Mr.

Fall ‘09 Magazine for Mount Allison’s Alumni and Friends No. 92

Hollywood
Anders Bard brings hit
comedies to audiences
around the world

Plus
Marking the Year
of International
Engagement
Historical humour
finds cross-border
success
A new
approach
to education
in Sri Lanka
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Contents Events and Gatherings
Campus Beat
4
6
JUMP Update 11
Spotlight on Students 12
We love you, Man 14
Allisonians in Cuba 17
Finding humour in history 18
LEAPing into action 20
Exceeding expectations in the 22
global marketplace 22
Learning from others to help ourselves 24
Advocate for action 25 Cover Story
Creating a legacy 26 14 — We Love You, Man
Returning to her roots 27 Like so many Canadians wanting to break
All in the family 28 into the movie-making business, Anders
Bleacher Feature 29 Bard (’91) moved to LA. The years of hard
In Memoriam 31 work have paid off; he is making his mark
Class Notes 32 in Hollywood and making audiences
Mount Allison goes global 36 around the world laugh.

18 — Finding humour in history

Kate Beaton (’05) is a webcomic, whose
cartoons are winning rave reviews with
American readers

20 — LEAPing into action

14 18
Margaret Leighton (’07) brings hands-on
learning to schoolchildren in Sri Lanka

22 — Exceeding expectations in the

global marketplace
Steven Smith (’93) delivers energy-effi-
cient trucks and vans from Japan to the
20 22 North American market
 Editor’s Note
Mount Allison Record Fall 2009 No. 92 — New Series
The Record is published three times annually.

Editor: Anthony (Tony) Frost The

adventure
Assistant Editor: Laura Dillman Ripley
Art Director: Shane McDonald, Tin Design

Contributing Writers:
Tracy Bell
Peter Cudmore (’06)
Laura Dillman Ripley
Mona Estabrooks (’79)
starts now
ife is strange. It can sneak up on you and take you by surprise. It can take you
Tony Frost
Nick Grant (’13)
Sue Seaborn
L to places you never envisioned. It can drop you into, or set you up for, the
adventure of a lifetime.
Carolle de Ste-Croix (’90)
Susan Rogers (’12)
Zoe Williams (’09) Like now.
Dr. Judith Weiss (retired faculty)
There I was several months ago, minding my own business while sitting in
Photography: Ontario with a nice job and a new house in the ‘burbs, furiously writing a thesis
Laura Dillman Ripley on consumer culture, branding, and the connection to contemporary
Sue Seaborn
Evan Rensch (’06) universities when suddenly, the phone rang; It was Mount Allison University
Munir Squires (’05) calling about a job opening. “What did I think of it? Was I interested?”

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Does a chicken have lips? Yes, I was interested!
After all, it is not everyday that the best undergraduate university in Canada calls
with an opportunity. In the blink of an eye, I agreed to come. Okay, I admit, it took
a bit longer — I did have to pitch the idea to my wife and kids — but it was not
long before we packed up our gear and headed east, to begin OUR new adventure.
And what a voyage it has been so far. From changing tides to changing cultures,
towering rocks to soaring ambitions, singing whales to dazzling artists, Mount
Allison and its breathtaking setting have been nothing short of inspiring.
Of course, I am not the first person to feel this way.
For 170 years now, students from across Canada and around the world have
been drawn to Mount Allison’s historic campus in a quest to begin their own
adventures, and the places that they have gone on to are fascinating. Indeed,
the legends, yarns, and myths that have come to define this incredible institution
and its community are remarkable.

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have shaped our world.
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 Mount Allison Alumni
Board of Directors
Alumni Director President:
Andrew Clark ’98
andrew.clark@merit.ca
416-465-7078

You can still find Vice-President & Secretary:

Anne-Katherine Dionne ’88
akdionne@hotmail.com
pieces of yourself 416-962-0100
Past President:

at Mount Allison Barbie Smith ’75

mbsg@nb.sympatico.ca
506-529-4734
Honorary President:
By Carolle de Ste-Croix (’90), Director of Alumni Relations Louise (Oates) Cooke ’70
louisecooke@cogeco.ca
It was Labour Day and I was absorbed in watching our new students sling mud at
Directors:
each other in the Thornton House parking lot (an organized event) when I heard it Sean M. Connors ’81
— a familiar chant, being sung by the Satellite House residents. It was familiar to sean.connors@rogers.com
me because I helped write it 22 years ago. 506-384-5570
Layton Fisher ’57
Greg Radford (’89) and I were co-presidents of the Satellite Houses at the time and layton.fisher@gmail.com
a bunch of us got together at 121 York and wrote that chant. It is heartwarming to 506-939-2935
Harriet Leggett ’61
know that something we did 22 years ago is still bringing joy and pride to a new
leggett@nbnet.nb.ca
crop of frosh. 506-466-3786
Amy MacAdam ’02
It got me thinking that, although many of us have been away for many years, we amy_macadam@hotmail.com
can still find pieces of ourselves at Mount Allison. As alumni we often reflect about 902-492-1259
how Mount A has impacted our lives, but how often do we think about how we Paul Pergau ’67
have impacted the University? paul_pergau@hotmail.com
519-434-2490
Margaret (Doane) Poole ’87
From crazy house cheers to an honours thesis that can still be found in the library, poolecom@ns.sympatico.ca
our time at Mount Allison has changed this place. Maybe you took part in various 902-443-1410
student protests through the years that influenced decision makers. Maybe your Jill (Hemeon) Rafuse ’73
year on a house executive allowed new frosh to develop a deep and abiding bond rafuse@ns.sympatico.ca
with the University. Maybe a discussion you had with someone changed their 902-492-4523
world view and then they went on to change the world. David Rose ’90
rosed@navcanada.ca
613-231-4446
To those of you who continue to impact the University, my sincerest thanks. Charles Scott ’83
The students who benefit from your time, talent, and treasure will also leave a scottc@accesswave.ca
piece of themselves when they graduate — further enriching the Mount Allison 902-832-4477
experience for future generations. Colin Tippett ’97
colintippett@hotmail.com
506-755-0679
Christina Vroom ’96
Looking for outstanding alumni for alumni awards crashyvroom@yahoo.ca
514-933-2935
All graduates and members of the Mount Allison professional service in a wide range of arenas such as Danny Williamson ’03
community are invited to nominate candidates for civic, religious, community, etc. williamson.d@gmail.com
the following awards: 519-208-1145
Eligible nominees for these awards include alumni, Executive Director:
Charles Frederick Allison Award friends, faculty, and staff. Carolle de Ste-Croix ’90
This award recognizes outstanding contribution to Tel: 506-364-2348 Fax: 506-364-2262
Mount Allison by an alumnus or an alumnae. To nominate an individual or to request additional cdestecroix@mta.ca
information, please contact: http://alumni.mta.ca
Contemporary Community Award
This award recognizes outstanding achievement by an Carolle de Ste-Croix, Director of Alumni Relations, Nominations Call — Nominations are open for the
Alumni Board. The Board works to promote and motivate
alumnus/alumnae to their community of interest within Mount Allison University Alumni Office the participation of alumni and friends of Mount Allison
10 years of graduation from Mount Allison. 65 York Street, Sackville, NB, E4L 1E4 with the University, through effective communication,
events, and special initiatives.
Phone: (506) 364-2348 E-mail: cdestecroix@mta.ca
Lifetime Community Award Address nominations to:
This award recognizes outstanding achievement within, Nominations close Dec. 01, 2009. The 2010 Awards will Carolle de Ste-Croix, Alumni Office
or contribution to, a community outside of the Mount be presented during Reunion Weekend on Saturday, 65 York St., Sackville, NB E4L 1E4
Allison community. This could include volunteering or May 15, 2010 at the Alumni Banquet. or alumni@mta.ca

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 Play Up!
Events Gatherings &
For more photos from the events listed below, please visit the Chapter pages on Alumni Online: http://alumni.mta.ca

Restigouche Alumni Reception Vancouver and Area Alumni Reception

Dr. Vincent Reinsborough, Prof. Emeritus of Chemistry, pro- The Vancouver Aquarium provided a beautiful venue for
vided a wonderful talk to his hometown friends, family, and alumni and friends to gather for their alumni reception.
alumni entitled, “The Nort’ Shore Kid meets the Tasmanian
Devil en route to Mount A.” The event was held at the L.E.
Reinsborough School in Dalhousie, NB.

From left to right are Ynolde (Mulraine) Adams (’66), Gloria

(Lebon) Laub (’65), Deborah Morrow, Sally Grant, Phyllis
(Shatford) Atkinson (’41)
From left to right are Anne Reinsborough, Dr. Vincent
Reinsborough, Carolle de Ste-Croix (’90) and Ken
Reinsborough. This photo was taken in front of a photo of Newfoundland Alumni Get-Together
Dr. Reinsborough’s father — L.E. Reinsborough — for whom
the school was named.

