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Art McDonaldreceives theNobel Prize.

A new chapter in the history of Queen's University was written as Professor EmeritusArthur McDonald traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his

research on neutrinos with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration. Back home, Queen’sUniversity and Canadians celebrated his accomplishments. More on pages 2, 3, 4 and 6.

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ABOVE: Professor Emeritus Art McDonald, left, stands with former Toronto Maple Leafs defencemanBorje Salming, Ambassador Kenneth Macartney and Principal Daniel Woolf during a celebrationhosted by the Canadian Embassy in Sweden. RIGHT: Dr. McDonald received an autographed andpersonalized Maple Leafs jersey from fomer Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin. BELOW LEFT: Dr.McDonald signs the embassy’s guest book along with Mats Sundin. BELOW RIGHT: Dr. McDonaldexplains his research into neutrinos during the Nobel Lecture.

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It was a week to remember forthe Queen’s community as Profes-sor Emeritus Arthur McDonald(Physics, Engineering Physics andAstronomy) traveled to Stockholmto receive the Nobel Prize inPhysics for his research on neutri-nos with the Sudbury NeutrinoObservatory Collaboration.

During his time in Sweden, Dr.McDonald, the inaugural Gordon

and Patricia Gray Chair in ParticleAstrophysics, participated in anumber of official events through-out Nobel Week, such as the No-bel lecture, where, alongside hisfellow laureates in physics, chem-istry, medicine and economics, hepresented his research.

He was also celebrated by theCanadian Embassy in Sweden,with a pair of events hosted byAmbassador Kenneth Macartney.A lifelong Toronto Maple Leafs fan,

Dr. McDonald met with a pair ofLeafs legends. Following the NobelPrize announcement, Dr. McDon-ald, mentioned he was a diehardLeafs fan in a number of inter-views, frequently referencing MatsSundin as a particular favourite.Dr. McDonald also shared how hewould spend many nights duringhis childhood listening to FosterHewitt commentate on the radio.

Picking up on this, the Cana-dian Embassy in Stockholm

arranged for Dr. McDonald tomeet Sundin and former defence-man Borje Salming.

Dr. McDonald received an au-tographed and personalizedMaple Leafs jersey from Sundinand later was interviewed withthe former Leafs captain for aSwedish radio show. At a secondreception, Dr. McDonald spoke atlength with Salming about histime in the NHL and how theLeafs are doing today.

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ABOVE LEFT: Dr. Arthur McDonald, second from left, received the Nobel Prize during the official ceremony along with hisfellow laureates in physics, chemistry, economics and medicine. ABOVE RIGHT: Dr. McDonald formally receives his Nobelmedal from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. LEFT: The Queen’s communitycelebrated along with Dr. McDonald with a live viewing of the Nobel ceremony held at Stirling Hall. BOTTOM LEFT: Queen’salso hosted a special luncheon in honour of Dr. McDonald at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm. BOTTOM RIGHT: Ahead of theNobel ceremony Dr. McDonald posed for a photo with his wife and family.

A reason to celebrateBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Professor Emeritus Art McDon-ald and his fellow Nobel laureatesformally received their NobelPrizes from King Carl XVI Gustafof Sweden in a ceremony at theStockholm Concert Hall on Thurs-day, Dec. 10.

At the gala, laureates in physics,chemistry, medicine and econom-ics were presented their medals.

Following the ceremony, theNobel banquet was held in theBlue Hall at the Stockholm CityHall. Among the approximately1,300 guests who attended thebanquet were members of theSNO Collaboration and theSwedish Royal Family.

Not to be left out, members ofthe Queen’s community gatheredto watch a livestream of the cere-mony in Stirling Hall, hosted by

the Office of the Vice-Principal(Research) with the Department ofPhysics, Engineering Physics &Astronomy.

Queen’s University also held acelebration in Stockholm with aspecial luncheon in Dr. McDon-ald’s honour that was hosted byPrincipal Daniel Woolf andbrought together Queen’s alumni,supporters as well family andfriends.

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ABOVE: Following the Nobel ceremony, Dr. Art McDonald took part in a round-table discussion program Nobel Minds with the 2015 NobelLaureates, co-produced by SVT and BBC WN, and broadcast on Swedish TV and BBC. ABOVE RIGHT: Dr. McDonald is interviewed by the CBC usinghis tablet early on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 10, ahead of the Nobel ceremony. RIGHT: Dr. McDonald speaks with Minister of Science KirstyDuncan before they take part in an interview with Canadian media. BELOW: Dr. McDonald takes part in a presentation at Norra Real High School,the oldest upper-secondary school in Stockholm, with Nobel prize co-recipient, Takaaki Kajita of Japan.

A busy schedule aheadfor Nobel winnerBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

The Nobel ceremony and galasmay be over but Professor Emeri-tus Art McDonald continues to bein demand, now and for years tocome.

Dr. McDonald took part in No-bel Minds a round-table discus-sion program bringing togetherthe 2015 Nobel Laureates, co-pro-duced by SVT and BBC WN,which aired on Swedish TV and

BBC on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20.Dr. McDonald and Science

Minister Kirsty Duncan later par-ticipated in a conference call withCanadian media where theytalked about the important role ofscience as well as winning the No-bel Prize.

In 2016, Dr. McDonald’s sched-ule will continue to be busy withmany requests to speak at confer-ences and other special eventsaround the world.

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Order of Canada recognizes groundbreaking researchBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Queen’s University ProfessorEmeritus Arthur McDonaldcapped off a banner year in 2015with an appointment as a Com-panion of the Order of Canada.

The honour is in recognition ofDr. McDonald’s “eminent contri-butions to particle physics, whichhave broadened our understand-ing of the universe and broughtrenown to Canadian science,” ac-cording to the award citation.

“The Order of Canada recog-

nizes outstanding achievementand dedication to the communityand to Canada,” says PrincipalDaniel Woolf. “As a world leaderin the field of particle physics, Dr.McDonald is truly deserving ofthis recognition for his ground-breaking research.”

Dr. McDonald was previouslyappointed as an Officer of theOrder of Canada in 2006 for hisresearch at the Sudbury NeutrinoObservatory into neutrino oscil-lations. His research was re-warded with the 2015 Nobel

Prize in Physics, which he re-ceived alongside Japanese scien-tist Takaaki Kajita, and the 2016Breakthrough Prize in Funda-mental Physics.

Other members of the Queen'sUniversity community who wereappointed Companions of the Or-der of Canada in the most recentround of inductions inlude, theHon. Lloyd Axworthy (LLD’03),Atom Egoyan (LLD’00), and An-gela Hewitt (LLD’02), who werepromoted from Officers to Com-panions of the Order. Julie Dick-

son (MA’81) and Brian Levitt werenamed Officers of the Order ofCanada. Finally, Laura Brandon(MA’92), Fiona Sampson (BA’85,LLB’93), Kim Sturgess (BSc’77),and Frederic Wien (BA’66), wereappointed as Members of the Or-der of Canada.

The Order of Canada was es-tablished in 1967 to recognize out-standing achievement, dedicationto the community and service tothe nation.

Over the last 45 years, morethan 6,000 people from all sectors

of society have been invested intothe Order. The Order consists ofmembership at three levels –Member, which recognizes out-standing contributions at the localor regional level or in a specialfield of activity; Officer, whichrecognizes national service orachievement; and Companion,which recognizes national pre-em-inence or international service orachievement.

For more information about theOrder of Canada, visit the Gover-nor General’s website gg.ca.

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BY MARK KERR, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Thanks to Alfred and IsabelBader, Queen’s art centre hasadded another Rembrandt paint-ing to its collection – this time aremarkable, late-career master-piece that had been privatelyowned and unavailable to schol-ars for much of its existence.

Portrait of a Man with ArmsAkimbo, signed and dated 1658,will become part of the AgnesEtherington Art Centre’s perma-nent collection. The painting is asignificant example of a datedportrait by Rembrandt from the1650s, and one of the last worksfrom the artist’s late career to en-ter a public collection.

“I am grateful the Baders haveentrusted us with this remarkablework of art,” says PrincipalDaniel Woolf. “This gift distin-guishes the art centre at Queen’sas the destination in Canada forthe research, study and enjoy-ment of Rembrandt and his fol-lowers, and places the Agnesamong the premier university artgalleries in North America for thestudy of European art.”

Over a period spanning nearly50 years, the Baders – two ofQueen’s most generous alumniand benefactors – have donatedto the Agnes more than 200 paint-ings, including two other worksby Rembrandt, Head of an Old

Man in a Cap (c. 1630) and Head ofa Man in a Turban (c. 1661).

