and Kinsmen Sports Persons of the Year Zack McAllister and Ashley Steacy.

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WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA? { with Kristin Ailsby }

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Diversity The big idea that I think is so cool at the college right now is that we can actually transform education - but we can’t do this if we don’t have an eye on diversity, including gender diversity.

Interview by Lisa Kozleski | Photos by Gregory Thiessen

What is this idea all about?

Whether we’re talking about the law or post-secondary institutions, it’s important to have diverse voices – women’s voices, Indigenous voices, immigrant voices, LGBTQ voices, all kinds of voices – at the table, because those voices say important things. They are a part of and connect us to the community we serve. How can we expect to serve a community that we don’t understand or know? If we expect to do exceptional work for the people we want to serve, we need the people we serve at the table for conversations. In the context of the college, our learners need to know that the best ideas the college has had and ever will have arose as a result of a commitment to push the kind of boundaries previous thinkers didn’t accept or even acknowledge.

My own experiences include working in a traditional male-dominated profession and being the first woman to become partner at Alberta’s oldest law firm, so I can speak passionately about the question of why we want to have women’s voices at every decision-making level. And my favourite answer to that question is simple: Historically, women have been good at asking the question “why not?”

Why not have the biggest trades training facility south of Calgary? Why not make excellence our standard?

Why can’t we respond proactively to a changing economy?

Another reason why I think we need women in educational leadership is because we are acutely aware of how education transformed our own approach to the things that matter.

Kristin Ailsby and Dr. Paula Burns present the honorary degree to the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, at the 2017 Convocation.

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“Lethbridge College has a long and proud histor y of women in leadership roles. Women have ser ved as president for 27 of the college’s 60 years, and as board chair for 15 of those 60 years, starting with the first chair, Kate Andrews.”

How do you see this gender diversity in action at the college – whether in its history or in the present?

Lethbridge College has a long and proud history of women in leadership roles. Women have served as president for 27 of the college’s 60 years, and as board chair for 15 of those 60 years, starting with the first chair, Kate Andrews. Everything I’ve learned about Kate causes me to adore her. I am just so impressed with her commitment to education. And I loved too how silent the issue of gender is in Kate’s historical ground-breaking work. Kate was in charge because Kate had exceptional skill and ability; she didn’t acquire her position because she was a woman. Her gender was absent from formal discussions, but so very present in every decision she made. She had compelling arguments, exceptional commitment and a practical approach. People felt compelled to listen to her ideas, and ultimately support the college in so many aspects. In retrospect, 50 years later, we look back and say she was an amazing woman, and so much of her amazingness came from her social location as a woman.

What is your take on the state of gender diversity in the legal community?

I was the first woman partner at Davidson and Williams, which is Alberta’s oldest law firm. When I became a partner in 2007, it never occurred to me that it represented a significant change. My partners were my colleagues and advisors whom I respected and felt privileged with whom to work. The gender dynamics, as between me and my partners, were not difficult because of our personal connections to each other.

But our industry has been male-dominated in every respect – all the way from a firm’s internal organization to historical jurisprudence. The gender imbalance can sometimes feel difficult to manage. As an industry, we are experiencing large problems as a result. Women are leaving the profession at a disproportionately higher rate than men and we’re seeing women moving toward certain kinds of law and not others because of the gender differences. At the national level, the Canadian Bar Association and our various provincial law societies are tackling the problem and ironically, they’ve come up with a relatively universal and simple solution: that is, “Why don’t we just be nicer to each other overall and ask women what they need from and think about their work?” During the last five years or so, I’ve had the privilege of seeing and being a part of a lot more local and regional initiatives like formal mentorship programs to combat the gendered experiences we want to eliminate.

So that’s the larger context in which gender is placed in the industry of law, and I would love to see my profession continue to head in that direction.

Kristin Ailsby is the recently-named chair of the Lethbridge College Board of Governors. She is the owner of Clarity Law in Lethbridge and is a collaborative lawyer, an experienced litigator and actively involved in the southern Alberta community. A past president of Executive Women’s International, Ailsby was presented a Women of Distinction Award by the Lethbridge YWCA in 2013, was named “volunteer lawyer of the year” in 2014, and until very recently chaired the Southern Alberta Art Gallery’s Live Art Love SAAG capital campaign.

Ailsby was inducted into the University of Lethbridge Alumni Honour Society in 2017 in recognition of her appreciation and celebration of the community she serves and the strengths she creates from engagement with diverse groups and interests. She also was recognized for her belief that education can transform communities by empowering people to achieve their goals, and for making all of her contributions to the community with grace, confidence and a solid dose of humour.

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Police service dog Robby with his handler, Cst. Andrew Firby.

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Love what you do Work hard at something you love, and work for the team’s success not just your own.

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What is this idea all about?

My parents instilled in me the value of hard work. I grew up on a cattle farm in Manitoba, and I think the backbone for me going through college and getting this job was just hard work. I don’t consider myself to be the smartest guy out there, but I will try to be the hardest-working guy that I can be, and I think that’s what’s gotten me to where I am today. As far as working at something you love – I truly love policing and the work I do in the K9 unit. I think you can’t do something for the rest of your life unless you genuinely enjoy it. You want to go home at the end of the day feeling a sense of accomplishment.

And I love working as part of a bigger team. Each patrol team is made up of a certain number of members, and everyone has their role. I’m the dog handler for one team,

but we also have different roles on that team. Everyone has a place in an investigation. When we go out on a call, there’s a lot of decisions that have to be made very, very quickly.

One of the things I like about policing is that you can break it down and know what you are prioritizing, and what you can get done now and what can wait. It takes the entire team to accomplish the investigation. You learn so much from different people. Everyone brings a specific skill and everyone is good at something, whether it’s the person who knows every law inside and out, or another person with a silver tongue who can talk to anyone. It takes all types of people and personalities to come together, to bounce ideas off each other and just to be successful. There’s no way I can be successful with the dog unless my team is helping me out. I can only accomplish so much on my own. But it’s a team effort – not just to make me successful but to make everyone successful.

