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Queen’s University’s newspaper of record since 1969 n queensu.ca/gazette n January 24, 2017
PHOTOS BY ROBIN KASEM
Student-athletes at Queen’s took part in a Mental Health Game on Friday, Jan. 13 as part of the national Bell Let’s Talk student initiative. Campus groups and community organizations were on hand to share
information about mental health resources while student-athletes sported special Bell Let’s Talk toques to help raise awareness of the issue. More on pages 2 and 3.
TALKING THE TALK
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Speaking out to help others Volume 45, Number 2, 2017
E D I TO R
Andrew Carroll
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Talking about mental illness is
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Queen’s,” says Principal Daniel • Dev Aransevia (Artsci’17), a feedback on questions, suggestions, plemented that identifies priori-
Woolf. “We know that others have fourth-year Global Development and recommendations. These will ties, suggested timelines, and
looked at these issues in the past, Studies student include the rector as well as repre- measures to evaluate the success
and so our goal is not to replicate • Yolande Chan, faculty mem- sentatives from the university’s Hu- of implementation.
their work, but to build on it with ber in the Smith School of Busi- man Rights and Equity Office and For more information visit the
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Students
raising
awareness
BY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
Queen’s Athletics and Recre-
ation and the Varsity Leadership
Council hosted a Mental Health
Game on Friday, Jan. 13 as part of
the national Bell Let’s Talk stu-
dent initiative.
Campus groups and commu-
nity organizations were on hand
to share information about mental
health resources. Student-athletes
sported special Bell Let’s Talk
toques to help raise awareness of
the issue.
The Queen’s Gaels joined ath-
letic departments across Canada
to spark a conversation to end the
stigma around mental illness
ahead of and during Bell Let’s
PHOTO BY LARS HAGBERG
Talk Day on Jan. 25.
“We recognize that mental
health is an issue that impacts
many of our student-athletes.
Some struggle with mental health
problems, while others support
their teammates during difficult
As Bell Mental Health and Anti-Stigma Chair, Heather Stuart is leading the way in the quest to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illness.
times,” says Leslie Dal Cin, Exec-
utive Director, Queen’s Athletics
and Recreation. “We are pleased
to partner with Bell Let’s Talk for
this initiative in order to encour-
age even more mental health con-
versations in sport facilities, class-
Leading the conversation
rooms, and residences on stigma. And as she heads into her
campus.” fifth year as the first-ever Bell
BY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
As part of the initiative, When it came time for Heather
“We’ve learned over the years that
Mental Health and Anti-Stigma How to help
Queen’s Athletics and Recreation Stuart to choose a career, those Chair, she acknowledges that
and the Varsity Leadership Coun- who knew her well were hardly stigma is the biggest obstacle for
it doesn’t matter if you give
cil hosted a Mental Health Game surprised that she chose psychia-
reduce stigma
people who live with a mental ill-
people more knowledge or
on Friday, Jan. 13, when the Gaels try. After all, some her fondest ness and the number one factor
women’s and men’s basketball
change their attitudes. The only
childhood memories took place at that stops them from seeking
The following are five tips, de-
teams faced the Ryerson Rams at a psychiatric hospital. treatment.
way to remove the stigma is to veloped through Dr. Stuart’s re-
the Athletics and Recreation Cen- A professor in the Queen’s De- After studying the topic for
change behaviours.” search, to help reduce the stigma
tre. Groups from the Queen’s and partment of Community Health more than 20 years, Dr. Stuart be
— Heather Stuart surrounding mental illness.
Kingston community attended and Epidemiology with cross ap- lieves that eradicating stigma is
1. Language matters – pay at-
the game, offering information on pointments in Psychology and Re- the single most pressing challenge
tention to the words you use
mental health programs and sup- habilitation Therapy, Dr. Stuart is Guelph. The family lived a block facing her field. And she believes
about mental illness.
port services available in the com- the daughter of a former senior away, and eventually moved onto that the only way to succeed is to
2. Educate yourself – learn,
munity. Queen’s student-athletes administrator at the Homewood the 50-acre campus. change people’s behaviours.
know and talk more, understand
also wore Bell Let’s Talk toques. Health Centre, a sprawling 130- It wasn’t unusual for her to “We’ve learned over the years
the signs.
Visit oneteam.bell.ca for more year-old psychiatric facility on the strike up conversations and rela- that it doesn’t matter if you give
3. Be kind – small acts of kind-
information on the campaign. banks of the Speed River in tionships with patients. people more knowledge or change
ness speak a lot.
“It was normal,” she says. “The their attitudes,” she says. “The
4. Listen and ask – sometimes
neighbourhood kids would make only way to remove the stigma is
it’s best to just listen.
friends with many of the patients. to change behaviours.”
