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Co-operative Education & Career Services
Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52323 www.coop.uoguelph.ca
www.careerservices. uoguelph.ca
THE PORTICO • SUMMER 2006
CONTENTS [ president's page - 3 ] • [ great grad - 18 ] • [ grad news - 28 ]
IN AND AROUND THE UNIVERSITY
A PUBLIC DIALOGUE
on the role of the media was held on cam
pus in conjunction with winter convocation cere
monies that honoured
leading members of the Canadian media. This
spring, the University
hosted 1997 graduate
and women's hockey
4star Cassie Campbell, who signed autographs
for fans and spoke to
the 2006 graduating class.
on the cover Deanna Russell joins an elite
group of Guelph grads who
hold a Doctor of Veterinary
Science degree from the
Ontario Veterinary College.
PHOTO BY DEAN PALMER AND JOHN RUSK
[ 10 - cover story ]
RAR E BuT NoT ENDANGERED
Their few numbers belie the broad spectrum of veterinary roles played by graduates of Guelph's
one-of-a-kind D.V.Sc. program
[ 22 ]
u OF G BLOOMS
With 28 varieties of flowering crab trees
on the main campus, thousands of spring bulbs and
a few rare varieties of perennials and flowering shrubs,
U of G is a kaleidoscope of colour as spring
turns to summer.
[ 15 ]
FORMER 0NTARION EDITOR WINS GEMINI
CTV reporter David Akin recalls his early journalism experience at U of G's student newspaper.
[ 7 1 STUDENTS GET THE PICTURE
Guelph students search the campus for signs of
civic engagement and find a sense of responsibility.
ALUMNI MATTERS
U OF G IS READY
for Alumni Week
end, and we're counting
the ways we can benefit
alumni through off
campus events, discount
offerings, workshops and career networking. The
new Adopt-A-Gryphon program is rece1vmg
praise from grads and Gryphon fans who want
to maintain a connection to varsity sports.
Meet nine talented & ambitious
U of G students
[ 19 l
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.s PQRTICO Summer 2006 • VOLUME 38 ISSUE 2
Editor Mary Dickieson
Director Charles Cunningham
Art Direction Peter Enneson Design Inc.
Contributors Jennifer Brett Fraser
Barbara Chance, BA '74
Lori Bona Hunt
Rebecca Kendall, BA '99
SPARK Program Writers
Andrew Vowles, B.Sc. '84
Advertising Inquiries Scott Anderson
519-827-9169
Direct all other correspondence to:
Communications and Public Affairs
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N I G 2W I
E-mail [email protected]
www.uoguelph.ca/theportico/
The Portico magazine is pub lished three
times a year by Communications and Pub
lic Affairs at the University of Guelph. Its
mission is to enhance the relationship
between the University and its alumni and
friends and promote pride and commit
ment within the University community. All
material is copyright 2006. Ideas and opin
ions expressed in the articles do not neces
sarily reflect the ideas or opinions of the
University or the editors.
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To update your alumni record, contact:
Alumni Affairs and Development
Phone 519-824-4120, Ext. 56550
Fax 519-822-2670
E-mail [email protected]
STRONG LEADERSHIP IS PART OF THE GUELPH DIFFERENCE
I T WOULD BE INTERESTING totravelbackintime
to the University of Guelph's first convocation in
May 1965 and eavesdrop on conversations between john
K. Galbraith and Thomas McEwan. Prof. Galbraith was
a distinguished graduate of the Ontario Agricultural
College returning to his alma mater as the new Uni
versity's first honorary degree recipient. Mr. McEwan
was inaugural chair of the Board of Governors.
By the time they met on the convocation stage, both
men had already made a tremendous impact on the
University's development and reputation. Yet that was
just the beginning of their relationships with U of G,
and both continued to mentor the University until their
deaths earlier this spring.
Although we mourn the loss of such friends, we cel
ebrate the spirit of accomplishment they championed.
Both were visionaries who had little time or thought
for things that didn't matter. In 1965, they might have
talked about their desire for the University of Guelph
to make important contributions to education and the
well-being of our society. Today we are thankful that
both men continued to push us for more than 40 years
to achieve their aspirations.
They were not alone, of course. The desire to suc
ceed- to make a difference where a difference really
matters- is the historical mantra for Guelph. It's an
attitude that reflects our institutional values and dis
tinguishes us from other institutions of higher learning.
Over the years, the decision-making process at U of
G has always been focused on the quality of the learning
experience. And we've built a research environment based
on our roots of providing practical solutions to real
world problems. Our strengths in the life sciences, our
understanding of family, community and cultural devel
opment, and our experience in the international arena
have provided unique opportunities to improve human
health, enrich our culture, promote a global perspective
and have an impact on the sustainability of our planet.
I invite you to read the 2006 President's Report for
a more detailed picture of University of Guelph achieve
ments and our ambitions for the future.
The report highlights how Guelph students, facul
ty, staff and alumni are making a difference as educa
tors and researchers both in and out of the classroom.
You'll see how people around the world are bene
fiting from U of G research and action, and discover
what national and global contributions our students
and graduates are making.
In particular, the report outlines the specific efforts
we're making to make a difference at the institutional
level. We are re-evaluating our approach to under
graduate education, increasing international opportu
nities for U of G students and adopting a fully inte
grated planning process to ensure that academic
programs are developed in concert with our financial
and human resources.
The President's Report also reveals, through pictures
and words, how we've created a university atmosphere
where diversity is welcomed, where there's a commit
ment to cultivating leadership through scholarship and
to developing a sense of global citizenship.
Underpinning it all is that drive for excellence and
the need to make a difference in the world.
You can find the report on the University's website
at www.uoguelph.ca/president/report. l hope it will
remind you- as so many of Guelph's alumni and
friends often remind me- of this university's unity of
vision and purpose and our potential to do even more.
ALASTAIR SUMMERLEE
PRESIDENT
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS • RESEARCH • CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS
IN &AROUND
Convocation puts focus on media
U oF G HE L o its first thematic
convocation Feb. 20 to 23, with all
five honorary degree recipients being
leading members of the Canadian
media. Close to 750 undergraduate and
graduate students also received degrees
and diplomas.
Honorary degrees were presented
to the following:
4 THE PoRTICO
Adrienne Clarkson, Canada's 26th
governor general and a renowned
journalist;
Gwynne Dyer, one of Canada's most
respected and prolific freelance jour
nalists;
Scott Griffin, founder of the Griffin
Prize for poetry and director of
Anansi Press;
Michael MacMillan, CEO of Alliance
Atlantis; and
Pamela Wallin, broadcast journalist
and consul general to ew York City.
University professor emeritus status
was bestowed on botanist Derek Bew
ley and philosopher john McMurtry.
Dyer, Griffin, MacMillan and
McMurtry also participated in a pub
lic dialogue on the role of the media in
a changing global community Feb. 22.
The free forum- titled "The Media:
Communicators, Conscience, Cre
ators?"- filled a large classroom in
Rozanski Hall and could also be viewed
live via the Internet.
This was the first 111 what will
become an annual "President's Dia
logue" that will bring leading experts
to U of G to discuss important con
temporary issues.
"It's our belief that universities should
be active participants in the discussion
of pressing social issues and should help
ensure ongoing free and open public
debate," says president Alastair Sum
merlee, who moderated the dialogue. "To
that end, we created this new dimension
of our convocation program:'
Also participating in the dialogue
were Arthur Carty, national science
adviser and former president of the
National Research Council of Canada;
Marci McDonald, a freelance journal
ist and contributing editor to The Walms magazine; and Stephen Strauss, for
mer Globe and Mail reporter and
science journalist.
Police horse honoured
THE ToRONTO PoLICE SERVICE
and the Ontario Veterinary College
have created a special memorial fund
following the death of Brigadier, a
police horse that died in the line of
duty after being struck by a hit-and
run driver Feb. 24.
After being euthanized because of
the severity of his injuries, Brigadier
was transported to Guelph for an
autopsy. One of the investigators on the
case, Det. Const. Kimberley Greener, is
an OVC graduate, and it was she who
suggested the police service might want
to acknowledge the support from OVC
and the Animal Health Laboratory.
Gifts made in the horse's memory
will be used to support clinical care for
horses at the Large-Animal Clinic.
UNIVERSITY CAMPBELL ENCOURAGES
NEW GuELPH GRADS
THE UNIVERSITY's fifthannual
"Last Lecture" for graduating stu
dents featured Canadian hockey play
er Cassie Campbell, arts student Talya
Postan and outgoing College of Arts
dean jacqueline Murray.
The lecture ended a full week of
activities and events designed to help
prepare students for life after universi
ty. Alumni Affairs and Development
offered information on career planning,
advanced studies and programs, ser
vices and benefits that are available to
them as Guelph alumni.
Campbell, a 1997 sociology and
nutrition graduate, is one of the most
recognizable female hockey players in
the world. She's been captain of the
national women's team since 200 I and
is a six-time world champion and three
time Olympic medallist.
At the "Last Lecture;' which this year
focused on "The journey Is the
Reward," Campbell tried to give stu
dents a sense of what it feels like to win
an Olympic medal by showing a video
clip of the Canadian women's hockey
team listening to the national anthem
after capturing a second consecutive
gold medal in Turin, Italy.
U of G remembers Tom McEwan
A funeral service was held May 17 in
War Memorial Hall for U of G Honorary
Fellow Thomas McEwan, first chair of the
University's Board of Governors, who died
May 13 in Guelph.
Mr. McEwan was an RCAF pilot during
the Second World War and a graduate of
Queen's University and the University of
Toronto. He spent most of his business
career as president of the Sterling Rubber
Company and Becton Dickinson Canada
and served for many years as a school
trustee and chair of the local board of edu·
cation.
He saw the potential for Guelph's
founding colleges to form a full-fledged
university and worked with other busi·
nessmen, alumni and professors to encour·
age then Ontario premier John Robarts to
establish a university in Guelph, arguing
it would help to accommodate a project
ed increase in post-secondary enrolments.
After the University of Guelph was
established in 1964, Mr. McEwan served
as inaugural B of G chair until 1968 and
later helped launch U of G's Heritage Trust.
In 2ooo, he donated a collection of mate
rial about the University's founding years
to the U of G Library.
He is survived by his wife, Bessie; two
children, lan and Melanie; and three grand
children, Tyler, Austin and Ecclesia.
• U of G has reduced its consump
tion of natural gas and its C02 emissions by an estimated 10 per
cent over the last six months by
implementing two new energy
saving initiatives: a heat-recovery
unit located in the chimney of
the Central Utilities Plant and an
improvement in the building
automation system that is used
to control heating, cooling and
ventilation.
• Over the past decade, fair-trade
coffee has become increasingly
visible on campus, and its reach
has recently expanded into all
residence cafeterias, as well as
coffee service for meetings and
conferences.
• The Ontario Agricultural College's
Horticultural Experiment Station
at Vineland is celebrating its cen
tennial this year. Once part of the
Horticultural Research Institute of
Ontario, Vineland joined the
Department of Plant Agriculture
in 1998.
• The Skip a Meal campaign orga
nized by Guelph students during
the winter semester generated
donations of meal points and
cash to the tune of $13,671 to
support 17 local organizations in
Guelph, including men's and
women's shelters and food banks.
• U of G has signed a memorandum
of understanding with the Royal
Botanical Gardens in Hamilton,
Ont., establishing a research
partnership that will explore the
importance of horticulture and
plants in fostering healthy urban
environments, protection and
rehabilitation of natural areas,
academic opportunities for stu
dents, and the development
of new sites for plant trials and
testing.
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IN &AROUND the UNIVERSITY In April, U of G sponsored a two-day symposium called "Making Poverty History: Doing More of
What Works." It featured a roster of internationally recognized experts who provided candid accounts
of the real challenges facing the victims of poverty around the world.
Betsy Martin, senior adviser for the Community Foundations of Canada, and Phocus Ntayombya,
PhD '93, a UNICEF project officer in Rwanda, pictured at left, participated in panel discussions with
representatives from World Vision, the Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association and the Canadian Coun
cil for International Co-operation, as well as scholars, business leaders and others.
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Keynote speakers were Agnes Wakesho Mwang'ombe of the University of Nairobi in Kenya and
Elisabeth Tankeu, the African Union's Commissioner for Trade and Industry. Mwang'ombe said the
continent's food insecurity continues to deter economic growth and limits progress in reducing
poverty. Tankeu expressed frustration with the inability of governments in African countries to sup
port research and development, leaving people struggling with insufficient resources. Without invest
ments in science and technology, the continent will remain on the periphery, she said.