“Portrait of a Man with ArmsAkimbo will be a centrepiece forthe many portraits by the artistsin Rembrandt’s circle currently inThe Bader Collection at theAgnes. I’m truly grateful to Al-fred and Isabel Bader for their vi-sion in shaping this collection,and for this amazing gift,” saysJan Allen, Director of the Agnes.“Across the university, re-searchers from many disciplines,from art and art history to psy-chology, business, theatre andmedicine will take advantage ofaccess to this painting. Most ofall, we’ll treasure this piece for itsextraordinary quality, and as anexample of the highest aspirationof painting, which is to capturethe human spirit.”

The Agnes is currently prepar-ing Portrait of a Man with ArmsAkimbo for installation. The paint-ing will be unveiled to the publicin May 2016.

“This painting is a dazzlingdemonstration of the artist’s signa-ture ruwe, or rough, style, em-bodying the painterly brilliance soassociated with Rembrandt’s latework. It also beautifully demon-strates the artist’s consummateskill in capturing the psychologi-cal presence of his subjects,” saysDr. Jacquelyn N. Coutré, BaderCurator and Researcher of Euro-pean Art at the Agnes.

The Baders’ most recent gift isa significant contribution toQueen’s Initiative Campaign, themost ambitious fundraising cam-paign in the university’s history.The campaign seeks to nurture asupportive campus community,enhance the student learning ex-perience, and secure a global rep-utation in discovery and inquiry.

When asked about the motiva-tion for his generous gift, Dr.Bader explains, “It is the bestRembrandt in Canada, andQueen’s is the best university inCanada. It is very fitting.”

Alfred Bader (Sc’45, Arts’46,MSc’47, LLD’86) and Isabel Bader(LLD’07) are among Queen’s mostgenerous benefactors, supporting theuniversity for seven decades. Theyhave given back to Queen’s in count-less ways: transforming the campus,enriching the student experience,supporting scholarship, and helpingto enhance the university’s reputa-tion as a top-tier educational institu-tion. In an extraordinary philan-thropic gesture, the couple fundedQueen’s purchase of a 15th centuryEnglish castle – Herstmonceux –that has been meticulously restoredand is now home to the Bader Inter-national Study Centre. Last year, theIsabel Bader Centre for the Perform-ing Arts opened, thanks to anothertransformational gift from theBaders.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo, 1658, oil on canvas,107.4 x 87.0 cm, Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2015 (58-008)

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Raymond named next chair of Board of TrusteesBY CRAIG LEROUX, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Queen’s has announced the ap-pointment of Donald M. Ray-mond, an internationally-re-spected investment executive andQueen’s alumnus, as the nextchair of the university’s Board ofTrustees.

Dr. Raymond will begin a four-year term as chair on June 1, 2016,succeeding Barbara Palk, who hasserved as chair since 2012. Hisnomination as chair was recom-mended to the Board by its Gov-ernance and Nominating Com-mittee, following a thoroughreview and selection process ledby Chancellor Jim Leech.

“Don has been a highly en-gaged member of the Board ofTrustees and he will bring atremendous amount of expertiseto the role of chair,” says Chancel-lor Leech, who serves as a mem-ber of the Board’s Governanceand Nominating Committee andchaired the Advisory Subcommit-

tee that recommended Dr. Ray-mond. “Queen’s is fortunate tohave a wealth of experienceamong its trustees and both theBoard and the university willbenefit greatly from Don’s leader-

ship in this role.”Dr. Raymond is managing

partner and chief investment offi-cer at Alignvest ManagementCorporation. He previouslyserved as chief investment strate-gist for the $220-billion CanadaPension Plan Investment Board(CPPIB), where he spent 12 yearshelping to build the CPPIB into aleading global investment organi-zation. He was instrumental inthe development of the UnitedNations’ Principles of ResponsibleInvesting, and in their adoptionby CPPIB in 2005.

“As we prepare to celebrate the175th anniversary of Queen’sRoyal Charter, I am mindful ofthe selfless dedication of genera-tions of leaders who conceived ahumble, regional college and builta university with global impact,”says Dr. Raymond. “I look for-ward to working closely with myBoard colleagues and the entireuniversity community to enhanceQueen’s strategic position as thequintessential balanced academy,

ready to take on the next 175years.”

Dr. Raymond earned both aBSc and PhD from Queen’s inelectrical engineering. He hasbeen a member of Queen’s Uni-versity’s Board of Trustees since2008 and currently serves as oneof its vice-chairs. He also servesas chair of the Board’s InvestmentCommittee, vice-chair of its Pen-sion Committee, and as a memberof both its Human Resources andCapital Assets and Finance com-mittees.

“Dr. Raymond will take up therole of chair at an important timefor Queen’s, as the university cel-ebrates its 175th anniversary andcontinues to advance its positionas a leading research-intensiveuniversity that delivers a transformative student learning experi-ence,” says Daniel Woolf, Princi-pal and Vice-Chancellor. “TheBoard has an important role toplay in the governance of the uni-versity, including overseeing thegoals of its strategic framework,

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and I look forward to workingclosely with Don over the comingyears in his role as chair.”

Barbara Palk has served on theBoard of Trustees for 14 years andas its chair since 2012. During hertenure as chair, Ms. Palk presidedover a number of important ini-tiatives, including the completionof the Board’s governance reformprocess, the development of thestrategic framework and the im-plementation of the new budgetmodel.

The Board of Trustees is one ofthe university's governing bodies,along with Senate and UniversityCouncil.

While the Senate is responsiblefor academic matters, the Board isresponsible for the overall opera-tion of the university, includingoverseeing financial matters,property, and making senior ap-pointments.

Queen’s is one of the country’soldest degree-granting institu-tions and will celebrate its 175thanniversary in 2016-2017.

Don Raymond has been named thenext chair of Queen's Board ofTrustees.

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Nobel win reflects Canada’s research potentialThe following op-ed was first published in

The Hill Times.

BY DANIEL WOOLF,PRINCIPAL AND VICE-CHANCELLOR

On Thursday, Dec. 10, academics anddignitaries from aroundthe world gathered inStockholm for the an-nual Nobel Prize cere-mony. Among this yearlaureates is CanadianArthur B. McDonald, aprofessor emeritus atQueen’s University andco-winner of the 2015Nobel Prize in Physics.

I was fortunate to attend the ceremonyand, as I watched, I quite literally felt athrill for my country equal to that which Iexperienced when the Blue Jays won twoWorld Series.

Dr. McDonald is the first scientist at aCanadian university to win a Nobel sincethe mid-1990s. He earned his medal for theresearch done at the Sudbury Neutrino Ob-servatory (SNO). SNO, now known asSNOLAB, is the site for a series of highlycomplex experiments costing millions ofdollars and conducted 2-km undergroundin a working nickel mine near Sudbury,Ont.

The results have been momentous. Dr.McDonald and the team he led as part ofthe initial SNO collaboration found thattiny particles called neutrinos change iden-tities on their travels between the sun and

the earth, and therefore have mass. Thisdiscovery has profound implications forour understanding of the universe and mat-ter, and has set a path for new directions inthe study of astrophysics.

Queen’s is very proud of Dr. McDonald.He is a dedicated scientist, a gifted teacherand a true trailblazer. He is a leader whovalues patience and persistence, and a per-son who epitomizes Queen’s approach ofproviding a transformative student learningexperience coupled with an unwaveringcommitment to research excellence. But Dr.McDonald would be the first to tell you thathe didn’t do it alone.

The project began in the mid-1980s andtook a staggering leap of faith on the part ofmany individuals to conceive of the experi-ment. It took the collaboration of severalpartner universities, financial support fromgovernment funding agencies, the coopera-tion of industry (Atomic Energy of CanadaLtd. and Inco), and a team of more than 270researchers in Canada and around theworld to bring the project to fruition.

While in Stockholm, I heard a number ofnon-Canadians speak with envy of the factthat an experiment such as SNO had beenconducted in Canada. Looking back overthe past 30 years, it is difficult not to be ap-preciative of the many contributions thatmade this project possible.

This includes the critical investmentsthat successive governments have made inuniversity-based research through variousgranting agencies and funding pro-grammes. Canada’s commitment to sup-porting fundamental research was essential

to the success of this research and this No-bel win.

However, despite past investments,Canada’s position as a research power is insome jeopardy. The infrastructure on Cana-dian university campuses is aging and facil-ities for conducting innovative research re-quire urgent renewal. Most worrying of allis that we are at risk of losing the very peo-ple who conduct this sort of research. Suc-cess rates in applications to several fundingprograms of the three major federal grant-ing agencies have dropped, and none of theagencies have had a real (greater than infla-tion) increase to their budget in years.

If we, as a country, want Art McDonald’sNobel win to be the beginning of a goldenage for Canadian research and scholarship,then we must be prepared to make new in-vestments in fundamental research. Therisks of not doing this run far beyond notgetting another Nobel Prize for 20 years.They include losing the next generation oftop-tier academics to other countries and al-lowing Canada’s position as a world re-search powerhouse to weaken.

