Alumni Connections Winter/Spring Edition

ALUMNI CONNECTIONS WINTER/SPRING 2018

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4 COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGH EDUCATION DELIVERS SUSTAINABILITY Community outreach programs bridging the gap on oral health care

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TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION

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DEDICATION TO DENTAL PROFESSION CONTINUES AFTER RETIREMENT Randall Croutze (DDS ‘85) president of the ADA&C

New curriculum sees first and second year students in the clinic and integration with dental hygiene

14 10 A PARTY 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING

CAMPAIGN CEMENTS FUTURE Dentistry for Life campaign celebrates the School of Dentistry’s commitment to its community

School of Dentistry wraps up centennial year on a high note

Stay connected through these upcoming events

Bill Sharun

DDS Alumni President DDS ‘74

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It’s hard to believe it’s almost Spring! I have a lot to write about but I’ll keep it short.

The Dental Alumni Association is a group of volunteers who work to help our alumni stay connected. Part of how we stay connected is through events. The reception at PDC and at the Alberta Dental Association & College (ADA&C) conference in Jasper where we commemorate classes who are celebrating an anniversary year and recognize our Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, which I am pleased to announce has been awarded to Dr. Randall Croutze (read the story on him further in the publication).

The Jasper Dental Congress is hosted by the ADA&C and is an annual professional development event for Alberta’s dental community - dentists, specialists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists. This year, the conference will be held May 24-27, 2018, in Jasper, Alberta, at the Jasper Park Lodge.

Our goal as an association is to help improve the student experience. We meet with the students every year and host them for a fun night of burgers and beer (March 13). At this event we bring an alumnus guest speaker to talk to the students about their experiences and the differences between being in school and being in practice. We also host the students’ convocation luncheon and present the Dental Alumni Association awards and scholarships. We are very proud to raise funds for our students.

I am very grateful to the School of Dentistry to have received all the necessary skills, education and tools I needed to live a good life. I hope those of you who have benefited from a good education can think about building a sustainable future for others. Let’s pay it forward together!

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STUDENTS FOR STEVENSON

Tom Stevenson (DDS ‘73) is the 2017 recipient of the Bulyea Cup

STUDENTS BEHIND THE DRIVE TO GIVE Kevin Lung (DDS ‘87) hopes his donation will impact students directly

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20 ERSU CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF TEACHING IN DENTISTRY ERSU uses outside the box techniques for educating students

22 CLASS OF ‘68 ESTABLISHES MACDOUGALL BURSARY The grey ghost will forever impact students for generations to come

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DENTAL HYGIENE CLINIC TAKES ON NEW LIFE Paulette Dahlseide (DH ‘94) shares the trials and tribulations of running a dental hygiene clinic

Dental hygiene profession changing

Kimmi Khabra

DH Alumni President DH ‘13

Dental hygiene has evolved as a profession over the years and created opportunities to practice outside of the traditional dental office.

In Alberta, there are several independent dental hygiene practices serving dental care needs in both rural and urban communities. A few of these independent dental hygiene practices offer mobile dental hygiene care. Mobile dental hygiene helps reduce barriers to oral care and promotes oral health in the community. These outreach initiatives are not only key to improving access to dental care

but help strengthen community ties.

The School of Dentistry also has a pivotal role in helping Edmontonians achieve a healthy smile. UAlberta dental hygiene students provide dental hygiene services at SHINE Dentistry, a non-profit dental clinic. Dental hygiene care is provided to those who experience numerous barriers to optimal oral health such as, new immigrants, refugees, low-income and inner-city youth. These initiatives not only help eliminate barriers but demonstrate dental hygiene’s strong commitment to the community.

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aimie Braybrook’s (DH ’17) mobile dental hygiene unit was all set up. She was ready to begin seeing patients. Providing oral assessments out in the community is a regular part of her dental hygiene education – one part she enjoys very much.

But on this particular day, the oral assessment she was about to complete was drastically going to change the life of her patient. An oral assessment completed by Braybrook, made recommendation for a biopsy which would later come back as stage 4 oral cancer.

“This is a huge deal. Someone who normally wouldn’t have access to dental care by going to a dental office was able to receive this important diagnosis,” says Braybrook. The name of the institution is being withheld to protect the privacy of the patient. “This hit home for me. It’s so special that we can do this for people in the community.”

