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Neutrinos breakthrough earns NobelBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

Usually a call at 5 am doesn’tbring good news.

For Queen’s University Profes-sor Emeritus Arthur McDonaldthat early-morning call on Tues-day, Oct. 6 would drasticallychange his life – for the better.

He had just been awarded the2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.

The announcement, made bythe Royal Swedish Academy ofSciences in Stockholm, said Dr.McDonald won the award, alongwith Takaaki Kajita of the Univer-sity of Tokyo, “for their key contri-butions to the experiments whichdemonstrated that neutrinoschange identities.”

Upon receiving the call Dr. Mc-Donald says he had a feeling of“tremendous accomplishment byour team.”

“I am truly honoured to receivethe Nobel Prize in Physics,” Dr.McDonald says. “While I am a co-winner of the Nobel Prize, the ho-nour really represents a culmina-tion of the hard work andcontributions of Canadian and in-ternational colleagues with whomI have collaborated with duringmy career.”

It was a momentous day notonly for Dr. McDonald but forQueen's as well.

“I want to offer my heartfeltcongratulations to Dr. McDonaldon this significant achievement,”says Daniel Woolf, Queen’s Princi-pal and Vice-Chancellor. “Dr. Mc-Donald’s scientific contributionshave advanced our understandingof the universe, and also set thepath for new directions in thestudy of physics and astronomy.His innovative vision has madeCanada a world-leader in the fieldof particle astrophysics and pavedthe way for fruitful internationalcollaborations.”

The findings solved a puzzlethat physicists had wrestled withfor decades, the academy addedin its announcement.

Dr. McDonald’s research tookplace at the Sudbury NeutrinoObservatory (SNO) scientific col-laboration, an advanced researchfacility located 2 km undergroundin an active nickel mine. The ex-periment demonstrated that neu-trinos from the sun were not dis-appearing on their way to earthand were captured with a differ-ent identity when arriving atSNO.

Meanwhile, Dr. Kajita pre-sented the discovery that neutri-nos from the atmosphere switchbetween two identities on theirway to the Super-Kamiokande de-tector in Japan.

This “metamorphosis” requires

that neutrinos have mass.The discovery changed “our

understanding of the innermostworkings of matter and can provecrucial to our view of the uni-verse,” the Nobel committee said.

“I am absolutely delighted atthis worldwide recognition for thefundamental research undertakenby Dr. McDonald and the team atSNOLAB. There is a tremendousamount of pride and satisfactionas an institution that Queen’s hasthis moment to celebrate one of itsfinest in Arthur McDonald. Itdoesn’t get better than the NobelPrize,” says Steven Liss, Queen’sVice-Principal (Research).“Queen’s has a history of attract-ing the best scholars and studentsand we provide an environmentthat inspires the best. Many stu-dents and faculty who have cometo study and research at Queen’shave certainly benefited from Dr.McDonald’s leadership and men-torship.”

Dr. McDonald arrived atQueen’s in 1989, was the inauguraGordon and Patricia Gray Chair inParticle Astrophysics and servedas the director of SNO, nowknown as SNOLAB.

The facility is operated by theSNOLAB Institute whose memberinstitutions are Queen’s Univer-sity, Carleton University, Laurent-ian University, University of Al-

berta and Université de Montréal.It is located 2 km below the sur-face in the Vale Creighton Minenear Sudbury, Ont.

Dr. McDonald has been a pro-fessor emeritus since 2013. Heearned his PhD in 1969 from theCalifornia Institute of Technology.

For his research, Dr. McDonaldhas received a number of awardsand recognition including beingelected a Fellow of the Royal Soci-ety of the UK and Commonwealthin 2009. In 2010 he received theKillam Prize in the Natural Sci-ences, in 2011 received the HenryMarshall Tory Medal from theRoyal Society of Canada, its high-est award for scientific achieve-

, ment; and in 2013 he was awardedthe European Physics Society HEPDivision Giuseppe and VannaCocconi Prize for Particle Astro-physics.

Queen’s distinguishes itself as oneof the leading research-intensive insti-tutions in Canada. The mission is to

l advance research excellence, leader-ship and innovation, as well as en-hance Queen’s impact at a nationaland international level. Through un-dertaking leading-edge research,Queen’s is addressing many of theworld’s greatest challenges, and de-veloping innovative ideas and techno-logical advances brought about bydiscoveries in a variety of disciplines.

Professor Emeritus Arthur McDonald was in demand afterwinning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday, Oct. 6,for his research on neutrinos. Whether it was local, nationalor international media, or even selfie-seeking students, Dr.McArthur took time to talk.

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‘Clever, humble, multi-faceted’BY WANDA PRAAMSMA,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

At an early age, Queen’s Pro-fessor Emeritus Arthur B. McDon-ald was already busy trying to fig-ure out the way things work.

“His mother will tell you thatat age five, he used to take apartclocks,” says Dr. McDonald’s wife,Janet McDonald. “Very early hewas intrigued by how thingswork.”

It’s that interest in the mechan-ics of the world that eventuallyled Dr. McDonald – the 2015 co-winner of the Nobel Prize inPhysics – to study the universe ona fundamental level, throughphysics.

“In high school, I was inter-ested in science, not necessarilyphysics. And I had a math teacher,Bob Chafe, in Sydney, Nova Sco-tia, who inspired many to pursuemath,” says Dr. McDonald.“When I started studying at Dal-housie, I went to study math andscience, but it was other teachers,Profs. Ernest Guptill and InnesMacKenzie, who inspired me inphysics. I also found that I coulddo it and it was fun.”

The Nobel Prize win recog-nizes the immense contributionsDr. McDonald has made over hislengthy career, but particularlyhonours his longtime research andgroundbreaking findings intoneutrinos – sub-atomic particlesconsidered the basic buildingblocks of the universe.

In 1989, he became director ofthe Sudbury Neutrino Observa-tory (SNO), located in the Vale(formerly known as INCO)Creighton mine near Sudbury,succeeding Queen’s Prof. GeorgeEwan. Working in the world’sdeepest underground laboratory,the SNO team – made up of scien-tists from several Canadian uni-versities – discovered that neutri-nos change from one type, or“flavour,” to another on their jour-ney to earth from the core of thesun. This finding confirmed thatthese fundamental particles havea finite mass and that the currentmodels for energy generation inthe sun are very accurate.

Dr. McDonald shares the pres-tigious Nobel win with Japanesescientist, Takaaki Kajita, a profes-sor at the University of Tokyo whosimilarly found, at the Super-Kamiokande detector in Japan,that neutrinos created in the at-mosphere underwent a metamor-phosis in their journey to earth.

“I am truly honoured,” says Dr.McDonald. “While I am a co-win-ner of the Nobel Prize, the honourreally represents a culmination ofthe hard work and contributionsof many colleagues with whom Ihave collaborated during my ca-reer.”

• • •Dr. McDonald grew up in the

small Nova Scotia city of Sydney,where a tightknit family gave hima strong sense of community andlaid the foundation for his suc-cessful career. When Dr. McDon-ald was a baby, his father, an ac-countant, spent three yearsoverseas during the Second WorldWar. During the war and after hisfather returned, he was sur-rounded by extended family,along with his mother and sister –something Mrs. McDonald sayscontributes to her husband’s

strong ethics and his humility.“There was a lot of knowledge

and respect there, within his fam-ily,” says Mrs. McDonald, who isalso from Sydney and met Dr. Mc-Donald at a dance in high school.The couple will celebrate their50th wedding anniversary in 2016.

“He’s very clever, but alongwith that, he has a really goodsense about things. He’s multi-faceted,” she says.

“Art has a wonderful way withpeople. He is very humble and re-spectful, and I think that’s why theSNO Scientific Collaboration hasdone so well. They are all verycollegial. That starts with the di-rector and permeates through thegroup.”

• • •Dr. McDonald left Sydney – a

steel and coal town – for Dal-housie University in Halifax,graduating in 1964 with a BSc (Ho-nours) in physics and a year later,with an MSc in the same field.From there, he headed south, andwest, to complete a PhD in nu-clear physics at the California In-stitute of Technology in Pasadena.

He and Mrs. McDonald cameback to Canada in 1969 and settledin Deep River, where Dr. McDon-ald worked at the Chalk River Nu-clear Laboratories, with AtomicEnergy of Canada, performingfundamental nuclear and particlephysics experiments with acceler-ators and reactors.

After 12 years in Deep River,Dr. McDonald was offered a posi-tion at Princeton University. Theywere raising four children whilein Deep River, three boys and agirl, and while somewhat reluc-tant to leave, the family movedand stayed in Princeton until 1988,when Dr. McDonald came to

Queen’s on sabbatical for a yearand stayed on permanently.

“While I was at Chalk River, Iwas already working with scien-tists from Queen’s who becamethe SNO team here,” says Dr. Mc-Donald. “And when I was atPrinceton, I returned to ChalkRiver in the summers to completeresearch. Our SNO collaborationbegan in 1984 and I started tostudy low radioactivity materialsin our labs at Princeton.”

As project director at SNO, Dr.McDonald was responsible for thedevelopment, construction, com-missioning, and operation of theunique underground site, as wellas the analysis and presentationof scientific results. It was his per-sistence, dedication and leader-ship over many years that pavedthe way to the significant scien-tific breakthroughs made by theteam.