Fifth Annual Calgary and Area

Alumni Surf ‘n’ Turf Event

Alumni and friends enjoyed a get-together at Bitters

Lobster and steak were the order of the day and very much
enjoyed by all who attended! Neill Stevens (’67) presents a
hooked rug that was made by his mother to Gloria Jollymore (’77),
Vice-President, University Advancement.
Victoria and Area Alumni Get-Together
Restaurant & Pub in St. John’s. Clockwise from back left:
Cathy Driedzic, Erin Gregory, Dennis Rice (’01), Edna Swain,
Jason Robinson (’06), Ashley Robar (’08), Kathleen Parewick
(’83), Kyle Matheson (’08), Kimberley Keats (’02), Hector Swain
(’56), Keir McIssac (’03), and Bill Driedzic (former faculty)
Alumni Reunion at Amherst Shore

Front row (l-r): Carol (Vaux) Osborn (’79), Kathie Wheadon-

Hore (’80), Patty (Murray) Hughes (’80). Back row (l-r):
Many thanks to Matt Phillips (’96), “The Patriarch of Phillips Nancy Hunter (’02), Jack Brown (’62), Lennie (Dixon) Vaux (’54),
Beer” for welcoming our alumni to his brewery for a get- Clare Christie (’69), Marigordon (Starratt) Kuehm (’62), Fred
together and tour. A great day at Phillips Brewing Company! Jesty (’65), Marilyn (Hale) Jesty (’63), (Lee) Mac Brown (’60)

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Third Annual
Atlantic University
Alumni Pub Night
BookBlurbs
The Banana Story of Agony
— by Lesley Johnson (’94)
Published by Conundrum Press of
Montréal and Greenwich, NS, this
collection brings together four visual
stories, which are quite out of the
ordinary. They are like fairy tales
which, in their innocence, delight and
Another successful event held at disturb and finally leave us feeling
Hooley’s in Ottawa! Jane Wisner, left, enlightened, although perhaps with-
and Dana McBain (’04) (Photo credit: out our knowing why. At the end of
Jeffrey Meyer Photography) the book a note informs us that, “The
font for this book was handwritten by
Southern Ontario the author using two hands simulta-
Send-off Event neously. One forward and one backward...[as were] some of the later drawings.” Surely
this capability suggests a way of perceiving and understanding that is well worth our
acquaintance. For more information or to purchase a copy visit lesleyjohnson-
books.com (John Murchie, Co-ordinator, Struts Gallery)

Turning Left to the Ladies

— by Kate Braid (’67)
In 1977 Kate Braid got her first job in construction as
a labourer on a small island off the coast of BC.
New students and their parents from Never in her wildest dreams did she plan to be a con-
Southern Ontario were treated to a struction worker, much less a carpenter, but she was
barbecue at the home of Mary-Jane
desperate to stay on the island and had run out of
MacDonald-Toles (’88) and her husband
money, along with all the options a woman usually
David Toles as an official send-off to
Mount Allison. Current students, alumni has for work — secretary, waitress, receptionist.
board members, and staff were also on Turning Left to the Ladies is an autobiographical
hand to answer questions. From left to account of the 15 years she worked as a labourer,
right Chris Zaina, Sabina Snow, and apprentice, and journey carpenter, building houses,
Katrina Xavier got the chance to chat before high rises, and bridges. Turning Left to the Ladies is a
beginning their studies at Mount A wry, sometimes humourous, sometimes meditative
look at one woman’s relationship to her craft, and
New York the people she met along the way. (Palimpsest Press)
Alumni Reception
Many thanks to Roberta Goss (’85) for
hosting this event, which provided an
Aramark
opportunity for alumni to meet our
HIGHER EDUCATION
President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. PROUDLY SERVING THE
Robert Campbell. MOUNT ALLISON COMMUNITY.
VISIT ARAMARK AT THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
IN JENNINGS HALL
Please visit the Chapter THE LIBRARY’S FLYING BEAN CAFÉ
pages on Alumni Online GRACIE’S CAFÉ
(http://alumni.mta.ca) (Monday-Thursday 8:30 am- 8:30 pm)
for information about (Friday 8:30 am- 3:30 pm)
(Saturday 4:30 pm- 8:30 pm)
upcoming events.
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CAMPUS BEAT
For more campus stories visit our revamped home page — www.mta.ca
Welcoming the Class of 2013
Members of the Sackville Rotary Club serve up ears of corn on Mount
Allison Students Day.
This year Mount Allison welcomed the enthusiastic, and
exceptionally large, Class of 2013. Coupled with traditional
Orientation activities were a number of special events held
in collaboration with the Town of Sackville, including the
2009-10 Year of International
Engagement and Global Citizenship at Mount Allison
Shinerama sets new record at Mount Allison!
Students raise nearly $35,000 for CF Research
There were lots of shiny happy people on campus during
this year’s Shinerama campaign at Mount Allison. The
student-led fund raiser, in support of the Canadian Cystic
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Students practice their dance moves during the A-lympics as part of
Orientation 2009.
declaration of September 5 being Mount Allison Students
Day, with an extended Farmer’s Market, a corn boil, and
cake to welcome students.
Stephen Lewis (LLD’88), former UN Special Envoy on
HIV/AIDS in Africa, returned to campus to deliver the 2009
Wilford B. Jonah Lecture and the first lecture in the
President’s Speakers Series on International Engagement on
September 28. Stephen’s talk, entitled “Knowing Our Place in
the World: How to become more critically engaged at home
and abroad” was one of the first events to mark the Year of
International Engagement at Mount Allison, a year-long
endeavour to challenge the University and surrounding com-
munity to more critically consider their place in the world.
Stephen Lewis chats with and signs books for Mount Allison students
Sasha VanKatwyk (’11) and Susan Rogers (’12) after delivering the
2009 Wilford B. Jonah Lecture to a full house at Convocation Hall.
Fibrosis Foundation, held its annual Shine Day on
September 12. Participants shattered their overall goal of
$20,000, raising over $21,000 on Shine Day alone, and

bringing their 2009 campaign total to a record-breaking
$35,000! In addition to Shine Day, which saw students out
in full force shining shoes, washing cars, painting faces, and
Home Improvements on campus
There were a few more hard hats and construction crews on
campus this summer. The federal and provincial governments
announced $4.3 million in new funding for green renovation
projects in the Barclay Chemistry and Biochemistry Building
through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program. And many
local businesses are benefitting from the work as well — as
suppliers and contractors for these and other campus projects.
Projects in the Barclay Building saw the replacement of the
laboratory exhaust system, giving the opportunity to
redesign lab spaces and create more interactive and user-
friendly learning environments. The project includes the
replacement of 51 fume hoods, which are essential to the
research endeavours of faculty and students. The new design
will also allow users to turn off fume hoods when not in use,
thus greatly reducing the University’s energy consumption
and improving air quality. In addition to this, Mount Allison
will use the federal and provincial funding to complete
updates to ensure the continued structural integrity of the
Barclay Building, including upgrades to improve water infil-
tration and make the building more accessible.
New faces
Mount Allison welcomed a number of new staff members
to campus this summer. Pierre Arsenault joins the
Athletics Department as director of athletics and recre-
ation. Read more about Pierre in Bleacher Feature (page
30). Tim Hynes is the director of the newly established
Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies. Dr. Hynes is an
award-winning researcher in corporate finance and strate-
gic management and previously taught at St. Francis Xavier
University, where he was chair of the department of busi-
ness administration.
lending a helpful hand in local communities, the Mount
Allison Shinerama committee also organized a concert at
Cranewood, the sale of ‘Shine On’ aromatherapy pendants,
pancake breakfasts, pub nights, and the Swim Silver Lake
event, which saw members of the Mount Allison varsity
swim team swim across Sackville’s Silver Lake. The Mount
A Shinerama committee wishes to send out a big thank you
to all those who supported the 2009 campaign.
Shinerama committee members Samantha Chaulk (’10), Patrick
Forestell (’11), Mike Currie (’09), Pat Barry (’09), Mayme
Lefurgey (’10) (committee chair), Mount Allison President
Dr. Robert Campbell, Nikita Moriarity (’11), Rebecca Dixon
(’12), and Susan Rogers (’12) prepare for Shine Day 2009.
From left to right are: Bill Quinn, Coastal Restoration and
Masonry Ltd., Rob MacCormack, Mount Allison director of facili-
ties management, Robert Campbell, Mount Allison President and
Vice-Chancellor, Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State
(Science and Technology), Ron Gallant, Coastal Restoration and
Masonry Ltd., and Mark Payne, project co-ordinator, Mount
Allison facilities management on the roof of the Barclay Chemistry
and Biochemistry Building.
Tony Frost has joined the University Advancement team
as director of marketing and communications. Tony brings
a wealth of experience in the post-secondary environment
to the role, most recently as an associate director of public
affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. Carolle de
Ste-Croix (’90) is continuing in the role as director of
alumni on a permanent basis. Carolle is a proud graduate
of Mount Allison and has been working to engage alumni
around the world. (Continued on next page)
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Student Affairs also welcomed two new appointments.
Gayle Churchill is director of student life. Gayle has
worked as manager of student life at Mount A since 2008.
Prior to this, she worked in student life-related positions at
two other NB universities. Matt Sheridan-Jonah (’00)
has been appointed to the new position of associate regis-
trar, recruitment and admissions. Matt is a graduate of
Mount Allison and has worked in the admissions office
since 2000.

Research funding rolls in

Mount Allison’s research labs and offices buzzed with
activity this summer with many faculty and student
researchers receiving significant funding to pursue their
endeavours.

Physics professor Dr. David Hornidge is leading a project

focusing on experimental subatomic physics, otherwise
known as nuclear physics. Working with researchers in
Halifax and Regina, David’s team, which includes several
Mount Allison students, is carrying out experiments with the
Mainz Microtron “MAMI,” an electron accelerator at Mainz
University in Germany. The group was recently awarded a
$420,000 Project Grant from the Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to assist
with their endeavours.

Mount Allison physics professor Dr. David Hornidge, back

centre, with students at the MAMI in Germany.

Summer fun on campus

Summer was anything but quiet on campus. Mount
Allison hosted a myriad of engaging camps and programs
for middle school and high school students again this year.
The popular Go Global camps in International Relations,
Science, and Music for Grade 11 and 12 students returned
this summer. The University also assisted with programs
for younger children including SHOCK (Science Hands-
On for Curious Kids), run in collaboration with the
Town of Sackville’s SummerQuest program. Visit
www.mta.ca/summer for the 2010 line-up of programs.

Biochemistry professor Dr. Amanda Cockshutt assists some

SHOCK campers with one of many science experiments con-
ducted on campus.

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 Commerce professor Dr. Gina Grandy is making church
her business this year. She was recently awarded a three-
year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (SSHRC) grant for $77,702, to pursue the question,
“How is it that churches create value for their constituents
and how might it give them an advantage over other
churches in terms of survival?” Gina’s three-part study
began in August with in-depth case studies of three church-
es in Atlantic Canada. From this she hopes to put together
a theory of how churches create value for their members.
Gina will then go on to speak with focus groups of church
leaders from various churches across the region, and refine
her theory, before finally administering a cross country sur-
vey to test the theory. Commerce professor Dr. Gina Grandy,
right, shown with student research assistant Amanda Burns
Biologist Dr. Irena Kaczmarska also received $40,000 in NSERC (’11), has recently been awarded a three-year SSHRC grant.
funding this year for her work on diatoms — microscopic
plant-like organisms that pack a big punch. Diatoms are
responsible for one quarter of the food on the planet and one
quarter of the oxygen in the atmosphere. One aspect Irena
and her team are looking at is the harmful variety of
diatoms. In the past people have become ill and even died
from eating mussels that have become toxic due to harmful
diatoms. It’s unknown how diatoms produce toxins, but
Irena and her students are investigating the DNA of different
diatoms, to see if there are genetic differences between
ordinary and harmful ones. Biology professor Dr. Irena
Kaczmarska’s research team (left to right): Mike MacGillivary
(’08), Laura Mather (’09), Irena Kaczmarska (standing), Célia
Villac, and Georgia Klein.