5. Talk about it – start a dia-
We celebrated Christmas with And while changing behaviour
logue, break the silence
them. We visited each other’s on a national scale may seem like
homes.” a daunting challenge, Dr. Stuart them, including them socially, and
Honorary Degree Nominations Dr. Stuart knows that her realizes that the lessons that will treating them with kindness can
for 2018 neighbours were fortunate in the make that change possible are the go a long way.”
sense that most people who live same lessons she learned growing Dr. Stuart will join former
Honorary Degree Nominations for 2018 Information with a mental illness don’t have a up at Homewood. Olympian and Bell Let’s Talk
and Nomination form available online supportive community they can “People are afraid of things spokesperson Clara Hughes and
http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/senate/honorary-degrees
depend on. The problem, she says, they don’t know,” she says. Bell Let’s Talk Chair Mary Deacon
is the stigma associated with men- “When we think someone is dan- to discuss ways to combat stigma
or contact the University Secretariat at 613-533-6095.
tal illnesses. gerous or unpredictable, we tend on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 9:15 am in
Today Dr. Stuart is leading the to avoid them. But simple things the atrium of the Biosciences
Deadline for submission of nominations:
way in the quest to eliminate that Complex.
Friday, March 1, 2017
like listening to people, valuing
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A partnership with ‘visionary leaders’
Queen’s joins with Ethiopian university on project supported by $24M grant from The MasterCard Foundation
BY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF
Thanks to a generous 10-year,
About Community Based
USD$24.2-million grant from The Rehabilitation
MasterCard Foundation, Queen’s
University has begun a partner-
Community based rehabilita-
ship with the University of
tion (CBR) was first initiated by
Gondar to advance inclusive edu-
the World Health Organization in
cation for young people with dis-
1978 in an effort to enhance the
abilities in Ethiopia and Africa.
quality of life for people with dis-
Part of the foundation’s Schol-
abilities and their families.
ars Program, the partnership will
While initially a strategy to in-
provide 450 next-generation
crease access to rehabilitation
African leaders with a high-qual-
services in resource-constrained
ity education at the University of
settings, CBR has grown to in-
Gondar, while also providing 60
clude measures such as equaliza-
JAKE NAUGHTON FOR THE MASTERCARD FOUNDATION
of the university’s faculty mem-
tion of opportunities and social
bers with the opportunity to study
inclusion of people with disabili-
at Queen’s, where they will en-
ties in an effort to combat the cy-
hance their skills in innovative
cle of poverty and disability.
pedagogy and in leading collabo-
CBR is implemented through
rative research between African
the combined efforts of people
and North American universities.
with disabilities, their families
The University of Gondar and
and communities, and relevant
Queen’s University will also col-
government and non-govern-
laborate to develop Ethiopia’s first
ment health, education, voca-
occupational therapy program.
tional, social, and other services.
“We are de-
lighted to work
Community Based
on this tremen-
Rehabilitation at Queen’s
dous, multi-
Students enrolled in The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program study all over the world. Here, Scholars attend a
faceted project
bootcamp in New York City for those studying in North America. For more than 25 years, the
with the Uni- “We are excited to welcome the
International Centre for the Ad-
A global network of scholars
versity of University of Gondar and Queen’s
vancement of Community Based
Gondar and University to the Scholars Pro-
Rehabilitation (ICACBR), head-
The program provides educa-
“Through their collaboration,
The Master- gram,” says Peter Materu, Direc-
quartered in the School of Reha-
tion and leadership development
these exceptional institutions will
Card Founda- tor, Education and Learning and
bilitation Therapy at Queen’s Uni-
for nearly 35,000 bright, young
not only forge a new path for
tion,” says Youth Livelihoods, The Master-
versity, has worked to expand
leaders with a deep personal com-
inclusive education in Africa, but
Daniel Woolf, Card Foundation. “Through their
community based rehabilitation
mitment to changing the world
Heather Aldersey
will also bring much-needed
Queen’s Principal and Vice-Chan- collaboration, these exceptional
practices in communities around
around them.
cellor. “Without a doubt, this col- institutions will not only forge a
perspectives that will enable us to the world.
“This partnership brings about
laboration will change lives and new path for inclusive education
better understand the needs of More than 200 researchers
mutual and substantial benefits
create new pathways for educa- in Africa, but will also bring
and practitioners have been in-
to both Queen’s and the Univer-
talented young people living with
tion in Africa. It will also provide much-needed perspectives that
volved in ICACBR-affiliated proj-
sity of Gondar,” says Heather
disabilities.”
Queen’s researchers and students will enable us to better under-
ects.
