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TidingsTidingsThe University of King’s College Alumni MagazineThe University of King’s College Alumni Magazine Winter 2002Winter 2002

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Meet King’s new VP

20th Atlantic Journalism Awards

New Web site launched

Meet King’s new VP

20th Atlantic Journalism Awards

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P R O F I L E

O N C A M P U S

COVER: Second-year student Lindsay O’Reilly takes advantage of Halifax’s unseasonably warm autumn weather to study outsidein early December.

12 Elizabeth Edwards appointed VPFormer CSP director’s challenge: “Balance

growth with smallness”

5 New King’sWeb sitelaunchedNumber of inquiries increases

5 ON CAMPUS

Atlantic Journalism Awardsmark 20 years

Successful first year forHistory of Science andTechnology programme

J-school Web site aidscourt reporters

Eyton steps down aschancellor

19 ENCAENIA IN PHOTOS

20 ALUMNI NEWS

Honorary degree recipients

21 ALUMNOTES Human rights activistCarrie Best dies

P R O F I L E

14 EMSP professorKathryn MorrisThe programme’s newest professor guides

‘wonderful’ class discussions


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King’s launched a vastly expandedWeb site with a bold, but classicdesign on Sept. 21, 2001. Users cannow book a campus tour, downloadapplication forms, submit news forpublication in Tidings, contact facul-ty and staff members, and find outabout university events.

The site replaces an older one,which, by most accounts, was show-ing its age. The previous site,launched in 1996, was simple andstatic, with responsibility sharedamong three staff members.

The university administrationbegan in mid-2000 with plans for anew site, which would involve thewhole university community, and beadministered by a Webmaster.

The new site was designed bySteven Slipp and Andrew Hartlen(BJ ’92) of Semaphor Design inHalifax. The team has produced theuniversity’s printed recruitmentmaterials for a number of years.

The duo presented the universitywith an elegant, two-tone design inkeeping with the look of their previ-ous King’s publications: classicalwith contemporary accents. Thedesign mimics the university’s print-ed materials but offers a fresh, ver-satile face for the Web.

The King’s Web site receivesabout 50,000 hits a year. By con-trast, the university will distributemore than 15,000 printed bookletsthis year by mail and in person.

According to the registrar’soffice, the total number of admis-sions inquiries has already tripledsince the site was launched, espe-cially among international students.

King’s Registrar Elizabeth Yeosays the new Web site is an impor-tant “front door” for King’s. It helpsKing’s attract students best-suited tothe university and frees staff toanswer more detailed questions.

“It’s increasingly apparent during

high school visits that many stu-dents have already visited the site.So, when we talk to them in person,they have specific questions,” saysYeo.

Admissions Liaison Officer KarlTurner, who visits hundreds ofschools each year, agrees. “The e-mail messages we receive now aremuch more direct,” he says.

Useful FAQs

Yeo says the site helps studentsmake their decisions quickly.

“The Web site FAQs (frequentlyasked questions pages) really helpsus anticipate students’ concerns,”she says. “And when they call usnear the application deadline, wecan tell them simply to download aform (in Portable DocumentFormat) and send it in.”

Prior to the launch, the universi-ty’s Web site committee studied vari-ous sites and queried students aboutfeatures they liked and disliked. Inthe end, the committee recommend-

ed Oxford University’s Web site as amodel. Oxford’s site uses a simple“for” and ”about” navigationalstructure, which prompts users todefine either who they are or whatthey are looking for.

The new King’s site does thesame. If a visitor describes herself asa prospective student, she can tour aversion of the site with an engagingnarrative. Some other options onthis route are “for current students”and “for alumni.”

Visitors can also choose to lookfor information “about” a specificaspect of the university, such as“about academics” or “about peo-ple.” Along this route, users can findspecific information such as libraryhours of operation with just a cou-ple of mouse clicks.

The two routes lead ultimately tothe same information; the “about”route is simply quicker.

The university welcomes com-ments about the site. ContactWebmaster Tim Currie using thelink at the bottom of any page.

New King’s Web site launched

OnCampus

“It’s increasinglyapparent duringhigh school visitsthat many studentshave alreadyvisited the site,”says RegistrarElizabeth Yeo.

King’s Web site:

www.ukings.ns.ca

OnCampus

By Geneviève Bonin

Over the course of 20 years, theAtlantic Journalism Awards hasevolved to include lectures andworkshops, in addition to a lavishawards ceremony. But accordingto many Atlantic Canadian jour-nalists its primary value is expos-ing journalists to the work oftheir peers.

“It’s one of our only chances tosee what people have done. Weget to breathe and look aroundand recognize everyone’s accom-plishments,” says Kelly Ryan, ajournalist with CBC Radio. She isconcerned about the lack ofmoney and resources available toinvestigative reporters. She saidshe is happy the awards makethose issues stand out.

“In a time when media outletsare pressured for resources andpressed for time, it is nice thatour investigative work is recog-nized, so we have hope for thefuture,” says Ryan.

Since 1981, the awards haveencouraged and recognizedexcellence in many aspects ofjournalism. This year’s 20thanniversary awards ceremonyheld April 28 included 14categories and 65 awards rangingfrom spot news for print, radioand television to editorialcartooning. Nearly 400 storieswere entered compared to 42

when the awardswere first handedout.

“It used to bemostly associatedwith the press, butnow the eventincludes awards forphotographers andcameramen,” saysStephen Kimber,director of thejournalism school.He says the awardshave come a longway since the mainceremony was heldin Prince Hall.

“It has becomea very sophisticat-ed event,” he says.

As in previousyears, the ceremo-ny was held at theSheraton Hotel inHalifax. Kimbersays it is the bestaudio-visual ceremo-ny he has seen in the country.Special awards were given to mediamembers from each of the Atlanticprovinces in recognition of journal-istic achievement during the pastdecade. The judges chose, fromNewfoundland, the FisheriesBroadcast, which has aired continu-ously throughout Newfoundlandand Labrador for 50 years; in P.E.I.,longtime host of CBC-TV ‘sCompass show, Roger Younker; inNew Brunswick, the Telegraph-Journal under editor Neil Reynoldsin the mid-’90s; and, in Nova Scotia,both Daily News columnist andfreelance journalist Parker BarssDonham, and Halifax Herald editor-ial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon.

Professional workshops

Before the awards show, theschool hosted a day of professional

workshops, as it has for the past twoyears. The workshop leaders wereGlobe and Mail reporter StephanieNolen (BJH ’93), online trainer NeilEverton, and CBC-TV fifth estatehost Harvey Cashore. Cashore alsotalked about his book about theAirbus affair, called Last Amigo.

Stephen Kimber says theschool considers the professionaldevelopment component to bemost important. But he says thiswill be the final year for the jour-nalism school’s involvement inthe awards in their present form.

“It is not a nasty divorce, wejust want to go in a particulardirection,” explains Kimber. “Wealso have to pay for things, suchas the cost of the judges’ ticketsfor dinner, and since there are somany categories, it gets quite

Atlantic Journalism Awards mark 20 yearsJ-school says it’s time to bow out of administrative role

(Right) King’sjournalism school

director GeorgeBain and Tim Taylorof Esso review the

first entries in1982.

Photo courtesy King’s Archives

(Below) Tim Taylorreprises his role 20

years later,awarding a special

JournalisticAchievement awardto Newfoundland’s

Fisheries Broadcast.Current host Chris

O’Neill-Yates (BJ’93) accepted the

award.Photo: Michael Creagen


Continued on page 10

Successful first year for HOST‘Engaging’ teaching rubs off on students

By Jason Smith

Katie Woodside seesherself as a scientist.When she first cameto King’s she tookFYP and two sciencecredits at Dalhousie. In her sec-ond year she says herattempts to mirror the samelearning experience failed.

