UPCOMING EVENTSFor more information or times please call 474-8531.

Lunch & Lively ConversationMonday, 28th September at noon

Matriculation Sunday, 4th October at 3pm

Evensong with All The King’s MenSt John’s Chapel Sunday, 4th October at 7pm

ConvocationSunday, 1st November at 3pm

Sistema ConcertSt John’s ChapelSunday, 15th November

This IssueConvocation p. 3

Thinking Theology p. 5

College Events p. 8

Alumni/Student News p. 10

Faculty/Staff News p. 13

In Memorium p. 14

School’s in!

St John’s College Newsletter Vol XIII No.6 SUMMER 2015

The Cano’s tending the tribute to Kathryn’s brother, Kelly McGinnis.

Malen & Bala Joshi plant a garden in memory of their daughter Aditi.

Tending Tributes

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Warden’s Word!

In Lumine is the official alumni journal of St John’s College

Design: Karen Armstrong Graphic DesignEditing: Jackie MarkstromThank you to this issues contributors: Allison Chubb, Bishop Don Phillips, Jackie Markstrom Jill Stafford, Chris Trott and our alumni and friends. Photos, unless otherwise credited, taken by Ivan Froese, Jill Stafford, our alumni and friends.OUR MISSION is to share information, stimulate discussion and foster happy memories about St John’s College and, in so doing continue to build community through the forging and improving of relationships with the College.

How to contact us:St John’s College, 92 Dysart Rd, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M5Phone: (204) 474-8531 Fax: 474-7610Email Jackie.markstrom@ad.umanitoba.ca Web: www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_johns

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Chris Trott

Being the Seventh Epistle

I can’t stop bragging about it! On March 11, I attended the Emerging Leaders Dinner where the University of Manitoba recognizes outstand-ing leaders among the students. Fully 18% of the students honoured that night were mem-bers of St John’s College. Considering that the College population is a mere 3% of the total University population, we are punching way above our weight. I invited those students for lunch with the Warden two weeks later and never have I had such a fun and stimulat-ing lunch. Our students truly are leaders.

Our students make it clear that they are able to achieve because of the support the College can provide: through scholarships and bursaries, through study spaces, by being a quiet safe haven, through a small residence community. All of these are possible thanks to you, our supporters and donors, and your generosity.

Does this allow us to become com-placent! Certainly not! I believe we are faced with new challenges. How can we continue to support our students and Fellows into the future? What kind of support do they need? To maintain our small community should we restrict

enrolment? Since we seem to be attracting high achieving students, what kind of enrichment can we provide? Our students face all the stresses of modern life and we are seeing many more mental health issues. How do we support our Chaplaincy to address those issues?

These are all the questions we are facing in our strategic planning process. Most of you will have heard from us asking you to par-ticipate in the strategic planning survey. We are compiling the re-sults and working on the report to present to Council and Assembly in September. We look forward to sharing a summary of the strategic plan with you in a future In Lumine.

On November 1, 2016 our College will turn 150! At present we are planning a series of events throughout the year (and across the country) culminating in a Gala Reunion Weekend April 28 to 30, 2017. Write the dates in your calen-dar now.

Strategic Planning looks forward to our next 150 years. What can each of us do to make the College a vibrant scholarly community going forward?

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Convocation

Justice Berger addresses the audience.

This past February Warden and Vice-Chancellor Christopher Trott, Chancellor Bishop Don Phillips and Development Officer Jackie Markstrom travelled to Vancouver for the Presentation of Doctor of Canon Law Mr Justice Thomas Berger. We held a reunion at the same time with close to 20 people in attendance. Our thanks to St George’s church for offer-ing their space and especially to The Venerable Dr G Douglas Fenton ’77 for helping to organize this wonderful event.

From left to right: Bishop Don Phillips, Thomas Berger, Douglas Fenton and Chris Trott.

On the Road

Justice Berger receives his hood.

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Chaplain’s Corner Breaking bread with students

writes that while we often approach the world through such a “theology of scarcity”, our resurrection hope is a theology of abundance. In Easter, as in spring, we celebrate because life has sprung forth despite all evidence to the contrary. The early Church learned this lesson when they began holding all things in common, finding that even in their poverty there was always enough.