Aldersey, Assistant Professor in
– Peter Materu, Director, Education
new avenues for growth, as they stand the needs of talented young
Currently, the centre manages
the School of Rehabilitation Ther-
and Learning and Youth Livelihoods,
join with University of Gondar people living with disabilities.
three major projects :
apy and the faculty project lead
The MasterCard Foundation
faculty members on research proj- This partnership represents a new
• the Access to Health & Edu-
at Queen’s University. “We are
ects and support Gondar faculty innovation in the Scholars Pro-
cation for all Disabled Children &
Gondar faculty members, who delighted to have the opportunity
through training programs and gram that demonstrates how one
Youth (AHEAD) project in
will then work with Queen’s occu- to partner with visionary leaders
the development of the first un- can leverage the capacity of one
Bangladesh
pational therapy faculty members in disability and inclusive devel-
dergraduate occupational therapy partner to establish and
• the Queen Elizabeth II Schol-
to develop a curriculum and teach opment at the University of
program in Ethiopia.” strengthen programs in priority
arships for Excellence in Interna-
in the first occupational therapy Gondar on this project. I have no
As part of the partnership, the areas of need in another institu-
tional Community Based Rehabil-
program at the University of doubt that the impact of this
University of Gondar will provide tion.”
itation, and
Gondar. work will create sustained im-
290 undergraduate and 160 mas- A leader in community-based
• a participatory project on
“The University of Gondar em- provement of opportunities for
ter’s level degrees in multidiscipli- rehabilitation and home to the In-
stigma and intellectual disability
braces this partnership with great young people with disabilities in
nary fields that will encompass ternational Centre for the Ad-
in the Democratic Republic of
enthusiasm, for it comes with an Ethiopia.”
health sciences, law, education, vancement of Community Based
the Congo.
opportunity to boost its vision of
nursing, and rehabilitation sci- Rehabilitation (ICACBR), Queen’s becoming a Centre of Excellence
ences, taking special care to re- University will provide 44 Univer- in rehabilitation and inclusive ed-
cruit young people with disabili- sity of Gondar faculty members ucation, research, and community
ties, as well as young people from
conflict-affected countries. The
University of Gondar will deliver
an annual Summer Leadership
with PhD training to develop
skills and capabilities needed to
supervise Scholars’ research and
practicums. Queen’s University
engagement,” says Desalegn
Mengesha, University of Gondar
President.
The University of Gondar and
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TATIV
ATIVE
B.A., M.Sc.
Camp for Scholars across the pro- will also support the University of Queen’s University join a global
gram, as well as a robust, Gondar as it develops and imple- network of 27 Scholars Programs
practicum-based experiential pro- ments the first undergraduate oc- committed to ensuring that all
gram focused on giving back to cupational therapy curriculum young people, no matter their
80 Queen
een Street, Kingston
community, through service and and program in Ethiopia. This starting point in life, should have 613 539 77
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leadership skill development in work will involve providing mas-
613 544.4141
an equal chance to obtain a qual-
the field of community-based re- ter’s level training in occupational ity education and pursue their as-
habilitation. therapy to 16 University of pirations.
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Catching up with Canada’s ‘deliveryman’
On the day that Justin Trudeau’s servants and political leadership monopoly control of information
cross-country tour stopped in that in addition to those functions, is not an asset and not even possi-
Kingston, the civil servant charged we want to have a better sense of ble. They must have the ability to
with helping the Prime Minister de- what outcomes we are achieving mobilize and harness diversity
liver on his commitments visited cam- for the dollars we are spending. and work in collaborative teams to
pus. Matthew Mendelsohn, an assis- The third difference is that achieve shared outcomes.
tant professor in Queen’s Department we’re more interested in public re-
of Political Studies from 1994-2000, is porting on results and putting MK: Principal Woolf struck a
now leading the results and delivery things out there more transpar- committee to examine Queen’s
unit that Prime Minister Trudeau cre- ently. Some things might be going University’s presence in the pub-
ated following the election. well; some things may not be go- lic policy arena. More broadly
Before giving a lecture at the ing well. We are putting more data speaking, what roles can and
UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
School of Policy Studies, Mr. Mendel- and evidence out there for citizens, should universities play in pub-
sohn sat down with Mark Kerr, Sen- stakeholders, the policy commu- lic policy in the 21st century?
ior Communications Officer, to dis- nity, and the media to engage with MM: That’s a really complex
cuss his role as deputy secretary to and see how things are going. question. There’s the research ele-
the cabinet (results and delivery) in ment, the faculty element, the stu-
the Privy Council Office, explain the MK: Are there things current dent element. I think there are
public service’s new approach to de- students could be doing now to pieces in all of that. I think we are
livering results, and share his views Matthew Mendelsohn, an assistant professor at Queen’s from 1994-2000, now
adjust and prepare for this new in a period where there is less mo-
on the role universities can play in leads the results and delivery unit created by Prime Minister Trudeau following
approach within the public serv- nopoly and control of information,
the arena of public policy. his election. He delivered a talk at the School of Policy Studies on Jan. 12.