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"Making Poverty History" is part of a series of ongoing events U of G is sponsoring to engage
the public in stimulating discussions about emerging global issues. For more information and
news of future events, visit the website www.open.uoguelph.ca/poverty.
SCIENTISTS TACKLE OBESITY
GUELPH RESEARCHERS wi!lp\ay
a key role in a new national group
intended to help fight a growing epi
demic in obes ity that threatens the
health of millions of Canadians.
The Canadian Obesity Network, one
of five new federal Networks of Centres
of Excellence, will include about a dozen
scientists from the departments of
Human Health and Nutritional Sciences,
Food Science, and Family Relations and
Applied Nutrit ion.
In total, the network involves 21 uni
vers it ies, more than 10 international
institutes in North America and Europe,
15 non-profit organizations and 20
industry partners.
Gue lph will contribute to the net
work through studies of nutrition,
metabolism and obesity interactions.
Gift of land to boost research
A n u n precedent e d gift to U of G of almost 700 acres of farmland in eastern Ontario
is expected to help the University develop and strengthen innovative programs in
organic agriculture and environmental management.
In early February, Guelph finalized the anonymous donation of 693 acres of vacant farm
land worth about $52o,ooo. The parcel is located southeast of Ottawa, a to-minute drive
from the University's Alfred Campus and so minutes from the Kemptville Campus.
Under a five-year development plan for the property, U of G will develop research sites
for organic agriculture and the restoration of natural vegetation and wild life. Plans to expand
Guelph expertise in dairy science would also make the property the only certified organic
dairy farm designed for teaching and research in Canada, says Prof. Mary Buhr, associate
dean (academic) for the Ontario Agricultu ral Co llege.
"This gives us a new land base we can readily use for our organic work," she says, refer
ring to last fall's launch of an organic agriculture major with in OAC's B.Sc.(Agr.) program.
A public announcement in 2003 affirming OAC's commitment to organic and conven
tional agriculture led the farm's owner to propose the donation to U of G.
6 THE PORTICO
Heritage Trust pays dividends for U of G What does U of G's new telephone system
have in common with the Village by the
Arboretum and the Ontario AgriCentre
located in the Research Park?
The telephone system was paid for in part
from the endowment fund created from the
lease of these and other University properties
that are managed through the Heritage Trust
Fund. It's just one example of the special U
of G initiatives that have benefited from the
fund. Others include the Library Learning
Commons, the tri-university library system
TRELLIS and enhanced student information
systems, and classroom improvements.
The Heritage Trust, believed to be the
only one of its kind at a Canadian universi
ty, was created in 1989 by the Board of Gov
ernors as a way for U of G to pay for strate
gic one-time investments. It cannot be used
for ongoing operating expenses.
The trust oversees the monetization of
the land assets to create an endowment,
wh ich grows as funds are generated from
the real estate. The Heritage Trust Fund
now exceeds $45 million and has provid
ed over time $15 mil li on in dividends to
help U of G pay for strategic initiatives.
by Rebecca Kendall
hey say a picture is
worth a thousand words, and with that in
mind, Cheryl Rose has set out to discover what
university students have to "say" about being
part of their communities. Rose is working on
a master's degree in capacity development and
extension through the School of Environmental
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Design and Rural Development. She
began her thesis project, titled "Civic
Visions;' by asking Guelph students to
take photographs on campus that illus
trate the University's commitment to
civic engagement.
Since then, she's armed students with
cameras at the University of Toronto and
Nipissing University in North Bay to
compare the perspectives of students at
institutions of various sizes and in dif
ferent environments and locations.
The data collection method is known
as reflexive photography or photo voice.
Rather than have participants decon
struct images presented to them by the
researcher, Rose has invited students to
choose images that they consider impor
tant. She then interviews each partici
pant to discuss the meaning of the pho
to they took.
" It 's often difficult to explain in
words what it means to be civically
engaged," she says. "It's a pretty complex
concept."
Photography offers students a way to
express their ideas and messages about
how their university contributes to life
beyond campus borders, she says.
Guelph students were inspired by a
variety of campus landmarks and struc
tures, including the johnston Hall clock,
the cannon that sits in Branion Plaza and
a cedar pole located just north of Zavitz
Hall that holds messages of peace in
French, English, Braille and a language
indigenous of the aboriginal people who
historically lived in this region.
"Students said they saw more images
representing civic engagement than they
expected and chose things they wouldn't
normally have thought of as representing
that," says Rose. " Based on the pictures
they're taking, they seem to recognize that
we're on a continuum and we have a lega
cy from the past, and that makes us think
about what legacy we're leaving for the
future. To them, that speaks about being
committed to making a difference."
Rose has a long-standing interest in
youth and civic engagement. In addition
to her studies, she is a service-learning
specialist in the office of the provost and
executive director of the Canadian Asso
ciation for Community Service-Learn-
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ing, which is based at U of G.
She says the ideas expressed by the
students participating in her project are
teaching her about the way young peo
ple empower themselves.
'Tm learning so much about what is
meaningful to them around this concept
of civic responsibility and what inspires
them."
There's a glimpse of her findings in
the images reproduced here, but she
hopes the final data will help post-sec
ondary professionals develop curricu
lum geared to the interests of today's stu
dents. It's important that programming
for this generation be designed with this
generation in mind, she says.
"As educators, we need to know if
we're hitting our mark by creating learn
ing opportunities that will be of interest
to them and will motivate them to
become engaged." •
What students say:
1 - "The cannon is a perfect symbol
to show that this campus has a
strong sense of civic commitment.
Every layer of paint is one more
voice sharing with this campus."
2 - "These are the hands of stu
dents and staff wearing bracelets
with messages that represent their
belief in a cause or organization."
3 • "This dancer is a Canadian stu
dent who feels a responsibility to
raise awareness and share her cul
ture with others."
4 • "I think it's important to have
this memorial to students who gave
their lives in war. It encourages me
to do what I can to make this world
better."
5 • "Garbasaurus was created from
garbage pulled from the Speed
River during the annual city-wide
cleanup. Students join in every year.
It's something 'done,' not just an
idea."
6 - "So many students, staff and
faculty ride bikes to campus. It feels
like many of us care about the envi
ronment."
RARE BUT NOT D. V. Sc. grads expand the veterinar)
From farm to field to research lab to balance of disciplinary training and thesis
private practice: That's where you'll find research, this one-of-a-kind program has
graduates of Guelph's doctor of veterinary turned out a variety of graduates since it
science (D.V.Sc.) degree. Described as a was launched in 1980. Even the scope
ENDANGERED Story by Andrew Vowles
Photo Illustrations by john Rusk, Dean Palmer and Tony Fouhse
implied in that opening catchphrase- studies to the vet clinic- fails to capture
from food animals on the farm to wildlife, the breadth of experience represented
including species that may harbour the across the roughly 250 students who have
next zoonotic disease after bird flu, to lab completed the D.V.Sc. at Guelph.
U OF G GRADUATED its first O.V.Sc.
students in 1983, but the degree itself
has existed since the early 1900s. The early
graduate program was offered by the
Ontario Veterinary College, with degrees
granted by the University of Toronto.
One of the first D.V.Sc. graduates was
Francis Schofield, DVM 1910, who earned
recognition as a veterinary pathologist and
fame as a medical missionary in Korea. He
taught at OVC for 30 years and published
more than 100 papers on animal diseases.
When U ofG was established in 1964
and began granting its own degrees, the
D.V.Sc. went into hiatus, and veterinary stu
dents interested in specialist training were
offered a two-year residency program. The
D.V.Sc. program was redesigned- com
bining research and residency training
and re-established at OVC in 1980.
As with the more conventional PhD, this
doctoral program takes at least three years to
complete. Candidates must take a qualifying
exam, conduct a research project and defend
their thesis. The program has 30 to 40 stu
dents at any one time. Graduates in every
thing from surgical specialties to pathology,
microbiology and immunology and animal
health management work in diagnostic labs,
universities, industry, private practice, gov
ernment, zoos- even a travelling circus or
two. Small wonder that at least a few gradu
ates see their D.V.Sc. as an embodiment of
the "one medicine" theme linking studies of
human, animal and ecosystem health across
those disciplines at OVC.
PROF. ScoTT McEwEN,Population
Medicine, has seen his career turn in
unexpected directions since completing his
DVM here in 1981. He worked as a horse vet
in Toronto right after graduation, but real
ized he didn't really enjoy clinical practice
and wanted to do research instead. He
returned to U of G to earn a D.V.Sc., study
ing a muscle disease called "tying up" in hors
es. After graduating in 1985, he accepted a
post as a lecturer in the former department
of veterinary microbiology and immunolo
gy, filling a gap left by a retired faculty mem
ber in food hygiene- a term that may con
jure up a mental picture of veterinarians
inspecting cuts of meat to ensure suitability
for the supermarket. Today it's called food
safety, a term that covers everything from the
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Scott McEwen
"Veterinarians
are needed to manage
human health
problems."
Deanna Russell
"'Wherever my career
leads, it will involve public
health and studies of
infectious diseases."
farm field to your dinner plate. McEwen says
he's witnessed a sea change in how veterinary
medicine views food safety and public health.
During his career, he has studied food
safety and microbial risks posed by such
pathogens as E. coli 0157:H7, Campylobacter and Salmonella. A key theme of his research
involves antimicrobial resistance, or how
these bugs learn to defend themselves against
drugs developed to fight them in such barn
yard animals as pigs, cows and chickens.
Besides research, McEwen's expertise has
found its way into advisory roles with gov
ernments and non-governmental organi
zations in North America and Europe. He
has chaired an advisory committee to
Health Canada on animal uses of antimi
crobials and their impact on resistance and
human health. He says that group has affect
ed public policy by ensuring that the feder
al health agency considers not just risks
from drug residues in foods but also risks
of antimicrobial resistance.
Globally, McEwen discusses anti-micro
bial risk with food-animal industry groups,
the World Health Organization, the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
and the U.S. Food and Drug Administra
tion. How to assess risks? How to manage
those risks? How to ensure that food ani
mals receive appropriate treatments while
protecting public health?
"You'd have to be blind not to see the
great opportunities;' he says, pointing to the
growing understanding of the need for vet
erinarians to help in managing these human
health problems.
T HE PAST TWO DECADES have also
seen significant changes, globally and
domestically, in risk analysis and regulato
ry requirements in foods of all kinds. just
ask Tom Feltmate, DVM '72, GO '80 and
D.V.Sc. '83, who was working at Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa when the
D.V.Sc. program was re-introduced in 1980.
The D.V.Sc. "was focused on practical
coursework rather than being a research
oriented PhD," he said. "That fit well with
the regulatory veterinarian approach." For
his research, Feltmate studied ways of mon
itoring antibiotic residues in slaughtered
calves, a food safety issue in Canada.
Since the formation of the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency in 1997, Feltmate
has been manager of its food safety risk
analysis unit. That position has drawn on
his studies of epidemiology and food safe
ty, including everything from toxicology and
pesticides to sampling theory and statistics
needed for investigating animal health or
food safety. Risk analysis is key for him and
for the agency, including examining risks
involved with specific hazards in plant or
animal health and food safety. They also
consider approaches to deal with those risks
and the economic impact of solutions on
the industry they're regulating.
"We're now developing risk analysis
approaches that are applicable internation
ally," says Feltmate. That's being done to
ensure that "as countries develop food safe
ty standards, they apply similar approaches
to assess risk and measures to deal with them:'
Feltmate enrolled in the new D.V.Sc. pro
gram with Brent Hoff, DVM '69, GD '70,
D.V.Sc. '83 and GD '98. Hoff had worked in
private practice in Oshawa and had already
done a graduate diploma in small-animal
medicine. For his doctorate, Hoff studied
hematology and bone marrow abnormali
ties in dogs, including leukemia, other can
cers and infections. He was attracted by the
opportunity for broad research training.
"The D.V.Sc. degree and Guelph are
well-recognized by other institutions," says
Hoff, now a clinical pathologist and toxi
cologist at the Animal Health Laboratory
(AHL), a diagnostic veterinary lab within
U of G's Laboratory Services Division.
There, he interprets results of hematology,
biochemistry and cytology tests on samples
sent by veterinarians in private practice.
Hoff divides his time between the clini
cal pathology laboratory in OVC and the
AHL toxicology lab on Stone Road. This
spring, he spread his expertise even farther
when he did a locum at a private veterinary
pathology laboratory in Hamilton, New
Zealand. His international reach has also
included helping to establish the central clin
ical pathology laboratory at the Norwegian
College of Veterinary Medicine in Oslo.
