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Winter 2018

Dr. Pamela Palmater, BA’94

Nation Builder Dr. Pamela Palmater’s Quest to Rebuild her Nation

Alumni Weekend Recap Meet Our Alumni Award Winners What’s New at STU

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– Annie Tremblay, BA’17, who participated in an Irish Studies Abroad Program which was supported by the STU Fund.

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“Just being in the theatres was remarkable. You just get a whole new sense of theatre magic at those big productions in the amazing venues. There are so many special effects, and the music is amazing.”

– Ben Smith, BA'20, who attended an experiential learning trip to New York City which was supported by the STU Fund.

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“Because of moot court, I know law is my calling. It has allowed me to develop a deep respect and passion for law, and to have made it to the national competition in my first year of competing shows me I have what it takes.

It is entirely motivating to have a plan for my future because of this experience.”

– Emma Walsh, BA’19, who competed with STU’s Moot Court team at the American Moot Court Association Nationals.

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Welcome from St. Thomas University

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Nation Builder

Dr. Pamela

Palmater, BA’94,

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President, Dawn Russell

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hrough our research, STU is a transformative presence in society. Partnering with the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation, we have two new research chairs, one in the social determinants of health related to cannabis and one in community health and aging. Both of these recognize that our expertise in the humanities and social sciences are vital to public policy. Understanding the cultural, social, and historical factors in these issues is as important as scientific knowledge.

In addition to the $1 million from government, we are also receiving $1 million from external partners. For the cannabis research, our partner is Shoppers Drug Mart, and for community health and aging, it is The McCain Foundation.

These research chairs are a smart way to connect public policy with the post-secondary sector. With the changes coming in the use and sale of cannabis, our society is going to experience a socially complex shift. There will be greater need for scholarly research on issues related to cannabis. The fact that our Chair in Cannabis was the first of its kind in Canada shows creative and forward-thinking engagement by our partners.

With the Chair in Community Health and Aging, potential areas for research could include community health, senior-friendly communities, healthy living, social wealth, and the impact of social isolation.

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Kailea Switzer,

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Opinion

Emily Lutz,

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world needs more people with a liberal arts education.

On the Cover: Dr. Pam Palmater, BA’94. Photo by James West Photography.

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Alumni Association

Harvest STU Alumni Pit Stop at Corked Wine Bar September 14, 2017

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lumni and friends gathered at Corked Wine Bar in Fredericton during the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival for the annual Harvest STU Alumni Pit Stop. These receptions are always great to reminisce and catch up with fellow alumni. Keep an eye on stu.ca/alumni to see when we will be holding a reception in your area.

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From Left: Lynn Gulliver, BSW’87; Kathryn Asher, BA’03 and Jane Asher, BA’72, BSW’86

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would like to thank everyone for participating in Alumni Weekend and the Gala Dinner. Alumni weekend is a wonderful opportunity for us to make our way back to Survey campus to see We invite you to participate friends that we in a brief survey (by visiting have not seen in the link below) to help your many years, and Alumni Association plan to remember future reunions. All entrants why St. Thomas will be eligible to win some is such a special great STU “swag.” place for each of us. https://www.surveymonkey.

Events like com/r/STUAlumni2017 the Gala and Alumni Weekend are only possible with the hard work and dedication of the volunteers and staff members who served on the Gala Committee and the Alumni Weekend Committee, and who devoted countless hours to make these events a success.

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From Left: Hannah Davies, BA’13; Lauren Stoddard, BA’13, BSW’15 and Michelle Monahan, BA’11

From Left: Norm Delano, BA’72, BEd’74; Susan Delano; Susan (Moyer) McBeath, BA’76; Joe Monahan, BA’72, BEd’75 and Dennis Livingstone, BA’73

Save the Date Keep an eye on stu.ca/alumni for updates on these upcoming events.

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Fredericton, NB | February 23-

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25, 2018 Men’s and Women’s Alumni Volleyball Weekend and ACAA Volleyball Championships Ottawa, ON | March 20, 2018 Saint John, NB | April, 2018 Moncton, NB | April, 2018

Fredericton, NB | December 6, 2017

Alumni Association Christmas reception at Corked Wine Bar Fredericton, NB | January 13, 2018 Alumni Night at the Rink

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t. Thomas University and the STU Alumni Association were pleased to host Alumni Weekend from October 13 -15, 2017. Here is a look back at the weekend.

Black Box Theatre’s 25th Anniversary Celebration 1 Ilkay Silk, Lisa Anne Ross, Tania Breen, Ross Simonds and current students gave alumni a nice taste of the types of performing arts available at STU, as part of the Black Box Theatre’s 25th anniversary.

2 Ryan Griffith, BA’02; Mary Ann (Murphy) Melvin, BA’07, BEd’08; Sarah Jeffries-Perry, BA’03; Matt Dinan, BA’06; Anne Dance, BA’07; Frank McBrearty, BA’06

3 Jeff Richardson, BA’01; Karla O’Regan, BA’98; and Ilkay Silk, looking at old photos of Jeff and Karla from their TST days.

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STU Alumni Weekend 2017 Wooden Music Night 1 Ted Tweedie, BA’75, BEd’76; PJ Veniot, BA’77; and Mary McCann, BA’77, were among the many performers who shared their talent during the Wooden Music Night Coffee House. 2 • Hope Ann Richardson, BA’77, BEd’78; Maria Henheffer, BA’77 •3 Danielle Andrus, BA’14, Jeremy Trevors, BA’15 •4 Denis Lordon, BA’69; Ernie Doucet, BA’70, BEd’72; Mary Margaret Doucet, BA’71, BEd’72 •5 Mike Bowes, Mary Bowes, BA’70, BEd’72; Tony Oreto, BA’72 •6 Wanda Bearresto, BA’87; Robert Fisher, BA’80

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2017 STU Tommies Sports Wall of Fame The St. Thomas University Sports Wall of Fame induction class of 2017 all had one thing in common—an appreciation for the bonds that were formed during their time as a Tommie.