ice? so creating tighter collaboration
Canadians are being realized and, more medium-term, how long MM: In the public service right and more open dialogue between
MK: Media have called you if not, how the policy can be re- they held those jobs and if they are now, we are increasingly looking researchers and public policy mak-
“Canada’s chief deliveryman.” calibrated or adjusted. still in jobs in the field that they for people with skills that I think ers is really important. Having a
How would you describe your were trained for six months later. young people are well suited to place where governments can turn
role? MK: How does this new ap- That doesn’t mean the input meas- offer that we haven’t had before. I for authoritative information and
MM: My role is about ensuring proach to defining, achieving, ures aren’t important, but govern- think we need members of the real research remains important
that government is in a good place and reporting on results differ ment and departments have his- public service to have big data an- because we exist in a world where
to deliver on the commitments in from the past? torically not spent as much time alytical skills. We have the need there are lots of incoming bits of
the ministers’ mandate letters. It’s MM: I’d say there are a couple reporting on the outcomes. for people who can visualize data information that may not be verifi-
to help ministers and departments of different things that we are try- The second difference is there and processes and have the ability able or as well tested.
overcome obstacles that may arise ing to do. is a real alignment between the to communicate that visually I think we are entering a period
in terms of delivery. First, we’re trying to include public service and ministers in through infographics and other where governments are looking to
(My role and the unit) is really more medium-term and longer- terms of their desire to focus on means. Crowd sourcing, open- outsiders and different ways of
about doing three simple things. term outcome measures in what outcomes. In many organizations source policymaking, and stake- understanding the world. Govern-
First, it ensures the objectives are we are reporting and tracking. For and government, reporting on re- holder engagement activities more ment has a whole bunch of knowl-
clear for new programs or poli- example, a job-training program sults or accountability frame- broadly are skills that govern- edge but so do researchers, stake-
cies. Second, it ensures the deliv- would not just report on the num- works were often low priority ments are just starting to recog- holders, and civil society.
ery plans are clear. Third, it en- ber of students they have served public service exercises. There is nize they need. Governments need all of that un-
sures there is an appropriate or the satisfaction rate of those stu- accountability, an audit function, People must have the ability to derstanding and knowledge to ad-
measurement strategy to see if re- dents. It would report on whether and it’s all really important. make decisions in a more horizon- dress complex public policy chal-
sults are being achieved, if the the students actually got jobs in Whereas now, I think there is a tal environment, a more open and lenges, so to me public policy
policy outcomes promised to what they were trained for and, shared agreement between public transparent environment where a needs universities more than ever.
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Developing transformational leaders in Ethiopia
Card Foundation will contribute Queen’s will complete the occupa- to enable people to participate in fident that our collective efforts
to launching these leaders. tional therapy program in the them. Globally, occupational ther- will be transformative for current
BY MARCIA FINLAYSON, VICE DEAN
First, project staff at the two School of Rehabilitation Therapy apists play an important role in and future students and faculty at
(HEALTH SCIENCES) AND
universities will develop and im- and then work with our faculty to supporting access to education, both universities, and the many
DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF
plement a training certificate in develop and launch the first occu- classroom accessibility, inclusion, people who they will work with in
REHABILITATION THERAPY
One of the strategic priorities CBR that will provide experiential pational therapy program in and human rights for people with the future. The International Cen-
of the School of Rehabilitation learning opportunities for The Ethiopia. Occupational therapists disabilities. By developing an oc- tre for the Advancement of Com-
Therapy is to make meaningful MasterCard Foundation Scholars enable people of all ages and abili- cupational therapy program at the munity Based Rehabilitation,
contributions to the work of our at the University of Gondar. CBR ties to engage in the tasks and ac- University of Gondar, our partner- based here in the School of Reha-
collaborators locally, nationally is a multi-sectoral strategy that fo- tivities that are important and ship will create a new career path bilitation Therapy and led by
and internationally. We are very cuses on enhancing quality of life meaningful to them in the context for transformational leaders in Heather Aldersey, will be the hub
pleased to announce that we have for people with disabilities and of everyday life. This work in- Ethiopia. of project activities here at
made a major step towards meet- their families; meeting basic volves building skills and abilities We are incredibly honoured Queen’s.
ing this goal through a 10 year, needs; and ensuring inclusion of individuals, families and com- and grateful for the opportunity to
USD$24.2 million partnership and participation. A major role of munities; modifying environ- partner with the University of This article was first published on
with Ethiopia’s University of CBR professionals is to work with ments to make them inclusive; Gondar and The MasterCard the Dean of Health Sciences Richard
Gondar and The MasterCard families and communities to iden- and adapting the ways in which Foundation. We have a lot of hard Reznick’s Dean On Campus blog
Foundation’s Scholars Program. tify children with disabilities and tasks and activities are performed work ahead of us and we are con- meds.queensu.ca/blog.