Faculty Gala
The music department came back to
school in style with the second annual
Faculty Gala. This black tie event, which
serves as a fund raiser for student schol-
arships, saw some of Mount Allison’s
most talented faculty members perform
on stage. Members of the Mount Allison
music faculty pose for a group photo fol-
lowing another successful gala evening.

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with your Mount A friends by
registering on Alumni Online
alumni.mta.ca
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Paul Paré Excellence Awards

The Paul Paré Excellence Awards recipients were recognized at
the University Assembly this fall. The Awards acknowledge
outstanding faculty research, scholarship, and creative per-
formance, while maintaining excellence in teaching and serv-
ice. This year’s recipients, shown left to right with Mount
Allison President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell,
end left, and Mount Allison Provost and Vice-President,
Academic and Research Dr. Stephen McClatchie, end right,
are: Dr. Brad Walters (geography and environment), Dr. Suzie
Currie (biology), Dr. Diana Hamilton (biology), and Dr. Zoe
Finkel (environmental science). Missing from the photo is
Dr. Monika Boehringer (modern languages and literatures).

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 Jump Update
Colville House: a legacy restored
The building that famed Canadian painter
Alex Colville (’42) and his family called home
for more than two decades has a new lease on
life thanks to the generosity of David (’84)
and Betty-Jo Booth.

David and Betty-Jo made a leadership dona-

tion to Mount Allison’s JUMP Campaign,
which, together with funds from the Province
of New Brunswick’s Built Heritage Program,
was used to restore historic Colville House. In
September more than 70 alumni, faculty,
staff, and supporters of the arts gathered to
celebrate its re-opening as an education cen-
tre — one that is helping to inspire an entire
community on the life and work of an artist
whose images have marked our national con-
sciousness since the Second World War.
After graduating from Mount Allison Alex
Colville came to prominence as an artist
when he was chosen to serve as a member of
the Canadian War Art Program. Following
the war Colville returned to his alma mater to
take up a teaching position in the Fine Arts
Department. He lived in Colville house from
1949 to 1973 and it was during that time that
he produced some of his most important
works, including Nude and Dummy (1950),
Horse and Train (1954), and The History of
Left to right: Mount Allison alumni and friends Eleanor Booth, Tom Forrestall (’58),
David Booth (’84), and Colville’s children John and Ann (Kitz) officially open Colville
House on September 17, honouring Alex Colville’s work as both an artist and a teacher at
Mount Allison University.
Mount Allison (1948), which is proudly dis- most active cultural and artistic centres in
played in Tweedie Hall. the country.”
Mount Allison University President and Among the features of Colville House are an
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell says, exhibition and multi-media presentation,
“Coupled with the Owens Art Gallery, the with full-colour reproductions of nearly a
oldest university art gallery in Canada, the dozen of Colville’s paintings and drawings.
facility will enhance Mount Allison and There are films available for screening and a
Sackville making our community one of the Colville House Sketchbook as well as a web
site, which provides a timeline of the artist’s
life and art.
David Booth, centre, with Chancellor
John (’62) and Judy Bragg (’62) at the
reception in Tweedie Hall.

JUMP Campaign total as of

April 30, 2009:
$70.8 million
Our goal: $86 million
Thank you for your
continued support. Together
we will reach our goal.

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SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS
Our students are making a difference, on campus
and around the world. Read more about three
young womens’ award-winning overseas endeav-
ours, just a small sampling of what our great stu-
dents are up to inside and outside the classroom.
Mount Allison student named
to Top 20 Under 20™
Laura Stymiest, right, works with a nurse in Honduras to help give a
local child a check up, as part of the Global Medical Brigades group.
T his spring, Mount Allison honours biology student
Laura Stymiest (’11) of Fredericton, NB was named to
Youth in Motion’s national Top 20 Under 20™ list. The list
celebrates and honours Canadians who have demonstrated
a significant level of innovation, leadership, and achieve-
ment but have not yet reached the age of 20.
Laura plans to go to medical school after graduation and
pursue a career with Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors
Without Borders. And she’s already gaining field experi-
ence. Last year, for the first time, Laura led a group of about
35 Mount Allison students to Honduras as part of the
Global Medical Brigades, an international network of more
than 50 university clubs and volunteer organizations
that provide communities in developing nations with
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sustainable health care solutions. The students joined 10
medical professionals, nurses, doctors, and dentists, and
worked to set up temporary clinics and provide basic med-
ical care. Laura is currently the Canadian co-ordinator for
the organization and co-president of the Mount Allison
chapter.
Laura is also involved in a number of other community
organizations at Mount Allison, including Relay for Life, a
fund raiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, Shinerama,
Leadership Mount Allison — Mount A’s signature leader-
ship program, “We Propose Clothes” — a campus-wide
clothing drive, Eco-Action, the Tantramar Family
Resource Centre, and the Drew Nursing Home in
Sackville. She also works as a residence assistant and lab
instructor in the biology department.
Taking care of business —
overseas
auren Ledwell’s (’10) career in international trade is off
L to a great start. The Mount Allison commerce student
and Charlottetown, PEI resident, who recently returned
from an exchange semester in Norway, is a 2009 recipient
of the Export Development Canada (EDC) International
Business Scholarship. The $3,000 awards are granted to
second- or third-year university students across Canada
who show a devoted interest in international business.
Lauren is studying commerce and English with a keen
interest in marketing. While still undecided about her spe-
cific career path, she has also honed her skills in systems,
securities, and the Canadian banking structure, working at
Toronto Dominion Bank in Charlottetown during the
summer months. She plans to either continue her studies
in an MBA program or pursue an international career in
marketing.
Outside the classroom and the boardroom, Lauren is co-
captain of the Women’s Soccer Mounties, playing mid-
field, and also sits on the executive of the Mount Allison
Commerce Society.

Lauren Ledwell takes in some site seeing in London during her
exchange semester at the BI Norwegian School of Management.
Making a Difference
ayme Lefurgey’s (’10) summer was anything but ordi-
M nary. In addition to chairing the record-breaking 2009
Shinerama campaign at Mount A, Mayme, a Millennium
Scholar, also travelled to Nepal to volunteer with a
women’s development and advocacy centre through a
Millennium Excellence Grant and Leadership Mount
Allison co-curricular grant. Mayme worked at the Women
Security Pressure Group (WSPG), a non-political organi-
zation that advocates for women’s rights.
The honours sociology and psychology student from
Campbellton, NB, was in Nepal for eight weeks and made
many inroads for the WSPG during this time. With
Mayme’s assistance in the office, the WSPG was able to
secure funding from Oxfam and developed a web site for
Mayme Lefurgey spent part of her summer volunteering at a Nepal
orphanage.
the organization. Mayme also spent four hours a day vol-
unteering at the Nepal Child Conservation Home, a local
orphanage, enriching the lives of many children in the
facility. She says these experiences were amazing and have
greatly enriched her education in women’s development
issues and her desire to work for an NGO on a regular
basis one day.
Back on campus, Mayme is equally involved with social
causes, volunteering with a host of groups including Free
the Children and Habitat for Humanity. Last year Mayme
served as co-president of the Mount Allison Global
Medical Brigades, bringing the group to campus for the
first time. She is also involved with B.O.D.I.E.S (Building
Optimal Development of Images by Educating Students)
and founded the Campbell Cares initiative, a residence
outreach program.
The most powerful man in the western world
and he’s never been to sweet little Sackville.
Or had an extra thick milkshake at Mel’s. Or the roast onion soup
at the Bridge Street Café . Or heard a Virginia Rail singing at dawn
in the Waterfowl Park. He’s never tried on an Arc’teryx jacket
at Wanderlust. Or bought his daughters a Schuco toy at The Crofter.
Or run the Main Street Mile. He’s never heard Shakespeare near
the Swan Pond or fiddle music from the bandstand. Never had a
car slow down and its driver smile at him, wanting him to cross
the street safely. Never seen a bronze statue to a guy who
loved the town so much he used to sweep the street every day.
Never seen and heard SappyFest music or got lost in the corn
maze or heard an Acadienne speaking in a wonderful lilting
French that took 300 years to perfect. Or had a salad made
with Samphire greens. He’s the most powerful man in the
western world and he’s never done what we’ve all done, just
living in this sweet little town of Sackville. What a pity. Such
a nice person and a little Sackville time would do him a world
of good. And after reading this, shouldn’ t you come back as well?
www.sackville.com
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 By Tracy Bell
We Love
R
ubbing shoulders with such A-list celebrities
as Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller is just one
of the perks of the job for Anders Bard (’91).
The co-producer of the recent feel good blockbuster
movie I Love You, Man is making his mark in
Hollywood.
His attraction to movies started at Mount Allison.
“I became the film critic for the Argosy — not
because I was moonlighting as a journalist or
because I actually felt that I had a voice as a critic.
It was because I got two free movie passes every
week, so not only did a I get to see a movie, I could
also bring a date with me,” he jokes.
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Unsure of his next move, Anders moved to Toronto
after school and worked in sales. “That’s what
people told me I should be doing.” A two-week
stint volunteering for the Toronto International
Film Festival convinced him otherwise. But success
didn’t come overnight for this now-acclaimed film
and television producer. And it was a far cry from
glamourous.
“I had no money. I was living in my friend’s base-
ment. And in interview after interview I was being
told that I should do something else.”
You, Man
“
I had no money.
I was living in
my friend’s
basement. And
in interview
after interview I
was being told
that I should do
something
else. Anders Bard, back center, reviews a scene with the cast and crew of I Love You, Man

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Not one to give up easily, Anders enrolled at the
University of Southern California’s film school and
moved west. His first big break came as a result of a gutsy
phone call that led to a meeting with one of the biggest
names in film and television — Jerry Bruckheimer, the
man behind such smash hits as Top Gun, Beverly Hills
Cop, and the CSI series.
A promised five minutes of Bruckheimer’s time turned
into an introduction to the president of production at
Bruckheimer Films and a first job for Anders as an assis-
tant in Hollywood. The job entailed answering phones,
scheduling meetings, and getting coffee, but also afforded
him a front row seat in the industry. “While I was per-
forming the low-paid, low-brow work of an assistant, I
was also witnessing firsthand how movies such as Gone in
60 Seconds, Coyote Ugly, Remember the Titans, and Pearl
Harbor were being put together.”
But once the toasts have been made and the tuxedos put
away, Anders admits life still feels a little surreal. “If you
had told me five years ago that I would have a bungalow
office on the back lot of Universal Studios and a golf cart
and parking spot with my name on them, I wouldn’t
have believed you.”
It seems this rising star is getting his happy ending.
Well, almost. He’s still working up the nerve to ask
Jennifer Aniston out on a date.
Anders would love to hear from former classmates,
or help others break into the film and television business
(anders.bard@univfilms.com).