“I was looking to keep it up. Ididn’t want to go completely intoscience so I was doing math andEnglish in second year, but it justwasn’t the same as doing FYP.”

After a disappointing secondyear, Woodside decided to take achance on a new programme atKing’s — the history of scienceand technology. She says the pro-gramme was just what she waslooking for.

“It lets me do science withouthaving to do labs and know for-mulas. You look more at how sci-ence is relevant to society. Howit’s perceived and how it workswith philosophy.”

The programme, which wasoffered for the first time at King’sin 2000-01, is the only exclusivelyundergraduate history of scienceprogramme in Canada. The pro-gramme is structured aroundthree core courses: ancient andmedieval science, the scientificrevolution and history of modernscience. Students of the pro-gramme are expected to take oneof these courses each year afterFYP or after one year atDalhousie. The programme is ajoint honours — which meansstudents are expected to pursueanother subject at Dalhousie. Asthe programme grows, othermore specialized history of sci-ence electives will be added.

Gordon McOuat, who submit-ted the proposal for the pro-

gramme in1996 says the pro-

gramme’s strength lies in askingstudents to read from primarysources written during the periodthey are studying. He hopes stu-dents will come away with a bet-ter understanding of the originsof scientific thought.

11 courses offeredin 2001

“And hopefully students will bea bit more thoughtful about whatthey are reading. I mean, maybenot — maybe they’ll just closeup the book and say ‘That’sanother one done. Now I’ll goback to whatever it was I wasdoing.’ But I bet you not.”

This year 11 courses areoffered in the programme: nineelectives and two core classes,including the inaugural oneoffered last year, ancient andmedieval science, taught to 14students this year by DarynLehoux.

Lehoux says one of the chal-lenges of teaching the pro-gramme is trying to meet theneeds of both King’s studentsand Dalhousie students. Roughlya third of the students in theprogramme are Dalhousie stu-dents. Lehoux says unlike King’sstudents, they’re haven’t hadmuch experience reading prima-ry texts.

“The challenge there is tomake sure you don’t frightenthose people off. Because they are

very good stu-dents. And they have perspectivesthat King’s students don’t havebecause they’ve had a differentfirst year. And so between the twogroups, it’s pretty interesting howthe dynamic works.”

McOuat says the programmewas planned from the beginningto involve more Dal students thanother interdisciplinary pro-grammes at King’s.

He says, because the pro-gramme is still so new, it’s hardto determine what changes, ifany, will bemade in thecomingyears.

Woodsideagrees it’stoo early tostart tweak-ing the cur-riculum.

“The programme is still grow-ing right now. It would be kind ofsilly to start tweaking with it toomuch because they’re still build-ing it.”

McOuat says when the pro-gramme is finally completedthere will about 13 to 14 classesoffered every year.

“It will be great once the pro-gramme gets to the point when itcan run itself — likeContemporary Studies — where ithas reached a critical mass andlots of people are involved andthere’s no problem coming up


Continued on page 8

Theprogramme

is still growing.”

Katie WoodsideHOST student

“

OnCampus

with ideas for teaching. Hopefully that’swhere we’ll be in the long run.”

But the programme still has growingpains ahead. McOuat is on sabbatical in2001-02 — one he was supposed to take ayear ago. That means the programme willstay the same size.

Jonathon Driscoll, a fourth-year King’sstudent says because the programme is sonew it’s hard to plan classes.

But he says the advantage of a new pro-gramme is that you can try alternativeprojects.

“I plan on building a catapult usingmedieval technology.”


OnCampusIN

BRIEF

Attic treasure

Last year, Wiltshire, England

native John Hunt was cleaning

out the attic of a house he and

his wife bought in 1976, when,

alongside tanks and cisterns for

the water supply, he found a

number of religious pictures. He

guessed they had been left

behind by the curate of the

parish, who had lived previously

in the house, which had been

owned by the Church of England

since the early 1900s. One of the

items was a dusty photo in

broken glass with the words

“King’s College, Windsor,

Nova Scotia.”

“I took very little notice of it until

I needed the frame for another

picture.” Hunt recalls. “At that

point I looked at it carefully for

the first time. And a quick search

of the Web led me to you.”

Hunt decided to donate the

photo, a rare image of old King’s

College, which was destroyed by

fire in 1920. King’s Librarian

Drake Petersen says the archives

has four similar prints, but this is

the only one mounted on canvas.

Bay renovationsWorkers were busy gutting rooms in Middle Bay this summer. The bays are undergoing the fourthyear of a five-year project to replace floor coverings, upgrade washrooms, and paint walls. It’s thefirst major renovation to the bays since they were built in 1930.

“The biggest change students will notice are new windows,” says King’s Bursar Gerry Smith. “Theold ones were pretty cold and drafty.” Electrical wiring and phone hookups were upgraded in 1997— the same year sprinklers and a high-speed Internet network were installed.

Programme needs to obtain ‘critical mass’Continued from page 7

By Ananda Duquette

The King’s journalism school has set up a Website, the first of its kind in Canada, throughwhich lawyers can publicize publication banapplications so the media are given a chanceto oppose them. Until now, many reportershad no idea bans had been applied for unlessthey happened to witness the motion in court.

Now, media, lawyers, and anybody who isinterested can subscribe to a free e-mail mail-ing list to be notified of pending publicationbans in Halifax.

It was a 1994 Supreme Court ruling thatcreated the need for a better system of notifi-cation. In Dagenais v. Canadian BroadcastingCorporation, the accused requested a publica-tion ban so the CBC production, “The Boys ofSt. Vincent” couldn’t be broadcast. The courtruled that the publication ban would be aninfringement of the media’s freedom ofexpression and a violation of section 2b of theCharter of Rights and Freedoms. The rulingalso stated courts must serve notice to themedia when a publication ban has beenapplied for.

However, the ruling left it up to individualcourts to decide how that notice would beserved.

“The Supreme Court didn’t answer theimportant question, ‘Who is the media?’,” saysHalifax media lawyer Jim Rossiter, “With theInternet, the question becomes 100 timesmore complex. Before, it was up to judges todecide who should be notified. Now, it’s any-body who wants to subscribe to an e-mailnotice regime.”

In 1997, the chief justice of Nova Scotia setup a committee of judges and media represen-tatives to improve media-court relations. Oneissue on their agenda was how to better servenotice to the media of publication ban applica-tions.

King’s journalism professor MichaelCobden, who sat on the committee, says it wasnot realistic to expect the courts to handle theresponsibility.

“The courts are overworked, for one, but

also, courts tend to guard their independencejealously,” he says. “They didn’t want to get inthe business of informing the news media ofpublication bans.”

The committee then approached theprovincial government’s communications ser-vice, but it wasn’t willing either. Finally,Cobden volunteered the school of journalism.

“I felt it would be reasonable for the schoolof journalism to take on the role,” he says.“Because we’re not the news media, but weare certainly aware of public activity.”

He then approached the school’s onlineinstructor Tim Currie, who set up the site.

“If Kings hadn’t offered to host this Website, I’m not sure who we would have gone tonext,” says Rossiter, who also sat on the com-mittee. “Maybe the Barristers Society, but theyprobably would have turned down the respon-sibility too.”

After waiting for the approval of the justicesystem, the pilot project was set up March 5.

Supreme Court Justice Bill Kelly, whoserves as head of the media-courts liaisoncommittee, believes the site will help clear upexisting problems.