How have you seen this idea in action during your time as a student at the college?

When I was a student, I worked at least two jobs while attending classes. I did security for two companies, and I also did suicide interventions for Canadian Mental Health for the last two years of my degree. I lived in residence for three years, which was a great part of going to college. It let me build my community and friendships and network and helped me to meet people and have new experiences. And it was convenient – my family lives 10 hours away, so it wasn’t easy to come out to look for an apartment for the weekend.

I found the college program was very interactive, which I loved. There was the original crisis intervention class, with a lot of interactive stuff that brought me out of my shell and helped me learn to speak to people and interact with them.

I really liked learning things practically rather than learning from a book. I usually learn stuff best by doing it – which is another reason I like being on the street as a police officer, so I can do as much as I can.

How have you seen this idea in action during your time with the Lethbridge Police Service?

Here’s a small example. We had a report of a B and E (breaking and entering) recently, and after some of what my staff sergeant called good old-fashioned police work canvassing the neighbourhood, we were able to arrest two suspects with a bunch of evidence on them within a couple

“I think you can’t do something for the rest of your life unless you genuinely enjoy it. You want to go home at the end of the day feeling accomplished.” of hours. Now this is small scale; it’s one break and enter.

If we hadn’t solved it, it’s not like it would be the end of the world. But to the business owner – it was a big deal. It was a broken window, a violation of privacy and money gone. For me, it’s satisfying to know that [the arrest] would make his day, and that the team worked together to make it happen.

I’m going to do everything I can to help out with this kind of stuff. It doesn’t always work out like that, but when it does, it’s a very accomplished feeling. I love this work. I like being on the street and going call to call. I can help out as much as I can. Often, my role is working with Robby to help find people, and that’s what I love to do, which makes my job easier because I’m enjoying it.

Constable Andrew Firby is a 2010 graduate of Lethbridge College’s Criminal Justice program and a 2012 graduate of Athabasca University.

In the fall of 2011, he applied for a job with the Lethbridge Police Service, where he was hired and started working six days after graduation. Firby spent five years working in patrol before applying last year to be part of the department’s K9 Unit. He and Robby, a Belgian Malinois, completed 16 weeks of training that included tracking, obedience, agility, building searches, compound and area searches, evidence searches, criminal apprehension and drug detection. He now works with fellow Lethbridge College alumnus Rick Semenuik (Criminal Justice 2000) and his Belgian Malinois, Ymos, as well as two other K9 teams to provide all of the tracking, searching, apprehending and drug detection needed by the department.

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14. was the first educational institution in Canada to use a

15. has sporting teams that have won 57 ACAC

There are lots of big ideas tied to the college, including the six shared on the previous pages, and even more that are smaller but still meaningful. Some of these ideas have changed lives. Some of them make us smile. Some of them just

17. …and 49 students have been named CCAA Academic

All Canadians.

18. has the only BMO machine in Canada that gives out

$10 bills (this may be a campus myth – but have YOU seen any other BMO machines that only give out tens?).

19. is focused on leading and transforming education

in Alberta.

20. hosts the annual Tiffin Conference which brings together

some of the greatest minds in agriculture.

welcomes international students from more than 50 countries.

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Lethbridge College...

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championship titles...

16. … and 12 CCAA national championship titles...

might change the world.

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computer to facilitate administrative decisions in April 1972.

22. has formal exchanges with post-secondary institutions

in France, Finland and Korea.

23. is home to a realistic-looking courtroom complete with 45

wood panelled walls, a leather-lined judge’s bench and a witness stand, which is used by Criminal Justice students for scenario-based training.

24. used to have a roller rink in the building now known as

The Barn.

25. relies on industry members on advisory committees to

help shape curriculum.

26. sends students out to real-world workplaces for

practicums, internships and applied research projects.

27. raises fish and vegetables on campus in the Aquaculture 7. is situated on traditional Blackfoot territory.

8. was founded as an extension of the University of Alberta.

Centre of Excellence.

28. has a functional aquaponics operation in the basement

of the Cousins building.

9. was the first publicly-funded community college in Canada.

29. hosts a “mock disaster” each spring for students in the

10. is the birthplace of the University of Lethbridge

(and happy 50th to our friends across the river!).

11. has hosted a vibrant New Student Orientation for 20 years.

12. celebrated the 40th anniversary of its LEO club this year,

a volunteer organization comprised of Criminal Justice students who work to give back to the community.

offers 56 different certificate, diploma, apprenticeship and applied degree programs.

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Criminal Justice, Health, and Digital Communications and Media programs to learn in a real-life crisis.

30. starts its Convocation ceremony with bagpipes and drums

and ends it with music selected by graduating students.

31. introduced its first Honour Song, written and performed

by Julius and Troy Delaney, during the 2017 Convocation.

32. relies on its staff members to bring in friendly dogs for

students to visit during finals in the “Doggy De-Stress Room”.

33. is home to one of Canada’s largest collections of full-body

taxidermy mammals, most of which are native to Alberta, in the Hubbard Collection.

34. gives out cheques for more than $1,400 each month

53. celebrates some of its inspiring alumni and the honorary

(and sets the same amount aside for Student Awards) as part of its Pay It Forward 50-50 draw.

degree recipient each year at the Honouring Excellence event held the night before Convocation.

35. received a historical $2.5 million donation from Cor Van Raay

54. designed its new, state-of-the-art trades and technologies

in 2015 that, with a matched gift to the University of

Lethbridge, established the Cor Van Raay Southern Alberta

Agribusiness Program.

36. used funds from a record-setting $3.1 million legacy gift

55. received 47 pieces of art, including 12 Group of Seven

from Lloyd and Dorothy Mueller to establish the Mueller Irrigation Science program…

37. …as well as to establish the college’s Mueller Applied

Research Chair in Irrigation Science (Dr. Willemijn Appels was named to that post in 2016).

38. has students work with applied research chair Dr. Faron

Ellis in the Citizen Society Research Lab to provide polling and research services to various partners.