“We knew that we could makea significant measurement on theproperty of neutrinos, if we couldonly complete this very complexproject and control radioactivityto an enormous degree,” he says.

The insights Dr. McDonald hasmade during his career, andthrough the team’s work at SNO,have been lauded around theworld. The discoveries have ad-vanced our understanding of theuniverse, and also set the path fornew directions in the study ofphysics and astronomy.

(Dr. McDonald likes to note,too, that it’s one of his early pa-pers, during his master’s at Dal-housie, that is one of his mosthighly cited works – a paper onpositron annihilation – about ra-dioactivity applied to condensedmatter physics.)

At SNO, Dr. McDonald’s lead-

ership led to the creation of the ul-timate in a low-radioactivity in-strument using 1,000 tonnes ofheavy water as the heart of a solarneutrino detector. Whereas previ-ous experiments had primarilyobserved electron neutrinos, SNOalso observed the total flux of allactive solar neutrinos and couldshow decisively whether the elec-tron neutrinos had changed intoother types.

The results from the SNO ex-periment provided clear evidencethat the neutrinos from the core ofthe sun were changing their type,a process arising from neutrinosof finite mass undergoing oscilla-tions. This result, coupled with re-sults for atmospheric neutrinosfrom Dr. Kajita’s experiment inJapan, requires modifications tothe Standard Model of ElementaryParticles to include massive neu-trinos. SNO results also provideda very accurate confirmation ofcurrent models of the sun and itsenergy-generation processes.

• • •Dr. McDonald has a long list

of honours to his name – includ-ing fellowship with the Royal So-ciety of Canada in 1997, the T.W.Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physicsfrom the American Physical Soci-ety, the Gerhard HerzbergCanada Gold Medal for Scienceand Engineering, both in 2003,Officer of the Order of Canada in2006, fellowship with the RoyalSociety of the U.K. and the Com-monwealth in 2009, the Order ofOntario in 2012, and the Euro-pean Physics Society HEP Divi-sion Giuseppe and Vanna Coc-coni Prize in 2013, amongnumerous others.

And while he says he’s retired,he still comes into campus regu-larly and is busy contributing totwo experiments at SNOLAB.

Of course, the Nobel changesthings. It’s a distinction he knowswill shift his life in exciting ways.At the same time, he feels a re-sponsibility to represent his col-leagues, university and countrywell when in the spotlight thatthis prize brings.

When he received the news ofthe prize from the Royal SwedishAcademy of Sciences in Stockholmvery early Tuesday morning, tearsbegan to flow, as he thought of hisfather, who passed away a fewyears ago. His mother, 93 yearsold, still lives in Nova Scotia.

Mrs. McDonald says she andher husband hugged and lookedat each other, asking, “Is this real?Did that really happen?”

“It was a feeling of amaze-ment,” says Dr. McDonald. “I amso grateful, for the award, and forall my colleagues and studentswho have been alongside methroughout my career.”

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Ready for HomecomingBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

Each year thousands of alumnireturn to Queen’s to reconnectwith one another and relive someof their student experiences.

Homecoming 2015, slated forOct. 23-25, is a time of excitementand renewal for the returnees aswell as the university.

Making sure the annual eventwill be one to remember for boththe alumni and Queen’s takesmonths of planning and prepara-tions, as well as a lot of hard workby staff and volunteers.

With Homecoming mere daysaway, everything is coming to-gether quite nicely, says Sarah In-dewey, Manager of Volunteer Re-lations and Reunions at the Officeof Advancement.

Registrations for this year’sHomecoming weekend havetopped 2,700, well ahead of lastyear’s numbers, she says.

Classes having milestone grad-uation anniversary years will en-joy special programming hostedby the university. Events areplanned for classes celebratingtheir five-year and 25-year an-niversaries, as well as those whograduated 50 or more years ago,better known as the TricolourGuard.

One of the nice surprises thisyear is a significant increase in thenumber of alumni returning for

their five-year reunion.“There’s been some great work

done in terms of engaging theyounger alumni population. Westarted a pilot program last year tostart recognizing the fifth reunionin a more significant way,” Ms. In-dewey says, adding that organiz-ers worked with Colin McLeod(Artsci’10), who is the Director-at-Large, Young Alumni for theQueen’s University Alumni Asso-ciation (QUAA). “They did a re-ally strategic analysis of what it istheir classmates are interested inthat are coming back to the re-union.”

The result is an event that willbe hosted at The Undergroundahead of the AMS’ ReUnion StreetFestival. There are more than 300confirmed attendees, while a simi-lar event last year attracted lessthan 100. Overall, more than 500members of the Class of 2010 willbe attending their first Homecom-ing, a number never seen before.

“So that committee and thatapproach really blew things out ofthe water,” Ms. Indewey says.“And that’s an important groupfor us to think about in the futurewhen engaging the alumni. It’s areally positive win for this year.”

That positivity also reaches tothe hundreds of volunteers whohelp make Homecoming the bestevent it can be.

There are over 200 student vol-unteers who help out throughout

the weekend with the signaturereunion activities as well as thewide variety of activities hostedby the faculties.

Another important aspect ofHomecoming is philanthropy, par-ticularly through class giving.Many classes choose Homecom-ing as a time to make a differenceat their alma mater, usually withdirect benefit to students. For ex-ample, BioSci’75 is working toraise $5,000 to purchase a numberof one-person bunkies in supportof students conducting field re-search.

“Class giving reconnectsalumni with the student experi-ence. It’s another way that they(alumni) can continue to make adifference at Queen’s and con-tribute to the traditions that werememorable to them as students,”says Tom Harris, Vice-Principal(Advancement), adding that morethan 100 volunteers are workingon this year’s philanthropy effort.“It speaks volumes about the ded-ication and pride that surroundsHomecoming weekend. We lookforward to welcoming our alumnihome, and to a safe and respectfulcelebration of the Queen’s spirit.”

For more information andschedules visit queensu.ca/home-coming2015. Also the Homecom-ing Program Booklet is availableonline at queensu.ca/alumni/net-working/reunions/homecoming-programming.html

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Homecoming is always an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with Queen’s University, former colleagues and faculty aswell as current students.

HOMECOMING 2015milestone reunion (5th, 25th and tricolour Guard) events take

place saturday, oct. 24.

Main hub for the weekend is Grant Hall – Alumni Meet and GreetFriday, Oct. 23 11:30 am-6 pmSaturday, Oct. 24, 8:30 am-12 pmKick off the Homecoming Weekend by visiting Grant Hall. representatives

from Queen’s archives, student clubs, athletics and recreation, Queen’sBands and more, are eager to welcome you home to Queen’s. Pick up yourreunion pin at the registration tables, along with any football tickets thatyou’ve purchased.


HIGHLIGHTSAcademic Excellence events:

chool of Policy Studies presentsDear Premiers: How Does 20 Yearsf Fiscal Austerity Sound?” by Donrummond, Stauffer-Dunningellowriday Oct. 23, 5:30-7 pm, School ofinesiology and Health Studies, Rm00.

in this presentation Don Drum-ond will explain why economic

nd revenue growth will be insuffi-ient and what provinces and terri-ories can do to bolster growth. alllumni welcome.

attle of the Books – Departmentf English aturday, Oct. 24, 10:30 am-12 pm,tauffer Library, Speaker’s Corner

eight teams will do battle to per-uade the audience that their pick

erits the 2015 Giller Prize. teamsarticipate in a series of three elimi-ation brackets, with just three min-tes to make their case. Winners wille determined by applause. open toll.

rt Conservation Open Houseaturday, Oct. 24, 1-3 pm

visitors to the program’s facilitiesan see the treatment and science

abs where students learn to con-erve paintings, works of art on pa-er, and objects of archeological,istoric and ethnographic origins.

Queen’s Spirit events:

ngineers Without Borders –umpkin Smashriday, Oct. 23, 12-3 pm, Agnesenidickson Field

a chance to chat about the workhe group does in the community

and the overseas ventures it sup-ports. Grab a slice of pumpkin pieand some hot chocolate and watchat 2:30 pm as they drop a 500-pound pumpkin.

Queen’s Solar education CentreOpen HouseSaturday, Oct. 24, 12-4 pm, Upperparking lot West Campus

Join alumni, students and com-munity members at the Qsec, anoff-grid home powered exclusivelyby solar energy. the Qsec is the lat-est project undertaken by theQueen’s solar Design team, whosemembers will be offering tours ofthe home.

CESA Wine and Cheese in BEdFriday, Oct. 23, 9 pm, Duncan McArthurHall

in celebration of the 40th an-niversary of concurrent education atQueen’s university, the concurrenteducation students’ association willhost a wine and cheese receptionfor returning alumni following themacclement Lecture.

AMS ReUnion Street FestivalSaturday, Oct. 24, On Union Street

a celebration of Queen’s prideand spirit that offers alumni and stu-dents the opportunity to interactthrough a variety of activities andentertainment that provide some-thing for everyone to enjoy. stu-dents and alumni are encouraged tocome at any time throughout thenight to check out the free events.

Homecoming Football GameSaturday, Oct. 24, 1-4 pm, RichardsonMemorial Stadium

come cheer on your Queen’sGaels as they face the LaurierGolden Hawks.

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Queen’s releases 2014-15financial statementsBY CRAIG LEROUX, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Queen’s financial statementsfor 2014-15 have now been postedonline after being approved by theuniversity’s Board of Trustees ear-lier this month.