Instead, let’s aspire to make Canada andits universities global leaders in researchexcellence and to be back in Stockholmwith some regularity.

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Nobel winner continued research at Queen’sBY VICTOR SNIECKUS

Do something with transitionmetals,” quipped the research di-rector of the Hercules PowderCompany toRichard Heckin 1958, twoyears after hehad joined. Af-ter consultingwith PatHenry, anorganometallicchemist acrossthe hall, andwith some bold thinking, Heckdiscovered a new method forclicking together carbon atoms ina single step.

The carbon-carbon bond is aprerequisite for life: nature cataly-ses it with enzymes; Heck usedpalladium. It was the dawn of anew era in organic synthesis, thefield dedicated to constructing avast array of compounds, fromsimple building blocks to bewil-

dering mega-atom frameworks.Heck had taken the first step onthe path that led him to the 2010Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Ask an organic chemist todayabout products of the Heck reac-tion and they’ll name smartphondisplays, sunscreens, perfumes,pesticides and medicines. A biologist will recognize the reaction asthe basis for the coupling of fluo-rescent dyes to DNA bases, allowing the automation of DNA se-quencing and the elucidation ofthe human genome.

Richard Heck died Oct. 9, 2015in Manila. He was born in Springfield, Mass., on Aug. 15, 1931. Fol-lowing a PhD with the prominentphysical organic chemist SaulWinstein at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a post-doctoral fellowship with the fu-ture Nobel laureate VladimirPrelog at the Swiss Federal Insti-tute of Technology in Zurich, the25-year-old Heck joined Hercules(now Ashland) in 1956.

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The hydroformylation technol-ogy is currently used to produce6.8 million tonnes of basic carbonbuilding blocks (alcohols andaldehydes) each year for the syn-thesis of everyday materials.

In 1968, the chemical commu-nity was astounded by Heck’sflurry of seven consecutive single-author papers in the Journal of theAmerican Chemical Society. In hind-sight, these heralded the innova-

tive work to follow when hemoved down the road to the Uni-versity of Delaware in 1971. Thenext year, Heck’s seminal paperappeared. The discovery, now alsowidely known as the Mizoroki–Heck reaction, involves the palla-dium catalyst slipping into a car-bon-halogen bond to give afleeting species. This intermediateclutches another reactive moleculeto form, after more contortions, aproduct in which a new carbon-carbon bond is established.

Today, undergraduates learnthe Heck reaction in class and lab-oratory; industrial chemists prac-tise it to make tonnes of drugsagainst asthma, diabetes andAIDS, among others. Thus, Heck’swork may be considered as a fore-runner of a cornucopia of transi-tion-metal-catalysed technologiesthat are in operation worldwide.

In 1989, he retired and in 2006, Iinvited him to Queen’s University,to follow up on his cobalt work.Seventeen years after retirement

and 45 years after opening the doorto organocobalt chemistry, Dick en-tered the lab again, prepared thecomplexes and measured their in-frared spectra (“you get all of theinformation you need”). With theassistance of a postdoc, he ob-tained nuclear magnetic resonanceand high-resolution mass spec-trometry data, interpreted them,and took the next step.

Dick then restarted his retire-ment in the Philippines. A hand-written letter to me noted that hehad returned to his two passions:“I have some room to grow or-chids again so I will have some-thing to do,” and “Have youfound anyone to work with cobaltcarbonyl?” He had drawn chemi-cal structures of potential nextsteps along the palladium-pavedpath that he had established.

A version of this article was firstpublished in Nature. Dr. Snieckus isa professor in the Dapartment ofChemistry at Queen’s.

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Queen’s University has a rich and successful sports history and among the teams that have earnedprovincial titles is the figure skating team. In this photo the 1976-77 team poses with the trophyafter winning their fourth Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association title in five years.

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Highlights of Queen’s experts in the media from Dec.1-31

SPECIALArt McDonald (Physics) Cover-

age of the Nobel Prize ceremony, onCBCNews.ca, CTVNews.ca, TorontoStar, Ottawa Citizen, Chronicle Her-ald, and many other regional dailiesand broadcast news programsacross Canada.

INTERNATIONALJohn Casselman (Biology) dis-

cussed new research on eel migra-tion and spawning, in the New YorkTimes.

Keith Banting (Policy Studies)says that the Justin Trudeau agendastands out for length and ambition,in the Chicago Tribune.

Udo Schuklenk (Philosophy)commented in The Guardian oncrowdsourced organ donations.

NEWSPAPERSJohn Smol (Bi-

ology) says that,with continued cli-mate change, “itwill be a differentworld, one that wewill have troubleecognizing,” in

the Toronto Star. Ken Wong (Business) says Cana-

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Canada for allegedly copying clip-onChristmas lights unlikely to do muchin short term, but is a “shot acrossthe bow,” in the Financial Post; com-mented in the Globe and Mail on anew app for takeout food.

Richard Birtwhistle (Centre forStudies in Primary Care) discussed areport finding only 36 per cent ofCanadian primary-care docs thinkhealth system works well, in the Lon-don Free Press.

Warren Mabee (Policy Studies)discusses establishing a “green” jet-fuel infrastructure in Canada, in theToronto Star.

Lisa Kerr (Law)was interviewedby the Globe andMail on manda-tory courses inaboriginal law.

Jonathan Rose (Political Studies)says use of Liberal party brandingand messaging on non-partisan gov-ernment websites is “coming close tothe line if not over the line,” in TheGlobe and Mail.

Daniel Woolf (Principal) pennedan op-ed in The Hill Times, saying Dr.Art McDonald's Nobel win reflectsCanada’s potential for world-leadingresearch.

Christian Leuprecht (PoliticalStudies) has his op-ed on the

refugee crisis published in the Na-tional Post.

Sharryn Aiken (Law) com-mented on a Government of Canadapolicy that charges refugees intereston travel loans, in the National Post,Ottawa Citizen and other Postmediadailies.

Sergio Sis-mondo (Philoso-phy) commentedon a report by theCollege of FamilyPhysicians ofCanada on fund-ng from pharma-

ceutical companies, in the NationalPost, Calgary Herald, ReginaLeader-Post and other Postmediadailies.

Steven Salterio (Business) hadhis op-ed that forcing reports to Ot-tawa undermines First Nations ac-countability, published by the Globeand Mail.

ONLINE Nick Bala (Law) said that the

Government should be cautious ofunintended effects as they considerrepealing the ‘spanking law’, onCTVNews.ca.

Naomi Alboim (Policy Studies)said that refugee advocates wantgovernment to build on privatesponsors, not depend on it; that the

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housing fund created for refugeescould help other Canadians, on CBC-News.ca.

MeredithChivers (Psychol-ogy) was inter-viewed by dailyex-tra.com for thearticle "Somethingstrange is goingon with straight

women." Keith McWhirter (IT Services)

talked to globalnews.ca about howtablet-laptop hybrid devices willcontinue to be favoured in the NewYear.

Marc Dignam and Mark Chen(Physics, Engineering Physics and As-tronomy) discussed the Nobel Prizeand SNOLAB research with CKWS TVand Station 14.

TELEVISIONJacquelyn Coutre (Agnes Ether-

ington Art Centre) was interviewedby CKWS Television about acquiringa Rembrandt.

David Lyon (Surveillance Stud-ies) discussed the case of Syed AdamAhmed, a 6-year-old Markham boyplaced on no-fly list, on CTV NationalNews.

Udo Schuklenk (Philosophy)commented on ethical concerns re-garding the CRISPR genetic engi-

neering technique, on CBC Quirksand Quarks.

Jordan Poppenk (Psychology)spoke to CBC News Network andCBC Radio about how memory con-tributes to keeping a New Year’s res-olution.

MAGAZINESKathryn Harkness (Psychology)

spoke to Maclean's Magazine that adaily half-hour of outdoor sun dur-ing winter could be help with regu-lating hormones that affect mood.

RADIOHouchang Hassan-Yari (Political

Studies) was interviewed by CKNW-Vancouver regarding the escalatingtensions between Saudi Arabia andIran following the execution of aShia cleric.

Christian Leuprecht (PoliticalStudies) was on the Roy Green Syn-dicated Radio Show commenting onthe global threat landscape in 2016,the terror arrests in Belgium and thepossibility of terror attacks duringNew Year’s celebrations.

Jill Scott (Languages, Literaturesand Culture) spoke to NewsTalk 770(Calgary) about mandatory Indige-nous Studies courses at universities.

Driving sustainability aheadBY ANITA JANSMAN, SPECIAL TOTHE GAZETTE

For the past two Homecomings,Fraser Horn (Sci‘89) drove fromToronto to Kingston in his 100 percent electric Tesla Model S. He wasable to just make it to Kingston buthad trouble finding adequatecharging for his trip home.

