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YEAR A N N I V E R S A RY DENTAL HYGIENE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

Fall/Winter 2021

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Celebrating 60 years of dental hygiene Page 8

Alumni Connections |Winter 2021 Edition Produced by the School of Dentistry Writer & Designer: Tarwinder Rai

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What’s inside Messages from Alumni Chapter Presidents

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COVID-related clinical solution becomes permanent fixture in student learning experience

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Celebrating 60 years of dental hygiene

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Preshing built a legacy of specialty treatment for patients at UHDC

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Remembering a friendship that spanned decades

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Gainer’s dedication to her profession to be remembered with student scholarships

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Walking 4 Patty

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Following in her father’s footstep

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SHINE golf tournament raises $45,000

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Truth & reconciliation brought hope and a pathway to resilience

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Research publications

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Dental Alumni Chapter President Message

Continuing to support student growth With the new academic year underway, the enrichment of education for all students at the School of Dentistry grows from didactic learning to clinical application. The Dental Alumni Association (DAA) proudly recognizes the achievements and scholastic growth of the DDS students in the new curriculum established at the University of Alberta.

It is a key pillar for the DAA to aid in undergraduate learning and establish pathways for students to be more prepared as they grow in their careers.

The DAA is working with the continuing education program at the University of Alberta to better serve both students and past alumni with valuable dental education to apply clinically. The student learning experience at the University of Alberta is enhanced by external rotations such as the SHINE Dental Clinic. The tireless efforts of students in both the DDS and DH program allow this program to operate for those who cannot afford emergency dental treatment.

I remember my volunteer experiences as a student at SHINE and applaud the student body at the University of Alberta

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who have made major strides in growing the new clinic. It is without question that the DAA are proud to acknowledge the efforts of students giving back to our communities.

The success of the SHINE Charity Golf Tournament, especially considering the ever changing COVID-19 restrictions, was very successful. The DAA had the chance to sponsor a hole at the tournament with Sinclair Dental and it was great to reach out to past U of A alumni and current students about the role of the DAA with both demographics.

The DAA continues its support with other organizations such as the Alberta Dental Foundation which strives to improve access to dental care for underserved and low-income Albertans. Both the ADF and SHINE dental clinic are supported and championed by past alumni and current students at the University of Alberta. The DAA are proud to hear of their undertakings and support past and future alumni in their pursuits in giving back to the public and dental community.

Navi Bharj Class of 2019 President, DDS

Dental Hygiene Alumni Chapter President Message

DHAC reconnects classmates Dental Hygiene Alumni facilitated the conceptualization of a Virtual Reunion Reception for 2021 as we were unable to gather and connect in the traditional way. A member survey prompted the Dental Hygiene Alumni Chapter (DHAC) to respond with an interactive virtual event to celebrate, connect and engage Alumni. Historically the DHAC Annual Reunion Reception, held during Alumni Week(end) is highly anticipated and well attended by dental hygiene alumni, specifically those celebrating special milestone graduation year anniversaries.

The DHAC Annual Reunion Reception is how I became involved with the chapter. Following my ten year anniversary celebration, I was asked to join the DHAC and am currently the co-lead for the Annual Reunion Reception event. I look forward to seeing classmates connect with each other, the Dental Hygiene Program and the larger university community. I am anxiously anticipating my 15 year anniversary to reconnect with my classmates again.

The 2021 Virtual Reunion Reception included an incredible picture slideshow

full of Dental Hygiene Program memories, poll and short answer trivia with hand-made scrub cap prizes, courtesy of a talented and creative DHAC member, a video tour of the current dental hygiene experience for students and the opportunity to connect with classmates in breakout rooms. We were so thrilled to have nine graduates from the class of 1971 celebrating their 50th anniversary who engaged on the virtual platform. The event was so much fun and challenging to plan and participate in. After all the positive feedback, the DHAC is considering adding the trivia and picture slideshow elements to our in person event, when we are able to host them again.

I have gained invaluable experience, developed friendships and increased my professional network as a result of belonging to and volunteering for the DHAC. I am truly grateful to belong and give back to such a passionate group of alumni.