F oR ALL 1 T s headline-generating
import today, food safety- as it relates
to animal health and laboratory services
is only one branch of the doctor of veteri
nary science tree. Most D.V.Sc. graduates
still pursue careers as clinicians and acade-
Dale Smith
"Employers in zoological
medicine look for skills
in research training as well
as clinical practice."
Tom Feltmate
"We're developing
risk analysis approaches
that are applicable
internationally."
mics, reflecting their enrolment as students
in one of three OVC departments.
Within Clinical Studies, students spe
cialize in small- or large-animal surgery or
medicine, anesthesia/clinical pharmacolo
gy, cardiology, critical care, neurology and
ophthalmology. The main interests of
D.V.Sc. students in Population Medicine are
ruminant health management, theri
ogenology (reproduction), clinical epi
demiology and swine health management.
In Pathobiology, specializations include
anatomical or clinical pathology, zoologi
cal medicine, avian or fish pathology, micro
biology/virology and lab animal science.
A review of the program completed in
2003 by Wayne McDonell, professor emer
itus in Clinical Studies, found that almost
two out of three grads worked as faculty or
staff in a veterinary school, research facility
or government agency. Most of the others
were working in private practice or in indus
try, says McDonell. "It's well-recognized that
D.V.Sc. graduates have made an important
contribution to core areas of advanced clin
ical training in veterinary medicine."
Wander the halls of the veterinary col
lege at Guelph and you may bump into sev
eral faculty members who earned a D.V.Sc.
Among them are these professors in Clini
cal Studies:
Alex Valverde, D.V.Sc. '90, an anesthesi
ologist in the OVC Veterinary Teaching
Hospital;
Tony Abrams-Ogg, D.V.Sc. '92, head of
the OVC small-animal clinic;
Lynn O'Sullivan, D.V.Sc. '03, an expert in
veterinary cardiology;
Carolyn Kerr, DVM '89 and D.V.Sc. '95,
who studies lung diseases in cattle and
horses;
Roberto Poma, D.V.Sc. '02, now leading
comparative studies of canine and human
epilepsy; and
Brigitte Brisson, D.V.Sc. '00, a small-ani
mal surgeon.
In Population Medicine:
Tracey Chenier, DVM '92 and D.V.Sc. '89,
theriogenology of horses;
Alejandro Estrada, D.V.Sc. '03, and Cathy
Gartley, DVM '82 and D.V.Sc. '89, theri
ogenology of dogs and cats;
jeffrey Wilson, DVM '82, D.V.Sc. '87 and
PhD '91, food and water safety and pub
lic health epidemiology;
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Todd Duffield, DVM '90 and D.V.Sc. '97;
Stephen LeBlanc, DVM '97 and D.V.Sc.
'01; and Kerry Lissemore, DVM '84 and
D.V.Sc. '88; ruminant health management.
In Pathobiology:
Jeff Caswell, DVM '90 and D.V.Sc. '95,
resistance to bacterial pneumonia in cat
tle and pigs; and
Pat Turner, DVM '92 and D.V.Sc. '97, who
plays a central role in preparing new
graduates for the growing, if often-over
looked, field of lab animal medicine.
More intensive use of lab animals for
research in industry, government and uni
versities means rising demand for veteri
narians able to look after them. "Nobody
thinks about it;' says Turner, contrasting lab
animal medicine with the kinds of front
line practice embodied, say, in OVC's large
and small-animal clinics. "But we have very
strong regulations and legislation that
requires animals to be cared for humanely
and appropriately" in research laboratories.
Having completed undergrad and grad
degrees before coming to vet school, Turn
er had acquired a taste for research, and she
returned to it after gaining some experience
in large-animal medicine and in the phar
maceutical industry. Along with her grad
students, she looks for ways to refine ani
mal models for human diseases. "It's an
exciting voyage of discovery," she says, not
to mention a practical way to explore the
continuum between human and animal
medicine and disease.
Turner also manages the campus diag
nostic lab animal service for Guelph
researchers, examining the effects of study
parameters on lab animals for various research
projects- from assessing new drug therapies
to developing new animal models for specif
ic human or animal diseases to refining the
husbandry and management of lab animals.
She runs the D.V.Sc. program in lab ani
mal medicine- the only grad program in
this area in Canada and the only one outside
the United States to be accredited by the
American College of Laboratory Animal Med
icine. In addition, Turner oversees Guelph's
diploma program for full-time vets and has
developed a distance education program in
lab animal medicine for practitioners.
B ACK OUT IN THE FIELD -but
also rooted in pathobiology- is Prof.
14 T H E p 0 R T I c 0
Brent Hoff
"Our diagnostic lab
analyses samples sent by
veterinarians in private
practice."
Pat Turner
"We have strong
legislation governing the
care of animals in research
laboratories."
Dale Smith, DVM '80 and D.V.Sc. '84, one
of various grads who find themselves work
ing with animals that often become reser
voirs of human infections.
She has seen something of the world and
its wildlife since completing her own D.V.Sc.
She taught at the University of Zimbabwe
for two years in the late 1980s and, since
joining the faculty of U of Gin 1990, has
returned to Zimbabwe twice to teach big
game immobilization techniques to wildlife
managers.
Smith did her doctorate in zoo animal
medicine and pathology in concert with a
residency at the Toronto Zoo. Her thesis was
on wound healing in snakes.
Although she says employers in zoolog
ical medicine aren't necessarily seeking out
the D.V.Sc. specifically, they do look for a
high-quality zoo medicine education pro
gram that includes research training as well
as the practical clinical side. There are clin
ical residencies available in zoo animal med
icine and avian and exotic medicine, but
nothing else that combines that training
with the academic research degree, she says.
Since joining the faculty of U of G,
Smith has supervised D.V.Sc. students in
both pathobiology and clinical medicine.
One of her most recent grad students is
Deanna Russell, D.V.Sc. '06, a medical doc
tor turned veterinarian who spent her clin
ical residency in zoo animal medicine and
pathology at the Toronto Zoo's animal
health centre.
Drawing the connections among field,
farm and human health, Russell points to
the current global watch on bird flu . That's
an example of a zoonotic illness that under
lines the importance of considering animals
and ecosystems in human health , she says.
Or look at her own doctoral studies of a rac
coon roundworm that recently killed a
number of the zoo's rainbow lorikeets. The
same parasite landed a seven-year-old boy
in a Toronto hospital in 2005 in the first
known case of human infection caused by
the roundworm in Canada.
Russell says her career plans are open
ended, but she will probably combine epi
demiology and public health in a career
involving infectious diseases. Looking back
at the career paths of her D. V.Sc. predeces
sors, she confirms what all of these gradu
ates have said: "The options are huge." •
[alumni profile]
REMEMBER THE WOOD NYMPH ?
Former Ontarian editor brings home a Gemini by Rebecca Kendall
"Cheating, like most forms of dishonesty, has its place and its purpose. In fact, in some cases, cheat
ing is the only option available if ... one wants to stay in the game. Right now, our federal govern
ment doesn't believe in cheating- they think there's something inherently bad about it, I suppose
~-so they have presented a bill to axe our National Policy on Cheating. And so we have free trade." "' ~ >--z ::g Those words were written in the summer of
~ 1988 by David Akin, a young reporter for the >--~ student newspaper at the University of Guelph. ~ Back then, Akin's byline most often appeared <(
;'i! in the Ontarian on stories about U of G and z 5 campus life, but as editor, he also dabbled in
~ voicing his views on government. Now he trav
;;1 els around North America covering the hottest
~ political topics of our day and can be heard >--~ and read daily through the national media. If
~ he wants to share his point of view on today's
8 political agenda, there's his daily blog. 0 is: Akin's humour and insight made him a
notable force in student journalism at
Guelph until he graduated from the Uni-
versity in 1989. He went on to work at news
papers in Orangeville, Orillia, Thunder Bay
and Hamilton before being hired as a mem
ber of the inaugural staff of the National Post in 1998 and later as a technology
reporter for the Globe and Mail in 2001.
His work at the Globe spun off into a
reporting gig with CTV, and Akin became
one of the few reporters in Canada to hold
concurrent roles in national print and tele
vision forums. After eight years at three
papers writing about technology, he moved
to Ottawa in February 2005 to cover poli
tics full time for CTV.
Last fall, Akin was honoured for hi s
achievements with a Gemini Award for best
reportage from the Academy of Canadian
Cinema and Television. He was nominated
alongside Lisa LaFlamme, Janis Mackey
Frayer, Adrienne Arsenault and David Com-
mon, and says he didn't anticipate the win.
"It was a huge surprise. To be honest , I
couldn't stop laughing when they announced
my name because I couldn't believe I'd won."
Summer 2006 15
I
A PHOTO ESSAY OF DAVID AKIN ON THE JOB BEGINS IN PETTY HARBOUR, N. L., DUR
ING LAST WINTER'S FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. lN DECEMBER, HE REPORTED
FROM NEwFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, WHERE CoNSERVATIVE LEADER STEPHEN
HARPER ANNOUNCED A COMMITMENT TO HELP ATLANTIC FISHERS. AFTER THE ELEC
TION, AKIN DID A LAST-MINUTE HIT FOR CTV NEWSNET BEFORE BOARDING THE
PLANE BEHIND HIM FOR CANCUN, MEXICO, WHERE HE COVERED A MEETING OF THE
In the line of fire in Akin's award-win
ning story was the CIBC. For more than three years, the bank faxed confidential informa
tion about hundreds of its clients to a West
Virginia scrapyard, despite complaints from
the scrapyard owner. The sheer volume of
faxes being sent each day kept the fax line so busy, the owner couldn't communicate with
his own customers. Eventually, he was forced
to shut down one of his businesses. Akin talked about the Cl BC privacy
breach and its implications for organizational
communications when he addressed a home
town crowd at the Guelph Cutten Club in
April. In a presentation peppered with
humour, he provided insight into how the
story came together from start to finish, and shared much of the back story that didn't
make it to air.
"This story wasn't about bashing big business;' he said. "It was about a problem
they were having with a very simple task that people in business use on an everyday basis."
He asked the group, made up of members
of the Guelph and District Human Resource Professionals Association, to consider the
16 T H E p 0 R T I c 0
lessons learned through the CIBC case and
how those lessons might relate to their own decision-making. He also discussed the impor
tance of properly informing employees at all
levels about company policy and procedures
and providing a way for them to access that
information quickly should an issue arise.
Even though Akin's byline started appearing in the Ontarian when he was still
in high school, the life of a journalist was not what he had in mind when he enrolled
at U of G in 1985 to study history. In fact,
he figured he'd become a university profes
sor one day. "I sort of liked the idea of read
ing and writing history books."
He credits his days at the Ontarian with
helping him find his direction and passion in life. He wrote sports, music reviews and news stories for the paper, and moved up the chain from volunteer writer to associ
ate news editor and news editor and final
ly to editor-in-chief in May 1988. During the six years he spent working on
the Ontarian, his byline evolved from ).D.
Akin to}. David Akin and his talent developed. His column "Dance of the Wood Nymph" was a standard feature of the week-
ly paper, and the stories that appeared among
the pages included the introduction of male
cheerleaders; a campus visit by then Ontario premier David Peterson and Princess Anne,
who attended the grand opening of the
Equine Research Centre; and the installation
of Brian Segal as U of G president following
the retirement of Burt Matthews. "I was there for a long time," says Akin,
who also worked as a D) on campus. "At the
time, my life revolved around two thingsthe Bullring and the Ontarian. If I wasn't
spinning tunes, I was making papers."
Since leaving the haven of the student press, Akin has interviewed everyone from
computer hackers and computer software innovators to lawmakers and lawbreakers. His work has taken him from the deserts of Nevada to dining with World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee to interviewing
Microsoft founder Bill Gates. This winter,
he travelled the campaign trail following the people and stories that shaped Canada's
2006 federal election. We aren't sure if he shared his "Wood
Nymph" column on cheating and dishonesty in politics.
NEW PM, U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND MEXICAN PRESIDENT VICENTE
fox. IN THE NEXT PHOTO, AKIN TRIES OUT A COYOTE DURING A VISIT BY DEFENCE
MINISTER GoRDON O'CoNNOR To CFB PETAWAWA. CoYOTES ARE ONE OF THE
VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN . AND SITTING AT HIS DESK
IN THE OTTAWA NEWS BUREAU OF CTV, AKIN HAS ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS OF THE
PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT. • PHOTOS COURTESY DAVID AKIN
"It's a great part of the job, meeting peo
ple- some famous, some not-so-famous,
people about to be famous, people doing
something interesting;' says Akin.