After last year’s Homecoming,Mr. Horn sent an email to Princi-pal Daniel Woolf .

“I wrote to Principal Woolfsuggesting that there ought to bean electric car charger on campus.I told him I thought universitiesshould be at the forefront of sus-tainable projects,” says Mr. Horn.

Principal Woolf connected himwith the Sustainability Office toexplore the idea of installing anelectric car charger on campus.Mr. Horn, an electrical engineerand stay-at-home father, made aninitial $4,000 pledge. So began theElectric Vehicle Charging StationSustainability Initiative.

As Sustainability ManagerAaron Ball explains, this initiativefits perfectly with Queen’s goal ofcreating a sustainable campus byincreasing support for alternative

modes of transportation. “We want to break down the

barriers to alternate transporta-tion. For example, more peoplewill ride their bikes if there arelots of bike racks on campus. Aselectric cars become more popularas an alternate from of transporta-tion, installing a charger on cam-pus will break down another bar-rier,” says Mr. Ball.

In Kingston there is an electriccar charging station near Hwy. 401at Division Street, one on PrincessStreet at the Best Western and an-other at St. Lawrence College, butbecause of the hours it can take tocharge, it’s really only practical tohave a charger at your destination,which for Mr. Horn was down-town and the Queen’s Universitycampus. It is logical and fittingthat Queen’s, with its highly-re-spected engineering program thatencourages discovery and inven-tion of sustainable products andgreen initiatives, leads the way inthis initiative.

The two electric vehicle charg-ing stations will be located at thecorner of Union and Divisionstreets, in front of the School ofKinesiology, where they will be

“visible, accessible, and where weeasily can connect to a building toget the power,” says Mr. Ball.They will be used by Queen’s em-ployees and visitors to campus.

The cost of installing the twochargers on campus is $30,000.While Mr. Horn’s initial gift to theprogram is a good start, more do-nations are required to make thisgoal a reality.

“I’m reaching out to my class-mates and others who feel thesame way I do, that Queen’s needsto encourage the adoption of sus-tainable practices,” says Mr. Horn.“I do a lot of driving with my threebusy children, so I see the positiveimpact of using a sustainable andcleaner means to get around.”

He adds: “Things like this mayfeel small, especially if only one ortwo individuals are doing it, butcollectively, I know, we can makea big difference. The lack of charg-ing infrastructure is one of thebiggest barriers to electric vehicleownership but because electricityis everywhere it’s a relatively easyproblem to solve.”

To contribute to the EV Charg-ing Station project, visit giveto-queens.ca/sustainableengineering.

Queen’s University’s Financial Services Department raised $478 through its“Blue Jean Friday” event. In addition to giving a donation in order to wearblue jeans at the end of the week, staff members also collected two largebags of new socks to be donated to a local agency. Above, Bhavana Varma,President and CEO, United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox andAddington (third from the right) accepts the donation and socks fromFinancial Services staff members, from left, Edward Fingland, Terena Grice,Ruth Lappan, Kelly McGarry, Christina Blanchard and Nicki Mundell.

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An investment in sustainabilityBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Queen’s is making an impor-tant investment in enhancing thesustainability of its operations.Daniel Woolf, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, has announced a$10.7-million energy performancecontract with Honeywell, an in-ternational energy services com-pany.

The contract is the next step inthe university’s Energy Mattersproject, which aims to reduce theuniversity’s carbon footprint andgenerate annual savings in itsutility bill.

“Climate change is a signifi-cant global issue and Queen’s iscommitted to doing its part to im-prove our environment throughits operations,” says PrincipalWoolf. “The Energy Matters proj-ect will help lower the univer-sity’s greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions and reduce its waterconsumption, while at the same

time providing important finan-cial savings that make an invest-ment of this size possible.”

As part of the Energy Mattersproject, Honeywell will imple-ment more than 170 individualenergy conservation measures in66 campus buildings. These in-clude the installation of low-flowfixtures to reduce water usage,upgraded lighting and buildingclimate controls to reduce energyconsumption, as well as heat re-covery systems and improve-ments to building envelopes.

“Queen’s has been workingwith Honeywell since 2014, per-forming energy audits and identifying the most promising energyefficiency measures,” says Caro-line Davis, Vice-Principal (Fi-nance and Administration).“With the energy performancecontract now in place, Honeywellwill begin work on the individualefficiency upgrades in January,with the project expected to be

complete in August 2017.”Once fully implemented, the

Energy Matters project will resultin guaranteed annual utility sav-ings of $946,000. Queen’s currentannual utility costs are roughly$20 million. The annual reductionin GHG emissions is expected tobe 2800 MTCO2e, the equivalentof taking 944 mid-sized cars off ofCanadian roads. The annual re-duction in water usage will beequivalent to the volume of 84Queen’s Centre swimming pools.

The $10.7-million cost of theproject will be funded throughthe annual energy savings that

- Honeywell guarantees, with fullpayback of the costs expectedover 12 years.

“This project is a very impor-tant initiative for Queen’s thatwill help the university fulfil itscommitment to sustainability,”says Aaron Ball, SustainabilityManager. “It builds on a numberof energy efficiency and conser-

vation measures already under-taken by the university and,along with other changes in theenergy sector in Ontario, willcontribute to an expected reduc-tion in our GHG emissions of 25per cent since 2008.”

As of 2014, Queen’s had al-ready seen a reduction in itsGHG emissions of 18 per centsince 2008. Energy savings initia-tives, such as the installation of ahigh-efficiency boiler in the cen-tral heating plant and lightingupgrades, contributed to this re-duction.

Honeywell’s environmentaland energy services division hasbeen providing guaranteed en-ergy performance contracts inCanada for more than 28 years.The company has delivered morethan $4 billion in annual savingsaround the world and is experi-enced working in post-secondaryinstitutions and hospitals, includ-ing Kingston General Hospital.

Energy MattersFast Facts

• Total investment: $10.7 mil-lion

• Guaranteed annual utilitysavings: $946,000

• Number of conservationmeasures: 170

• Number of buildings in-volved: 66

• Expected annual reductionin GHG emissions: 2800MTCO2e

• Expected annual reductionin water usage: equivalent to84 Queen’s Centre swimmingpools

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Fostering communication for students, teachers

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BY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

Thanks to a new app, musicteachers and their students areable to collaborate effectively be-tween lessons.

Notemaker allows users tomake real-time comments onvideo and audio recordings. Itwas created through the MusicEducation in a Digital Age(MEDA) Project, directed byQueen’s University’s Rena Upitis(Education), in partnership withConcordia University and theRoyal Conservatory.

Annotation apps are not new,Dr. Upitis explains, but whatmakes Notemaker different is thatit is the only one that allows a dia-logue among multiple com-menters directly on a recordedwork, either video or audio.

“The technical piece that makesthis app unique is that it can beused with multiple users, multipletimes. So that makes it extraordi-

narily powerful,” Dr. Upitis says.“It’s dynamic, it’s multi-user, it’sthe kind of teaching and learningthat we are doing these days.”

Music lessons often take placeonce or twice a week and the com-munication often ends when thelesson does. However, withNotemaker, the communicationcontinues.

“So when you are sitting at apiano lesson and your teacher tellsyou something, your teacher inter-rupts you partway through apiece and says try this differently.You get it and you pay attentionbut you can’t re-create that mo-ment when you are practising,”Dr. Upitis says. “Whereas ifyou’ve done a video and theteacher writes a comment in ‘Thisis what I meant at the lesson, righthere you need to raise your el-bow,’ then you can play it againand again and see where your el-bow isn’t raised and then say‘Okay I get it’ and apply it to thepractice. In a lesson the moment

has passed but with Notemakerthe moment can be brought backagain and back again.”

The app is part of the larger

MEDA Project, which has resultedin four digital tools – iSCORE,DREAM, Notemaker and Ca-denza – that comprise The MusicTool Suite. The multi-year projectis supported by the Social Sciencesand Humanities Research Counciland the Canada Foundation forInnovation. The other key forNotemaker is the recognition thatlearning has moved beyond theclassroom setting.

“It is very exciting and it meetstwo very important needs,” saysDr. Upitis. “One is to recognize thecontemporary pull of mobile de-vices for young musicians and theother is to provide scaffolding forteachers to be able to work withstudents mid-week between les-sons. It’s really intuitive and be-cause it meets a pedagogical need Ithink whatever learning they mayhave to do to figure out the app, it’sworth it and not terribly difficult,especially if they are using phonesalready, which many of them are.

“This is the right tool at the right

time for this context and we’re lov-ing the response we’re getting.”

Dr. Upitis adds that with itsflexibility and multi-user sharing,Notemaker can be applied far be-yond music education. If there’s avideo and feedback being sought,whether it’s sports training, the-atre, dance or preparing a presen-tation for work, Notemaker is anideal platform.