From there he gained valuable “production” experience

working as Sylvester Stallone’s assistant on the set of
Driven. Anders then made a move that he would later
look back on as the turning point of his career. He was
working as an executive assistant to the CEO/Producer at
Jersey Films (Danny DeVito’s company) when he first
met John Hamburg — the man who would later become
his business partner. The creative brain behind the hit
comedies Zoolander and Meet the Parents, John wanted
Jersey Films to produce his latest script Along Came Polly.
He needed an assistant and offered Anders the job.

“I became involved with all aspects of producing —

hiring crew, building sets, creating shoot schedules,
scouting locations, lighting, parking, rain machines, rain
covers, hair and makeup stations, food, props, drivers —
anything to create a space where the talent can just show
up and work. It was extremely exciting, and led to my
credit being changed to associate producer,” he says.

When Hamburg was approached to write Meet the

Fockers, he and Anders started up their own company,
based at Universal Studios. And after three-and-a-half
years his assistant days were behind him.

That was in 2005, and since then the pair have been
developing numerous projects, including four comedy
films in the works, and a television series for CBS. Anders
spent much of this spring walking red carpets alongside
the stars of I Love You, Man at movie premieres across
the US and in Europe. Another hit at the box office, it
had grossed $65 million domestically after just five weeks.

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Allisonians in
By Judith Weiss

Cuba
In May 2008 ten students pioneered a brand new direction for
the Hispanic studies program at Mount Allison. The goal of
Spanish 3060: Study Abroad, is to offer first-hand experience
of a new country and to make students more proficient in
Spanish. I was fortunate to be their instructor on the very first
journey — this time, to Cuba.

Coming from a relentlessly cold April in the Maritimes, the

sudden shock of 32 degrees in the shade, coupled with wild noise
and grit, was a jarring beginning, but the students adapted
quickly. The day after our arrival we plunged into an exciting
series of lectures by distinguished experts, held at our host aca-
demic institution, the Juan Marinello Institute for Research in
Cuban Culture. While the students absorbed
information about the island’s art, politics,
The intensity of each week was tempered by two or three free
afternoons, most of which were spent in R & R — essential to
everyone’s recovery from the academic semester. There were
conversations about Cuba and Canada with the young
researchers of the Marinello Institute (who also offered a
salsa class). The evenings were given over to cultural activities,
economics, and speech idiosyncrasies, they including the Havana Theatre Festival, the ballet at the
also immersed themselves in their host Gran Teatro de La Habana, the spectacular
families’ lives. In fact interviews with floorshow at the Tropicana, or
these families became their point of jazz at a local club.
entry into the recent history of Cuba
and into the methodology of oral history.
The class lived up to the rigorous
academic standard with their seven
short papers and diary entries and the
research paper (all in Spanish) and
their individual meetings with me to
work on grammar and advanced
language skills.

Experiential learning included

guided tours of the historical
museums and of the fortress of
El Morro. Here, on the very
spot where the British and Dr. Ju
dith W
North American colonial eiss an
d stud
troops captured Havana in ents fr
om he
1762, I was ecstatic to be able, at long last, r Span
ish 30
to talk about my research on the history of that inva- 60 cla
ss pos
sion. The students were tickled to discover that the invasion e at th
e site
was in part the brainchild of Generals Monckton and Amherst, As far of the
El Mo
who suddenly became for them more than the simple place as I know (and the rro fo
rtress.
names they are for most Allisonians. teacher is usually the last to
know), this group of Allisonians accumu-
The highlight of the final week was a trip to the former sugar- lated no fewer than five marriage proposals and three
mill community of Hershey, a modern town designed by a U.S. hundred “piropos” (those unsettling lines thrown out by Cuban
company after World War I. Although the mill stopped supply- males, a Spanish tradition that most foreigners find distasteful
ing Hershey chocolates long ago, it has maintained a strong — until they get the hang of the witty comeback, as, I am proud
communal identity that enabled its citizens to remain when the to say, our Allisonians did quite quickly). As we all picked up
mill closed. As part of the seminar on ethnography and oral our bags to change planes in Toronto on our way home, I hap-
history, students interviewed residents on the street and in front pily recorded one lasting memory — 10 broad smiles and
yards, gathering memories of old times and information about enough energy left over for one last laugh, a favourite Cuban
the various systems of farming that now operate in Cuba. colloquialism, and one final hug.

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 Finding humour in history

Canadian cartoonist
The Coast
dit:
C re

‘‘
I’m not a real
attracts international following
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ot
Ph

By Zoe Williams (’09)
Kate Beaton (’05) may be Mount Allison’s
funniest recent graduate; that is, if you happen
to find Sir John A. Macdonald funny. Kate is a
webcomic artist, which means she draws and posts
comics on her own web site, and her subjects are histori-
cal figures, often Canadian. Funny may not be what first
comes to mind when one considers the past, but Kate is
earning praise from readers and critics both in Canada
and beyond our borders for her entertaining and endear-
ing cartoons.
“Funniest are the big, towering personalities always.
Sir John A., Nelson, any of the King Georges, you know
the type,” says Kate when asked what characters she finds
historian, but
I’m not a fake
one either
’’
the most amusing. Other historical
personalities that have made it into Kate’s
comics include Polish revolutionary Tadeusz
Kosciuszko, Diogenes, and Nietzsche, to name a few.
Though simply drawn, Kate’s comics come alive with her
sometimes obscure historical detail and witty commen-
tary. To create a fresh comic or two every week requires
a wealth of historical knowledge. “Research is always
involved, either to get the story straight or to find out
what they wear, or any number of things. I’m not a real
historian, but I’m not a fake one either,” says Kate.
Kate graduated from Mount Allison with a BA in history
and anthropology, and she has fond memories of her time

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at the University. “Full of
the brightest students and
personable professors, it
was small enough so that
you could get involved in
just about anything you
wanted to, but you had to keep up with
a sharp pack once you were in.”
Kate’s preferred area of study was actu-
ally fine arts. But the now celebrated
cartoonist wasn’t accepted into the
program. “When I met with the [Fine
Arts] Department, I had no portfolio,
was incredibly nervous, and the profes-
sors (correctly) gave me such withering
looks that I left with my head hanging.
I was on a waiting list for four years and
forgot about it, then in my graduating
year was told I was accepted into first
year Drawing.”
After graduation Kate worked in Alberta
for two years before moving to Toronto
where she started posting her comics
online so friends could see them.
But it was not just her friends who saw the
humour in her comics. Although she has
thousands of Canadian fans, the readers of her
web site are predominately American. In
fact her popularity has grown to the point
where she has been asked to write and
illustrate books by a number of agents and
publishers. But so far has refused. She’s
waiting for the right time. “There are
always new things coming into the picture.
It is very exciting.”
To see more of Kate’s comics visit harkavagrant.com
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LEAPing
By Zoe Williams (’09)
n Margaret Leighton’s (’07)
I words, “education is a stepping
stone to effecting positive change
in those areas of society that are in
need of improvement.” This explains
why the Saskatchewan native now
finds herself working halfway around
the world, in Sri Lanka. “After gradu-
ating from Mount Allison with a BA
in economics, I was keen to get out of
the classroom and finally live up to
my own ideals,” says Margaret.
She has done just that, becoming the
director of Living Education
Academy Programs (LEAP) Sri Lanka
— an educational project, in partner-
ship with Sri Lankan Aid, a non-
governmental organization that was
founded by university students
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shortly after the 2004 tsunami that science experiments, engineering
devastated the region.
The program for Grade 8 students in
projects, and culture and art activi-
ties, as well as out-of-class days such
as a team field day, a project exhibi-
eastern Sri Lanka “involves an in- tion, and a learning trip to a local his-
school component comprised of torical site,” explains Margaret.
hands-on learning activities, such as
In the summer of 2007 Margaret
‘‘
I was struck by returned from a stint as a volunteer
with Sri Lankan Aid, inspired by an
how different observation she had made. “Touched
by the enthusiasm of school children,
their educational who overcame momentous challenges
in their desire to learn and attend
opportunities classes, I was struck by how different
are from those their educational opportunities are
from those I enjoyed as a child.”
I enjoyed as Motivated by the “dynamic public
school education” she had growing
’’
a child. up in Saskatoon, she set about