Taking the message around the importance of maintaining good oral hygiene out in to the community is an integral part of the dental hygiene program. Each term students deliver oral hygiene treatment across many locations in the Edmonton area. These include senior’s facilities, schools, community centres and hospitals.

“Part of our program is to ensure the students have experiences providing clinical oral assessment and treatment in the community,” says dental hygiene clinical professor Arlynn Brodie. “This type of rotation is really important because our students have mastered their clinical skills and they are now challenged to take these skills into alternative practice settings.”

It gives students a working knowledge of other ways to practice dental hygiene, and it gives them the confidence to provide care to vulnerable populations explains Brodie.

One major partner in the community for the dental hygiene program is the Edmonton Multicultural Health Brokers. The bachelors of dental hygiene students provide oral assessment and oral health education to new members of our Edmonton communities. The goal of the brokers is to bridge the gap between newcomer families and their new community. They provide support and resources to help them integrate into their new life in Edmonton.

“It’s a great chance for the students to work within the communities,” says Brodie. “The impact we provide as a dental hygiene program in the community is multi-fold. We bring access to oral care where access doesn’t necessarily exist. For individuals that haven’t been able to access care we are able to provide assessment, treatment and resources for members of our community, including seniors, children, new immigrants and families.”

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New curriculum sees first and second year students in the c As most of you know, the School of Dentistry is currently going through a major curriculum renewal.

We are two plus years into the four-year project having completed the needs assessment phase and program design phase. We are now in the course design phase.

The high level gist of the renewal is to improve the learning of dental students through changes such as sequencing material in a way that supports learning and to strengthen the links between foundational dental and medical content to everyday practice. The content, depth and assessment of the biomedical content will be completely under dentistry’s direction, with an emphasis on dental practitioners who will thoroughly know about medical conditions and their management most relevant to dental practice. Rather than teaching dental discipline courses in isolation, faculty are working to integrate course topics together. This will strengthen the capacity of students to critically reflect and think about their work as they become dental professionals.

The overall goals of the new curriculum are much grander though. Our aim is not only to transform the future of learning here at the School of Dentistry by improving the student experience but also to better prepare students for the demands and challenges of entering practice. This involves much more than ensuring students have solid didactic knowledge and clinical competence. Developing enlightened leaders, who as dental and dental hygiene professionals, make a unique and highly valued contribution to the community is at the forefront.

Although the curriculum renewal project is not completed yet, the clinic infrastructure has already been adjusted to enable integration with dental hygiene and early clinical experiences for first and second year dental students. This means that our dental hygiene students and faculty will work alongside dentistry students and faculty in a pod type structure. A pod can be viewed as a mini private practice of dedicated faculty, support staff and patients, with a consistent assignment of dentistry and dental hygiene students providing care. This supports students providing holistic patient care within a supportive and positive learning environment, where they can be mentored and evaluated effectively.

We are excited with the impacts this new curriculum will have on our graduates and the profession and we are working to create a bright and sustainable future for dentistry to thrive.

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Every day is an immense opportunity for me and I feel privileged to be a part of dentistry.

Randall Croutze (DDS ’85) had a very eventful 2017.

He transitioned from being the president of the Canadian Dental Association (CDA) to chief executive officer of the Alberta Dental Association & College (ADA&C).

And now, for his continued dedication and commitment to advancing the field of dentistry, the University of Alberta Dental Alumni Association has recognized him as the Alumnus of the Year.

“I am extremely pleased and overwhelmed to understand that I would be considered to receive such a prestigious award,” says Croutze. “It’s a sense of disbelief. The people given this award in the past are illustrious, I am honoured.”

Today, he may have retired from practicing dentistry, but his passion for the profession is still there. In his role with the ADA&C, Croutze is working

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on shaping dentistry for the next generation.

“Every day is an immense opportunity for me and I feel privileged to be a part of dentistry in Alberta.

We’ve been working on building relationships with our schools, government and the public,” he says, adding being able to be a problem solver keeps him going in his position. “Every day there are situations that you have to look at from different angles, and find the best solution. I enjoy doing the research necessary for it and coming up with a solution to eloquent human problems.”

Other past positions Croutze has held include: President of the Dental Undergraduate Society, University of Alberta (1985); Dentistry Academic Staff Association, University of Alberta (1997 and 1999); President of the Edmonton and District Dental Society (2003); President of the Alberta Dental Association and

College (2006); and President of the Canadian Section of the International College of Dentists (2015).