Mary Lou (Wolstenholme) Foreman, Nicole (Badry) Holubowich, William McMullin, Greg Morris, and the 1966-1967 men’s hockey team were officially added to the

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STU Sports Wall of Fame and are now a permanent and celebrated part of the university’s athletic history.

“Our inductees stretch back over seven decades of athletic achievement,” President and Vice-Chancellor Dawn Russell said. “These athletes have earned championship banners, were allstar players, and are now Wall of Fame members.”

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Bob McDevitt, BA’68, BEd’72; Bob Mabie, Tom Allen, Callum MacPhee, BA’70, BEd’72; Aurele Hachey, BA’69; Cyril Donahue, BA’71, BEd’73 (on behalf of Tim Donahue, BA’68, BEd’70) Bill Hay, BA’69, BEd’71; Chris Collrin (on behalf of Barry Collrin, BA’68), Dave Gibbs, BA’69; Ed MacDermaid, BA’69, BEd’70

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Social Work Celebration Social Work alumni gathered in honour of the 35th anniversary of the first graduating class of the Bachelor of Social Work Program.

1 Valerie DeLong, BSW’86, Marilyn Dupre, BSW’89 •2 Ian Rice, BSW00; Trevor Breen, BA’03, BSW’04; Meaghan Douthwright, BA’11, BSW’13; Stephanie Fowlow, BA’08, BSW’13 •3 Rachel Mills, BA’10, BSW’12; Dawn Maskill, BA’97, BSW’17 •4 Miguel LeBlanc, BSW’03; Julie Gallant Daigle, BSW’06 5 • Front row, from left: Karolyn Martin, BA’09, BSW’14; Shanda White, BA’16, BSW’18; Cassandra Tarfa, BA’15, BSW’17; Laurel Lewey, BSW’83; Rachel Mills, BA’10, BSW’12 Second row,

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from left: Frances Devost-Cormier, BA’81, BSW’82; Stephanie Fowlow, BA’08, BSW’13; Donna MacKinnon, BSW’82; Debbie Prosser, BSW’85; Jane Asher, BA’72, BSW’86; Katie Lakes, BSW’84; Valerie DeLong, BSW’86; Dawn Maskill, BA’97, BSW’17; Marilyn Dupre, BSW’89; Eileen Gauthier, BSW’82; Julie Gallant Daigle, BSW’06; Lynn Gulliver, BSW’87; Shelley Murray, BSW’87; Ian Rice, BSW’00; David Gauthier, BA’79 Last row, from left: Meaghan Douthwright, BA’11, BSW’13; Olivia Newcomb, BSW’13; Beth Marr-Ernst, BSW’87; Trevor Breen, BA’03, BSW’04; Jacqueline McKnight, BA’16, BSW’18; Marsha McGarvie, BSW’87; Janet Crawford, BSW’00; Claude Savoie, Paul Penney, BSW’82; Miguel LeBlanc, BSW’03

6 Marsha McGarvie, BSW’87; Lynn Gulliver, BSW’87 •7 Katie Lakes, BSW’84; Janet Crawford, BSW’00 •8 Paul Penney, BSW’82, Eileen Gauthier, BSW’82, David Gauthier, BA’79

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STU Gala Dinner In support of the students of St. Thomas St. Thomas Moot Court students – including the team which recently took top honours with their first place win at the Nelson Mandela International Human Rights Moot Court Competition – were among those celebrated for their achievements at the Gala Dinner, which also included the presentation of the Carolyn Layden-Stevenson Distinguished Alumni Award.

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Thank s genero to your u the 20 s support, 1 brough 7 Gala t Our ex in $86,340. t studen raordinary ts than k you.

“When you support St. Thomas University, you are also supporting our students, helping them to achieve their potential and to fulfil their aspirations.

When you support St. Thomas, you are demonstrating your confidence in our work, in the high quality of education and in the great student experience which we provide. I know that you share my belief in the value of our work, and in the promise of our students.” – President Dawn Russell, BA’77

Thank you!

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STU Alumni Weekend 2017 2017 STU Alumni Awards

STU’s Alumni Recognition Program acknowledges and celebrates outstanding achievements and contributions of our alumni.

Carolyn Layden-Stevenson Distinguished Alumni Award Prominent jurist Jack Walsh, nationally recognized Aboriginal law expert Tom Isaac and human rights activist Michelle Arévalo were honoured with the Carolyn LaydenStevenson Distinguished Alumni Award at the Gala Dinner on October 14.

Mr. Justice John J. (Jack) Walsh, BA’75, was in private practice for a decade before becoming a Crown Prosecutor in New Brunswick. He is nationally known for being one of the first lawyers in Canada to introduce DNA evidence in trial and is considered one of Canada’s leading legal experts on DNA evidence. He was seconded to the Government of Canada’s Department of Justice in Ottawa to assist with the development of federal DNA legislation and to provide case consultation to police and prosecutors. Walsh was later appointed Queen’s Counsel and Regional Crown Counsel for the Miramichi Region. He practiced at both the trial and appellate levels throughout his career, including before the Supreme Court of Canada. Walsh was appointed a Judge of the

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Provincial Court of N.B. in 2008 and a Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench of N.B. in 2009.

Tom Isaac, BA’87, is a nationally recognized authority on Aboriginal law and has advised across Canada on Aboriginal legal matters and related environmental, regulatory and constitutional issues. He regularly negotiates with Aboriginal groups on behalf of industry and governments on impact, benefit, and access agreements.

He is presently serving as the Special Representative for the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs to conduct exploratory discussions on the class action lawsuit against the Government of Canada relating to residential school day students. He has appeared before every level of court in Canada and his published works

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on Aboriginal law have been cited with approval by Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Michelle Arévalo, BA’04, is a social entrepreneur and human rights activist. After working as a refugee adjudicator, she founded the Ecuadorian offices of Asylum Access, a non-profit legal aid clinic focused on ensuring the rights of refugees from neighbouring Colombia.