Christie Daye Class of 2008 President, DH

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olution becomes dent learning experience What started out as a pilot project for a possible solution to a COVID-related clinical challenge, is now being permanently integrated into the dentistry curriculum at the School of Dentistry.

The School of Dentistry Oral Health Dental Clinic, facing the challenge of continuing to provide patient care while providing clinical learning experiences for students during the pandemic, was finding that there was a very limited number of registered dental assistants who could provide chairside suctioning using HVE (High Volume Evacuation) for aerosol generating procedures (AGPs).

To solve the problem, a four-handed dentistry approach was implemented where first- and second-year dental students became co-learners and provided chairside assistance for the third- and fourth-year dental students in the Oral Health Clinic, Kaye Edmonton Clinic.

“When the pandemic arrived, in order for our students to continue to have clinical experiences and to maintain patient care, we needed a way for the senior students to have chairside

support,” says Anthea Senior, Associate Chair, DDS Clinical Education . “The co-learning opportunities benefitted students in all years of the program,” says Senior.

“Our junior students got to go to the clinic right from the first month of first year, and our senior students were able to graduate on time.”

Clinical co-learning happened from September 2020 to July 2021. Each first- and second-year student was assigned two or three clinical co-learning sessions per week. In the end, 64 junior and 87 senior students co-learned together for about 50 clinics each. Pre-COVID, junior students were only scheduled to shadow senior students three or four sessions per academic year.

“Patients also enjoyed the chance to chat with the co-learners chairside, and appreciated the students putting them at ease,” says Senior.

“The co-learning pilot had a lot of moving parts and so a big shout out to all the faculty and support staff in the clinic that were able to make it happen.”

Second-year dentistry student Giulia Suriano says to have the patient interaction and experience of how the dental school clinic operates from the start of dental school is invaluable.

“Co-learning sessions have already had a profound impact on my education and interpersonal skills.

Not only do we build our skills with patient interactions, but we also learn from our senior peers,” says Suriano.

“Being in a patient-care setting with the guidance of more experienced students has improved my confidence immensely and will allow for a smooth transition when I move into the treatment provider role in the future.”

The co-learning experience was recently published in the article Surviving the pandemic: Dental students co-learning together to provide patient care, authored by Drs Anthea Senior, Hollis Lai, Doris Lunardon and Steven Patterson.

The hands-on learning and enriched clinical experiences in the article were described as “surviving the pandemic with style” by the manuscript reviewers.

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Celebrating 60 year The University of Alberta’s dental hygiene program is celebrating its diamond jubilee this fall.

A program that’s humble beginnings are deeply rooted in the dental landscape of Alberta, first opened its doors under the program’s founding director Margaret Berry in 1961. Today, the program is known as a national leader in dental hygiene education.

Graduates are involved with providing oral health care to diverse populations in various settings advancing their education through graduate studies enabling them to be involved in academia, research, and industry.

“I am so proud of our education program and how it has significantly evolved over the years. I am proud of how we are preparing dental hygienists to apply their education and practice to address oral health for people from many different contexts,” says Sharon Compton, professor and associate chair of the dental hygiene program at the School of Dentistry.

“There have been many people who have contributed to the development of the dental hygiene program which benefits our graduates and ultimately, the oral health of Albertans and beyond.”

The program that began accepting 20 to 42 students in its origins, today has graduated more than 2000 students.

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The program is now a degree-only program and the dental hygiene master’s program launched in 2014 – a first of its kind in Canada. Graduate students are building a research base that is focused on creating and translating knowledge to advance dental hygiene practice for better oral health care access and services.

“For more than 50 years, graduates completed a condensed program of students culminating in a diploma in dental hygiene. As advances and changes in oral health care arose and with changing demographics of Canadians, the program needed to add more content to the diploma; however, the additional content further increased the intensity of the program,” says Compton. “Therefore, in 2017, the program shifted to a degree program that allowed the 2 years of dental hygiene content to be distributed across 3 years. All students complete a preprofessional year of courses prior to entry to the program that includes three years of dental hygiene specific courses.”