39. is home to the International Wind Energy Academy and

has a full-size wind turbine on campus.

40. receives decommissioned wind turbines so students can

simulate and learn from turbine conditions similar to what they’ll find in the field.

41. sees employees flock to the Val Matteotti Gym during

the academic year for lunchtime floor hockey and basketball.

42. celebrates employees who regularly bring home medals

in the annual Lethbridge Dragonboat Festival.

43. has its own dragonboat for training, named the Horizon.

44. celebrates the community involvement of its students,

staff and alumni.

45. has its own tipi, which is raised for different important

events throughout the year.

46. showcases in Centre Core a sculpture called The Miner,

which was created by Cornelius Martens in recognition of the City of Lethbridge’s 1985 centennial.

47. invites students, staff and fans to vote on the Kodis athletic

of Technology in Japan for more than 20 years.

49. unveiled a stunning painting titled Blackfoot Spaces,

paintings and the works of other key Canadian artists, after Donald and Hugh Buchanan donated the collection on behalf of their parents, Senator and Mrs. W.A. Buchanan.

56. opened its newest residence, Kodiak House, in 2010,

a building that uses solar and wind power to sustain the building and 40 per cent less water than an average building its size.

57. is focused on providing relevant, high-quality education

in a changing world.

58. is working to promote a healthy learning and work

environment that nurtures the health and well-being of all students and employees.

59. is

dedicated to improving the lives of learners and communities through the recognition and respect for the distinct cultures, languages, histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous people and Indigenous-centred education.

60. is committed to inspiring and facilitating learning

and innovation to meet economic and social needs.

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awards each spring.

48. has been welcoming students from the Nippon Institute

facility with sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality in mind.

created by Delia Cross Child, in 2012 and proudly displays it in Centre Core.

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50. offers more than 350 courses in its Corporate and

Continuing Education program designed to train, entertain and enlighten.

51. celebrates some of its many outstanding instructors

with teaching awards at Convocation.

52. celebrates some of its talented staff members and

those with service anniversaries at its Employee Excellence Awards evening each February.

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From our kitchens

{ Chef Doug Overes’ }

WOR WONTON SOUP As Lethbridge College nears the conclusion of its 60 anniversary celebration, Wider Horizons th

looked to update one last recipe that would have been taught to students in the early days of the Culinary program. Chef Doug Overes (Professional Cooking 1987, Distinguished Alumnus 1992) suggested wonton soup, which would have been taught as part of the curriculum in the 1960s as an example of “foreign” food, and then modified it so

The recipe that follows is for “wor” wonton soup – which takes the basic broth and meat of a traditional wonton soup and adds loads of fresh vegetables. Chef Doug’s recipe then directs the cook to cut wonton wrappers into strips rather than taking the time to form them into the small dumplings – saving time but maintaining the delicious flavour and texture of traditional wonton soup. Enjoy!

To sample some of the delicious creations from student chefs

at Lethbridge College, book a table in the Garden Court Dining Room, by calling 403-382-3230. To see a video of this recipe being prepared by Chef Doug Overes, go to widerhorizons.ca.

that it is simple to make and delicious to eat any time of year.

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Recipe by Chef Doug Overes | Photo by Gregory Thiessen

Ingredients

Method

1 pound.................................................................................. ground pork 1 ............................................................................... green onion, minced 5 ........................................................................ water chestnuts, minced 1 small.................................................................................carrot, grated 1 ......................................................................................................... egg to taste.............................................................................salt and pepper 1 litre.................................................................................... chicken broth ½ cup....................................................................... Japanese soya sauce 2 tbsp. ...................................................................................... fish sauce 3 tbsp. ..................................................................................... sesame oil 1 small crown.................................................................... broccoli florets 1 small ................................................................................. onion, sliced 1 small.................................................................................. carrot, sliced 2 ribs..................................................................................... celery, sliced 6 ..................................................................... button mushrooms, sliced 2 leaves....................................cabbage or bok choy or suey choy, sliced 1 tbsp.........................................................................fresh ginger, grated 4 cloves.............................................................................. garlic, minced 5 ........................................................... wonton wrappers, cut into strips

1. Mix the first six ingredients together and roll into meatballs.

Refrigerate while you complete the next steps.

2. Mix the next three ingredients into a stock pot and bring to a boil.

3. Add the meatballs to the hot broth and cook until they are done – usually between five and seven minutes.

4. In a shallow skillet, heat up the sesame oil.

5. Add vegetables and give a quick stir.

6. Add 1 cup of the hot broth to the vegetables and cover with a tight fitting lid, allowing them to steam for one minute.

7. Add wonton wrappers to hot broth and cook until they have the consistency of cooked pasta – usually about a minute or two.

8. Pour vegetables into broth.

9. Serve immediately.

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Office intrigue Laptops hook into larger screens allowing access to all curriculum and instruction design work.

Post-it notes allow for easy organization of ideas. Portable whiteboards can be pulled anywhere for brainstorming.

The standing table and stools allow for standing and impromptu meetings.

360 camera and Gear VR goggles give students the chance to take field trips, watch interviews and explore the landscape any time of the day and year.

{ Office Intrigue } Educational Enhancement Team On the third floor of the Technologies wing, surrounded

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providing professional development, educational technology and curriculum development support for instructors.

Multi-disciplinary project teams from across the college and the community, including LED team members, often come together in this bright, sunny community space (which had been transformed from traditional work stations) to meet,

Smart KAPP screen allows for saving of all work written on the screen.

Andrew Wells, curriculum and instructional design specialist, works at a standing workspace with a view of the mountains.

Puzzles give the team a break from screens and the chance for other kinds of collaboration.

Kyle Snowdon has been a curriculum and instructional design specialist at the college for the past four years.

brainstorm and discuss future courses, new technologies and creative tools to construct memorable and lasting learning experiences. LED team member Kyle Snowdon, who has been at the college for four years, has recently been focused on ways to integrate 360-degree cameras and virtual reality technology into the curriculum for certain programs.