This announcement represents find ways to get them into school.
the culmination of 18 months of Through the CBR certificate,
collaboration grounded in our Scholars at the University of
mutual expertise in and commit- Gondar will learn about the rights
flashback.
ment to community based reha- of people with disabilities and
bilitation (CBR) and inclusive ed- practical strategies to enable peo-
ucation. ple with disabilities to access edu-
The MasterCard Foundation cational and other life opportuni-
partners with academic institu- ties. The certificate will provide
tions and NGOs to educate and participating Scholars at the Uni-
develop next generation leaders versity of Gondar with critical
who are committed to contribut- skills and experiences necessary
ing to their communities. Increas- for their development as transfor-
ing access to post-secondary edu- mational leaders.
cation for disadvantaged youth is Second, Queen’s will provide
vital to this effort. Our partnership opportunities for up to 60 Univer-
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
will focus on one segment of this sity of Gondar faculty to upgrade
target population: youth with dis- their credentials to a master’s or
abilities. Our long-term goal is to PhD, and to engage in research
bring children with disabilities out collaborations with Queen’s fac-
of homes and into schools for pri- ulty to address issues related to
mary and secondary education so inclusive education. Through
that they can be represented in these opportunities, faculty from
post-secondary education in the both universities will contribute to
future. Transformational leaders developing the next generation of
In this photo from Queen’s University Archives, an engineering student works in a Dupuis Hall lab in the 1970s.
are required to achieve this goal. leaders in Ethiopia and Africa.
Completed in 1966 and located on Division Street, Dupuis Hall is named after Nathan Fellowes Dupuis, an influential
Our partnership with the Univer- Finally, some of the University
professor of mathematics at Queen’s in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and a founder of the Faculty of
sity of Gondar and The Master- of Gondar faculty coming to
Engineering and Applied Science.
liveslived. Lives Lived is a space to share your memories of a Queen’s community member who recently died. Email your submissions to andrew.carroll@queensu.ca
Understanding the ever-changing realities of the classroom
Throughout his 43 years at phy of education and psychol- course. years with his close friend Brian
Queen’s University’s Faculty of ogy, and are closely related to his He published with former McAndrews.
Education, George ‘Skip’ Hills teaching. They included history Dean of the Faculty of Education He also had a deep and lasting
was known both as a leading aca- and philosophy of science, sci- Rosa Bruno-Jofré Changing Visions impact on those he worked with,
demic in his field and as someone ence education, nature of inquiry of Excellence in Ontario School Pol- many of whom considered him a
who truly understood the ever- in education, aims education, icy: the Cases of Living and Learn- role model while his patience,
changing realities of the class- economic globalization and new ing and For the Love of Learning, in humility and humour were al-
room. information technologies – what Educational Theory, Journal of ways much appreciated by col-
An associate professor, Dr. they mean for the future of edu- the American Philosophy of Edu- leagues and students alike.
Hills, who retired in 2014, died cation, as well as a number of is- cation Society and the John Dr. Hills is survived by Mary
Aug. 6 at Kingston general Hos- sues related to grading and eval- Dewey Society. Lou, his wife of 49 years, and his
pital surrounded by family. He uation. Beyond the classroom Dr. Hills sons Andrew, Christopher and
was 73. Most recently, Dr. Hills had fo- was highly respected by both Matthew
Dr. Hills’ scholarly and re- cused on the historical develop- practicing teachers and teacher
search interests grew out of his ment of concepts such as compe- candidates as reflected, for exam- This Lives Lived was written
fields of specialization in con- tition and excellence and their ple, in the fine ‘Science Club’ with files provided by Rosa Bruno-
temporary philosophy, philoso- changing roles in educational dis- work he carried out over many Jofré and William Higginson George ‘Skip’ Hills
queensu.ca/gazette n January 24, 2017 campusnews 7
Queen’sinthenews. Highlights of Queen’s experts in the media from Jan. 1-18
NEWSPAPERS Planning) says in the Windsor Star
that issues such as hydro rates and
ies in English Literature 1500-1900
Centre at Rice University.
Business) told globalnews.ca that
Apple should focus on developing
the basic income guarantee on CBC
Radio.
David Lyon payroll taxes are larger challenges to John Burge (Dan School of its artificial intelligence capabilities Dick Zoutman (Pathology and
(Surveillence Canada's competitiveness than Drama and Music) and Craig Walker over the next few years. Molecular Medicine) discussed pro-
Studies Centre) NAFTA. (Dan School of Drama and Music) Heather tecting yourself against the flu on
was interviewed Robert Hopkins (Psychiatry) dis- talked to the Kingston Whig-Stan- Aldersey and Newstalk 880 (Montreal). He ap-
by the Kingston cussed the increasing number of pa- dard about their new musical focus- Marcia Finlayson peared on a number of other New-
Whig Standard on tients diagnosed with dementia, as ing on the life of Mata Hari. (School of Reha- stalk programs on the same topic.