She later became the first global director of Asylum Access and managed its three international offices from Geneva as it provided services to refugees in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

She was manager for TECHO Ecuador, Latin America’s largest housing-focused NGO, and Latin America-lead for HURIDOCS, a human rights and technology nongovernmental organization.

Arévalo was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper, an initiative designed to bring young global change agents together with world leaders. She is currently the CEO of IMPAQTO, a coworking space and business incubator with a mission to create a vibrant impact entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ecuador.

STU Alumni Association Award for Service Fredericton lawyer and former MLA Greg Byrne, QC, BA’84, was selected as the recipient of the 2017 STU Alumni Association Award for Service.

He received the award at the President’s Breakfast Buffet during Alumni Weekend.

Byrne received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Thomas University in 1984 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1987. He joined the law firm Whitehead, Bird, Miles & Byrne as a partner. He later served two terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, where he held ministerial roles including Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of Finance, and Government House Leader. He is now the Principal Secretary in the Premier of New Brunswick’s office.

President’s Breakfast Buffet We celebrated alumni from the 1950s to the 2010s at this year’s President’s Breakfast Buffet.

1950s Celebrating alumni from the 1950s From left: Jack Boyle, BA56; Frank McBrearty, BA’06; Dawn Russell, BA’77; Claude Cyr, HS’54; Lou McGinn, BA’58

Celebrating alumni from the 1960s From left: Allison Wrynn, BA’70, BEd’74; Donnell O’Brien, BA’67; Anne Doyle, BA’69; Gary Briand, BA’62; Dawn Russell, BA’77; Frank McBrearty, BA’06; Lloyd Sutherland, BA’67; Bill Richardson, BA’69, BEd’71; Hugh Fitzpatrick, Charles Ramsey, BA’67; Bernie Keating, BA’62, BEd’63

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Celebrating alumni from the 1970s Back row, from left: Ted Tweedie, BA’75, BED’76; Frank McBrearty, BA’06; Dolores Whalen, BT’70; James Creamer, BA’77, BEd’78; Dennis Livingstone, BA’73 Front row, from left: Father Douglas McNeil, BA’77; Charlotte Casey, BA’76, BEd’77; Bonnie Walsh, BA’76, BEd’77; Hope Ann Richardson, BA’77, BEd’78; Dawn Russell, BA’77; Jane Asher, BA’72, BSW’86; Mary McCann, BA’77; Jeanne Smith, BA’76

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Celebrating alumni from the 1980s Back row, from left: Greg Byrne, BA’84; Robert Fisher, BA’80; Stephen Horsman, BA’85, BEd’86; Heather MacDonald-Bossé, BA’82, BEd’83; Frank McBrearty, BA’06; Don Bossé, BA’82, BEd’83; Bob Francis, BA’87; Joan McGowan, BSW’87 Front row, from left: Wanda Bearresto, BA’87; Donna MacKinnon, BSW’82; Denyse Smart, BA’80; Dawn Russell, BA’77; Jane Asher, BA’72, BSW’86; Marsha McGarvie, BSW’87; Shelley Murray, BSW’87; Carla GreganBurns, BSW’82; Nora Valentino, BA’87; Anna Grant, BA’87; Lynn Gulliver, BSW’87

1990s Celebrating alumni from the 1990s From left: Frank McBrearty, BA’06; Dawn Russell, BA’77; Kerri Shaw, BA’92; Lori Seymour, BA’92, BEd’93; Shauna Foote, BA’97; Rochelle Fletcher, BA’97; Christopher Brillant, BA’96, BEd’97

2000s and 2010s Celebrating alumni from the 2000s and 2010s From left: Stephanie Guignion, BEd’02; Karolyn Martin, BA’09, BSW’14; Ashley Bearresto, BA’09; Patricia Morris, BA’09; Frank McBrearty, BA’06; Dawn Russell, BA’77; Mark Livingstone, BA’12; Saba Morales, BA’07, BEd’08; Isabella Horswill, BA’17; Mary Ann (Murphy) Melvin, BA’07, BEd’08; Jeremy Trevors, BA’15; Kate Robar, BA’07, BEd’09; Anne Dance, BA’07; Jacqueline Cormier, BA’08; Danielle Andrus, BA’14

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Cover Story

by Mandy Richard, BA’18

Mandy Richard is a fourth-year STU student and Anishinaabe from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory in Ontario. She is a child and youth advocate and Indigenous advocate who is studying Political Science and Communications and Public Policy. She sat down with Pam Palmater, BA’94, in October to talk about Pam’s life, her advocacy work, and her hope for reconciliation in Canada.

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Nation Builder

Dr. Pamela Palmater’s Quest to Rebuild her Nation

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s students, we are trained to listen and take notes simultaneously. But occasionally, you will encounter natural-born storytellers who leave you awestruck. And when Dr. Pam Palmater began to speak, I subconsciously put down my pen and listened.

Describing Pam as powerful, intelligent, and bold is an understatement. With eloquence and grace, she fearlessly and confidently challenges the issues faced by Indigenous peoples. This Mi’kmaw woman has a warm and gentle presence, but a voice that pierces into your spirit. Like every good storyteller, her words stay with you.

Pam is a lawyer, author, and social justice activist from Ugpi’Ganjig (Eel River Bar First Nation) in New

Brunswick. She is the former spokesperson, organizer, and educator for the Idle No More movement, and currently holds the Chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University.

For more than 25 years, she has tackled a wide range of issues affecting Indigenous peoples such as poverty, housing, education, and Aboriginal treaty rights. She has worked as a human rights investigator at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, currently sits on the Ontario Human Rights Commission Community Advisory Group, and has worked with human rights organizations like Canadian Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International.

