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A 1982 graduate of the School of Hotel and Food Administration, Morag remember many time s in the middle of says she find s working at the night when one baby was more than home a productive solution enough to try my patience ... but three to child-care problem s. babies? How would I hold them all?

Nervously at first, then gently, proudly, ad­ "All I really need is a tele phone and a fax miringly ... and always with love. You'd machine," she says. She find a way to stretch your patience, say prepares development triplet parents Morag (McKenzie) and Bob proposal s and conducts Fitzgerald and Sue (Percival) and Brian feasibility studies for Mar­ Matthies. They say having triplets is a ble ss­ riott and produces an ing, and with the naivete of first-time employee newsletter. parents, they even think caring for three So one day you're part babies is as normal as caring for one. of a twosome, and the next The Matthies, with seven-month-old day, it' s a full house. triplets James, Jessica and Laurena, live in Where do you turn for help? the farming community of Tavistock, Ont. , Both the Fitzgeralds and where Brian works for a local feed mill. Sue, the Matthies say there's who graduated from OAC' s diploma pro­ help available from agen­ gram in 1980, has worked in several live­ cies like the public health stock and cash crop farming operations. department, medical home She was barn manager for the Ontario . ' . care and the Parents of MulSwine Breeders at Agriculture Canada' s test tipJe Births Association.

Bub and Morag Fitzgerald with Fraser, Cameron and Aaren. statio n in New Hamburg until five months But their greatest support Photo by Herb Rauscher into her pregnancy, when the doctor said: triplets were claimed by the community , and has come from family and "No more climbing into a pen to needle a Sue had plenty of visitors during the three friends.

300-pound boar." She says she' ll consider month s she spent in hospital waiting for When Sue Matthies brought her babies going back to work when the children are them to arrive. James, Jessica and Laurena home from hospital, the streets of Tavi stock nearing school age. were lined with welcome signs, and the were full-term babies and broke a hospital The Fitzgeralds and their 18-month-old record for newborn triplets, weighing in at women of Grace United Church had or­ triplets, Aaren , Fraser and Cameron, live in ganized a volunteer program to help out with eight, 71/2 and five pOllnds. the Toronto suburb of North York, where The Matthies have fraternal triplets; the laundry and cooking three times a week.

Bob runs his own telecommunications com­ Fitzgeralds have one fraternal triplet"We call them 'the triplets ofTavistock' pany . Before the babies came along, Morag Aaren - and identical twins Fraser and beca use everyone has taken such an interest was director of business support for the Mar­ in them," says Sue. Cameron . Neither Sue nor Morag were Jiott Corporation. Now she's working part­ Even before they were born, the Matthies taking fertility drugs, so each has ex­ time from an office at home. perienced th e one-in-9,000 odds of conceiv­ ing triplets. "It' s a miracle when you hope for one child and God gives you three," says Sue. Since the birth of their babies, the Fitzgeralds have maintained close ties to the hospital and, because of Aaren's ongoing health problems, they've developed com­ petent nursing ski lls. Born three months prematurely, the boys spent four months in hospital and Aaren spent five. She still re­ quires oxygen and internal tube feeding on a daily basis. Morag and Bob often rely on their own parents to help out when someone is needed to babysit or take one of the babies in for a checkup. They recently hired a nanny, allowing Morag time to spend two to four hours a day in her office.

Because she works on a contract basis, the company doesn't incur any overhead costs maintaining an office for her and she has the flexibility to set project deadlines.

Continued on page 4 Sue and Brian Matthies with Laurena, James and Jessica.

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The Univer ity of Guelph lakes a leading role in helping Canada' food induslry become more competitive,

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A plea for common sense in the tinal round of GATT negotiation ,

Vol. 24, No, 3 Edito r Mary Dickil!s(}11 Execu tive E ditor Samlra WcbMer. '75 Conlributo rs Barbam Chance, CSS '74. Marla Konrad, Ilerb RUlischer, Martin Scwalbe Design/Prod udion Gabrielle Duval. Linda Graham, Art~ '77.

Debbie Thompson Wilson. Art~ '77 Ed itorial Advisory Boar d Rosemary Clnrk. Ma~ '59, Chair; Riclmrd Buck, OAC '76A: Sheila Levak , HAFA ' 83: Dcnh, Lynn, CBS '6<); Karen Mantel. An~ '83; Robin-Lee Norris, CSS '80; Harold Reed, OVC '55; Srian Romagnoli, Arts 'R4; Peter Taylor. Am. '76; Agnes Van Haeren, CSS '86: Robert Wilbur, OAC 'SO; Bob Winkel. OAC '()o: Marina Wright. FACS ' 85 and M,Sc, '88

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Family experts offer advice on how to raise kids you can love and like,

The Gllelph Alumnus is publ ished In May. September and January by (he Univer>ity of Guelph, in co-op.:ralion with the University of Gue lph Alumni Association, Copyright 1991. Ideas and opinions I!xpresscd do not necessarily rel1ect those of the UGAA or the Univcr 'ily . Copie: of the Glte/flh AIl/milliS editorial policy are aVlliluble on reque,t. Anicle~ may be reprinted withollt permission if credit to author and publication is given , For circulaLion and advertising imluiri<!s, contact tht: Editor, University Commun ications, University nf Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N I G 2W I. 519,824"'+120, Ext. 8706,

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As a former ed itor-in-chief of The Ontarian, I enjoyed yo ur retrospective on the paper in your spring issue. But noticeable by its om is­ sion was a watershed era in the paper' s hi s­ tory.

I n December 1973, I was elected head of The Ontarian. As I had some journalism ex­ perience and needed to underwri te my educa­ tion , I decided to serve as a caretaker editor until a more comm itted cand idate could be found.

I succeeded in convincing the young poet Chris Jull to stand for office, and he was duly elected in September 1974. In the suc­ ceeding years, The Ontarian was to become the acknowledged model for Canadian universit y journalism.

Wherea s campus papers in general were run by camp fo llowers toeing the party line, The Ontarian rejected ca nt and dogma . It was an era of Albrecht Durer and Goya sketches on the cover, Bob Brewer's exi sten­ tial quizzes and puzzles, William BUITill's "Foto Funnies" comics and Vince Chetcuti' s encyclopedic music review section.

On a suffoca tingly hot afternoon in August 1976, I conceived my own contribu ­ tion to posterit y, the original Ontarian Guide to the Birds, which I believe continues to this day. We were iconoclastic, yes, but rare­ ly ridiculous, occasiona ll y illuminating and quite often amusing.

Most important, throu gh Jull' s tremen­ dou s will and leadership, as well as his ab ilit y to get the best out of such hard workers as production manager John Millington, we were successful. Not only as students and writers, but as leaders and busi­ ness people.

Jull and Millington, unhappy at the long hours needed to put out IOO-page papers, purchased typesetters, first-generation word processo rs, process ca meras and ot her tech­ no-aid s. When they needed more equ ipment , they simply sold more advertising. Most of us managed to obtain degrees as Th e Ontarian racked up profits.

In retrospect, I realize it was too good to last. By the time I graduated, local wags com­ plained that The Ontar;on newsroom was better equipped than the Guelph Mercury.

The funniest part, as I was to find out later, was that it was even better equipped than The Globe and MaiL. Today, yo u can find the influence of those Ontarian days in Toronto' s Now magazine, another success story whose owners were contemporaries of ours in the campus press.

David Coates Am '78 Toronto 4

Just wa nted to let you know how pleased I was to see a profile of Grant MacEwan in the spring issue of the Guelph Alumnus.

I have been an instructor in the manage­ ment stu dies department of Grant MacEwan Community College for the past 10 years.

We at the college are very proud to have him as our mentor and inspiration. Hi s annual visit to the college for "Grant MacEwan Day" is always a highlight for the students and staff. His wa rm wit and wonderful stories ha ve endeared him to us like a grandfather.

The "gryp hon" is also the sy mbol used by our college's sports team, and thi s year, our namesake was presented with a bronze scu lp­ ture of a gryphon done by a local Edmo nton artist. I wonder if it reminded him of his days at Guelph?

Nancy (Clive) Samuell FACS '74 Edmonton, Alta.

Although I'm as fo nd of gender-neutral lan­ gua ge as the next person , I laughed out loud while reading Loretta Paoli' s letter in your spring issue.

Her well-intenti oned suggestion that you change the name of your magazine from Alumnus to Alumni would simply su bstitute a word meaning "male graduates" for one meani ng "male graduate."

"Al umni" is gender neutral on ly under the tiresome, old gramma tica l conven tion that the masculine plural should also include the feminine. Because there is no Latin wo rd for "sexless grad uates," your on ly hope for ge nder neutrality would be titles such as Alumnus/a or Alumni/ae - rather unwieldy alternatives.

The moral here is that he/s he who would ed it the Latin of others had better know some Latin him/herse lf.

I am in heart y agreement, however, wit h Paoli's suggestion that you sw itch to recycled paper. As far as I can tell from your description of your new stock (" IO-per-cent post-consumer de-inked paper .. . 30-per­ cent post-commercial ... IO-per-ce nt de­ inked post-consumer" - the difference between the first and last escapes me), you have switched to a stock in which 20 per cent of the material s have been diverted from the normal waste stream.

In my workplace, we print a fine newslet­ ter on 1OO-per-cent post-consumer stock. I'm sure that you could do the same. We, your readers, wou ld put up wi th slightly lower quality in photo reproduction to save a few more trees.

Triplets, cOlltinuedfrom paRe 2.

Morag says she doesn 't miss the cor­ pOl'ate atmosphere and thinh her at­ home office L more conducive to pJ'()ject work. She says a similar arran­ gement cou ld help almost any mother manage a second career. "If you're creative and you've got an under­ standing bo .."

Whether or not they cOlllinue tJleir professional careers, Morag and Sue have both given immediate priority to their role as parent. . And in that role, they 'vc come to appreciate the in­ dividuality of each of their children.

They want the babies to be treated as individuals rather than lumped together as the "triplet ."

No matter how much they look alike, each child 's per onality is unique, says Sue. The easygoing ones are already lIisplaying their patience.

The aggressive one are demanding to be first, and the sensitive ones have won a ~pecial place in their mothers' hearts.

Both women make a poin! of ' pend­ ing time alone with each baby. "Some­ times I think it would be nice to have these three Children, but one at a time, o I would have more time to enjoy their personalities.," says Sue. Both admi t that having time for themselves, their spouses and friends is a big problem. "Now I look forward to going ~hopping for groceries," says Sue. first baby is a tremendous hock to your life, say ' Morag, and with triplets, "you have no time when you can stop being a mother." She and Bob, who had only beenl11arried a year when they found out they were ex­ pecting triplet , belicve a strong mar­ riage has been their most important coping mechanism. " It takes a lot of patience to dC<11 with three babies and with each other, bUl we both love big families and li ke kind of a crazy house," she says.

Morag admits their hou ehold will be even more hectic when their fourth child is born this November. "Most people think we're a bit crazy to have another baby so soon ... until they see how hilPPY we arc with ollr kids."

Leslie A. Taylor OAC '73 Banff, Alta.

Cuelph Alumnus

Welcome to the family!

The University of Guelph welcomed 1,469 new graduates to its family of alumni during spring convocation ceremonies in June. Five honorary degrees were also presented, and professor emeri tus status was bestowed on retired physics professor Peter Egelstaff and retired crop science profes­ sor Bill TosselJ, PeterEgelslaf! OAC '47 and M.Sc. '48.

Egelstaff is internationally recog­ nized for his experimental and theoretical work on the structure and dynamics of water and for his use of supercomputers in simulating liquid properties. He came to U of G in 1970 as chair of the Department of Physics, implemented its PhD pro­ gram and established its reputation as an active research department.

Tossell is known for hi s international activities in agricul­ tural research and was U ofG 's first dean of research.

His association with Guelph began as a Bill Tassell student in 1943 and continued throughout his career as a professor, department chair and dean .

He also developed a strong involve­ ment in international agricultural re­ search, serving as a consultant to many organizations.

The University presented honorary degrees to Martha Henry, one of the most acclaimed and respected actors in Canada; Dr. Helen Caldicott, a physician and author of several books on the hazards of nuclear war and nuclear technology; Allan Bromley, science adviser to U.S. President George Bush and one of the world's leading nuclear physicists; Roy Berg, a Canadian animal geneticist known for his pioneering research on the growth and distribution of carcass tissues in meat animal s; and Max Birnstiel , a pioneer in molecular biology , founder of the molecular biology institute at the University of Zurich and director of the Cue/ph Alwnnus

Carrying on the/amily tradition, Jal1ice HIIIlle, OAC '91, is tile/ourlh generalion ill her family to graduatej'rom OAC. With her, from left, are her mother. Jeall (Fuller) Hume, Mac '64: her gralldmother Betl:~ (Clark) Fllller. Mac '35: alld her father, David, OAC '6 / . a professor ill Ihe Depart­ melll of Crop Science. In fldditW/l. Jallice's grandmother Frieda (Wallis) Hume

gradfwtedfrom Macdonald IIl.l'tilUte;1I 1926, grandfather George Fliller.Ji·om OAC in 1937 alld gre(l/-gl'llndfather George Harold Clarkfl'Ont OACill 1898.

Research Institute of Molecular Pathol­ ogy in Vienna.

U of G honors its best Proving that perseverance pays off,

Jeanette Grant, Arts '91, of Guelph recently earned a BA in classical studies and hi story and became the first part­ time student to win the Winegard Medal, U of G's top undergraduate academic award. The comparable Forster Medal for graduate stu­ dents went to Roberta Mason, FACS '91, of Guelph, who earned a Roberta Mason

master's degree in consumer educa­ tion.

An adult learner with two children of her own, Grant set an example for younger students.

She was active in the College of Arts Student Union, the history and classics Jeanelle Grant clubs and an awards committee.

She also served as campaign manager for a presidential candidate in the Central Student Association election and never missed an oppor­ tunity to promote the interests of part­ time students. She is starting on a master's degree in the Department of History this fall.

Nominees for the Winegard Medal in the other colleges were Karen Werezak, CBS '91; Joy Walker, FACS '9 1; Craig Simmons, CPES ' 91; Stephen Potter, CSS '90; Johanna Dieleman, OAC '91; and Susan Lago, OVC '91.

The winner of the newly estab­ lished Forster Medal in graduate studies was recogni zed for her con­ tributions to student life at the University. As a learning skills ad­ viser in the Counselling and Student Resource Centre, Mason provides programs for students to enhance their learning. She has also been in­ volved in leadership and peer-helper training, orientation and athletic development programs.

Other nominees for the Forster Medal were Ann McEwen, Arts '91; Carla Taylor, CBS '90; John White, CPES , 91; Fiona SchmiegeJow, CSS ' 9[; and Jeanne Burton, OAC '9l.

Winners of the Governor General's Medals for academic achievement in graduate, undergraduate and diploma programs were Peter Braunberger, OAC ' 90, of Keene, Ont., who received a master's degree in crop science; Peter Horoyski, CPES '91, of Sarnia, Ont., who earned a bachelor of science in spe­ cialized honors theoretical physics; and Christine Gaudian, OAC ' 91 A, of New Hamburg, Ont., who graduated with an associate diploma in agriculture in February.

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What if Canada breaks up?

The current situation in Canada is a crisis for all Canadians, but especially for young people, says University of Guelph President Brian Segal.

"Every Canadian will be affected economically, politically, socially and culturally by whatever path we choose - break up or restructure," he says.

Segal and others in the University community believe such decisions must be based on awareness of the facts and a careful analysis of the consequences of each path. To this end, the University will hold a symposium Oct. 24 to 26 for senior high school, community college and university students, as well as the general public.

Distinguished and knowledgeable Canadian leaders will present the facts and consequences if Quebec becomes in­ dependent , if there is a sovereign as­ sociation between Canada and Quebec, if Canada remains united within a restructured constitution, or if Canada breaks up and Ontario becomes inde­ pendent.

The symposium will provide oppor­ tunities for questions, discussion and debate before it formulates a proposal for the future validity of Canada, and develops an action plan for delegates to contribute to the federal government's announced consultation process.

Supporters include the University of Guelph Alumni Association, com­ munity groups, government and other educators. The cost is $20 for students, $30 for educators and $45 for the general public. To register, call Continu­ ing Education at 5 19-767 -5000.

net annual revenue from rent, realized capital gains and other proceeds will be directed into the new heritage fund, from which 10 per cent of the net return s beyond intlation will return to the capital pool and 90 per cent will be available for University use.

A board committee will have the authority and responsibility to invest and manage the endowment fund and to disburse the investment return for the benefit of the University. The campus Real Estate Division will continue to manage the assets themselves, subject to supervision by the board's physical resources and property committee.

Children's forest planned Seventy acres of land in the University's Arboretum have been designated for the establishment of a children's restoration forest. Part of a larger forest restoration plan for southern Ontario, the children's forest will rely on individual and corporate donations to maintain annual plantings.

Donations can be made to recognize a significant event in a child ' s life, such as a birth, baptism or graduation.

Physicist receives top medal Guelph physics professor Gabriel Karl is this year's recipient of the Canadian Association of Physicists Achievement Award - the most prestigious award in Canadian physics. Only one medal is awarded by the association each year for distinguished service in physics over an extended period of time.

CPES Dean lain Campbell says Karl

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is a deserving recipient of the award.

"He has made brilliant contributions to the theory of high-energy physics," Campbell says.

Karl's research is mainly in theoreti­ cal physics, with a focus on subnuclear physics. ' '1' m interested in things that are smaller than nuclei, mainly quarks, and in understanding how quarks live together inside protons and neutrons," he says. .

Karl joined the University 22 years ago, following a three-year postdoctoral position at Oxford University and PhD studies at the University of Toronto. He is the second member of Guelph's Physics Department to earn this distinc­ tion. Professor emeritus Peter Egelstaff received the medal in 1983.

Krakow, here we come!

Seventeen U of G students and two in­ structors are off to Poland thi s fall to spend a term at Jagiellonian University.

The pilot program, which could lead to establishment of a Poland semester akin to the London and Palis semesters al­ ready in place, involves third- and fourth-year students in the arts and humanities. Their courses will be taught in English by J agiellonian faculty and will include intensive Polish-language instruction. In turn, the Guelph students will help tutor Polish students in English.