Big Data and a well as the financial impact to Bruce Pardy (Law) says the Con- bilitation Therapy) Brendon Gurd (School of Kinesi-
screening of the provincial healthcare systems in the stitution presents no legal barrier to spoke about the ology and Health Studies) spoke to
film Citizenfour. Kingston Whig-Standard. broad education reform that could significance of the CBC Radio about his new research
David Gordon (Geography and Oded Haklai save Ontario money in the Toronto newly-announced which found that there is no “one-
Planning) spoke with the Ottawa Cit- (Political Studies) Sun and Ottawa Sun. partnership with size-fits-all” approach to exercise.
izen about how the future capital of had his op-ed dis- Nigel Smith (SNOLAB) told the the University of Christo Aivalis (History) talked
Canada was formed through a land cussing where the Sudbury Star that the $28.6 million Gondar - sup- about PM Justin Trudeau’s cabinet
deal. Jewish-Israeli pop- in funding from the Major Science ported by a 10- shuffle with CTV National News Net-
Chris Kilford (Centre for Interna- ulation stands on Initiative fund will be used for staff year, $24.2 million work, CBC TV and CHML Radio
tional and Defence Policy) had his the issues raised and operations at the facility. grant from The (Hamilton).
op-ed on Turkey published in the
ONLINE
by the Security MasterCard Foun- Kathy Brock (Political Studies,
Victoria Times-Colonist. Council resolution on the establish- dation - that aims School of Policy Studies) told CKNW-
Christian Leuprecht’s (Political ment of Israeli settlements pub- to improve occu- Vancouver and globalnews.ca that
Studies) report on the mission capa- lished by the Washington Post. John Muscedere (School of Med- pational therapy services and educa- the imminent inauguration of Don-
bilities and utility of the Canadian Louis Delvoie (Centre for Inter- icine) had his op-ed on end of life tion in Ethiopia, on Station 14 and in ald Trump probably led PM Justin
special forces was profiled in the Ot- national and Defence Policy) pub- care published on cbc.ca. the Kingston Whig-Standard. Trudeau to re-evaluate who was rep-
tawa Citizen.
TELEVISION
lished two editorial pieces in the Kenneth Wong (Smith School of resenting Canada abroad.
Udo Schuklenk (Philosophy) ex- Kingston Whig-Standard: One exam- Business) discussed with Strategy John Holmes (Geography and
amined whether scientists can - and ining the legacy of Fidel Castro, and how Birks, West Elm and Equinox Fit- Planning) was on CBC Radio syndica-
should - develop medications that the other providing a “2016 year in ness are adding hospitality to their John Smol (Biology) appeared tion discussing a threat by presi-
can modify a patient's moral facul- review” for international relations. brand mix. on CKWS Television talking about dent-elect Trump to slap auto mak-
ties, in the National Post. Dallas Seitz (Psychiatry) dis- Tandy Thomas Arctic ice melt. ers with a 35 per cent tax on vehicles
Kenneth Wong (Smith School of cussed the challenges in providing (Business) dis- Christian Leuprecht (Political imported to the US for sale.
Business) said that the LCBO's in-
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appropriate care for individuals liv- cussed how con- Studies) appeared on CBC’s The Na-
crease in international products fol- ing with dementia in the Kingston sumer behaviour tional talking about the Fort Laud-
lows the increase in ethnic offerings Whig-Standard. changes during erdale airport shooting; discussed
in the food and restaurant industries, Michael Wiebe (English Lan- the holidays, on the conspiracy around Russia’s in- Chris Simpson (Cardiology) looks
in the Toronto Star. guage and Literature) and Michel BNN. volvement with the US election and at why we ignore signs of illness and
Simon Hesp’s (Chemistry) expla- Pharand discussed with the foreign intelligence reports with delay treatment, in Chatelaine.
nation for why road repairs are no Kingston Whig-Standard the signifi- John Holmes (Geography and CBC-TV. Brendon Gurd (School of Kinesi-
longer lasting as long as they used
RADIO
cance and impact of Disraeli's term Planning) discusses how the auto in- ology and Health Studies) spoke to
to was included in a year-end round- as Prime Minister of the UK and dis- dustry will fare during Donald Healthy Magazine and the Sarasota
up of the top nine 2016 motoring cussed the significance of the Dis- Trump’s presidency in an op-ed pub- Herald Tribune about his latest re-
stories from The Globe and Mail. raeli Project receiving the Robert lished by opencanada.org. Elaine Power (School of Kinesiol- search on exercise non-response.
John Holmes (Geography and Lowry Patten Award from the Stud- Neil Bearse (Smith School of ogy and Health Studies) discussed
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Preserving culture in art: North Baffin drawings
the public and, most importantly, to
the communities they came from.