But being personable and having the ability to mingle with all sorts of people doesn't
make someone a good reporter, he adds. Nor
do excellent writing skills. Identifying a good
story and being able to get it to an audience quickly are what matters, he says.
"There are editors who will correct your
writing and make it better, but there's no
substitute for being curious. To be a good
reporter, you must be insatiable about every
single detail and, like a two-year-old, ask:
'Why, why, why?' Second to that is being fast if you want to do this for a living."
Much like the subject that earned him
the Gemini, Akin has covered other stories
that grew in importance far beyond what
they first appeared to be. "I started covering the Conrad Black
scandal when it was still a business story,
before it exploded on the front pages of
papers around the world." He also cites the rise of the Internet as
another story with legs that few could have
predicted. Back when he was filing stories from the second floor of the University Cen
tre, "most people didn't have a due what the
Internet was," he says. "And look what it's
become. My interest in it actually started at
U of G with TCoSy, which was a fairly ear
ly e-mail system that was in place in the mid-l980s at the University:'
Technology and the Internet have fed Akin's curiosity for more than two decades,
but they've also become tools he uses to
enhance his reporting and to engage his
audience long after they close the pages of
the Globe and Mail or watch his clip on
CTV. For the past few years, he has pro
duced a blog at http://davidakin.blog
ware.com that can also be accessed through his personal website at www.davidakin.ca.
"With most media, you write, you publish, you broadcast, and that's the end of it;'
he says. "But with a blog, those interested
in your work or in whatever you're report
ing on tend to respond by making comments, amplifying the discussion or offer
ing tips for future stories. Blogging extends
the reportage you're doing. Through blogging, you can become a better reporter on
your beat and know more about whatever you're reporting on."
Akin's blog is another way to stay in touch
with the viewpoints of people in his home
town and at his alma mater. He visits Guelph
frequently because his parents still live here.
"Every time I show up on campus, I'm
certainly amazed by the amount of building and development," he says. "And I do
make a point of picking up the Ontarian.
Believe it or not, I still have every issue that
was published while I was editor-in-chief
packed in a box in my basement."
His basement is just outside Ottawa,
where he lives with his wife, Colleen Bax
ter, whom he met in Thunder Bay at the
Chronicle journal. She was an editor there. They now have two children: Anne, 4, and
Henry, 2. Not surprisingly, one of their
favourite Guelph events is the University's
annual student-run open house.
"I try to make College Royal whenever
I can;' says Akin, noting that he was pleased
to see College Royal and the University profiled in a segment of the Rick Mercer Report that aired March 28. "It was terrifically fun
ny and a great profile for the school:' •
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18 THE PORTICO
REMEMBERING A GRADUATE, A CRITIC AND AN ADVOCATE FOR U OF G
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH,
ADA '28, BSA '31 and H.D.La. '65,
has a permanent place on my list of "Guelph's most famous graduates."
When he died April 29 at the age of
97, most major papers in the United
States and Canada confirmed his
stature as a liberal economist, back
stage politician and talented writer.
Dr. Galbraith held senior posts in four Democratic presidential admin
istrations, was professor emeritus at
Harvard University and wrote more
than 40 books. His most influential
work, The Affluent Society, was pub
lished in 1958 but still resonates today. It focused on the imbalance between
private opulence and public impov
erishment in the United States and indicted the "conventional wisdom"
(he coined the phrase) that more con
sumption is always better.
An Ontario farm boy who wanted to get away from the farm, Dr. Galbraith
once wrote that he came to the Ontario Agricultural College because
his father thought he should. Here he
studied agricultural economics and
then moved on to graduate work at
the University of California. He
became a U.S. citizen in 1937, but
spoke often to Canad ian audiences about politics in Canada and at OAC, which he blasted for its "horse and buggy teaching" in
a 1948 article in Saturday Night magazine.
With historical hindsight, we might thank him for
his early admonishments and his ongoing interest in
his alma mater. As OAC historian Alexander Ross wrote:
"Galbraith's argument never descends to the trivial for
he is too concerned with what is fundamental to waste time on unimportant side issues."
Dr. Galbraith's biographers tend to reflect that opin
ion of his character and his prose.
As OAC left behind its civil service traditions and
helped to form today's research-intensive University of
Guelph, the opinion of our famous alumnus also pro
gressed. In June 200I, he wrote to commend even this
publication: " I have just read the summer edition. It stirs, as so much, my admiration for my alma mater in
its highly distinguished form. You offer a wonderfully
interesting account of life on this beautiful and in tel -
lectually sparkling campus."
Until his death, Dr. Galbraith served as honorary
patron of the University's science complex fundraising
campaign and wrote to president Alastair Summerlee
every couple of months "to give me advice about what
he thought I should be doing."
One of Summerlee's favourite stories about Dr. Galbraith involves a visit by former U of G president
Mordechai Rozanski to the professor's home in Mass
achusetts, where he lived with his wife, Kitty, and raised
three sons, John Alan, Peter and James.
At a local event, Rozanski was introduced by Dr.
Galbraith to Senator Ted Kennedy. When Kennedy
ignored the introduction, Dr. Galbraith put his hand on Kennedy's arm and said, " I don't think you under
stand. This man is the president of a Canadian univer
sity you should know about." Mary Dickieson, Editor
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Meet a few of Guelph's talented and ambitious students Photos by Martin Schwalbe, Rebecca Kendall and the students profiled
MAKING AN IMPACT IN SCIENCE
URING THE PAST THREE
years, Marc Lamoureux has learned about science in a way
that's resulted in a patent application and his work being published in the Canadian Journal of Chemistry. The patent, which lists him as co-inventor, is related to a chemical structure that will be useful in identifying and targeting an organism that's a major cause of bacterial food poisoning.
In addition, Lamoureux was acknowledged for technical assistance in articles published in Molecular Microbiology, FEBS Journal and Journal of Bacteriology, and he co-authored research posters that were presented at an international Campylobacter conference in Australia.
Lamoureux spent four co-op work terms at the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada's Institute for Biological Sciences
before finishing his B.Sc. degree in February. He was honoured in the spring with U of G's Co-op Student of the Year Award and received an honourable mention at the national level.
"My experience at NRC has given me such an academic advantage," says Lamoureux, "and my co-op experience has built up my confidence not only as a scientist but also as a public speaker and a team member:'
He is currently working at NRC with his former supervisor and will begin graduate work in medical physics this fall, armed with a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) graduate scholarship. He will enrol at the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics.
Lamoureux is engaged to Laura Zadro, B.Sc. '05, who held a prestigious President's Scholarship throughout her Guelph studies in biomedical sciences. She has held a position at Health Canada since graduating and was also awarded an NSERC scholarship to pursue graduate studies in cellular and molecular medicine.
A large contingent of Guelph graduates will be at their 2007 wedding, including Zadro's father, Richard, BA '70; and her brother, Matthew, B.Comm. '03 and MA'05.
SO MANY POSSIBILITIES
ECOND-YEAR psychology student Chantal Huinink is the 2006 recipient of the Tara Lynn Giuliani
Memorial Award at U of G. Tara Lynn Giuliani was aU of G student
who died at age 25 from juvenile diabetes. Her family established the award in 1995
for students who have a disability, demonstrate financial need, have significant academic standing and are involved in extracurricular activities.
"It means a lot to me to be selected for this award," says Huinink, who has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, a condition that affects her fine-motor and gross-motor skills and her eyesight.
She says U of G's psychology program coupled with the University's welcoming environment made choosing to study here an easy decision.
"Guelph has one of the most accessible campuses in Canada, and I was confident my disability wouldn't get in my way. To this day, I'm grateful that the majority of my energy can be spent enjoying the important aspects of my life, rather than worrying about my disability."
Huinink is a volunteer with U of G's Centre for Students With Disabilities (CSD) and speaks at CSD workshops on topics such as physical challenges and inclusive language.
Summer 2006 19
--------------------------------In her spare time, she enjoys swimming,
cheering for the Gryphon men's basketball
team and spending time with friends, most
of whom are able-bodied. "The only signif
icant difference between us is that I spend
most of my time sitting down," she says.
She also writes a bimonth ly column on
disability and access-related issues called
"Wheels in the City" for the Wheelchair Site,
an independent online consumers' guide to
scooters, wheelchairs and accessories.
When she completes her BA, Huinink
plans to either pursue a master's degree in
disabi lity studies or go to law school before
becoming a child and youth counsellor.
BELIEVE IN CHANGE
ELANIE MULLEN,anenvi
ronmental engineering student,
is one of eight women across
the co u nt ry to receive a 2006 Canadian
Engineering Memorial Foundation Schol
arship. The awards were created to encour
age women to choose a career in engineer
ing and to honour the memory of the 14
women who were slai n at Montreal's Ecole
Polytechnique in 1989.
Mullen, who was recognized for being a
community leader, active volunteer and role
model for girls and young women, says the
scholarship will allow her to continue speak
ing to elementary and high school students
about engineering, uni ty and well-being.
"I believe in being active, and l believe
in change. That's why this award means so
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much to me."
Mullen has been active in environmental
work since her early teens. She's a member of
the Sierra Youth Coalition of Canada, vice
president of Guelph Students for Environ
mental Change and a volunteer with Envi
ronment Radio on U of G's CFRU 93.3 FM.
PHYSICS AND POETRY BLEND WELL
HARLENE ELSBY,amemberof
the Canadian Poetry Society,
released her first chapbook last
fall. The 40-page collection of short stories
called Dirt Wet With Blood was published
by the society and is available in Guelph at
Bibliomania Books.
Elsby, who has finished three years of
study in theoretical physics, has been writ
ing for seven years."! love writing because
it's a manner of expression and you can use
all sorts of methods to communicate your
thoughts."
She's also a member of the U.S.-based
American Physica l Society. She's never
attended a meeting but says:"! receive a free
subscription to Physics Today, and as a stu
dent with limited funds, I find it's a pretty
good perk."
Elsby also works part time on campus
and is a member of Mensa Canada. She gets
together occasionally with other members
from Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo and
Cambridge "to play Scrabble and invent new
puns," she says.
FOLLOW YOUR DREAM
H ERE'S N 0 BETTE R WAY to
spend a summer than following a
dream and showcasing your home-
town. At least that's Thomas Gofton's view.
The third-year psychology and theatre stud
ies student is making his debut film in
Guelph this summer, with U of G as one of
its main backdrops.
"I want to use Guelph and U of Gas set
tings because I take pride in them and I
want to give them both recognition and
appreciation;' says Gofton, who finished the
script for Four Aces while taking Prof. Paul
Salmon's course on Canadian film.
Four Aces is a romantic comedy about
four young men who fall for the same
woman, a student from Australia. Cast
members include Guelph students and
grads Casey Outfield, john Battye, Andrew
Ferguson, Christina Maio and Gofton him
self. The film is being directed by U of G
graduate Michael Chudnovsky.
A WEEK WELL SPENT
URING READING WEEK 111
February, more than l 00 U of G
students spent the week doing
volunteer work for Project Serve.
About 40 students partnered with stu
dents from the University of Southern Mis
sissippi to help with ongoing hurricane relief
efforts and to explore themes related to
--------------------------------Black History Month, the civil rights move
ment and education.
A second group travelled to Pikangikum,
a fly-in reserve located in the middle of the
Berens River 250 kilometres north of Dry
den, Ont. They volunteered in the native com
munity and learned about aboriginal issues.
A third group of students flew to Cal
gary to work with an agency that supports
the needs of homeless and at-risk youth.
They spent one night in the streets taking
food to homeless youth and talking to them
about resources they could access.
DESIRE TO HELP EARNS AWARDS
I EFORE )ODY CHROBAK'S pic
ture appeared in the Globe and Mail with other recipients of the Ontario
Hostelry Institute's "Top 30 Under 30" award,
the B.Comm. graduate was planning to con
tinue working as a server in a local chain
restaurant. Within a week of receiving the
award, she got three job offers.
Chrobak accepted a position at Oliver
Bonacini Restaurants in Toronto, a compa
ny that operates several haute cuisine restau
rants. "I couldn't let an opportunity like that
slide," she says. ''I'm so honoured that they
would even consider tracking me down to
offer me a job."