Clients rate hospital The OVC teaching hospital recently completed a telephone survey to find out how its clients rate the service and treatment they've received for their pets at the hospital.

More than 80 per cent said the service at the admission s desk and the reports recei ved were satisfactory, and almost 97 per cent said veterinarians and staff were sympathetic and understanding .

The attending veterinarian got top marks from more than 93 per cent of respondents, and virtually everyone sur­ veyed said the overall hospital ex­ perience left a favorable impression.

Thirty per cent of the clients had com­ plaints about parking facilities on cam­ pus, but they all said they will return to the hospital if the need ari ses. As for the hospital's fees, 20 per cent found them too high, SO per cent said they were in Guelph Alumnuo'

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line and 23 per cent found them lower than expected.

From the survey, the hospital picked up some useful ideas on billing, field ser­ vice and after-work hours for routine vaccinations.

Surgery by satellite The University's first attempt at produc­ ing a satellite teleconference proved to be a unique educational experience for almost 400 veterinarians. They watched the program in small animal cardiology from 40 locations across North America.

Filmed at OVC, the four-hour wet lab starred world-renowned veterinary car­ diologist Larry Tilley and OVC car­ diologist Michael O'Grady, OVC '76.

They've made a difference OPIRG is a familiar acronym to U of G graduates of the past 15 years. And for many , the campus-based branch of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group was the spark for a lifetime commitment to the environment, peace and social jus­ tice, This year, OPIRG-Guelph and the provincial parent organization celebrate 15 years of involvement and achieve­ ment. More than 10 years ago, OPIRG co-ordinators encouraged the City of Guelph to begin a curbside recycling program. Today, Guelph 's blue box pro­ gram is a huge success, and its new wet­ dry approach sits on the cutting edge of waste management.

The University's recycling program has also benefited from the "OPIRG pu sh." And OPIRG-Guelph's annual Speed River cleanup has developed into a significant river rehabilitation project that is supported by government, com­ munity organizations and businesses, as well as U of G students.

Changing faces on Board of Governors Bill Brock, OAC ' 58, executive vice­ president of the Toronto-Dominion Bank's credit division, became chair of the University of Guelph's Board of Governors July I. Brock moved up from the position of vice-chair to succeed Ian Murray, OAC '56.

Guelph Alumnus

The TorOlllo Argol/aws hal'e been holding 'heir slin/mer trainillg ('amp (II U oj C Jar J.J years, but this year's kickoff attracted //lore Ihall the usual amount oj allellfion. Several hundred/aIlS came out 10 see the team ',f $18-millioll rookie star, RaRhih "Rockel " Ismail. left. alld /Jew oWI/ers Bntce McNall. Jolm Candy (withfootiJall) and Wayne Cretzky.

Photo by Herb Rauscher

A member of the board since 1988, Brockjoined the executive committee as vice-chair in September 1989. He has also served as vice-chair and chair of the finance committee, chair of the ad hoc committee on endowment and member of the committee on senior compensa­ tion, As chair of Board of Governors, he will be an ex-officio member of all board administrative committees.

In addition to his Guelph degree, Brock holds a bachelor of applied science in mechanical engineering and an MBA. He was vice-chair of U of G's capital campaign and has been active in University affairs, including the OAC Alumni Association and OAC Advisory Council , which he chaired, Brock has held a series of senior responsibilities with Toronto-Dominion Bank over the past 27 years, Appointed to the board for hi s first term was Kofi Hadjor, CSS '78, presi­ dent and founder of Creative Arts Management Service (CATS), a Toron­

to financial management company with more than 400 clients in the arts, fashion, entertainment and communica­ tion industries, Hadjor says he hopes to contribute to the board in the area of strategic plan­ ning. " In an era when universities are going through major threats to their ex­ istence, there is a need for new ap­ proaches to achieve the mission of the university ," he says. "One of the areas I am particularly interested in is the im­ pact of existing legi slation on invest­ ment in higher education as it relates to educational institutions and especially to students."

Hadjor came to Guelph from Ghana in 1975 with only $200 in hi s pocket.

Studying by day and washing dishes at night, he managed to earn two bachelor's degrees and an MBA in only 4 112 years. In 1986, he left an estab­ lished accounting firm on Bay Street to open CATS. 7

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s we become'a more environmen­ funds be used to support research on , tally conscious society, will we genetically engineered herbicide­ resistant crops? If agriculture 'is a also become a'more ethical one? This human invention, what responsibilities is one of the qu~stions that may well can society,levy on'those who have a be discussed within the pages of a right to use the technologies they ,have scientific jourf)al edited by Guelph professors Fraf!k Hurnik of the Depai!- ' invented ? ment of Animal and ,Poultry Science In future issues , thejourn~1 will "and Hugh Lehman of the Department publish 311icles on ethical salmon farm­ cif Philosophy , ' ing, how to increase food production Now in its third year, the Journal of , , in the developing world without con­ AgriculturaL and Enyironm'entaL Ethics taminating the enviroillnent and the long-term problem's that short-term welcomes cO'ntributions from those agricultural aid can 'cause" struggling with the moral dilemma of how topreserve the Earth's resources The need to consider the effects of while sharing its bounty, The journal , our actions goes well beyond produc­ has published the thoughts of tion agriculture, say the editors, economists, philosophers, sociologists, Anyone who produces, processes or industrialists, veterinarians and other consumes food should take a close scientists, look at t,he way our society deals with other people , animals and the environ­ These writers have tackled some dif­ ment. ficult questions, Does a belief in the rights of animals require you to be­ "Every decision.that will be sus~ , come a.vegetarian? Should public ,tainable in the loog term has a strong

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ethical component,'? says HUrnik, ' "Surely, non-ethical behavior is short­ sighted."

The journal is intended to be a forum for rational discussion, say Lehman and Hurnik, who hope that readers and contributors alike will find better ways to balance social and en­ vironmental need s.

Backed by an editorial board of 2S scientists from 10 countries, the editors are more concerned about quality than point of view. They look for articles that are factual, coherent and based on sound arguments that are well-defended by their authors.

Contributors and subscribers are both welcome. For information, call Hurnik, Lehman or subscription super­ visor Rosemary Vanderkamp at S 19­ 824-4120. Copies of back issues are available for those who would like to build a complete set.

When you need simple facts and honest answers, you don't want to be treated like just another number. You want per­ sonal attention, Guelph's Alumni Association understands. That's why they endorse ,a term life and disability plan from a company that deals with people instead of numbers.

At North American Life, ser­ vice is our priority - because it's you we value most To find out more, call us toll­ free at 1-800-668-0195; or contact Guelph's Consultant Jeff Jennings, (416-~ 491-4046). We'll talk. f( Person to person.

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NEW-fASHIONED WAY

by Marla Konrad

Th ere was all Old WOII/all who lived ill a shoe, She had () II/al/y children she didn ' f kll o ll' lI'hat fa do; Size gm'e them some broth withollt any bread; Siz e Il'hipped them all , ollndly and put them to bed.

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oor Old Woman. With a horde of whining. rambunctious children scrambling around her skirts, it's no wonder she sent them all to bed without much to eat. And where was their father ? Working late? O n a busi­ ness trip? Remarried with a new wife and a new set of kids? Wherever he was, clearly in this family . discipline and nurturing was left to Mo m.

In he r frustration and exasperation, the Old Woman resorted to strict cor­ poral punishment. She had no child­ rearing experts at hand. no books or magazi ne articles to coach her on rais­ ing a family. no one to tell her that a sound whipping is not the best way to deal with a disobedient ch ild.

If the Old Woman were to visit us in the 1990s. however, she ' d be well­ armed with advice from the experts.

Today, child rearing is viewed dif­ ferently than it was in earlier genera­ tions. Parental ro les and philosophies of raising children are changing. In Canada, millions of couples , their libraries stocked with books on ha v ing babies, naming babies and raising babies, are deciding that ­ in spite of the effort ­ having a family is well worth the trouble.

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The University of Guelph is taking a leading role in studying parent-child relationships and the issues that sur­ round them. Indeed, an entire depart­ ment - Family Studies - is devoted to studying those relationships. Sev­ eral researchers in the Department of Psychology are also focusing their at­ tention on family matters.

No family situation is ideal. In the 1990s, tight budgets, single parenting, step-parenting, sibling conflict and other complexities make each family unique and bring unique challenges to the fore.

According to Guelph's own panel of family experts, however, when it comes to parent-child relationships, there are some general guidelines and principles that apply in every family, regardless of their individual peculiarities.

Nurture self-esteem Almost all family specialists point to self-esteem as one of the most criti­ cal elements in a child ' s development.

And it's not something children develop on their own, says Prof.

George Kawash, Family Studies. It has to be nurtured - primarily by parents.

"I've found that children who are high in self-esteem consistently report warm and accepting relationships with their parents," he says. "But if children sense indifference and have an emotionally cool relationship with their parents, they often grow up with a low self-esteem."

Prof. Gerald Adams, chair of the Department of Family Studies, has found that young people with low self­ esteem have a hard time finding them­ selves when they grow up.

Parents who communicate rejec­ tion , show little affection and spend little or no time with their kids end up with children who have a poor sense of identity.

These kids are far more likely to use drugs and alcohol, get low grades and get pregnant young, he says .

Adams says families need to learn ways to develop emotional closeness, to focus on positive points and build on them, and to encourage a sense of belonging.

Downplay shyness

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Some children have a difficult time developing a healthy self­ esteem even in a caring, nurturing home environment. Prof. Mary Ann Evans, Psychology, says shy children often suffer from low self­ esteem.

Evans believes many factors contribute to shyness. For one thing, some children seem to be bom with a tendency to withdraw from unfamiliar situations - a fac­ tor parents cannot control.

But parents do have control over their children's socialization, par­ ticularly in the early years. In her research, Evans discovered that shy children had quite different ex­ periences than their outgoing counterparts.

"Shy children tended to go on fewer outings with their parents - even just to the bank or the grocery store. They were read to less frequently in the home, there tended to be fewer books in the home and less interest in educa­ tional TV. And they tended to have not gone to day care or nursery school."

Parents need to be sensitive to their children's needs and to do things to help overcome the shyness, says Evan.

"Converse with your kids, read to them and make them feel a part of the conversation at the table and in the home. My pet peeve is when adults draw attention to the child's shyness by asking: 'Are you shy?' or by telling other adults the child is shy. That just makes children even more ill at ease ."

Teach social skills Self-esteem is also determined to some extent by popularity . Prof. Brian Earn , Psychology , says kid s who are actively disliked by their peers are bound to have low self-esteem.

Parents of unpopular children should ensure that their kids learn social skills and ways to be more integrated into a group, he says.

Unpopularity and rejection have long-term effects. "Children who are al ways rejected are likely to assign the causes of rejection to internal things, to blame themselves for their social failures," says Earn.

In contrast, popular children who ex­ perience rejection are more likely to blame it on other people. Or they'll just say: "It was a bad day, that's all."

Building self-esteem is a long-term, complex process in which the rules seem to change as children mature.

Kawash stresses the importance of gradually granting more independence to children as a way of building self­ esteem. He says parents need to let children know their opinions will be listened to and considered.

But granting independence is a deli­ cate balancing act. Kawash believes many children are given too much in­ dependence and autonomy too early.

"Sometimes, my impression is that kids set their own ru les, that they have too much of a leadership role," he says.

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Children with healthy self-esteem have parents who find the right balance, he says . "Those parents are good at setting limits, communicating the rules and enforcing them, but are open to negotiating as the child develops more independence. It's an abrogation of parental responsibility to turn over too much independence to child too early."

When independence turns into defiance , temper tantrum s or in­ solence, parents are faced with the challenge of how they should dis­ cipline.

Most paren ts use a variety of dis­ cipline strategies, depending on the situation, says Prof. Leon Kuczynski, Family Studies. When they want im­ mediate obedience - when children are fighting or throwing a tantrum , for example - parents often resort to an unsophi sticated discipline technique such as an unexplained direct com­ mand. That technique communicates the message immediately and usually brings prompt but short-lived results.

Other times, parents may be trying to teach long-term rules to a child, so will choose a more sophisticated tech­ nique like reasoning. When a child runs blindly acros s the street, for ex­ ample, the parent needs to teach the child a long-term life skill, says Kuczynski.

"The ski lful parent is one who inter­ prets the situation correctly , uses the right technique for the situation and adapts strategies to the needs of the child."

As children mat ure, they get more sophisticated at dealing with their parents. Children who resist obedience by shouting "no" or throwing a temper tantrum soon learn the benefits of negotiation as they grow older, he says.

"They learn that bargaining and compromise to explain non-com­ pliance are more acceptable and effec­ tive ways of expressing their independence."

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Accept conflict In every family, however, conflict is inevitable no matter how sophisticated the techniques a parent or child may use. And it's not always a bad thing.

The "terrible twos," for example, are

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actuaHy a positive time in a child's development, Kuc zynski says.

"Children are recognizing their independence , realizing their wishes are different from th eir parents and learning skilful ways of asserting themselves."

Conflict also emerges in sibling relationships, says Prof. Susan Lollis, Family Studies, who has studied sibling interaction for the past three years.

"Conflict is when you establish yourself as an individual," she says. "1' m not Sure that the ab­ sence of conflict is what we should aim for."

Prof. Loraleigh Keashly, Psychology, says conflict can be a form of negotiation between si­ blings . "Some parents will allow conflict as long as the children don't hit or call names," she says.

Other parents intervene a lot. As children grow older, it's impor­ tant that parents allow them to ex ­ press their differing viewpoints.

Fifty years ago, some of these approaches to child rearing may not have gone over well. But as society has changed in half a cen­ tury, so has the family gone through its own evolution.

Share parenting roles According to sociologist Iteke Weeda, a visiting professor from the Netherlands, new values in raising children have emerged. That has in­ cluded a shift in roles for both mother and father.

"In the past," she says, "mother was there to nurture and cherish, while father was al ways the provider. The roles were quite distinct."

But the "Beaver Clea ver" family scenario is no longer real, says Prof.

Donna Lero, Family Studies. " Often there are now two parents working full time. We need to replace the Beaver Cleaver model of family life with more realistic images. " Lero should know. She 's heading a $1.2-million Health and Welfare Canada research project on child care - the largest, most comprehensive

We need to replace the Beaver Cleaver model offamily life with more realistic images.

study of its kind ever done in North America - trying to determine what child-care facilities parents are using and how happy they are with them.

Lero is working on the project with colleagues at the universities of Vic­ toria , British Columbia and Manitoba.

Juggling work and family creates a real tension, she says, and each family's needs are unique. She says her team will likely advise the govern­ ment that "it needs to put into place a variety of policies and programs that will meet the variety of needs. W hat 's best for children and fami lies is not al­ ways the simple thing. " In the meantime, young parents are making their own adju stmen ts to the changing realities.

In these times of transition, mothers are still feeling uncertain about their role, says Prof. Judy Myers A vis of the U of G Marriage and Family Therapy Centre.

Women are still seen as the primary

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caregivers, she says, and no w that many of them wo rk outside the home, they experience what Myers A vis calls "role overload." They collap se in exhaustion trying to carry two full­ time job s. They have no time to pay at­ tention to their own needs, they suffer from a chronic lack of sleep and their marriages erode. " In the last few years, men have be­ come sli ghtly more involved in child care, but not really in house work ," she says. "Only about 10 per cent of men are sharing roles in homemaking and parenting in an equal fashion."

Research by Prof. Kerry Daly, Fam i­ ly Stu dies, confirms this. He ' s found that alth ough most fathers claim parenthood is the most important thing in their lives, they don ' t always support that claim with their actio ns.

"There's the perception that they are not the primary parent," he says.

"They view themselves as the helper, 'baby sitting' when Mom is not around."

M yers Avis says that by mid-life, many fat hers regret that they did not spend more time with their children.

But by then , it' s often too late to try to build re lationships. "You can ' t recoup those years," she says.

Daly' s research shows that men, too, have a strong awarene ss of being in a time of transition. "Th y see the distance between themselvc. and their own fathers and wa nt to change that with their own children."

M yers A vis advocates a true shar­ ing of parenting roles. "Eac h fami ly has to come to some tough decisions about priorities and how to share responsibilities ," she says.

Talk to kids Parenting today is a challenge, to say the least. But for some families , parent-child relation ships are even more comp lex becau se of the added fac tor of adoption.

Daly and Prof. Michael Sobol, Psychology, are conducting an exten­ sive study of adoption trend s and realities in Canada for Health and Welfa re Canada.

So bol , w ho also carries out inde­ pendent research on adoption, says that in addition to the regular challen-

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Many men see the distance between. themselves and their ownfathers and want to change that with their children.

ges of raising children, adoptive parents have a ba lanci ng act to play.

His research indi cates that adopted children have a much better sense of self and a healt hier relationship with adoptive parents when the parents are open about the situati on. " In si tuatio ns where there is com­ fortab le d isc uss ion about ho w the child came to the adoptive family ­ not a constant top ic, but the informa­ tion is available - children are less likely to be interested in searching out their biological parents." .

In families where the information is a deep , dark sec ret and parents refuse to talk, however, the child has a sense of a lack of personal completeness, he says.

Sobol advises adoptive parents to be open abo ut the adoption and to ac ­ knowledge the child's uniqu ene ss in the family .

Recent U of G studies debunk the traditional theory that adoptees are more likely than other children to run into problems later in life. Data col­ lected by psychology professor John

Hundl eby indicate that when there is a healthy relationship , open communica­ tion and lots of love, adoptees are no more likely to run into problems than any other child.

Wh at Hundleby' s data did show, however, was that chil dren who are rai sed by one biologica l pare nt and one step-parent are more prone to using drugs , engag ing in delinquent acts and becoming involved earlier and more often in sexua l activity.

Researchers ag ree generally that step familie s are more strained to begin with. "Th e remarried family is not the same as the fi rst family," says M yers Avis. "The blended famil y is a very complex family form, and the most rapidl y developing family form in North America. " There are several areas of stre ss in a remarried family. For one thing, she says, step-parents often want to bond with a child the way a natural parent does. "B ut children don't want another parent. Their greatest hope is that their ow n parents will reunite."