The landscape of the dental hygiene profession has also changed drastically over the past 60 years, but alumni can still remember some of the great changes they experienced as students – making the program 60 years young.

Alumni remember Dental hygiene clinical professor Janice Ritchie (DH ‘72) remembers her class was the first class to start wearing a pant suit.

“Until then we wore dresses as our uniforms,” says Ritchie. “We could now sit to treat our patients.”

Ritchie, like many, say the biggest change over the decades has been the move from the old dentistry/ pharmacy building into the Kaye Edmonton Clinic.

“I trained on equipment from another era,” says Ritchie, not just referring to dental equipment but the incorporation of computers. “They added another layer to our function.”

The future of dental hygiene “With baccalaureate education as the foundational preparation of dental hygienists, we feel our graduates are well situated to contribute to addressing the oral health of Albertans and beyond. Additionally, as our graduates pursue advanced education, conducting research and contributing to advancements in the oral health care field, we envision a future where there is increased access to oral care for all,” says Compton.

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Dental hygiene program founder, Margaret Berry.

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Preshing built a legacy of specialty treatment for patients at UHDC After more than 31 years as the director of the University Hospital Dental Clinic, Bill Preshing says it’s the perfect time for him to pass the torch.

“There comes a time to make some changes and step back,” says Preshing, who was diagnosed with and recovered from stage 4 colorectal cancer a few years ago. “I’m trying to accept these life lessons and that work is important but at the same time there is life I want to live. I hope to carry on a few days per week looking after the family of patients I’ve built up over many years.”

Reminiscing over the past three

years,” says Preshing. “We’ve created a very special place here. We have built a clinic for people who can’t get treatment elsewhere because of their medical conditions. For the majority of our patients, there is nowhere else for them to go.”

The dental clinic has become a place specialized place to treat patients with disabilities and complex medical issues.

“I can’t say my work has ever become routine,” says Preshing. “We are providing dental care like any other practice, but we are sometimes providing care to people with a

decades, the dental clinic has grown leaps and bounds. What started out as clinic operating with Preshing and three dental residents, and the equivalent of about 2.5 fulltime dental assistants, is now a clinic that operates with three to five dentists onsite daily supported by 18 clinical and office staff members.

condition we may have never heard of. Therefore, we are always learning something new.”

“I am really proud of how the hospital dental service has evolved over the

One such patient was Terry, who had cerebral palsy. Preshing formed a

Preshing says it’s the patients he met in the clinic and their strength in the face of so many challenges, that helped him through his own illness and to keep a good sense of humour.

strong friendship him saying because of his appearance people discredited him. But his determination to keep going was nothing less than admirable.

“He walked by sheer force of will. He looked like he was going to fall over and because he couldn’t speak either, people assumed he had little intelligence,” says Preshing, adding Terry communicated with a sheet of paper that had the alphabet on it and he would spell things out with his foot.

“But he could always carry on a conversation. It was hurtful to him when people would ignore the person he was, because he was quite capable and always proud to say he had graduated high school. If I can step back and say there is any type of legacy at the clinic, it is this. We created a place for people like Terry to receive the dental care they needed.”

As Preshing slowly begins handing over the ropes, there is one thing he’s realized he won’t miss at all administrative meetings.

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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Both the Dental Alumni Association (DAA) and the Dental Hygiene Alumni Chapter (DHAC) are recruiting new board members! With your ideas and input, you can make a difference within the oral health alumni community. If you are: • • • •

Passionate about your alma mater Interested in making a difference and inspiring your peers Good with engaging people in virtual platforms Creative and like to share ideas

Both the DAA and the DHAC are comprised of dedicated volunteers who work to help our alumni stay connected with the School, with one another, and with current students.