While it is an exciting, newtool, at the heart of the app issomething that has always beenthe key to learning.

“The other thing Notemakerdoes is the most important of all,which is it motivates people. Peo-ple are motivated to practice whenthey can see their progress andwhen they can feel they are gettingfeedback that is directed and help-ful and they can link that feedbackto their work,” Dr. Upitis says.“Ultimately it is motivation thatmatters in every kind of learning.”

Notemaker is now available onthe iTunes App Store.

The new app Notemaker allows usersto make real-time comments on videoand audio recordings.

In support of world peaceBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

Professor Emeritus GeoffreySmith’s efforts to broaden the roleand possibilities of world peacehave earned him the LifetimeAchievement Award from thePeace History Society.

Dr. Smith, a professor of physi-cal and health education and his-tory at Queen’s, served as the or-ganization’s president from 1995to 1997, as well as the secretarytreasurer from 1993 to 1995 andfrom 1998 to 2001.

The Lifetime AchievementAward is handed out every twoyears by the Peace History Society,and Dr. Smith is the fifth recipient.The award is given to a memberwho has “contributed outstandingscholarship and exemplary serviceto peace history.”

For Dr. Smith, the award came“out of the blue” and he says he is“just thrilled” to be honouredalongside colleagues he describesas great historians.

“I wouldn’t consider myself agreat historian but I would con-sider myself a person who cares agood deal about issues of peaceand war, violence and inequality,all of those things that are so im-portant today,” he says. “ThePeace History Society is doingsome great work. I read somewonderful papers. I think thescholarship has gotten better, thequestions are getting sharper,more focused and the application

of some of the things that they doto the real world is quite clear.”

The Peace History Society en-courages, supports, and coordi-nates scholarly research on peace,nonviolence, and social justice.Founded in 1964, it also communi-cates the findings of this scholarlywork to the general public.

Educated at the University ofCalifornia Berkeley (MA’65) andUC Santa Barbara (BA’63,PhD’69), Dr. Smith arrived atQueen’s in 1969, from MacalesterCollege in St. Paul, MN, where hestarted teaching from 1967.

At Queen’s Dr. Smith taughtcourses on Conspiracy and Dis-sent in American History, US For-

eign Relations, Latin AmericanHistory, the Vietnam War, andAmerican Social and Cultural His-tory.

In 2004 he received the FrankKnox Award for Excellence inTeaching.

Dr. Smith has written widelyon issues related to peace history,gender and US national securityin the Cold War, the relocation ofJapanese minorities in the US andCanada during Second WorldWar, and American nativism. His1973 monograph, To Save a Nation:American Extremism, the New Dealand the Coming of World War II,was nominated for a Pulitzer

Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Smith receives the Lifetime Achievement Awardfrom the Peace History Society from Christy Snider, the group’s past president.Dr. Smith is just the fifth recipient of the award.

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New radio show tunes in to researchBY MARK KERR, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Even at a time when graduatestudents increasingly turn to socialmedia to promote their research,the radio interview still has some-thing to offer, according to Queen’sSchool of Graduate Studies.

In collaboration with CFRC101.9FM, SGS has created GradChat, a 30-minute weekly showthat premieres Jan. 4 on the cam-pus community radio station.

“Grad Chat is a great opportu-nity for graduate students toshowcase and promote their re-search to the local community,”says Colette Steer, Manager, Re-cruitment and Events, School ofGraduate Studies, and host of theprogram. “This show aims toreach new audiences and educatethose listeners about the impactQueen’s researchers are having onthe world around them.”

Scott Lougheed, an Environ-mental Studies PhD candidate, and

Fallon Bowman, a master’s studentin the Department of Classics, arefeatured on the first episode. Mr.Lougheed was intrigued by thechallenge of presenting his re-search on food production waste toa broader audience.

“Grad Chat is another way stu-dents can gain experience speak-ing to the media and distillingtheir research into relevant, relat-able stories,” he says. “Anothermajor benefit is that it allows us tospeak about the current state ofour research in a way that isn’tcaptured by other things like Re-searchGate, departmental profilepages, or our CVs.”

Mr. Lougheed says he wasnervous a few days before tapinghis segment for the show, butthose jitters disappeared when hegot in to the studio. He has simpleadvice for his peers who might beintimidated by the prospect of do-ing a radio interview.

“Don’t over-practice and justact natural.”

Grad Chat airs on Mondays at4 pm during the winter term. Theschedule, which includes guestbios, is posted on the SGS website.

In addition to graduate stu-dents, Ms. Steer wants to interviewalumni in future episodes. “I thinkcurrent graduate students wouldlike to hear from alumni talk abouttheir time at Queen’s, and howtheir graduate degree helped themget to where they are today.”

Ms. Steer is still looking forgraduate students to interview. Ifyou are interested, you can fill outan interviewee form and email it toMs. Steer or drop it off at the SGSoffice (Gordon Hall, Room 425).

Scott Lougheed (Environmental Studies) is featured on the first episode of GradChat, a new radio program developed by the School of Graduate Studies andCFRC. The show airs on Mondays at 4 pm.

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congratulates Brendan Cull (Ph.D.student, Art History) who wasawarded the Royal Society Prize forhis paper “Early Canadian Photo-graphic Botanicals at the ExpositionUniverselle, Paris 1867”.

Open Thesis DefensesTuesday, Jan. 12 Sima Zakani, Mechanical and Ma-

terials Engineering, ‘Tracking Transla-tions in the Hip and Shoulder Joints.’Supervisor: R. Ellis, 312 McLaughlinHall, 12:30 pm.

Tuesday, Jan. 19 Feng Zhang, Computing, ‘To-

wards Generalizing Defect Predic-tion Models.’ Supervisor: Y. Zou, 524Goodwin Hall, 9:30 am.

I@Q submissionsdue Jan. 29

Help mark the 10th anniversaryof the Inquiry@Queen’s Undergradu-ate Research Conference.

We invite all undergraduate stu-dents with research results to submitan abstract for the 10th annual con-ference to be held March 10-11in theQueen's Learning Commons.

The deadline for the submissionof proposals is Jan. 29.

For more information on submit-ting a proposal, see our website:www.queensu.ca/iatq/iq-undergrad-uate-research-conference

For questions, please [email protected]

“Grad Chat is another waystudents can gain experiencespeaking to the media anddistilling their research intorelevant, relatable stories.”

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queensu.ca/gazette n January 12, 2016 internationalDoing the work ‘I believe in’BY WANDA PRAAMSMA,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Over the past five years,Queen’s alumna Jennifer Langill(Artsci’15) has crossed the globeseveral times, moving back andforth between Canada and Laos. Abrief volunteering trip took her toLaos in 2010, and ever since, she’sfelt a pull to the country, and tohelping families and individualsthere achieve financial stabilityand longevity.

“Many people ask me whatmade me fall in love with Laosand what makes me keep goingback to do development workthere,” says Ms. Langill, who isworking in a small village in Laos’northern central region at the mo-ment, on an OceanPath Fellow-ship offered through Queen’s Uni-versity International Centre(QUIC).

“It wasn’t just one thing – itwas a huge accumulation of expe-riences, with locals and thelifestyle. I also felt very passionateabout development, and workingwith a more sustainable, long-term approach.”

The OceanPath Fellowship hasbeen very important in that re-spect. Offered by the Coady Inter-national Institute, and formerlycalled the Pathy Family Founda-tion Fellowship, OceanPath pro-vides funding to graduating stu-dents to pursue a project thatfosters sustainable and positivesocial change in communities in

Canada and around the world.“This fellowship allows me to

do the work I believe in, in a man-ner I believe in,” says Ms. Langill,who majored in Global Develop-ment Studies (DEVS) and earnedthe International Studies Certifi-cate through the InternationalPrograms Office at Queen’s.

“I’ve learned through my timespent overseas that so much devel-opment work is rushed and aboutfinding one answer for all, and I’venever believed that. I think eachindividual, family or group has itsown circumstances and goals, andI try to bring that philosophy tothe work I’m doing in Laos.”

Every day is different for Ms.Langill, who recognized duringearlier trips the seasonal nature ofthe locals’ work in the rice fields.Ultimately, she spends her daysmeeting with families and indi-viduals, cultivating relationshipsand trust so she can help themplan their finances, develop goals– whether it be increasing farmingyields or starting a family busi-ness – and save for the things thatare most important to them. Ms.Langill is able to offer interest-freeloans, and she works with the var-ious participants at all stages tosupport their projects and repay-ment.

“It’s amazing what you see in arelatively short period of time. Ibegan this fellowship in Septem-ber and in a few short months, thepeople I’m working with have be-come much more financially

aware. Each person is so differentand I customize the work towhere each person is at, often ask-ing, what are you working to-wards?”