Her passion for social justice began in childhood. She comes from a family of eight sisters and three brothers, and most of them have always been politically involved. Since she was a child, she participated in meetings, protests, and cultural events. Pam says this participation was never just about advocacy or wanting to do volunteer work.

“I just always did that, and never envisioned a time where I didn’t do that. For my family, it was an expectation that you were always working in whatever capacity possible to defend your nation, to advocate for your nation, to rebuild your nation.”

While continuing to defend and advocate for her nation, Pam pursued post-secondary education. She received her Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Native Studies and History from St. Thomas University and her law degree at the University of New Brunswick. She went on to complete her Masters and Doctorate in Law from Dalhousie University Law School, specializing in First Nations law.

Canadian Universities Take Steps Towards Reconciliation

Nation Builders Leading Canada Towards Reconciliation

There has been a recent shift in Canada as universities take first steps towards reconciliation and indigenization. Pam acknowledges the importance of this shift, but says there is a lot more work to do for true reconciliation.

“While schools and universities have been a really destructive colonial force, if used correctly, they can also be a revitalizing and healing force. You could learn your languages.

When I went to STU, I learned Mi’kmaw and Maliseet languages. Colonization had taken that away from us, but STU helped bring some of that back.”

Pointing to a piece of Indigenous art within the room, Pam makes the distinction between superficial reconciliation, like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Haida tattoo, and true reconciliation.

“Hanging a piece of native art in a classroom, that’s nice. It’s inclusive. Indigenous peoples that come into this classroom will feel that their identity is reflected, but if they don’t have the funding to get to this university, they are never going to see the art on the university wall. And that is what real reconciliation is. A number of treaties promised free education, so this university and all universities should literally be full of Indigenous peoples and they’re not.”

The path Pam chose as a young person was very different from the path she was encouraged to take. Many suggested she consider a helping profession like midwifery or social work to help Indigenous communities. She knew that was not the right fit for her. She wanted to be a nation builder.

“There was no force encouraging nation building. No one saying we need lawyers, leaders, policy advisors, analysts, public speakers, and critical thinkers to rebuild our nations.”

Pam highlights some of our Indigenous heroes, like Cindy Blackstock who Pam describes as a “woman warrior,” fighting for proper and overdue funding and adequate resources for Indigenous children and youth in the foster care system. Or Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Senate. Or the half dozen grandmothers currently camping at Sisson Mines.

Nation builders provide substantive action that is missing from Canada’s government, Pam says. Reconciliation requires more than attending a cultural event or a political land acknowledgement. These actions are a start to balance the unjust relationship; however, Pam explains that real reconciliation will not be easy.

“I think the message is to move away from things that feel good. If it feels good, it’s

not reconciliation. If you are just wearing a Native t-shirt and that feels good? That’s not reconciliation. If you left all your family’s land in your will to the local First Nations because it was stolen from them, and maybe that feels a bit uncomfortable? That’s reconciliation.”

It will feel very uncomfortable when Indigenous governance has a seat at the table with the colonial government, she adds, but that is what real reconciliation is all about.

The responsibility of reconciliation falls onto every citizen in Canada, she says. There has been a positive shift towards more respectful reconciliation with more Canadians becoming aware of the horrific history and continuing current issues of Indigenous people. But Pam says there is a difference between good and bad allies for Indigenous peoples.

“The good kind of ally is a respectful ally, one that lets Indigenous peoples take the lead on Indigenous issues, lifts up an Indigenous voice, creates space for Indigenous people, supports them in ways that they want to be supported. And then there is this saviour ally, where they believe they know the solution to what will fix us. Instead of listening to us, they speak for us. They offer solutions on our behalf. And when there is an opportunity to speak, they become the expert on Indigenous issues and let Indigenous voices fall to the way-side. I think the saviour allies of the past did as much damage as the governments did.”

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Cover Story Shining a Light on Dark Places: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls In November, Pam delivered the annual Vigod Lecture at St. Thomas University, where she spoke about the necessity of a human rights framework within the National Inquiry of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada.

However, during my interview, Pam only has time to scrape the surface on the subject.

She explains that the inquiry is focused too much on the socio-economical history that people already know, but lacks the information that people do not know, or that they don’t want to know.

“People are a little more fearful looking at the relationship between Canada’s extractive industry and the high rates of violence and murdered and missing Indigenous women because there is an economic tag to that. They don’t want to look at the degree to which some police themselves have murdered, raped, assaulted, and exploited Indigenous women and girls because that undermines the whole trust that people have in Canada’s very racist police force. So, what does that say when some teachers, doctors, lawyers, police officers, social workers, hotel owners, government officials are also involved in child porn, trafficking, sexual exploitation, rape, and assault?”

People do not know, she adds, that these horrific acts take place in urban centres surrounded by non-Indigenous people. Most of these acts were by predators that the women and girls did not know.

“They tried to perpetuate the myth that it was all done by Indigenous men. They want us to think that all of our men are broken because of colonization, and they are just committing violence against our women.”

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The inquiry examines socio-economic conditions of Indigenous peoples, but there are a lot of impoverished people around the world that are not suffering a crisis of murdered and missing women.

Pam explains that a human rights framework would take the focus off the characteristics of the women and highlight the continuous violation of and lack of protection for the human rights of Indigenous women and girls.

“We still have gender discrimination in the Indian Act. The United Nations has said that this is a root cause to why we have murdered and missing Indigenous women.

Because gender discrimination is legalized, it is normalized,” she says.

“Every child that has been exploited, raped, beaten, gone missing or murdered deserves the best inquiry that Canada has ever had. Not the worst, most embarrassing, dysfunctional, colonial, non-investigatory inquiry. We want more than that.”

Pam envisions what a new inquiry could look like, not only because it is necessary, but also because these women and girls deserve Canada’s best inquiry.