into action
designing an education enrichment
program that would “challenge and
inspire students, encouraging them to
keep an open mind amidst the diffi-
cult reality of their environment.”
In the months that followed Margaret
designed the LEAP Sri Lanka pro-
gram, travelling back to the country
to collaborate with local teachers and
school administrators, and to meet
with students. In the summer of 2008
Margaret launched the pilot run of
the program, which lasted three
weeks, and delivered “a barrage of
hands-on, outside-the-box learning
activities.” Margaret was lucky to
have fellow Mount Allison alumnae
Frances Ross (’06) at her side, who
“with her trade-mark boundless
Photo Credit: Munir Squires
energy” and years of experience with master’s in education at the Toulouse
outdoor education “was more than School of Economics. She is also
prepared to be innovative and inspir- involved in negotiations with the
ing under all sorts of teaching condi- provincial ministry of education in
tions,” she explains. eastern Sri Lanka, working to imple-
ment a jointly-implemented, scalable
A successful pilot run led to an learning enrichment program.
expanded program in summer 2009,
with two additional schools partici- To learn more about LEAP Sri Lanka,
pating, and more than 300 students visit www.leapsrilanka.org
attending. Working alongside
Allisonian Munir Squires (’05), who
joined this year’s teaching and co-
ordinating team, Margaret says the
second run of LEAP Sri Lanka was an
enormous success.
Never one to rest on her laurels,
Margaret has a full plate this fall.
She is currently in France, doing a
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 Exceeding expectationsin the global
By Tracy Bell
Steven Smith (’93) uses the latest
in technology to communicate
with clients around the world.
Making introductions by e-mail.
Sealing deals on Skype. But as he
says on his web site, “We want to be
more than just an invoice and a voice on
the phone.” It is Steven’s passion for people
that has helped make him a leading car exporter
in Japan.
“There’s an old saying, ‘hug your customer,’ and that
has become my business philosophy. I obviously don’t
go out and physically hug my clients, but I try to build
relationships. I speak plainly and I’m willing to sit and
listen to what the buyer wants.”
Making time for others, regardless of the hour, is
something Steven does without hesitation, often oper-
ating on fewer than five hours of sleep a night. Indeed,
consider this: he stayed up until well after midnight in
Japan to provide me with the interview for this article.
For Steven business is good as he has discovered a
rapidly expanding North American market for the
mini-trucks and small engine cars that his company,
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marketplace
SASTRAD KK, specializes in
exporting. Fuel efficient and
more environmentally friendly,
his vehicles have helped establish
customers in every province in
Canada and many US states.
As a way of testing his product’s durability
and raising funds for charity, Steven entered a
team in the Mongol Rally last summer — a
15,000 km-plus trek from London to Ulaar Battar,
Mongolia in a .66 litre mini-van.
The team travelled through 13 countries in 68 days,
and covered more than a third of the earth’s most
rugged terrain. Steven says his team was able to con-
nect with some really amazing people over the course
of their adventure and feed his philanthropic interest
by raising funds for a number of charities, including
Mercy Corps Mongolia — an organization that aims
to alleviate poverty in rural communities and help
them achieve sustainability.
Steven and his brother Shawn are now making plans
to drive one of SASTRAD’s mini-vans across North
America, in part to help market their product, but also
Photo credit: The Adventurists

to raise money to build a girls and boys school in

Northern Afghanistan. Says Steven, “There are areas
in Afghanistan where young girls have never had the
opportunity to get an education. We are hoping to
help change that.”

When he’s not hard at work carving out a niche for

himself in the global marketplace, Steven is spending
time with his children — Josh is eight and Emma is
“two going on 20” — and his wife Akiko.

“Being an entrepreneur, you make the conscious

decision not to work for somebody else. It’s not necessar-
ily because you want to work for yourself, but because
you want the flexibility to be able to put in the time to get
ahead and then spend time with your family.”

And that is an investment with exceptional returns.

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By Susan Rogers (’12)
M ount Allison anthropology profes-
sor Dr. Marilyn Walker has wit-
nessed things that very few people
have had the opportunity to see.
Dr. Walker spent years travelling back
and forth across the Canadian Arctic.
She has lived among the hill tribes of
Thailand, and with Tibetan refugees in
India. She has studied traditional medi-
cine in Siberia and Mongolia, and
researched biodiversity in the Pacific
Northwest. And despite the great
geographic distance between them, Dr.
Walker says there are many similarities
between the groups she studies, especially
in their traditions of hospitality and the
spiritual connection to the land that
supports them.
In her work Dr. Walker tries to under-
stand global issues from a cultural
perspective. One of her recent interests
has been indigenous shamanist commu-
nities, who have close connections with
Learning from others
nature. “I’m generalizing, but North
Americans have lost their direct connec-
tion with nature, which is getting us into
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all kinds of difficulties, namely environ-
mental problems. I don’t think we are
going to get all the answers from conven-
tional science. Lots of cultures have dif-
”
ferent ways of knowing about the world
that we can learn from.”
Lots of cultures
have different ways
of knowing about the
world that we can
”
learn from.
For Dr. Walker travel and learning from
likeminded groups has become a way of
life. Last year she was made an honorary
member and elder of the Aboriginal
People of the Maritimes. “It was very
important for me personally,” she says,
“but it also links the Aboriginal commu-
nity with Mount Allison. We have a com-
mon concern about eco-sustainability.”
While researching abroad Dr. Walker
tries to live in the community and do as
the community does. She admits it is
challenging, but also rewarding: “As an
to help ourselves
anthropologist I’m always a visitor. I have to
rely on the hospitality of others, and I need
to know how to take care of myself and
how to be respectful. I also need to learn
how much of my experience I can pass on
to students, and how much needs to be kept
private for ethical reasons.” Strangely
enough though, she jokes, she feels more of
a culture shock on returning to Canada
than she does in going elsewhere.
Whenever Dr. Walker returns to Canada
she works at maintaining ties to the com-
munities in which she has studied. A few
years ago she was able to help a man
from a hill tribe in Thailand get his PhD
from Trent University. “It was incredibly
rewarding to be able to help him because
he was so helpful to me in the field.”
Like many others that she meets in her
work, Dr. Walker has kept in touch with
the man and even uses his research in
teaching her classes.
Anthropologist Dr. Marilyn Walker, front left
in red, participates in a traditional Métis cer-
emony welcoming her as an honorary member
of the Eastern Woodland Métis Nation.
Advocate for action
By Nick Grant (’13)
Kirby Putnam (’86) is a man who not only has achieved a great deal who are in need. At one of the luncheons that the Club holds, a
of success, but he has also found a way to give back to those who are woman came to speak to the members about the help she and her
less fortunate. Kirby graduated from engineering at Mount Allison, family had received more than a decade earlier. She explained how
and has fond memories of his time in Sackville. the Club had enabled her child to attend the Centre for Early
Intervention, which supported her and her family as they grappled
”
“Mount Allison came highly recommended for its high standards with her daughter’s Down’s Syndrome. She stressed that without
of education, its campus life, and the fact that you are not just a the Progress Club’s help her
number. People recognize Mount Allison for its great name, and it People recognize now 19-year-old daughter
provided me with important stepping stones.” might not be as happy and
Mount Allison for its functional as she is today.
One of those stepping stones has led to a rewarding career with J.W. great name, and it The woman then walked
Lindsay Enterprises — a Halifax-based construction firm where provided me with around the room, hugging
Kirby is Vice-President of Business Development. everyone. This is the kind of
important stepping thing that makes Kirby’s
stones.
’’
Another of those stepping stones has guided Kirby toward human- hard work worth the effort.
itarian work. He is President of the Canadian Progress Club of
Halifax — an organization that “ferociously” supports a number of Kirby enjoys maintaining a “balance of family, work, and other
organizations, including Kings Meadow Home, where 10 adults interests.” When not spending time with family, Kirby enjoys dis-
with mental disabilities reside and thrive, as well as the Progress tance running and music. Always a man of action, he competed in
Centre for Early Intervention, which aids in the development of the Halifax Bluenose 10k race in May and placed 15th out of 1,900-
young children who are disabled or at risk for developmental delay. plus competitors — clocking in at just 39:37. “Not bad for an old
They also raise funds for the IWK, Feed Nova Scotia, and Bryony runner like me.”
House, by hosting exciting annual events.
He is also making plans to record a few songs that he has written,
In a moment that brought everything together, Kirby came to real- though Kirby is quick to admit, “I won’t be giving up my day job.”
ize just how important the work he does with the Club is to people
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 Creating a Legacy
“Pumpkin and Sky, Pumpkin and Sky,
Spirit of ’68 never will die!”

Brian Bell Nancy (Waller) Cutler Pam (Steeves) Bowman Kathleen (Downey) McMullen Maurice Tugwell Nancy (Granger) Robb

Your dedicated Class of ’68 organizing committee: Brian Bell, Nancy (Waller) Cutler, Pam (Steeves) Bowman,
Kathleen (Downey) McMullen, Maurice Tugwell, and Nancy (Grainger) Robb.
After witnessing the enthusiasm of the 60
members of Mount Allison’s Class of ’68
at their 40th reunion in 2008, it was easy
to see the embodiment of their class cry.
Since then a committee of six has worked
to put flesh to the Class decision, con-
firmed at that reunion, to create a scholar-
ship legacy project.
The scholarship will be a prestigious
entrance
By Tracyaward
Bell of $5,000, given to a well-
rounded student who has demonstrated
leadership in community service and
extracurricular activities. Once established
this $100,068 endowed scholarship will
show the pride of the Class of ’68 in the
University and allow its members to give
back to the Mount Allison community.
“We learned so much about ourselves
during those years. We were able to test
our limits and develop our capabilities in
an environment that was safe and sup-
portive. We hope this award will enable
others to benefit from those same experi-
ences,” says Nancy (Waller) Cutler, a
member of the organizing committee.
Their ambitious goal, to raise the funds by
2013 and present the gift to the University
at their 45th reunion, seems to energize
the committee. They have begun to recon-
nect with former classmates and, as these
conversations begin, they find the years
drop away. Committee member Pam
(Steeves) Bowman says she and the other
members are encouraged by what they’ve
heard so far. “The initial response has
been very positive and affirms that we are
going in the right direction.”
As fresh ideas flow from this reviving class
network, the Committee promises more
news to come about the scholarship and
increased opportunities for the Class to
participate in building the legacy. There
does not appear to be any doubt that the
“spirit of ’68 still will live on!”

The Town of Sackville, home to Mount Allison University, one of Canada’s leading undergraduate universities, is seeking a
strategic leader as its Chief Administrative Officer. With a population of 5,400 people and located only thirty minutes from
downtown Moncton, Sackville offers the warmth and tranquility of small town living blended with the diversity and culture
normally associated with much larger communities.