The statements, which outlinethe university’s consolidated fi-nancial results for the fiscal yearending April 30, 2015, report a sur-plus of revenues over expenses of$61.9 million even as the univer-sity continues to face a number offinancial challenges.

“The majority of the surplus isthe result of strong investment re-turns in the university’s invest-ment and endowment funds,”says Caroline Davis, Vice-Princi-pal (Finance and Administration).“There is a degree of volatility inthe financial statements becauseof investment returns. The mar-

kets performed very well over thefiscal year, but the university can-not count on such strong returnsover the long term.”

The university’s pooled en-dowment fund returned 12 percent during the fiscal year. A por-tion of the endowment fund, useof which is largely restricted bythe wishes of donors, is paid outto fund operations while the re-mainder is reinvested to protectthe long-term value of the portfo-lio.

The smaller pooled investmentfund, which includes a range ofresearch funds, trust accounts,and operating carry-forwards, re-turned 10 per cent for the year.Those returns provide importantflexibility for the university to ad-dress strategic priorities.

Alan Harrison, Provost andVice-Principal (Academic), is re-sponsible for the university’s

budget process and says thatapart from one-time items like in-vestment returns, the 2014-15 fiscalyear ended as expected.

“Through the annual budgetprocess, the university is focusedon managing its resources care-fully in the face of financial chal-lenges,” says Dr. Harrison. “De-spite the positive result in 2014-15,the university continues to face anunsustainable pension plan with a$285-million solvency deficit, a$253-million deferred mainte-nance backlog, static or declininggovernment grants and uncer-tainty around the outcome of thegovernment’s review of the uni-versity funding formula.”

The university’s financial state-ments are available on the Finan-cial Services website, while moreinformation about the university’sbudget process is available on theprovost’s website.

international.

The Fulbright Silver Anniversary Gala was recently held in Ottawa andamong those attending were a pair of students with connections to Queen’sUniversity. Caroline Battaile, left, is an incoming Killam Fellow fromWellesley College studying Computer Science at Queen’s and RachaelNagelberg, right, is a Queen’s Killam Fellow studying biology at ClemsonUniversity.

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viewpoint offers faculty, staff and students the opportunity to reflect on a wide range of topics related to Queen’s and post-secondary education. email submissions or ideas to [email protected].

Lives Lived is a space to share your memories of a Queen’s community member who recently died. email your submissions to [email protected]

‘Like eagle wings, lifting us up’The following is the speech given

by Marlene Brant Castellano duringthe opening of Brant House atQueen’s University on Saturday,Oct. 3. The residence, which accom-modates 271 students, is named in ho-nour of Dr. Brant Castellano and herbrother Dr. Clare Clifton Brant –Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte of theTyendinaga Mohawk Territory, mem-bers of the Wolf Clan, and Queen’sgraduates.

I understand now why artistsreceiving awards want to thankeveryone in their lives, startingwith the people who gave thembirth. I am called to the forefronthere today but I would like you toimagine a whole throng aroundClare’s shoulders and my own,like eagle wings, lifting us up, andmurmuring “They’re on ourteam.” The throng includes ourparents who taught us the mostimportant lessons and the ex-tended family that takes care ofus, the teachers who noticed usand helped us on our way to andthrough Queen’s, the colleaguesand friends who shared their vi-sion, talents and energy over theyears to make good things happenand shared the disappointment

ronald Lampman Watts, the15th principal of Queen’s, diedoct. 9. He was 86.

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when things didn’t turn out quiteas we had planned.

The Thanksgiving Addresswith which this gathering beganreminds us of our place in Cre-ation, enjoying the gifts and thesacrifices of relations in many do-

mains, not humankind alone. TheHiawatha Wampum Belt dis-played on the pillars of this hallremind us that we are the inheri-tors of the Great Law of Peace es-tablished with five nations of theHaudenosaunee, or Iroquois Con-

federacy, and extended to theDutch, the French and the Britishsettlers and others who came tomake their home on Turtle Island.

I have to say that when Clareand I attended Queen’s, 50 yearsago for Clare and 60 years ago for

me, we became immersed in aculture that made no apology forits colonial roots and character.Both of us eagerly absorbed whatwas available to learn. Both of usdiscovered that our own psychicand spiritual health, our very sur-vival, required us to reconcilewhat we knew and practised asprofessionals with the inherentknowledge that we carried asMohawks, inherent knowledgethat we hardly knew how to ex-press.

I am immensely pleased thatreconciling worlds of knowledge,peace-making that begins in theheart and extends outward to thecommunity and the world, nolonger is left entirely to individu-als and their limited resources.Students coming to Queen’s todayare greeted with the affirmationthat they are on traditional Hau-denosaunee and Anishnabe terri-tory. I hope that at Brant Housethey will recognize an invitationto learn more about Indigenoustraditions of knowledge and theresponsibility to lift up others in acommunity that is enriched by di-versity of origins, identities andhistories.

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Principal Daniel Woolf, left, and Chancellor Jim Leech, right, welcome Dr. Marlene Brant Castellano to the opening of BrantHouse, a new student residence at Queen’s University, on Saturday, Oct. 3 .

lives lived.Queen’s 15th principal a leading expert on federalism

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Ronald L. Watts, who served asthe 15th principal of Queen’s Uni-versity, died on Friday, Oct. 9, atthe age of 86.

Dr. Wattsserved as principal from 197to 1984 and wa leading expon federalism

“On behalof the entireQueen’s com-munity, Julie and I extend ourdeepest condolences to Dr. Watts’wife Donna and the entire Wattsfamily,” says Principal DanielWoolf. “Dr. Watts was a belovedand respected member of theQueen’s community, and will besorely missed. He was also anenormously influential figure inthe debates on federalism in

Canada over several decades, agreatly respected internationalconsultant on governance, and afine teacher, many of whose stu-dents went on to successful ca-reers in academe, the private sec-tor and the public service.”

Born in Japan to Canadian An-glican missionary parents in 1929,he was educated at the Universityof Toronto (BAH’52) and attendedOxford University on a RhodesScholarship (BA’54, MA’59,PhD’62). He arrived at Queen’sUniversity in 1955 as a lecturer inphilosophy, but moved to the De-partment of Political and EconomicScience in 1961. Dr. Watts took aninterest in the administration andstudents of Queen’s, serving as aresidence don in McNeill Houseand helping to plan the many resi-dences built during the 1960s.

He was appointed Dean of Artsand Science in 1969 before becom-ing principal five years later. At 45,he was the youngest principalsince George Monro Grant.

During his time as principalseveral buildings were expanded

including Botterell Hall.Faced with reductions in gov-

ernment funding Dr. Watts alsolaunched a campaign to cut costs,such as reducing energy con-sumption, while also maintainingthe quality of teaching and re-search at Queen’s.

His second five-year term washighlighted by laying the plans forthe Queen's National Scholars pro-gram to attract outstanding youngfaculty members as well as startingthe planning for the establishmentof the School of Policy Studies.

Dr. Watts’ main academic inter-est was the comparative study offederal political systems. After re-tiring as principal, he served as di-rector of Queen’s Institute of Inter-governmental Relations, senioradviser to the federal governmenton constitutional affairs, and con-sultant to governments all overthe world, including Canada,Kenya, Nigeria, Papua NewGuinea, South Africa, Pakistan,and the United Kingdom.

He published a number ofbooks, including New Federations:

Experiments in the Commonwealth,Multi-Cultural Societies and Federal-ism, Administration in Federal Sys-tems, and Comparing Federal Sys-

tems. Dr. Watts received five hon-orary degrees and became an Offi-cer of the Order of Canada in 1979and a Companion in 2000.

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Ronald L. Watts, centre, surrounded by a number of trophies won by Queen’sathletes and teams, was the 15th principal of Queen’s University, serving fortwo terms from 1974-84.

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Highlights of Queen’s experts in the media from Oct.1-14Queen’s in the news.SPECIAL

Arthur Mc-Donald’s (Physics)awarding of thenobel Prize inPhysics was cov-ered extensively,ncluding on re-

gional and na-tional Global news, ctv news, andcBc broadcasts, online and radio. Healso appeared in the national Post,Globe and mail, toronto star andmaclean’s, as well as countless re-gional papers across canada and ininternational media.

Dr. McDonald also appeared oncBc's this Hour Has 22 minuteswhere he used timbits to explain hisresearch on neutrinos.

Daniel Woolf (Principal), DavidSaunders (Dean, Business) andTandy Thomas (Business) discussedthe stephen J.r. smith school ofBusiness announcement in the theGlobe and mail, ottawa citizen, Fi-nancial times (uK), the Whig-stan-dard, on cKWs and in the KingstonHerald.

NewspapersChristian Leuprecht (Political

studies) was interviewed by the na-tional Post about a video emergingfrom the southern Philippineshostage taking; and discussing thecase for and against revoking cana-dian citizenship.

Sidneyeve Matrix (Film & mediastudies) was interviewed in the

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toronto star on canadians’ use of so-cial media.

Charles Beach (economics) wasinterviewed by the toronto starabout politicians loving the middleclass.

David Lyon(surveillancestudies centre)took part in a Q&awith the ottawacitizen on “sur-veillance aftersnowden”; spoke

to the Globe and mail for an articleon researchers to study big data col-lection used on canadians.

Kathy Brock (Political studies)took part in “Have your say: What’sthe first thing you would do as Pm?”for the Globe and mail.