“It has been such a great experience to work in an office space that is designed with collaboration in mind. I am easily able to research, share, collaborate and gather feedback, all in a single space.�

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Q&A Q&A

{ with Sampath Walgama } Agriculture Sciences instructor Sampath Walgama is a man of many passions. Topping the list are teaching, research and gardening.

Walgama says it seems he has always spent time each planting season with his hands in the soil, both in Sri Lanka, where he was born and raised, and in Lethbridge, where he moved in 2011. He now devotes as much free time as possible to the flower and vegetable gardens at his westside home. Walgama would love to encourage novices to take up gardening and encourages longtime growers to try new crops and varieties. Whether it’s tomatoes in pots on the balcony of a high-rise apartment, or well-tended beds in the backyard, Walgama says the time spent cultivating crops is a worthwhile – and delicious – investment.

Wider Horizons: When did you start being interested in gardening?

Sampath Walgama: I did some gardening back home but it was not on a full scale as life was very hectic over there. [After coming to Lethbridge], I started gardening in the summer of 2011.

With my background in agriculture coupled with the passion I had, I thought it’s nice to have some gardening here in Canada, as well. Gardening is an outdoor activity that allows the whole family to be involved, and my wife is also passionate about gardening and we do it together. Also, gardening is relaxing and to watch plants start their life from seeds to maturing is something mentally satisfying.

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with gardening. Little or large, having a garden benefits the environment in many ways. Sometimes food at the supermarket has travelled very far to get there and used up a lot of energy.

Having a garden, be it flowers or vegetables, also creates a habitat where bees can thrive. At the same time, when you garden you provide a habitat for lots of lifeforms and you encourage birds and insects to thrive and to reproduce. I make compost out of garden clippings and biodegradable waste from the home and use them to nourish the plants.

WH: What advice would you give to novice gardeners?

SW: First, decide if you want backyard beds or pots. If a backyard is an option, then find out the best place to locate the beds as plants need adequate sunlight for their growth.

Then decide what plants you want to grow. I focused on plants

that we eat often, such as potatoes, beans, carrots, beets and cucumber. For whatever varieties you are planning, it is best to start on a smaller scale. And finally, decide how much time you can spend on gardening, as plants need a great deal of care right from planting until the yield at the end of the season.

WH: Does southern Alberta offer any particular challenges or opportunities when it comes to gardening?

SW: Whether its potted plants on a balcony, small-scale backyard gardening or larger field-scale planting, if you are in this part of the province there are a few challenges you have to face. Hail, frost and winds are the most challenging as all these natural phenomena are very damaging and can wreck the entire planting beyond recovery. Pests also present serious threats and managing these pests is also something that challenges good planting.

WH: What do you think is the value of people gardening in their own front or back yards?

SW: The value of gardening is many fold. First it’s aesthetically pleasing to have gardens around homes. Having gardens also gives lots of mental satisfaction as gardening reduces stress to a greater extent. Having a good vegetable garden reduces the cost of purchasing those items from a store. And gardening vegetables gives food that anybody can enjoy as homemade.

When we prepare a potato curry and a salad with vegetables from our garden, for example, it’s really exciting to see that we are eating our own food!

To read an extended version of this interview, go to learn.lc/walgama. For more information about the Agriculture Sciences program at Lethbridge College, call 403.382.6991 or email agsciences@lethbridgecollege.ca.

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Lethbridge College at 60

There’s been a major change made to the Lethbridge College campus map this year, and it can be appreciated from both near and far away.

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1 Wallboard in the LCSA South Commons 2 Sound deadening panel at south entrance 3 Section of one of the 40 foot columns 4 Metal fresh air vent 5 Bulletin board material 6 Ceiling tile with fluorescent lamp 7 Wood on seating benches in South Commons 8 Textured concrete wall 9 Bolt in a column 10 Mezzainaine flooring 11 Quartz countertop 12 Support for handrail on glass balcony 13 Atrium soundproofing material 14 Light tube in hallway 15 Cinderblock wall in a stairwell 16 Threshhold 17 Ductwork 18 Fluorescent lighting 19 Electrical conduit 20 Panel on wall in welding lab 21 Wood on sliding barn doors 22 Concrete flooring in higher traffic areas 23 Wood-lined ceiling in atrium area 24 Bricks on exterior of building Photos by Gregory Thiessen

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The free event on campus will feature entertainment, music, family activities, campus tours and much more. More details about the celebration can be found at lethbridgecollege.ca/60.

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Where are they now?

Where are they now?

ON THE MARK: with Matthew Jubelius NESA Nursing 2006, Distinguished Alumni - Rising Star award 2013 Mark Campbell (Communication Arts 1975) shares the stories of fellow Lethbridge College alumni

In 2015, Lethbridge College nursing grad Matthew

Jubelius created Amoveo Training. “It’s an employee development company that focuses on engaging, growing and retaining people,” he explains. “We work with our clients to solve their business needs and provide a host of development solutions.”

The company, which is based out of Medicine Hat and is active in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, offers custom-built, immersive experiences addressing any and all business needs across various industries.

For example, Matthew says “working with the healthcare sector, we can design an immersive experience which can simulate a car accident, or an emergency scenario. We also offer a product line of reusable simulated wounds, which increase the reality of healthcare, military and safety training. These customized products are so realistic, I now tend to warn people before I show them.”

Matthew describes his experience at Lethbridge College as life-changing and one of the best decisions he ever made. “Post-secondary education provided me the ability to think differently and offered opportunities in order to achieve my dreams,” he says.

He got his start at the University of Alberta in 2003, returned to Lethbridge College as a nursing student in 2004, and completed his diploma in 2006. He says his Lethbridge College mentors and instructors were significant in his life, and adds that he remains grateful for people like Norrie Fuller, Scott Lehbauer and David Sapriken.

After graduating, Matthew was accepted into the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at the University of Alberta Hospital as a registered nurse. Since then, he has had numerous roles including general systems intensive care nursing, educating nurses in the practical nurse and registered nurse programs, and post-secondary management.