“Counsel would normally send notice tothree to five sources,” he says. “We knewsooner or later, someone would challenge thatas inadequate notice. Especially with jurycases, though, you can’t hold up a jury for aweek to hear opposition to these [publication]bans. This is a much more efficient way ofsolving an awkward problem.”

Rossiter says the new Web site also makeshis job easier.

“I’ve literally scrambled down to court in15 minutes to argue why the publication banviolates the charter rights of my clients,” he


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Web site aids court reportersJ-school service advisesmedia of applications for publication bans

Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson

named George Bain, former

director of the journalism

school, an officer of the Order

of Canada at a ceremony held

May 31, 2001 in Ottawa. Bain

was acknowledged for his work

as reporter, columnist and

author at the Globe and Mail

and Maclean’s magazine. He

lives in Mahone Bay.

Brian Flemming stepped down as

chairman of the university’s

Board of Governors in June.

Flemming, one of King’s most

active supporters, was the first lay

person to hold the post; all of his

predecessors having been

Anglican Lord Bishops of Nova

Scotia. He was also national

chairman of King’s successful

Bicentennial Campaign which

concluded in the early 1990s.

George Cooper assumed

chairmanship of the board

in October.

INBRIEF

Bainawarded Order ofCanada

Flemmingsteps

down asboardchair

Continued on page 10

OnCampus

Trevor J. Eyton stepped down asKing’s chancellor in June — a jobhe occupied for the past five years.

He has been a staunch support-er of the university for more thana decade. In addition to his cere-monial duties as chancellor, hewas honorary deputy chair of thefund-raising campaign for theKing’s library, which opened in1991. He is father to two gradu-ates Susannah (Belton) (BJ ’87)

and Christopher (BA ’89).Eyton has been a senator in the

Canadian Parliament since 1990.He is chairman of Canada’s SportsHall of Fame, and director ofBarrick Gold Corp., Brascan Corp.,Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.,General Motors Canada Ltd. andNoranda Inc.

The Hon. Michael Meighen willbe installed as King’s new chancel-lor in May.


expensive.” He says the school has been

devoting much-needed time tofinding judges and processingentries, and the administrativecommitment is taking staff mem-bers away from their role as edu-cators.

He thinks the school shouldfocus on education, now that theawards are a well-establishedorganization. Even though theschool is shifting its commit-

ment, Kimber maintains the uni-versity will welcome the awardsto use their facilities.

“For instance, the new acade-mic building has perfect roomsfor panel discussions or lectureswith multimedia capacities,” saysKimber. Next year, he hopes theawards will be held in March tomake it possible for King’s stu-dents to attend the workshopsand learn more about the industry.

Also see Alumni AJA winners p. 21

says. “I’ve also had to argue after apublication ban has already beenestablished. This way, I get noticethe same time as my client. Time isof the essence for the media, so thisis very helpful.

“Courts used to frequently grantpublication bans without involvingthe media,” he says. “It’s taken yearsfor the Dagenais decision to be madeknown and even now, many lawyersand judges don’t know they have anobligation to give notice to themedia.”

The Web site has received muchattention in the legal community,including an article in the nationalpublication, Lawyers Weekly, whichRossiter describes as “the Bible ofthe legal community.”

‘Novel’ process in Nova Scotia

“It is absolutely novel in the NovaScotia legal community to servenotice electronically,” says Rossiter.“The day is going to come whensomebody says, ‘Let’s look at servingat least some notices electronically.’Kings is involved in a project thatcould have ramifications in the legalcommunity far beyond media law.”

The notification service is option-al, and applies only to ‘discretionary’and ‘common law’ publication bans,where the decision to grant the banis left up to the judge. ‘Mandatory’publication bans, though, such asthe name of a sexual assault victim,or evidence brought forth at a pre-liminary inquiry, as requested bydefense, must be granted.

Counsel can still use traditionalmeans of informing the media, suchas registered mail, fax, or personalservice. In a letter to the newsmedia, Cobden reminds potentialsubscribers that these methods canbe expensive and time-consuming.

“We have to create a systemwhere people have the opportunityto oppose bans,” says Cobden, “ifwe hope to have an effective jus-tice system.”

a ‘novel’ approach

Eyton steps down as chancellor

‘It’s not a nasty divorce’Continued from page 8

Continued from page 9

Photo:Michael Creagen

Formerchancellor Trevor

J. Eyton (right)chats with

graduate PatrickTamar and

honorary degreerecipients

Madame JusticeLouise Arbour

and MarkStarowicz.


Dr. Stephen Boos One-year contract appointment, ContemporaryStudies Programme July 1, 2001 – June 30,2002

Dr. Stephen Burns Appointed Director of the ContemporaryStudies programme for a two-year term, July 1,2001 to June 30, 2003 and teaching a halfcourse in CSP, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002

Ms. Kelley Castle Appointed Dean of Residence for a three-yearterm, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004

Mr. Tim Currie Appointed Instructor of Online Journalism for athree year term, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004with provision to extend the contract for up totwo additional years.

Appointed King’s Webmaster for a three-yearperiod, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004

Dr. Christopher Elson Appointed to teach one-half credit in theContemporary Studies Programme, replacingDr. Stephen Burns, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002

Dr. Kyle Fraser Appointed Associate Director, Foundation YearProgramme, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002

Dr. Ron Huebert One-year contract appointment to teach one-half credit in the Early Modern StudiesProgramme, replacing Dr. Jack Crowley, July 1,2001 to June 30, 2002

Mr. Simon Kow Appointed Assistant Professor, tenure track inthe Early Modern Studies Programme for athree-year period, July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004

Dr. Daryn Lehoux One-year contract appointment, ContemporaryStudies Programme, July 1, 2001 – June 30,2002

Dr. Kathryn Morris One-year contract appointment, ContemporaryStudies Programme, July 1, 2001 – June 30,2002

Dr. Peter O’Brien Appointed Carnegie Professor, July I, 2001(replacing Dr. Patrick Atherton who retired inSeptember 2000)

Dr. Neil Robertson Appointment in the Contemporary StudiesProgramme changed from a contract positionto an on-going appointment.

Dr. Stephen Snobelen Appointed Assistant Professor, tenure track, inthe History of Science and TechnologyProgramme for a three-year period, July 1, 2001– June 30, 2004

Faculty Appointments

OnCampus

Jan. 7 Deadline for Honorary DegreeSubmissions to the Clerk ofConvocation

Jan. 17 ConvocationBoardroom 8:00 p.m.

May 14 Alumni Annual General Meeting,5:30 p.m.

Reception, 6:30 p.m. HMCS King’s Wardroom

Alumni Annual Dinner, 7:30 p.m. Prince Memorial Hall

May 16 Encaenia

June TBA Alumni EventsOttawa, Toronto, Edmonton,Calgary, Vancouver

August TBA King’s Classic Golf TournamentGranite Springs Golf Club

Please call the alumni office for further details

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C O V E R S T O R Y

Photo: Michael Creagen

By Trisha Estabrooks

Elizabeth Edwards first heard thenews she would be the new vice-president of King’s while check-ing her e-mail at an Internet caféin Kensington, England.

“There was no one to celebratewith, so it was a quiet moment ofunderstated pleasure,” she says.

Sitting in her sparsely fur-nished office, Edwards saysthere’s nothing understated aboutthe job, though.

Edwards was on sabbaticalfrom teaching ContemporaryStudies in 2000-2001 andreplaced Angus Johnson as vice-president on July 1.

“I think this is an extraordi-nary place that gives its studentsa serious education,” she says. “Ithink it’s important to make surewhat we do continues to be donewell.”

For Edwards, being at King’s isall about teaching and what shecalls the “dynamic spark” in theclassroom. She teaching studentswill remain her number one pri-ority.