Chief With a new strategic plan in place, you will provide timely advice and guidance to a Council of nine members and under their
direction ensure all programs and services are carried out effectively. As CAO, you will operate within the context of the
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Returning to her roots
By Peter Cudmore (’06)

Chemistry graduate Stephanie

Canning (’07) is back in her second
homeland; she is studying medicine at
the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland.

Stephanie was born in Canada to Irish

parents, but growing up she would
often visit her grandparents in Ireland.
In grade seven she attended school
there and lived with her aunt in
Sutton, a small town 15 minutes from
Dublin. “I absolutely loved it... It was a
fantastic experience,” Stephanie says.

“All of a sudden I was expected to sit

through big exams at the end of semes-
ters, which was new to me.” However,
the experience better prepared her for
high school in Canada as well as for
university.

Stephanie sheepishly admits attending
Mount Allison was a last-minute deci-
sion. She thought about studying at a
larger school but chose Mount A after
some coaxing from her sister Ruth
(’02), who had just graduated.
It is a decision Stephanie does not
regret. She enjoyed the campus and
small class sizes. She liked being able to
talk to her professors on a personal
level and how everyone at Mount
Allison knew each other. She also
enjoyed being involved in the school’s
community and the Students’
Administrative Council.
After graduation she wrote her
MCATs, worked three jobs, and trav-
elled through South America for three
months. Following in the footsteps of
her parents, Stephanie decided on a
career in medicine, and an education
in Ireland. She applied to the Royal
College of Surgeons in Dublin and
was accepted by the Atlantic Bridge
Program, which helps connect North
American students with that country.
“I’d always wanted to go into medicine
and at Mount A you get so much expo-
sure to so many things that you’re like
”
‘wait — I could do anything.’”
I’d always wanted to
go into medicine and
at Mount A you get so
much exposure to so
many things that
you’re like ‘wait — I
could do anything.’
’’
Stephanie says her parents are pleased
that both she and her sister are back in
Ireland (Ruth is completing a PhD
in history at the University College
Cork). But Dublin is not Sackville and
the Royal College of Surgeons is not
Mount Allison.
“At Mount A you have a really open
relationship with your professors and
with the administration. Here you
have to get used to the fact that you are
going in blind as to what is going on,”
says Stephanie.
Aside from not being as involved in
the school’s governance, Stephanie
says she is enjoying studying medicine.
She loves scrubbing in on surgeries
and learning more about human
anatomy.
“I love science and I love physiology
and, as cliché as it sounds, it [medi-
cine] lets you work with people and
help them at their most basic needs
and most vulnerable points.”

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 All in the Family
family tradition that started in
A the late 1920s continued in 2009
as Andrew Wood crossed the stage
at Mount Allison’s Convocation Hall to
receive his BSc in computer science with
a minor in physics. Andrew became the
latest in a long list of Allisonians in his
family — spanning three generations on
both sides of the family.
It all started when Andrew’s maternal
great uncle Leslie Brownrigg (’28)
enrolled at Mount A shortly before the
Great Depression. After graduating, Leslie
pursued medical studies at McGill, and
younger brother Wilbert (’30) followed
him to Mount A, receiving a degree in
history. The first brother practiced medi-
cine for 40 years, while Wilbert pursued a
long career in teaching.
Grandfather, Joe Flewelling, also attended
Mount Allison for two years in the early
30s before returning to St. Stephen to
help his mother run the family business.
Joe, his brother, and his sister Jean, ran a
very successful insurance business, due in
part to the year of business courses that
Jean took at Mount A.
The other side of the family has Allisonian
ties too. Andrew’s paternal grandfather,
Laurie Wood (’57), left a successful farm
machine dealership in Amherst, NS to
pursue the ministry. After completing his
studies in religion at Mount A and Pine
Hill Divinity College, Laurie was called
to charges with the United Church
of Canada.
Aunt Ann Flewelling graduated from
Mount Allison in 1974 with a degree in
economics and returned to campus to
teach economics in the late 70s. She is
currently director of corporate policy and
risk management for New Brunswick’s
Department of Finance.
Andrew’s father, David Wood (’71, ’72)
left Mount A with a degree in mathe-
matics and a Bachelor of Education. On
campus he played varsity basketball, was a
conference all-star, and in his graduating
year was named Athlete of the Year. He
continued to stay on the court in later
seasons, working as an assistant coach
during his BEd year and again for three
years in the 80s. David taught math and
physics just across the border in Amherst,
NS for 33 years and is now enjoying
retired life.
Andrew’s mother, Jane (Flewelling)
Wood (’72 and ’73) graduated with a
double major in English and history
before earning her BEd. She works as an
English teacher in Amherst with plans to
retire in 2010.
Older brother, Jeff (’04), received a BSc in
chemistry, after following his father’s ath-
letic footsteps to Mount Allison. As cap-
tain of the swim team, Jeff spent a lot of
time in the Athletic Centre as well as the
classroom and the lab. He then pursued
graduate studies in environmental engi-
neering at Dalhousie and received his
Master’s degree in 2007. He is currently
working towards his PhD at the
University of Guelph and the Nova Scotia
Agricultural College.
So when it came time for Andrew to
attend university, the choice was clear.
His only application went the nine miles
across the Tantramar Marshes to Mount
Allison — a decision made entirely on his
own. He is the tenth in the family to
attend Mount A. And upon leaving the
University Andrew is continuing another
family tradition. He’s been accepted into
the Bachelor of Education program at the
University of New Brunswick and will
begin his practice teaching in computer
science, math, and physics at Leo Hayes
High School in Fredericton.
Another proud Allisonian family, from left
to right: Ann Flewelling, Jane (Flewelling)
Wood, Andrew, Jeff, and David Wood at
Andrew’s Convocation in May 2009.
Bleacher
By Sue Seaborn
feature
See You in Over Time Jack! The University year started with one of
the largest freshman classes yet to grace
the golf and cross-country courses, the
rugby, football, lacrosse, and soccer
fields. With an exceptionally large group
of new students, this year’s crop of first-
year athletes is numerous and talented.

The men’s and women’s soccer teams

have had tremendous starts to their sea-
sons. Both teams are boasting several tal-
ented rookies. Former men’s coach Barry
Cooper, now has the reins as head coach
for both teams and is excited about the
upcoming season. After taking his men’s
team to Bermuda last March, Barry is
embarking on another team excursion
— this year, the women’s team will be
fund raising for a visit to Bermuda.
Jack Drover speaks to a packed Tweedie Hall at a special evening held in his honour.

Sports Shorts
After three exhibition games each, both
Jack Drover, Mount Allison’s long-serv- teams were undefeated, with many goals
ing coach and athletic director since being scored by the women and the men.
1974, has stepped down to enjoy retire-
ment. Over his 35-year tenure at the
University Jack guided men’s hockey for
25 years, men’s soccer for 15 years, and
women’s hockey for seven seasons.
Serving as athletic director from 1991
until June of this year, when he officially
hung up the skates, Jack’s accom-
plishments were highlighted during
Homecoming weekend with a special
Jack Drover Recognition Evening, held
in Tweedie Hall. The room was packed
with family and well wishers as they
enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, Newfoundland
music, mementos, slides, photos, and
video testimonials of Jack and his
accomplishments at the University over
the years. A good time was had by all!

Check out Jack’s night, and all the other

Homecoming events online at Alumni Bermudian Rick Thompson (left) joins former athletic director Jack Drover, and President
Online (alumni.mta.ca). Robert Campbell in the Mounties’ first league win over MUN.

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Soccer Mountie Iain MacLeod led the
conference scoring during his first two weeks.
The women’s soccer team celebrates a huge
winning goal against the MUN Sea-Hawks.
The two squads won their opening
matches against Memorial University
(MUN), with Bermudian and visiting
30 | FALL 2009 RECORD
Mounties’ supporter, Rick Thompson
enjoying both victories from Mount
Allison’s bench. The Mounties have gone
on to win several of their games so far,
and three Mounties, Iain MacLeod, Sara
Laking, and Kailey Bower were among
the league’s top scorers.
The Football Mounties are young but
have begun to show promise with each
week. Though dropping their first game
to Acadia, the team put on an exciting
finish for a large Homecoming crowd on An exuberant Homecoming crowd was on
September 19th. The game went down to hand to cheer on our Football Mounties as
the wire, as the Mounties scored two they battled the St.FX X-Men.
touchdowns in the last 90 seconds before
finally getting edged out by the X-Men
Pierre says, “Mount Allison’s reputation,
27-21.
both in the classroom and on the athlet-
ics and recreation fronts, is one to be
Welcome Pierre!
After a national search and selection
proud of. I am excited and humbled to
be joining this community as the direc-
process Pierre Arsenault joined Mount tor of athletics and recreation.”
Allison as its new director of athletics
and recreation on July 27. Pierre comes to Mount Allison from the
New Brunswick Golf Association, where
Vice-President of Inter- he served as executive director for seven
national and Student years. Prior to this, Pierre worked with
Affairs Ron Byrne said, Hockey Canada’s Atlantic Centre of
“Pierre brings a strong Excellence, the Saskatchewan Hockey
combination of sports Association, and with the University of
administration experi- Ottawa’s Gee-Gees Varsity Hockey Team.
ence, proven leader-
ship ability, and team management at
a variety of levels to this position. We are
pleased to welcome Pierre as head
‘Mountie’ and I look forward to working
with him to further enhance our leading An exuberant Homecoming crowd was on
athletics and recreation program at hand to cheer on our Football Mounties as
Mount Allison.” they battled the St.FX X-Men.
IN MEMORIAM
The following list is compiled from information sent to University Advancement from May 29 ’09 to August 13 ’09. Please feel
welcome to submit memories of departed Allisonians you have known and loved and we will be happy to print short versions in the
Record and longer versions online (http://alumni.mta.ca).