“I get motivated from the positive results our members see or someone expresses to me some efforts we’ve made have had a positive influence on their career,” says Croutze. “It makes me feel the team here is doing something right.”

Croutze is also a clinical professor at the school, where he has taught for over 30 years. His dental practice is now being run by his son Brian (DDS ’15), where his wife, sister, daughter and daughter-in-law all work as well.

So from dentist to profession ambassador, and with his family running his practice, Croutze says his career has come full circle.

“They (patients) got rid of the old Croutze and now the get new and improved one,” he joked.

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The School of Dentistry spent 2017 celebrating its 100 years. A centennial is a momentous occasion that showcases the accomplishments, changes and survival over the years. Almost everything has changed since the school opened in 1917. We have been a school, a faculty, and occupied different buildings. But the consistent through all has been generating excellent alumni who have taken their skills to the community. The school has graduated 90 doctor of dental surgery classes and 54 dental hygiene classes, with alumni taking their knowledge across the globe.

A Celebration of History A centennial year is nothing without recognizing the history that has built the school to where it is today. We were excited to unveil a new dentistry museum display in ECHA. The museum pays tribute to our founders and dental practice in 1917. The museum display helps us appreciate how far we have come.

We also explored the school’s trials and accomplishments through the book Roots: Extracted tales from a century of dentistry at the University of Alberta. Roots explores the school through snippets of history from the people who lived it. It brings every challenge and every success together at the core of what the school has become.

A Celebration of Dentistry Celebrating the field of dentistry was also a running theme throughout the year. Research was celebrated by bringing together international leaders at the Craniofacial Biology Research Symposium. The past and future of dentistry from forensic anthropology to virtual clinics was explored through a once-in-a-lifetime Continuing Dental Education course.

Reunions Bringing together the most important part of our history; our alumni was vital. Many alumni joined us at the Centennial Gala in September. The gala was a chance for staff, students, corporate partners and alumni to celebrate their own impact on 100 years of greatness.

Dentistry for Life The centennial was the perfect launching pad for the Dentistry for Life Campaign. Dentistry for Life will raise money towards research, student life and well-being, and access to care community initiatives.

Thank you for being a part of the legacy.

A look back over the year from the numerous events held to celebrate the School of Dentistry’s 100 years.

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aulette Dahlseide’s (DH ‘94) university major was sociology. How she jumped the track and got into dental hygiene can be all but explained in one simple sentence.

“I agreed to help out a friend of mine who was in the dental hygiene program,” says Dahlseide. Now it’s important to remember, with an initial goal of becoming a social worker, human services were already long entrenched in Dahlseide’s personality. So that day, when she landed in the dentistry/pharmacy building as a patient, Dahlseide got exposed to a new profession – one she hadn’t considered before at all.

“I remember the long row of clinic chairs, watching the students and instructors bustle around, thinking to myself, I could do this. I loved biology in high school and my friend’s dental anatomy colouring book definitely caught my eye,” she said.

After graduating, Dahlseide settled into a four-day work week until she moved back to Cold Lake with her husband in 1994. Their family grew to five kids and she juggled working in private practice, her children, hockey practice, swim meets and homeschooling.

Despite having a steady job, somewhere in the back of her mind she still wanted, as a dental hygienist, to have a more profound impact on improving people’s lives and impact the community in which her patients lived.

So she quit her job and started a mobile dental clinic – Providence Dental Hygiene – in 2010. Dahlseide spent the first year-and-a-half working in Cold Lake and in nearby First Nation and Metis communities. With what she terms “humble beginnings,” she had a mobile MDEC delivery unit and portable x-ray machine, and a sterilization room built in her basement.

“The early days saw me setting up mostly in clients’ homes. The news of this new hygiene style homecare gained me several clients mostly in the senior’s community,” she says. “Serving them was rewarding, but it wasn’t where my real passion was. I was committed to bringing my dental hygiene practice to the schools. Six

years later, we now serve two Metis settlement schools, two First Nations schools and we’ve expanded to include a few Cold Lake schools as well. With every passing year, our patient list grows as parents come to know us, trust us and realize we are here to stay.”

Last year, Dahlseide outfitted another mobile unit clinic and vehicle.

“The learning curve for opening and running your own practice was huge but it set me on a course to just keep learning,” says Dahlseide, who came back and completed her undergraduate degree in 2014. “This led me back to the university where my journey had started. I loved dental hygiene but I missed never having completed a degree. With over two years of undergraduate work under my belt before having entered the dental hygiene program, I had an unsettled feeling.