BY MELINDA KNOX,
Dr. Vorano is curating a travel-
UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
“Draw me something. Any- ling exhibition of the collection, a
thing,” said Terry Ryan to the joint venture by the Agnes and the
Inuit he encountered. Canadian Museum of History,
The tides were changing in the which acquired the drawings in
North. The 1950s and 1960s saw in- 2014. Debuting at the Agnes in
fluences from the South, including January, the exhibition will not be
social programming, waves of civil static; rather, by working with var-
servants, and residential schools, ious institutional partners in
significantly transform traditional Nunavut, it will feature audio and
camp life – a way of life known to video interpretations of the draw-
the Inuit since the 19th century. ings by the artists and members of
Recognizing the impending im- the communities where they origi-
SUPPLIED PHOTO
pact on these peoples and their nated, collected by Dr. Vorano as
culture, Terry Ryan, the arts ad- he retraced Ryan’s 1964 journey to
viser for the West Baffin Eskimo Canada’s last frontier.
Co-operative in Cape Dorset, set In the second phase of the proj-
out by dogsled to the relatively ect, Dr. Vorano hopes to find the
Norman Vorano, Queen’s National Scholar in Indigenous visual and material cultures of the Americas and Curator of
“untouched” communities of financial support to develop a re-
Indigenous Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, conducted research in Clyde River, Nunavut.
North Baffin Island. Armed with his return to Cape Dorset, Ryan mid-20th century ethnologists did environment. This income led to ciprocal research network that
stacks of paper, pencils and a catalogued the collection and it not see it as an authentic cultural the creation of Inuit-owned busi- would see the digitized collection
$4,000 grant to fund his journey, he was placed in storage where, expression,” Dr. Vorano says. “And ness co-operatives, which eventu- available in its entirety to anyone
wanted these individuals to record other than a brief interlude in yet, despite its popularity among ally broke the monopoly of the who wants to see it, particularly
their fleeting way of life, their feel- 1986, it has remained. collectors, many power brokers in Hudson’s Bay Company and ex- Inuit in Nunavut.
ings and their cherished traditions. the established art world viewed panded into many other sectors. “This collection was made for
Art as a Transformative Force
Ryan did not want to influence Inuit art as too acculturated, ‘inau- Art-making also allowed Inuit an Inuit audience,” he says. “The
what was drawn, so he gave little For Norman Vorano, Queen’s thentic’ tourist art.” to record the kinds of cultural compulsion to record and share is
to no instruction. About a month National Scholar and Curator of Fortunately, this worldview practices people remembered so evident in the drawings. Many
after distributing supplies, Ryan Indigenous Art at the Agnes has since shifted dramatically, as from stories or from childhood. even wrote ‘our world is changing
returned to each camp and pur- Etherington Art Centre, these both the aesthetic and cultural “Art-making became a way to and I want to record this so that
chased all that had been pro- archived drawings presented a value of Inuit art is acknowl- explore, experience and express we don’t forget who we are and
duced. In total, he collected 1,840 great opportunity. A leading fig- edged. Today, there is also a wide- ideas of what Inuit culture meant where we came from.’ People in
drawings created by 159 Inuit liv- ure in the study of Inuit art, Dr. spread recognition of how art was and could mean in a time of great these communities should have
ing in and around Clyde River, Vorano explores the ways in transformative in the Arctic. For transition and upheaval,” he says. access to these drawings to better
Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet and Igloo- which art was instrumental to the example, in the 1950s, the dissolu- understand their history through
Out of the Archives
lik. The drawings, many of which evolving political and cultural tion of the white fox pelt trade, the documentary evidence – art –
included writing (Inuktitut), pro- landscape in the Arctic, and to the coupled with inadequate social Over 50 years after Terry Ryan created by their ancestors. It’s im-
vide a cultural repository of Arctic empowerment of Indigenous services, left some Inuit popula- solicited drawings that document portant that this cultural knowl-
life in 1964 – from stories passed players in the North. tions destitute. The carving indus- the beginnings of profound change edge is preserved indefinitely and
down through generations, big “Historically, Inuit art had a try, which later diversified into in the Arctic, Dr. Vorano is dusting shared.”
moments in individual lives, to thorny place within anthropology other mediums, allowed people to off the North Baffin collection. His This article was first published in
quotidian details of the day. Upon and art history because a lot of have an income and flexible work aim is to make them available to edition 10 of eAffect.