Myers Avis says step-parents

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should proceed slowly in their relation­ ships with their partner's children and develop a thick skin.

"Peo ple panic and feel they're doing something wrong, even wonder if the marriage was a mistake. It' s normal for the first several years to be dif­ ficult. But a biological parent need s to insist that the child show respect for the step-parent."

Meanwhile, some parents fo rget that divorce and remarriage play ha voc with children 's emotions , too.

"C hildren are least traumatized when parents don 't use them in an ongoing battle, and when they feel they can have a continuing relationship with both parents," says Myers Avis.

She says parents who separate need to encourage and support their children 's relationship with the other parent without any jealousy or without using the children as spies, question­ ing them about Dad 's new girlfriend or Mom's Friday ni ght date.

Be supportive Although data show that children from blended families run a hig her risk of in volvement in delinquency , the pattern of delinquency is not al­ ways easy to predict. Hundleby's re­ sea rch indicates that serious career criminals often come from poor home

backgrounds where there was criminality in the home, absence of parents, a frequent shifting of environ­ ments and alcoholism.

But not always. "Friends are a better source of prediction than parents," says Hundleby. " If yo ung people have a firm set of delinquent friends , they are more likely to be o n drugs, to be in­ volved in delinquency themselves and to be sexually promiscuous. Pa ren ts need to be aware of the problem and act on it early."

When kids get into troubl e, how­ ever, parents should not abandon them, he says. " Parents need to be sup­ portive even though it' s easy to lo se yo ur temper and sh ut the door."

Many young offenders say they fee l alienated from their parents, says Hundleby. They don't see home as a supportive place and feel the absence of affection .

Clearly, home li fe is important in children's development. All of Guelph's fa mily researchers stress the value of warm, affectionate relation­ ships between parents and children as a way of helping childre n develop health y self-esteem.

Be flexible The rela tionship between parents also plays an important ro le in a heal­

thy home atmosphere . As society moves from the Beaver Cleaver model - where Mom stay s ho me to raise the kids and Dad is the provider - to a 19905 model typified by Bill Cosby's Huxtable family - where both parents work outside the home and parenting tasks are shared - parents will need greater flexibility and under­ standing to keep the re latio nships hea lthy and intact. " No one said it would be easy," says Myers A vis. "The whole culture need s to do some rethinking." But the rewards of finding the right balance are many.

'Today fathers can walk down the street pushin g a pram without feeling self-consciou s or e mba rrassed," say s visiting professor Weeda. "And mothers can still cherish their children while they work outside the ho me. " The family has survived tough times in the past - as the Old Woman from the nursery rhyme would probably at­ test. Raising .a fami ly in 1991 has its own brand of challenges and its own rewards. But some things never change. Structure and discipline tempered by loving, caring rel atio n­ ships and blended with thoughtfulness and consideration seem to be the prescri ption for a healthy family in any generation.

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Story by Marla Konrad

Illustration by Robin Baird Lewis

F

ro m Anne of Green Gables to Jacob Two-Two, the field of children's literature is a great place to graze.

So says Canada's best-selling author Robert Munsch, an adjunct professor in the Department of Family Studies, who exploded on to the Canadian children's literature scene 11 years ago and hasn' t looked back since.

Munsch's wry and witty books­ 22 in all, including I Have to Go! and The Paper Bag Princess - have worldwide sales in the millions, have been translated into nearly a dozen languages and have kindled Munsch ' s reputation as a storyteller extraor­ dinaire .

Named 1991 Canadian Author of the Year by the Canadian Book sellers Association, Munsch says his ap­ proach is not to be an educational writer, but "to write what kids like, what's fun." Reading is very impor­ tant, both in shaping children's per­ ceptions of the world and in providing a sense of fun, he says.

Another veteran of the Canadian children's literature scene , Guelph author Jean Little, agrees with Munsch about the power 0[" ·Iiterature.

'Tve see n literature change lives," she says.

Vi sually impaired from birth , Little was herself profoundly affected by Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden.

'That book meant a tremcndous amount to me," she says. " When the little girl who was such a loser trium­ phed in the end , I knew I would tri­ umph some day just as she did."

Little , who received an honorary doctor of lettcrs degree from U of G last fall, was surrounded by books from a young age. Her parents stres sed the importance and value of reading.

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them talking," she recalls.

The author of 20 published tilles, with two more in the works , LitLie believes parents of the I 990s need to be especially dili gent in encouraging reading because of our increasi ng ly

automated and mechanized society.

"Books rescue children from the pressures or touch technology," she says. "They give them timc to think anc! grow, to pause ancl reread," unlike television, where the pacc is set by a producer bound by a time slot.

Munsch beJ,i e ves that in most families, T V plays a more important role than literature in shaping children's world views - a situation hc finds disturbing.

"Too much television and unregu­ lated viewing can have a terrible effect 011 childre n," he says. "So much of the

programming is brainless and violent and depict s lifestyles I wouldn't want my kids to adopt. All TVs should have locks on them so parents can regulate watching."

Retired English professor Elizabeth Waterston, co-editor of the Luey Maud Montgomery journals and thc quarterly journal Canadian Children's Literature, agrees that TV has more in­ flucnce on children's values and per­ ceptions today than reading does.

"But children ' s literature has accom­ modated itself to the fact that most childre~ watch a great deal of T V," she says. " In today's literature, you'll find sharper writing skills , a faster pace and more act,ion and tension " than in the pre-TV era.

Cobourg, Ont., writer Linda Manning, Arts ' 75, believe s one of the biggest advantages reading has over television is the way it builds im­ agination. "Reading allows kids to con­ ceptu alize ideas, to be more philosophical and to think about the pictures them se lves," she sa ys .

'Television does it all for you."

Manning has put her ow n imagina­ tion to work in writing two children's books - Animal Hours and Wondrous Tales of Wicked Winston - as well as three children'S plays.

To cultivate an interest in reading, parents should start reading to their children carlyon, says Guelph children's writer .To Ellen Bogart. " Hearing the langu age spoken creates understanding in the brain ," she says .

"When you read good quali ty litera­ ture to kid. , yo u embed good patterns in their mind s."

Author of Malcolm 's Runaway Soap , Daniel's Dog and three other tit­ les, Bogart is also a firm beli ever in karni ng by example. "One of the finest things parents can do for their children is to set a good example by reading themselves."

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English professor Mary Rubio, co­ editof of the Montgomery journal s, believes a love of books can be an im­ portant bond in a family.

" In our harried lives, there are few enough things adults can share with children," she says. "Reading is one of those things that can become a so urce of shared pleasurc."

If parents start the pattern of reading when their children are young, they can easily calTY it throu gh the teen years by sharing books and talking about them together, she says.

"In the teen years, the channels of communication become difficult. It 's essential for your children to feel you carc about their opinions . I f you have this long-established pattern of talking about idea s and characters you read about, it becomes a neutral territory for discussion. " Before parents begin reading to their youngsters, however, they should take a look at the values con­ tained in the )tories they plan to read , says Rubio.

doctors and fly planes, and are just as likely to be writin g at a computer as baking in the kitchen."

When Rubio reads to her grandchild, she chooses modern retell­ ings of fairy tales. One of her favorites is Munsch's Th e Paper Bag Princess, in which the princess goes off to res­ cue the prince from the dragon, but ends up dumping him when he com­ ments on her bedraggled appearance.

Although she appreciates the value of traditional fairy tales, Rubio be lieves a heavy diet of them can be negative to both girls and boys when they ' re too young to di sc uss the stereotypes of cl ass and ge nder in the stories. Girls are portrayed as inactive and orienting their lives around men , she says, and boy s are seen as strong and brave, keeping a stiff upper lip no matter what.

In addition to rejecting traditional stereotypes, modern children's litera­ ture is successful in addressing socie­ tal and cultural changes, says WaterstOll. Writers are addressing such realities of life as single-parent families , divorce, multiculturalism, handicaps and illness.

Munsch says his books don ' t ad­ dress the issues head on, but he doesn't ignore them. In Love You Forever, for instance, the story centres around a little boy and hi s mother; the father never appears.

Little says she doesn ' t deliberately write to a trend , but in her first book, MineIor Keeps, publi shed in 1962, the main character is a child with cerebral pal sy. Other of her books feature children who are disadvantaged or handicapped and who struggle against hardships to beco me happy and suc­ cessful.

For Robin Baird Lewis, Arts '73 and MA ' 78 , communicating trends and cullural changes takes a slightly different approach. As an illustrator for such children's books as Kathy Stinson's successful Red is Best, Baird Lewis believes illustrators must be sen­ sitive to the cultural mosaic of Canadian soc iety. " We have a crosscultural audience and we must respect it ," she says.

Baird Lewis enjoys populating her illustration s with children she knows, including ch ildren from a wide range of cultural groups.

Althou gh parents s'houlld be aware of what their children are reading and encourage them to read books of artis­ tic and creative merit, they shouldn ' t control their kids too closely , says W aterston.

"Whatever the kids bring home, it's the habit as well as the taste that' s im­ portant:' she says. Judy B lume and Nancy Drew books. may not have all the elements of some children 'S clas­ sics, she says , but they help chddren acquire a taste for reading.

When Manning ' s three c hildren were small , she didn ' t believe in cen­ soring their reading. ''[' d just make sure quality books were aro und, and eventually quality came through in the end ."

Little agrees . " It' s like cotton candy and good nutrition," she says. "Even­ tually children will realize that some 'books are just not satisfy ing."

Little's advice to parent s is shared by the others: " Give children books of their own fight from the start. Read to them. Encourage them to fead the best there is. And let them choose. "

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"So many of the old fairy ta les enshrine values about women that are no longer culturally acceptable ," she says, "but most children ' s books writ­ ten today give a lot of attention to female stereotypes. ow women are

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Preserving Canada's Food Industry

by Mary Dickieson

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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hat's the challenge facing Canada's agrifood industry as it battles increasing competition in the in­ ternational marketplace.

Falling trade barriers, new foreign markets, globalization, changing con­ sumer demands and environmental con­ cerns are forcing the $43-billion-a-year industry to rethink how it does business.

Competitiveness is the new buzz­ word. Everyone who grows, processes, distributes and sells Canadian food products is trying to become more com­ petitive. Failure will mean that more and more of the food you buy will be im­ ported.

You may not care whether the spaghetti sauce and the cheese in your grocery basket is stamped "Made in Canada," but you will be affected by the economic backwash if Canada's second­ largest industry is forced out of the country or out of business.

One in four Canadian jobs depends on the industry. And high-quality, low-cost food is a key factor in our high standard of living. Canadians spend a smaller per­ centage of their disposable income on food than any other people in the world, except Americans.

Canada must improve its performance in the domestic and world market.

Decision makers at the University of Guelph think this institution can and should help.

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president Brian Segal announced the for­ mation of the Guelph Food Council ­ an association of scientists and ad­ ministrators working in food-related areas - to focus on the central issue of competitiveness.

"Our objective is to supply the graduates, skill upgrading, research results and strategies and technologies that industry will need to survive in the marketplace in the future ," Segal said.

U of G is a powerhouse of knowledge in the food area, says OAC Dean Rob McLaughlin , who chairs the new coun­ ciL The council will focus efforts in three key areas - food technology , nutrition, and business, consumer and regulatory issues - headed by food

science chair Marc Le Maguer, nutrition­ al scientist Bruce Holub and agricultural economist Larry Martin, respectively .

"These are interactive areas," says McLaughlin. "The nutrition research and business and regulatory groups may determine issues related to competitive­ ness, then turn to the advanced food technology researchers to incorporate this knowledge when looking for ways to manipulate the product to make it at­ tractive or more competitive."

The food-processing industry will be a Food Council priority. The University has launched a $lO-million campaign to build additional research laboratories and a prototype manufacturing line that will give industry access to the kind of Guelph Alumnus

research and development it needs.

Already, Maple Leaf Food s Inc., formerly Canada Packers Inc., has com­ mitted $ 1 million in laboratory su pplies and machinery. The Ontario M inistry of Colleges and niversities has pledged $1.5 million to help fund the constru c­ tion. The Ontario Mini stry of Agric ul­ ture and Food and the Agricultural Research In stitute of Ontario will con­ tribute $1 million worth of advanced food technology equipment from the now defunct Chatham tech centre.

University research labs may be Canadian indu stry's best hope for quick developments in technology that will in­ crease competiti veness, says M artin. Re­ search units within th e Canadian food industry are almost none xiste nt becau se food processors have traditionally spent their money in marketing and di stribu­ tion.

Althoug h best known for its long his­ tory of serving produ ctio n agri c ulture, U of G also boasts a su bstantia l program in the post-farm gate foods area, in volving five colleges, more than 100 faculty and dozens of de gree and co ntinuing edu ca­ tion courses.

"Guelph will become a major con­ tributor to a national network promoting fo od and food technology research in Canada," says Bri an Cox, chair of the Food Council research committee and director of collaborative research and development for the University .

Cox had many years of experie nce in research and industry development before e ntering the academic world, and he sees problems in the foo d industry as being comparable with those in Canada's other resource-based in­ dustries. He says they've lost the com­ petitive adva ntage on ce afforded by Canada' s vas t resources. " Advances in sc ience and technology are rapidly increasing the sophi s tication of products and drastically reduci ng the amount of natural resources needed to make them ," he says. "Look at the silicon c hip. Made from a little bit of sand and a few chemica ls, its value is not in the materials it' s made of, but in the knowled ge of how to make it a nd use it. Countries like Canada that are rich in natural resources but und er­ de veloped in value-added , know ledge­ based technologies are at a ser ious disadvantage in the new global economy. " Martin illu strates this point with a comparison of the world leaders in food exports. Canada is s ixth in sheer dollar Guelph AIl.II'IInus

Above: Celery is packed on -f!7 e-spOl-as iI's harvesled allhefarm alII "Jack" Rupke, OAC '63A, nea r Kellieby, 0'111. Below: Turkey burgers come off Ihe line al a Cu.ddy Farms process­ ing plan! near Slrali7roy, 0'111. a division of Cuddy inlernalional Corp., hea ded by A.M. "Mac" Cuddy. OAC '42.

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value of exported foods, wh ile the Ne therland s - smaller in size than Nova Scotia - ra nks third be hind the United States and France. The Dutch do a trem endo us job of value-adding, Mar­ tin says .

Canada, on the other hand, has been los ing ground for the last 20 years in terms of its trade surplus with the rest of the wo rld a nd has been subsidi zing its standard of living through deficit financ­ ing. Even the governm ent has finally

recogni zed tha t such a spiral ca nnot con­ tinu e, says C ox.

A recent study condu c ted by the University's George M orri s Centre for Industry, Science and Technology Canada reported on the relati ve competi­ tivenes s of the food industry in Ca nada.

The study looked at wheat-based produ cts, poultry and vegetable process­ ing a nd co mpared them with their U. S. cou nter parts on the ba is of value added per dollar of sales, per dollar of wage ex­ 17

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penditure, per worker and per plant, and How can Canadian industries expect for it. Canadian and U.S. government to change the balance when they are data reveal that Canada's food-process­ market share, "Value-added gives you some notion competing against much larger ing industry has lOWer labor costs than about the profitability of the indu stry, American companies? Martin compares in the United States and lower energy a California pl ant that produces 350,000 costs for both natural gas and electricity. and market share tell s you how competi­ tonnes of tomato paste to a sou thern On­ Canadian growers have some climatic tive it is," says Martin, who is acting advantages for crops like wheat and director of the George Morri s think tario plant that make s only 80,000 ton­ some horticultural products, and tank. " Frankly, we look just awful. We nes , and notes that three meat packers were in bad shape at the beginning of control almost 80 per cent of the U.S. manu fac turing plants have a much the 1980s and the picture got worse as beef market. greater degree of flexibility.

American companies have tremen­ free trade negotiation s with the U.S .

Martin think s this country has another advantage in management function. Be­ dous economies of scale and the tech­ progresse d." cause companies are smaller here, nological advantages that accompany T o say the Canadian food-processing size . The Canadian industry cannot get Canadian managers are exposed to a sector wasn't prepared to take advantage of free trade is an understatement. Mar­ bigger, but it can get better, says Martin. much broader scope of management tin faults both federal and provincial To increase its value-added per dollar and, consequently, become more governments for not thoroughly examin­ of sales , Canadian industry need s to flexible. ing the country's rel ative position before develop economie s of scope that take ad­ The challenge is to take advantage of vantage of the flexibility of smaller the things Canada has going for it to enterin g into free trade negotiation s, and build strategies that will allow the food plants, fill niche markets and produce industries themselves for putting too high value-added products, he says. industry to add value and productivity much emphasis on minor elements of the problem.

"Why can't we be the basis in Canada in a way different from the big About a year ago, U of G interviewed for the worldwide export of high-quality Ame ricans, he says.

Contributors to last year's Globe & both government and industry repre­ specialty products?"

Canada has a number of things going Mail supplement were already on track sentatives on the competitiveness issue and published their com­ by advocating the develop­ ment of a wide range of ments in a supplement to products, greater co-opera­ The Globe & Mail. The tion between producers and usual scapegoats of the processing industry - raw processors , strategic alliances within the industry, niche product prices, labor costs, marketing and improvements Canada 's social programs and free trade - were iden­ to the regulatory environ­ ment. tified as problem s, but there The Canadian indu stry has was also an acceptance of the fact that the most crucial traditionally suffered from a issue facing the indu stry is lack of co-operation be tween sectors, says Martin. But he 's productivity. encouraged by news of a "And it's not labor produc­ multi-level pricing policy tivity ," says Martin. "Our developed by Canada's cost of labor per unit of turkey producers, solutions labor in the food industry in Canada is lower than it is in to longtime pricing problems between vegetable growers the United States. But our labor cost per unit of output and processors, and market­ sharing alliances between is higher, and that tells you companies such as Maple the problem of productivity Leaf Foods Inc. and 1.M. is in capital productivity."

Similar findings came Schneider Inc. "People are trying to do from the 1989/90 federal Task Force on Competitive­ things differently and better than they ever did before ," ness in the Agrifood In­ du stry. Martin chaired the he says .