Working overseas can feeldaunting at times, but Ms. Langillsays she’s benefitted from earlytravel experiences. She first wenton exchange alone in Grade 9 toAustralia, and has kept goingabroad since. During her degree atQueen’s, she spent many monthsin Laos, including summers. Inde-pendent research she conductedwhile in Laos formed the basis ofher DEVS undergraduate thesis.

“I learned to travel and bealone very early, and those experi-ences gave me the context Ineeded to do this kind of work inLaos,” she says.

That said, she encourages otherstudents to apply for the Ocean-Path Fellowship, whether theyhave a lot of international experi-ence or just a little. QUIC staffmember Cathy Lemmon feels thesame way.

“If students have a great ideaand a connection to a community,then it doesn’t matter so much howmuch time they’ve spent abroad.More important is their enthusi-asm and desire to make a differ-ence,” says Ms. Lemmon, Interna-tional Programs Adviser, QUIC.

For more information, visitQUIC’s website for the OceanPathFellowship quic.queensu.ca/edu-cation-abroad/pff-community-leadership-program/.

Jennifer Langill (Artsci'15) works with families and individuals in Laos to helpplan their finances and develop long-term, sustainable goals. She is in thecountry on an OceanPath Fellowship offered through Queen’s UniversityInternational Centre (QUIC).

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Incoming international exchange students received tricolour mittens or a scarfthanks to a donation by the Campus Bookstore.

Ann Tierney, Vice-Provost and Dean of Student Affairs, welcomes incominginternational students to Queen's University.

Warmwelcome

Queen’s University Interna-tional Centre (QUIC), along withrepresentatives of the academicfaculties, provided a day of orientation events for incoming inter-national exchange students onSunday, Jan. 3.

While the freezing tempera-tures were late in arriving thisyear, for many of the studentsfrom warmer locales, the Cana-dian winter can be daunting. Inorder to give them a warm start,participating students couldchoose between tricolour mittensand scarves that were donated bythe Campus Bookstore.

More than 200 new interna-tional exchange students are be-ginning their studies at Queen’sfor the winter term.

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Awards recognize contributions of staffBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

The Queen’s community gath-ered together at the Principal’sHoliday Reception on Dec. 8 torecognize and celebrate staff con-tributions over the past year.

Caroline Davis, Vice-Principal(Finance and Administration), of-fered remarks on behalf of Princi-pal Daniel Woolf, who was inSweden for the presentation of theNobel Prize in Physics to Profes-sor Emeritus Art McDonald. Shealso presented Queen’s SpecialRecognition for Staff Awards toeight deserving individuals. Theaward winners are:Kathy Baer, undergraduate as-

sistant and departmental secretaryin the Department of GenderStudies. She is first point of con-tact for most faculty, teaching fel-lows, assistants and students. Shehas played an integral role inplanning and managing thegrowth of the undergraduate pro-gram through tracking and analy-sis of course enrolments. As afriend and mentor, she regularlygoes beyond what is expected. Shebalances the nitty-gritty detail ofadministrative work with compas-sionate care for countless currentand prospective students, as wellas supporting the instructors whoteach them.Kimberley Bell, services coor-

dinator in the W.D. Jordan SpecialCollections and Music Library.She has served in a number of dif-ferent positions since joiningQueen’s Library in 1988, embrac-ing every new role along the wayby enrolling in additional coursesand expanding her knowledge.Her commitment to public servicein general and individual patronsin particular is unmatched. She al-ways goes the extra distance tolearn about and locate informa-tion. She also likes to make the

workplace fun. She is the key or-ganizer of the Library’s longstand-ing spelling bee.Andy Hooper, manager of

technology development in ITS.He has worked at Queen’s for 34years, playing a central role in theintroduction of new informationtechnology and other core servicesto the Queen’s community. Hismodest, quiet and unassumingnature belies his accomplishmentsin leading the design and engi-neering of the Queen’s campusnetwork. His deep institutionalknowledge and sage advice is val-ued both inside and outside theuniversity. His dedication to theuniversity, along with his innova-tive and analytical approach toproblem solving, have made hima go-to source across the institu-tion.Agathe Nicholson, administra-

tive assistant in the Department ofFrench Studies. Ms. Nicholsonbrings the same discipline, driveand dedication to the workplace

as she does to her passion for run-ning. The speed at which she ac-cepts increasingly challenging re-sponsibilities has helped to makeher the most knowledgeable, ap-proachable and resourceful per-son in the department. She playeda key role in the department’stransition to the new budgetmodel. Ms. Nicholson is generouswith her time outside the office –finding warm clothing, food andother winter items for interna-tional students.Carol Noel, departmental as-

sistant in the Department of Biol-ogy. Over the past 30 years, shehas developed a deserving reputa-tion as the go-to person in the de-partment. Her attitude and cheer-ful energy makes her stand apart.As financial administrator, her ap-proach centres on the importanceof people. Without her care, manyfaculty members would not beable to negotiate the minefield ofoperational budgets and the com-plexities of hiring staff. Ms. Noel

remains optimistic and friendly inthe face of different challenges,and is always willing to acceptnew challenges and last-minuterequests.Tice Post, departmental tech-

nician in the Department of Biol-ogy. His title does not do justiceto the exceptional and creativecontributions he has made to thedepartment since his arrival in1971. A combination of inventor,designer and carpenter, Mr. Posthas an exceptional ability to takean idea and bring it to life. His ex-perience and practical talents areprodigious; he is able to makeanything out of almost nothing,and in half the time anyone elsecould promise – and always witha smile.Kathy Reed, research ethics co-

ordinator for the Health Sciencesand Affiliated Hospitals ResearchEthics Board. She has worked atQueen’s since 1976 and in her cur-rent position for nearly 25 years.Ms. Reed is always happy to go

the extra mile to work with re-searchers and staff to ensure thatthey understand the researchethics process. She embraces thechanging work environment andits many challenges. She has awealth of institutional knowledgeand appreciation of evolving reg-ulations and how they impact theresearch ethics process.Françoise Sauriol, nuclear

magnetic resonance manager inthe Department of Chemistry. Eas-ily approachable, an excellentteacher and mentor, Ms. Sauriol ismore of a collaborator than a tech-nical staff member. She hastrained more than 700 users onNMR instruments in the facility,which is the most critical andcommonly used in the depart-ment. She keeps current on thelatest software and developmentin NMR technologies. Many grad-uate students and faculty mem-bers have benefited from her ex-ceptional efforts in helping tosolve difficult research problems.

Caroline Davis, Vice-Principal (Finance and Administration), centre, presented the Special Recognition for Staff Awards to, from left: Françoise Sauriol; Kathy Reed; TicePost; Carol Noel; Andy Hooper; Agathe Nicholson; Kimberley Bell; and Kathy Baer.

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events calendar.Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2-3 pmTown Hall featuring SSHRCPresident, Dr. Ted Hewitt

Dr. Ted Hewitt, President of theSocial Sciences and Humanities Re-search Council of Canada (SSHRC),will speak on “Talent, Insight andConnection: Supporting Excellencein Research and Research Training"followed by an interactive discussionat the University Club.

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 4-5 pmArtist Talk: Brendan Fernandes

At the Agnes Etherington ArtCentre, Brendan Fernandes will dis-cuss his practice as it relates to theAfrican object and ballet, touchingon imaginaries of “Global Africa” andexigencies of the continent in thecurrent phase of capitalism. His exhi-bition Brendan Fernandes: Lost Bod-ies will be on view until April 10.

Thursday, Jan. 14, 5-7 pmWinter 2016 Season Launch

Join us at the Agnes EtheringtonArt Centre for a reception andlaunch for Brendan Fernandes: LostBodies, Singular Figures: Portraitsand Character Studies in NorthernBaroque Painting, Renew: Indige-nous Art from the Collection andWith You and Others. Brendan Fer-nandes will present In Touch, afiercely controlled solo dance in thegalleries. All are welcome and re-freshments will be served.

Monday, Jan. 18, 12-1:30 pmQUIC International Community-Building Lunch

Students, staff, and other mem-bers of the university community areinvited to this event at the JDUC.QUIC will be serving vegetariansoup, using a traditional Jamaican

recipe. Free. Come in, bring a friendor two, meet some new people, andform new community connections.For more information, contact [email protected] /613.533.6000 x74649

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 10:30 am-NoonOpen Spaces: Program Evaluation

What is program evaluation? It isthe process of gathering and analyz-ing information to measure and as-sess a program. In this session, atF200 Mackintosh-Corry, SuzanneMaranda, Bracken Health SciencesLibrary, will outline her research on“Medical Information Literacy: ALongitudinal Program Evaluation.”

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 10:30 am-3:30 pmSummer Opportunities Fair

The annual summer opportuni-ties fair offers a venue for studentsand organizations seeking summerworkers to connect. This fair is beingheld at the Athletics and RecreationCentre. Follow #careerfairqueens onTwitter for more info and updates onthis event.