Eleven years ago Edwardsbegan teaching at King’s as atutor in the Foundation YearProgramme. From ’94 to ’95 shewas director of ContemporaryStudies. She admits she’s accom-plished a lot since then but saysher aim isn’t a career in adminis-tration.

Underneath her enthusiasmfor King’s lies an assertion thathas clearly propelled her to thispoint. “I think it’s really impor-tant for a college like King’s to beself-governing — for the peoplewho are actually teaching the stu-dents to be also running the insti-tution.”

Edwards says being closelyconnected to King’s through theclassroom is an excellent way torepresent the university.

She says it’s paradoxical howteaching and administration,relate.

“In some sense it looks likeyou’re higher up the scale but infact you’re dealing with lessimportant things. People in theclassroom are dealing with ques-tions of truth and beauty, andyou’re dealing with the cost ofstationery supplies,” she says.

Time to consolidate

Although Edwards says it’s nother calling to be an administratorshe’s full of ideas about King’sand the challenges she feels theuniversity will face during herfive-year term.

Since her first year at King’s,she has seen the birth of two newbuildings and three new pro-grammes. After witnessing theimpact of these changes she saysit’s time to slow down and consol-idate.

“I think we have to make surethat the new programmes thathave started in the last couple ofyears are in good working order,that the buildings work, that wecan hold all of the expansion thatwe’ve put into place together,”she says.

She jokes that consolidationwon’t take her all the waythrough her term but hopes thatsome of her ideas will.

“One of the challenges will beshedding some of the legacy ofbeing an Anglican college whilestill trying to keep other parts ofthat legacy,” she says.

Edwards says demographics

are the biggest problem facingKing’s in the next few years.

“I think we face the challengeof balancing growth with thesmallness, one of King’s biggestvirtues.”

Edwards sees this growth com-ing from students with differentethnic and racial backgrounds.She says that, although the uni-versity has been working hard toattract these students, it still hasa way to go.

Balance difficultto achieve

Speaking as a faculty membershe says she is interested in help-ing faculty members balance theirteaching and research responsi-bilities. She says balance is espe-cially difficult to achieve at aschool such as King’s where fac-ulty has broad teaching responsi-bilities — from Plato to cyborgtheory — and are also involved intheir own research projects.

“We have to think of ways tosupport the two,” she saysemphatically.

“I feel like I should have someglorious mission statement,” shesays with a smile. But she addsthat if she can keep King’s mov-ing forward on the path it hasstarted in recent years, she willhave met the challenges sheexpects this job will bring. �


New VP’s challenge:‘balance growth with smallness’Former CSP director Elizabeth Edwards takes up Angus Johnston’s role

I think we have to makesure we can hold together allof the expansion we’ve putinto place.”

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By Jessica Block

Two of Kathryn Morris’s projectsthis summer were to read up onthe history of witchcraft anddelve into Thomas Hobbes’soptics texts: his theories aboutvision and light, which haven’tyet been translated from Latininto English.

It’s not light reading but it issubject material the newest facul-ty member in the Early ModernStudies Programme clearly enjoysstudying and teaching.

“I was really excited to hearabout this programme. The job isso well-suited to my work.”

Morris took the Foundation

Year Programme at King’s beforecompleting an undergraduatedegree in philosophy. She thenwent on to do her PhD in philos-ophy at McGill University. Herwork has focused mainly on thehistory of science in the 17thcentury, which is smack in themiddle of the early modern peri-od between the 16th and 19thcenturies.

History of womenin science

One of the courses Morristaught this year was the historyof women within science. Shetaught a class of eight womenand one man about what she sayswas the adversarial relationshipbetween science and women inthe early modern period. Theylooked at how women participat-ed in science and how they wereused as objects in scientific studyas well as how language was usedin scientific texts.

“Women were pretty muchshut out of the formal institutionof science,” Morris says. “Theyparticipated in science in otherways. Science was often done inthe home.”

She needs no prompting whenshe explains what fascinates herabout the early modern period.

“It was a time of such change.There were so many interestingideas floating around. There’s ahistorian named Christopher Hillwho refers to it as a time inwhich the world turned upsidedown. It was also the birth ofmodernity. People were proposingnew ideas in areas of politics, phi-losophy, literature...It’s importantto understand modernity andwhere it came from. People say

we’re post-modern now but thereare always new ideas.”

Mike Sampson took Morris’third-year course on nature andscience last year. This year he willbe the first official graduate of theEarly Modern Studies pro-gramme, which began two yearsago. Sampson says it was a largeclass but he did his independentreading with her and was able tospend some time getting to knowher.

“I can’t express the amount ofrespect I have for her,” Sampsonsays. “The material was hard forus, as arts students.”

Morris says the material didn’tcome easy to her either. She hadnever studied many sciencecourses and had to catch up quitea bit while she was working onher dissertation on ThomasHobbes.

Sampson says she did an excel-lent job presenting her material.

“She left lots of room for dis-cussion,” Sampson says. “Shewasn’t afraid to sit back and bequestioned. We had some won-derful class discussions whichhelped us sort out our thoughts.She was there to guide us.”

Morris, who is 31, holds nopraise back for her students. Shesays it was fun to teach thembecause a lot of the classes weresmall and the students wouldalways interject with commentsor questions.

“The students are so well-readand smart and motivated. I haveto keep up with my academicreading to keep up with them.”

Sampson credits Morris’s pas-sion for learning and her energy.

“Her youth helps [her as ateacher] because she’s not set inher ways. She listens to us.” �


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EMSP prof guides ‘wonderful’ class discussionsKathryn Morris (BJH ’93) is newest prof hired in Early Modern Studies Programme

Morris: “Thestudents are so

well-read andsmart and

motivated. I haveto keep up with my

academic readingto keep up with

them.”Photo: Jessica Block


UNIVERSITY OF KING’S COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES AND SURPLUS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2001

(Unaudited)Budget Actual Actual2001 2001 2000

$ $ $RECEIPTS

EndowmentInvestment income 11,000 9,312 23,027

Endowment donations 5,900 5,305 6,441

16,900 14,617 29,468General

Investment income 3,000 2,481 6,196Annual fund 20,000 19,950 19,847Sale of memorabilia 11,500 12,201 9,971Annual dinner 1,800 1,653 2,266Special events 8,500 8,078 8,174Other and student societies 300 586 696

45,100 44,949 47,150

TOTAL RECEIPTS 62,000 59,566 76,618

EXPENDITURESEndowment

Awards 9,550 14,175 7,000Bursaries 2,000 2,000 2,000

11,550 16,175 9,000General

Scholarships 18,000 16,000 18,000The John Godfrey Prize 100 100 100Professional fees 2,000 2,115 2,298Purchase of memorabilia 10,000 10,010 5,496Annual dinner 2,300 1,317 2,149Special events 5,300 4,809 5,256Bank charges 100 48 40Student activities (note 4) 2,100 1,935 1,800Receptions and meetings 900 711 897Travel and gifts 3,600 392 2,734Office and newsletter 2,500 50 156Miscellaneous 250 - 236Gifts to endowment from events 2,700 3,605 3,035

49,850 41,092 42,197

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 61,400 57,267 51,197

EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER EXPENDITURES 600 2,299 25,421

SURPLUS - BEGINNING OF YEAR 264,705 239,284

SURPLUS - END OF YEAR 267,004 264,705

The financial statements of the University of King’s College Alumni Association for the year ended March 31, 2001 were audited byRector Colavecchia Roche, Chartered Accountants.