Marion (Duguid) Green –
Jean (Ferguson) MacKinnon –
Marion (MacDonald) Beach –
Ethel B. (MacLaren) Rackham –
Florence B. Swan –
Helen (Wentworth) Archibald –
Catherine McKeen –
David W. Bishop –
Phyllis (MacPherson) Coish –
Dorothy A. (Hazen) VanGiezen –
Douglas S. Smith –
George E. Knight –
Barbara (Jones) Cater –
Robert S. Butler –
Ronald B. Findlay –
Susan (MacDonald) Hoekstra –
Julian E. Hall –
Doris (Belliveau) Harrison –
Cheryl (Zinck) Harris –
David L. MacLean –
Brian Patrick Wade –
John E. Hodgetts – Honorary Degree Holder
Romeo LeBlanc – Honorary Degree Holder
Charles R. Hill –
Donna J. (Tower) Lund –
Charles A. Sankey –
BARBARA (JONES) CATER (’54)
RAY CATER (’53)
Submitted by Margaret Norrie McCain (’54)
Barbara Jones Cater came to Mount
Allison from Montreal in the fall of
1950. Barbara and I were randomly
selected to be roommates; it was the
perfect pairing. She was kind, caring,
thoughtful, ever flexible, and a
woman with an abundance of
patience to put up with the “messiest”
of roommates. In her second year she
met Ray Cater, a theological student
from a large Newfoundland family.
Following her graduation, Barbara
and Ray married and had three sons
— Douglas, David, and Bruce. Ray
1933 died on April 18, 2009. Barbara passed
1935 away just over a month later, on May
1937 22, 2009. Only once did I ever see
1937 Barbara “out of sorts” and it was on
1938 the day of our graduation. When I
1939 asked her what was wrong she replied,
1940
“I have to leave Mount Allison, that’s
1941
what’s wrong.” Barbara and Ray will
1941
1950
be sorely missed by Mount Allison,
1951 their family, and their many friends.
1953
MARION (MACDONALD) BEACH (’37)
1954
Submitted Joan Mazzu
1956
1957 Marion Beach passed away on
1966 September 29, 2007 at the age of 90.
1971 She made many friends through the
1971 music program at Mount A, with
1973 whom she continued to correspond
1980 throughout the years. She expressed
2007 her love and appreciation for music
and learning as a school teacher, a
music teacher, a church organist, and
a choir director. After her retirement
she continued to contribute greatly to
Friend her community through volunteering
Friend with school orchestras, adult literacy
Friend
programs, and her church choir.
Marion is survived by her four chil-
dren who remember her as a devoted
educator, a talented musician, and a
loving mother.
CHARLIE HILL (FRIEND)
Submitted by Margaret Norrie McCain (’54)
Charlie Hill did not attend Mount
Allison. In fact he did not attend any
university. Yet it was Mount Allison
that became the beneficiary of his suc-
cesses as a farmer and businessman.
Mount Allison was familiar to him as
he experienced university life vicari-
ously through two of his siblings —
Emily Hill MacLellan (’40) and
Robert Hill (’51). Born in 1923,
Charlie was the eldest of six children.
His parents, George and Eva Hill were
residents of Truro, NS. George left
Charlie a large dairy farm, which he
expanded and developed into one of
Nova Scotia’s most prosperous farm-
ing operations.
In June 1945 he married Leta Lorraine
and they had five children. Leta died
in 2006 and, as a tribute to her,
Charlie endowed the Leta Lorraine
Hill Scholarship to be awarded to a
student from Colchester/East Hants
County, NS, who intends to study
medicine. Charlie was a kind, gentle,
jovial man with a big heart and an
even bigger smile. He was widely
respected in his community and held
in deep affection by his family and
many friends. Charlie died on July 22,
2009. He was a friend and benefactor
of Mount Allison’s for which we are
deeply grateful.
ARLINE CAROL MACVICAR (’57)
Submitted by her son Ian Charles MacVicar
Arline Carol MacVicar, 73, passed
away peacefully on August 17, 2008
from complications related to
Alzheimer’s Disease. She passed away
in the warm embrace of her family at
Glace Bay General Hospital a few
hours after her 51st wedding anniver-
sary to Charles MacVicar. Arline was
a Cum Laude graduate of Mount
Allison. She taught at Morrison Glace
Bay High School for several years
before starting her family. Aside from
her interests in history, politics, lan-
guage, and literature, she was very
active in the affairs of St. Paul’s
Presbyterian Church until her illness.