Board members are an integral part of helping build these connections and to support a variety of activities. We encourage all of our alumni to consider joining the DAA or the DHAC. For more information, or discuss one of these opportunities, please contact Elise Hetu at ehetu@ualberta.ca WINTER 2021

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Remembering a friendsh

Alumnus Judy Clarke creates Margaret Wilson Memori Judy Clarke (DH ’87, BSc DH ‘04) was a dental hygiene student when she first met Margaret (Marg) Wilson (DH ’71, Bed, MEd) in 1985. Little did they know at the time that this would mark the beginning of a 30-year-long beautiful friendship.

“Marg was a thoughtful, giving and compassionate friend. She was an amazing instructor,” says Clarke, adding it was Wilson who got her first involved in volunteering in a multitude of various local, provincial and national dental hygiene organizations and events. “For each organization I was involved in, Marg supported me along the way. This part of my dental hygiene career has been remarkable and I truly believe it would not have happened without Marg starting it off for me.”

So, when Clarke, a regular donor to the Dental Hygiene Alumni Chapter Student Bursary program, decided to setup an award, she could not think of anyone better to name it after.

In honour of her friend who passed away in 2017, Clarke created the Margaret Wilson Memorial Award in Dental Hygiene. This annual award will be awarded to the student in the final year of a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene who demonstrates leadership, community engagement, and is involved in extracurricular activities – all pillars of Wilson’s career as a dental hygienist and instructor.

“I wanted to continue to give back in more ways and

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the award is one such way. I have been blessed to have had an amazing career as a graduate of the program and I am honoured to have met people who started out as classmates and instructors and who are now colleagues and friends,” says Clarke. “I want the students to know that graduates of this program are proud U of A graduates. Dental hygiene is a fulfilling and rewarding career and we are willing to support the students who are carrying the profession forward.”

Wilson’s commitment to the dental hygiene profession is embedded deep in to the roots of the School of Dentistry. Known for always being involved in many aspects of the profession, naming the award after her just seemed right. Wilson was a volunteer, clinical professor and advocate.

Her students witnessed a caring person and educator who treated students with respect and compassion. She was able to make very intimidating experiences less threatening through her openness, professionalism and wacky sense of humour. And, for that, her students and colleagues remember her with great fondness says Clarke.

“Marg was a caring and loving friend who by just being around enriched my life and she was loved, and is missed by all those who were close to her,” says Clarke. “She was a true professional who committed her career to advancing our profession. Her leadership was an invaluable asset, her dedication and devotion unquestionable.”

hip that spanned decades

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Margaret Wilson

Judy Clarke

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Gainer’s dedication to he remembered with stude

Tim Carmichael has setup the Patty Gainer Memorial Convoc

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er profession to be ent scholarships

cating & Continuing Scholarships in memory of his wife Patty was brilliant and bright, and always quick witted. She tried to lighten a mood or help a student feel comfortable with a grin, a wink and a joke. She cared deeply about her students, always advocated for

and master teacher to them.

ovarian cancer research.

In honour of her 27 years at the School of Dentistry, Gainer’s husband Tim Carmichael has created the Patty Gainer Memorial Scholarship in

“She was very much appreciated by her students,” says Carmichael, who took part in this year’s Walk of Hope in memory of his wife as well. “She was

fairness for them and championed for their wellbeing and learning.

Clinical Dental Hygiene that will be awarded to two students each in years 3 and 4 of their dental hygiene education.

committed to helping students develop their skillset. Patty would always remind them to do their best and showed them that it’s just as important to make the patient comfortable as it is to do your work.”

Patty was in the details. She was meticulous, thoughtful and precise.

Not just at work, but she had an eye for small details in her floral arrangements, birds and tiny trimmings around her home and garden that she loved to share with friends.

She was meticulous and intentional in her work as a clinician and teacher too.

She paid close attention to patients and was fastidious in their care. She wanted students to see how beneficial painstaking thoroughness was so she loved sitting down with students and patients and modelling meticulousness. She was so organized and always used to say there was a reason for everything.

– Rachelle Pratt, DH instructor Patty Gainer (DH ‘79) impacted everyone she met. Her sudden passing from ovarian cancer in 2020, left her friends, colleagues and students coming to terms with the void left behind by an educator and dental hygienist who was both an inspiration

“It’s my way of giving a gift to the people who remember Patty,” says Carmichael. “As an educator she always went above and beyond her needs. I want to honour her expertise.”