A copy of the audited financial statements can be obtained from the Alumni Association office, or from the Alumni Web site at:www.ukings.ns.ca


AMartin AdelaarRandi & David AdlerJoan AitkenAlexandra SocietyAliant Telecom Inc.Barry AllanFrances AllenBob & Cathy AllisonJohn AlwardEsther (Wainwright) AmiroVictoria AndrewCynthia AndrewsDennis AndrewsDavid AnglinEdith AnthonyDavid & Robin Archibald

James ArchibaldS. B. Wallace ArchibaldArchibald MacMechan

Chapter IODERonald & Dorina ArsenaultGeoffrey AthertonNathalie AtkinsonAtlantic Lottery

CorporationLaura AuchinclossPeter Aucoin

BKathleen BainBeryl BalcomJennifer BalfourHannah Bank

Bank of MontrealDiane BarkerMary BarkerMargaret BarnardAngela BateGeorge BateJohn BaxterT. Fred BaxterRobert BeanMarcel BeaulieuSusie BeltonPaul BentJames BesseyDonald BettsGillian BiddulphLewis BillardThe Birks Family

FoundationWilliam BishopAnne BlakeneyJ. Ewart BlanchardDavid BlomAlberta (Bryant) BoswallJosee BourbonnaisMargaret BourneWayne BowleyMalcolm BradshawGord & Patty BrannenTom BrennanJamie BriggsStephen BrookeCreighton BrownDerek & Margaret BrownRebecca (Moore) Brown

Fredrik BruunLorna (Surpless) BryantPeter & Patricia BrysonDon & Joan BuckBasil BucklandRonald BuckleyColette BudgeLawrence BuffettCyril BugdenE. H. BurnMichael BurslemT. K. Burton

CCadogan Foundation Inc.Chantal CailleAndrew Calkins

Annual Fund$26,294

Other$70,021 Bequests/

Gifts-in-Kind$5,745

Capital Campaign$1,468,051

Special Friends/ Alumni Family Corporations FoundationsParents

$429,579 $139,837 $38,562 $328,133 $634,000

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University of King’s CollegeStewardship Report

2000-01

The University of King's College is fortunate to have so many committed alumni, such as those listed on thefollowing pages, who realize the importance of supporting higher education, especially in these critical times.

This lists all alumni, friends, corporations and foundations who gave to the University between April 1, 2000 andMarch 31, 2001, except those who wish to remain anonymous.

Every effort has been made to list names accurately. If your name has been omitted, or displayed incorrectly,please accept our apologies, and notify King's Development Office, 6350 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia

B3H 2A1 or call (902) 422-1271 ext. 128.


Anne CameronD. McCara CameronSheila CameronClaire CampbellDavid, Kathy, Nicole &

Christopher CampbellMona CampbellThe Canada Life Assurance

CompanyCanada Post Corporation -

Atlantic DivisionCanadian National Railway

CompanyJohn CarrNancy CarrJohn CarruthersHelen (Pullen) CathcartDavid Cayley & Jutta MasonPatricia ChalmersElizabeth ChandlerPaul CharleboisCarolyn ChenhallGail (Nobuary) ChiassonFred ChristieInnis ChristieCIBC Charitable

FoundationLyssa ClackBette ClancyAlma ClarkDolda ClarkeElsie ClarkeMary Lou ClarkePeter ClassenMaxwell ClattenburgHope ClementDora CliffJames & Charlotte (Graven)

CochranPeter CoffinDavid ColemanDaniel ColsonColtsfoot Publishing

CompanyJohn CookPaulette CoolenGeorge CooperH. Rhodes CooperJohn & Ruth CordesGerard CormierKeith CoughlanArmand CoutureKathleen CoxRobert CraigJohn CreelmanAnne & Hugh CrosthwaitRobert CrouseCheryl CrumbATV/CTVCundill FoundationLucille & Patrick CurranThomas & Jane CurranBertha CurrieLorn Curry & Joanne WallBrian CuthbertsonArthur Cuzner

DMichelle D’EonPeter DanChristine DaviesNancy DaviesS. Allison DavisWendy Davis

Joan DawsonRobert DawsonL. Ann DayNicholas DayIan DeakinKenneth DekkerLisa DennisAmy DensmoreRaymond Des RosiersMarilyn & Fraser DewisAlan DickCarol DicksJoe DicksteinDiocesan Synod of Nova

ScotiaSusan DoddCraig DodgeAlexis DouglasSeamus DoyleRick DunlopPaula Dyke

EEastLink Cable SystemsElizabeth EdwardsC. Russell ElliottCatherine (Sutherland)

EmmersonKatinka EnglishEstate of Dorothy Ward*Estate of Ernest Heighton*Estate of F.C. Manning*Estate of Marguerite

Vernon*Estate of Mr. Forrester*Estate of Robert Morris*Estate of Thomas Reagh

Millman*Deirdre EvansChristopher EytonJ. Trevor Eyton

FReaghan FawcettMartin FeaverMark FeldbauerKyle FergusonBarbara & Fergus

FergussonConstance FinckRobert FlaniganBrian FlemmingValerie FountainLillian FowlerMaria FranksJ. Henry FraserLinda & Gregor FraserRowland FrazeeF. Melvin FrenchLarry FrenettePaul FriedlandFriends of King’s College,

Halifax Inc.

GS. Frances GaileyGeneral Electric Canada

Inc.Gerstein Family

FoundationEd GesnerLloyd & Patricia GesnerLloyd GesnerKevin Gibson

Marie GibsonSteven GibsonEd GiggMartin & Shelley GillisJoan GilroyDorota GlowackaJohn GodfreyBarbara GoodmanBruce GorrieJohn GorrillGraduating Class 2000Nicholas GrahamNita GrahamBryan GransdenGrant ThorntonThe Great Eastern

CorporationGreat-West Life Assurance

CompanyRoselle GreenBeverley Greenlaw & Sylvia

HamiltonAnne GregoryMary Grise & Chris MoganCharles, Anne, Graeme &

Cameron Gunn

HAnn, Alec, Amy & Elizabeth

HadfieldHalifax Rifles Armoury

AssociationGeraldine HammAndrew HanWayne HankeyElizabeth HantonAnne & Andy HareGeorge HareLynn HarndenJanice HarperMary Beth HarrisPeter HarrisRonald HarrisSusan HarrisWalter HarrisElaine HarrisonGordon & Bonnie-Lea

HarveyKeith HatfieldLeonard HatfieldJanet HathawayMichael HawkinsMarnie HayE. Kitchener HaymanAnnette HaywardC.William HaywardJames HaywardRoss HebbPeggy HellerIan HendersonMary HendersonThe Henry White Kinnear

FoundationH. Douglas HergettHermant Family

FoundationPamela HerodJohn & June HibbittsAngela HillDuncan HillsMargaret HoffmanLarry & Joan HolmanAnnemieke HolthiusNeil Hooper

Dennis HouseJohn HoustonRichard HowardBruce HoweRobert HoweScott HoweCaroline (Bennet) HubbardRonald HuebertJean HumphreysHarley Hutchinson

IErin IlesImperial Oil LimitedImperial Tobacco Canada

LimitedRobert InglisEric IngrahamDeborah IrvineBeatrice IrvingITG

JJackman FoundationJ. Robert JacksonSimon JacksonKathleen JaegerRoland JamiesonPhilip & Ruth JeffersonPeter JelleyKrista JenkinsPaula JohnsonAngus Johnston & Sandra

HaycockSarah Johnston

KEdward KellyEvan KellyNicole KempDeborah KemptonMary (Lewis) KennedyD. Ross KerrKerr Controls LimitedKenneth & Kim KieransStephen KimberMary KingJohn KinleyW. J. Tory & Margaret KirbyDavid & Janet Knickle