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 3-4 pmForest Ecosystems presentation

Adrien Djomo, Adjunct AssistantProfessor and Research Associate inGeography and Planning, will pres-ent “Forest Ecosystems Measure-ment and Modeling in a ChangingEnvironment” at Mackintosh-CorryHall, Room D214.

Thursday, Jan. 21, 5:30-6:30 pmJohn Austin Society for the Historyof Medicine and Science

At the University Club, Albert Jin(Neurology, Department of Medi-cine) will be speaking on “Stroke andInsight from the Centaur, the Virtuosi

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Saturday, Jan. 23, 4 and 7 pmPlay Reading

A special reading of the winningplays of the 2015 Herman VoadenPlaywriting Competition will takeplace in Theological Hall, RotundaTheatre: First Place - Theory by Nor-man Yeung. Second Place -Lac/Athabaska by Len Falkenstein.

Saturday, Jan. 23, 2-3 pm Acts of Reading

At the Agnes Etherington ArtCentre, join Kevin Rodgers, curatorof With You and Others, and specialguests for a series of in-depth dis-cussions of particular artists' booksin this unique exhibition. For eachsession, a guest lecturer will selectbooks from the exhibition With You

and Others to discuss topics such asthe deadpan, architecture, intimacyand the sensuous nature of reading.On 23 January Kevin Rodgers willlead a conversation on artists' booksand their function as text, image andobject. Kevin Rodgers is an artist. Agraduate of the doctoral program inArt and Visual Culture, Western Uni-versity, he served as the Artistic Di-rector of Modern Fuel Artist-RunCentre in Kingston 2012-2015.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1:30-4 pmResearching Your Practice: An IdeasExchange for Educational Research

Facilitated by Dr. KlodianaKolomitro, Centre for Teaching andLearning; and Dr. Cory Laverty,Queen's University Library. The Cen-tre for Teaching and Learning is com-mitted to encouraging and support-ing scholarly inquiry into student

learning. This ideas exchange ses-sion is a first step in developing anexus for communication and col-laboration, and in facilitating thegrowth of a scholarly community.F200 Mackintosh-Corry Hall.

Wednesday, Jan. 27, Noon-12:30 pmLunchtime Breathing MeditationsBan Righ Centre, Third Floor Room,with Roberta Lamb. Protect yourmind against stress with a 30-minutebreathing meditation. All are wel-come – students, staff, faculty,women & men! Anyone who needsrelaxation and a calm mind. No med-itation experience necessary. Eachsession is self-contained.

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A standout on the football field and offBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

As good as he is on the footballfield, Curtis Carmichael is moreremarkable off of it.

Having volunteered with anumber of local organizationssupporting the disadvantaged aswell as youth with physical dis-abilities, Carmichael (PHE’16), areceiver with the Queen’s Gaels, isthe 2015 recipient of the Russ Jack-son Award.

The CIS award recognizes ex-cellence in football, academics andcitizenship and Carmichael cer-tainly meets all the criteria.

The work that Carmichael does– from volunteering at a drop-incentre for marginalized adults inKingston to helping an orphanagein Romania – is anchored in hisfaith. It also comes from hismother, who he says is his rolemodel. Giving to the communityis a central part of his life.

“I try to do things in environ-ments where people wouldn’t nor-mally go or different environ-ments where people aredisadvantaged,” he says. “So I doa lot of stuff with Nightlight inKingston, which is a drop-in cen-

tre for marginalized adults. Youmeet a wide range of adults there.People with mental illness, physi-cal disability, you meet peoplewho are addicts on the street.”

Carmichael says that throughhis volunteering he meets a widerange of people that he wouldn’tmeet on campus.

And while he is helping peoplein the here and now he is alsogaining experience for life afterschool.

That plan includes going toteacher’s college after graduatingthis year. His dream is to be ateacher and a missionary.

“I love to teach in an environ-ment where I can also have the ca-pacity to work with kids who aredisadvantaged, whether it isthrough the church or a commu-nity organization,” he says. “Iwould love to do that kind ofwork, to continue to work withdifferent populations that are dis-advantaged, but also be able tohave the qualifications to teach,maybe in a town or village I findmyself where kids really don’thave access to education. That’smy kind of mentality – teacherscollege then maybe missionarywork down the road.”

Carmichael is the fourth Gaelto receive the prestigious award,following Curt McLennan (2003),Jock Climie (1989) and inauguralwinner Charlie Galunic (1986).

In his fourth season with theGaels, Carmichael led the teamwith 34 receptions and finishedwith 520 yards and four touch-downs.

His generosity and leadershipshows up in the locker room and

on campus as well.He says that while he loves

football he knows that an athlete’sidentity can get lost “when wethink we are only valued by thesport.” It’s a message he hasshared with teammates.

“So with a lot of my teammateswe are always encouraging guysto not to just focus on just onething. Have fun out there. Asmuch as football is a serious thing

I found that the most successfulthat I have been on the field iswhen I had the most fun,” he sa“This year I wasn’t as tunnel-vi-sioned but I just tried to be moreteam-oriented and I found that ibenefitted more areas of my life.

His efforts are recognized atQueen’s as well.

“Curtis has become an excel-lent football player and a teamleader here at Queen's,” saysGaels head coach Pat Sheahan.“His commitment to his team,university and community putshim in a class all by himself. I,along with the entire university,am extremely proud of him.”

Carmichael also volunteers aphysical education teacher at twlocal high schools with a highnumber of single-parent and loincome families. On campus, he a member of a student group ofvolunteers who assist young children with intellectual disabilitiein the “Queen's Adapted GamesHe has been involved with Ath-letes in Action and is a member “Navigators,” a group on campthat meets with younger univer-sity students for bible study andto promote a healthy balanced liing.

Curtis Carmichael of the Queen’s Gaels football team receives the Russ JacksonAward from Russ Jackson himself. The award recognizes excellence in football,academics and citizenship.

A heads-up approach to sports safetyBY CHRIS ARMES,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Concussions in youth sporthave received wide-reaching at-tention over the past decade. Re-cent legislation introduced in On-tario aims to set province-wideguidelines for treatment of con-cussions and return-to-play proto-cols. Closer to home, Queen’s Uni-versity student-athlete AllenChampagne (MSc’17) haslaunched an education program toteach youth football players howto play the game safely while re-ducing the risk of concussions.

“Having both a football back-ground and a neuroscience back-ground, I saw a perfect opportu-nity to merge them,” says Mr.Champagne, who is currently con-ducting research on concussionsalongside Dr. DJ Cook (Medicine).“The program brings togethergraduate students, medical stu-dents and athletes to create the ul-timate program, where we can ed-ucate young athletes aboutconcussions and then use on-fielddrills to reinforce the lesson.”

A defensive lineman for theQueen’s Gaels, Mr. Champagnedesigned the Concussion Educa-tion, Safety and Awareness Pro-gram (CESAP) to promote concus-sion awareness and teach young

athletes safe techniques to reducetheir risk of concussions. Usingbehaviour modification, he hopesto make players recognize unsafetechniques, such as leading withtheir helmets into contact. In cor-recting players’ techniques, heaims to improve their on-field per-formance while reducing the like-lihood of concussions.

The program was inspired byresearch conducted during his un-dergraduate studies at the Univer-sity of North Carolina at ChapelHill under Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz.

Players in a similar educationalprogram showed a decrease in thenumber and intensity of helmetimpacts over the course of a sea-son, as measured using helmet-mounted accelerometers.

“The CESAP program Allenhas designed emphasizes the needfor proper technique and safercontact,” says Pat Sheahan, headcoach of the Queen’s Gaels footballteam. “This will bring greater localattention to the important issue ofconcussion awareness and willmake the game safer for players.”

Over the course of the half-dayprogram, players, coaches andparents are first taught about con-cussions – how they occur andwhat signs and symptoms may appear. Players are also taught howto ensure their helmets and shoul-der pads are properly sized, aswell as the importance of safe play

Following the seminar, playerssuit up for approximately twohours of position-specific on-fielddrills. Under the watchful eyes ofvolunteer coaches (many of whoare current and former Gaels), theplayers’ technique will be ana-lyzed for any unsafe or at risk be-haviour. Drills will be conductedat half-speed and in partial equip-ment – with shoulder pads andother gear, but without helmets –in order to reinforce the impor-tance of not using the helmet incontact. The aim of the drills willbe to instill safe blocking and tackling techniques that will carryover from the practice field togame situations – improving per-formance and reducing the rate ofconcussive injuries.

“Football is a contact sport andwe will never eliminate the risk ofconcussions entirely,” says Mr.Champagne. “However, by im-proving technique, we give play-ers the opportunity to play thegame they love a little safer.”