David Gordon (school of urbanand regional Planning) was featuredin the squamish chief for an articleon the city becoming an oceanfrontcommunity.

Kathleen Lahey (Law) was fea-tured in the toronto star in an articleabout female drivers being a plus foruber passengers.

John Holmes (Geography) spoketo the Hamilton spectator on thelikelihood of the trans-Pacific Part-nership creating winners and losersin the auto sector.

Anastasia Riehl (Languages, Lit-eratures and cultures) talked withthe toronto star about her effort todocument dying languages still spo-ken in toronto.

William Cooper (Business) andJonathan Rose (Political studies)

were featured in the Kingston Whig-standard for an article titled "De-bate-ducking? it’s debatable."

Kathy Brock(Political studies)was in the ottawacitizen for ananalysis of the fi-nal leaders’ de-bate.

Cynthia Levine-Rasky (sociol-ogy) had her op-ed "tories' responseto syrian war lesson in contradic-tions" published by the WinnipegFree Press.

Kieran Moore (medicine) toldthe Belleville intelligencer that withseasonal illness on the rise, washyour hands.

OnlineJonathan Rose (Political studies)

spoke about the pending electionad-buys targeting sports fans oniPolitics.ca.

John-Kurt Pliniussen (Business)spoke with cBc.ca about how citiesare dealing with ride-hailing tech-nology.

Kathy Brock (Political studies)discussed a report that found thatthe Liberal child-care benefit pledgecould benefit families in trudeau'sriding the most on cBc.ca andctvnews.ca.

Keith Banting (Political studies)was interviewed by ctvnews.ca in re-gards to the nDP offering Quebecthe right to opt out of federally-funded programs.

JessicaLougheed (Psy-chology) spokewith yahoo!canada on howmoms and daugh-ters help eachother destress

through touch.Christian Leuprecht (Political

studies) talked with cBc onlineabout the taliban seizure of Kunduzsending a message to Kabul, europe;with globalnews.ca on shouldcanada do more training to fight isis.

Ken Wong (Business) was fea-tured by cBc online for a story on acanadian oilsands group helpinglaunch $20-million XPrize on carbonemissions.

TelevisionSidneyeve Matrix (Film & media)

commented on a report on howcanadians are using social media, onGlobal news.

MagazinesDavid Lyon (surveillance studies

centre) commented in time maga-zine on today's surveillance state.

Kathleen Lahey (Law) spoke tomaclean’s magazine on howparental leave is the "trojan Horse"of election promises.

Ian McKay (History) argues thatcanadian politics needs its ownBernie sanders in maclean’s.

Family, Queen’s keep Paddon’s memory aliveBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

In 2011, less than a year after hisgraduation, Paddon Thompson(Sc’10) addressed a crowd of fel-low geologicalengineers at adepartmentalreunion in Cal-gary. At 6-foot-5, Paddon cer-tainly had thephysical pres-ence to capti-vate his audi-ence. But it wasmore than justhis size that kept all eyes rivetedto him.

Outgoing, charismatic, and anaturally-gifted speaker, Paddonspoke from the heart that night,choosing a topic that was espe-cially meaningful to him, the im-portance of field studies to geo-logical engineering students.

Anyone who studies geologyor geological engineering – espe-cially at Queen’s – likely has fond

memories of field school. Second-year students spend two weeks inthe field immediately after theschool year ends. They head backseveral times over the next twoyears for a total of more than 240hours in the field. Most studentsagree that this hands-on outdooradventure is the highlight of theirgeological education. It certainlywas for Paddon.

An artist, a musician, and a tal-ented multi-sport athlete, PaddonThompson was one of those peo-ple who seemed to excel at every-thing he did. Diagnosed with abrain tumour at age six, he wasdetermined not to let his sicknessdefine him. He continued to paint,play the drums, and compete at ahigh level, even after a pair of sur-geries left him with peripheralnerve damage.

“He had this remarkable abilityto remain positive through every-thing,” says his mother, JoniHughes. “His hope carried thewhole family.”

Paddon’s upbeat outlook paid

off. He was declared cancer-free in2006, just in time to fulfill a life-long dream of studying geology atQueen’s.

His passion for geology datesback to family vacations in theRocky Mountains.

“He always loved those trips,and rock collecting was a big partof it,” says Joni.

Between his memories of themountains and his dreams ofworking on the oil patch, studyinggeological engineering just madesense for Paddon.

He remembered his years atQueen’s fondly, especially the fieldstudies. And while he had alwaysworked and had family resourcesto draw on, Paddon understoodthat field school could be a finan-cial burden to some of his class-mates.

“University is expensive,” saysJoni, “and field school only makesit harder. Not only is it an addi-tional expense, it also eats into thetime you could otherwise spendearning money.”

Less than two years after grad-uation, at the beginning of whatwas shaping up to be a promisingcareer in the oil industry, Paddondied suddenly from complicationassociated with his cancer.

As they were looking for a wayto honour his memory, Paddon’sparents remembered his speech atthe reunion a year earlier. Con-vinced that Paddon would want tmake field studies more afford-able for future geology students,they established a fund in hisname and set out to raise $2 mil-lion.

The fund will help defray fieldschool costs for Geological Sci-ences and Geological Engineeringundergrads.

“It’s not a needs-based bur-sary,” Joni explains. “It’s for everyone.”

The money will also help fundadditional field trips and buy newequipment.

To give to the Paddon Thomp-son Geological Field StudiesFund, visit givetoqueens.ca.

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Ruffo inrunning forliterary prizeBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Armand Ruffo, the Queen’sNational Scholar in IndigenousLanguages and Literatures, is inthe running for a Governor Gen-eral’s Literary Award it was an-nounced Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Mr. Ruffo is a finalist in thenon-fiction cat-egory for hiswork NorvalMorrisseau: ManChanging intoThunderbird, abiography ofthe innovativeand controver-sial Ojibwaypainter.

Mr. Ruffo,who teaches in the Department ofEnglish Language and Literatureand Department of Drama andMusic, says he is surprised by thenomination and considers it anhonour to be included among“such fine writers.”

“Norval Morrisseau: ManChanging Into Thunderbird tooknumerous years to write becauseof the huge amount of primaryresearch that I had to do, and theway that I wanted to integratethis material into a compellingnarrative, and so it is wonderfulto hear that the book may notsimply fall into the proverbial‘big black hole’ and disappearquickly from sight,” he says. “Ul-timately, it’s the writing that mat-ters, and I think the nominationshould help the book come to theattention of potential readers,and for a writer – at least for me –this is the best thing about thenomination.”

Mr. Ruffo, who has producedpoetry, plays and biographies, aswell as a feature-length film, saysthat what drives his creativity is adesire to share the stories andhistories of Canada’s Indigenouspeoples.

Since arriving at Queen’s in2014, Mr. Ruffo has continued hismulti-disciplinary juggling actteaching classes in the Depart-ment of English Language andLiterature and Department ofDrama and Music, and has be-come active with Four DirectionsAboriginal Student Centre.

Another finalist with Queen’sconnections is Helen Humphreys,a Kingston-based writer who ison the short list for the fictionprize for her book The EveningChorus.

Ms. Humphreys was theWriter-in-Residence at the De-partment of English Languageand Literature in 2009.

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Dean receives lifetime achievement awardBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

Richard Reznick, Dean of theFaculty of Health Sciences atQueen’s University, is being recog-nized with a major award from hisalma mater.

A proud McGill Universityalumnus, Dr. Reznick is receivingthe Medicine Alumni GlobalAward for Lifetime Achievementfor his nearly 30-year career inmedical education.

The award, presented since2009, is given to a graduate “whohas enhanced the reputation ofMcGill University through a life-time of exceptional leadership.”

“When I realized who hadbeen given the award in the past Ifelt incredibly humbled,” says Dr.Reznick. His predecessors form alist of medical professionals at theforefront of their specialty, includ-ing Dr. Charles Scriver, a pioneerin medical genetics, and Dr. PhilGold, who co-discovered carci-noembryonic antigen (CEA),which led to a test that detectscolon cancer.

While he is thrilled to receivethe lifetime achievement award,Dr. Reznick says there is still

much work to be done. “The future of medical educa-

tion remains very exciting,” hesays. “By continuing to improvethe way we train future healthprofessionals we will ultimatelyimprove the way we deliverhealth care to our patients.”

Dr. Reznick is recognized as aleader in surgical education andhas devised reliable clinical as-sessment tools to judge surgicalquality. That work earned him theKarolinska Institutet Prize for Re-search in Medical Education in2010. He also played a leading rolein establishing a performance-based examination used for med-ical licensure across Canada.

Dr. Reznick was first ap-pointed Dean of the Faculty ofHealth Sciences at Queen’s in2010 and was reappointed for asecond five-year term this pastJune. During his time as dean, thefaculty has worked to intensifyresearch, develop new models ofteaching and training, and intro-duce new programs, such as theQueen’s University Clinician In-vestigator Program, the Queen’sUniversity Accelerated Route toMedical School (QuARMS), themultidisciplinary Master of Sci-

ence in Healthcare Quality, acombined MD/PhD program, andthe functional anatomy bootcamp.

Dr. Reznick also serves as thechief executive officer of theSoutheastern Ontario AcademicMedical Association (SEAMO).He is also currently a member ofthe boards of Kingston GeneralHospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital andProvidence Care.