The distance completion model filled that void. There was a great synergy from being able to work and accomplish degree completion at the same time.”

Today, she has two mobile units working in the communities and a storefront location in the Forbes IDA Clinic Building in Cold Lake. Dahlseide is a part of a collaborative clinic with health care professionals including two family physicians, skin specialist, functional sleep clinic, hearing clinic, pharmacy and hormone balancing.

“I really appreciated how the degree work expanded my awareness beyond the day to day clinical aspects of my practice. I saw first-hand many of the patients who were the faces of the oral health outcome disparities discussed in class.

“But to then be able to frame these anecdotal experiences into the bigger picture of health policy, determinants of health and the gaps in traditional oral healthcare delivery was very empowering. Now I’m hoping to turn some of this knowledge into practical data collection on the front lines so that independent dental hygienists can demonstrate the effectiveness of what their unique practices have to offer,” she says.

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Campaign cements future Dentistry for Life campaign celebrates the School of Dentistry’s commitment to its community

To help celebrate the School of Dentistry’s centennial anniversary, an $8 million Dentistry for Life fundraising campaign was launched on October 25.

This is the first comprehensive fundraising campaign on record for the School of Dentistry. The funds raised through the Dentistry for Life campaign will support access to care initiatives, student support and wellbeing, and research and innovation.

“Since its founding in 1917, the School of Dentistry has produced the majority of dental professionals in Western Canada, contributing greatly to the health and well-being of people throughout the country and this province,” says Paul Major, chair of the School of Dentistry.

At the launch, the Honourable Lori Sigurdson, Minister of Seniors and Housing presented the School of Dentistry with a certificate to recognize its 100 years. She reinforced the good work the school is doing and mentioned that her own parents come to the clinic for their dental needs.

The school’s vision of being “Vital to the Health of our Communities” through educating the oral health care practitioners of tomorrow, providing patients with high quality oral health care and through oral health care innovation is at the core of the campaign.

“When you’re a part of the university and dentistry community, you are a part of something special,” says Major. “You are a part of a school that in the last decade has reached more than 250,000 patients. You are part of a school that has educated more than 5,500 of the best dental and dental hygiene professionals and orthodontist specialists in Canada. You are part of a school that in partnership with Alberta Health, Alberta Health Services, Boyle McCauley and the Alberta Dental Association & College gives back to its community through programs like the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Dental Clinic, the Northern Alberta Satellite clinics, and the SHINE Dental Clinic at Boyle McCauley.”

The school is committed to responding to the oral health care needs of the community added Major. It’s first priority is Access to Care.

Linda Ghobad, volunteer with Catholic Social Services spoke about how the SHINE dental clinic and the school’s dental clinic in Kaye Edmonton Clinic were instrumental in helping a Syrian family with their oral health needs.

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“If it wasn’t for these services I’m not sure where this family would have got treatment,” she says. “The quality of care and how we are treated from the students at both facilities is amazing.”

The second fundraising priority for the campaign is Student Support and Wellbeing. Student support and wellbeing is all about creating an environment that is supportive and capable of nurturing optimal learning and professional development in students.

“The scholarships I received did not completely cover my tuition, but they certainly lessened the burden,” says Shahed Bayesteh, a member of the DDS class of 2019. “The gifts of student financial support allowed me to worry less about micro managing my finances and helped me focus on the things that really matter to me. I am so glad I chose the School of Dentistry for my dental education, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for the school.”

The third priority of the campaign is Research and Innovation. It’s essential to advancing the dental profession and to developing the critical thinking skills needed for long term professional success.

“As a School of Dentistry, we have two main responsibilities regarding research,” says Owen Addison, professor and ADA&C Endowed Chair in Oral Health Translational Research. “We have a responsibility to generate new evidence to guide the improvement of our professions and the care we provide, and more importantly we have a responsibility to educate our students to understand, and critique evidence by themselves, preparing them to be lifelong learners and enabling them to adapt as the profession change.

A lifelong professor and donor also reflected on the impact the school has had.

“I am proud of my association with the School of Dentistry at the U of A,” says Geoffrey Sperber, a dedicated faculty member since 1961 and now a professor emeritus. “It’s a wonderful place to work, and it’s been a fulfilling place for me to learn and teach. I am confident the school will continue and improve on our tradition of educational excellence.