“In my perfect world, a proper inquiry would include all new commissioners, a brand new terms of reference, far more money and time. Because that is not what is happening right now…That’s what they did with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and look at what we got out of it. We got an amazing TRC. It was worth the reset. But why don’t women deserve the reset?”

My attentive gaze breaks for a moment, interrupted by the vibration of a cellphone. Pam realizes her ride has arrived. The interview felt like a few minutes. I could have sat there for hours soaking in her wisdom and passion for these issues.

During the interview, I spoke a little about my personal story, and I realized this woman is someone whom I aspire to become. Just as we are getting ready to leave, I thank her for her time. She thanked me for sharing a bit of my story, signed a copy of her book, and gave me a hug.

I opened the signed book and it read “Keep up the good work. We need warriors like you,” and in that moment I knew that I, too, want to be a nation builder.

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by Kathleen Johnson, BA’13

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shley Duguay is using psychology to help athletes and sports teams reach their goals.

The Saint John, NB, resident, who played five seasons with the Tommies women’s hockey team, is a mental skills consultant for athletes and teams who are looking for help mastering the psychological and group dynamics sides of sports.

“I work with athletes and sports teams to help them reach their personal performance goals, whether it’s to increase their satisfaction or how much fun they’re having, or to strive for excellence in terms of success—however they define it,” she said.

“I work to help athletes increase their psychological skills like imagery use, goal setting, and self-talk, as well as help teams work better as a unit.”

After completing her studies at St. Thomas, Duguay earned a master of Education degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, a master of Human Kinetics from the University of Windsor and is currently working toward her PhD in Kinesiology with a focus on sport and exercise psychology.

Through her experience as an elite athlete, Duguay saw first-hand the amount of time dedicated to the development of physical skills and also discovered the importance of honing your mental skills—something that was reinforced during her studies.

“You can be the most talented athlete in the world, but if you fall apart under pressure or you don’t have the confidence to put your physical skills into play, you aren’t going to be able to reach your peak performance,” she said.

“Being able to work on those mental skills is really important to complement your physical training and abilities.”

Her interest in sport and exercise psychology was sparked during her time on the ice with the Tommies and through conversations with head coach Peter Murphy.

“Peter would always encourage me to do a bit of research into different things, like what team factors or individual factors help the team succeed. In doing that, I became interested in athlete and team leadership, as well as sport and exercise psychology.”

This year, Duguay was back on campus working with a number of the Tommies teams. Her return to St. Thomas has reinvigorated her commitment to research and working with athletes.

“It’s been great to be able to give back a little bit,” she said.

“To be able to come back and work with Tommies athletes to help them to achieve their goals—no matter what it is—has been really rewarding.”

Once she completes her PhD, Duguay hopes to work as a professor while she continues consulting with athletes and teams in Atlantic Canada.

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Profiles

Kailea Switzer, BEd’10

Kailea Switzer Teaches Students the Power of Organization

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hen Kailea Switzer was a child, her favourite activity was removing books from her bookshelf only to place them back in new categories.

“I have always been like this. I am passionate about organization. My brain just thinks that way; it thinks in categories, so I am

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happy to find a professional use for that.”

Today Switzer is a student coach. She teaches university students the importance of being organized to help them tackle their academic work with more ease.

“The gap between high school and university can be very extreme,” Switzer explained. “Students had so much structure in high school from their families and teachers. When they get to university, they have so much freedom, which can be really exciting but it can also lead to increased anxiety and procrastination and other self-defeating outcomes.”

Switzer earned an undergraduate degree in psychology at Mount Allison University, a Bachelor of Education degree at St. Thomas University, and a Master’s of Education at Harvard University.

As part of her master’s program, she designed an intervention to support students who are transitioning from high school to university by teaching them how to increase self-regulation and executive functioning skills. This intervention is the framework for her current coaching practice.

Switzer currently lives in Los Angeles but most of her clients attend universities in Canada. Their sessions are virtual and take place via Facetime.

“I think of organization as a skill. For many years I studied piano, and I always think it’s the same as that. You wouldn’t try to learn the piano or a sport just by reading a handout. But often with things like time management, planning and organization, that’s what we give students.

It’s a skill set, so we have to learn it the same way that we would learn any other skill. It takes one-on-one attention and time to develop.”

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Switzer said often students will begin a session feeling overwhelmed, but she helps them create plans that make their workload more manageable.

“Whenever you feel overwhelmed, it means your first step is too big and you need to know how to break it down into something smaller,” she says.

“Students often end the session saying, ‘I feel like I can breathe now. I have a plan for this week. I know what to do today and I know what to do tomorrow.’ At the end of the coaching session, my goal is that they can breathe a sigh of relief and have a sense of how they can get their work done, with less stress along the way.”

Switzer helps students identify priorities, set weekly goals, and lay out what they need to do each day to stay on track. She teaches students how to make a schedule that balances school work and fun, and uses habit formation and learning research to support students’ unique needs.

Switzer says although she struggled a bit more than her friends with academic content when she was an undergraduate student, her organization skills helped her succeed.

“There were people around me who seemed to master things so much more effortlessly in the classroom, but they weren’t organized and so their grades would suffer. I was extremely organized and it always seemed to work well for me in school. I feel like organization was my secret weapon!”

For more information about Kailea Switzer’s coaching practice or her online course ‘Straight-A’ Secrets From a Non-Genius, please visit www.kaileaswitzer.com.

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Opinion

by Emily Lutz, BA’11

“The world needs more people

with a liberal arts education,

Emily Lutz, BA’11

and we needed them yesterday” Emily Lutz graduated in 2011 with a double major in Political Science/Great Ideas and a double minor in Human Rights/ Spanish. At STU, she also danced for UNB Dance, sat on the executive for the Political Science Society, travelled to Boston and Singapore for Model United Nations, and took courses in Avila, Spain.