A professor in the Departmentof Surgery, Dr. Reznick completedhis medical degree at McGill andthen graduated from the general-surgery training program at theUniversity of Toronto. He com-pleted a Master of Education de-gree at Southern Illinois Univer-sity followed by a fellowship incolorectal surgery at the Univer-sity of Texas in Houston.

Richard Reznick, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University, isthe recipient of the 2015 Medicine Alumni Global Award for LifetimeAchievement from his alma mater, McGill University.

Dedicated support for United Way, Queen’sBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

When John Weatherall looks atthe needs of a community today,what he sees as vitally importantis a sense of closeness.

Unfortunately, he points out,that closeness is sorely missing inmost communities.

However, one of the ways hepersonally is trying to make a dif-ference is through his participa-tion with the United Way ofKingston Frontenac Lennox andAddington.

While he has long supportedthe United Way in a number ofways, John is currently headingup the Leadership ChallengeGrant, which is aimed at encour-aging ‘Leadership’ level donationsof $1,200 or more during the an-nual fundraising campaign. Thisis the second year that John andhis wife Diana have given theLeadership Challenge Grant.

John often speaks of issues on aglobal scale, yet he remains veryconnected to local matters. It issomething that he inherited fromhis father while growing up inEngland.

“My father was always in-

volved in local things – schoolboards, local politics, planningboards,” he says, adding that, as aresult of his father’s influence, he“feels a kind of duty” to help oth-ers in the community.

He sees the United Way as animportant vehicle for making sucha difference as it supports a widerange of local initiatives providing

much-needed support to the com-munity. The efforts help bind thecommunity together.

“I do believe very much thatthe community has to be close andthe community is getting lessclose,” he says.

John is a trained engineer whohas worked in the investment in-dustry for over 50 years. He is

currently running his own invest-ment firm after retiring as a direc-tor from Toronto Dominion Bankin 1995.

Much of his work is aimed atbringing people together onceagain. A key to this is mentorship,the sharing of knowledge amongpeople with similar interests. Byhaving role models and opportu-nities to be in programs localyouth can have something theycan be proud of and build self-es-teem.

It’s also a role he plays throughthe Leadership Grant Challenge.

“Connections are important,”he says.

John points out that the world,Canada included, has undergonesignificant and difficult changes inrecent decades. The subsequentresults include the separation ofcommunities, a decline in valuesand growing youth unemploy-ment.

But, through local efforts,change can still be made with theproper support such as that foundthrough the United Way.

“You look at what you are ableto give and you find out what isimportant and you do that,” hesays. “That’s part of being in a

community.”John first arrived in Kingston

in the 1950s when he worked forAlcan, coming from England andcreating a kind of second home.During his time here he also fos-tered some close connections withQueen’s, including befriendingPrincipal William Mackintosh.

John continues to help Queen’sby supporting the Office of Ad-vancement in its effort to raisefunds for the university and itsstudents.

He also supports the universitydirectly through the Scarthing-moor Prize in Economics, whichhe established in 2006. The awardis handed out annually to a stu-dent whose Master’s essay re-ceived a mark of at least 85%.

Also, in recognition of hiswork, Queen’s offers the JohnWeatherall Visiting Scholar Fundin Economics, funded by a giftfrom the Jim Pattison Foundation.The fund provides resources forthe Department of Economics toinvite top-flight economists fromother institutions, especially lead-ing scholars from outside ofCanada, to visit Queen's for vari-able periods of time of one weekor more.

“The future of medical educationremains very exciting. Bycontinuing to improve the way wetrain future health professionalswe will ultimately improve theway we deliver health care to ourpatients.”

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Queen’s University professor Arthur B. McDonald, along with Takaaki Kajita of the University of Tokyo, has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. Dr. McDonald and a team of Canadian and internationalscientists worked deep underground unlocking the mysteries of neutrinos, fundamental building blocks ofnature. Their revolutionary work redefined the basic laws of particle physics and confirmed the detailedunderstanding of how the sun burns. This exemplifies research at Queen’s: leading-edge ideas, advances and discoveries that address the world’s greatest challenges.

CongratulationsProfessor Arthur B. McDonald

Dr. Arthur B. McDonaldInaugural Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle AstrophysicsDirector, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration

2015 Nobel Prize in Physics

Founded in 1841, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario is one of Canada’s leading research-intensive institutions,combining quality and intensity in research with excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. L

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Leading the celebrations of women in computingBY ANDREW CARROLL, GAZETTEEDITOR

For years Wendy Powley(School of Computing) hasworked toward attracting morewomen to the field of computing,at Queen’s, in Ontario and acrossCanada.

A big part of this effort wasfounding and organizing the On-tario Celebration of Women inComputing (ONWIC), a confer-ence that draws female studentsfrom across the province to gainexperience, receive support andmake valuable contacts.

Ms. Powley, a Research Associ-ate and Adjunct Lecturer in theSchool of Computing and the Fac-ulty of Education, also continuesto play a key role in Women in theSchool of Computing (WISC) atQueen’s, an informal support andsocial group for all women, un-dergraduate and graduate stu-dents, faculty and staff, in theSchool of Computing.

So it perhaps wasn’t much of asurprise that she was recently ap-pointed as chair of the ACM-WCelebrations committee, a sub-group of the Association for Com-puting Machinery, the world’slargest educational and scientificcomputing society.

Having organized such Cele-brations since 2010, she’s ideallysuited for the role.

Ms. Powley will not only coor-dinate the organization of the Cel-ebration in Canada, but she willoversee ACM-W Celebrations thatoccur annually worldwide. In the

2015/2016 academic year there areat least 10 Celebrations plannedacross the United States as well asCelebrations in Europe (2), India(2), Puerto Rico, Cuba and, ofcourse, in Canada. In her new po-sition, Ms. Powley will play a keyrole in encouraging new Celebra-tions in an effort to broaden theirreach. She will share her expertisewith Celebration organizers andensure that the resources pro-vided by the ACM-W such asfunding, swag, web hosting, andemotional support reach each andevery Celebration organizer.

“Communication with myACM-W mentors was crucial dur-

ing the organization of our firstCelebration. Kind offerings of avice, encouragement, and valida-tion kept me going,” Ms Powleysays. “That will be a big part ofmy role – to inspire and motivateothers. Organizing a Celebrationis a huge undertaking, but I wantthem to know that in the end thewill have no regrets. It is incredibly satisfying to provide an inspirational experience that will havea lasting impact on young peo-ple.”

It was the ACM-W Celebra-tions model that got ONCWICstarted at Queen’s in 2010 – thatalong with a very keen group of

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student helpers from WISC.Each year since 2010 the confer-ence has been hosted by a differ-ent university and has been grow-ing in popularity. This year theconference has a new identity –the “Canadian Celebration ofWomen in Computing” and willbecome a national annual confer-ence. It is expected to attract morethan 500 women from across thecountry.

Queen’s continues to play aprominent role in the conferencethrough Ms. Powley’s organizingrole as well as the number of par-ticipants – a contingent of 60 atthe most recent event.

This prominence is a positivefor Queen’s as well as for theSchool of Computing.

“Being visible at the Celebra-tion as a very large group speaksvolumes that women are welcomehere at Queen’s in Computer Sci-ence,” Ms. Powley says. “It’s away to retain our women as well.Our first-year students who at-tend find the event very inspiringas they see many positive femalerole models and learn of the vastopportunities available in thefield. We hope this has a lastingeffect”.

So far the efforts have beensuccessful at Queen’s. With ap-proximately 35% of the under-graduates enrolled in computingprograms being female, it is be-lieved that Queen’s has the high-est percentage in Canada. Withthe national average in NorthAmerica hovering around 15%,there is still much work to bedone.

She sees the ACM-W Celebra-tions as a key part of finding along-term solution.

“We need to be actively in-volved in encouraging women tocome into the field. We are allconsumers of technology. It onlymakes sense to ensure that thereis diversity among its creators,”she says. “Ideally, the way to getmore women into the field is toget more women into the field.”

Ms. Powley in her new role atACM-W intends to ensure thishappens.

To learn more about ACM-Wvisit women.acm.og.

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Wendy Powley, a research associate and adjunct lecturer in the School of Computing and the Faculty of Education, wasrecently appointed as chair of the ACM-W Celebrations committee, a subgroup of the Association for Computing Machinery.

ITS dials up cellphone receptionBY MARK KERR, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Cellphone reception insidecampus buildings is improving asa result of a project led by Infor-mation Technology Services (ITS).

Working with ITS, Bell Mobil-ity is installing new in-buildingantenna systems at several loca-tions. While the technology is pro-vided by Bell, customers of othercarriers – Telus, Virgin and Koodo– will benefit from the upgrades.Queen’s is actively encouragingRogers Wireless and Wind Mobileto provide their customers withthis enhanced service, and bothcontinue to investigate the optionto connect to the system.

“The Queen’s community hascome to rely on cellphones andsmartphones on a daily basis tosupport their educational, busi-ness and personal needs. How-ever, reliable service insideQueen’s buildings has been hitand miss because outdoor antenna

systems have struggled to keep upwith the density of devices in thedowntown area and on main cam-pus,” says Hugh Flemington, Proj-ect Lead. “We anticipate this proj-ect will reduce the number oftimes users experience droppedcalls or can’t find a signal.”