And the University of task force and was recently Guelph, through its new food appointed to lead a follow­ initiati ves, is here to help. up committee that will develop an action plan to im­ Members of the Food Coun­ plement its recommenda­ ci I hope that will be good news to Guelph alumni, par­ tions. tic ularly the estimated ten "We've done a good job thousand whose jobs depen d of identifying the problem," Ontario's dairy producers see value added 10 raw milk at cheese­ making plants like Ih e Pine River Cheese and BUller Co. in Ripley, on the viability of the food in­ says Martin. "Now to find 0111.

Ph oto courtesy of OMAF the solutions." dustry .

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Blasting free trade

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n July, a federal Liberal task force bI.amed the Canada­ U.S . free trade deal for the loss of 267,000 manufacturing jobs, mostly in Ontario. The task force report sa id the food-processing in­ du stry is one of the harde st hit by jobs lost or moved to the United States since the deal took effect Jan. 1, 1990.

Such allegations add to fears in the agrifood sector that implementa­ tion of the agreement over the next decade will force many of Canada's food-process­

ing companies - and the farmers who

supply them - out of bu siness.

Some closures in the food-process­ ing industry were inevitable, with or without free trade, says U of G agricul­ tural economist Larry Martin . In a comparison of the competitiveness of the Canadian and American industries in the 1980s, Canadian food proces­ sors were far behind before free trade di scuss ion s began, he says.

Problems facing the indu stry would have surfaced eventually, says Martin, and jobs would have been lost, al­ though much more slowly. What the free trade agreement has done for the indu stry is to act as a catalyst for much­ needed changes in how we do things, he says. What it hasn't done is live up to the expectations of increased markets and freer transport of Canadian manufactured goods.

Thi s was the finding of a recent study completed by Martin, Michael Von Massow and Erna Van Duren in Guelph's George Morris Centre. They say political and protectionist actions by the United States are stifling progress towards "a level playing field" between the two countries. They recommend that Canada hold back on its commitments to lower tari ffs until the American government lives up to its end of the deal.

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"To continue to subject the Canadian agrifood system to the self­ serving political whims of U.S. legis­ lators and their clearly rigged processes without some degree of protection is akin to handing Canada's second-largest manufacturing indu stry to the U.S.," says the report. " It has to stop."

The free trade agreement was sup­ posed to help alleviate trade disputes between the two countries. It was par­ ticularly important to the agrifood sec­ tor because a full 30 per cent of the countervailing duty and anti-dumping cases brought against Canada by the States in the 1980s concerned agricul­ tural products. An important goal was the development of a fair dispute mechanism to deal with trade clashes.

But in their report, the researchers show how , in four separate trade dis­ putes, the Americans have run rough­ shod over the process and decisions.

The most flagrant example of abuse, they say, concerns the five-year pork battle, which started when the U.S. pork industry lobbied Congress to im­ pose a duty on Canadian pork proces­ sors. The lobbyists charged that the processors were having their produc­ tion subsidized by way of Canadian hog producers.

The bid was unsuccessful, but the Americans simply passed new laws

and imposed the duty anyway. Canada success­ fully appealed the duty to a bilateral committee that, by thi s time, had been created through the free trade deal. But the United States appealed to the next level and con­ tinued the duty for another two years.

Finally, last month , the bilateral committee ruled that Canadian pork processors be refunded all the duties paid to date - up to $20 mil­ lion. But the lengthy appeal proces s " imposed direct costs and uncer­ tainty in Canadian processors," say the researchers. "The results are both insidious and destruc­ tive. These are clear barriers to free trade. " Another case involved meat in spec­ tion. The free trade agreement prohibits border inspections of meat traded between Canada and the United States. But because of pressure from U.S. customs brokers , border in spec­ tions were in stituted , have since risen to a frequency of one in every seven shipments and now cost the Canadian exporter $800 each.

In other cases, such as those involv­ ing Atlantic groundfish and Canadian so ftwood s, the United States again pa ssed legislation to legitimize countervailing actions that had been declared illegal under existing laws.

The Guelph re port concludes that Canada should pu sh for negotiations to develop a fair dispute mechanism. If it isn't forthcoming, and if the United States does not harmonize meat inspec­ tion by Jan. l, 1992, the report recom­ mends that Canada refuse to lower tariffs and other trade barriers as agreed on that date .

And if American tactics persist, says the re port, Canada should bypass the United States to negotiate free trade status with other nations and regions.

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he grass at my feet has billions oflittle routes through which a bug could go s ilently, unobserved - or Jacob , if he were just that much smaller.

D ream grass, on which the full cast and crew (all the world's players) appear as names, black, cursive in ­ sect- letters travell in g from left to right across the screen before the story of Jacob ' s disap­ pearance gets under way. All these words exerting force, layin g down tracks.

At four, on Hampstead Heath, he was about as high as my belly - in which Jacob Blue-Fis h (a.k.a. Blue-Fly, Blue­ Bird) once to my g reat joy hid out, drinking Guinness of mine in hi s turn. (At minus three months, he had kicked the stubby brown Guin­ ness bottle that was perched on me, and it spilled, of course, so brown s tream s hurried down the mountain to spo il my white nightie.

But I just laughed and was proud of him.)

On the heath, though, it was lovely. The sky was. is immense . It ha s those clouds like plump-cheeked wind gods on old maps, on a pale blue ground signify­ ing hea ven. I am Mary, the mother of God. And the clouds move .

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A sparkl ing, early autum n day. A painting, we say. We observe how all the pleasant, brown, plaid, navy-blue

There's a stream with brown water. Jacob in it.

peo ple are widely spaced around the heath, singly or in

No. I shake this away: I have seen it in absolute detail, but it is not so. The stream is clogged with leaves; it is

little groups - nearly all wi th dogs, moving around the people in little gusts of wind.

shallow, and there are slimy rocks to cross. The one that had Jacob's arm flung across it doe s not; the log on which

And the dogs are emissaries, each of a different size and breed. We remark on this. The Afghan calls to a collie,

his sneakered foot was oddly bent is bare.

and together - pursued by a terrier, a beagle and a German Shepherd - the dogs va nish into a ravine, where

Jacob"" -

You start calling him -

" Jacobi Where are you ,

and the dogs begin to bark . They move off in

they confe r.

a ll directions , some of them looking back to hurr y us a long. And soon the who le of the heath is mobilized. All

The remaining dogs yearn on leashes, and severa l of the nicest people stoop to let them go. More dogs now, leaping

the people are lookin g for Jacob, sta ndin g on little hills calling out to one another: "Not here l Has anyone tried

and barking thanks of joy, speed across the heath and

the hollow elm""

down through the purple brush to see what they have missed.

When I tell this story, it' s about the goodness of such

Jacob, too. Jacob darts away, runs as well as he can to

help. It's a story to hold out against the others, like the story of people in an apartment building who told the cops

join the others. We see his yellow hair shining just as he

they'd heard the woman's screams and seen her swe lli ngs,

sinks below the horizon. And we laugh. You say: "Jacob Blue-Dog ," and we laugh and go on drinking the good air,

her bruises behind dark glasses for a decade or more.

Stories like that.

pleased really that our ch ild is making his own way.

We co ntinue to swim, to drift on the heath. But just for

So what I'd like to do now is round up those dogs and the heath people, now that Jacob is 19. Tiley cou ld go to

a little while, and always within sight of the ravine, where in visible, friend ly dogs continue to speak their several

the mall , the video arcade; the dogs could sniff out all the sad dope places, following Jacob's scent.

languages - or perhaps one language, as you say. Five minutes pass, no more. Until one of us - who" - says so mething like: "Perhaps we should go look for him," or "Do you think we should go find Jacob now"" Still easy,

But I sit at home trying to twist stupid, G od damned black lines into a shape that will persuade him to get up out of that water and shake it off. I sit waiti ng forthe news

we move toward the patch of heather.

that came two hours later: that he's on the stoop back at our place in Hampstead , eating the nice policeman's ice

[ hold your hand for the pleasure of it until the ground starts to fa ll away . Then you are as

cream cone , wai tin g for us there in fu ll sunli ght with a grin on h is face. And I sit remembering

always -

as my father was -

a

funny, automa ti c gent le man.

that a ll the neighbo rs sa id it was her choice if she wanted to stay with that

Defender of the weak. You go first, turn and offer a stiff arm to anchor

so n of a bitch.

me as [ descend - and your face is tetTibly earnes t, as if all your force is

right" Is that really you in the putrid

required for this. The roots I might stumble on and the slippery place s

Jacob Blue-Dog, have I got this stream, and on such a lovely day" You know, your father and I always believed that those great dogs and the

are no match for you .

people on the heath did so me k ind of

Suddenl y it is a little cooL The dogs are there , most o f them anyway

sympathetic magic , eve n if you did make it home all on your own.

- but I can no longer think what they are ca lled. Afghan? Beagle? I cannot think of these names. The dogs are brow n and grey, mostly.

They are all looking at us, intently 足 heads cocked.

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Constance Rooke is chair of U ofG's Depa rtment of English Language and Literature.

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Forward Pass Former Gryphon endows scholarships

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e was just a little guy - only 215 pound s ­ but he wanted to play varsity football. So he enrolled at the University of Guelph and signed up for a pre-season football camp. And he met coach Dick Brown.

All three of those events made a lasting impres­ sion on Patrick LeU. He values hi s Guelph degrees , his involvement in varsity sport and the tutelage of Brown.

Twenty years later, Lett say s it 's time to give something back to the University and his coach.

He has endowed a scholarship fund in Brown ' s name tha t will provide two student athletes with full scholarships of $ 16,000 over four years.

Ph oto by Herb Rau sc her Patrick Lell, left with Gryphon coa ch Dick Brown.

A firm believer in both educa tion and athletic training, Lett hopes these award s will attract stu­ assistant coach for the Gryphons. de nts who can achieve in both di sc iplines. He sees double "I don't think Dick has any idea of the effect he has had value in a scholarship that will be nefit individuals who will, on people ," says Lett. "He had a lot of personal pride, and in tum, add diversity and enthusiasm to the University. hi s players gained that through osmosis by being associated Whe n Lett came to Guelph, he studied phy sic s, mathe­ with him. He was both a coac h and a friend ." matics and biology, earning undergraduate and master' s During his student day s, Lett worked part time for the degrees from the Coll ege of Biolog ica l Science. He played Mini stry of Natural Resources lakes program. When he several intramural sports, but football was his real love. finished hi s master' s degree in J974, he took a position "If we weren't playing football, we were training for foot­ with the federal government's St. Andrews Biologica l Sta­ ball or power lifting to get in shape for football." tion in New Brun sw ick . Two years later, he went to the Lett says he was one of the little guy s on the team in hi s Bedford In stitute of Oceanography in Halifax to conduct first year, but he grew an inch and a half and added 30 stock assessments. While at Bedford , he earned a PhD in pound s of muscle by year two . biology and mathematic s from Dalhousie University, then That was the result of hard work in the weight room , says did private con sulting for the fi shin g industry . Eventually, Brown. He remembers Lett as a good athlete with great he got involved in the fi sh trad ing and brokerage bu siness. phy sical ability who played both offensive and defen sive In 1983, Lett and hi s wife, Jane (Depew), Arts '71, line. He was a CIAU All-Star and was the second round moved back to Toronto , where he joined a brokerage firm draft choice of the Edmonton Eskimos in 1970. and dove into capital markets. He left the company within a And like all good players, "Lett learned to accept di s­ year to co-found Trafalgar Capital Management, which last ci pline and set priorities. It makes me proud to see how suc­ year managed $1.7 billion in Canadian pen sion fund assets. cessful our players have been in the ir careers and in their Lett also own s part of a brokerage firm and a holding personal lives, " says Brown. company, giving him a chance to get involved in real estate Coach Brown was a driving force behind Gryphon ath­ development and gain experie nce in a number of different letics for 20 years as head football coach and assistant bas­ business enterprises. ketball coach. He produced 12 all-Canadian and multiple " When I first came to Guelph , I had absolutely no idea award winners and served as mentor to hundreds of young what I wanted to do in life," he says. "My career ju st sort of athletes like Lett. happened, and that' s probably the most interesting way for "We tried to help the boy s whenever we could," says it to happen."

Brown. It was a team effort, with man y fac ulty and support staff who offered tutoring or fr iendship when needed . "We He hopes his own children will have a simil ar ex­ perience . Daughter Victoria, 16, and so ns Andrew, 13 , and asked our players to give 100 per cent, but we never forgot that they were here for more than football," he says .

Tristram, 7 , are all budding athletes, so perhaps they , too, will one da y add to the diversity and enthusiasm of In 1988, Brown was named to the Gryphon Club Hall of Guelph 's student body . .. and eventually its alumni family.

Fame when he retired as head coach. He stil l serves as an

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Alumni Affairs welcomes new faces, new programs Trish Walker, CS S '77 and M.Sc. ' 90, has been named U of G ' s new director of alumni affairs, replacing Rosemary Clark, Mac '59, who leaves the department after 20 Trish Walker years to take up a new position as director of advancement programs. In addition, Sarah (Wyatt) Nadalin, Arts '82, is leaving her posi­ tion in the development office to be­ come an alumni officer.

M any alumni may remember Walker

from their student days. She joined the staff of U of Gin 1977 as a liaison of­ fice r, then worked as an admissions counsellor, senior counsellor and assis­ tant regi strar for admissions. She be­ came assistant university secretary in 1987. Last fall , Walker returned to the admissions area as associate registrar until her move July IS to the position of director of alumni affairs.

In addition to an undergraduate degree in geography, Walker holds an M.Sc. in con sumer behavior.

Rosemary Clark is probably the University staff member who is most familiar to alumni.

After earning a degree from Macdonald In­

sti tute in 1959, she be­

came a home economist Rosemary Clark for Waterloo County, then returned to campus in 1963 to work for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food as supervisor of county and district home economists. In 1971, she joined the University as an alumni of­ ficer.

A member of the Mac-FACS Alumni Association and an honorary member of the OAC Alumni A ssoc iatio n, Clark also maintains her involvement in the National 4-H 500 Club.

In her new position , she will be developing University and alumni programs. Ncxt spring, she will spear­ head a cross-Canada concert tour featur­ ing the American String Qu arte t and Stradiveri in stru ments from the collec­ tion of U of G benefactor Herbert Axel­ rod, who received an honorary degree from the Uni versity in 1978.

The rare instrume nts are on permanent loan at the Smith sonian Institution, but from April 20 to May 1, 1992, they wi II make music in 10 Canadian cities, with proceeds from the concerts going to the Universi ty. In 1989, Axelrod donated a multi-million-dollar fish fossil collection

President's message

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Your alumni association is undergoing chan­ ges that will affect the organization fo r man y years to come and will make it more respon s ible and effective in the University community.

At the annual general meeting, alumni vo ted to restruc ture the University of G uelph Alumni Association so that its relationship with several other campus alumni assoc iations,

students, administration, faculty and fellow alumni was clear­

ly defined . The UG AA has been given a fre sh mission state­

ment that e nhances the purpose of the organization.

The board and executive committee consist of volunteers who put in long days at thei r jobs and then rush to Alumni

Ho use to further the goals of the UGAA. These people want to see the University prosper and achieve new heig hts in the nation' s ac ademic cOlTUnunity. And they want to be part of the Uni ve rsity'S success by improving the way alumni can

contribute to it. For them, atten ding the University of

Gue lph is a life-l o ng adventure.

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to U of G. Last May, the Stradiveri in­ struments were used in concerts held on campus for Wellington County mu sic students.

Clark says plans are to hold an alumni

event in each city in conjunction with

the concerts. Complete details of the concert tour will be outlined in the January 1992 Guelph Alumnus.

Other projects on the go, she say s, are an update of the alumni directory for fall 1992, a new selection of University giftware and an improved educational travel program for alumni .

Alumni-in-Action U of G's Alumni-in-Action group will play a central role in a new program to benefit The Arboretum's Gosling Wildlife Garde ns. Alumni volunteers will get invol ved in planting and main­

tenance of the gardens, and will serve as tour guides for visitors.

Over the pas t year, Alumni-in-Action also helped with Alumni Weekend, Homeco ming and the Florida picnic, planned an outing to see Phantom of the Opera and co ntinued to build its library of oral history. The group has recorded interviews with more than SO alumni from the 1920s, ' 30s and' 40s. Copies of the tapes can be borrowed by co ntacting Alumni Affairs director Tri sh W alker at Alumni Hou se.

l G AA board me mbers are implementing changes to meet the expressed needs of alumni, admini stration, students and faculty. One rece nt initiati ve is the board's suppo rt of the 5000 Days distance education course. The UGA A's ap­ proach to f undrai sing is also unde rgo ing change. Last year ' s board was able to gene rate almost $20,000 toward the Uni versity' s library development through the sale of thc Univ ersi ty pho to album and the UGAA MasterCard pro­ gram. Lon g-term initiatives taken by previous boards for rais ing capital are now starting to payoff in big ways.

Thi s year, the UG AA is a patron of a regional symposium

on Canada. Break Up or Restructure - The Consequen­

ces for Canada's Fu ture will be held at G uelph Oct. 24 to

26 . UGAA is willing to be an acti ve participant in broad is­ sues affecting the Uni ve rsity community.

There are m any more programs which the UGAA will an­

nounce in f uture month s. Stay tuned. This could be the year

when the UGAA become s an important inte res t in your life.

A. Grant Lee,

Pres ident

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1,500 came home for the weekend

Almost 1,500 alumni visited hectares of stressed land and has brought public attention to their alma mater during Alum­ ni W eekend in June. They en­ the area with his experiments joyed a bit of nostalgia, in growing vegetables under­ joi ned in the celebrations g round in abandoned mines. honoring three alumni Named Reclamationi st of achievers and took a look at the Year in 1987 by the what's happening on campus American Society for Surface today .

Mining and Reclamation, There were more th an 30 Peters holds an honorary de­ displays and exhibits in Cam­ gree from Laurentian Univer­ sity and a life membership in pu s Showcase '91, a first-time event that turned the Univer­ Science North. He was once sity Centre courtyard into a loaned to the United Nations to develop programs for tail­ mini College Royal. O ver at OVC, meanwhile, a display ings stabilization in the Philip­ of antique medical tool s pines and in Thailand.

Since his retirement from proved to be popular. Other weekend events included a Inco, he has been in demand Audrey McLaughlil1, Mac '550, left, chats with Joyce and John as a consu ltant in North lecture by federal NDP leader Dowling, OAC '41.