Carmichael says his wife would have appreciated having this award created, and that she would probably also tell him not to talk about it.

“But it gives me comfort to talk about it. She was very modest and never flaunted her level of excellence in the field,” says Carmichael, recalling his wife would spend evening and weekends preparing for her classes and specialty courses. “People treasure her in their memories.”

This is especially true. In 2020, dental hygiene student Alanna Blanchette helped organize Ovarian Cancer Canada’s Walk of Hope for Gainer.

Team 4 Fighters – as the team was named – raised $21,610 in support of

Patty was a truly gifted educator and dental hygienist who cared deeply for students and their learning experience says Sharon Compton, professor and associate chair of the dental hygiene program at the school.

“She held the bar high and students certainly benefitted under her guidance and support. I always appreciated Patty’s visits where we would discuss the upcoming course teaching which always included a few laughs and sharing of personal and professional stories. She is deeply missed,” says Compton. “Going forward with awards, it will be very special to annually dedicate time to join with others as we remember Patty while recognizing student excellence in clinical dental hygiene. Her memory and legacy live on.”

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What began as a cold and rainy day turned sunny just in time for School of Dentistry faculty, students, alumni, and friends to participate in the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope, September 12. The group walked in honour of Professor Patty Gainer who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in February of 2020 and passed away on November 1, 2020.

For the second year, the team carried the title “Team 4 Fighters” as Patty was the Team 4 dental hygiene clinical lead. Last September the team raised over $21,000

and walked past Patty’s house to send her love and well wishes.

The team came together again to remember Patty and to continue the fight against ovarian cancer. This year’s walk took place on the University campus, passing several buildings where Patty completed her dental hygiene program in 1979 and taught as a clinical instructor for 27 years. The route made a loop past the Edmonton Clinical Health Academy, the Kaye Edmonton Clinic, and the Dentistry/Pharmacy Centre.

Participants displayed their support with

teal ribbons, balloons, and inspirational signs. As they walked, they reminisced on stories of Patty and remembered her bright smile.

to know that Patty’s memory and recognition of her significant contribution to students will live on each year when the award is received.

Team participants were so touched to learn that Patty’s husband, Tim Carmichael, is setting up a dental hygiene student award through the University of Alberta to honour Patty and her dedication to teaching and clinical excellence.

Thanks to generous donations from faculty, students, family, and friends, “Team 4 Fighters” has raised over $5,000 for Ovarian Cancer Canada this year. In 2020, the team raised $18,000. These funds help to find a cure and support ovarian cancer fighters.

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Following in her father’s

Reena Talwar honours her father’s dedication to educat Growing up, Reena Talwar’s father told her to always have a career. “Your job can be taken away, but not your career,” she recalls being told.

Reena’s dad, Jagmohan Singh Talwar, passed away six years ago and he didn’t get to see her open her own clinic – Contours Oral Surgery. But what he did get to celebrate was his daughter becoming the first fellowship certified female oral surgeon in Alberta.

In memory of her dad and his dedication to higher education, Reena is following in his footsteps and has set-up the Talwar Contours Oral Surgery Award endowment fund in his name. The $80,000 endowment fund will provide one second-year and third-year student - who is interested in pursuing oral surgery - with the Talwar Contours Oral Surgery Scholarship.

surgeon.

Her father would even house family members’ children, who had immigrated as students to Canada in their house. He would drive them to school until they became comfortable and confident in their new life.

Reena, an oral surgeon and clinical associate professor at the School of Dentistry says she has reached a point in her career where she felt she could follow in her dad’s footsteps and give back to students.

“For the longest time I was the only female oral surgeon in the province. I had no female mentors in oral surgery.

I want to be that mentor to others, both female and male,” she says. “This award isn’t for the individual with the highest grades. It’s for the student who has the most passion and drive to want to learn to become an oral surgeon, and needs financial support.”