ITS set the initial priorities forthe multi-year project based onbuildings that typically house orhost a large number of people, aswell as areas known to have poorcellphone reception. The new an-tenna system is operating inGoodes Hall, Stauffer Library,Queen’s Centre and Victoria Hall.Systems in Brant House, David C.Smith House and Watts Hall willbe in service by the end of Sep-tember.

In addition to main campusimprovements, west campus willsoon benefit from a new Bell an-tenna on John Orr Tower to relievecapacity issues in the neighbour-hood on event and high-trafficdays.

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Q&A: Get to know Sir Terry MatthewsCommunications Officer

Chris Armes spoke with Sir TerryMatthews, one of Canada’s pre-eminent technology entrepre-neurs, following his Principal’s Fo-rum speech. Sir Terry offerslessons learned over a lifetime ofentrepreneurship.

Chris Armes: Was there anyadvice you wish someone hadgiven you before you started yourfirst company, or was entrepre-neurship something you alwaysaspired to?

Sir Terry Matthews: No, Ithink it was in my blood from theget-go. In the area I was broughtup, there were engineering com-panies all around me. From a veryyoung age, I could pull apart amachine, I could fix a radio, Icould fix a vehicle, an engine, anaxle. It was in the blood. So I thinkthere’s something in the DNA.You have to choose people or givethem the opportunity. Some peo-ple will have a go and make it,and some people just can’t be-cause they’re just too risk averse.

CA: If you had to live your lifeover again, but becoming an en-trepreneur wasn’t an option, isthere anything else you wouldhave liked to do as a career?

STM: It’s such a pleasurablething to put a team together tofight and grow and be successful.I don’t think I would want to havegone down a different track. I

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“That is what I do to relax.That’s my hobby. I likebusiness. If I retired… wellactually, I am retired. I retiredin 1978 when Mitel wentpublic and my hobby is tocreate businesses. Enjoy whatyou do. If you don’t enjoy it, dosomething else!”

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might have been an explorer ofsome kind, but it could not be pas-sive. I’m not a passive person. In-herently, I’m able to take risks,judge what the risks are, andjudge what I consider to be theworst case and the best case. I’ll

go for the best case if I can livewith the worst case. If I can’t livewith the worst case, I won’t do it.

CA: What common traits haveyou noticed that highly-successfulpeople seem to share?

STM: It’s all over the map.Some people are very arrogant,but they wind up doing very well.Some people are dishonest andcreate an aura. Personally, I don’tlike that. I think it’s good to behumble. I’d rather drive a half-

ton, rusted truck than a chauf-feur-driven Rolls Royce. If you seyourself up, you might be torndown.

CA: You have many differentprojects on the go. What do youdo to relax?

STM: That is what I do to re-lax. That’s my hobby. I like busi-ness. If I retired… well actually, Iam retired. I retired in 1978 whenMitel went public and my hobbyis to create businesses. Enjoy whayou do. If you don’t enjoy it, dosomething else!

CA: If you could only leave behind one lesson for the next geneation of entrepreneurs, whatwould you want it to be?

STM: Have a goal. Be braveenough to have a goal.

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Technology entrepreneur Sir Terry Matthews sat down with the Gazette after his Principal’s Forum speech at Goodes Hall onThursday, Oct. 15

A forum for innovationBY CHRIS ARMES,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Canadian technology mogul SirTerry Matthews discussed entre-preneurship and stressed the im-portance of rapid growth during apublic lecture in the Goodes HallCommons on Thursday, Oct. 15.

The speech, part of the Princi-pal’s Forum lecture series,touched on the importance of cre-ating a sense of camaraderie andownership amongst a corporateteam. He also explained how asmall company can compete withlarge, established players.

“A little company can be quick,can be nimble and can adjust towhat the market needs,” said SirTerry.

Sir Terry addressed an en-gaged audience in the GoodesHall Commons, delivering alively discussion entitled “Go

Global Fast.” Speaking for almostan hour, without notes or pre-pared remarks, Sir Terry sharedhis experiences in entrepreneur-ship and lessons learned for thenext generation of innovators. Re-peatedly, Sir Terry addressed theneed for companies to grow rap-idly to stave off competitors in adiverse and global marketplace.

“You have a product thatmeets 100 per cent of the market’sneeds, and you own the Ontariomarket,” he said. “Meanwhile, acompany out of Silicon Valley hasa product that meets 80 per centof the market’s needs, but they al-ready own the U.S. market, theU.K. market, Europe, Asia…andso on. You won’t last.”

Prior to his public talk, SirTerry led a roundtable discussionwith students, faculty and localentrepreneurs. Topics includedthe domestic and global chal-

lenges facing entrepreneurs, fos-tering innovation and entrepre-neurship amongst students and

the lessons Sir Terry has learnedover his career.

Sir Terry Matthews is the

founder and chairman of WesleyClover International, an invest-ment management firm and hold-ing company. Since 1972, Sir Terryhas either founded or fundedmore than 100 companies, includ-ing Newbridge Networks, whichhe started in 1986 and has sincegrown to be a leader in the world-wide data networking industry,and Mitel, a current world leaderin the design and manufacture ofenterprise communications sys-tems and software.

The Principal’s Forum is a lectureseries in which notable guests are in-vited to campus to give a public ad-dress on matters of Canadian import.Past speakers have included world-renowned scholar DipeshChakrabarty, His Excellency the Gov-ernor General, the Rt. Hon. DavidJohnston, and the Rt. Hon. TriciaMarwick MSP, the Presiding Officerof the Scottish Parliament.

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An exchange of ideasBY ANNE CRAIG,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Anesthesiologist Gaston Nyiri-gira has embarked on a three-month trip to Kingston to gatherresearch knowledgeand experience to as-sist his nativeRwanda. Dr. Nyirigiris one of only 15 anesthesiologists inRwanda, so this research ex-change is critical to provide himwith the skills to implement newmedical protocols upon his return.

This was made possible by aCanada-Africa Research ExchangeGrant (CAREG) awarded to co-principal investigators Ana John-son (Public Health Sciences) andJoel Parlow (Anesthesiology andPerioperative Medicine).

“We first met Gaston in 2012when he was recommended to usby his program director,” says Dr.Parlow, who, along with Dr. John-son and Ryan Mahaffey (Anesthe-siology and Perioperative Medi-

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cine), first met him while teachingas part of the Canadian Anesthesi-ologists’ Society International Ed-ucation Foundation, and research-ing the barriers to implementingprotocols for managing pain. Hehas been an important collaborator in ourproject.”

ElizabethVanDenKerkhoand RosemaryWilson (Schoolof Nursing) anDavid Goldstein(Anesthesiology), co-investigatorson this exchange project, travelledto Rwanda earlier this year andworked with Dr. Nyirigira at ahospital in Butare, Rwanda. Thegoal was to learn more about post-operative pain management tech-niques used in teaching hospitalsby surveying a number of medicalprofessionals. They relied heavilyon Dr. Nyirigira’s hospital con-tacts to collect the data.“He has

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and he knows everyone, whichwas very helpful,” says Dr. Wil-son.

For the current phase of thegrant, Dr. Nyirigira was selectedto join the research group atQueen’s. He jumped at the chance.

“I need to use the opportuni-ties I’m given to the fullest poten-tial,” says Dr. Nyirigira, “and doas much as I can in the time I amhere. I have the passion, I have themotivation. I’m hoping I can moti-vate more people in my country tocome and study anesthesiology. Ialso want to increase awareness ofwhat an anesthesiologist does andhow important they are when itcomes to managing pain. I can bean advocate.”

While in Kingston, Dr. Nyiri-gira is auditing a number ofcourses and will be making anumber of presentations to de-partments at Queen’s. He is alsoworking on several different proj-ects, including surveying healthpersonnel in Kingston about theirpostoperative pain management

practices. The information hegathers will be used to create newprotocols and best practices forpersonnel involved in the care ofsurgical patients in Rwanda.

“The objectives of the grant in-clude having Gaston head an im-plementation program that willwork in Rwanda,” says Dr. John-son. “He is also going to be a ma-jor resource for health profession-als in his country.”

Previous work headed by theteam’s investigators (Drs. JohnsonParlow and Mahaffey) pinpointedthe need for such an implementa-tion program in Rwanda. Whenhis time here is finished, Dr. Nyirigira will be returning to Rwandaand taking with him new knowl-edge. The next phase of the ex-change entails some of the investi-gators returning to Rwanda in2016.

“He is committed to makingcare in his country better,” saysDr. Parlow. “This is an opportu-nity for him to learn from us butalso for us to learn from him.”

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Getting ajump onjob searchBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

For many graduate studentsthe next big step is entering thejob market. To help them getstarted the School of GraduateStudies is hosting its second an-nual Career Week for GraduateStudents and Post-Doctoral Fel-lows.

The week is comprised of a se-ries of workshops that focus onhow to apply skills acquired dur-ing graduate training to variouscareer options and how to bestmarket those skills.

“Graduate study is not onlyabout pushing the boundaries ofdiscovery and deepening knowl-edge and its application, it’s alsoabout preparing our students forwhat comes next,” says BrendaBrouwer, Vice-Provost and Deanof the School of Graduate Studies.“The SGS Career Week provides aseries of workshops and hands-onsessions designed to expose stu-dents to the skills and strengthsacquired in their academic train-ing that will position them for success in a variety of career settingsand to learn strategies for net-working, self-marketing, and ca-reer planning. It’s a fantastic op-portunity to think about the futurand where your graduate degreemight take you.”