Now the deputy mayor of Kings County, NS, she spoke to the class of 2021 during Welcome Week’s Commencement Ceremony.

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niversity was an opportunity to get to know what I really wanted. I discovered that it wasn’t about becoming a different person, but strengthening and focusing on the parts of yourself that make you an individual. My time at STU helped me discover what I wanted to give the world, and gave me the confidence and knowledge to know how best to do it.

There is something special about earning a liberal arts degree.

To see an education solely as the means to a job is the wrong way to look at an education.

My degree gave me a tool box, one that empowers me to think differently about the world and my role in it.

My degree also taught me how to value the truth. Now, more than ever, we need to believe in the power of words and truth.

You cannot have good decision making without critical thought, good research, knowledge of history, and diligent fact-checking.

Finally, my education empowered me to recognize the shortcomings in the governance of my community. I never dreamt I would enter politics but it was a series of timely decisions and a little luck that got my name on the ballot to help change my community.

I was able to succeed because my university experience helped me to become articulate, efficient, and even multi-task (while running a farm and raising a family).

Scientists, engineers, and business people make discoveries, create life-changing technology, and redefine the way we live our lives every day. But without historians, sociologists, and philosophers to guide us through fast-paced development, we will fail to navigate it for the benefit of all. Without policy analysts, criminologists, and psychologists, we cannot contextualize how innovation can and will impact us.

Without liberal arts, we will fail to challenge the structures of society that keep us from moving forward in an equal, just, and humane way. The world needs more people with a liberal arts education, and to be honest, we needed them yesterday.

I have three years left as a municipal politician, three years to make an impact. You have four years left here at St. Thomas. Each and every experience you have here is a tool for your tool kit, and I promise you’ll be using it for the rest of your life.

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Campus Watch

Moot Court World Champions

“I’m re a of all s lly proud ix It’s a g of us. re hope i at win. I t people encourages t doing o keep th this at ings like STU.”

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avy Vezina and Abbie LeBlanc became the first-ever Canadian team to win the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition hosted at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

The duo edged the University of Buenos Aires in the final round to finish first out of 38 teams.

The six-person STU International Law Society team of Vezina, LeBlanc, Emily Williams, Emma Walsh, Camille Xavier, and Brianna Matchett qualified for the championships in June by submitting a brief that finished in the top five in their United Nations region. Vezina and LeBlanc were chosen from the group to attend the competition.

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Vezina and LeBlanc faced solid competition throughout the event, and because the two final teams can’t be from the same region they had to finish number one overall to qualify. That meant finishing ahead of the University of Oxford and Yale University.

“I’m really proud of all six of us. It’s a great win,” LeBlanc said. “I hope it encourages people to keep doing things like this at STU. Keep trying things; find something you love to do and do it.”

Both Vezina and LeBlanc gave credit to Dr. Amanda DiPaolo, Director of Human Rights at STU, for supporting the group’s decision to pursue this competition as the members of the STU International Law Society.

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Qualitative Methods in Psychology Citation for Excellence Award Psychology professor Dr. Michelle Lafrance has been recognized by the British Psychological Society with the Qualitative Methods in Psychology Citation for Excellence Award. The award recognizes excellence in qualitative research, theory, and practice.

Embrace Your Resilience Professor Emeritus Social Work Professor Dr. John Coates was named Professor Emeritus at Summer Convocation, a rank awarded to retired professors who have served the university with great distinction.

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Celebrating Summer Convocation

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udge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond urged graduates to use their own experiences of vulnerability to support others. TurpelLafond, the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Provincial Court in Saskatchewan, received an honorary doctorate at summer convocation. She delivered the convocation address to the more than 140 graduates in Applied Arts, Arts, Education, and Social Work.

“Every one of the graduates here have been vulnerable. When you decide to get a degree, you know one thing: you are vulnerable to failure,” she said.

“But, to be vulnerable to failure is a very important experience. If you’ve been

vulnerable to failure and you’ve succeeded, then you have a quality that is very important.

That’s the quality of resilience. You are able to keep yourselves up and keep going, and I’m sure it wasn’t always easy—no matter your background or your family circumstance.”

Turpel-Lafond is a lawyer, judge, and children’s rights advocate. She was a criminal law judge in youth and adult courts and worked to develop partnerships to better serve the needs of young people in the justice system, particularly those with disabilities and those who had been sexually exploited.

She was appointed British Columbia’s first Representative for Children and Youth Officer in 2006, a position she held until 2016. As an independent officer of the Legislature, she supported children, youth, and families who required assistance when dealing with the child welfare system.

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1 Bachelor of Education Valedictorian Monica Rosvall BA’16, BEd’17, receiving her degree.

2 Mi’kmaq/Maliseet Bachelor of Social Work (MMBSW) graduate Deanna Price, BSW’17, delivered the Nutewistog, a Mi’kmaq word that means “a person who has been appointed by the people to speak on their behalf.”

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Campus Watch STU Hosts Conference

Towards Reconciliation Eddy Robinson

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TU hosted a Conference Towards Reconciliation in September, a three-day event that included keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and a celebration of Indigenous culture. The conference was organized by the Ad Hoc Senate Committee on the Indigenization of the Academy and was part of a series of events to address how St. Thomas University can participate in meeting the demands of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Conference participants heard from Eddy Robinson, Rebecca Thomas, and Dr. Marie Battiste.

Robinson has dedicated his life to helping institutions develop an appreciation of Indigenous people. His presentation highlighted his personal insight to the Indigenous narrative in Canada and outlined culturally safe methodologies of inclusivity and Indigenous ways of knowing to help form and foster better relationships with Indigenous people and communities.

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Spoken-word artist and Halifax Poet Laureate Rebecca Thomas is the Coordinator of Aboriginal Student Services at the Nova Scotia Community College. She spoke about “two-eyed seeing” which refers to learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledges and ways of knowing, and then learning to use both eyes together for the benefit of all.