During the past year, Chrobak served as
president of the Hotel and Tourism Man
agement Student Association. Her team
launched a bookstore in the school, started
a monthly newsletter, certified more than
5,000 high school students to legally serve
alcohol in Ontario, and raised money for
breast cancer, juvenile diabetes and the
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.
Last summer, she and four friends spent
40 days walking the world's longest thor
oughfare- Yonge Street. The "Five With
Drive" walked 1,900 kilometres and raised
$48,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Her volunteer work, student leadership
roles and holding down three jobs to sup
port herself through five years of universi
ty clearly didn't affect Chrobak's academic
performance. She graduated this summer
at the top of her class.
Four other HTM graduates and a cur
rent student are also among the top 30 indi
viduals who will "make a difference" in the
hospitality industry: fourth-year student
Iris Lam, Karalyn Ferdinands ('03), Anson
Kwok ('03), Darcy MacDonell ('02) and
Quentin Lewonas ('01).
AND ALL THAT JAZZ
HEN HANNA SMITH didn't
have her nose buried in a text
book last semester, she was
working part time for an online music jour
nal called Critical Studies i11 Improvisatio11 and in the children's department at the
Guelph Public Library.
"It great to see the same kids come in
year after year and feel comfortable and
connected to the library," says Smith, who
enjoys watching a child's love of reading
develop. She's reading more for herself this
summer since completing her BAS degree.
While enrolled at U of G, Smith played
water polo and co-hosted a Sunday-evening
radio show called Return to Soulsville on
CFRU 93.3 FM. "''m a big-time nerd when it
comes to funk and soul;' she says.
An avid music lover, she is also a "big-time
nerd" when it comes to jazz and worked for
the annual Guelph jazz Festival as co-ordi
nator of an on-campus jazz colloquium.
MAKE THE CONNECTION
1 A o WANG, a graduate student
from China, thought the best way
to enjoy his time in Guelph was
to immerse himself in Canadian culture by
volunteering. While working on a master's
degree in sociology and anthropology, he
has found time to join the Gryphons Toast
master Club, the Chinese Students and
Scholars Association, the Graduate Students'
Association and CFRU radio, where he hosts
a program in Mandarin.
Wang is also a volunteer with the Hill
side Music Festival in Guelph and Best Bud
dy Canada, which supports mentally chal
lenged adults. He maintains homeland
connections by continuing to write for a
Shanghai newspaper and helping with pub
licity for the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
In 2005, he was awarded the first Uni
versity of Guelph Alumni Association Stu
dent Volunteer Award. •
-Stories from At Guelph
Summer 2006 21
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS • EVENTS • NETWORKING
uofguetph ALUMNI Why I thought this was this and that was that
ONE OF GUELPH'S newest
philosophy graduates is an
old hand at getting people to question their own observations and
ideas. A professional prestidigitator for
more than 25 years, David Peck, MA '05, is also a poet and writer, a corpo
rate relations manager and a speaker
much in demand on topics such as
fear, comedy, choice, wonder and ideas.
It seems perfectly natural that someone ski lled in the magical and philo
sophical arts is also a licensed electrician, capable of manipulating yet
another unseen power.
In recent years, Peck has devoted
his energies to altering the way people
see the world. This is not magic but
one person's discovery of the power of each individual.
He spent several weeks in Southeast
Asia in 2002, primarily in Cambodia
-a country virtua.lly destroyed by the Khmer Rouge. He was left feeling that
he needed to do something positive for those whose voices aren't heard.
"I realized that if a very small group
of people could change the world in such a negative way, it shou ld also
work in reverse," says Peck. "Often
referred to as the 'sideshow' of the
Vietnam War, Cambodia is a country
that has been largely forgotten by the international community."
In an opinion piece for the cam
pus newspaper, he wrote: "Thousands
dead from mindless, disinterested,
video-game-like bombing, seven to 10
million land mines still lying active
~and dormant like a raw and lethal
~ tumour. Designed to maim and not ~ kill, they have inflicted a horrific 0
(;; degree of physical and psychological ~ pain on small rural communities ::::J
8 throughout the country.
5 "Genocide. Thirty years of civil war, il: a war crimes trial still pending and one
24 THE PORTICO
David Peck's passion, more than his magic, can change the way people think.
in three dead as a result of an idea. An
idea about Marxism that went horribly wrong- a hyper-communistic, intel
lectual, academic idea. Some sideshow:'
Peck says it was the power of such
ideas that led him to study philosophy. "! wanted to be able to stand on the oth
er side of an idea and say with a great deal of historical and philosophical con
fidence that the idea must be examined
and that it may be wrong. I had a deep desire to sharpen my skills as a critical
thinker. I am honing a keen interest in
knowing exactly why it was I thought
this was this and that was that."
He relied on sleight of hand to
entertain the children of Cambodia and to improve therapy programs for brain
injured children in Toronto. In both cases, he advocates for volunteers and
donors to bring about positive changes.
While at U of G, Peck was presi-
dent of the Philosophy Graduate Stu
dents Association. He organized a conference on fostering dialogue between philosophy and religion and initiated
an event in Toronto called "Comedi
ans for Cambodia" to bring a number
of non-governmental organizations
together to spark dialogue, increase
awareness of the country's plight and raise funds.
Peck also took on the task of invit
ing Stephen Lewis, UN special envoy for HIV/ AIDS in Africa, to speak at U
of G. That visit by Lewis inspired the
creation of the Guelph AIDS Aware
ness Partnership, made up of people
from across campus and the sur
rounding community. Proof of the power of an individual with an idea.
To read more of Peck's ideas, see an
opinion piece he wrote while studying
at U of G: www.uoguelph.ca/portico.
TERS ADOPT-A-GRYPHON TAKES FLIGHT
Head coach Chris O'Rourke with the men's varsity basketball team.
SINCE MAY 2005, Guelph alum
ni and other Gryphon supporters
have been raising the profile of the
University's varsity sports teams
through donations to the new Adopt
A-Gryphon program.
The program was initiated by
director of athletics Tom Kendall and
executed by development manager Sue
Lawrenson, who took the Gryphon
football program's fundraising model
and revised it to provide an opportu
nity for all teams to generate additional
funding for varsity student-athletes.
"Gryphon alumni have great pas
sion for the University and their for
mer teams;' says Joanne Shoveller, vice
president (alumni affairs and
development). "Many alumni actually
thanked Sue and Guelph coaches for
the opportunity to support Gryphon
athletics in a meaningful, tangible way:' Kendall says it's important for uni
versities to pursue excellence, whether
through academics, research or athletics.
"Universities are places where
excellence is within everyone's reach,
and high-performance training and
elite competition are crucial if that is
to be achieved."
The Adopt-A-Gryphon program
directs 100 per cent of its donations
into varsity teams and has generated
more than $13 7,000 to date. Revenues
help pay for things that aren't covered
by the department's operating budget,
including expenses incurred through
exhibition tournaments and out-of
conference competitions, equipment
and training aids.
Cynthia McQueen, B.Sc. '98, who
played soccer for the Gryphons from
1995 to 1997, and her husband, Ian,
B.Comm. '98, are two of the many
alumni who have supported the
Adopt-A-Gryphon program in its first
year. "Our time at Guelph was made
all the more valuable because of the
sports we played," says Cynthia.
Ian, who played football from 1995
to 1997, says he's still as competitive
now as he was as a student-athlete and
contributes to the Adopt-A-Gryphon
program because he wants to see ~
Guelph do well. "I didn't like to lose ~ 0
back then, and now that we're in the ~
stands, we still want U of G to win." ~
For more information about the ~ Adopt-A-Gryphon program, visit ~
~ www.gryphons.ca. z
U OF G ALUMNI ASSOCIATION [email protected]
ALUMNI AFFAIRS AND DEVELOPMENT Vice-president, joanne Shoveller jshovell@uoguelph .ca
ALUMNI AFFAIRS Acting Director, Susan Lawrenson [email protected] College of Arts, Deborah Maskens [email protected] CBS/CPES, Alesia Tessari atessa ri@ uogue lph .ca CSAHS, Karen Bertrand [email protected] OAC, Carla Bradshaw cb radsha@uo guelph. ca OVC, Laurie Malleau [email protected] Events, Heather lves, [email protected] Chapters, Mary Feldskov [email protected] Young Alumn i, Jason Moreton [email protected]
DEVELOPMENT Assistant vice-president, Pam Healey [email protected] College of Arts, Deborah Maskens [email protected] CBS/CPES, Richard Manning [email protected] CSAHS, Jennifer Barrett j eba rret@uoguel ph .ca OAC, Paulette Samson [email protected] OVC, Stephen Woeller [email protected] Ath letics, Susan Lawrenson [email protected] Library, Lynn Campbell [email protected]
SCIENCE COMPLEX CAMPAIGN Director, Alice Michaud [email protected]
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Summer 2006 25
ALUMNI WEEKEND 2006 Alumni Weekend brings more than 1,500 grads and their families back to campus. join us this year for educational lectures, a star party and tours of campus facilities. Catch up with what's new at the University and connect with other alumni. Bring your family or arrange to meet up with old friends. A full schedule and registration are available online at www.alumni.uoguelph.t . Tickets for some events are limited, so we encourage alumni to RSVP quickly to avoid disappointment.
Afternoon Women's Golf Classic
4:30 p.m. OAC Alumni Association AGM
6 p.m. OACAA Past Presidents' Dinner
7 p.m. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Lecture. Leading physicist )oao Magueijo will
question the speed of light and challenge this tenet of science. This event is tailored for the
general public, so no mathematical or scientific knowledge is necessary or assumed.
8 to 10 p.m. Jazz at the Bullring
9:30 p.m. Star Party
8:30 a.m. OVC Alumni Association AGM and Breakfast
9 a.m. Campus Walking Tour
9 a.m. HK/HB Alumni Association Breakfast and AGM
9 a.m. CBS Alumni Association Breakfast in the Arboretum and AGM
9 to 10:30 a.m. Macdonald Institute Restoration Donor Recognition
10:30 a.m. Mac-FACS-FRAN Alumni Association AGM
Noon President's Lunch. President Alastair Summerlee will highlight the University's recent
accomplishments, priorities and challenges. The lunch will include a celebration of the
golden anniversary classes to toast alumni of 1956. Tickets are $25 .
2 p.m. Campus Walking Tour
2 p.m. Faculty of Environmental Sciences Open House and Alumni Meeting
2 to 4 p.m. Campus Bus Tours
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. President's House Tours
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Hagen Aqualab Tour
2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Alumni @ Your Library
3 to 5 p.m. Science Complex Tours
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. University of Guelph Alumni Association AGM
4:30 p.m. Faculty of Environmental Sciences 1oth-Anniversary Celebration
6 p.m. Alumni Reception
7 p.m. Alumni Dinner. Celebrate the past and present with great friends, games and a delicious
three-course dinner. Tickets are $40.
9 p.m. Pub Party
5 9 a.m. Ecumenical Service
9:45 a.m. Farewell Breakfast. A last chance to visit with friends at this casual event, featuring
a full buffet breakfast and exhibition cooking. Tickets are $15 .
Classes celebrating reunions at Alumni Weekend include: All 1956 and 1981 classes; OAC '49,
'51, '61,'66 and '71; MAC '71; Faculty of Environmental Sciences 1996 to 2006; OVC 2001.
Visit our website or drop by Alumni House when you arrive on campus for information about
other facilities open during Alumni Weekend, including the Rutherford Conservatory and Alumni
Gardens, Arboretum, Library, Bullring, Bookstore, Athletics and Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.
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U OF G SENDS STUDENTS ABROAD More than 2oo,ooo Aeroplan miles
were donated last year to a new pro
gram supporting undergraduate and
graduate students who travel to do
research or study as part of their
degree program. Although 450 Guelph
students study abroad in 25 countries
each year, there are many others for
whom travel costs are prohibitive.
Donations of Aeroplan miles will
be accepted again this fall, and the
next issue of The Portico wi ll provide
details on how to make your donation.
UGAA HONOURS GRADS The University of Guelph Alumni Asso
ciation will honour several grads at the
Presidenfs Lunch on Alumni Weekend.
Peter Hannam, BSA '62, will be named
Alumnus of Honour. The Alumni Vol
unteer Award will be presented to Mar
tin Bosch, M.Sc. '71 and PhD '04, and
the Alumni Medal of Ach ievement will
go to Crystal Mackay, B.Sc.(Agr.) '93·
Tickets for the President's Lunch are
$25 and can be purchased on line at
www.alumn i.uoguelph.ca.