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CLASS NOTES
1945
Arthur Motyer, founder and first director of
Windsor Theatre, released his second book The
Staircase Letters in 2008. The Staircase Letters is
a profound and moving story of life, friendship,
and facing death. Arthur also received the dis-
tinction of Professor Emeritus of English from
Bishop’s University in May.
1947
In September Walter “Windy” LePage was
inducted into the Prince Edward Island Sports
Hall of Fame. Walter was one of the Island’s
brightest stars in track and field, rugby, and
basketball in the years following the Second
World War.
1960
Ann (Ferguson) Howe was nominated for the
Vancouver YWCA 2009 Women of Distinction
Award in the Community Building Category.
She was nominated for her volunteer work as
co-ordinator of the Out of the Cold Program.
1963
Clifford Grant was able to connect with Mount
A’s assistant director of alumni relations Mona
Estabrooks (’79) (the two are pictured here)
during a nostalgic visit to his alma mater in
September. Clifford was visiting from White
Rock, BC, with his wife Sally.
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1964 Library Association on June 17 in Halifax. His
topic was “Seventeen Years in Prison; a
Emerson Sanford and his daughter Janice
Librarian Serves Maximum Security Inmates.”
Sanford Beck (’97) have published volumes
Murray was a librarian at the Atlantic
three and four of their
Institution in Renous, NB, from 1989 to 2006.
eight-volume series detail-
ing the history of the hik-
ing trails in the Canadian
1970
Bill Bishop and the “Summerside Boys” recently
Rocky Mountains (Rocky
got together on the Island for a reunion dinner.
Mountain Books). Life of
the Trail 3: The Historic
The group, all from Summerside, PEI, played on
the Mount A men’s volleyball team together
Route from Old Bow Fort to
throughout the late 1960’s. Bill sent along this
Jasper gives the history of what is today travelled
photo of the “Summerside Boys.” From left
by almost every tourist who enters the moun-
to right are Bryan Scully (’69), Mike Sheen,
tains. Life of the Trail 4: Historic Hikes in Eastern
Owen MacCausland (’71), Gerry Hopkirk
Jasper National Park gives the history of three fur
(’67), Bill Bishop, and Scott Linkletter.
trade routes that are today popular hiking trails.
The books are available from the publisher and
all online booksellers. More information is avail-
able at www.lifeofthetrail.com
1966
Michael Jones was a recent featured speaker
and performer at The Celebrating Communities
Conference hosted by the Nova Scotia Economic
1973
and Rural Development in Truro, NS, and the
In July Dr. Diana Locke was awarded a Bronze
Medal for Commendable Service as part of the
30th Annual Banff Centre Benefactor’s
Chemical Assessment Guidance Team, for
Midsummer Ball. Michael, an accomplished
developing a process and completing over
pianist, writer, and leadership educator, is
200 assessments. She was also awarded the
widely recognized for his original piano compo-
2009 Teamwork Award for providing inter-
sitions as well as for his two books and articles
divisional coordination and cooperation by
exploring the relationship between arts, lead-
the Environmental Protection Agency in
ership, and community. Michael could often
Washington, D.C.
be heard playing piano in various dance and
rock groups as well as in the ‘old gym’ during
his years at Mount A. His web site is 1976
www.pianoscapes.com After retiring from her position as professor of
accounting in the Faculty of Business
1969 Administration at UNB, Barbara (Anthony)
Margaret Eaton’s poem, Celtic Trilogy placed Trenholm received the designation of
first in the Poetry Category of the 2009 Professor Emerita. Barbara is excited to be able
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Literacy to continue her teaching and research at UNB in
Competition. this new role.
Murray Bailey was a guest speaker at the David Near has been appointed to the Federal
annual meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Court, Trial Division in Ottawa. Mr. Justice Near
is looking forward to this new challenge. His
close friend Charles Haskell (’75) was one of
the first people to help Justice Near celebrate
his recent appointment.
1978
Janet Lugar Miller is in her 30th year of
teaching French in Nova Scotia and actively
attends all reunions. Both of her children, Zack
(’10) and Briana (’13), are attending Mount A,
and Briana was proud to be offered the Bell
Achievement Award and the NS Millennium
Excellence Award. Briana and her mother went
to Gambia this summer as guests of the Nova
Scotia Gambia Association.
1980
Robert Tombs was recently inducted into the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in Canada.
Robert is an Ottawa-based graphic designer. His
projects have won 32 art, design, and printing
awards. He is currently a professor in Algonquin
College’s School of Media and Design.
1985
Jude Robertson writes, “I’ve just returned
from an incredible two years in Italy teaching
English as a second language. I embraced the
Italian lifestyle, travelled as much as possible,
and took masses of photos. It was the experi-
ence of a lifetime but it’s good to be back in the
Maritimes and I look forward to catching up
with other alumni — saluta!” Some of Jude’s
photos are online (www.juderobertson.com).
Darrell Roddick and his wife, Vonda
(Delaney) (’87) are taking up positions at Seoul
Foreign School in South Korea. They will both be
working in the Fine Arts Department. Their two
children, Tristan (’12) and Allesondra (’13),
are both Mount A students, having each gradu-
ated from high school in Kuwait.
1989
Karen Radford has been appointed president
of TELUS Business Solutions. Karen and her
family have relocated to Calgary for this oppor-
tunity. In her new role Karen is responsible for
providing innovative telecommunications and
information technology solutions to private and
public sector business customers across Canada
and internationally.
Leslie (Stevens) Poole is living in Tillsonburg,
ON with her daughter Victoria. Her son Derrek
(’13) started his first year at Mount A, studying
biology, and following in the footsteps of both
his mother and his grandparents Jim (’63) and
Vermell (Ferrell) Stevens (’65). Leslie is
teaching music as well as taking over as
teacher-librarian at the elementary school
where she works.
1990
Arthur Campbell, an internationally acclaimed
clarinetist, and his wife Helen Marlais, a cele-
brated pianist, hosted a benefit recital for the
New Brunswick Federation of Music Festivals in
May. The recital was held in Mount Allison’s own
Brunton Auditorium.
1996
Alexander Gabov spent the month of August
in Central Mongolia, participating in a once-in-
a-lifetime work experience. Alexander, who is
an adjunct professor at Queen’s University and
head conservator with the Conservation of
Sculptures Monuments and Objects in Kingston,
was contracted by the Mongolian Tangible
Heritage Association to give advice on the
preservation and reconstruction of the “Khanui
Valley Deer Stone” project. Pictured here, right,
with project director Bayarsaikhan Jamsranjav,
Alexander worked to preserve and restore the
intricately carved “stones” that represent some
of the earliest traditional beliefs of the Eurasian
nomads of the Bronze Age (3000-700 BC).
Owen Barnhill was recently promoted to Vice-
President of Marketing for EastLink. Owen lives
in Halifax with his wife and three sons.
1998
Darren Gilmour joins the ranks of distin-
guished Canadian scholars and scientists in his
new role of Director of the Royal Society of
Canada: The Academics of Arts, Humanities and
Sciences of Canada.
Alana (MacPherson) Sigurdson says, “The
Sigurdson household has gotten a little busier
this year with the birth of our daughter Abigail
Grace on November 21, 2008. She is a very
active baby who loves to camp and hates to
sleep. Her wardrobe is well equipped with lots
of Mount Allison clothes. Class of 2030 here she
comes!”
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David Steeves completed his thesis and grad-
uated with a Master of Laws degree from
Dalhousie Law School in May. David was the first
recipient of the Race and the Law prize from the
Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society for a paper that
will appear in the first collection of essays on
African-Canadians and the Law published by the
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
David recently relocated to Toronto where he is
pursuing a career in litigation.
Hannah Millier and Jeff McKinnon, along
with Sara and Liam, are pleased to announce
the birth of Neve Hannah McKinnon (8lb 10oz)
on July 22 at the South Shore Regional Hospital
in Bridgewater, NS.
Dr. Anna Wyand is an anesthesiologist, and
has been doing fellowship training in
Melbourne, Australia for the past year. By
chance, while on a family vacation in April at
Freycinet National Park in Tasmania Australia,
she ran into Dr. John Read, her thesis advisor
for her honours biochemistry degree at Mount
A. Anna is seen here holding her son Sacha
Kreuser, alongside Dr. Read and his wife Lesley.
1999
Alan MacNaughton and Darla (Beers) are
pleased to announce the birth of their daugh-
ter, Rebecca Lynn, on June 21. Rebecca is their
first child and was born on Father’s Day.
Jamie Heap writes, “In August Lambert Academic
Publishing, a German-based publishing house,
publishedmyexpandedthesis,Amos‘King’Seaman
and Minudie, Nova Scotia: Rural Entrepreneurial and
Community Development in the Maritimes, 1686-
1886 in the form of a book. It is 173 pages long and
available online (amazon.com).”
2000
Caitlin Quinton and Andrea “Drea”
Mossman were married a few years ago and
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are living in the Annapolis Valley. Caitlin is
teaching P-8 music and band and Drea is finish-
ing medical school at Dalhousie. They bought a
super old farmhouse and have filled it with
crazy pets — two ferrets, a cat, chickens, and
their golden retriever, Haggis.
2002
Eva Bartlett has been living in war-torn Gaza
and blogging about her experiences on the
ground during the attacks that started in Dec.
’08. Eva is there with the International
Solidarity Movement. She writes to raise
awareness and to rally for change. She has no
plans to leave Gaza in the near future. Read her
blog online at http://ingaza.wordpress.com
2004
This spring Michaela Beder was part of a
group of student doctors and nurses who
organized a conference on Medicare, focussed
on implementing changes to the medical sys-
tem. The incoming president of the Canadian
Medical Association was the lead speaker at the
conference. Michaela worked closely with
Jeffrey Turnbull during his campaign.
Krista Craik was contracted with Sun Life
Financial as a financial advisor in June. Krista
would love to hear from friends and alumni in
New Brunswick.
On July 11 Jill (Martin) Ross and Ryan Ross
(’00) celebrated “the wedding of the century”
when they were married in Stanley Bridge, PEI.
It was a mini Mount A reunion, filled with lots of
laughs. In attendance were Kim Vrieling,
Amanda Wasylishen (’03), Elissa Gelleny
(’03), Laura Coombs (’03), Russel Shears
(’03), Melissa Schellen (’03), Dale Firlotte
(’00), Craig MacArthur (’03), Barry Deane
(’00), Tony Clouter (’99), Michelle Bugg-
Clouter (’02), Daryl Ramsden (’02), Mike
Proudfoot (’01), and Mike Allison (’00).
Jill writes, “It meant so much to have the old
Mount A crew there celebrating in style!” Photos
can be seen at Alumni Online (Photo Gallery).
2005
Victoria Lamb Drover and Doug Drover wel-
comed their first child, Grace Anne Drover on
May 22, in Saskatoon, SK. Victoria says every-
one is happy and healthy.
In June Kelsey Mills cele-
brated with friends and
family, after receiving her
medical degree from the
Faculty of Medicine at the
University of Toronto. She is
starting the University of
Toronto’s five-year specialty
FOR SIX DECADES
we have had a special relationship with
the people of Mount Allison University.
We have welcomed prospective students
and parents; celebrated graduations;
hosted reunions; and accommodated
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program in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Kelsey
aims to continue her work with Canadian
women and women from around the globe to
provide quality healthcare.
2006
Allison Lickley released her first full-length,
fully produced album, “You Might Find Me
Here” and has been touring Canada and South
Asia. Allison was also the recipient of the Best
Vocal Performance on a Recording award at the
Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards.
Gary Power received a Bachelor of Education
degree, first division, from UNB in Fredericton.
Brandi (Elliott) Downey married Geoff
Downey of Saint John, NB, in July 2006 and had
a beautiful baby boy Kaiden in May 2007.
Brandi has been working at Family Plus/Life
Solutions as a co-ordinator of the Families in
Transition therapy program as well as a support
worker for teen girls since December 2007. She
and her husband built a new house and moved
in August 2008.
2007
Michelle Rehberg writes, “I am now in South
Korea teaching at a boys high school. I am
enjoying the warm summer-like fall and living
in Pohang. I plan on travelling a lot while I am
here and have already seen many of the sights.”
2008
Alison Smith was selected to take part in the
prestigious Parliamentary Internship Program
— a ten-month non-partisan training program
on Parliament Hill. Alison is working for mem-
bers of both the government and the opposi-
tion, and will meet regularly with eminent
Canadians.
2009
Donald Campbell received a BA from Mount
Allison this spring. Don, centre, is pictured here
with (from l-r) his son-in-law Jason Hicks
(’93), daughter Barbara (’94), son Douglas
(Mount A faculty), wife Leone (O’Conell)
Our goal is simple. Be indispensable.
(’88), daughter-in-law Amanda Cockshutt
(Mount A faculty), and son Arthur (’90).
Family members say they are “so proud and
pleased that after decades of supporting us in
our academic careers, Dad was honoured with
his Mount A degree with distinction.”
Recent grad, Ally Haley, has just been awarded
a Marie Currie Young Researcher Fellowship to
the University of York in Yorkshire, United
Kingdom. Ally, who spent the summer doing
research alongside assistant professor of psy-
chology Dr. Gene Ouellette, beat out stu-
dents from around the world for this coveted
two-year paid position at the University’s
Centre for Reading and Language.
Faculty/Staff
Dr. Peter Penner, Professor Emeritus of history,
and his wife Justina Penner, who worked at
the Bell Library and as secretary of the German
department at Mount Allison for many years,
have just celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary. To celebrate this landmark the
couple invited 80 guests to a brunch at a hotel
in Calgary.
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 Mount Allison goes global
Mount Allison has a reputation for devel-
oping well-rounded students — lively
young people with a keen awareness of
an increasingly interconnected world.
As part of ongoing efforts to graduate
engaged global citizens and enterprising
leaders, Mount Allison has designated
2009-10 the “Year of International
Engagement and Global Citizenship.”
In keeping with a strategic focus to attract
talented students from around the globe
and provide meaningful opportunities for
students to study, volunteer, and conduct
research abroad, a number of new initia-
tives to connect our students with the
world and fuel their passion and
commitment for all things international
are being introduced.
President’s Speaker Series:
This is a chance to provide students with
a first-hand account of the issues and
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opportunities that relate to globalization.
This year’s inaugural speaker was Stephen
Lewis, former Canadian Ambassador to
the United Nations and former Deputy
Executive General of UNICEF. In the
months to come, Mount Allison will
welcome Dr. James Orbinski, founder of
Médecins Sans Frontières, Dr. R.
Balasubramaniam, founder of the Swami
Vivekananda Youth Movement in India,
and Jean-Marc Hachey, author of The Big
Guide to Living and Working Overseas,
among others.
Global Village:
In September “Bermuda House” re-
opened as an internationally focussed
student residence. The new “Global
Village” is home to 26 students who want
to better understand Canada’s place in the
world and to take ownership of their
individual responsibilities in a rapidly-
shrinking world. Residents will partner
with University administration, faculty,
and student groups on projects aimed
at building interest in global issues.
Initiatives include current affairs get-
togethers, receptions for the President’s
Speakers Series’ guests, as well as book
clubs and social events that will encourage
diverse student interaction.
International Centre:
Last September Mount Allison opened
an International Affairs unit, committed
to assisting students who want to partici-
pate in an exchange or study abroad pro-
gram, supporting incoming international
students, and facilitating the Mount
Allison Sophomore Semester in English
(MASSIE) program. This year will see
the unit’s campus and community profile
raised and its scope of offerings and
supports increased.
Additional aspirations for this year
include increased participation of faculty,
staff, and students in organizations that
contribute to the internationalization of
the campus, the local community, as well
as Canada. Plans also include working
with the Province of New Brunswick and
counterparts in post-secondary education
to increase the recognition by all levels of
government and the private sector of the
importance of internationalization and to
improve links with immigration policy as
outlined in the Province’s Action Plan to
Transform Post-Secondary Education.
For more information about
Mount Allison’s internationalization
efforts, I invite you to visit
www.mta.ca/engagement
Ron Byrne
Vice-President, International and Student Affairs
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is a chance for our students to learn more
about the world and about themselves.
We challenge them to look for answers in
unex-pected places. Their discoveries will
shape our future.
They will be the next generation of leaders.
Your generosity is key to our successes and
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students with the confidence and experience
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