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“Develop a sense of work ethic that will make you proud. Make forward-thinking decisions. I cannot emphasize the value of mentors enough. Find mentors throughout your life; each one will have different significance. And of course, never stop learning.”

As for advice for others seeking a similar career path?

“Think about your future; plan, and work for it,” he says.

“Develop a sense of work ethic that will make you proud.

Make forward-thinking decisions. I cannot emphasize the value of mentors enough. Find mentors throughout your life; each one will have different significance. And of course, never stop learning.”

Matthew has been happily married to Siobhan since 2013 and he can be reached through www.amoveotraining.ca.

Mark Campbell (Communication Arts ’75) shares the stories of fellow Lethbridge College alumni. To read more interviews by Mark, visit his blog: greetergrammer1.wordpress.com.

CELEBRATING THE SUCCESSES OF OUR ALUMNI IN THEIR CAREERS AND THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.

2017

Lucie Mayer-Wegelin Therapeutic Recreation - Gerontology Lucie writes: “I am currently back home in Germany to spend time with my family but I will be working on my new study permit to continue my studies at the University of Lethbridge.”

2016

May 2 : @Meagan_WMS

Oh my (heart)️! The Kerbers are so freaking cute! Great story @LisaKozleski @LethCollege

Mercedes Fawns

Communication Arts – Advertising and Public Relations Criminal Justice – Policing Mercedes is the new editor of Lethbridge Brad has returned to Lethbridge Living magazine. She had previously College to enrol in the Justice Studies worked as an editorial assistant for degree program. the magazine as well as for the Family Centre Society of Southern Alberta, Allison Williams and Colin Zoeteman the University of Lethbridge Faculty Criminal Justice – Policing of Fine Arts, and the Southern Alberta Allison and Colin are two of the seven Ethnic Association. newest members of the Lethbridge Police Service. Police Chief Rob Davis presented Peter Mah Poy them with their badges in a ceremony Wind Turbine Technician at Galt Gardens on June 30. Prior to Peter sent the alumni office this being hired, the constables completed update: “I was hired by Sky Climber a rigorous four-month long cadet as a traveling technician right after training program that was developed in graduation from the program. They partnership with Lethbridge College. sent me to southern Ontario and

Brad Hamblin

2015

Melissa Bass Massage Therapy Melissa, a registered massage therapist, has recently started working at Lifemark Physiotherapy Sunpark Plaza in Calgary. After graduating from the college, she went on to earn a double major in Kinesiology and Business at the University of Lethbridge, where she also played on the women’s rugby team.

Melissa eventually played rugby at the elite level for Team Canada.

then to Cape Scott on Vancouver Island.

I was headhunted by Vestas and placed at the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., site. I have been to the Portland, Ore., Vestas training site and Manitoba where I competed in the Wind Warriors Challenge. I hope to continue to train and upgrade my skill set with Vestas.

I love what I do and look forward to the challenges and opportunities that each day presents.”

Jennifer Rowley

Practical Nursing Jennifer is working fulltime with Alberta Health Services as an LPN.

2014

Mohammed Raqeeb

Business Administration – General Business Mohammed writes: “I have joined EMC as a resident architect and have successfully completed many projects and was promoted to senior solutions architect.

Most of the time I will be travelling in and around North America and globally to deliver and complete critical challenges.”

2012

Nathalie Porter

Correctional Studies Nathalie sent the alumni office this update: “After graduating with my Correctional Studies degree in 2012, I worked in various fields before getting hired on with the BC government in Community Corrections. It took three years of auxiliary work before I managed to score a permanent position, but it was well worth the wait!

I felt highly prepared for my career because of the Correctional Studies program at Lethbridge College and the amazing instructors and mentors I had during my time there. If you are looking at a career in the corrections field, this four-year degree program will give you the best chance of success, and put you ahead of the game. Thank you Lethbridge College!”

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Jamie Ahksistowaki Medicine Crane

Travel and Tourism 2000

Jamie was named Alumna

of the Year by the University of Lethbridge Alumni Association for her work as an activist, advocate, educator and artist who has made an indelible impression on the way education is delivered to Indigenous communities, all the while promoting Indigenous rights, women’s rights, human rights and justice.

A Blackfoot woman from the Kainai and Piikani Nations, Jamie was raised with traditional ways of knowing and spirituality, which have given her strength and understanding. Her traditional name, Ahksistowaki, means “brave woman,” and nominators for the award said bravery is evident in all she does. After completing her diploma at the college, Jamie earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Athabasca University, a Bachelor of Education from University of Lethbridge and a Master of Education from Gonzaga University.

Currently, she is a curriculum consultant for the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Division for Alberta Education. She spreads her message of healing and harmony as part of the performing arts duo Young Medicine, which has performed throughout the world promoting First Nations traditional and contemporary music, dance, teachings and arts. In 2017, she released a solo flute album entitled “Honouring Life.” Jamie was the first Indigenous woman to compete in Miss Universe Canada in 2003 and was awarded the title of Miss Congeniality. She received the title Miss Blackfoot Canada, and founded Niitsitapi Dreams (Blackfoot, meaning, “the real people”), a holistic modeling school designed to build girls’ self-esteem and leadership skills. She is also the creative force behind the clothing line Brave Woman Eco-Designs.

May 9 : @KyleDeGrooter

It was a pleasure meeting @LC_SA president Arthur Torres this afternoon! He has some great ideas planned for students @LethCollege

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2011

Sarah Ethier Agricultural Technology – Animal Science Sarah was appointed to the position of genetics technician at Genesus Genetics, a Manitoba-based business which develops and provides quality swine genetics. After completing her studies at Lethbridge College, she attended the University of Saskatchewan and graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Agriculture and BioResources degree. In her new role, she will provide ultrasound and technical services to Genesus nucleus and R&D herds, assisting with the coordination and management of research and development projects and tissue sample collection and database in support of the Genesus genomic evaluation program.