YOUNG ALUMNI ARE GOLD Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)
make up a large portion of the alum
ni population. A recent survey in the
Alumni E-news asked alumni for feed·
back on programming geared to
recent graduates. As a result, Alumni
Affairs and Development has set new
goals for networking, educational and
social activities in major Ontario cities.
Earlier this year, workshops, lec
tures and a learn-to-salsa night were
held in Guelph, and a pub night drew
recent grads and current students in
Ottawa. Other activities are being
scheduled for Toronto and Guelph th is
fall. To receive invitations to events in
your area, keep your e-mail and mai l
ing addresses up to date by contacting
alumn i [email protected] or visit·
ing www.alumni.uoguelph.ca.
Summer 2006 27
CAREERS • FAMILIES • LIFE EXPERIENCES • MEMORIES
university of guelph 10 YEARS AND 12 KIDS LATER
THIS GROUP OF GRADS
and their families share a
common bond of friendship that began with one member from
each couple being a '96 aggie. They
Take a virtual farm tour
GUELPH AGRICULTURE GRAD
Crystal Mackay, B.Sc. '93, and
~ Kelly Daynard are the instiga-<(
gj tors of virtual farm tours offered online ~
o to give city dwellers a look at a real-life b 1l: farming operation. Their goal is to dis-
~ pel some of the myths about farming ~ and show urban consun1ers how a ::::l
~ farm works in the 21st century. The
"' <( tours also demonstrate how modern
~ farm practices help protect the coun~ try,s food supply from contan1ination. u Li Mackay is executive director of the 0 iii Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC), w f-
"' ::::l 0 u
2 0 I Cl.
and Daynard is program manager, but they first discussed the idea several
years ago when Mackay was working
for Ontario Pork and Daynard for the
28 THE PORTICO
have maintained a close friendship
since graduation and try to get together as a group (which just keeps grow
ing with the additions of more and more children) at least three times a
Ontario Cattlemen's Association. Now
brought to fruition by the OFAC, the website is partly sponsored by provin
ciallivestock producers and offers virtual tours of beef, sheep, and deer and
elk operations. They're also planning
year. They always spend New Year's
together, which is when this photo was
taken, and they attend College Royal
together each year. At one time, almost
all the grads were members of the
College Royal executive. They say they're thankful for their years spent
at Guelph and even more thankful for
the friendships made here.
Back row, from left: Chuck Baresich and
Ben Willemse, both B.Sc.(Agr.) '96; Dave
Wright, B.Sc. '93; Kevin Abell, B.Sc.(Agr.)
'96; and Michael Boileau. Middle row: Heather Baresich, BA '98, with Kate; Kim
Willemse with Caleb and Megan; Lesley
Wright, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, with Carter and
Mackenzie; Barb Abell, B.Sc.(H.K.) '96,
with Jeremiah; and Kirsten Boileau,
B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, with Mitchell. Front row: Jacob and Joshua Willemse and Rebec·
ca, Matthew and Nathaniel Abell.
to add a pig farm to show you how
farmers really move their pigs, as well as veal, goat and emu operations.
If you want to visit a real Ontario farm from your own computer, head
for www.farmissues.com.
DNEWS
Meeting on the gridiron is for those who bleed red and gold For the past several years, Friends of
Gryphon Football (FGF) has hosted
an indoor touch football tournament as
a way fo r alumni, current players and
FGF members to interact in a semi-com
petitive sporting event.
FG F commissioner Bill Brown says
the tou rnament is designed to generate
and fuel a constant excitement about
Gryphon football and boost community
support. The 2006 tournament drew six
teams with players ranging in age from
20 to their mid-4os. Sprinkled through
out the teams were four CFL players and
almost a dozen players from the 1996
Gryphon Yates Cup team.
Alumni from Waterloo, Windsor and
Wilfrid Laurier also played in the tour
nament. Referees were Brown, Geoff
Angle, Kyle Walte rs, lan McQueen, Ger
rit Stam, Rob Kitching and Marc Beattie.
The tournament ra ised $1,200 to
support Gryphon football.
Brown says most of the players have
been participating for more than five years.
The last three tournaments were won by
the "Kitching Utensils," but this year a
team of current players entered and proved
that "youth can outlast experience."
Division winners were the IFFL Allstars
and the Gryphon Selects, with the latter
winn ing the championship 36 to 6.
Brown writes about footba ll and the
annual tournament: " Footba ll is a sport
like no other. Now as a coach, I under
stand this.
"The demands of the game physi
cally and mentally force players to reach
deep within themselves and draw on
support from those who share the same
experience. This sport has helped build
my character, moulded my vision and
gifted me with an experience that I
would never trade for any other.
" I bleed red and gold, and I share
this bond with thousands of others who
played before me and who have played
after me. This is why events such as th is
tournament are so important."
Back row, from left: Trevor Sma ll, Dave
McCoy, Lorne Foster, Jeff Keeghan, Chris
Hrladich, Shane Dougherty, jason
Mansell, Chuck Assma n, Geo rge Bo r
to loto, Chris Kopachanski, Geoff Angle
and Kris Reeve. Front row: Shaun Arbuck
le, Peter Degow, Adam Wigdor, Rob
Kitch ing, Billy Brown and Adam Dunk.
Family Connections
Catherine Currier Francis present
ed a copy of the book james Wil
son Robertson, Canada's Chore Boy
to Lorne Bruce, head of archival and
special collections in the U of G
Library. Robertson was the first dairy
professor appointed at OAC in 1886
and was the father of the book's
author, Mary lshbel Robertson Curri
er, and grandfather of Francis.
Many of the members of this fam
ily have attended Guelph, including
Francis's father, William Little Currier,
BSA '22; her sister Ann Currier, DVM
'48; her sister-in-law Joanne Husgins
Currier, DVM '55; and her great
nephew Gavin Grusnick, who is cur
rently studying horticulture at U of G
Copies of the book are available from
Francis for $32 plus shipping by con
tacting her at [email protected].
Coach retires A fter 36 years in the Department of
1"\Athletics, Doug Dodd is stepping
down as head coach of men's voll
leyball. During his career, Dodd has
been named " OUA Coach of the Year''
four times.
Summer 2006 29
Bob Williams, DVM '48, of Bolton, Ont., was awarded the Ontario
Senior Achievement Award for providing outstanding leadership
to the Caledon community. That leadership led to the building of
a 6,ooo-square-foot Rotary Place civic club for seniors.
Don Whillans, BSA 'so, sent this photo from the OAC Alumni Curl
ing Bonspiel held in 1960 on a two-sheet ice surface attached to
the campus arena. At the 48th-annual bonspiel this winter, the
"best-dressed" team won a trophy for curling in their shorts. There
was no "best-dressed" prize in 1960, but the Whillans rink was
pretty dapper in bowler hats and spats, complete with cigars and
corn brooms. The curlers are Jack Nesbitt, BSA 'so; Gord McKay,
BSA '41; Whillans; and Jim McGregor, BSA 'ss-
19205 • Errol Hancock, DVM '24, will
celebrate his I 04th birthday July
19 at his Munroe Lodge home
in Truro, N.S. He graduated
from the Ontario Veterinary
College just two years after it
moved from Toronto to Guelph
and began his career with the
health of animals branch of the
federal government. In the
1930s, he transferred to Nova
Scotia to become the director of
30 THE PORTICO
veterinary services and was
instrumental in establishing
Nova Scotia's first anima l
pathology laboratory. He was
also involved in one of the first
artificial cattle-breeding faci li
ties; the first tuberculosis testing
of cattle; the recognition and
reporting of cobalt deficiency in
cattle; and setting up Veticare
programs for Nova Scotia farm
ers, which worked to eliminate
pullorum disease in poultry and
brucellosis in cattle. Hancock is
a founding member and past
president of the Nova Scotia Vet
erinary Association, as well as a
founding and life member of the
Canadian Veterinary Medical
Association. Scholarships hon
ouring him are awarded each
year to graduate students at
OVC and the Atlantic Veterinary
College. Fourteen OVC students
have received the award, the
most recent being Beth Hansel
man, DVM '01, who is now
doing graduate research in the
Department of Clinical Studies.
19405 • Steve Bennett, ADA '41,
remembers arriving in Guelph
after travelling from his home in
Trinidad and eating his first ham
burger. The price was 15 cents-
20 cents if you had it with cheese.
A pop was five cents, and his
room and board in Guelph cost
him $15 a month. After gradua
tion, Bennett returned home to
serve for the West Indies during
the Second World War. He later
earned a veterinary degree at Col
orado State College. He credits
his Guelph cliploma with launch
ing his career achievements,
which include his country's high
est award and recognition from
Italy, Bulgaria and Brazil. His
daughter, Charlene Costelloe, BA
'79, followed him to Guelph, then
went to Cambridge University in
England before heading back to
Trinidad to teach geography.
19505 Among the new inductees to the
Ontario Agricultural Hall of
Fame are several OAC gradu
ates, including retired U of G
engineering professor Ross
Irwin, BSA '51, and plant breed
er George Jones, BSA '50 and
MSA '52, of Fergus. Deceased
inductees include Harvey
Brown, BSA '63; Stanley Knapp,
BSA '14; Keith Collver, BSA '49;
and Stan Young, BSA '49.
• Don Dodds, ADA '57, is a
Huron County 4-H leader
recently recognized by 4-H
Ontario for his leadership in the
county swine program. He is also
an active member of the Huron
Plowmen's Association and the
Seaforth Agricultural Society.
• Bertram Stewart, ADA '54, of
Hornsby, Ont., recently received
the Syngenta 4-H Ontario
Arbor Award for his many years
of volunteer work with the
provincial 4-H program. He is
currently president of the
Canadian 4-H Council.
19605 • David Brewster, BA '69, has
been named a member of the
Order of Australia. A medical
doctor and dean of medicine at
the Fiji School of Medicine, he
was cited for his service to med
icine as a pediatrician, particu
larly through developing
indigenous child health care
and the treatment of malnutri
tion in developing countries.
He was also lauded for his con
tributions to medical education.
• Janis Eichmanis, MA '68, is
Latvia's new ambassador to the
NATO defence alliance, begin
ning his duties in Brussels, Bel
gium, in January. He was pre
viously Latvia's ambassador to
Greece. Eichmanis had earlier
experience with NATO as an
adviser at the Latvian Embassy
in Washington. He is an expe
rienced diplomat who has also
served Latvia as non-resident
ambassador in Bosnia and
Herzegovina and in Cyprus. He
was honoured in 2004 for his
contributions to Latvia's inte
gration into the European
Union and NATO.
• Peter Hannam, BSA '62, has
received a prestigious commu
nications award from the Asso
ciation for Communication
Excellence (ACE), a U.S.-based
group of communicators and
information technologists who
work in the areas of agriculture,
natural resources and life and
human sciences. Hannam was
honoured by ACE for his con
tributions to agricultural com
munications and for developing the Ontario AgriCentre in
Guelph, which contains a media centre used as a communica
tions base and training centre
for industry professionals and
agriculture students. He received
the award at ACE's annual con
ference in Quebec City and
spoke to delegates about his
commitment to promoting understanding between the agri
food sector and urban commu
nities. He is only the second
Canadian recipient of the award.
• James McDonald, ADA '67, and his wife, Sharon, are both
retired and living on the family farm near Teeswater, Ont. He
retired last June after working for
Shaver Poultry Breeding Farms
in Cambridge for 37 years, the
James McDonald
last few in hatchery management. Their son, Greg, ADA '00,
also lives in Culross Township
and works for Thacker Farms.
19]05 • Geoffrey Cochrane, DVM '76, qualified as a Diplomate of the American College of
Applied Animal Behavior Sciences and is a professor in the Faculty of Health, Public Safety and Community Studies at Algonquin College in Ottawa.
• Phil Dunkerly, B.Sc.(Agr.) '76, is a soap wizard and own
er of a family business in Strathroy, Ont. Stratford
Soapcraft specializes in hand
crafted luxury soap sold in
select gift stores and used by
high-end business establish
ments in tourism, hospitality, theatre and special events. • Robert Krul, BA '77, and his
wife sold their company Kt
Industries in 2004 and have
since started a new business making tea, coffee and choco
late in Winnipeg. He says they're trying to develop tea blends that
have a sustainable aspect and
use herbs and berries picked by
native harvesters in northern
Manitoba and northern
Saskatchewan. They hope to export their first tea blends in
2007 and plan to develop a line
of spa products under the Cornelia Spa Collection banner lat
er this year. Their teas will be
part of the wellness aspect of the
collection. To find out more, visit www.corneliabean.com.