LAndrew LaingAllen LambertMary LaneCaleb & Sean LawrenceJoan & Clifford LaxTom & Barb LeBrunJohn & Nancy LeefeKathleen LeGrowLouann LeonHarvey LewisPenelope LockhartAleah (Palmer) LomasRuth Loomer

MDavid & Margaret (Currie)

MacDonaldEric MacDonaldCatherine MacGregorKen & Mary MacInnisDaniel MacKayDavid MacKay

Eric MacKayRosina (Lyons) MacKeiganIan MacKenzieJohn MacKenzieNorman MacKenzieLina MacKinnonJennifer MacLeodJohn MacLeodLeslie MacLeodSusan MacMillanDonald MacQuarrieJennifer (Smiley) MalloryAdrienne MalloyKim ManchesterMr. & Mrs. Ernest

MandevilleMarine Atlantic Inc.The Maritime Life

Assurance CompanyRonald MarksWilliam MarshallRobert & Nancy MartinKeith MasonSusan MathersWilliam MathesonHeather MathisM. Ann McCaigG. Wallace McCainGillian McCainD. Scott McCannT.A. Guy McCarthyBob McCleaveGlendon McCormickPeter McCreathDuncan McCueMichael McDonaldHeather McEwanAnne McGaugheyRoss McGregorMcInnes CooperLois McKayJohanne McKeeKaryn McLeanCal McMillanR. Leonard McNeilGordon McOuatJudith McPheeStuart McPheeAnn MedinaThe T.R. Meighen

FoundationDavid MercerMerrick HolmAndrea MeyerDario & Marie Michaud &

FamilyBeverly MillerLois MillerJ.W.E. MingoCathy (Rhymes) MisenerJone MitchellTerry MonaghanPenny Moody-CorbettGraham MooresJoan Madeleine MorrisonJohn MullowneyHelen & Thomas MurphyRobert Murray

NHilroy & Fannie NathansonPeter NathansonNational LifeBMO Nesbitt Burns

C. Patrick NixonR. NorrisNova Scotia Power Catherine NovisTheresa Nowlan SuartHarold Nutter

OMegan O’Brien HarrisonKevin O’KeefeBruce OlandDavid OlieJuliana OttJean-Eudes & Marielle

OuelletteMichel OuelletteSylvain OuelletteTracey & Yves Ouellette

PElizabeth PaceyElizabeth PageGaetan Paquin & Linda

LivingstoneOwen & Elizabeth

ParkhouseAndrew PatonCharlotte (MacLean) PeachLeRoy PeachDavid & Louise PeddlePepsi-Cola Canada

Beverages David & Tamara PerlmutterGuy PesantArthur & Elizabeth PetersDrake PetersenJohn PhillipsGeorge PhillsChuck PierceyAndrea PilichosCynthia PilichosBrian PitcairnAnn PituleyFrances PlauntHelen PowellPower Corporation of

CanadaRobert PrattNorah PrenticeDavid PriceAmy Pugsley FraserMargo Pullen-Sly

QChristina Quelch

RR. Howard Webster

FoundationDeborah RameyEldon RaySankar RayCharles ReaghElizabeth ReaghJeffrey ReedAnnette & Adelard RichardChris RichardsonHeinz & Margaret RiegerNancy RingTim RissescoPatrick RivestColin RobertsonNeil & Patricia RobertsonRon & Sheila RobertsonDavid RobinsonAnna Ruth RogersCarol Rogers

Wendy RoosGillian (Bidwell) RoseAmy RosenAlexander RossRothmans, Benson &

Hedges Inc.John RoyLuana RoyalRoyal Bank of Canada

Charitable FoundationMerv RussellLara RyanMichael & Diane Ryan

SMargaret SanfordBarry SaundersBarry SawyerScotiaMcLeod Inc.Seamark Asset Management

LimitedJill (Stanfield) SearsDavid SecordMarnie ShawJohn SherrenCliff ShirleyMartha ShuttleworthVivian SimmsEllen SimonNorman SinclairThe Sir James Dunn

FoundationWilliam SitlandWilliam SkinnerEmanuella & Patricia

Sliwak-GrinbergFiona SmithGerald SmithDeryk SmithJoy SmithLarry SmithRuth Smith

Susan SmithThe Sobey FoundationSobeys Inc.Elizabeth (Bayne) SoderoSodexho Marriott Services

CanadaSoutham Inc.Michael SpauldingJane SpurrSt. George’s ChurchSt. Mary’s Anglican GuildPeter StanleyNancy StapletonColin StarnesGeoffrey & Jane SteeleDetlev SteffenDonald StevensonRonald StevensonThomas StinsonRodney StokoeGeoff StropleJames SurretteSteven Sutherland

TCatriona TalbotLaurie TaylorKelley TeahenThe Craig FoundationJudith ThompsonRoderick & Nancy

ThorntonWilliam TidmarshShirley TillotsonTD Canada TrustRandy & Debbie TownsendGeorge TracyColin TretheweyDon & Gloria (Teed) TrivettRandolph & Judith (Banks)

TsangEdward & Barbara Tuck

Robert Tuck

UUKC Alumni AssociationUKC Students’ UnionBrian UnderhillUnited Society for the

Propagation of the Gospel

VNancy VioliNancy Vondette

WIsabel WainwrightBruce WarkKaren WeatherstonAnne WeaverWilliam WellsJoan WhalleySuzanne WheelerGlenn WilliamsMichele WilliamsWilliam WilliamsBernard & Jean WillsDavid WilsonRose WilsonSteven WilsonWilson Fuel Company

LimitedJames D. WoodJames W. WoodPhyllis (Scott) WoodCharles WurtzburgBarbara & Harry Wylde

YElizabeth Yeo

ZDale ZinckDeborah Zinck-Gilbert

and those donors who wishto remain anonymous

* deceased

Donations were also givenin memory of the followingpeople:

Bea AndersonNoel AndrewsEfstathios William BarootesJudith BurgessWayne CampbellR. MacGregor DawsonTed DeWolfSusan DexterMichael ElliottDonald GibsonJohn GrahamJohn HebbJohn & Vivian KirklandJohn KoshanCarol Anne LetherenJim MacNeillJean MarshallCashman MasonMargaret de Lancey

Meighen MolsonDenise OuelletteAndrew PitcairnEwart PrattTheodore ReaghHarry SmithJ. Douglas StreitMichael ThompsonPeter Wilson


NOMINATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTEDfor the Judge J. Elliott Hudson Distinguished Alumnus/a Award for 2001

The Judge J. Elliott HudsonDistinguished Alumnus/a

Award

Alumni of the university areeligible for nomination. The

successful candidate will havemade a significant contribution

to one or all of the followingareas: their discipline,

community, charitable orvolunteer work. All submissionswill be held in strict confidence.

Submit nomination withsupporting documentation by

March 8, 2002 to:

Award Selection Committeec/o UKC Alumni Office

University of King’s College6350 Coburg Road

Halifax, N.S. B3H 2A1Tel: (902) 422-1271 Fax: (902) 425-0363

Clockwise from top left: Former chancellor Trevor Eyton chats with graduate Kornelia Mankowski; theacademic procession leaves the quad; King’s maintenance staff member and honorary graduate KennyAskew; graduates Darryl Kyte and Duncan Cook, with their families; the academic procession enters thecathedral; Amanda Margison gives the valedictory address; President Colin Starnes presents Jack Fortunewith the King’s Medal (Fortune also won the University Medal in Contemporary Studies, and inphilosophy); graduates Paul Blake and Katie Peters take a look at their degree parchments.