The Dentistry for Life fundraising campaign has a goal to raise $8 million over a four-year period and provide donors with the opportunity to support a variety of initiatives.

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When you are part of the university and dentistry community, you are part of something special.

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It’s all

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about the students Tom Stevenson (DDS ‘73) is the 2017 recipient of the Bulyea Cup Dentistry professor Tom Stevenson (DDS ’73) came to work and found a note on his computer from the School of Dentistry’s chair Paul Major (DDS ’80) saying he needed to see him immediately.

The chair never left notes Stevenson thought to himself. In a sense, Stevenson had been summoned to the principals office and he didn’t know for what.

So that day as Stevenson walked towards Major’s office, he was worried. What could have happened?

Entering his office, Stevenson noticed the chair seemed guarded.

But quickly his fear turned to honour and left him speechless. Stevenson was told he was the 2017 Bulyea Cup award winner – the most prestigious award given by the school.

Stevenson stood in shock. Stunned. Honoured.

Humbled. Speechless. All at the same time.

“Accepting the Bulyea Cup is an incredible honour.

I am deeply touched by this recognition. I have always appreciated that while we may credit ourselves with our accomplishments and accolades, our achievements are seldom realized by our efforts alone,” says Stevenson, crediting his good fortune to

have had the opportunity to join the dentistry faculty in 2009. “I come here each day, charged and enthusiastic and best of all, I teach and learn each day, every day.

This has helped fulfill a long-time desire to give back to my faculty and to pass along what I have learned to our next generation of healthcare providers.”

Stevenson is no stranger to awards. Throughout his career he’s been the recipient of the Alberta Association Gold Medal, Arthur D. Cumming Gold Medal, the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry Award of Excellence in Pediatric Dentistry and the Alberta Dental Association and College Award of Excellence.

But his greatest award isn’t the one he receives, it’s the one he gives.

“When I decided to come back to teach, I had one goal – I wanted my students to be better than me,” says Stevenson. “Dentistry is not just about teeth, it is about the patients we treat. I have found that one of the greatest rewards is talking to my patients. It can be a humbling experience when you hear about some of the problems and challenges your patient’s experience in their lives.”

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Students behind Oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Kevin Lung’s drive behind his $125,000 donation to the School of Dentistry is simple – it’s for the students. He hopes his contribution will impact them directly.

“I wanted to give students the opportunity to not have to worry about their finances so they could just focus on developing their skills,” says Lung (DDS ’87), who is a clinical professor at the school and director of implant surgery at the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic. He is also the 2017 recipient of the Canadian Dental Association Award of Excellence. “It is a way of saying thank you to the University of Alberta for the education I received.”

For universities to continue to maintain their high level of training and education, Lung says its vital people give back.

“I want to see access to funding for students that may not be able to afford dental school, improve equipment and facilities, and the educational environment,” he added. “I want people to think that I want to give and make the school even better than what I had.”

And clearly as a long-time supporter of the school through numerous other projects, Lung is a firm believer in this philosophy. In addition, he has graciously planned a gift of life insurance to the School of Dentistry for the sum of one million dollars.

“It’s not just about improving patient care. It’s about giving back to the profession and supporting the profession from inside the university,” he says.

“It’s always rewarding when one is able to improve dental education and patient care and overall make things better.”

Since graduating from the program himself, Lung says over the years the ties between professors and students has become stronger. The students care and the professors care.

“I hope the people who have graduated from the university look at their educations as a positive experience. Most of us are very fortunate and we just have to look at the reason that we got where we are currently in our lives­—our education,” he says.

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Educational Research and Scholarship Unit (ERSU) uses outside t Scholarship is the hallmark of academia and in discovery research, and in recent years, there has been increasing recognition that teaching scholarship is equally important in the university environment and should be equally valued with discovery research.

Through the work of Ernest Boyer and others, the concept of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in relation to good teaching has emerged.

The Educational Research and Scholarship Unit (ERSU) within the University of Alberta School of Dentistry is moving us closer to SoTL. How you ask?

By engaging in and supporting research on teaching and learning activities at multiple levels; ranging from reflection on formal U of A educational experiences to the examination of learning activities that are part of the practice of oral health care in today’s society. By asking questions that impact educational practice and policy, and learner outcomes, we enter the world of SoTL with research being the fundamental driver.