Dr. Marie Battiste is a Mi’kmaw educator from the Potlotek First Nation, Nova Scotia and professor at the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Saskatchewan. She is a nationally recognized expert on Indigenous life-long learning, decolonizing and indigenizing the academy, and violence prevention and anti-bullying in schools. She spoke about incorporating Indigenous content in curriculum.

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Pavane CD Release Fine Arts Professor Steven Peacock and Gerry Van Wart released their album Pavane. This two-guitar recording seeks to celebrate several distinctly different examples of the French tradition in Western music: harpsichord works by Rameau, Couperin, and Daquin arranged by Miklós Mosóczi, the eponymous work by Fauré, and two titles in a more contemporary popular style

by Thierry Tisserand.

Student and Prof Publish Article on ‘Trumpism’

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ayla Preston, a fourth-year student honouring in Sociology, can add published researcher to her resumé.

Preston, along with professor Dr. Gul Çaliskan, wrote “Tropes of Fear and the Crisis of the West: Trumpism as a Discourse of Post-Territorial Coloniality,” which has been published by the Postcolonial Studies Journal.

(Read the article here: http://bit.ly/2zzLFk2) “I was able to learn the ropes of academic publishing and the process of peer-review, which will be invaluable to me as I progress throughout my studies.” Preston said.

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#IChoseSTU: Harrington Hall Reopens Digital Marketing After Renovations Campaign Our new digital marketing campaign uses the tagline of #IChoseSTU and showcases the diversity of students through photos of them on campus and quotes about why they chose STU and how that choice has been reinforced by their experience.

Variations of the campaign show many student faces with #IChoseSTU running across the screen. Voice-overs provide examples of why students choose STU from personable professors, open community and academic offerings. The longer version of a video clip says, “We all come from different places, and we have different interests, but we all chose to be here— to learn and grow together.” stu.ca/ichosestu

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tudents living in Harrington Hall have a bright, modern, and inclusive residence to call home. After a year of renovations, Harrington opened its doors for the 2017-18 school year and the upgrades were extensive.

Harrington Hall is the largest capacity residence on campus and as a result was the most in need of upgrades. The general layout

of the building has remained the same, but walls, floors, and heating systems have been updated.

The newly renovated Harrington also includes upgraded residence rooms, a kitchenette, modernized theme lounge and study areas, improved washroom layouts, as well as gender neutral washrooms.

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Book

Faculty Launches

Political Marketing in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Dr. Jamie Gillies (Communications and Public Policy) Most observers were quite surprised when Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

But there were a number of tell-tale signs that this had a distinct possibility of happening long before the general election. This edited collection assembled by Dr. Jamie Gillies considers why this election was so unusual from a political marketing perspective, calling for new explanations and discussions about its implications for mainstream political marketing, theory, and practice.

Women, Work, and Patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa Dr. Fariba Solati (Economics) Dr. Fariba Solati’s book investigates why the rate of female labour force participation in the Middle East and North Africa is the lowest in the world. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book explains that the primary reason is the strong institutions of patriarchy in the region. Using multiple proxies for patriarchy, the book quantifies the multidimensional concept of patriarchy in order to measure it across sixty developing countries over thirty years.

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Kutnowski Composition Featured Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China Professor Jan Wong (Journalism) Jan Wong knows food is better when shared, so when she set out to write a book about home cooking in France, Italy, and China, she asked her 22-year-old son, Sam, to join her. A memoir about family, an exploration of the globalization of food cultures, and a meditation on relationships between mothers and sons, Apron Strings is complex, unpredictable, and unexpectedly hilarious.

The Dragon Run: Two Canadians, Ten Bhutanese, One Stray Dog Professor Tony RobinsonSmith (English as a Second Language) Tony RobinsonSmith, his wife Nadya, and ten Bhutanese college students set out to run 578 kilometres (360 miles) across the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas.

Joined by a stray dog, they slogged over five mountain passes, bathed in ice-clogged streams, ate over log fires, and stopped at every store, restaurant, guesthouse, and dzong to raise money for the Tarayana Foundation.

In this contemplative memoir, Tony describes Bhutan in rich detail at a transformative period in its history and reflects on tradition, belief, modernization, and happiness.

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Work by Dr. Martin Kutnowski, of the Fine Arts Department, will be featured on the first album by the woodwind quintet Ventus Machina. Kutnowski’s composition “Tonadas y Mateadas,” which can be translated as “Tunes Sung While Drinking Yerba Mate in a Gathering of Friends,” was composed in 2015. It recaptures the rhythms and moods of different dances from Argentina.

Celebrating Pride Week at STU STU held Pride Week at the end of September to raise awareness of the issues faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals and celebrate the achievements and the resilience of the LGBTQIA+ community.

The events also aim to engage, build community, and identify areas where more change is needed.

Orientation Powwow STU, UNB, NBCC, and NBCCD organized an orientation powwow hosted by STU that brought together students from all four post-secondary institutions to celebrate, share, and learn about Indigenous culture and traditions through drumming, chanting, dancing, crafts, and more. It also provided an opportunity for students to meet others who are also embarking on the same educational journey.

Tributes

Bill Spray 1938-2017

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he passing of Dr. William “Bill” or “Doc” Arthur Spray occurred July 11. He was the husband of the late Carole (Jeffery) Spray and father to Michael Spray (Theresa) and Carolyn McCullough (Ryan).

A native of Chatham, he was a Beaverbrook Scholar who completed his BA and his MA at UNB and his PhD at Kings College – University of London, England. “After I finished my PhD, a friend advised me that Msgr. Duffie was looking for a history professor.

I seized the opportunity and [worked] with J.E.P. Butler and Peter Toner. Student numbers were going up and we were able to hire very capable professors, such as Juergen Doerr, Tony Rhinelander, Dan Gleason, Herb Goltz, and Fr. John Jennings.”