Elder Meade further explained that when we live in a theology of scar-city developed by colonial thinking, we end up in a place of total imbal-ance. This means that in the pursuit of “more” we end up neglecting vital parts of ourselves and our con-nections with others. Sometimes, this means that we’re so busy we neglect our own spirit care; other times, we neglect our relationships with one another, with God, or with the earth. He suggests that the best way to reconnect with ourselves and to return to a life governed by

the abundance of Easter, instead of the scarcity of the crucifixion, is to start by reconnecting with the earth.

If this sounds a little strange to you, think about the creation narrative for a moment; remember how the world began with water and earth, and was slowly filled with one rela-tionship after another. Recall how Jesus himself would often with-draw into the wilderness to still his spirit and connect with God.

In this part of the world, the perfect time for reconnecting with the earth is right now, as summer unfolds. How will you spend time with “all our relations” during these warm months? Can they help you learn to see the world as one in which there is always enough?

The elder from Migizi Agamik (the Indigenous student centre on campus), Norman Meade, recently stopped by my office for a chat. As we spoke of students and the coming of summer, he explained that the most important work he does as an elder (and an Anglican deacon) is to help students and others get in touch with their own spirit. Many of us, he told me, have become disconnected from ourselves because we have allowed the culture around us to tell us who we are.

Elder Meade went on to explain that when we lose connection with “all of our relatives”- the trees, the bugs, the water, and animals- we develop what he calls, “colonial thinking”. Colonial thinking is every-where in our culture; it is the mind-set that tells us to take more and more. It is an attitude of scarcity, which says there is never enough. Theologian Walter Breuggemann

by The Rev’d Allison Chubb

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Thinking Theology with The Rt Rev’d Donald Phillips, Bishop of Rupertsland

This phrase about “going big” is well known to most of us in Canada – though I suspect we attribute it to our neighbours to the south. Sportsman-like Canadians might say “It’s time to fish … or cut bait.”

Even though the Church’s ability to exert control over the people began to be compromised as early as the Enlightenment, it still exer-cised considerable influence in the daily lives of persons in so-called Christian countries well into the twentieth century. These coun-tries were considered to have a Christendom culture.

But by the mid-twentieth cen-tury, as the modern world became increasingly technologically- ad-vanced, people began to grapple with new and complex ethical, mor-al and biological challenges. When confronted with issues like nuclear war, escalating divorce rates and the remarriage of divorced persons, racism, the sexual revolution, femi-nism, sexual orientation and trans-gender issues, it seemed that all the Church could do was repeat the same counsel it might have given a century earlier. Pierre Berton’s book, The Comfortable Pew, published in the mid-sixties, offered a scath-ing critique of the Church’s inability to engage the relevant issues of the changing culture of the time, focussing particularly on Canada. One section of the book is entitled “The Abdication of Leadership”

– highlighting the Church’s incapac-ity to speak in prophetic and helpful ways to the new and emerging chal-lenges of Canadian society.

Some twenty years later, Canadian religion sociologist Reginald Bibby published Fragmented Gods in which he made the claim that even though the Church may have begun to catch up with the local culture, at best it was mirroring culture … culture leads, religion follows. Is it any surprise, then, that the lead-ers, and many of the members, of contemporary society do not look to the Church for wisdom or guid-ance when tackling new and emerg-ing issues. All they expect from the Church is the “same old, same old” responses which they don’t find par-ticularly helpful. And many Church members resign themselves to the thought that “the world is simply go-ing to hell in a handbasket” – either literally or figuratively.

Not only has the Church abdicated its leadership responsibilities, it has also abdicated its belief and trust in the fact that this is God’s world, and that in Jesus, the Kingdom of God has come near – is actually emerging in our midst.

Just imagine if the Church, and par-ticularly its theologians, could actu-ally get ahead of the contemporary culture. Imagine if the Church could have already been working on issues of human sexuality, or physician-as-sisted death, and through prayerful

discernment, the best scholarship, and the testimony of those directly involved in the issues, offered some profound and helpful wisdom and insight – or at least posed ques-tions that would help people really consider the depth of these hu-man experiences from a spiritual perspective. That Church really has something to offer contemporary culture! This is where Christian col-leges such as St John’s can make a valuable contribution to the life of the Church and the society we live in.