Audrey McLaughlin, M ac America and overseas. He is '550, hosted by the fledgling also a frequent speaker in E ngineering Alumni Association , and public schools and a lecturer at OAC, Laurentian and Cambrian College. the annual slo-pitch tournament (the teams didn't get quite as wet as last The Alumni Medal of Achi evement year). Large crowds turned out for the was presented to Norman KlInc the CBS Arboretum nature walk and for the week before Alumni Weekend at the an­ traditional anniversary dinners, which nual Conference on Human Sexuality . gave everyone a chance to meet with Kunc is one of North America 's primary former classmates and friends. educational con sultants for the physical­ Tom Peters, OAC '48, was named ly and mentally handicapped.

1991 Alumnus of Honour. The Alumni He has drawn from his own ex­ Me dal of Achievement went to Norman perience as a victim of cerebral palsy to Kunc, FACS M .Sc. '87. Kenneth Mc­ help others learn to se t and achieve Dermid, OVC ' 5 1, was named OVC goals. H is first book , Ready, Willing and Di stinguished Alumnus.

Disabled, will soon be fo llowed by a Employed at Inco L imited for 37 second book dealing with the expecta­ years, Peters is known to many fellow FACS Dean Richard Barham, ieft, congratu­ tions and limits of rehabilitation alumni as a pioneer in the field of land lat es Norman KUflc. programs. reclamation. Much of worldwide mining Kunc is an adviser on special educa­ reclamation practice is rooted in his tion to the Ontario and British Columbi a ground-breaking research and technical ministers of education and maintains a developments. family therapy practice. In 1988, he Peters has played an active role in the delivered the FACS Harshmann Lecture.

G reening of Sud­ OVC awarded its distingui shed alum­ bury program, nu s award to Ken McDermid during the which has been an college' s annual Alumni Weekend important factor luncheon, which was held in the large in the revival of animal area of the hospital. the Sudbury M cDermid was honored for his role in economy and the the life of OVC and the O ntario Minis­ creation of a new try of Agriculture and Food, where he environmental was director of the veterinary services ethic in the com­ branch and later director of the quality munity. He has su­ and standard s division. pervised the Ken Mc Dermid, left, talks with OVC Dean

revegetation of He played a major role in the estab­ Tom Peters Ole Nielsen.

more than 4,000 li shment of the Federated Colleges in 24

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Clockwise from left: The fragrallce

of milkweed was a hot topic at the CBS natllre walk: Robert alld Margo Glelll1 visited Call1plI_'' Shol1'­ case displays with their parents Lucy (Foy), FACS '69. and Francis Glen/!. OAC "70, M.Sc. '72 and PhD '74. of Blenheim. O",.;Barry McCarthy's, Arts '75, painting oj an Ontario Ja/1n was commissiolled

by OAC '5 / as a gift to tile Unil'er­ sitv, Primoi' dOllated In Ihe OAC AI;/lnlli Fund will be markeTed by Ille (lssoci(//iOI1 (For dewils, call Aillmni House); alld JOlin (Tripp) Nixon, Mac '36D. chats wrlh a class l1Iat e, Photos by Mary Dickieson

the early] 960s and ultimately the University of Guelph. He served on the University Senate and is a life member of the OVC Alumni A ssoc iation. His statesmanship helped ensure a strong and productive relationship between OMAF and the University.

Through his work at OMAF, he was instrumental in developing legislation and poli cy on a wide variety of veteri­ nary public health matters.

Gordon Nixon honored During Alumni Weekend festivitie s, the Alumni House boardroom was named in honor of Gordon Nixon, OAC '37, retir­ ing chair of the annual Alma Mater Fund campaign. It was also announced that an AMF scholarship fund has been established in hi s name, and Nixon was made an honorary life member of the CSS Alumni Association.

Nixon has been involved in the AMF campaign since 1978, the year he received the Alumnu s of Honour medal Guelph Alumnus

in recognition of his contributions to the University. He has served on the OAC Year '37 executive, is a life member and past president of the OAC Alumni Association, director and chair of the OAC Alumni Foundation and a former alumni member of the University Senate. He was also Lincoln County alumni divi sion co-chair for the develop­ ment fund in ] 966/68.

Nixon chaired the joint alumni com­ mittee that established the Univers ity of Guelph Alumni Association and served as its first president. He was chair of the Century Club and the OAC centennial project divi sion , and was awarded an OAC Centennial Medal in 1974.

He is a retired manager of the reta il sales division of Textron Canada Limited (formerly Lightning Fastner Company) in St. Catharines.

In addition to his volunteer work for the University, Nixon has been an active supporter of 4-H Clubs and other com­ munity groups. He received the Queen's Jubilee Medal for distinguished com-

munity service in 1977 .

Married to the former Joan Tripp, Mac '36, he has two daughters, Nancy Krause, Arts '70, and Catherine McCallum , Arts '73.

Thank you to the following fo r A/umn; Weekend sponsorship: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Alumni House staff University Bookstore Carden Place Hotel Forum Sport Holiday Inn Kentucky Fried Chicken McGinnis Landing O'Toole's Roadhouse Restaurant Red Lobster Riordan Ski and Sport Soil and Water Conservation Information Bureau The Hockey Shop Wendy's Restaurant TCG Materials Ltd .

Hilltop China and Gifts Ltd. The Arboretum Centre

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All-alumni trip planned Rosemary Clark, direc tor of advance­ ment programs, is organizing an all­ Guelph alumni trip to Sc andinavia for 1992. She visited Hel sink i and Stock­ holm last sp ring to finalize details with Canadian Travel Abroad and Finnair, which will co-ordinate the May 20 to June 5 trip.

Cl ark reports that Scandinavian cities are clean, uncrowded and filled with parks and well-tended gardens. "They are thoroughly modern for th e co mfort of gu ests," she says, "yet they make one aware of the area' s ri ch history at every corner. Hel sinki is a mixture of Empire, Byzantine and art nouveau architecture , wh ile Stockholm boasts a fantastic ar­ chipelago of more than 24,000 islands."

Travel brochures are now avai lable by writing to Alumni House, Un ivers ity of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W 1, or calling 519-824-4120, Ext. 6534.

UGAA supports "5,000 Days" In response to alumni requests for relevant co ntinuing education oppor­ tunities, the UGAA has announced its support of 'The 5,000 Days" di stance educ at ion course offered

by Continuing Education. One of the mos t popular degree credit co urses offered by co rrespon­ dence, "The 5,000 Days" looks at what will happen to our planet over the next two decades as we move into the 21st century.

The course is offered to alumni at a reduced cost of $ 105 (regular pri ce $125), of which $5 goes to the UGAA . Participants also receive com plimentary first-year membership in the Uni versity's In­ stitute for Environmental Policy

and Stewardship , copies of the institute'S Injormaliol1 Digesl and an in­ vitation to th e annua l mee ting of "5,000 Day s" graduates. To register for the fall 1991 course, call Continuing Educati on at 5 19-767-5000, fax 519-767 -0758.

tion in 1971. The operati on later moved into growing cash crops such as seed com , soybeans , wheat and tomato see­ dlin gs .

Chapter news OAC says "thank you" Blenheim-area farmer Hank Vander Pol, OAC '65 , say s it's important for agriculture students to interact with peopl e in the indu stry. It' s that kind of thinking that makes him a frequ ent visitor to campu s and earned him the OAC Outstandin g Service A ward fo r 1991.

President of Rol-Land Farms, Vand er Pol has lectured at Guelph , served on committees, hosted tours for agriculture students at hi s farming operation and served as a member and chair of the Agric ultural Re search Institute of On­ tario. He is currentl y a member of the ad­ vi sory board for the Uni vers ity' s Centre for Plant Biotec hnology .

After graduatin g from OAC, Vander Pol went on to earn an MBA from th e University of Toronto before startin g a dairy fa rm and processing tomato opera-

Towards Environmental Harmony

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.• Sept. 16, 1991

War Memorial Hall

A day-long s ympo s ium with: Davi d Ma c Donald, MP (Toronto-Rosedale) , chair , Standing Committee on the Environment for Canada; Janet Halliwell , chair, Science Council of Canada; Joan Huzer, president, Ontario Branch Consumers Association of Canada; Kent Jeffreys, director, Environmental Studies, Competitive Interprize Institute , Washington, D.C. ; Ralph Jesperson, president, Canadian Federation of Agriculture; Denis Wilcock, CEO., Dow Chemical Canada Inc.

Jody Stanley, FA S ' 88, reports that the al umni ch apter in London, On t. , held a famil y pi cn ic lul y 21 in Springbank Park. Des pite the hot, humid weather, 22 alumni spent an en­ joyable afternoon catching up with friends and acqu ai ntin g themselves with some new faces, she says. "We look for­ ward to seeing these faces an d more at our next event Nov. 1, when the London alumni chapter will head fo r the Western Fair Raceway ." For more infor­ mation , call lod y at 519-668 -6809.

AMF funds available Thank s to the generous support of alum­ ni in 1990, the Alma Mater Fund has un­ designated fund s available to support special projec ts on campus. Thi s is the first time in several years that the AMF advisory co unci l has been able to accept grant applications fo r spec ial projects.

AMF project priorities include scholarships, faculty- and st udent­ related act ivit ies, speci al lec tures and performances on campu s, uni­ que or new initiati ves, co ntinuin g ed ucation material s fo r alumni and programs that enhance the ph ysical facilities and environment of the campu s.

Recognition will be given to alumni or the AMF for sponsoring the successful projects.

Retiring AMF chair Gord Nixon, OAC ' 37, reported on the fund 's

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progress at the UGAA's annual meeting during Alumni Weekend. He noted that an endowment fund has been estab­ lished to support graduate scholarships and that a new parents' program has netted $85,000 for library support. He also announced a forthcoming $380,000 AMF project to refurbi sh War Memorial Hall. The fund's tota l goal for 1991 is $1.6 million.

Taking over as AMF campaign chair is Tom Sawyer, 59A an d '64.

OAC alumni give honors Each spring, the OAC Alumni Associa­ tion recognizes three Guelph faculty members for their contributions to the college in the areas of teaching, research and extension. The 1991 recipients are horticultural science professor Glen Lumi s, animal scientist Brian Kennedy and George Brinkman, ac ting chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Bu siness.

Lumi s, a specialist in nursery and or­ namental plants , has been teaching at G uelph for 20 years.

He teaches courses in the identification, production and cul­ ture of woody landscape plants.

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animal genetics, with emphasis on swine breeding. Last year , he won awards from both the American Society of Animal Science and the American Dairy Science Association for his work in animal breeding and

genetics.

Brinkman conducts research in the areas of farm income, growth and structure, rural farm tre nds and the value of agricul­ tural research.

Since 1988 , he has been extension co-or­ dinator for his depart­ ment and is a popular guest speaker at farm organization meetGeorge Brinkman ings. During the past year, Brinkman has served as a member of the federal Task Force on Farm Finance and Management.

In addition, the OAC Alumni Founda­ ti on chose Prof. Jack Alex as recip ient of the 1991 T.R. Hilli ard Distinguished Agricultural Extension Award, which recogn izes outstanding vol untary con­ tributions to aglicultural extension in Ontario.

An environmental biologist, profes­ sor Ale x is known throughout Ontario as U of G ' s weed man.

He has been maintain ing an oIl-cam­ pus weed garden for 20 years and, in that time, has been called on many times to identify new species of plant material. His research has included studies of weed biology and biological control of weeds sllch as St. John' s­ Wort.

Alex is the author of numero us ar­ ticles , c hapter and books on the iden­ tification and control of noxious weeds.

Scholarships awarded During its annual dinner meeting la st March, the CSS Alumni Association presented seven sch olarships to students in the college. The Wilda M. Blacklock graduate scholarship was awarded to Millicent Wormald of Beamsvill e, Ont., a graduate student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropolog y. The Con­ stas Gold Medal went to M ary Brehaut of Toronto.

Five in-course scholarships of $540 each - funded by the Alma Mater Fund - were presented to Ontario stu­ dents Tim Mau of Nepean, Poli tical Studies; Cindy Termoschiu zen of Smith­ ville, Geography; Vincent Kloosterman of Thornton, Economics; Andrea Rogers of Sault Ste. Marie , Psychology; and Lloyd Milli ga n of Guelph, Sociol­ ogy and Anthropology.

Memorial fund established The Alma Mater Fund has established an Alumni Memorial Fund that will cre­ ate an endowme nt for scholarships.

Donations to the University in memory of deceased alumni will be directed to the new fund unless a specific named fund ha s been estab­ lished .

Contributions should be directed to AMF Memorial Fund at Alumni House.

The fam ily of the deceased wiU be noti fied of the gift and a receipt issued to the donor.

Association events The Hotel and Food Administration Alumni Association ho sted more than 100 alumni at a reception last spring at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in Toronto.

This annual event is traditionally held during HOSTEX . Check the next issue of the Guelph Alumnus, or contact Alumni House, for details of the spring 1992 reception.

Upcoming events include the annual general meeting of the School of En­ gineering Alumni Association which will be held at 10 a.m. Sept. 28 at Alum­ ni House.

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by Mary Dickieson

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ike many other young people who have chosen the University of Guelph, Karen Kuwahara, FACS '76, knew she wanted a career in business.

Her father worked in the industrial marketing sector of Toronto's business community, and she believed that Guelph's undergraduate program in con­ sumer studies was a good place to begin working on her own career. After earn­ ing her Guelph degree, she went on to York University for an MBA. Students like Kuwahara will soon be able to complete an MBA at Guelph .

The School of Hotel and Food Ad­ ministration and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business will seek approval for a graduate pro­ gram in bu s iness and hope to accept the first students in the fall of 1993.

These future MBA graduates could benefit from Kuwahara's advice to be persistent in working out their career plans.

"Companies are becoming more con­ servative in terms of new hires," she says, "so it's important to decide what kind of job you want and look for oppor­ tunities to get your foot in the door."

Kuwahara 's first job was with Carna­ tion , now a part of Nestle Enterprises.

After six months on the road as a sales representative, she moved into market­ ing and worked on several of the company's products, including evaporated milk, instant breakfast and hot chocolate.

Carnation is a highly structured com­ pany, she says, and it proved to be a good training ground for development of her sales and marketing skills.

Her second job was with Faberge, where she was product manager for a line of health and beauty products. She says Faberge had a different philosophy and a more "hands-on" approach to staff training, which taught her how to rely on her instincts as a manager.

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team approach to management and peri­ odically moves employees across as­ signments. "It adds vitality to the market­ ing area and helps employees keep a fresh business perspec­ tive," she says.

Kuwahara started as a product manager for cat food, but has since worked on almost all of Ralston Purina' s product lines. For the past four years, she ha s Karen Kuwahara Photo by Mary Dickieson been director of marketing and hopes to continue her career in general management formal. within her present division or in some "We tried to come up with a fun and other area of the company's operation. catchy title, but some people took excep­ "Ours is a real team effort," she says. tion to the name of Cow College "There is a genuinely co-operative spirit Cookery." The controversy landed the among managers, which sets Ralston authors in hot water, but it didn't hurt Purina apart from other companies sales, she says. where there is a higher level of internal In her spare time, Kuwahara is using competition." her experience in marketing to help Kuwahara 's division has respon­ launch the Big Sisters of Toronto or­ sibility for all cat food brands and the ganization. In 1988 , she volunteered for profess ional marketing group that in­ a task force to study the need for a cludes veterinarians and breeders.

Toronto-based Big Sisters. That turned into a position on the s teering corwnit­ " W e spe nd a lot of time and effort get­ ting to know our customers," she says. tee, which sought funding to establish " Most people consider pet foods to be the organization, and led to a seat on the Big Sisters board of directors. necessities, but the purchaser is not the end user of the product, so the purchase In little more than a year of operation, is usually a combination of rational and the organ ization has more than 16 big emotion al thinking." sisterllittle sister matches and a waiting list of hundreds of women interested in It 's a very competitive business, becoming big s isters. where brand name and traditional values are important to a successful marketing "Our problem is being able to fund strategy, she says. enough staff to handle the applications fast enough ," says Kuwahara.

In addition to what she learned from the consumer studies courses she took at The solution requires a good market­ Guelph, Kuwahara says her extracur­ ing strategy to boost fund raising and ricular activities also taught her some­ persistence to carry out the organization­ thing about consumer behavior. While al plan. And with people like Karen pres ident of he r third-year class, she got Kuwahara in the ranks, the Toronto Big involved in a cookbook project that was Si s ters chapter is well on its way to designed to raise money for the grad success.

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. Sept. 15 ~Everyone is inviteqt o help· . professional development course, . The Arb ore tum launch its new "Marketing Man agement for the Children'S Restoration. Forest. The Food Industry," designed especially openin gceremony begins at 2 p.m., . for m anagers in small and medium­ followed by environmental entartain, . sized food companies, For informa- . men! and alree planting. . . tion, call Continuing Education at

519-767-5000. .

Sept. 16 &' 17 - An environmental symposium, "Towa rds Environmen­ Oct. 4 - Former Ontario Lieutenant­ tat Harmony," will be held in U of Gj's Governor Lincoln Alexander will be new environmental oiology/ho rticlJl: ". installed as chancellor of the Univer" tUJal science complex. Registration ' sity of Guelph at a 10 a.m . ceremony fo r the Mond ay event is $10 ; . in War Memorial Halt. everyo ne is welcome. The official Oct. 6 ~Wa lk, bike , jog or ro llerskate . opening of the complex ·is Tuesday at The Arboretum's 9:30 a.m. Tree­ at 10:30 a.m. It will be named the Athalon . For information or sponsor Bovey building in honor of the late sheets, call 519-824-4 120, E xt.

Edmund C. Bovey, former chair of '. '2113 .

Board of Governors ; Tours will fo l­

Oct. 24 to 26 - You are .invited io low. · participate in U of G's regional sym­ Sept. 21 ~ OVC's secondannual Pet posiL!mon Canada "Break up or . .. ' Trust Super Match dog show will Restructure ~ The Consequences' include an all-breed conformation for Canada's Future." Thecost is$20 and obedience tun matcr, as well as . for high school, college arid univer­ demons!rations of agility, flyball and • sity students, $30 for educators and obedi ence, a musica l drill and $45 for the general public . Call Con­ presentations by the Ontario Provin­ tinuing Education at 519-767-5000, cial Police canine unit. The all-day fax 519-767,0758. . .event is free to spectators. Food Oct. 31 - OVC :s 1991 SChofield '. booths will be provided, '. • . ." .

Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr_ .Sept. 21 to Oct. 27 - The Macdonald Peter Doherty, chair of the depart­ Stewart Art Centre will present New . ment of immunology at St. Jude Works, an exhibition by Elora artist ·Children ' S Hospital '·in ' Memphis, . Stu Oxley. Sept. 22 - The Guelph­ Tenn ., at 3 p.m. in War Memorial Kjtchene r~Water1oo Bonsai. .Show. . ,Hall. Admission is free. ' .' .' will run from 11a .m .t o 5 p.m. at The ~ 2 & 3 '-The Class of OAC '81 A .Nov Arbo retum Centre. In addition to wil l hold its 10th reun ion at the . . bonsai exhibits, the show will feature Horsesh oe Valley Resort. Check bonsai workshops, Japanese flower your mail for further details. · arranging and entert ainment. Ad­

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mission is $3. · and Gardens, photo instatlatlon by

Sept 22 - The annual dedication fine art instructor Suzy Lake, will be . se rvi ce at Th e A rboretum's on display at the Macdonald Stewart" Memorial Forest, supported by the . . ·· Art Centre. Th e exh ibit features Wa ll -C us ta nce Funera l Home,. pho tos f ro m Lake ' s t r i p s to . begins at 2 p.m. . .

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Sept. 27 to 28 - HOMECOMING! No v.

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Foundation's annual schol'a rship Fame dinner will be held f riday eve­ dinner wil l be held at the Arboret um ning at 6:30 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall.

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Alan Fairweat her, CBS '75, invites to visit its exhibit at the Royal Winter

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alumni to Join in the annual swim . meet Satu rday from 10 a,m. to noon. ..

Dec.. 7 - The annual mistletoe .pub.

A fa mily brunch will follow. At 2 p.m: ·sponsored by the class of OAC '81A, Saturday, the Guelph Gryphons will · will be held at 9 p.m. in Creelman meet the University of 1:oronto Blues Hall. in Alumni Stadium. . . .

Dec . 7 to' 9 - The annual U of G .

Sept. 28 -The annual general meet­ .alumni hockey tournament will be ing 0.1 \h e Human Kinetics Alumn i · held at Ihe twin-pad arena. Sixteen.

Association begins at· 9:30 a.m . in teams participated last year, and or­ th e School of Human Biol og y ganizer Peter Walsh , OAG '81 , is .

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as it stru gg les to cl imb the ladd er of suc­ cess," he says.

Arts Lina Borsoi, ' 80, teaches Fre nch and Italian at Card inal Leger Secondary School in Brampton , Ont. She has goo d memorie s o f her studen t da ys at U of G, w hi c h s he describes as " seco nd to none. "

C ra ig Walsh , ' 80, operates a woodworkin g business in Barrie, Ont. Specia li zing in cus­ to m cabinetmaking, he applies hi s fin e art skill s to cabinet inlay, c ross banding, dovetail­ ing an d cu rve d lamination .

• , Fabrice Fayd'herbe de Maudave, ' 85, a fi nan c ia l co ns ultant with E rnst and You ng, recently mo ved from th e I vary Co ast to the compa ny's head of­ fic e in Pari s, France.

After completin g his Guelph degree in inFahrice Fo yd 'he rb e tern ation al de vel opde Maudave me nt , he took a yea r off to row a kaya k from Nice, France, to Israel, studied in Pari s at th e In stitut e fo r Internati o na l Re lation s and worked at the W o rl d Bank in Ab idja n before j oi nin g E rnst and Young. He is now stud ying part time for a c hartered accountant diploma.

Todd Lachance, ' 89, of Guelph wrote to co mme nd rhe alumni assoc iati ons and UniverSity staff for their attempts to keep in tou ch w ith graduates. "I for o ne am proud of the c han ges and im prove ments thar c ontinue to s hape rhe Universi ty , and will promore rhe fun c ti ons and abiliti e.<; of thi s fine in srituti on

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CBS Dcrin Aylin, '88 , is wor kin g as a techn ica l man age r in prod uct development for Pro cter & Gamble. No w stati on ed in Gtil er- Istanbul, Turkey, she welcomes U of G visi tors.

J odi (Stanley), '88 (HK ), and Doug Beswick, ' 88, we re marri ed last May in Lon­ don , On t., w here they now live. The co uple are active in th e loc al chapte r o f the Uni ve rsi ty's a lui1lni ass oci atio n.

Jon Bisset, ' 86, of Georgetow n, Ont., is a fisherie s habitat rehabilitarion biologist with rile Ministry of Natural Re so urces.

Greg Gillam, '89, is work in g as a kin csiol ogist and exe rc ise th e rapist with the Downtown C linic in London , Ont. , special iz­ ing in ph ys iorherapy and heJlth counse lli ng.

Hi s home is ill Th ames ford .

Brian, '82 , and J anet (Fra ncis) Lewis, FACS '82 , relocated from Toronto to li e Bi 7.ard , Qu e., in 1989 . Brian work s in produ c t management at Nordic La boratories .

an d is studyi ng part time for a bache lor' s de­ gree in ad ministratio n studies. Jan et e arned a si milar degree fro m York Uni ve rsity in 1990 a nd is now s18ying at home w ith th ei r 19­ month-old daughter, jennifer.

Adam, '90, and Fiona (Burrows) Morela nd, '87, are park warde ns at North­ ern O ntari o ' s Puk as kwa National Park. They moved fro m Gu elph in 1987, and Adam finished his degree by co rre spondence w hil e workin g at the park . Fio na worked for the Mini stry o f Fish and Wildlife at Terrace Bay, then as environmental tech nol ogist for Hem lo Gold Mines. A s park wa rde ns, they s hare re sponsibilities in reso urce manage­ men t, law e nforceme nt and public safet y.

Adam is respon sible for wolf and caribou management, and Fiona maintai ns the aquati c re so urces in ve ntory.

Brian Ren nie, '79, M.S c. ' 82 and OAC PhD '86, and Mal"ian Thorpe, O AC '82 a nd M.S c. '86, h ave both earned e duc ation degrees fro m the Univers ity of Toro nto.

They li ve in Gu e lph, and Brian reache s chemi stry and e nvironme nt al sc ien ce ar Oak­ vill e-Trafa lgar Hi g h School. Mari an just c ompleted her degree, qu a lifyin g ro te ac h high school sci ence and env iron men ta l sc ien ce. Both are inte rested in birdin g, walk ­ in g and travelling. In rece nt years, these inter­ ests have taken th em from rhe Grea t Wall of C hina to Hadri an' s Wall and fro m the Rio Grand e to Bi g Sur. M aria n say s future plan s inc lu de visi ts to the Arctic, Costa Rica ,

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by Maria Kon rcl(/ Eve:); sl,>rilig. eager cottagers head tn th e ir sli mmer homes. anticipating " the sandy beac hes llndre fres hing- Iakes lh at cortagc co lil1try prpmi ses.· Fci j· i110~t , open ing ·the cott age is 11 we lcoJ)1ere li e f fron1 lJie wi nte ,'

bIQ h ~ . Foi' others, th e sce ne lhilta wa its Cilll be a disl1Jal o ne . Wintel:

sttirnl S have eroded the $u nd y beaches mid 'exrended the reacbofthe

i.vater. and bluffs are i1l0Vil1g prec ipi toL, slyc1Qse !il thc.n1ll age,

rn Dece mbe r 1985, [ 111 O nt ario ..;,ronn tIHll raged across ri sp it. of la nd at

Long Point on LakeEri e le fl a tra il of deSlructi o nini l$ wa ke;.!evelling

doze ns o r l\jttage~ and 'da maging hundredS o f others_ ' . . .

W he i1 111C stc)rm suhsided, the Ontario g ove i'nme nt .bega n tosee ·rhe

,leed for a new area of ex perti se in coasta l m,i'nage me nl a rid startecllook"

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waterin!erf~lce ~ for advi ce 'and know-ho w. . . . '

":Thiswhok arell usee! to be (he domain 'o f eng ineers\ vho worked i,l · !hccoastalfidd," say s prof Ro bin D a ~' id s on -Ar rio tt, Geography. "But guve rnme nt ha~ come 10 realize tha I the y a lso need people \vitll a n ejl ; 'vironni entaI backgro und to comp leme nt the work o(e nginee rs." '.

The turnaround in go vei'l1lue nt .thinking was go()ci nc:ws f or .Gue lph · M.S c. graduut es i n phys ic al geog rap hy wb o ~ peci a l i ze in cmis wl geOl1loi-­

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phology.The specialty. is rCl ati ve ly new ifi Ca nada, aridDavidson~Am(jtt s ays earlygrl,du,ttes in thdi e ld often had diffi c uh yfindingjohs. '. T()(\ay,cottagc country is just o ne an~a\V here i.he skills Of cmistal . gcol1lorpholog is ts are being used. They arc a lso inden1~iIld bygovel'n c

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GRAD NEWS France and Spain, "looking for good paths to walk and good birds to watch."

Helen Russell, '87, is a member of Canada's national women's rugby team, which placed fifth at the World Cup rugby finals in Wal es in April. A member of the Ontario team for four yea rs, she is probably the only woman to ever play a game of uni ve rsi ty men's rugby. When she came to Guelph in 1983, Helen was already an experienced rugby player, says U of G coach Jim Atkinson, CBS '78, but the Uni versity didn ' t - and still doesn't - hav e a women's ru gby team .

So Helen practised with the men's team , j oined in scrimmages on campus and even­ tually played in a game against Wilfrid Laurier University. She was one of the first female st udents, but certainly not the last, to compete on the rugby field, say s Atkinson.

Last year, three women practised with hi s team, and he predicts that growing interest

here and on other campuses will result in women's intercollegiate rugby within th e next five years.

Gillespie,CSS '82, have moved to France with their three daughters. lain is a re­ searcher in the carcinogenesis unit of the In­ stitute of Molecular Biology in Strasbourg.

Su-Long Nyeo, '82, is a postd oc toral fell ow

at the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica NanKang, in Taipei , Taiwan.

John Seldon, '70, of Waterloo, Ont. , has been doing contract work in waste manage­ ment, but hopes to enrol full time at the University of Waterloo this fall to complete a master's degree in urban and reg ional studies. He is married to Dianne (Hussey), CSS '7 1 and MA '8 8, wh o teaches in W ate r­ loo County.

CSS Kitty (Billingham), M.Sc. '90, and Stan de Voogd, OAC '89, USRPD, are in Bolivia on a four-year assig nment with the Mennon ite Central Committee, working as education

technical advisers. The couple and their

children, Andrew, Nic olas and Tatiana,

moved from Guelph, where Kitt y was a

teaching ass istant. Stan worked as a project manager in Arthur.

Joseph McKenna, '79, li ves in Courtice,

Ont., and works for the environmental

studies and assessments department of On­

tario Hydro.

Olanrewaju Oyegunwa, '83, has esta b­ lished the first government-approved nurse ry school in Ode-Irele, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Like othe r communit y projects, the City Model Nursery-Primary School needs the fin ancial support of individuals to help build classroom s and buy a sc hool bus. Oyegunwa, who is enrolled in a master' s program at the University of lbawan, welcomes letters and contributions from classmates and other alumni.

Betsy (Allan), '83, and Andy Puthon are the

proud parent s of Aimee Allan Puthon, born

las t May. Bet sy will return to work in the

Department of Alumni Affairs in January.

Christine Schisler, '78 and OAC M.Sc. '81, and her hu sba nd, Stephen Marshall, OAC '77 and PhD '82, both work at U of G. She

is co-ordinator of introductory teac hin g for

th e Department of Molecular Biology and

Genetics. He is an assistant professor in the

Department of Environmental Biology.

James Scholes, ' 89, and Theresa Dunn,

FACS '89, who met at U of G, were m31Tied

in June and are living in Sidney , B.C. Jam es

work s in Victoria in electronic sales , and

they operate ajo int marketing business on

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Mike Wallace, ' 87, of Burlington , Ont., is a se nior sa les supervi sor for Esso Petroleum in Toronto. He is marri ed to Caroline (Sor­ bara), '86 , who works at Ontario Hydro in

Toronto . Their daughter, Ashley, was born

in January .

lain Lambert, '82, and hi s wife, Karen

Stan and Kill)' de Voogd and fam ily

ments.indltstries; international comrniuees, municipalities Rnd 'on.o ther d i ~cipli nes. seivalionauihorilies.(o deteniJ ine the aTIl Oll lll of efosion thilt occurs .. A nothe r J 990 graduate, Kelli Saunders, ay~ .~h e chose.U ofG .. . through waye acrionaiid how the pro fi le of the land will change ove r . '.' over other universities because he "~aw a flexibility that went b eyond time. Their exp~rtise lirOlllotes a ba'lancingof physi.cal; environmc ncourses in pure.geOillol"pbology. She ' ~ th a l i~ flll f or the exposure tal , social and economi infiLlcnces. . '. .

G ue lpb gave ber.to d1Jscrpline "such a ' reso urce management. bi olic' . ~larkLaw,whograduatedfrom the iiiaster ;s p r()g tam 101990; processes and .o the r fields. . . .. works w.ith.theQniarioMinistryofNatui'aIResolirces developing .... "E';'en though we're n ot expe rts in 'tho$e areas," ~he ays. " the .. promotinfPheprovincial;shoreliI1emanagementprqgram , reprene xibility from Gue lph has given 11 ~ oppoltlill itjes f or a wide variery senting provincial interests .at national;ind internationalfoj-um , alid of jobs." . ' .. ' . . .... .. preparing and giving tr~io'ing courses to ministry and cons.e Ivati on .: ... For thc pa·t year, Saunders has worked closely with Lawin the .. alltl]Qrily personnel, plililners, engineers and con.ult(lnts.

M R <\s a work hop co-ordinator and in olhermi nis try projects sli ch assh.oreiine managen1entplans and prog ram implememflti on . . in addition, he is a.menlbc'r ohiteam of pnlicywriters de<tling with shnreland rimlwgemeill is. ueS fortheprt)\'illce~ The pc)licie h(: John FiSher, a 1989 gradllllLe, i, 11 geographic infon:n atio n sys­ tem s appliC<:ltion speciaJjs t wit h GCQmatics Inte rn ational Inc., anen­ ,wrltcsbecorne the official posilionof the government and re sent dmvil to the mllnitipalities wbe enforeeci. . .... vironmen.al con. uitingcompany in B lIrlingwll ,Ont: .... ..

According toLawand :hisd a, mates,the GlIelphcoasta) geomor- .:. Part of his jpb in volves worki ng with rcat L akes shoreline coo- . phologyprogra'l nandfi\Clihy areamong the.best in the country. U qf . sc[."ation Bu thoritie , using historic Ontario land :urveys to Iliap but ... (;gradl1ates believe their appeal is due; in part, toihe di\;er.. ity in where the water line. lOp of ba nk and shoreline hllifL were 50 years thei,r kilowledge. and 'theirabiiitY tQ commlin icate knowledgably wi th. ago.Fishej·' role is topr cess the informatio n.IX determine erosion .. people in other discipline s.... ' . ' . . ., .. " . rates , ... '.' . .' . .. .. .•. . ' . . .. . '. Tileprogran1 encburagesstudents to broaden their academ ic' These gradu ates prai se thei r professors for instilling in them an enc •.. .horizons beyolid the scope oftraditiima! geographers. For~one th ing, viroill1)ental clhic."TIley taught LIS to understand t he ecosystem ;lnd

\ ork ·with it ... : .' t6 work wi th the processes, nOt to fight ihe m: ' ays .

students complete course work for their M ,Sc. dcgl'ccsal ungside ' geography students ifl theMA pwgrai1l, giving them exposlIl' ' to a '.'

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cross-varietyofiliteresrs. They.area.lso enCOliJilged to t akeco ur~es iII. '. h as bee n f~ltuila te in hav iilg excelle nt st udents." . ' .

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John Watson, '69, was recently appointed assistant vice-president, central Canada, for the Citade l Assurance Group of Companies.

Formerly manager and regiona l direct or of Toronto Insuran ce Centres, he is now respon­ sible fo r marketing Citadel's multi-lin e product portfolio through out Ontario.

Linda Routledge, '72, has been recog­ ni zed by the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Rela­ ti ons as Consumer Educator of the Year for 1990. The aWdfd was presented in th e Ontario legislature last spring during Na­ ti onal Consum er Lil1da Routledge Week. Routledge, who is consumer ad viser to the Canadian Bankers Associati on (CBA), was rec ogni zed for her contributi ons to con sumer educati on activities with the CBA and her in vol vement with the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals (SO P) She developed the CBA 's Access ne w ~ l ett e r for edu caLors, was in­ vo lved in prod ucing other CBA book lets and played a pivotal role in the associatio n' s sponsorship of Streel Cenls, a CBC-TV con­ sumer-ori ented show for tee ns and pre-tee ns.

Routl edge is a frequent guest speaker at U of G and other educational in stitutions , is a

Mac-FACS Cinnamon Combs, '7 3, was recently ap­ pointed director of food services for Keg Restaurants Ltd . in Richmond, B.C. She was formerly manager of prod uct deve lopment for White Spot Ltd .

Lauric MaHea u, '83 HAFA , and Joe Bottos, CBS '84, are the proud parenb of Aless ia, born last February. Laurie is on leave from the Department of Alumni Af­ fairs until Nove mber, but we photogra phed her with Alessia for our feature story on childrearing (see page 10) . Joe is a medical applications speciali st for Bec kman Instru­ ments Ca nada In c. :

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Th~ir fi·rst weddi ng t'O )kpI ~ce June 27 . 194 1, ill

the \var-tOl11 city of. B6I fast'in Northern Ire land.Th is

spring. they cel e br~ted their 50lb , a nn i ve r ~ary · by gel.­

tilrg married a second tj rne, in th ~ ~a m e sJ111111 1ri,h,

churcli. butwith nIl se ve n children th~re rOi' the

cc'ren1.ony and 'the hMeymoon nip !