“My dad was a strong supporter of education,” she said. “His biggest drive in life was that everyone got a good education and my mom was always there to support him and our family.”

Reena says she wants to encourage students to get that chance to become an oral surgeon without having to think about the financial risk.

Reena’s dad was a trained electrical engineer in India, but when he immigrated to Canada in 1974 his degree didn’t transfer over. He began his education journey all over again, this time as a chartered public accountant. To help make ends meet, he worked as a security guard and studied for his CPA degree during the day.

“I am providing that financial support.

I don’t want students imagining they wanted to be an oral surgeon but didn’t have the funds to do an externship and know for certain that oral surgery is their vocation,” she says. “I was always self-motivated and self-driven, but I would have loved to have had a good female mentor in oral surgery to support my vision to become an oral

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“Having the right mentor support you when you need that extra confidence is key. I want to be that mentor for everyone, but particularly for that individual who may is passionate about oral surgery but lacks confidence.

“Having a female support saying you can balance and achieve everything within realistic expectations is priceless for the female students who are considering oral surgery as their specialty. I want them to know that they can have it all, but it may not look or feel the same as for others.”

Therefore, along with setting up the endowment she has taken her family’s philanthropy one-step further and made the first donation to Pathways to Dentistry – a student-led initiative that includes a bursary program to provide financial aid to marginalized populations in the amount of $20,000.

“This bursary is support for underprivileged high school students who are interested in pursuing dentistry and their future career, but may not have the financial means to do so. The opportunity to be able to give to this amazing cause landed on my doorstep and it was a perfect fit to everything me and my family believe in,” says Reena.

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SHINE golf tourname The Shine Golf Tournament serves as the sole source of annual funding for the Shine Dental Clinic, a student run clinic that provides free dental care to Edmonton’s inner city population.

The foundational principles of Shine Dentistry are as follows: provide service to a high need youth population in the inner city of Edmonton, build social responsibility among students, expose students to clinical practice earlier in their training, and build interdisciplinary relationships and understandings with other health science fields. The funding raised at this event is used to cover rent for the building and dental supplies we use throughout the year.

The day involves 18 holes of golf in groups of 4 using a Texas scramble format. We have a shotgun start at 8:30am and the round typically takes about 5 hours, after which everyone gathers together for lunch while listening to speeches from our sponsors and the announcement of winners from the day.

This year , the tournament had 144 golfers and nearly 50 volunteers, raising just under $45,000!

Award recipients from the day: Team Scramble-Winners Luke Milne Matthew Ohrt Dan Matheson Terence Teske Team Scramble-Most Honest (Highest score) Kyle Watson Josh Benner David Hudson Andy SJ Men’s Long Drive Josh DeSerres Lady’s Long Drive Nella Brodett Men’s Closest to the pin Casey Moore Lady’s Closest to the pin Christie Daye A special thank you to the tournament organizers Adam McCourt-Senior (co-chair) and Ryan Wittrock-Junior (co-chair).

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tion brought hope silience With permission from his family, Greg

has penned a story showing the impact residential schools and the Sixties Scoop have had on his dad, and how this has inspired him to make a difference in his community through dentistry.

Unexpectedly, my father was born prematurely. When he was around two months old, he was taken from his mother against her will and placed in the foster care system. He officially became a victim of what is now called the “Sixties Scoop.”

Here is his story.

Orange Shirt Day was designed to commemorate the residential school experience. It is to witness and honour the healing journey of the survivors and their families, and to commit to the ongoing process of reconciliation.

Wearing orange is inspired by Phyllis Webstad and her traumatizing first day of school. She wore her brand new orange shirt to school, a gift from her grandmother, and had it ripped away, never to be seen again. We wear orange to recognize the experiences that survivors endured within the residential school system and show a collective commitment to ensure every child matters.

Our family has a special appreciation for this day. My father’s birth-mother was a residential school survivor and likely carried with her some deep emotional trauma from her experiences there. While pregnant with my father in 1966, she worked in Taber, Alta. She laboured on a beet farm with the intention of returning home to her community in northern Saskatchewan (Ahtahkakoop Cree First Nation) as her delivery approached.