• Muthusamy Kopalasuntharam, M.Sc. '72, is retired
from a position as director of development for the Ministry
of Livestock Development in Sri
Lanka. He is also a past presi
dent of the Organization of Professional Associations. He is
currently serving as a member of the National Police Com
mission; his appointment was
made by the Sri Lankan president in December 2003.
• Barry McCarthy, BA '75, has
worked continually as an artist
and art instructor since gradu
ation. He credits the University
for providing him with a strong foundation "during four years
of study, living night and day in Zavitz Hall." He recently retired
after 31 years as an art instructor at Waterloo Collegiate Insti
tute and is enjoying retirement in his countryside home near Elora. While teaching, he established an art collection and student-created stained-glass
murals for the school. As an
artist, McCarthy has worked
with many media over the years
and is currently working with
oils. His art is collected by museums, corporations and art
galleries across Canada, including Guelph's Macdonald Stew
art Art Centre. He currently
shows with Toronto's Loch
Gallery and will have an exhibi
tion there next spring. A retro
spective of his work will open at
the Burlington Art Centre this
fall and at the Wellington Coun
ty Museum and Archives in 2007. McCarthy participates in
the annual Elora-Fergus Studio
Tour, which this year runs Sept.
23, 24 and 30 and Oct. l.
19805 • Trevor Barton, BA '84, supervises waste-management programs for the Region of Peel, a
position he began in january
after 16 years with the City of
Guelph Solid Waste Resources
Division. He was responsible for Guelph's leading-edge wet-dry
recycling programs and is now
launching a region-wide curbside collection program in Peel
with the aim of reaching 70-per
cent waste diversion by 2016.
• John Bonardelli, B.Sc. '81,
lives in Norway, where he is
working to develop and structure the blue mussel industry in
mid-Norway.
• John Brown, BA '82, is an
artist in Toronto and one of nine
experts chosen by RBC Finan
cial Group as panellists for the
annual Canadian Painting Competition, which recognizes Cana
da's emerging professional artists. Brown has been exhibiting internationally for more than 20 years. His work has been collected by both public and private collections, including the
National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canada Council Art Bank. He is
also a graduate of the Ontario
College of Art and Design.
• Mark Cochran, M.Sc. '80, has
been named CEO and executive
director of the Blanchette Rock
efeller Neurosciences Institute
in Morgantown, West Va. The institute was founded in 1999 by
U.S. Senator jay Rockefeller in
memory of his mother, who died from Al zheimer's disease,
and has already secured patents
on several approaches to Alzheimer's treatment, particu
larly the use of bryostatin, a drug
originally developed for cancer
patients. Cochran most recent
ly was managing director of the
$16-million NeuroVentures
Fund based in Charlottesville, Va. During the past six years, the
venture capital group has invest
ed in companies developing drugs, devices and other med
ical technologies for clinical neuroscience. His previous experi
ence in the pharmaceutical
industry includes work for Bay
er Corp., Miles Inc. and Micro
GeneSys Inc., doing both labo
ratory research and business development. After doing his
master's at Guelph, Cochrane went on to do a PhD in micro
biology and immunology at Queen's University and post
doctoral research at the Nation
al Institutes of Health.
• Tom Droppo, B.Sc.(Agr.) '80 and M.Sc. '82, spent 21 years in
government dairy extension spe
cialist positions with both the
Ontario and Manitoba govern
ments, then moved to the private
industry in 2003 to work for a
leading dairy industry services provider in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He returned to government dairy extension in
November 2005 as British Columbia's dairy and pork
industry specialist, based in Abbotsford. He has two daugh
ters, Megan and Samantha. Droppo welcomes old classmates to give him a shout if ever passing through tl1e Abbotsford area.
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• John Drummond, B.Sc.(Agr.) '85, of Breslau, Ont., is a dairy
specialist for Floradale Feed Mill
and leader of the Floradale senior
4-H dairy club. He also leads a county 4-H veterinary club and
recently started a fundraising club that was the driving force
behind the successful 90th
anniversary party held for 4-H
Ontario last June. The provincial
organization recently awarded
him an Arbor Award for his volunteer service to 4-H.
• Laur ie Gough , BA '87, was recently lauded by Time maga
zine as "one of the new genera
tion of intrepid young female
travel writers." She has taken her
degree in international development on the road numerous
times to gather material for travel stories and books, including Kite Strings of the Southern
Cross: A Woman's Travel
Odyssey, shortlisted for the
Thomas Cook Travel Book
Award and winner of a silver
medal in ForeWord Magazine's
Travel Book of the Year compe
tition. Her newest book,
released this spring by Penguin Canada, is called Kiss the Sun
set Pig: An American Road Trip
With Exotic Detours. She is
Laurie Gough
married, has a young son and lives part time in Wakefield, Que., and part time in Guelph, where she's working on a
young-adult novel and freelance writing. To find out about her
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• David Green, B.A.Sc. '89, is
an actor living in Los Angeles,
where he has a recurring role on the medical drama ER as
Det. Greider. He has also appeared on the CBS show CSI
and UPN's Veronica Mars.
• Ida Mutoigo, B.Sc. (Agr.) '85,
was recently appointed director
of the Christian Reformed
World Relief Committee
(CRWRC), Canada. She is cur
rently CRWRC team leader for east and southern Africa, but will begin her new duties July l,
becoming the first female direc
tor in the development and relief
agency's 44-year history. Mutoi
go has served with CRWRC for 21 years in the areas of commu
nity and leadership development, starting in 1985 as planning and development adviser
in Uganda, which led to her
appointment as Uganda field
director in 1989. She moved to
the organization's Canadian
office in Burlington, Ont., in
1995 to develop volunteer man
agement and service opportuni
ties before accepting the position as Africa team leader in 2000. Originally from Alymer, Ont.,
she holds undergraduate degrees
in agriculture from Dordt College and U of G and a master's
degree in volunteer management
from McGill. She and her husband, James, have three children.
• Eytan Ornstein, MLA '80, has lived in the small village of
Shorashim in northern Israel for
25 years. Over the last 10 years,
he has shifted from landscape
design to teaching tai chi and
yoga and currently leads the course "Tai Chi: Philosophy and Self-Defence" at the University
of Haifa. He and his wife, Tina,
have two teenage daughters.
Guelph friends can contact him at [email protected].
• Laurene Livesey Park, B.A.Sc.
'81, started her professional
organizing business, Orga
nizeMe10l.com in 1999. She's
a founding member and past
president of Professional Organizers in Canada and is cur
rently corporate secretary for the U.S.-based National Study
Group on Chronic Disorgani
zation. She is an active com
munity volunteer, married to
the brother of her U of G
roommate and has two chil
dren, Brenna, 16, and James, 14.
• Howard Thwaites, DVM '87, changed careers because of
chronic allergies. He is now a
holistic rebirther in Surrey, B.C.,
using breath to assist clients in
emotional healing and changing their lives. He says
rebirthing is a powerful tool for those who wish to reframe their
past and their experiences in a
new and positive way.
• Mike Wallace, BA '87, was
elected to Parliament in January as MP for Burlington, Ont. His
early leadership experiences
included serving as president of U of G's Central Student Associ
ation and being a hall adviser in
South Residences. He is married
to Caroline (Sorbara), BA '86.
• Doug Yungblut, B.Sc.(Agr.) '72 and PhD '79, joined Myco
gen Seeds March 1 after con
sulting with the company for several months. As a livestock
nutrition adviser, he will pro
mote silage feeding manage
ment with dairy and beef pro
ducers, Mycogen staff and feed
company advisers. Over the past
25 years, he has held management positions with leading
corporations- Hoechst Canada Inc., Hoffman-LaRoche Lim
ited and Pioneer Hi-Bred Lim
ited. He is currently president of
the Ontario Institute of Agrologists and past president of the
Ontario Forage Council and the OAC Alumni Association.
19905 • Barb (Welsand), B.Sc.(H.K.)
'96, and Kevin Abell, B.Sc.(Agr.)
'96, found each other at U of G,
married and now have four children: Rebecca, 8; Matthew
and Nathaniel, 4; and Jeremiah, born last August. Kevin is assis
tant manager at the St. Thomas
Mufflerman, and Barb home
schools their three oldest chil
dren. They can be reached at [email protected].
• Feria Bacchus, B.A.Sc. '95, and Chris Howie, BA '93, were
recently married in Bermuda.
They met on the steps of the
Bullring in 1992. She went on to
earn a master's degree in health
administration at the University
of Toronto and was a director of health services in Alberta before
joining Cancer Care Ontario as a planning officer. He is vice-pres
ident of sales for a North Amer
ican marketing services firm.
• Chuck, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, and
Heather (Malcolmson) Baresich, BA '98, live on a farm near Both
well, Ont., and have been married
since 1998. They are the proud parents of Kate Elizabeth, 2, and
are looking forward to the birth
of their second child in June.
Chuck works for Farm Credit
Canada. Friends can reach them at [email protected].
• Kirsten (Tank), B.Sc.(Agr.) '96, and Michael Boileau were
married in 1997 and live in Fer
gus, Ont., with their son,
Mitchell, almost five. Kirsten is
food and beverage manager at the Elmira Golf Club and teach
es in the food and beverage man
agement program at Conestoga College. She can be reached at
• Kirsten Bradley, B.A.Sc. '93, is the mother of four children:
Robert, 11; Kendra, 8; Rayleigh,
4; and infant Daniel. They live in Victoria, B.C., where her hus
band is stationed with the Canadian Forces.
• Peter Emtage, B.Sc. '93 and M.Sc. '95, recently became vice
president of research and devel
opment for Stressgen Biotech
nologies Corporation in San Diego, Calif. Previously, he led
the research, development and
technical operations at Biomi
ra Inc. and held an earlier posi
tion as director of biology research at Nuvelo Inc., a
biotech company in southern California. During 2001 and
2002, he was an instructor in
medicine at the Harvard Insti
tutes of Health, Harvard Med
ical School. He has also held positions at Aventis Pasteur and
the National Cancer Institute.
• Audrey Jamal, BA '98, recently joined the Guelph Downtown Board of Management as
general manager. She went on
from Guelph to earn an MA in
conflict analysis management
from Royal Roads University in
British Columbia in 2002 and won the Governor General's
Gold Medal. She has several years of experience in non
profit management, project
development and conflict resolution, as well as a proven track
record in relationship building
and community development. She lives in Guelph with her
husband and son and volunteers with the U of G Alumni
Association and the Canadian
Centre for Political Leadership.
• Andy Koch, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96,
attended Humber College in
Toronto after graduating from U
of G and obtained a funeral director's licence in 1998. Since
then, he has worked at Mark
Jutzi Funeral Home in his hometown of New Hamburg, Ont. He
married Kristi Schwartzentruber in 2000, and they live in New
Hamburg with their sons, Ezra
and Caleb. They have a small cow-calf herd on Koch's family
farm in North Easthope Town
ship in Perth County.
• Giselle Kovary, BA '96, is a
managing partner of n-gen People Performance Inc. and an
educator who helps clients understand and build programs
to motivate and engage younger generations for better workplace
performance. She also volun
teers on the Provincial Partner
ship Council, an advisory com
mittee of top business and
community leaders who help
create work experience oppor
tunities for high school students.
• Mark Lutz, BA '91, was a competitive swimmer who set
some provincial and national
records and competed in the
World Cup and Olympic trials.
When a shoulder injury forced him into early retirement from
sport, he turned to his childhood ambition to be an actor.
Television viewers know him
best for his recurring role on the
series Angel as Groosalugg and
guest appearances on Friends
and ER. He also had a starring role in the CTV movie Power
Play as Jukka Branny-Acke a.k.a. Brainiac.
• Elsa Mann, B.A.Sc. '90,
recently opened Styli, a fine
craft gallery, in Elora, Ont. She
and her husband, Paul Kaye, live in Mount Forest, where
they work from their home stu
dio. She invites fellow grads to visit during the annual Autumn
Leaves Studio Tour in October.
• Jonathan Martin, B.Sc. '98 and PhD '02, has been an assis
tant professor in the Depart
ment of Public Health Sciences
at the University of Alberta for the past year and is establishing
a research lab focused on ana
lyticalmethod development in
support of environmental
chemistry and human exposure
to persistent environmental organic contaminants. He
received the Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry's Roy F. Weston
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environmental problem solving and to sup
port the professional development of young
scientists.