So how do we turn that “dream” into a reality? Firstly, the membership of the Churches has to be convinced that God really is active in the contemporary world – whether or not there are large numbers who acknowledge that truth. Secondly, the Church needs to move beyond fear, and trust that God’s Spirit is equipping them to engage along-side other members of society to seek good and life-giving solutions. And the only way this is going to happen is if Church members take seriously their vocation as dis-ciples of a “living Christ” who calls and equips them to engage and embrace God’s world. There is no room for hiding behind yesterday’s “safe” responses. It’s time to “go big.”

To the Church: Go big or go home!

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100% of your donation goes to

support the programmes and

students of St John’s College.

Thank you to the following who are leaving a legacy to St John’s College.

Jocelyn ‘63 & Warren BarnardEllen Basler ‘71Karen ‘81 & Bob BindingRoy Bowkett ‘66Norman CameronAlice Cheatley ‘64Nancy (Bole) Cullen ‘64John Deacon ‘63Martin GerwinDiane GuilfordBonnie HallmanMarika Janovcik Harsanyi ‘84Elena IvanitskaiaRuth (Wells) Goring Johnston ‘34Karen KristjansonJackie MarkstromDerek McLeanOrde Morton ‘61

Geoff ‘67 & Susan (Bartley) Norquay ‘67Grace NunnSusanne PalmerBarbara Black Peden’64William PickeringEdna PoulterMuriel QuirkDouglas Rowland ‘61George Sigurdson ‘70Y.Christine SmithMarjorie (Webster) WardRon ‘68 and Janice WasikAnthony WatermanBrian WebbTerry WiensJoan Williams

Who you decide to include in your Will is up to you. However, should you wish to help shape the future of St John’s College, please consider includ-ing the College in your Will.

The Terry McDowall BursaryTerry McDowall left little instruction in her Will other than an amount to be given to St John’s College. In talking with her family it was decided that a bursary giving preference to self-declared Canadian Aboriginal was the perfect fit. Terry’s daughter, husband and granddaughter travelled from England to Canada to see Terry’s homeland and managed to fit in a visit to the College. After a lovely lunch in the Daily Bread and discussing this over with Jackie Markstrom, the Development Officer, the Terms of the Terry McDowall Bursary were agreed upon. The next step was to put the Terms before the Scholarship Committee who recommended them to Assembly. The Terms were approved at their September meeting. The family were so impressed with the College and its mandate that they made another significant donation to the fund when they returned home to England.

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College Events

Standing with Ronald McDonald are (from l to r) Aynsley, Anu, Danny and Elsa.

Ronald McDonald House – “home for Dinner” Feb 19thThis was another great success event that was put on in lieu of the Warden sending out Christmas cards. This year we had SJCSA Council members; Elsa Kaka, Danny Lee, Aynsley Mooney and Anu Okunnu, and staff members Amy Craddock and Diana DeFoort prepared a supper for families at the Ronald McDonald House. Thanks to Ian Park and the kitchen staff at St John’s College for the generous donation and preparation of food. There were 25 family members who enjoyed a menu of roasted beef strip loin, potatoes and gravy, carrots, asparagus, salad and biscuits and two chocolate cakes for dessert!.

St John’s College Annual Student Art CompetitionAs a tribute to its long history as a collector of Canadian art, St. John’s College, held the 3rd Annual Student Art Competition during the month of March. Thanks to the St John’s College Student Art Committee: Fellows Susie Fisher, Susan Close, Krista Barclay, Elizabeth Alexandrin and Heather Graham for all their work. The winners were announced at the reception sponsored and held in the Daily Bread on March 26th. First Prize: Adele Van Gend, “The Blue Mosque - Istanbul” and “The Hagia Sophia - Instanbul”, Second Prize: Patricia Eschuk, “Inner Sanctum” and Third Prize: Cailyn Harrison, “Persistence of Time”.