The Sixties Scoop was a government attempt to assimilate Indigenous cultures and communities. Upwards of 20,000 First Nation, Métis and Inuit children were forcibly removed from their homes and placed into the foster care system.

For some of the most formative years of his life, my father was moved from foster home to foster home. A cigarette-burn scar on his leg is one reminder that he never felt the love and affection that only a mother or father can give. He was stripped of his family and culture in a similar way to the thousands of other victims of residential schools and the Sixties Scoop.

At five years old, my father was adopted into the ZoBell family along with Rick, another child of the same age. Rick and my father bonded over their similar experiences. However, my uncle Rick struggled with addictions and depression and eventually took his own life in 2006.

from him. But he has been an amazing example of resilience. He was blessed with a loving adoptive family who supported him in eventually finding a way back to his roots. He now has a career that heavily impacts Indigenous people and just recently had the privilege of meeting with Phyllis Webstad to discuss reconciliation. He has been an amazing influence in my life and has continually encouraged me to connect to my heritage and contribute to reconciliation.

The trans-generational trauma caused by residential schools and the Sixties Scoop has impacted the Indigenous people that live in our communities today. Accessibility to oral health care in rural reservations is limited both geographically and culturally. For this reason, I have made it a goal to improve accessibility to oral health care in these communities throughout my future career.

Now that I have my own two-monthold son, it is difficult to imagine how my grandmother would have felt when my father was taken away. As we all do our part to recognize the past and contribute to a reconciled future, we can help heal the spirits of individuals like my father and grandmother.

Gregory ZoBell, ’22 DDS

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RECENTLY PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Check out the research section on our website for a monthly listing of publications.

Parental Acculturation and Oral Health of Children among Immigrants.

Dahlan R, Bohlouli B, Saltaji H, Salami B, Amin M. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, October 2021. doi: 10.1111/ jphd.12481 Is There a Causal Link Between Periodontitis and Cardiovascular Disease? A Concise Review of Recent Findings.

Febbraio M, Bryant Roy C, and Levin L. International Dental Journal, no. gpt, 0374714 (September 2021). https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.identj.2021.07.006.

3D Analysis of Maxillary Incisor Root Inclinations in Cases of Unilateral Maxillary Canine Impaction.

Light N, Chaushu S, Major P, and Flores-Mir C. “” European Journal of Orthodontics, no. eos, 7909010 (October 2021).

Local Hormones and Growth Factors to Enhance Orthodontic Tooth Movement: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies.

Parcianello R, Gaia A E, Giner-Tarrida L, Nart J, Flores-Mir C, and Puigdollers A. Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research, no. 101144387 (October 2021).

A comparison of panoramic radiographic findings in patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis and the general population-A multicenter study: Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: a multicenter approach.

Pacheco-Pereira C, Almeida F, Acevedo Ana Ca, Gehna H, Septer S, Roosa F, Lynn A, Thomas M., and Eliete NS G. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology (2021).

Phenotypic dento-osseous characterization of a Brazilian family with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis.

Arruda Karen A R, Normando Ana GC, Pacheco-Pereira C, Santos Juliana A D, Yamaguti Paulo M, Mazzeu Juliana F, Almeida F, Acevedo A C, and Guerra Eliete N S. Archives of Oral Biology 129 (2021): 105206.

Trends in oral and maxillofacial radiology career: A survey.

Pacheco Pereira, Camila, Diogenes, Anibal R., Moore, Willian, Katkar, Rujuta, Noujeim, Ziad EF., Flores-Mir, Carlos, and Geha, Hassem. Journal of dental education (2021).

Student Response to a Blended Radiology Course: A Multi-Course Study in Dental Education.

Pacheco-Pereira, Camila, Senior,

Anthea, Compton, Sharon, Francisco Vargas-Madriz, Luiz, Marin, Luis Fernando, and Watson, Ellen. (2020) Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 11 (3 ): n3.

Can gray values be converted to Hounsfield units? A systematic review.

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A Tale of Two Tusks.

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