For example, using resources in the ERSU, a School of Dentistry team won an award for its Active Case Based Learning in Oral Pathology. Seema Ganatra, clinical professor, division of oral medicine, pathology and radiology and her team held eight oral pathology-focused seminars, which third and fourth-year dentistry students attended. During these seminars, students were expected to use their knowledge to diagnose real-life oral pathology cases based on actual patients. The cases selected were those that students may not be exposed to during their clinical education, but were likely to see in private practice. The team worked to design a “think-pair-share” activity, where students solved the cases individually, then compared answers in mixed pairs of third and fourth year students, and finally shared the cases with everyone present at the

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seminar. This confluence of multiple teaching and learning techniques was recognized for positively impacting student learning.

Another award winning example is clinical professor Tyler Verhaeghe’s iBook on Complete Denture Prosthodontics. It was recognized as being an innovative educational practice in the use of technology to support and advance learning.

Verhaeghe’s iBook is an interactive teaching tool that utilizes quizzes, videos, animations, and 3-D modelling to teach dentistry students and take them outside the world of textbooks. It takes them from classroom learning to the clinic.

In today’s everyday context, use of technology is prevalent and our students expect more than traditionally delivered lectures. Students are accustomed to different ways of engaging and learning; therefore, we need to align our teaching with how students learn as we aim to make their learning experience meaningful and relevant. We know that research plays an important role in understanding this process and for these reasons the school has invested resources into creating the ERSU lead by associate chair of dental hygiene Sharon Compton.

The goal of the ERSU is to support SoTL within the field of dentistry and dental hygiene utilizing qualitative, quantitative and mixed method research approaches to explore a wide variety of educational research initiatives. The ultimate goal however, is our aim to create the best learning environment for all learners within the school.

If you have any questions this initiative, send us a an email at: dentersc@ualberta.ca. More information is available on our website: www.ualberta.ca/school-of-dentistry/research

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Class of ‘68 starts MacDougall bursary The Grey Ghost will forever impact students for generations to come We’ve all heard of “the grey ghost” who strolled the halls of the School of Dentistry. We’ve heard his stories.

We’ve heard about his dedication and commitment to the students and profession.

The Grey Ghost will continue to impact the next generation of dentistry students through a special bursary the Class of 1968 has created in his honour The Dr. Douglas MacDougall Bursary in Dentistry.

“Dr. MacDougall’s guidance, his support, and his helpful role model as both a teacher and professional have moved our class to create this bursary in his honour,” says Bruce Bessie, a graduate of the Class of 1968.

This award will give preference to first or second-year dentistry students in financial need and who have demonstrated a high-level of community service and leadership.

“He was a firm, but friendly professor. Many students appreciated Dr. MacDougall’s calm demeanor and practical advice during our clinical years. We felt he was always looking out for us,” added John Eisner, dentistry graduate and chair of the Dr. Douglas MacDougall Leadership Fund Steering Committee.

MacDougall was born on December 26, 1918 in Saskatchewan. While he moved and lived in several

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different communities in the province, he graduated high school in Indianhead. MacDougall attended the University of Toronto and graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry in 1941 as a member of the Canadian Dental Corps.

Immediately after graduation, MacDougall enlisted in the war and served in England. He returned to Canada in December 1945 and shortly after married Mary Erskine.

They went on to have four children.

MacDougall practiced dentistry in Wynyard, Saskatchewan from 1945 to 1956 - until he moved to Edmonton. He started teaching at the University of Alberta in 1958, and continued teaching there for the next 29 years. He practiced dentistry in the Medical Arts Building on Jasper Avenue until 1994.

“We hope to leave a lasting legacy in his honour,” says Ellis Stonehocker, another class member. “This bursary is a way of giving back to the school that provided the members of our dentistry class with the skills and perspective to serve our patients and our communities over the past 50 years. Perhaps other classes can find their special way to give back to our school and university.”

For more information, please visit the School of Dentistry website.

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Dr. MacDougall was my favourite instructor because he was fair and did not bring his ego into the conversation. I learned to admire and trust his judgments even more after I graduated from school because we spent many years golfing, socializing, and having dinner together. At these events it was custom that a golf ball was given out as a prize for anyone getting up to tell a funny joke while the dinner and golf prizes were handed out.

Doug would sometimes be one of the fellows with a really good story and tell it in his quiet manner and dry sense of humour.

He was truly exceptional.

- Ben Urner (DDS ‘68)

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If you are in the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, check out the School of Dentistry’s special centennary display on the second floor. The G.H Sperber Museum will be on display for most of 2018.