Workshops will cover a widerange of topics including how toutilize online tools to promoteyour skills in a changing labourmarket, jobs in academia, teachindossiers, and identifying yourskills.

There will also be special ses-sions for graduate coordinatorsand students with guest speakerAnne Krook, who has extensiveexperience in the post-secondaryand IT sectors.

The week will conclude with anetworking reception on Friday,Oct. 23 from 4-5:30 pm at theAgnes Etherington Art Centre.Participants will meet local em-ployers and alumni of Queen'sgraduate programs to expandtheir network and explore careeropportunities. In this guided net-working event, each employer oralumnus will offer up a valuabletip for finding a career that per-haps students and post-docsnever knew they were trained todo.

With such a broad range oftopics and information, graduatestudents are sure to find some-thing of value.

A full schedule of the week'sevents can be found online atqueensu.ca/exph/career-week/.

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events calendar.Friday, Oct. 23-Sunday, Oct. 25Queen's Homecoming WeekendHomecoming at Queen's - a celebra-tion of community! Be a part of theexcitement on october 23 - 25 by at-tending an event, volunteering,cheering on the Gaels at the footballgame and welcoming home re-unioning alumni. classes ending in'0' or '5' are celebrating a milestonethis year. Full event details and a linkto register at queensu.ca/homecom-ing2015.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 12-1:30 pmSpeaker: Fredy Armando PeccerelliMonterrosointernationally renowned forensicanthropologist, founding memberand executive director of theGuatemalan Forensic anthropologyFoundation (FaFG), and chancellorDunning trust Lecturer Fredy ar-mando Peccerelli monterroso willspeak on ‘Jumayj chi Kamayj': recov-ering Guatemala's Disappeared.’ Q&aand discussion to follow. sponsoredby the Department of Geographyand Planning and the chancellorDunning trust. speaker’s corner,stauffer Library.

Tuesday, Oct. 13-Saturday, Nov. 21Union Gallery's Silent Auction:MOSAICunion Gallery is excited to announcethe onset of the annual FallFundraiser and silent auction! the2015 Fundraiser features 8.5x10 can-vas works on the theme of mosaic.a bidding sheet will be availableoutside the gallery from oct. 13 untilnov 21. Drop by the gallery andplace your bid on some new and ex-citing pieces of art.

Tuesday, Oct. 20-Wednesday, Oct.21, 10:30 am-3:30 pmEngineering & Technology Fair our annual engineering & technol-ogy career/internship fairs offer op-portunities for students and organi-zations with an engineering or

technical focus to connect. this fairis held annually in october and Jan-uary. Follow #careerfairqueens ontwitter for updates and info aboutthis event.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 12:30-2:30 pmOpen Access: the Good, the Badand the UnknownKnowledge exchange, impact andexposure in an evolving researchenvironment - a panel discussionpresented by university researchservices and the Library. Panel: 1-2:30 pm (Lunch: 12:30 to 1pm) Panel modera-tor: Karina mcinnis, executive Direc-tor, university research servicesrichardson Hall, room 340

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 3-4 pmGuest Speaker: Vincent KuuireProfessor vincent Kuuire, Post-doc-toral Fellow in Geography and Plan-ning will speak on “understandingimmigrant Housing integration incanada: the role of transnationalengagements.” this lecture will be-gin at 3 pm. coffee will be availablein the lecture room at 2:30 pm.mackintosh-corry Hall, room D214

Thursday, Oct. 22, 10:30 am-12 pmMS Outlook - More than Emailthis popular workshop offers in-sights into little-known techniquesto get the most of our mail, managemeetings, track tasks, cultivate con-tacts, and customize outlook to yourindividual needs. Learn to createmeetings and tasks to automaticallyrecur within your calendar; see howto leverage autocorrect, Quick tasksand rules to save valuable time, andpeek behind the options tab for se-cret mail settings that will make yourlife easier. Jeffery Hall, room 156

Thursday, Oct. 22, 12-1 pmVisual Bites in Contextunion Gallery is pleased to welcomeartist Pansee atta, who will be joinedby guest scholar Beesan sarrouh,

PhD candidate in the Political stud-ies Department focusing on compar-ative politics, to dialogue aroundrepresentations of muslim bodiesand space, in particular, in bothcanadian and global contexts. Lightrefreshments will be served.

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2:30-3:30 pmSchool of Computing DistinguishedSpeaker SeminarDr. Frank Dehne - insiPs: the in-sil-ico Protein synthesizer – DupuisHall, rm. 217.

Thursday, Oct. 22, 4-6 pmColloquium Talk - Nicole Hassouncolloquium talk by nicole Hassounfrom Binghamton university. WatsonHall, rm. 517

Thursday, Oct. 22, 7-8 pmArt Lecture - Agnes Etherington ArtCentreamsterdam offered exceptional op-portunities for painters to prosperthrough its diverse professional net-works, multi-tiered art market, andinternational buying public. Badercurator Jacquelyn coutre will ex-plore the city's distinctive socio-eco-nomic and cultural profile in relationto the immense growth in the artmarket that attracted such artists asrembrandt van rijn, Jan Lievens,and Jacob van ruisdael over thecourse of the century.

Friday, Oct. 23, 11:40 am-12:40 pmMacClement Lecture by NeilPasricha ‘The 3 A's of Awesome!’the Faculty of education invites youto a lecture during Homecoming2015 by neil Pasricha, Happiness ex-pert and Bestselling author of theBook of awesome. tickets are free,but space is limited so register assoon as possible. Duncan mcarthurauditorium B101

Friday, Oct. 23, 7:30 pmQueen's Music Showcase ConcertJoin our faculty, students and alumni

as we celebrate showcase as an offi-cial Homecoming event. Perform-ances by the choral ensemble, thesymphony orchestra, the Jazz en-semble, and the Wind ensemble. Lo-cated at the isabel Bader centre forthe Performing arts concert Hall -$15 adults; $7 students/seniors.

Saturday, Oct. 24- Sunday, Oct. 25Homecoming Weekend Events atthe Agnes the agnes offers free admission toalumni through Homecoming week-end and early opening hours. onsaturday and sunday at 11 am, en-joy the fascinating exhibitions at theagnes in a 45-minute guided tour.the docent will be on hand to an-swer visitors' questions until 1 pm.

Monday, Oct. 26, 1- 2:20 pmFLSQ: Dr. Vrinda NarainDr. vrinda narain, associate Profes-sor, mcGill university, joint appoint-ment in the Faculty of Law and theinstitute for Gender, sexuality andFeminist studies in the Faculty ofarts. she is also a research associateat the institute for reconciliation andsocial Justice at the university of theFree state, south africa. Her researchand teaching focus on constitutionallaw, social diversity and feminist le-gal theory. topic: critical multicultur-alism. macdonald Hall, rm. 202

Monday, Oct. 26,1-2:50 pmVisiting Speaker: Dr. David S. BerryDr. David s. Berry, Dean of Law, uni-versity of the West indies, caribbeanintegration Lawmac, macdonald Hallrm 515.

Monday, Oct. 26, 3:30-5:20 pmColloquium: David MillerDavid miller was initially trained inphilosophy at selwyn college, cam-bridge and in politics at Balliol col-lege, oxford, and after spells teach-ing at the universities of Lancasterand east anglia, he was appointedto his present post at nuffield col-

lege in 1979. What is perhaps mostdistinctive about miller’s work is itsuse of evidence from the social sci-ences to inform debates in politicalphilosophy. His longest standing in-terest is in the idea of justice, origi-nally social justice but now alsoglobal justice.

Tuesday, Oct 27, 7-8:30 pm2015 Research FellowshipPresentation Eveninga Free Public Lecture by 2015 mar-garet angus research Fellowmadeleine mcKay. nineteenth-cen-tury ideology believed that social de-viants, such as convicts and “mad”people, could be “cured” using disci-pline and hard work. in what came tobe known as moral therapy, every-day objects and activities were med-icalized for a psychiatric purpose,while the treatment of physicalhealth was increasingly neglected.Kingston Penitentiary and rockwoodasylum relied heavily on this systemand their legacy of convict/patientlabour should not be forgotten bythe local community. no registrationrequired. refreshments will follow.Watson Hall, rm 217

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 9 am-12 pmNew Staff Orientationthe Human resources Departmentwishes to invite all newly hired em-ployees (General staff, cuPe Local229, cuPe Local 254, cuPe Local1302, research Grant and contractand Post-Doctoral Fellows) to an ori-entation session. Please join us foran informative discussion that in-cludes presentations from variousuniversity departments and servicesas well as essential human resourcesinformation. mackintosh-corry Hall,room B176

If you have an upcoming event, youcan post it to the Calendar of Events ateventscalendar.queensu.ca/, or con-tact [email protected].

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5 Things to know about Arthur McDonald and the Nobel Prize

on tuesday, oct. 6, Professor emeritus arthur B. mcDonald became the first nobel Laureate for Queen’s university, receiving the award for his ground-breaking research on neutrinos. Here’s a look not only at his career but at the history of the nobel Prize as well.

arthur mcDonald ishe winner of the

2015 nobel Prize inPhysics, along withtakaaki Kajita of the

university of tokyo. He is the 24thcanadian to earn a nobel. other in-ternational recipients in physicsover the years include erwin schro-dinger, niels Bohr, Guglielmo mar-coni, marie curie and albert ein-stein.