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fit tips.New Year’sresolutionsIt’s that time of year again,

resolution time! Don’t be discouraged by fail-

ures of the past, look towards2016 as an opportunity to im-prove on something awesome!(that’s you)

Here are a few tips to helpyou rock your resolution.

1 – Be realistic, set achievablegoals. Instead of saying you wantto lose 30 pounds this year. Set agoal of 2.5 pounds each monthand focus on that month.

2 – From wearable tech toapps on your smartphone, usetechnology to remind you to beactive and ‘Get Your 150’.

3 – Schedule check-ins onyour calendar. Once a month askyourself, how’s your resolutiongoing? Leave encouraging notesto keep you motivated.

4 – Don’t let a little slip stopyou. Life is busy, don’t let ashort fall in your goal be theend of your resolution. Look atthe next day as a fresh start toyour goal.

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HRworkshops.Queen’s Human Resources offers a

variety of individual workshops aswell as lunch and learn sessions. Seebelow for more information about afew of the upcoming sessions offeredin the coming weeks. Visit the HR web-site to view the entire learning cata-logue and to sign up.

Did you set a career goal for2016? Perhaps a workshop offeredby Human Resources could help youkeep your resolution.

Effective Communication:Influencing Colleagues andSupervisorsTuesday, Jan. 19, 9 am-noon, Semi-

nar Room, Mackintosh-Corry HallB176

This workshop allows partici-pants to assess their assertivenessstyle and use this information to de-velop skills needed to express them-selves directly and honestly. Partici-pants learn techniques tocommunicate concisely, identifycore issues and focus the dialogueaccordingly. Participants learn to un-derstand their audience in order totailor their communication appro-priately.

Anti-Oppression in the WorkplaceWednesday, Jan. 20, 1-4 pm, Semi-

nar Room, Mackintosh-Corry HallB176

This session helps participantsdefine oppression as it relates to eq-

uity-seeking groups in Canada aswell as identify various forms of op-pression and the ways in which theyare sustained by institutional, politi-cal, economic, cultural and otherpower structures. Participants alsolearn how to develop strategies theycan draw upon to create communi-ties and workplaces that are anti-op-pressive for all people, particularlythose most affected by inequity.

Diversity at Queen’sThursday, Jan. 21, 9 am-noon,

Seminar Room, Mackintosh-CorryHall B176

This workshop, presented in part-nership with Queen’s University In-ternational Centre and the HumanRights Office, includes legislation in-formation, scenarios and the oppor-tunity to interact and share perspec-tives with international students.

Queen’s Volunteer EngagementCertificate Module 3: SettingVolunteers up for Success –Orientation and TrainingThursday, Jan. 21, 1-3 pm, Seminar

Room, Mackintosh-Corry Hall B176Learn how Alumni Relations and

Annual Giving have developed acomprehensive orientation strategyfor close to 300 student volunteerseach year to prepare them forHomecoming weekend. Templatesand tools will help you create a con-sistent and standardized orientationprogram.

for the record.Committees

Headship Search Committee —Department of EmergencyMedicine

In accordance with the Senatedocument governing the Appoint-ment of Clinical/Academic Depart-ment Heads that was approved onMarch 26, 2009, the Provost andVice-Principal (Academic) of Queen’sUniversity and the Chief ExecutiveOfficers of Hotel Dieu Hospital andKingston General Hospital have es-tablished a joint search committeeto provide advice on the headshipand the present state and futureprospects of the Department ofEmergency Medicine. The composi-tion of the committee is:

• Ms. Silvie Crawford, ExecutiveVice-President & Chief Nursing Offi-cer, Kingston General Hospital

• Dr. Damon Dagnone, AssistantProfessor, Department of Emer-gency Medicine

• Dr. Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Chiefof Medical & Academic Affairs and

Chief of Staff, Hotel Dieu Hospital• Mr. Jacob Gordner, Medical stu-

dent representative• Ms. Audrey Hunt, Departmental

& Financial Administrator, Depart-ment of Emergency Medicine

• Dr. Annette McCallum, Head,Department of Diagnostic Radiol-ogy

• Mr. Mike McDonald, Chief of Pa-tient Care and Chief Nursing Execu-tive, Hotel Dieu Hospital

• Dr. Heather Murray, AssociateProfessor, Department of Emer-gency Medicine

• Dr. Richard Van Wylick, Associ-ate Professor, Department of Paedi-atrics

• Dr. Matthew White, Residentrepresentative, Department ofEmergency Medicine

• Dr. David T. Zelt (co-chair), Exec-utive Vice President and Chief ofStaff, Kingston General Hospital

• Dr. Richard K. Reznick (co-chair),Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences

• Ms. Andrea Sealy (Secretary),Senior Staffing Officer, Faculty ofHealth Sciences

Faculty, staff, students, residentsand all other members of the hospi-tal and university communities, areinvited to submit their comments, inwriting, on the present state and fu-ture prospects of the department aswell as the names of possible candi-dates for the headship and the rea-sons for supporting each nominee.Written submissions are to be di-rected to the co-chairs c/o AndreaSealy, Faculty of Health Sciences,Macklem House, 18 Barrie Street,Queen’s University, Kingston, On-tario, K7L 3N6 and electronic sub-missions can be forwarded to [email protected]. Whilesubmissions will be acceptedthroughout the search process, itwill be advantageous for the com-mittee to have them early on. Pleasenote that committee members arerequired to maintain confidentialityregarding the committee’s delibera-tions and comments, which areshared with committee members,are also confidential. Anonymoussubmissions will not be considered.

books.What Are We? Exploring the Evolu-

tionary Roots of Our Future by LonnieAarssen (Biology)

Humans are fascinated withthemselves. What are we? Do ourlives mean something? Our obses-sion with these questions is why thearts and humanities exist. And yet,their long history of success is builton a celebrated pluralism of inter-pretation for the human experience.Ironically, the ‘What are we?’ ques-tion is required here to remain es-sentially unanswered — an endur-ing and revered mystery.

But evolutionary biology has, withwide consensus in recent decades,given us a very clear and certain per-spective of what we are: We are ananimal among many millions of oth-ers, the vast majority of which havelong been extinct — a species that isonly about 300,000 years old, but de-scended from a long lineage, most ofwhich was not human. These discov-eries have given us what the arts andhumanities never could, and neveraspired to find: vital insights into howand why human nature, social life,and culture have come to be whatthey are, and so uniquely differentfrom other species.

This book is a survey of these in-

sights from Darwinism — insightsthat have never been met with en-thusiasm from the general public,nor from many professionals. But adeeper, more concise, and morebroadly public understanding of ourevolutionary roots has never beenmore urgent. We are now faced withthe daunting task of surviving theimpending collapse of modern civi-lization, and the challenges of de-signing a new, more sustainable andmore humanistic model for our de-scendants. And our greatest limita-tion may be that we don’t reallyknow ourselves very well at all.

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: 2016-002Job Title: Senior Manager, Programand AdministrationDepartment: Queen’s University Bi-ological StationHiring Salary: $60,770 (SalaryGrade 9)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: ContinuingAppointmentClosing Date: 06-Mar-2016n

Competition: 2015-331Job Title: Sexual Violence Preven-tion and Response CoordinatorDepartment: Human Rights OfficeHiring Salary: $60,770 (SalaryGrade 9)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: ContinuingAppointmentClosing Date: 31-Jan-2016n

Competition: 2015-343Job Title: Director, Government andInstitutional RelationsDepartment: Government and In-stitutional Relations, Univeristy Rela-tionsHours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: ContinuingAppointmentClosing Date: 20-Jan-2016

Competition: 2015-346Job Title: Clinic DirectorDepartment: Psychology ClinicHours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: Term Appoint-ment (13 months)Closing Date: 31-Jan-2016n

Competition: 2015-348Job Title: Events Coordinator/ OfficeAssistant (USW Local 2010)Department: Chemical EngineeringHiring Salary: $39,199 (Salary Grade5)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: Term Appoint-ment until March 10, 2017Closing Date: 13-Jan-2016

Successful CandidatesJob Title: Student Resource Assis-tant (USW Local 2010)Department: Faculty of Arts andScienceCompetition: 2015-217Successful Candidate: Carrie

Roosenmaallen (Student Records &Services)n

Job Title: Arts Stage Technician(USW Local 2010)Department: Isabel Bader Centrefor the Performing ArtsCompetition: 2015-164 (A & B)Successful Candidate: PatrickO'Neill (IBCPA) and Aaron Holmbern

Job Title: Special Project Assistant,175th Anniversary (USW Local 2010Department:Marketing (UniversityRelations)Competition: 2015-169Successful Candidate: Celia Russeln

Job Title: Facilities SupervisorDepartment: Residence Facilities(Housing & Ancillary Services)Competition: 2015-137Successful Candidate: Eric Lloyd

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