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back many 50 c year-nld memories.. Hi tkr' s Qon1bulg

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' j\,y' s homc; ''They even 'bla~led a I t of the romance

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A. if times,weren: t hard enough, the cle'lOcrs lost H.enry ' ~ only )uitanlhe was forceej t'o re nt one from 11 theatr ical company. Thc'nh e had LO nde , even miles atop 'a

..brick wagon to get 10 the chuJ'ch 011 time. .. . .. . .'

.' .. T heiri'irsriioneymoull su.i te w a~ a renled r()Om in a farmhou.s .. that snared a hill side

with the Knockal!h War Me morial, t ni gl1t.tbeG ermun Luft wHI'fe <lropped !larcs on. . . .. .' . .. .' -tup DfJh ~ hfll as a lantl mad,. for. bombing Belfas t. f(~rllin ate ly. life did !!et eas-ier fOI,th e Courtcnay:s,who c-ame to Canada se eral year '.' kIter,: Both e1lri1cdGueiph degrees il) 1957, Henry fro mOAC a n~ fvy from Macdona ld Institute. Henryspent 30 yc, rs leachingagricullllm.1c<!.oll nmi s, fi l'st ill Texas A & M niversity ,'theliar Purdlle UniverSity inI ndiana, where he isa profes~ r emeriius' .; Ivy publish.e d u book , Cook/ore and Red pes (If Ireland. in the 1980<'a nd Henry 's.

Joy in:'lu:. 'trug!::]e: By tlte Son (Jfll w mp lightl!rFrillil till! B(ick Strew (~r 8e(fi.lsl is ready for publicatiOlL .· ' . . '.

The Courtenay ' tli vide their tililc bel'Wc cn homes ir1the eorgia lawn of Dub lin a.nd . ..

Donagh;idee in Counl\' Downon the IrLh Sea, . - ... ' .

Tbeir arrni ' ersary\~'eddi il~ featured <\ real wedd ing dre.s and a new ~tl i t for Henty, • ' .. IIIl thetraditiona.i'weddin g 'fare and a hone, moon CUI'; ftj mily re union th ai ended in'a I()urof Courtenay anccsii'al ~ ite~ . · .

member of the Alberta Task Force on Con­ sumer Educ ati on and has served in an exec u­ tive ca pacity fo r the Credit Counselling Service of Metropolitan To ronto, the Canadian Soc iety of Consumer Affairs Profess ionals and the Ontari o Associati on of Credit Counselling Services (OACCS). Sh e has also rece ived SOCAP and OACCS awards for her contributi ons to consumer education.

Helen (Arkle) Teece, ' 88 HAFA , lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, wi th her husband , Tim. Married in 1989, the y are both chartered acco untants. Hele n works fo r Pri ce Waterhou se an d plan s to move into manage ment cons ultancy when Ihey return to Can ada .

Cara Thompson, ' 87 and M.Sc. '90, is a re­ search officer with Co nsumer and Corporate Affairs Canada. Sh e and her husband , Dan Pagowski, CSS '88, live in Hull , Que. Cara \vo uld like to hear aboul other 1987 gradu ales . Why not send a career and fam il y up da te to the Cuelph AIUIIl/JUS grad news sec tion ry

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Walter Bilanski, ' 52, a professor in th e School of Eng ineerin g, has been elec ted a fe llo w of th e American Society of Agricul­ tural Enginee rs, one of the highest distinc­ tions an ASAE member can achieve.

Bilan ski is a rec ogn ized world authority in agri cultural mecha nization , processi ng and phy sica l propertie s.

Graydon Bowman, ' 58A , ow ner of Bow­ manlea Farms near Thornl oe, Ont., was one of four OAC alumni recen tl y re appointed to the Beef Red Meat Adv isory Committee of the Ontario Mini stry of Agriculture and Food (O MAF). Others appointed were L arry Campbell, ' 63, a me mber of th e Canada Meat Council in Mi ss iss<l uga; Harold Klages, ' 66, a beef producer in Des­ boro ; and Cyndi (Taylor) Leahy, '78, a beef produce r and con ti nuin g ed ucation in­ struct or in Lakefield. Also on the committee is Gerald Honeywood, OVC '67, who prac­ ti ses at the All enda le Veterinal'y Clini c in Barri e.

David Brandon , ' 75, began a ne w mini stry thi s summer as exec uti ve director of the Scripture Gift Missi on (Ca nada) in Markham , On L It wa s a homecoming for David and hi s wife, Alice, who had pre­ viou sly ministered in Ontari o before movi ng 10 Dorval, Que ., seve n years ago. The couple ha s two daughters, Lisa and Donna.

Daniel, '84 , and Cynthia (Payne) Carlow, FACS '83, ha ve a Ihree-year-old daughter and li ve in Niagara Fall s, OnL He is an OMAF ag ri cultural rep resent ati ve in Fen­ wick .

Le r oy Da\'ison, ' 5 1A, is retired from the federal Departm ent of Agriculture' s Harrow

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research station. He joined the sta tion in 1954 to do research on cas h crops, then be­ came in volved in developing new va ri eties of field beans for human consumption and export. He an d his wife, Elsie, have retired to Bradford, OnL, where he enjoys woodcraft as a hobby.

Anton Donkers, '72, has been named vice ­ president and general manager of refrigerated products for Primo Foods Limited in Woodbridge, Ont. He is respon­ sible for refrigerated business involving Primo, Bittner' s a nd Coorsh Meats, Coorsh Salads and import ed cheeses.

John Dormaar, '57, recei ved an honorary doctor of sc ience de­ gree from the Univer­ si ty of Lethbridge in May and delivered th e convoca ti on addres s.

A principal scie nti st with Agriculture Canada at its Lethbridge research 10hn D ormaar sta ti o!', Dormaar earned a master's de­ gree from the University of Toronto in 19 58 and a PhD from the University of Alberta in 1961 .

Greg Fisher, '78, has bee n appoi nted direc­ tor of quality improvement for Western Gas Marketing Limited in Calgary. He ha s 12 years of experience in the natural gas in­ dustry.

Pam Fisher, ' 82 and M.Sc. '89, and her hus­ band, Christopher Thorpe, rec ently moved to Pari s, Ont. She is an integrated pest manage­ ment specialist at th e OMAF facility in Sim­ coe. Christopher left a position as inte grated pest m an agement te ch nici a n to continue his education and is now pursuing studies in natural areas management a t U of G.

wife have four children. Two sons, Andrew, OAC '89A, and Michael, OAC '85A, are part of the farm operation. The elder Hart is past-pl'esident of the Zi mbab we TobaCCO Seed Association and chair of the Zimbabwe Herd Book, which controls registration of the country'S stud industry. He is also chair of both the Charolais and Chari bra y soc ieties of Zimbabwe. He last visi ted U of G in 1986 after attendin g a Charolais co nferenc e in Cal­ gary. In his spa re time , Hart co ll ects stamps and invites other collectors to contact him for Zimbabwe-Canadian st amp excha nges.

Joan (Allwood) Holland, '80, announces the birth of a so n, Christopher John, born March 16, 199 1, to herse l f and the late J ohn Gordon Holland, CBS ' 79 and M.S c . ' 9 I , w ho died la st September.

James Inksetter, '81, is product supervisor for Mon santo Canada In c. in Winnipeg, whe re he lives w ith hi s wife , D orothy (Mollinga), Art s' 81.

Jack James, '72, a sheep producer in Ru s­ se ll , Ont., was recen tl y reappointed for a three-year term to th e Ontario S heep Red

Alumni take leadership role " Ontario' s Auvanced Agricultural Leadership Program culminated it thiru program IhL spring with a IWO­ week . tudy LOur of Chjna and H9ng Kong, .

Following a story in the. wi nter 1991 issue of the Guelph Allllmllls, the grol1p .colllacted E d ward Lee, CSS'77, who 'is assi tllnt manager of Banque Paril;ms in Hong Kong:, He met with the' program'~'30 participanl~ (15 of whom Ilrc Guelph alumni), crop ~cience . professo.r Neal Stosk opf, OAC '57 and fSA '58, and AALP ext:cutive direc- . lpr Patricia Mighton, OAC ' 64, 10 lalk about the future of Hong Kong and . what the 1997 Chinese government takeover might mean 10 Canadians who live there, The allllnnt part icipams ~'ere P eter . B ro wn, OAC '79, of London; P eter

Charlto n, OAC '76, of Springfield: B rhmDa venport. OAC '83, of hal­ low Lake; Peter K u~h ni, OAC '83 , of Guelph : C raig L a r me r , OAC '84. of Blackstock; Don Lewis, OAC ' 70A, o f Holstein : Barry Makolm, OAC '76, . of jmcoe: Edwa r d McKinJay, OAC '70, o'f Thamesville: jean"Denis ' Methot, OAC '79, of ew Li kearu; S teven Twynstnl, OAC '86, of All a Craig; Paul Wal'dJaw, CSS '76, of Cookslown: Lloyd West, OAC '73, of Bradford: Mike Whittan1ore, OAC '85, ()f Markham; Cora Whittington, FACS '74,0.1' Peterborough; and lain Wright. OAC ' 77, of Kitchener.

In China, Lhegroup met with UN .

Food and Agricultural Organilalion representatives and vi~ited farm s, . processing planu. and a farm maChinery . fact 9r y,

Charles Fiss, '87 and M.Sc. '90, malTied Nancy Graham, '84 and M.S c. '90, last Se p­ tember. They are Ji ving in Ottawa, where he works as an analyst/programmer for Agricul­ ture Canada.

Bruno Friesen, '90, and his wife, Ella, of Guelph are in Pitanga, Brazil, working for the Mennonite Central Committee. Bruno is an ag ronomi st, and Ell a is a hea lth-ca re educator.

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Frank Hart, ' 54A, is owne r of Shangwa Farms Ltd. in Mu shang wa, Banket, Zimbabwe. The I,200-hectare family farm produces a var iety of c rops , in ­ cluding Virginia tobac co, maize, cof­ fee, tobacco seed, legume seed and pas­ ture fo r the farm's 420-head stud ca ttl e herd. Fra nk and his

PiCli/l'(!d ·a re·U ofG aillmni who pal'licipated ill fhe AALP I'i.l'illo Hong KOllg. Fmm /"01\', iefi 10 righ i:,Nea/ SlOskopj, lain Wri!{il f, Ed McKin!(IY. 'Barry Malcolm and Lloyd lVesl.

SI!('ond row.'Pafricia M igilloll, Cora WhillinglO1T, Edward 1.ee, Peter Brow/!, Brian Davrmpo l1 alld D oll Lewis. Back roll'.' Craig Lliriner, j eOl)-Denis Methot, Sleven TIVYllslra, PUlIi Wllrdlal!', PeJet CTiar/III/l, Mike WltiltamDre alld Peler Ki/e/lili.

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Robert Ker r, '68, president of Kerr Farms Lim ited of Chatham, Ont. , was named Cat­ tlem an of the Year for 1990 by the Ontario Cattlemen's Association. The Kerr family farm operates a beef feed lot that handles 2,000 head annua lly and produces hybrid seed corn, alfalfa, soybeans, tomatoes, asparagu s and garden vegetabl es. Kerr is a member of the executive committee for U of G's George Morris Centre .

Willar d Ki ng, '5 1A, and his wife, Betty , sold their farm at Bright, Ont., in 1990, .and he has taken on a new job as warehou se su­ pervi sor for Bea ver Lumber in Waterloo.

'47, was named president emeritus by the Universit y of Waterloo at its spring convoca­ tion. Matthews was president of Waterloo from 1970 to 198 1 and is shown here signing th e university regi stry at the invitation of registrar Trevor Boyes. Matthews began hi s academic career at U of G in 1948 as a lec­ turer, then served as a department head and academic vice- president before moving to Waterloo. After his term at UW, he served three years as vice-c hair and chair of the On­ tario Council on University Affairs, then returned to his alma mater to serve a four­ year term as president. He retired in 1988 and received an honorary degree from Guelph in 1989.

Frank Lederer, M.Sc. '69 (Eng.), has been named vice-president of environ mental ser­ vices for Neptune Bulk Term inals (Ca nada ) Limited after nine years at the compan y working in th e areas of environmental im­ provement and control.

Mel LungJe, PhD' 88, is a professor in the chem ica l and biological sciences at Mount Roy al College in Calgary . He previously taught in Australia , at Alberta' s Fairview Col­ lege and at the Northern Alberta Institute of Tech nology, where he was seconded by the Canadian Internati onal Development Agency to teach for two yea rs in Ni geria . His re­ search includes work on the environmental impact of pesticides. An avid outd oorsman and environmentalist, he is a frequent speaker at community and educational group functions.

University of Waf er/oo reg istrar Trevor Boyes, left, and Burf Mauhews.

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Alice Munson, '80, worked in Guelph for three yea rs after grad uati on, th en completed grad uate work in forestry at the University of Toronto. She moved to Quebec City in 1989, where she is a postdoctora l research fellow in forest ecology at Laval UniverSit y.

Harry Reis, '87, recently purchased a 42­ acre cash crop farm near Tillsonburg, Ont. He al so manages a postal outlet.

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Diane Coates-Milne, '72, wa s appointed director of OMAF's plant products inspec­ tion branch in June. Prior to her appoi nt­ ment, she held a number of se nior manageme nt positi ons with Agriculture Canada, including direc tor of the plant protection division, district superviso r in Toronto and Ontario regional plant hea lth and pesticides manager. She is married to Charles Milne, Arts '74.

Paul Olsen, ODH '73, is breaking new ground by co mbining hi s horticultural diploma with studies in comm unity gerontol­ ogy work at Thunder Bay's Confederation College. When he grad uates this fall, he will work as a hOl1iculturai therapi st.

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Gordon McFarlane, Arts ' 74 and OAC '77, re membel's U of G as "a grea t school" with "great memori es." He is now a finanClal plan­ ner with The Mutual Group in Surrey, B.C.

Facing Tomorrow Together

Clare Rennie, '47 , and hi s wife, Shirley, were honored by fri ends and co-workers at a May barbecue commemorating his retire­ ment fr om OMAF. Raised on a farm at Blackwater, Ont., Rennie graduated from OAC and wen t on to earn master's and PhD

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Insti tute. " I miss Guelph ," says Waithaka. "I am proud to have go ne throu gh such a splen­ did institution. "

degrees from Iowa State College. He was an assistant agricu ltural rep resentati ve in Peel , Halton and Huron co unties before joining OAC's faculty in 1952. He served as profes­ sor and chai r in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, leaving in 1974 to join OMAF. Known to most Ontarians as assis­ tanl deputy minister, Rennie spent hi s las t year in public service as technology special adv iser to the deputy minister.

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Sandra Black, '85, earned a postgraduate diploma in pathology from OVC in 1988 and is now employed by th e Ca lgary Zoological Society.

Tim Robinson, '82, and his wife, Fiona, have moved from Halifax to Guelph, whe re he is co-ord inator of OMAF' s goat herd im­ provement program.

Phyllis Colton, '84 and OAC '77 , is veterinarian-in-charge for Hoffman Meats in Maple, Ont.

Lorraine Roy, '78, is a fibre artist and lives in London , Ont. During the sum mer, her works were shown at London's Gibson Gal­ lery in an exhibition ca ll ed "Heaven ly Bodies. "

Pauline Duivenvoorden, '86, is a reg ional large ani mal vete rin arian for the New­ fo undl and Department of Forestry and Agriculture in Pasadena, Nfld.

Dianne Friesen, M.Sc. '80, is a lab tech­ nician at the Atlantic Veterinary Col lege in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Stefan Sobkowiak, MLA '90, is a wildlife habitat designer and ow ner of Bioplan, a spe­ cialized landscape design firm in Verdun , Qu e. He and his wife have two sons. Stefan says the design disci pline at Guel.ph re in­ forced hi s belief that success comes from dreami ng, believ ing in you r dream and fol ­ lowing up the dream with act ion . " It will eventually become reality ," he says.

Abdul Samad Hameed, '90, is an associate professor in the department of medicine al Marathwada Agricultural University in Parbhani, Indi a. He says he hopes to keep in touch with hap penings al U of G. Norma Guy and Larry Hammell, both '88, are new pare nts and are li ving in Winsloe, P.E.I. , where he is completin g graduate work al the Atlantic Veterinary Co ll ege.

Carrie Thomson, '86, completed a master's degree in food sc ience at the Universit y of British Columbia and is now working on a PhD at the University of Alberta.

The address of Garnet Hyslop, ' 47, was in­ correct ly stated in th e las t issue of the Guelph Alumnus. He is retired and lives in

Michael Waithaka, M.Sc. '90, is a re­ searcher at the Kenya Agricultural Research

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Ancaster, Ont. Harold Kloeze, '82 and D.V.Sc. '90, com­ pleted graduate wo rk in large animal medicine at OVC last year and is now in Owen Sound, Ont. Ruffner Lowman, '80, is associate director of operations for Agdculture Canada 's food product and in spection branch in Ottawa .

Robert McLeod , '83, practises veterinary medicine in Kelvin gton, Sask.

Doug Moore, '45, of Fredericton, N.B. , has been recogni zed three times for his contribu­ tions to the agricultural indu stry in Canada.

Named to the New Brunsw ick Dairy Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Atlantic Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1989, he was inducted into the Ca nadian Agricultural Hall of Fame last November durin g the Royal Winter Fair.

Terry Moore, '79, has opted for a career in human medi cine. A muscle physiologist, he operates the Moore Muscle Therapy Clinic in Guelph , offering neuromuscular electrotherapy. Most clients are accident vic­ tim s or migra ine sufferers, says Moore, who uses electrica l stimu lation to relax mu scles and rei ieve spasms and pai n.

Celine Picard, ' 86, is a vetet·inarian at the Albert South Pet Hospital in Regina, Sask.

Richard Weston, '86 and CBS ' 79, owns th e Golf Glen Veterinary Clinic in Aurora, Ont. Hi s wife, Jill (Devaney), FACS '79, is ma nager of insurance services for UN M Life Insurance Co. of Canada.