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Bach’s Birthday March 19thAgain, we honoured the memory of former Fellow Lawrence Ritchey and the commitment of our retired Fellows and staff at our 4th Annual Bach’s Birthday Recital. We were very pleased to have beautiful per-formances by Viktoriia Grynenko on violin and, stepping in on short no-tice cellist Andre Washington. Both of whom are students in the Marcel Desautel Faculty of Music. After the performances, everyone enjoyed some fellowship and refreshments in the Senior Common Room.

Norm shows off the trophy with Mary Benbow, Digvir Jayas and Chris Trott.

The 3rd Annual Curry Cook-Off March 20th This year three excellent cooks battled it out to see who would take home the trophy! Our sincere thanks to: Dr Norman Halden, Dean of Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources, Dr Digvir Jayas, Vice-President of Research and International, and Dr Christopher Trott Warden of St John’s College. It was a friendly rivalry that ended up with Dr Norman Halden with the winning curry dishes and $760 in proceeds go-ing towards the William Norton Scholarship in Human Geography.

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Wilmot Lectures March 16th to 18thSt John’s College was pleased to have the Rt. Rev. Linda Nicholls present three lectures in explor-ing practical theology: Living in Dialogue as Anglicans, Living in dialogue with other Christians, and Living in Dialogue with the world around us.

The 31st Annual Marjorie Ward Lecture Feb 26th: André Lewis “Reaching your Potential” André Lewis Artistic Director of the Royal Winnipeg shared his thoughts on reaching one’s potential.

Bible & Breakfast was back for 2 sessions. On January 31st, John Stafford’05 presented The Strange New World of the Gospel: Parable and Discourse, and on March 14th, Jane Barter Moulaison from University of Winnipeg, Faculty of Religion and Culture spoke on Romans and the Philosophers.

Lunch with the Warden March 31, 2015The University of Manitoba Emerging Leader award Dinner is an annual event which celebrates the outstanding contributions student lead-ers make to our community. The award was presented to 75 student, 14 of who are Johnians. St John’s College took pride in seeing three of our Graduate Students and eleven Undergraduates awarded this recognition. Dr Christopher Trott held a special luncheon for these students to acknowl-edge their achievements and commitment in leadership on campus and in their communities.

Congratulations to our Emerging LeadersGraduate Students: Ifeanyi Nwachukwu Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Ph.D. Candidate; Mohamed Ouf Faculty of Engineering, Ph.D. Candidate; Viridiana Urena Ramirez Faculty of Science, Master’s Candidate Undergraduate Students: Idunnu Adeojo, Faculty of Science; Osinachi Akaluka, Faculty of Science; Sylvester Akpan, Faculty of Science; Constance Amadi, College of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences; Monica Cyr, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences; Biobelemoye Irabor, Faculty of Science; Shan Jin, I.H. Asper School of Business; Janelle Manson-Dixon, Faculty of Arts; Christian Okwudiwa, Faculty of Arts; Sophia Schreckenbach, Faculty of Science; Ella Thomson, Faculty of Engineering.

Emerging Leaders with Chris Trott.

Lunch & Lively ConversationsWe’ve had two excellent events with the first on February 27th with Dr Kurt Markstrom Music Fellow at St John’s College present-ing “The Porpora Vespers 1744: A Reconstruction of Nicola Porpora’s Vespro per la Festivita dell Assunta for “the girls” of the Ospedaletto in Venice”. The last one was held April 27th: Dr Elizabeth Alexandrin Religion Fellow at St John’s College presented to a group of 30 peo-ple on “Visual Piety and Islamic Architecture”.

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Congratulations to Peter Flynn ‘65, David Jackson ‘65, David Pate ‘65, and Duncan Wallace ’65 on their 50th Anniversary of their ordina-tion, held on Trinity Sunday. We wish everyone the very best on this significant milestone.

Sarah Yates-Howorth ’67, launched her new book “Lucky Lou Grooves in a Heartbeat” on June 6, 2015, the sequel to “Lucky Lou gets Game” featuring a heroine with cerebral palsy. Published through Gemma B. Publishing these books create role models for individuals with disabilities.

We congratulate Nick Logan ‘71 on being chosen for the Professional Achievement: Alumni Award, Professional Achievement by Uof M. These Alumni Awards recognize graduates who have achieved out-standing accomplishments in their professional and personal lives, and who have been an inspiration to other alumni, current students and the community, both close to home and around the globe.