Dr. mcDonald arrivedat Queen’s universityn 1989, was the inau-

gural Gordon and Pa-ricia Gray chair in

Particle astrophysics and served asthe director of sno, now known assnoLaB, an advanced research fa-cility located 2 km underground inan active nickel mine in sudbury.

Dr. mcDonald, now Pro-essor emeritus at

Queen’s, previouslyworked as a research of-icer at the chalk river

nuclear Laboratories from 1970 to1982. He then taught physics atPrinceton university from 1982 to1989.

nobel prizes, en-owed by alfred no-el, the swedish in-entor of dynamite,

were created in 1901.Five were awarded annually –physics, chemistry, medicine orphysiology, literature and peace –until 1969, when a prize for eco-nomics was endowed by theswedish state bank.

eutrinos are verymall particles that aremitted by the sunnd all stars. they are aundamental particle

like quarks or electrons and weredescribed by the standard modelof elementary particles. Dr. mc-Donald’s research at snoLaB dis-covered that neutrinos have massand that they can change fromone type of neutrino to another.

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athleticsandrecreation.Get in the end zoneBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

The Queen’s community hasthe opportunity to have a say inhow a piece of the revitalizedRichardson Stadium will look.

Athletics and Recreation atQueen’s is currently hosting theEnd Zone Design Contest, wherepeople are invited to cast theirvote online for one of three de-signs for the end zones of the foot-ball field.

Votes can be cast atgogaelsgo.com/endzonevote fromOct. 15 to Nov. 15. The design withthe most votes will be selected asthe design featured at the stadiumwhen it opens in fall 2016.

The revitalization of Richard-son Stadium is a priority withinQueen’s University's $500-millionInitiative Campaign.

The project is viewed as not

just the construction of a new sta-dium but a key element to thebuilding of a strong varsity sportsprogram for Queen’s, and of astrong university overall.

Plans for the revitalizationwere kicked off in March 2014with the announcement of a $10million pledge to the stadiumproject from Queen’s alumnus andformer Gael Stu Lang and his wifeKim. That announcement was fol-lowed by news of a $5 millioncontribution from the RichardsonFoundation. Other donors havealso come forward to contribute tothe project, bringing the totalamount raised to more than $17million.

The university will contributean additional $3 million for infra-structure support of the stadium,bringing the total funding to$20.27 million.

Athletics and Recreation at Queen’s is hosting the End Zone Design Contest, where people are invited to cast their voteonline for one of three designs for the end zones at the revitalized Richardson Stadiun.


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for the record.New deputy provost appointed

teri shearer, an associate profes-sor at smith school of Business, hasbeen appointed deputy provost, ef-fective Jan. 1,2016.

Dr. shearer,currently the as-sociate dean offaculty at smithschool of Busi-ness, replacesLaeeque Danesh-mend, who is re-turning to his fac-ulty position as a professor in therobert m. Buchan Department ofmining, in the Faculty of engineer-ing and applied science.

“Dr. shearer brings extensive ac-ademic and administrative experi-

ence to this role,” says alan Harri-son, Provost and vice-Principal(academic). “i would also like tothank Dr. Daneshmend for his dedi-cation and commitment to the po-sition over the past three years.”

as the deputy provost, Dr.shearer will work closely withQueen’s senior management teamto advance the academic, opera-tional, and budgetary goals of theuniversity. among her responsibili-ties, Dr. shearer will play a leader-ship role, on behalf of the provost,in overseeing academic appoint-ments.

throughout her time at Queen’s,Dr. shearer has been actively in-volved in the administration at theschool of business, most recently as

associate dean. she also served aschair of the school’s faculty boardand chair of the academic appealscommittee from 2008-2012, andshe has been active on numerousother committees.

additionally, she has repre-sented the school of business onsenate, and is a past chair of boththe senate Budget review commit-tee and the senate committee onacademic Procedures.

Dr. shearer joined Queen’s in1996 after completing her PhD atthe university of iowa.

Her research interests centre onthe social and behavioural conse-quences of accounting practices,and she has published in some ofthe top journals in her field.

human resources.Job postings Details regarding job postings –internal and external – can be foundat queensu.ca/humanresources/jobs.applications for posted positions areaccepted by email only [email protected] beforemidnight on the closing date of thecompetition.n

Competition: 2015-283Job Title: Planner (usW Local 2010)Department: campus Planning andDevelopmentHiring Salary: $60,770 (salary Grade9)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: continuingappointmentClosing Date: 29-oct-2015n

Competition: 2015-282Job Title: manager, Business coach-ing GroupDepartment: Business coachingGroup, smith school of BusinessHiring Salary: $60,770 (salary Grade9)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: continuingappointment Closing Date: 25-oct-2015n

Competition: 2015-281Job Title: student support assistant(usW Local 2010)Department: undergraduate med-ical education, school of medicine Hiring Salary: $39,199 (salary Grade5)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: continuingappointment Closing Date: 27-oct-2015n

Competition: 2015-280Job Title: standardized Patient Pro-gram assistant (usW Local 2010)

Department: undergaduate med-ical education, school of medicine Hiring Salary: $39,199 (salary Grade5)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: term appoint-ment (15 months)Closing Date: 27-oct-2015n

Competition: 2015-237Job Title: associate Director, Financeand administrationDepartment: athletics and recre-ationHours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: continuingappointmentClosing Date: 21-oct-2015n

Competition: 2015-236Job Title: associate Director, Facili-ties and operationsDepartment: athletics and recre-ationHours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: continuingappointmentClosing Date: 21-oct-2015

Successful CandidatesJob Title: Financial assistant (usW,Local 2010)Department: Geological sciences &Geological engineeringCompetition: 2015-246Successful Candidate: BrendaWood (Financial services)n

Job Title: analyst L1 (usW Local2010)Department: information technol-ogy servicesCompetition: 2015-234Successful Candidate: Jesse Kimber(campus computer sales)

Job Title: Facilities Key clerk (usWLocal 2010)Department: residencesCompetition: 2015-212Successful Candidate: chad Bright-mann

Job Title: Data systems administra-tor (usW Local 2010)Department: student WellnessservicesCompetition: 2015-242Successful Candidate: Francis se-menukn

Job Title: Human resources assis-tantDepartment: Human resources,Queen's school of BusinessCompetition: 2015-240Successful Candidate: Kelly rath-welln

Job Title: elder in residence (usWLocal 2010)Department: Four Directions abo-riginal student centre (FDasc)Competition: 2015-233Successful Candidate: Betty carr-Braintn

Job Title: coordinator, Facility oper-ations (usW Local 2010)Department: athletics and recre-ationCompetition: 2015-224Successful Candidate: Brittany Jen-ningsn

Job Title: instructional Design multi-media support analyst (usW Local2010)Department: continuing & DistancestudiesCompetition: 2015-132Successful Candidate: candace Par-sons (continuing & Distance studies)

books.Climate Change: The earth at the

palm of our hands, edited byAdrien Djomo, Adjunct AssistantProfessor and Research Associate,Department of Geography andPlanning

Climate change is one of thepivotal issues of our time but hasalso been present throughoutearth’s history. The climatic as-pects of environmental change af-fect lakes, water levels, glaciers,desertification and dwindling wa-ter resources. It is well known thatrecent human activities have re-sulted in an unprecedented in-crease of greenhouse gases withserious consequences on the cli-mate systems which have impactson biodiversity, human health andavailability of natural resources.In an ever-more populous worldone of the most important ques-tions to answer is whether policyaction on climate change mustwait for more accomplished sci-ence or whether action is merelydelayed by the failure to appreci-ate science.

Climate Change: The earth at thepalm of our hands gathers togetherthe work of the students of Dr.Djomo’s GHPY 314 ClimateChange course as they explore theclimatic aspects of environmentalchange. The book is the extensionof essays resulting from presenta-tions during the class seminar se-ries and paper writing on themain issues related to climatechange. The best papers were se-

lected for publication, with eachbeing reviewed in order to pro-vide feedback to the authors. Theoverall goal is to share the contri-butions and findings with a wideraudience. Each piece explores anaspect of climate change includingthe past, present and future aswell as the impacts and politicaland economic implications in-volved in such topics as “Changesto the Greenland Ice Sheet in thePast Millennium,” “Consequencesof El Nino Southern Oscillation,”and the “Impact of ClimateChange on World Economies.”

The hard-copy of the book isavailable at Queen’s Campusbookstore.

The contribution for the printand other related costs is $31.25.The electronic version of the bookcan be obtained at campusebook-store.com/EBooks/Book.aspx?ID=9650207&bookseller_id=5.

fit tips.Fall into fitness

Fall can be a treat for thesenses; the crisp air, apple pick-ing, pumpkin carving, a gorgeoucanopy of fall foliage, and thecrunch of leaves underfoot.

these months are a great timto exercise outdoors and enjoycooler temperatures.

Here are a few tips to get youactive this fall:

• Discover local trails likeLemoine Point or cataraqui re-gion conservation area and takein some new scenery.

• it doesn’t need to seem like aworkout, raking leaves or doingsome fall outdoor yard work is agreat way to get the heart pump-ing and burn some calories.

• When exercising outside trydressing in three layers, the innerlayer should be a moisture-wick-ing fabric. the second layershould be a warmth layer, andthe third layer should be a pro-tective layer like a windbreaker.

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