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Arts Ma rgot (Price) Lloyd, ' 82, of Owen Sound, Ont.,diedAprilll,199ISheiss urvi vedby her parents, Grace and Ted Price, OAC '54, her brother, Jam es, OAC '86, and hi s wife, Ruth, CBS '86.

Cynthia W ilde, '85, of Guelph, died March 20,199 1.

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Denis Stevens, ' 71, OAC '73 and OAC M.Sc. ' 78, of Gu e lph, died June 23 , 199 1.

He is surv ived by hi s wife, Jea n, and childre n, Jenni fer and Tristan.

Mac-FACS Nell (Rogers) Atkinson, '280, formerly of Guelph, died April 20,1991 She is survi ved by four children: Walter Atkinson, OAC '62A, and Marian Brennan, Mac' 53, of Guelph; He lene Sellery of Lo ndon ; and Lynn e Martin of West Montrose.

Nellie (Barclay) Birk, '280, of Guelph died June 17, 1991. She is surv ived by her step­ daughter, Sheil a, Mac '59, and son-in- law , Ivan R eed, OVC ' 58, of Vernon, B.C.; her stepson, Arthur Birk , of Van couve r; and five grea t- grandc hild ren.

D oreen (Young) Damm, ' 64, of Windsor, Ont., died Feb. 18, 1991. She is survived by her husb and, Diedri ch Han s.

Edythe (Williams) Gillespie, '2 80, of Grimsby, Ont. , died in ea rly 1991 Francis (Moodie) Hall, '300, of Oakville, Ont., died Ma y I, 1991.

Margaret Hargrove, '3 50, of Toronto, died April 24, 1991 Ma bel (Wray) Hayes, '400, of Corunna, Ollt ., died April I, 1991. She is survived by her husband, Edwin.

River, Ont. , died July 8,1990.

John Cross, 'J7 A, of Nan ton, Alta., died Jun e 7, 199 1.

George Cruickshank, '29A and' 34, of Sim­ coe, Ont., died March 4, 199 1. A me mber of the Gryphon Hall of Fame, he is survived by hi s wife, He le n, and five chil dre n.

Kenneth Deacon, '30, of Unionville, Ont. , di ed March 15, 1991. He is survived by hi s c hiJdren , Ross, OAC ' 69, Gordon and Marilyn Souter.

Martin Doornbos, '76 (BLA ), of Vi sta, Calif., di ed May 4 , 1991.

Errol FitzGibbon, ' 34, of Breslau , Ont., died June 10, 1991. He is sur viv ed by hi s wife, Arleen , an d four c hildren: Ruth Gladstone ; James; C aroly n; and John , a professor in the University School of Rural Planning and Development.

Christopher Gardiner, '64 and M.Sc. ' 66 , of Townsville in Queensland , Australia, died Dec. 16, 1990. He ea rned a PhD at Adelaide Uni ve rsity and worked for alm ost 20 years a t the Commonwealth Scientific and Ind us trial Research Organi za tion, where he was a senior scientist. He is surv ived by his wife , Robina, and three son s.

Norn Garriock, '49, of Kl ei nburg, Ont. , died Jun e 7, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Orpha , and four children: Roger; Anne Jones, AI1S '70; Christopher, OAC ' 76; and Robert Kirkwall.

Robert Groves, ' 36A a nd '39, of Ottawa, died Feb. 28,1991. He is survived by hi s wife, Helen, Mac '36.

Nelson Henry, '3 7, of Onawa, di ed March 12, 1991. He is surviv ed by hi s wife, Vida; a so n, Jim, OVC ' 55; two brothers, Gordon, OAC ' 34, and Ralph; and two sisters, Muri e l Cheney and Violet Abra.

George Hosie, '3 3, of WaterlOO, Ont" di ed June 23, 199\.

Ira Honsinger, ' 32 A, of New Li skeard , Ont., died in January 199 1.

Elmer Huff, '37 , of Willow dale, Ont., died May 10, 1991.

Ont. , died Nov. 23 ,1990. He is survived by hi s wife , El sie.

Frank " Hank" MacDonald, ' 37, of WiJlow­ dale , Ont., died June 6 , 199 1. During his stu­ dent days at Guelph, he played on the OAC foo tball team and won the Wildman Trophy in 193 7. He is surVived by his wife, Genevie ve, and si x children .

Kenneth Martin, '49, of Toro nto, died March 14, 1991. He is survi ved by hi s wi fe , Elizabeth, and se ven children.

Arthur McCaugherty, '32A an d '34, of Stratford , Ont., di ed Feb. 28 , 1991.

Keith McIntyre, ' 50A, of Keen e, Ont., di ed Feb. 15, 1991.

John McKellar, '3 8, o f Sarnia, Ont., died Dec. 13, 1990, and is survi ved by hi s wife, Dori s.

Lana McLaren, '90 Eng., and her fiance Richard Reynolds, '89 Eng., died July 12 in a car acc ident in Calgary. A memorial fund ha s been established in the names of th ese two School of Engineering alum ni. Dona­ tions ca n be sent to Alumni House.

Finlay McLennan, ' 20A and '23, of Lan­ cas te r, Ont. , died March 5, 1991. A we ll­ known farm er and cattle dealer in Glengarry County, he wa s predeceased by hi s wife, Ph yllis, and is survived by three children.

Thomas Morris, '5 I, of Till so nburg, Ont., died June 16, 1991. He is surv ived by hi s wife, Theresa.

Mark Morton, '26, of Gu e lph died Apr il 30, 1991. He is s ur vived by his daughters, Marian Cormick, Mac '47, and Marcia Young.

Calvin Niddery, ' 43 , of Agincourt, Ont., died May 31 , 199 1.

Robert Pawley, '36A, ,38 and '39, of Vic­ toria, B.C. , died in June 199 1. He is sur vived by a brother, John Pawley, OAC ' 33.

Gerald Robinson, '35, of Harri ston, Ont. , died Dec . 29, 1990.

Edwin King, ' 29A and '3 3, of London, Ont. , died Ma rc h 24, 199 1.

Calvin Niddery, friend of the Class of 1943 , died May 3 1, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Peg, of Agincourt, Ont., and th ree childre n.

Ross King, '47, ofSt. Catharines, Ont., died Ma y 19,1 990, and is survived by his wife, Phyllis.

William Shumovich, , 53 and MSA ' 55 , of Pickering, Ont., di ed March 26, 1991. He is survived by hi s wife, Elizabeth, OAC '59.

Arthur Bradley, '37, of Nepean , Ont., died in 1990.

William Lawrie, '36, of Victoria , B.C. , di ed July 10,1990. He is sur vived by his wife, Gwen (Northcott), Mac '37, his daug hters, Betty Anne Hamilton and Ruth Ti edemann , two gran dchildren and se veral ni eces and nephews.

Cameron St. John, '20A and '22, of Woodstock, Ont. , diedM arch 11,1991.A longtime principal of N orw ic h Hi gh School, he is survived by hi s wife , Rose, a nd one daughter.

Estelle (Pettigrew) Chapman, ' 31, of Blind

Howard MacArthur, '26 , of Blenheim,

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Walter "Wally" Allen, '49, of Brockvilie, Ont. , died in July 1990. He wa s predeceased by his first wife, Lucille, in 197 6 and is sur­ vived by his second wife, Dorothy , his daughter, Valerie, FACS '75, hi s so n, Wil­ li am, and th ree grandchildren.

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Edwin Starr, '49, o f Littl e Britain , Ont., died Jan. I j , 1991. He is s urvived by hi s Cuelph Alwnnus

wife, Marion, and four children.

James Stephen, '34, of Toronto, died Feb. 23,1991.

Frederick Stewart, '3 3 and MSA '35, of Summerland, B.C, died April 13, 1991. He is survived by hi s wife, Helen.

Robert B. Taylor, '49, of London, Ont., died Feb. 15, 1991 .

Howard Tripp, ' 50, of Victoria, B.C, died March 12, 199 1. He is survived by his wife, Marian.

David Turner, '66, of Milton , Ont. , died in July 1990.

Jan van Diepen, MSA '56, of Shawnee Mi s­ sion, Kan., died March 22, 1991. He was retired from a 35-year career in research, development and marketing of agricultural chemicals in North America, Europe, Latin America and Southeast As ia.

March 4,1 99 1. He is survived by his wife, Irene.

William Hacking, '69 and M.S c. '76 , of Kitchener, Ont., di ed Feb. 16, 199 I. John Higginson, '34, of Peterborough, Ont. , died May 4, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Louisa, his sons, James , Charles and John , OVC '67, and a daughter, Mary Lou Fulford.

James Hodgson, '52, of Ni agara Fal ls , Ont., died June 3, 1991. He is su rvived by hi s wife, Dorothy, and children, Kevin and Wend y Naftolin.

Owen Karr, '37, of Portsmouth , Ohio, died April I, 1991.

Ann Lonergan, '79 and OA C '74, of Toron­ to, died Aug. 22, 1990. She was a veterinary lecturer at th e Institute for Animal Health in Ethiopia.

Douglas Varnell, '61, of Maplewood, Minn., died suddenl y April 4, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Jill , and three children.

Samuel Lowe, ' 50, of Chatham, Ont., di ed March 13, 199 1. He is surv ived by his wife, Vi olet.

Cecil Wallace, '24, of Halifax died March 5, 199 I. He bega n hi s agricultural career in On­ tario as owner of a cream ery in Tamworth , th en worked for the New Brunswick and federal departments of agriculture. For 22 yea rs, he was supervi sor of the dairy products division fo r th e Atlantic provinces.

He was predeceased by his wife, Helen.

Josephine Lydon, '88, of Stratford, Ont. , died April 1, 1991.

Lorne Webb, '32A and '37, of Goderich, Ont., died April 2, 1991. He is survived by his wife, Celia.

Robert Weir, '36, of Ottawa, died March 10, 199 I. A fo rmer OAC professor, he also tau ght at the Univers ity of Manitoba and was dean of agriculture and home economics. He served as di rector of Canada's science secretariat, chair of the Fi sheries Research Board of Canada and president of the Agricultural Research Institute of Canada.

He received an honorary degree fro m U of G in 1974 . He is survived by his wife, Nora, and his sons , Robert, OAC '72, and John, OAC '77.

Ian White, '52, of Guelph, died Aug. 10, 1990. He retired from U of G in 1986, after 35 yea rs in the Office of Student Services.

An acti ve member of the Big Brothers As­ sociation, White is surv ived by his wife, Jess , and daughter, Sharon Hunter.

Stanley Wood, ' 23 , of Fredericton , N.B ., died June 16, 1991.

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Lionel Gendreau, '3 I, of Sherbrooke, Que., died May 4,199 1.

Charles Goodwin, '28, of Picton, Ont., died

Russell McClenaghan, , 34, of Ottawa, di ed Jun e 26, 1991.

Harry Morris, , 46, of Weyb urn, Sask. , died Dec. 9, 1990. He is survived by his wife, Edna .

Alexander Ross, '42, of Truro, N.S ., died Marc h 16, 199 I .

Keith Sandilands, , 61, of Cowichan Bay , B.C, died last Febru ary.

John (Jack) Waye, '55, of Hamilton, Ont., di ed March 20, 1991. He is surv ived by hi s wife, Vi vian.

Honorary Noted Canadian ed ucator Catherine Wallace died June 6, 199 1. She was former president of Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax and served as ch air of the Maritime Prov inces Higher Education Comm ission .

She was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Guelph in 198 1.

Faculty Robert Simmons, a professor in the Depart­ men t of Political Studies from 1973 to 1980, died April 8, 199 I, after a long illness. A noted schol ar on th e Chinese and Asian political si tuation, he was li ving in Auburn, N.Y., at the time of death.

John Vanderkamp, dean of the College of So­ cial Science, died suddenly in Guelph June

26, 1991 . A memorial service was held Jul y 2 at The Arboretu m, and the University has es­ tablished a scho lars hip in his name for the AKADEMIA progra m, which he had directed since 1989 .

JohnVanderkamp Born in Holland , Prof. Vanderkamp was educated at the Free University of Amster­ dam, the University of Toronto and the Lon · don School of Econom ics. He came to U of G as professor and chair of the Department of Economics in 1971 and was appointed dean of CSS in 1981 . Two years ago, he took on the add itional position of director of AKADEMIA, th e University's integrated arts and sc ie nce program for first- year stu­ dents.

A member of Senate since 1971, Prof.

Vanderkamp served on variou s Senate com­ mittees. From 1975 to 1976, he was chair of the Board of Graduate Studies. During his career, he also served as a member of the ex­ ecutive co uncil of the Canadian Economics Association, a me mber of th e research ad­ visor), group for the MacDonald Com mi s­ sion an d a member of th e edit orial board of th e Canadian Journal of Economics. In 1974, he founded a bilingual econo mics jour­ nal , Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Po/itiqu es, which he edited until 1982.

Prof. Vanderkamp is survived by his wife, Rosemary, and three children: Nick of Thunder B ay~ Fiona of Ottawa~ and Christa of Waterloo. Donations to th e John Vanderkamp Memorial Fund can be sent to Alumni House.

Wilson Woodside of Guelph, a former professor in th e Department of Politi cal Studies, died Ma y 28, J 99 1. In addition to hi s academi c career, Woodside was a broad­ caster for the CBC durin g the Second World War, foreign edi tor of Satu rday Nigh! magazi ne and national director of the United Nati ons Association. He is survived by his w ife, Helen, four children and [0 grandchildren. The U ofG tead ition is car­ ried on by his so n Ken, a professor' in the Department of Political Studies, and dau gh ter-in-la w Mary, a professor in the Department of Music.

Friends Derek Wing, editor of th e Guelph Alumnus from 1976 to [986, died Jul y 12, 1991. He is surv ived by hi s wife , Mary , of Fergus and two sons Jamieson , OAC ' 80A an d Clive, OAC '8 3.

Donations given in memory of the above alumni will help support scholarships at the University of Guelph if directed to the Alumni Memorial Fund.

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A call for leadership amid agricultural mayhem

by John Appletoll, OAC '35

T

he international issue of the Guelph Alumnus last winter was interesting and informative. The University's increasing involvement in international affairs must prese nt an exciting oppo rtunity for staff and students.

Guelph 's reputation is growing worldwide. Accompanying this increased prestige is an increased responsibility for providing leadership. Nowhere is this leader­ ship more important th an in resolving agricu ltural issues.

This year' s failure of the General Agree­ ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotia­ tions can be attributed mostly to the failure of the Europea n Econ om ic Community , the United States and the Cairns Group to come to any understanding of what constitutes fair practices in the worldwide tradin g of ag ricul­ tural commodities.

This is a se ri ous indictment of world politicians and their advisers. This impasse was a severe blow to th e genera ll y accepted concep t th at the world is developing towards greater economic interdependence. The per­ v"sive paternalistic approac h to agricultural problems in most industriali zed nations is both uniqu e in its political power and in­ 38

sidiou sly destru ct ive in its economic ilfld agronomic impact.

Technology applied to agricultural produc­ tion during th e past five decad es has greatly increased production in the de veloped countries. Some authorities now claim that adequate world food production is no longer a major problem . Di stribution problems, however, remai n an important con sideration in international discussions.

Industri alized nation s now produce more food th an they co nsum e or export. Yet thi s overproduction is heavily subsidized by na­ ti onal treasuries. In 1987, the total subsid y to support such production is estimated at $ 173 bi llion. Canada' s share was $4.8 bil lion.

Not only are these subsidies a hea vy bur­ den on the general economy of indu striali zed countries, but they also wreak ha voc with the agricultural progress of de veloping countries.

It should also be noted that modern in­ dustriali zed agriculture, while significantly increasing produ ct ion, has also produced many destructive s ide effects. These include soil erosion and deg radation , air and wate r pollution and sometimes even food con­ taminati on.

This confusing, unrealisti c situati on is ob­ viou sly political , not econo mi c or agronomic. The qu estion that shoul.d be up­ permost in th e minds of all thinking Canadians, particularl y agriculturalists, is :

"How is this apparent dil emma to be resolved?" An answer must be found in the next few years.

The N Brundtland Commiss ion was the first world body to recogni ze that a serious worldwide problem exi sted. In its 1987 repoJ1, it spell ed out the concept of worldwide sustainable de velopment. In 1992, this same organi za tion wil I reassemble in Brazil to transl ate the rep0rl's ideas into action Canadians can support th eir objec­ tives by demon strating that we are aware of the issues and that we plan to put our own house in order.

It's not a question of Canada's helpi ng hand falling short, as indica ted in Audrey McLaughlin's "Comment" column in th e winter 1991 CuelphAlumnus. Putting more dollars to help de ve loping countries without first recogni zing the economic fallacies of present policies is a waste of taxpayer dol­ lars. It won't help Third World cou ntries develop their ow n sust ainab le ag riculture.

Most of the money, science and technol ­ ogy provided by developed countries wi ll prove meaningless until there is a more rea li stic attempt to create intern ati onal economic and polit ical policies based on sus­ tainabilit y.

Reali ty is often an illu sive concept. But we should keep in mind tha t "those poor Third World countries are transferring to th e industrialized countries $50 billion more th an they receive," (TOr!inlO Star, March 16, 1991). It is to be hoped that we can soon develop new policies to change ex ploitation of sustain ab ility.

If Canadians still think that agricultural producers are worth subsidizing, then let the subsidies apply only to those producers and operation s who respect and practi se sus­ tainability. Good land steward s dese rve the res pect and support of all Canadians.

At the recent GATT meetings, a similar concept was introduced. Subsidizing con ser­ vation is not to be a negotiable item in trade agreeme nts in the future.

John Appleton, OA C '35, spent his career in the agrijood business, retir­ ing as general manager of the agricultu ral divi sion of Maple Leaf Mills in 1977. Wh en he was presidel7l of the OA C Alumni Association il1 the late 1 940s, th e associa­ tion invited eight premiers and 400 Toronto business people to lunch {md fed them the idea of conservation. Not long after that "green" meal, Ontario passed legislation creating the presen.t conservation authorities. Now retired, Appleton is still dishing up ideas that promote conservation of resources.

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Homecoming, Sept. 27-28, 1991

Gryphon Game Pep Rally . Hall of Fame Induction • Courtyard Dance • Alumni Dinner For Homecoming information, contact Alumni House, 519-824-4120, Ext. 6544.

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