He taught in the History Department from 1968-2000 and served as Vice-President (Academic) from 1982-1989. He was a passionate historian and authored numerous articles, biographies and books.

One book, started by Bill and completed by Dr. Tony Rhinelander, was Church, Politics, and STU: The Relocation of St. Thomas University from Chatham to Fredericton. It is an abridgement of a longer work by Bill entitled A History of St. Thomas University: The Formative Years, 1860–1990, available at www.stu.ca.

We will give the last word to Bill on the school that he loved: “When I was at St. Thomas, there was a very strong sense of community. We argued over issues, but the bottom line was that most of us were committed to something larger than ourselves, which was the University and all that it encompassed.”

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ocial Work professor Brian Carty passed away September 26 following a car accident.

A native of Fredericton, Brian graduated from St. Thomas University with his Bachelor of Social Work, and earned a Masters in Social Work from Carleton. He had recently submitted his doctoral dissertation to UNB which examined experiences of social workers.

Brian taught part-time at STU from 2003-2007 before becoming a full-time professor in 2008. He was a much respected and admired teacher who was held in high regard by students and faculty. A friendly and uplifting presence on campus, he had an infectious, positive personality, and always brightened the day of others.

Prior to his academic career, Brian worked as an employment counsellor and was an advocate for youth in transition. He also worked or volunteered with Canada World Youth, YM/YWCA, and the Fredericton Community Living Society.

Brian is survived by his sons Alexander and Ian and their mother Eloise Wetmore, and his partner Anne Charlebois. In the eulogy, his brother in law, Dr. Bill Cook, noted that Brian’s “kindness and love radiated to each and everyone around and he was the hub of the huge wheel of friendship and interconnection.”

“Brian was an exceptional teacher and all his students were safely held and encouraged; engaged in exploring the issues in a deep and creative way from their own base of experience; and each validated for who they are,” Cook added.

Professor Brian Carty will be greatly missed by everyone at STU and by many alumni.

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New & Noteworthy

News from classmates and friends around the world

In Memoriam The St. Thomas University Alumni Relations office, STU Alumni Association, and the university community extend condolences to the family and friends of the following alumni who passed away recently: Rev. Camille Gautreau, BA’47 October 19, 2017 September 26, 2017

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Darla (Barton) Donovan, BA’87 and Terri Beck, BA’87, weren’t able to make it to STU for Alumni Weekend to celebrate their 30th class reunion, but they reconnected recently in Toronto. “We are lifelong friends from STU. It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years!”

Michael Comeau, BA’89, was named deputy minister of Justice and Public Safety for New Brunswick, the same week his son David won a President’s Cup playing with the Saint John Sea Dogs, champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Mike also teaches in the STU Human Rights Program and is chair of the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival.

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Kathleen MacLaurin, BA’01, received the Hilary M. Weston Scholarship for her outstanding efforts in the study of mental health. Kathleen, who is a child welfare advocate, received the award for her research and advocacy for enhancing supports to children and adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and their caregivers.

David Feltmate, BA’03, recently published the book Drawn to the Gods. Drawing on the worldviews put forth by three wildly popular animated shows – The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy – Feltmate demonstrates how ideas about religion’s proper place in American society are communicated through comedy.

Feltmate is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery.

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Awardwinning author David Adams Richards, LLD’90, has been appointed to the Senate of Canada and will represent New Brunswick in the Red Chamber.

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in memoriam

Brian Christopher Carty, BSW’86 M. Ann McGivery, BSW’91 September 29, 2017

Gertrude Duffie, LLD’04 Lise Deveau, BA’09, and Duncan Gallant, BA’10, met and started dating back in 2005 at Chatham Hall, and were married on July 15, 2017 in Fredericton, NB, with lots of STU grads in attendance.

From left, Sarah Gallant, BA’04; Benjamin McNamara, BA’07, BEd’08; Elizabeth (Corbett) Fecteau, BA’09, BEd’10; Aaron Fecteau, BA’09; Corben McLean, BA’10; Haoyang Lucas Liu, BA’11; Matt Sheriko, BA’11; Misha Nowicki, BA’08; Myles MacKenzie; Duncan Gallant, BA’10; Lise Deveau, BA’09; Andrew Lockhart, BA’10; Dan Murphy, BA’08; Melissa Wah, BA’10; Allie Brubacher, BA10, BEd’11; Erin Chisholm, BA’10; Aaron Chisholm-Keith (with baby Grace); Jacob Baisley, BA’10; Chris Foster, BA’07; Vanessa (Caissie) White, BA’09, BEd’10; Nick White, BA’11; Gillian Harris-Crocker, BA’09, BSW’11; Marcelle Saulnier, BA’09

September 19, 2017

Mary Lana Darrell (Bowman) Keenan, BT’69, BA’70 August 17, 2017

Stephen Moore, BA’91 August 16, 2017

Dr. Warren A.S. Davidson, former faculty member August 10, 2017

Raymond Patrick Murphy, BT’75, BA’76 August 9, 2017

Sandra “Sandy” Lee Gamble, BT’70, BA’71 August 7, 2017

William Havelock Gillen, BA’97 July 17, 2017

T. Gerard “Brick” Power, BA’56 July 16, 2017

Dr. William “Bill” Arthur Spray, former faculty member July 11, 2017

Geraldine M. Grey, BA’87 July 3, 2017

David Michael Hitchcock, QC, BA’66 June 3, 2017

Franklin Oswald Leger, LLD’85 Jack Adam MacLennan, BA’09, completed his PhD in Political Science at Carleton in February, where he was a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow for some of that time. He has also been appointed Assistant Professor of Political Science at Park University in Parkville Missouri (Kansas City).

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Katharine Ann (Lyons) Robinson, former faculty member May 19, 2017

Gerald F. McCluskey, BA’55 January 21, 2017

Francis Aloysius Flanagan, BA’80 November 24, 2016

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