Sharing creative labour at the Agnes
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The Agnes Etherington Art works on paper from the collection spirit of research, searching in-
Centre celebrated the Winter Sea- of the Canadian Museum of His- scriptions, playful assemblage and
son launch on Thursday, Jan. 19 tory, and enriched by interviews imagined collectivities, including Join our readers lisst!
with five new exhibitions. Dr. Vorano conducted last summer pieces by Napoleon Brousseau,
“It’s always exciting to share in Nunavut. The exhibition show Lyne Lapointe and Martha Flem-
the fruit of the curatorial team’s will travel to the Canadian Mu- ing, Gustav Klimt, Nobuo Kubota, Subscribe to our newsletter via email:l:
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the Agnes. “This winter’s suite of ing its run in Kingston. Visser and Tim Whiten.
beautiful new exhibitions is espe- In Curator of Contemporary Pursuing answers in another
cially rich, building as it does on Art Sunny Kerr’s inventive The direction, The Unvarnished Truth
our work with many collaborators hold, artistic themes of hospitality and Key Works Unlocked exhibi-
and contributors. The program and collective awareness are ex- tions delve under the surface of
showcases fascinating cultural and tended, stretching the definition historical paintings to discover
technical research, and, at the of what a gallery space can be. new evidence and inform fresh ac-
same time offers unexpected forms Amid a selection of works from counts of their histories.
of display that invite the visitor to the collection, the contemporary Two of a Kind showcases the fas-
become part of the show.” galleries will be outfitted with cinating 18th-century European
Picturing Arctic Modernity: study spaces for public use. In tradition of pairing prints. This ex-
North Baffin Drawings from 1964 is turn, the art has been chosen to hibition was initiated by, and hon-
Curator of Indigenous Art Nor- sympathize with such places for ours, a great scholar and long-
man Vorano’s first major research thinking, which are ripe for infor- standing friend of the Agnes, the
project since joining the Agnes. mal encounters and escape plans. late W. McAllister (Mac) Johnson.
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PHOTO BY TIM FORT
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The Dan School of Drama and Music's John Burge, left, and Craig Walker,
right, collaborated to create 'One Last Night With Mata Hari,' with Gregory
Oh and Patricia O'Callaghan in the roles of Mata Hari and Dr. Bazinet. The
show opened a the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts on
Thursday, Jan. 12 and completed its premiere run on Sunday, Jan. 22.
Christopher Markwell, chairman of the Baird of Bute Society’s board of trustees, presents the Baird of Bute Innovation
Award to Principal Daniel Woolf, which was awarded to his predecessor William Leitch, the fifth principal of Queen’s.
Hometown honour recognizes
work by Principal Leitch
ogy, botany, astronomy, mathe-
matics, all the natural philoso-
BY ANDREW CARROLL,
phies of the time. He was enlight-
GAZETTE EDITOR “It is a privilege for Queen’s to
In 2015 it was discovered that ened. He stood up for women’s
receive Principal Leitch’s award
William Leitch, the fifth principal rights, equal rights. He was anti-
into its archives, where it will
of Queen’s University (from 1859 slavery. He was extraordinary.”
enable the community to learn
till his death in office in 1864), was Principal Woolf, the 20th prin-
more about his contributions to
the first person to apply scientific the foundations of our university,
cipal of Queen’s, said the univer-
principles to accurately describe to science, and to education in sity was proud to accept the
the rocket as the best device for award.
space travel.
general.”
“It is a privilege for Queen’s to
Understandably, it was a signif- receive Principal Leitch’s award
— Principal Daniel Woolf
icant finding not only for the uni- into its archives, where it will en-
versity but for Leitch’s hometown, grams, to help “inspire children to able the community to learn more
the Isle of Bute. aspire,” Mr. Markwell explains. about his contributions to the
On Wednesday, Jan. 11, Princi- Through his research, Mr. God- foundations of our university, to
pal Daniel Woolf accepted the win discovered that Principal science, and to education in gen-
Baird of Bute Innovation Award Leitch was the first person to cor- eral,” he says “Although he has
on behalf of his predecessor for rectly apply modern scientific no surviving family members
“his ground-breaking contribution principles to spaceflight in his 1861 that can be traced, Principal
to space science.” essay A Journey Through Space. A Leitch is still held in high esteem
Christopher Markwell, chair- year later Leitch included the es- by his Queen’s family, who re-
man of the Baird of Bute Society’s say in his book God’s Glory in the main proud of their former
board of trustees, traveled to Heavens. leader.”
Queen’s along with Robert God- Principal Leitch was ahead of For more information on Prin-
win, the space historian and au- his time – more than 30 years cipal Leitch or to purchase Mr.
thor who made the discovery, to ahead, Mr. Godwin explains. Godwin’s book William Leitch Pres-
present the award, named after While there was some initial byterian Scientist and the Concept of
Andrew Blain Baird, an Isle of doubt, Mr. Godwin has confirmed Rocket Spaceflight 1854-64 visit the
Bute blacksmith who achieved the the finding with leading experts in website of CGS Publishing (cg-
“first all-Scottish heavier-than-air the field. publishing.com/prime/book-
powered flight” in 1910. “A year later we know now pages/9781926837369.html).
The innovation and an aviation (Leitch) wasn’t guessing,” Mr. For more on the Baird of Bute
awards are presented each year, as Godwin says. “He was a very Society visit
well as scholarships and pro- bright person, a polymath – geol- bairdofbutesociety.webs.com.
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