2010

Alyssa Kramarich Storrusten Culinary Arts Alyssa opened up a new bakery in Great Falls, Mont., in May. Called Cory Block Bakery, the shop features five regular bread types each week with additional types changing each week and the breads are made from local Montana flours and grains. She was born and raised in Montana and came to Lethbridge for the Culinary program. After graduation, she spent six years working at the Chateau Lake Louise hotel as a line cook before realizing she preferred working as a pastry chef. She returned to Montana about four years ago and worked at Great Harvest Bread. “I am passionate about what I do, and I love to bake,” she said in an April article in the Great Falls Tribune.

New baby? New job? New hometown? Tell your classmates all about it at lethbridgecollege.ca/alumni/update.

Be sure to include your name, your area of study, the year you completed your program and a little bit about what you have been doing since you left Lethbridge College.

2006

Scott Hugill

Criminal Justice – Policing After graduation, Scott was hired by the Calgary Police Service. During the nine years with CPS, he has worked on patrol, including three years on the mountain bike unit. He has recently been transferred to the Skills and Procedures Unit, where he currently works as an officer safety training and tactics officer.

Alastair Paterson

Criminal Justice Alastair, who is in his third year of work as an emergency dispatcher at Lethbridge’s public safety communications centre, was named the city’s Communications Specialist of the Year.

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Tammy Thomsen

Business Administration Tammy writes: “Since graduating from Lethbridge College, I have had many rewarding positions in the Lethbridge area. My human resources career has included working as a professional recruiter at Select Recruiting and a manager for Teamworks Training Institute, and I have now settled with Alberta Health Services as a human resources advisor serving the southwest zone for many clinical support services.

Additionally, I have owned and operated a successful photography business for seven years. In order to have balance with my busy family, I have just recently retired the business. I also sat on the board of directors for the Canadian Home Builders Association for a couple years during my time with Teamworks Training Institute.

The skills and education that I have received from Lethbridge College served as a springboard into my career.”

Marc Fourrier

Renewable Resource Management 1988

Mark wrote to Wider Horizons with the following

update: “I met my wife Lauren Klaiber, who graduated from LCC in 1985 with a diploma in Rehabilitation Services, in my first year of college.

We have been married since 1988 and have two daughters. Natalie is an RN in Medicine Hat, and Jocelyn is a teacher in Foremost. I have worked as a laboratory technician at three different plants since graduating from LCC. I currently work at CF Industries in Medicine Hat, where a large part of my job is government/environmental compliance. My wife, Lauren, has worked at various jobs within the rehabilitation field since graduation. She is currently (and has been for 25 years) the Executive Director of Bridges Family Programs Association here in Medicine Hat, providing families in need with the help/services they require. We both still keep in touch with a lot of our college friends, and currently have a nephew and niece at Lethbridge College taking Agriculture Sciences. We look back fondly on our days at LCC, and the life-changing effect it had on our entire lives!”

2003

Gordon Cox Conservation Enforcement Gordon sent this update to the alumni office: “After graduating I went straight into a career with Environment Canada as a federal wildlife officer. After 12 years of service, I came to teach at the college in my old program on a one-year term contract, which turned into becoming a full-time instructor July of 2016.”

of 1:06:27. The event doubled as the Canadian Half Marathon Championships, which means this former Kodiaks standout is also now the Canadian champion in this event.

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Kip Kangogo General Studies student Kip won the Calgary Half Marathon in May, finishing seven seconds ahead of the closest competitor with a time 47

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June 3 : @LC_President

Anna Yellow Horn - @LethCollege graduate & now MRU BA delivering the MRU valedictorian address. #indigenous MRU

Colleen Riswold

Renewable Resource Management, Fish and Wildlife Technology Colleen writes: “I worked for a forestry survey company in northern Alberta, followed by a move to northern B.C. where I worked for a safety education firm until a position with an archaeological firm became available where I was able to fully apply my knowledge and skills acquired through my education at LCC. Upon the arrival of my second child, it was decided that due to the cost of daycare services that I would take an extended leave of absence to raise my children.”

1999

Marco Pagliericci

Shane Peterson Business Administration Shane writes: “I transferred to the University of Victoria and then to the University of Calgary to complete my Bachelor of Science degree with a minor in psychology and have been living in Calgary since 1996. I recently completed the Occupational Health and Safety Certificate program through the University of Alberta. I have worked as a child and youth care counselor, a Workers’ Compensation Board case manager, a return to work specialist with CP Rail and am now currently with Suncor Energy.”

Criminal Justice – Policing Marco was one of three officers to receive the Cpl. Cumming’s Watch award earlier this year. This award is a collaborative effort between Alberta RCMP, MADD Canada and Alberta Transportation to recognize officers who demonstrate their dedication to charging impaired drivers.

The program is named in honour of Cpl. Graeme Cumming, who was a member of the Lethbridge RCMP.

“I was incident

Brian Levitt

the liaison for the

1996

Renewable Resource Management Brian told the alumni office that he has been working in his chosen field for 20 years and still enjoys his career choice.

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commander during the big Lethbridge wildfires a few years ago and worked in the provincial operations centre during the Fort MacMurray wildfire last year as nine largest cities in the province.” { Jesse Kurtz }

1991

Jesse Kurtz

Occasional Credit Jesse sent the alumni office this update: “I worked for Lethbridge Fire Emergency services for 39 years, retiring June 2016 as deputy chief. Then I worked as fire chief in Clearwater County for 3.5 months until they hired a new chief. I served in Lethbridge as water rescue coordinator, fire training officer and coordinator of emergency management during the 2013 floods and I spent time in the emergency operations centre in High River. I was incident commander during the big Lethbridge wildfires a few years ago and worked in the provincial operations centre during the Fort McMurray wildfire last year as the liaison for the nine largest cities in the province. I have volunteered for firefighters’ charities and in my local church.”

1987

Dorothy Dack

Nursing Dorothy worked in hospitals, home care and long-term care until she retired at the age of 70.