– Photos by Kerry Delorey and Michael Creagen

2001Encaenia


As a judge in theOntario Court ofAppeal, MadamJustice LouiseArbour wonacclaim for hereven-handedness inconducting aninquiry into condi-tions at the Prisonfor Women inKingston, Ontario.In 1996 she wasappointed ChiefProsecutor for theInternational WarCrimes Tribunal forthe formerYugoslavia and forRwanda. She

strongly believes inputting humanrights ahead of therights of nationsand in light of thisbelief she indictedSlobodan Milosevic,the first head ofstate to be indictedwhile in office.Presently, JusticeArbour is a judge inthe Supreme Courtof Canada.

Among Mark M.Starowicz’s manyachievements inbroadcast journal-ism, is the creationof CBC Radio’s pop-ular current affairsprograms As ItHappens andSunday Morning,and CBC-TV’sground-breakingnews program TheJournal. He is cur-rently head of CBC-TV’s documentaryunit where he over-sees network TVseries and specials.His award-winningsix- part history oftelevision newscalled The Dawn of

the Eye, has beenaired on the BBCand A&E, and isused as a teachingtool in countlessjournalism schools.But the landmarkTV series Canada: APeople’s History isperhaps his greatestaccomplishment.

Cynthia Pilichos(BA ’68) was veryactive in the King’scommunity as astudent and contin-ued her close asso-ciation after gradu-ating. She has saton the university’sboard of governors,was president of thealumni association.She presently,chairs the alumnidivision of the uni-versity’s $6.7 mil-lion capital cam-paign, Building ona StrongFoundation. Herfamily has longbeen involved withthe university —

her father attendedHMCS King’s dur-ing World War IIand was later presi-dent of the college.Her mother, broth-er and daughtersare also graduatesof the university.

Blind from an earlyage, composer,entertainer, athleteand motivationalspeaker Terry Kellyhas inspired bothchildren and adults,and has changedpeople’s preconcep-tions of the dis-abled. His “We CanDo Anything” moti-vational presenta-tion inspires othersto overcome per-sonal handicaps. In2000 he receivedthe King ClancyAward for helpingto create a positive

image of disabledpeople in Canada.He has been nomi-nated for a JunoMusic Award, fourCanadian CountryMusic Awards andhas won six EastCoast MusicAwards. Kellybecame the thirdblind man in theworld to run a milein less than fiveminutes.

A native of SaintJohn, N.B. JohnLeefe (BA ’66) waselected in 1978 tothe N.S. legislatureby the people ofQueens County. Heserved as deputy-speaker, minister offisheries, ministerof the environment,minister of naturalresources, as gov-ernment houseleader and as chairof the legislature’spublic accountscommittee. As aminister, he was astrong advocate for

sustainable eco-nomic developmentand worked hardfor protection ofendangered spaces,including creationof Thomas RaddallProvincial Park anddesignation of theShelburne River asa CanadianHeritage River. Heis now mayor of theRegion of QueensMunicipality.


AlumniNews

Justice Louise Arbour(Doctor of Civil Law)

Terry Kelly(Doctor of Civil Law)

John GordonLeefe(Doctor of Civil Law)

Mark Starowicz(Doctor of Civil Law)

Cynthia Pilichos(Honorary Fellowship)

2 0 0 1 H O N O R A R Y D E G R E E R E C I P I E N T S2 0 0 1 H O N O R A R Y D E G R E E R E C I P I E N T S

Michael Elliott AwardCynthia Clarke & Wendy Hepburn

Sandra MacLeod AwardDan de Munnik & Sofia Kalormakis

Michael Saunders AwardRebekah Sheppard

Beaver Club AwardAndrew Mark Soren

New Brunswick AwardLiz Hadfield

John Godfrey JournalismBook Award

Sarah McGinnis

Photos: Michael Creagen and Kerry Delorey

alumni awards2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1 W I N N E R S


Mary Barker APR (BA ’67) (Hon. Fellow ’97) wasrecently elected President of Canadian PublicRelations Society — Nova Scotia, and aDirector of National CPRS. She currently serveson a national task force which examinesaccreditation for public relations professionals.

Barry Carruthers (BSc ’66) is on secondment fromWorkers’ Compensation Board of BritishColumbia and has accepted a position of med-ical director of WCB of Prince Edward Island.

Deborah S.L. Boltz (BA ’77) co-ordinated publicrelations and media for the Junior League ofHalifax, Inc., “Homes for the Holidays”fundraiser. She is executive director of theEpilepsy Association of Nova Scotia.

Dr. George Burden (1972-74) is pleased toannounce the birth of his first child, a daugh-ter, Ariana Faye Burden, weighing in at 7lbs,12oz. She was born June 20 at the GraceHospital in Halifax.

Deborah Jewett (BA ’71) completed degree require-ments for Dalhousie’s Masters of Library andInformation Science in May 2000. She nowresides in Purcell’s Cove and has been appoint-ed secretary of the Dr. Helen CreightonFolklore Society Research Support Committee.

Janine Harris-Wheatley (BA ’72) married VaughanHarris Oct. 7, 2000 in Tottenham, Ontariowhere they live and she runs the local librarybranch.

Laish Boyd Sr. (BA ’93) will continue as the Rectorof Holy Cross Anglican Church in suburbanNassau, Bahamas. He and wife, Joann, haveanother son, Nathan, born Nov. 6, 2000. He is ayounger brother for Zane, 8, and Joash, 6.

Kerry DeLorey (BA ’76, BJH ’80) and ElizabethJoyce (BJ ’81) are pleased to announce thebirth of their son Alexander Stephen on July10, 2001.

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AlumNotes

Alumni journalists win AJAsKing’s journalism grads were again well-represented among finalists at the annualAtlantic Journalism Awards, held in Halifax April 28, 2001. From left to right:

Andrew Younger (BJ ’99), silver award winner of the Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award

Elaine Bateman (BJ ’82) of CBC Radio Saint John, silver award winner with Steven Webbin the category Enterprise Reporting (Radio) for their radio stories on the failingecosystem of the Bay of Fundy

Rob Antle (BJH ’94) of the St. John’s Express, gold award winner in the categoryContinuing Coverage (Print) for his investigation of questionable business dealingsinvolving a government-funded call centre

Chris O’Neill-Yates (BJ ’93) of CBC Radio St. John’s, silver award winner with MonicaKidd in the category Continuing Coverage (radio) for their continuing analysis of a little-known affliction “shellfish asthma”

Steve Maich (BJ ’98) of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, gold award winner in the categoryFeature (Print) for his look inside a Mi’kmaq sweat lodge, and silver award winner in thecategory Continuing Coverage (Print) for his examination of a secret financial gravy trainenjoyed by Chief Allison Bernard at one of Nova Scotia’s poorest aboriginal reserves

Peter Walsh (BJ ’94) of CBC-TV Newfoundland, silver award winner in the categoryContinuing Coverage (Television) for his series of reports on a man who had been connedout of his house, but eventually regained ownership

(Not in the photo:) Sally Pitt (BJH ’84) of CBC-TV Charlottetown, gold award winner inthe category Feature (Television) for her story about the legal battles with RevenueCanada fought by 54 shellfish harvesters

Please see our related story on the 20th Atlantic Journalism Awards on page 6.

Mark Hazen (BScH ’85) and Shirley Hazen (BAH’85) will continue to live in Australia until nextJune and welcome e-mail at [email protected]

Henry Howard (BA ’89) has resigned as operationsmanager at Alumna Systems where he hasworked for the last 12 years so that he mayattend Dal Tech studying architecture this fall.He also walked 200km of the Santiago deCompostela pilgrimage in France this past May.