• Mansoor Mohammed, PhD '95, recently
joined CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics
as its chief scientific officer and a member of
its board of directors. He has been at the fore
front of research and development in the
fields of comparative genomic hybridization
and microarray technologies for his entire
professional career. Between 2001 and 2003,
he produced the world's first commercially
viable whole-genome BAC array and co
authored one of its seminal clinical applica
tions. A bacterial artificial chromosome array
is a highly efficient and accurate means of
detecting genetic abnormalities responsible
for a variety of human maladies, such as
Down syndrome, autism and cancer. Trained
as a molecular immunologist/geneticist at
Guelph, Mohammed received post-doctor
al training at the University of California, Los
Angeles. He was recruited by Baylor College
of Medicine and later directed the advanced
technologies and genomics program at Quest
Diagnostics Incorporated. He received a
patent innovation award in 2005 and serves
as an ambassador of the sciences to the
Toronto Genome Centre of the Toronto Hos
pital for Sick Children.
• Chantal Murray, B.Sc. '97, is a genetics
lab technologist at the Credit Valley Hospi
tal in Mississauga, Ont. After U of G, she
completed a post-diploma course at the
Michener Institute for Applied Health Sci
ences in Toronto. She married Nirushan
Philip in September 2004, and they have a
daughter born Sept. 27, 2005.
• Alison Pick, BA '99, a CBC Literary Award
winner, has made the leap from poetry to
novels. Her new book, The Sweet Edge, has
received positive reviews as "a seamless mar
riage of poetic language and engaging dia
logue." Born in Sarnia, Ont., she has trav
elled most of Canada and now lives in
Newfoundland. Last year, she won accolades
for a collection of poetry called Question
and Answer.
• Jenny Ryan, BA '98, says it's been quite a
ride since her U of G days. She earned a
diploma in dental hygiene from Fanshawe
College in London, Ont., and is now a reg
istered dental hygienist in Kitchener-Water-
loo. "I always think fondly of
my U of G days and am glad I
was there to experience it with
some of my closest friends;' she
says. "Feel free to contact me at
• Christine Willcox, BA '91,
recently received tenure as an
associate professor in the art
department ofMacalester Col
lege in St. Paul, Minn. She
began teaching there in 2000
after completing studies at the
Ontario College of Art and
Design and earning an MFA
from Rutgers University. She is
an established mural painter
and scenic artist in Toronto and
has participated in group paint
ing exhibits at Oberlin College
and the Soo Visual Arts Center
in Minneapolis, as well as pub
lic art spaces and commercial
galleries in both Canada and
the United States. Her work
merges natural science and art.
• Ben Willemse, B.Sc.(Agr.) '96,
lives in Parkhill, Ont., with his
wife, Kim, and their four chil
dren: Joshua, 10; jacob, 7; Caleb,
4; and Megan, 2. Ben helps
manage the dairy division of
Dortmans Bros. Barn Equip
ment and is the dairy sales rep
resentative. In off-hours, he and
classmate Kevin Abell continue
to strive for world domination.
Says Willemse: "We're a little
behind schedule; we're building
our armies."
• David, B.Sc.(H.K.) '93, and
Lesley (Wearing) Wright,
B.Sc.(Agr.) '96 and M.Sc. '0 1,
work together at Engage Agro
Corporation in Guelph. They
live in Ayr, Ont., with one-year
old Carter and three-year-old
Mackenzie. Friends can write
to them at dlm.wright@
sympatico.ca.
2000 • Paula Cypas Antunes, B.Sc.(Agr.) '04, was awarded an
industrial research fellowship by
the Natural Sciences and Engi-
neering Research Council. She
has taken up her fellowship at
Stantec Consulting Ltd., where
she is working to improve cur
rent technologies for site-spe
cific environmental risk assess
ments involving metals.
• Darcy Belisle, BA '03 and MA
'04, hails from White River,
Ont., but is currently teaching
English at a university in the
Czech Republic. He's been
accepted at three Canadian law
schools and has chosen to
attend the University of Toron
to when he returns to Canada.
• Darrell Boverhof, B.Sc. '00,
and Nadia Scornaienchi,
B.Sc.(H.K.) '99, were married
last September in Oakville, Ont.,
and now live in Okemos, Mich.
He earned a PhD in biochem
istry and molecular biology with
a specialization in toxicology
from Michigan State University
(MSU) and is now a visiting sci
entist there. Scornaienchi com
pleted an MBA at the Universi
ty of Ottawa in 2003 and is now
working for an insurance com
pany while studying at MSU's
College of Law. Friends and
classmates can reach them at
• Amy Cook, B.Sc. '01, is com
pleting a PhD in oncology at
the University of Western
Ontario in London, but in her
spare time, she's co-creator of
CRAM Science, an online sci
ence magazine for Canadians
teens. Cook says the website
invites teenagers to learn how
science plays a part in their
everyday lives, from the prod
ucts they use to the movies they
watch. CRAM combines Cook's
initials with those of co-creator
and lab colleague Mira Ray.
They launched the website in
January to fill what they per
ceived as a gap in the market
place for educational science
material. Cook's PhD research
looks at the molecules involved
Faces of "Grad" Farmers
T HE 20 o 6 Faces of Farming calendar produced by the
Ontario Farm Animal Counci l pictures at least nine
University of Guelph graduates as representatives of livestock
and poultry farmers in Ontario. Tobin Schlegel, B.Sc. '06, of
Tavistock and his fiancee, Erin Greenall, BA '05, of Vineland,
were pictured in May, representing meat goat farmers. If you
have the calendar at home, you'll see David Kikkert, B.Comm.
'04, of Smithville in July, representing turkey producers; beef
producer Shane Williams, B.Sc.(Agr.) '95, of Orton in August;
deer and elk farmer Elaine Parkinson, B.Sc.(Agr.) '79, of Rock
wood in September; and chicken farmer Verena Hengemuh
le, B.Sc. '9 1, of Bin brook in December. jeremy, ADA '00, and
Jason Malcolm, ADA '0 1, of Lindsay kicked off the year in
January, representing pork producers. It was Ontario Pork
that launched the popular calendar in 2002. To look for oth
er farmers you know, visit www.ofac.org
in breast cancer progression and
aims to develop methods to bet
ter image and track their growth
and spread. To view CRAM Sci
ence, visit www.cramscience.ca.
• Nicola Crick, BA '0 1, married
Nicholas Dingle May 25 in
Cuba. She is currently complet
ing studies to become a CGA.
• Tamara Kearns, BA '03, and
Jason Child, B.Comm. '03, were
married Dec. 10, 2005, and
spent their honeymoon in Thai
land. They had met five years
earlier at the Brass Taps. She
works for the RCMP, and he
sells development properties for
CB Richard Ellis in Toronto.
Juli and Andrew Langhorne
• Juli (Biro) Langhorne, B.Sc.
'95 and M.Sc. '00, has been liv
ing in Toronto since 2003 and
expanding her Body Wise busi
ness in nutritional counselling
and personal training. She is
Summer 2006 35
Leonard Atchison, BSA '38, Sept. 5, 2004
Michael Baker Pearce, BA '85, April 24,
2006 Marguerite (Kenney) Banting, DHE '33,
Feb.23,2006
Christopher Bigland, DVM '41, Dec. 16,
2005
John Bradley, B.Sc. '72, March 6, 2006
Enid Bray, DHE '48, May 26,2005
Stewart Carpenter, ADA '49, Jan. 18,
2006 George Coleman, DVM '41, March 14,
2006
Graham Comly, BSA '48, Dec. 23,2005 William Cooper, B.Sc.(Agr.) '65, in 2002
Carman Craig, ADA '52, May 21, 2005
Ivan Dowdall, B.Sc.(Agr.) '65, July 2005 Kevin Durie, BA '93, Feb. 16,2006
Solomon Dworkin, BSA '42, Dec. 27,
2005 Margaret Finlayson, PhD '70, june 11,
2005
Douglas Fisher, ADA '69, Oct. 17,2005
John Kenneth Galbraith, ADA '29 and BSA '31, April29, 2006
Edwin Gillin, BSA '46, Feb. 9, 2006
Thomas Hall, ADA '63, Dec. 2, 2004 Charles Hickman, BSA '48, Feb. 23,2006
Violet Johnston, DHE '34, Nov. 12,2005
Grant Kalbfleisch, BSA '43, Dec. 15,
2005
Elaine Kirby, BA '71, April26, 2006
PASSAGES
Richard Kostuk, ADA '62, July 25, 2005 Maurice L'Heureux, DVM '50, Dec. 27,
2005 Lee Lane, DHE '48, Feb. 22,2006 Ron Litchfield, BSA '55, March 18, 2006
Robert Little, BA '75, date unknown
Ross Main, DVM '49, February 2004
James McCabe, DVM '42, April12, 2005
Samuel McLeod, BSA '40, December
2004 Yvonne McPherson, DHE '40, Sept. 11,
2005 Graeme Moffat, DVM '46, Jan. 25, 2006
William Moore, DVM '49, July 13,2005
Martin Mooy, ODH '70, Dec. 20, 2005
Raymond Morris, BSA '50, Feb. 26, 2004 Alexander Muir, BSA '35, February 2003
James Nairn, BSA '49, August 2005 Leo Niilo, DVM '57, Dec. 10,2004 judith Otis, MA '99, Jan. 3, 2006
Walter Packman, BSA '49, Nov. 27,2005
Michael Rinaldo, BA '68, June 2, 2005
Eric Webb, BA '99, Jan. 18, 2006
Michael Weeks, BA '73, Aug. 17, 2005
Kevin Brown, BA '82, May 11, 2005 Taylor Coombs, BSA '49, Dec. 24,2005
John Gnay, BSA '58, Dec. 22, 2005
Donna Petersen, DVM '88, Jan. 29, 2006 Robert Pierce, ADA '48, date unknown
Harry Rowsell, DVM '49, Feb. 3, 2006
William Saunders, DVM '50, Dec. 16,
2005
• Ron Shaw, BA '00, is a retire
ment consultant for Paychex Inc. in Rochester, N.Y. He and
his wife have a new baby boy,
Henry Smith Shaw. "I'm hop
ing he will attend Guelph to
carry on the tradition;' says the
proud dad.
Archana Shrestha
Keith Schaefer, BSA '55, Oct. 1, 2005
Herbert Schneider, BSA '48, jan. 29,
2006 Arthur Shantz, BSA '36, jan. 15,2006
Stanley Shipsides, DVM '43, Nov. 17,
2005 Albert Sitch, ODH '65, jan. 14, 2006
Barry Thomas Speaker, B.Sc.(Eng.) '95,
Dec. 9, 2005
Edwin Stula, DVM '55, Nov. 13, 2005
Gordon Strang, B.Sc. '67, July 8, 2005 Robert Taggart, DVM '50, Dec. 17, 2005
Ian Taylor, DVM '43, Oct. 2, 2005
June Taylor, DHE '47, Sept. 27,2005
Charles Watson, BSA '39, Jan. 5, 2006
Dalton Willard, BSA '51, Dec. 19,2005 Muriel Wyatt, DHE '36, Sept. 7, 2005
Elmer Young, DVM '50, Aug. 22, 2005
FACULTY Prof. Victor Chanasyk, Landscape Archi
tecture, Feb. 8, 2006
Prof. Alan DeRoo, Food, Agricultural
and Resource Economics, April16,
2006
Prof. Ann Oaks, Botany, Jan. 13, 2006 Prof. Reginald Shuel, BSA '41 and
MSA '48, Environmental Biology,
March 30
Send deceased notices to Alumni Records at [email protected].
Tim, just finished doctoral pro
grams at Dalhousie University and will be doing post-doctor
al research at the University of
Connecticut Health Center for
the next few years.
CORRECTION
married to Andrew Langhorne and says she would "love to hear
from any of my classmates I've lost touch with. Please e-mail me
at [email protected]."
This is a second marriage for
Juli, who was married to Jason Hayden, B.Sc.(Agr.) '95, for two
years before he died of cancer
in 2001. During their marriage,
Hayden worked for Cormdale
Genetics and she for Growmark
Inc. in Guelph. Note: The Por
tico apologizes to the Langhomes and Haydens for
improperly identifying the photo printed in the last issue.
• Archana Shrestha, M.Sc. '03,
has received a major award in
her home country of Nepal as
a result of her master's research.
She was awarded the Royal
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology Crown Prince Young Scientist Award, which
was presented by Nepal's king
and queen. Her research topic was "ENSO Impact on Stream
Flows in Nepal."
In the last issue of The
Portico, we ran the wrong
aggie photo with a story
about the 50th·anniversary
reunion of the OAC diplo·
ma class of 1955. We apol·
ogize for the error.
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