Edward Travaglia Law Enforcement Edward works for ConocoPhillips Canada at the Surmont operations 65 kilometres south of Fort McMurray, working a 14-day-on, 14-day-off rotational schedule. He says he has been happily married to Roxy for 26 years and they have three grown children, Ally, Ciana and Nick. They now live in Magrath.

1986

Patricia Lund

Law Enforcement Patricia has spent the last 29 years working at the University of Saskatchewan.

Kelly Damphousse

Law Enforcement1982, Distinguished Alumnus 1992

Dr. Kelly Damphousse was appointed as the

1983

Jerry Gurr Law Enforcement LethbridgeNewsNow.com reports: Community Peace Officer (CPO) Jerry Gurr comes in as the school resource officer, as part of a new program launched by the Coaldale RCMP. “CPO Gurr is a welcome addition being a former Lethbridge Police Services member, a former trained school resource officer and a well-known long-time resident of Coaldale,” stated Staff Sgt. Glenn Henry in a media release.

Cheryl Kallenberger

Law Enforcement After graduation, Cheryl spent two summers working as a park ranger.

In 1985, she went into corrections in Grande Cache for one year then transferred to Medicine Hat. After two years at Medicine Hat Remand, she transferred into what is now called the Alberta Sheriffs Branch and spent the next 27 years working out of the courthouse in Medicine Hat. “I had a terrific career with the sheriffs but due to a workplace injury was transferred to probation. I can retire this year but am undecided at this time when I will go. I have fond memories of my time at Lethbridge College and have crossed paths professionally with many of my classmates over the past 33 years,” she told the alumni office.

next chancellor of Arkansas State University in May. Damphousse, who had served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma (OU) since 2013, began his duties on July 1.

“We conducted an extensive national search, had three outstanding finalists and I believe hired an extraordinary individual to lead the Jonesboro campus,” said ASU System President Dr. Charles L. Welch. “Kelly’s personal story is compelling, and his blend of academic and leadership experience and history of significant student interaction are all traits that made him an ideal choice. His servant leadership approach and commitment to shared governance really resonated with many of us. His experience at a major research institution such as Oklahoma will benefit A-State, and I can’t wait for him to get started.”

Damphousse, who once worked as a prison guard prior to his career in higher education, is a sociologist who has done extensive research on terrorism and substance abuse. After earning his diploma at Lethbridge College, he went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State University and a master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology from Texas A&M University. In addition to his work as dean at the University of Oklahoma, he has served as OU’s faculty athletics representative to the Big 12 Conference and NCAA since 2012. He and his wife, Beth, serve as faculty-in-residence in an OU residence hall, living with 384 freshmen every year. Students voted him “Best OU Professor” in 2015.

June 22 : @LC_Alumni

LCC alumnus @grant_wiens shows us what ID cards and diplomas were like in 1975! Feel free to show us any souvenirs you may have! #Throwback

Additional alumni updates are published online at widerhorizons.ca. To submit your update, go to lethbridgecollege.ca/alumni/update or email WHMagazine@lethbridgecollege.ca.

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College grads recognized as some of the Chamber’s Top 40 Under 40

College grads continue to populate the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce’s list of the Top 40 under 40.

Receiving recognition the last four months are:

1979

Rick Lewchuk Nicole Barnett

(Business Administration 2006)

Nicole is a Chartered Accountant at Burton and Co. Chartered Accountants, a Lethbridge firm that offers a wide range of services personally tailored to individuals and business clients. She was recognized for her outstanding work in the accounting field.

Mandy DeCecco-Kolebaba

(Communication Arts - Broadcast Journalism 2001)

Mandy is the Director of Operations at Hire Standard Inc., permanent, temporary and background screening specialists in Lethbridge. She was recognized for her entrepreneurial successes and being an outstanding role model for women in business.

Candace Ebrey

(Communications Arts - Advertising and Public Relations 2006)

Candace is the director of marketing at Chinook Country Tourist Association, the destination marketing organization for southwest Alberta. She was recognized for excellence in the field of marketing and hard work in promoting Lethbridge as a destination.

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Carlos Carabantes (Electrical Apprenticeship 2015)

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Andrew Firby (Criminal Justice 2010)

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Gary Harmon (Welding 1985, Metal Fabrication 1987)

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Doug Overes (Professional Cooking 1987, Distinguished Alumnus 1992)

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Rob Sonnenberg (Renewable Resource Management 1992, Fish and Wildlife 1993)

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Broadcast Journalism Rick was the keynote speaker at the adult education and institute credit graduation of North West College in June. After graduating from Lethbridge College, Rick went on to a 20-year career with CTV before moving to CNN, where he is now senior vice-president of creative/ marketing. According to the Battlefords News-Optimist, his final words of encouragement to the graduates were: “I invite you to take the path of ‘just do it.’

It will not guarantee you fame or wealth, it will not take you to the destination you expect, but it will take you to a place where you can be proud of the fact that you worked hard, where you can look back without regret, where you can always look ahead to a future where anything is possible, if you ‘just do it.’”

1975

Wesley Grant Wiens Radio Arts A full-time, professional voiceover artist and narrator, Grant is a versatile talent with an award-winning reputation. He has worked as a morning radio host at CHQB Powell River, CHNL Kamloops, B.C., and 630 CHED Edmonton. He has also worked as a voiceover artist at 96 K-Lite Edmonton and at Teletoon, Super Channel and Family Channel. Currently he owns and operates a recording studio, Voicemaker Incorporated, which provides voiceovers for radio and television commercials, movie trailers, corporate videos, character voices, and all styles of narration including eLearning and audio books.

Are you a multi-generational Lethbridge College family? If at least three members across one or more generations attended Lethbridge College, let us know by emailing WHMagazine@lethbridgecollege.ca. We’d love to profile you in It’s a family affair.

IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR:

The Bunton-Villeneuve Family Ron Bunton (Radio Arts student 1972) Owner of Print Partners in Lethbridge

Monica Bunton (Broadcast Journalism 1972) Unlicensed real estate assistant with Royal LePage

Sean Bunton (General Studies and Recreational Facility Management student) Groundsman at Lafarge

Melissa Villeneuve (Communication Arts - Print Journalism 2014) Reporter/photographer, Lethbridge Herald

A memorable first day set the tone for Ron Bunton’s Lethbridge College experience.

“I was walking down the hall and ran into this man who was carrying a record player.

He stopped in the middle of the hall and put the record player on the floor, plugged it in, put a vinyl record on and started to play it. He then proceeded to do a one-man band impression. It was the most hilarious thing I had ever seen. He was playing all of the instruments with the most interesting expressions on his face. By the time he was finished, he had about 100 students clapping and rocking in the hall. Little did I know that that man was Ian Mandin—our instructor for Radio Arts. It was his first year with the college. It was the beginning of a great year and led to many more memories.”

Ron met his now ex-wife Monica while attending Lethbridge College, while she too was studying broadcasting. Monica has many fond memories of their time in school. She says their instructor, Ian Mandin, was even the emcee at their wedding.

Both Ron and Monica value the education they received at Lethbridge College.

Both of their children, Melissa Villeneuve and Sean Bunton, became students as well.

Ron says, “Lethbridge College has always been a big part of our family life by providing a solid educational background and stepping stone for whatever career we chose over the years.” Monica picked Lethbridge College because of its programs and location and her familiarity with the city. “I feel that may be why all four of us chose Lethbridge College,” she says.

Melissa has high praise for her entire college experience, from the collaborative classrooms to her friendships with classmates. “Coming to LC really changed my life. Had I not pursued my passion, and had such great instruction and support at the college, I wouldn’t be where I am today.” Sean agrees: “Each and every one of us have found our niche, and our passions that make us who we are. I couldn’t think of a better place to get a start in your professional career than Lethbridge College.”

Sean was a member of the men’s Kodiaks soccer team, capturing a silver medal in his rookie year after losing in a dramatic triple overtime game with Grant MacEwan College.

He also played in the 2016 soccer alumni game.

Story by Megan Shapka | Photos submitted

“Each and every one of us have found our niche, and our passions that make us who we are. I couldn’t think of a better place to get a start in your professional career than Lethbridge College.”

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{ with Carlos Carabantes } Even after he completed Lethbridge College’s Electrical Apprenticeship program in 2015, Carlos Carabantes still kept coming to campus. For the last two years, however, that commute has been for work, not school, as Carabantes has been working at the college’s new trades and technologies facility as a journeyman electrician with ESC Automation, a building automation and energy management company. “It’s exciting to be part of such a big project,” he says.

Carabantes, who has worked on both phases of the project, and his colleagues are installing the controls and valves for heating and cooling the building. Most recently, he has been working to install sensors and controls, something he hadn’t worked with before.

“That’s the thing – even though I got my ticket here, as a journeyman electrician, you never really stop learning,” says Carabantes. “You can be a 20-year or 50-year journeyman and still learning new things. It can be daunting but it also makes it exciting. It’s definitely a rewarding trade.”

Carabantes says he felt he received good training at the college and remembers some great instructors, including Dean Coughlin and Jeremy Waterfield. And the

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experience paved the way to “a job that I actually truly enjoy,” he says. “I really like working for ESC and am really interested and curious to see where my career will go from here. There is room to grow in this business and to have a long-term career.”

There is only one downside to working at his alma mater, he says. “I wish we could have taken our classes here!” he says with a laugh, looking at the state-of-the-art facility which will open for classes in August.

Story by Lisa Kozleski | Photo by Rod Leland

“You can be a 20-year or 50-year journeyman and still learning new things. It can be daunting but it also makes it exciting. It’s definitely a rewarding trade.” { Carlos Carabantes }

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2017–18 Kodiaks home game schedule

THIS Soccer Sept. 9 Sept. 10 Sept. 24 Sept. 30 Oct. 21 Oct. 27-29 Nov. 8-11

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RDC 2 PM LAKE 12 PM OC 12 PM MHC 12 PM SAIT 12 PM ACAC Championships CCAA Nationals

Volleyball

Oct. 13 MHC Oct. 21 AMB* Oct. 27 RDC Oct. 28 RDC Nov. 10 SAIT Jan. 5 AMB Jan. 20 MHC Feb. 2 BC* Feb. 3 BC* Feb. 9 SAIT Feb. 16 OC Feb. 17 OC Feb. 22-24 ACAC Championships Mar. 7-10 CCAA Nationals

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4 PM 2 PM 2 PM 2 PM 2 PM

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6 PM 6 PM 6 PM 1 PM 6 PM 6 PM 6 PM 6 PM 1 PM 6 PM 6 PM 1 PM

8 PM 8 PM 8 PM 3 PM 8 PM 8 PM 8 PM 8 PM 3 PM 8 PM 8 PM 3 PM

Basketball

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Oct. 20 BC* 6 PM Nov. 4 STMU* 6 PM Nov. 25 AMB 6 PM Jan. 12 RDC 6 PM Jan. 13 RDC 1 PM Jan. 19 OC 6 PM Jan. 20 OC 1 PM Jan. 27 MHC 6 PM Feb. 3 SAIT* 6 PM Feb. 10 AMB 6 PM Feb. 17 STMU 6 PM Mar. 1-3 ACAC MBB Championships Mar. 14-17 CCAA Nationals

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8 PM 8 PM 8 PM 8 PM 3 PM 8 PM 3 PM 8 PM 8 PM 8 PM 8 PM

Cross country running

Oct. 28 ACAC Championships Nov. 10-11 CCAA Nationals

Indoor track

Mar. 9-10 ACAC Championships

Futsal

Mar. 9-11 ACAC Championships

This schedule is subject to change. For up-to-date game times, visit:

gokodiaks.ca

March Madness is coming Don’t miss the 2018 ACAC Men’s Basketball Championships, coming to Lethbridge for the first time in history on March 1-3, 2018.

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