Kellie-Ann Briand (BJH ’94) is now living inMontreal where she is Manager of MarketingCommunications for Steltor, a software compa-

ny specializing in time management communi-cation. She also recently became engaged toJason McDonald and plans to be married onDec. 28, 2001 in their hometown ofDouglastown, Quebec.

Amy Cole (BA ’98) married Jason Reynolds onAugust 18, 2001 in Toronto.

David Creese (BAH ’95) was appointed as teachingfellow in Latin at the University of St. Andrews,Scotland.

Carol Dunn (BJH ’92) and her husband Ron arepleased to announce the birth of their seconddaughter, Victoria Renee, on June 23, 2001.Victoria is a sister for Katelyn. Carol who livesin New Glasgow, N.S., is taking the year off aseditor of the Pictou Advocate to care for herchildren.

Julie Hasen (BA ’93) has returned to Nova Scotiaafter three years of backpacking through


AlumNotes

the 90sIn Memoriam

Best was spirited championof human rights

Dr. Carrie Best (DCL ’92) of NewGlasgow, N.S. passed away on July 24,2001 at the age of 97.

Best was the province’s first black pub-lisher and a tireless advocate for racialequality. Born Carrie Mae Prevoe onMarch 4, 1903, she grew up at a timewhen Nova Scotia blacks experiencedheavy discrimination and segregation.

The daughter of a cook and a labourer, she entered nursingschool in Chicago and explored teaching, but eventuallyreturned home to New Glasgow in 1925 and married railwayporter Albert Best. They had a son, then adopted two daugh-ters. In between raising her children, she became involved withhuman rights issues in New Glasgow and began to give poetryreadings to raise money to help to pay other black families’taxes.

Seeing local newspapers ignore the black community, sheand her son Calbert started the Nova Scotia Clarion, a newspa-per for promoting interracial understanding, in 1946. It wasthe first black newspaper in Nova Scotia and a vehicle forBest’s investigative reporting into discrimination.

Stories in the Clarion such as one detailing how a blackbaby was denied burial in a “white” cemetery won the attentionof local and provincial politicians.

Best liked specific, personal stories. For example, she some-times went into restaurants and reported how she was treatedcompared to white customers. She uncovered land scams per-petrated against black communities and an instance in which amunicipality charged poor black homes higher taxes than

wealthier business addresses in order to force the sale of thoseproperties.

Although the newspaper ceased publication in 1956, shecontinued to fight for human rights at public events and inhearings of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.

She had her own radio show for 12 years and she publishedher autobiography, That Lonesome Road, and wrote numerousbooks of poetry.

Even at 89, she involved herself in a court case over a landdispute.

As a result of her humanitarian work, she received numer-ous awards and recognitions, including being named an Officerof the Order of Canada.

Best received an honorary doctor of laws degree from bothKing’s and St. Francis Xavier University. King’s also has a$3,000 scholarship for African-Canadian students named in herhonour.

Her funeral was held July 27, 2001 at St. George’s AnglicanChurch in New Glasgow.

David Anglin (LLB ’53) of Rothesay N.B. passed away on March 14, 2001 atthe age of 69.

Pete Grayston (BSc ’60) of Smith’s Flog, Bermuda, passed away Dec. 28,2000.

The Right Rev. Leonard F. Hatfield, M.A., D.D. (BA ‘40) of Port Greville,N.S. passed away Sept. 14, 2001 at the age of 81.

Gordon MacLean (BA ’69) of New Glasgow, N.S. passed away on June 20,2001 at the age of 57.

Robert Slipp (BA ’50) passed away May 22, 2001.

Ottawa branch BBQ

Ottawa alumni gathered for a mid-summer BBQ atthe home of David (BA ’68) and Ena Gwen (formerDean of Women) Jones held June 11, 2001.


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Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia,Europe, Canada and two years living in Florida.She recently bought a house in Hatchet Lake,N.S. and is working as an insurance agent withAllstate Canada.

Carol (Steeves) Houston (BA ’94) and her husbandTim are pleased to announce the birth of theirson Zachary Ryan on May 28, 2001. He is abrother for big sister, Paget, 2. The Houston

family currently reside in Bermuda.

Kimberley (Veinot) Howard (BAH ’91) graduatedfrom Dalhousie with an MBA in May 2001. Shereceived a bursary to study french at LavalUniversity during the summer of 2001. She iscurrently working at Survival Systems.

Chantal LaRocque (BJH ’98) married Chris Richardon May 18, 2001. They are now living inBrampton, Ontario. Chantal is working as theCopywriter/Creative Coordinator for ObusForme and Chris is the Recreational Therapistfor Rehabilitation and Palliative care at theBrampton Memorial hospital.

Iona MacRitchie (BA ’92) has completed theOccupational Therapy programme at McMasterUniversity and will be practising in the Torontoarea.

Eshun Mott (BA ’95) and her husband James Dannare pleased to announce the birth of their sonMaxwell Kieran Dann, born March 26, 2001.

Merrin Sandilands (BA ’97) finished her practicumas a Grade 6/7 teacher and graduated from UBCwith a Bachelor of Education in August 2001.

Heather Smith (BA ’97) has recently accepted a per-manent social work position at the QueenElizabeth II Health Sciences Centre’s DiabetesManagement Centre. She would be happy tohear from old friends at [email protected]

Robyn Tingley (BJ ’97) is one of this year’s Canada25delegates. This group is dedicated to revitalizing

the role of our country’s political debate. Robynhas conducted interviews with CBC radio acrossthe country, CTV Television’s Canada AM as wellas local print media.

Ian Merringer (BJ ’01) is the recipient of an awardfrom the Outdoor Writer’s Association ofAmerica. The award is given to students workingtoward careers in outdoor communication. Ianhas interned at and contributed to Equinox mag-azine and Explore magazine in which he willhave a feature article this winter.

Jack Crowley (Professor) was awarded a GuggenheimFoundation Fellowship in March 2001.

The Rev. Dr. Paul Friesen (Chaplain) was namedDistinguished Alumni of the year for 2001 by theTyndale Theological Seminary in Toronto.

Sylvia Hamilton (Former Board Member ’93-99) wasrecently appointed Nancy’s Chair in Women’sStudies at Mount St. Vincent University begin-ning August 1, 2001.

Shirley Tillotson (Faculty) received a CanadianHistorical Association CLIO award for excellencefor her book, The Public at Play.

We received a number of responses to last issue’s photo — 10 in total.Almost everyone agreed #1 is Ian Mackenzie (BA ’41). But the identityof #2 is still in question. The majority of respondents (five) identifiedhim as Fred Nicholson (’57). But Bob Winters (’58) received two votes,and a maybe, as well.

Thanks to all who responded — Gail Crawford (BA ’55), Mel Deacon(’55), C. Hanson Dowell (’53), Russell Hatton (BA ’56), Harold Hazen(’56) Cal McMillan (BA ’56, BST ’67, MDiv ’75) and David Millar (BA’56). Our appreciation also goes out to David (BA ’54) and Margaret(Currie) (’55) MacDonald for pointing out that this photo wasoriginally printed without an identifying caption in the 1954Record.

Thanks as well to Lois Miller (BAH ’65) for providing a further guessto our Summer 2000 photo and to Keith W. Mason (LTh ’51) whoidentified himself as the cleric in our troublesome theatrical photofrom Winter 2001.

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Left to right: Peter Doull, Dave Martin, GeorgeWaye and Pat Brown were the low net winners ofthis year’s King’s Classic Golf Tournament heldAug. 15, 2001 at the Granite Springs GolfTournament

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