On January 14, 2015 Jim Blanchard ‘76 retired from his 22 year career with the University of Manitoba Libraries and we wish him the very best as he embarks on a new phase of his life.

James A. Ripley ’76 received global recognition from Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP in the April 2015 in the field of General Business Law by Chambers & Partners in its 2015 Chambers Global guide to the world’s leading lawyers.

Alumni/Student News

Congratulations to Victoria Markstrom ’14 on her recent position as Field and Collection Manager for the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden. Victoria has always had a passion for paleontology, specifically cretaceous vertebrates, so this position is perfect for her. Her first task was the introduction of “Suzy” the Mosasaur, the museums newest marine rep-tile fossil. Photo taken by Dantin Reimer of PembinaValleyOnline.com

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Karen Smith ’77 former Fellow of the College, held a book launch at McNally Robinson, Grant Park on Jan 24, 2015. Karen’s new book Earl the Great Gray Owl is a transliterate book connecting story and infor-mation texts. The book is written for adults and children to enjoy, inter-generationally and intended for the budding naturalist. Karen will be attending a conference in Beijing to present a workshop on Creativity in the early part of the summer.

Stephen Sharman ’78 re-cently published an article titled “Dionysius and Bede” an expansion of a footnote in his doctoral thesis. It was published through The Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius: Sobornost incorporating Eastern Churches Review Volume 36, Issue 2: 2014.

It was exciting to have Jordan Miller ‘02 nominated as one of three select-ed finalist for a 2015 Future Leaders of Manitoba Award. We also congratulate Jordan Miller and Elaine Baril on their art exhibit Imaginary Places and Faces held at the Carman Golden Prairie Arts Museum from March 7 to April 2. Jackie Markstrom and Maureen Kolodie took a trip out to Carman to enjoy the exhibit stopping first to have lunch with Heather Bartley ’10 and Harley Shepherd ’08.

We also received an email from Diane Lee ’04 who is living in Toronto and let us know the she is taking her first year M.Div. program at Tyndale Seminary. We wish you every success in your studies!

Tanisha Salakoh ’13 success-fully completed the 2014 Uniform Evaluation (UFE), one of the world’s most challenging professional en-trance exams for Manitoba Chartered Accountants.

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Mildred and Tony Beach who lived in residence in 1963-64, said “It is so great to get correspondence from St John’s and hear what’s going on. I hope you know that we have a bed

family who are farming. Life is ever-changing and never dull.

John “Jock” Abra a former stu-dent of the College and long time supporter has recently pub-lished a new book titled “God and Evolution: Creativity in Action”. He retired from the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary and continues with re-search and writing.

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This past winter the Development Office was pleased to have Janviere Muvunadinda ‘15 a 4th year student in Advanced Economics, work-ing part-time under the Work Study program. On April 5, 2015 Janviere went back home to Montreal for a traditional Rwanda wedding to her fiancé Seth Sebakara. This celebration is to acknowledge and introduce Janviere to her fiancé’s family and for both families to get to know one another. They look forward to the official wedding next year. (Photo: Janviere and Seth)

and breakfast here in Jamaica and all Johnians are invited to come at any time! We also run an after school program for kids from grade 2 to 6 out of the local United Church. We would appreciate any volunteer help.”

The Rev’d Diane Guilford sent us an update on her move to Morden, “I have opened a business in me-diation called DKG Mediation and through it have been doing some teaching at Red River College (Winkler Campus). I enjoyed teach-ing two courses; Family Counseling and Cross-Cultural Counseling. I am also enjoying being the Honorary Assistant at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Morden. It is a lovely com-munity and I felt at home immedi-ately. It is also nice to be close to my roots (Clearwater) where I still have

SJC student Colleen Furlan cap-tured the hearts of audiences last summer in her performance at Rainbow Stage as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Now she will be on the same stage in July as Cosette in Les Miserables. A quote from Colleen from the UM Today article of March 10, 2015 said; “Cosette is definitely a dream role of mine and I never thought I’d be playing it so soon in my career. To me she is a symbol of hope in a very dark world. It is a challenging role, but I am up for it!”

SJC student Lucas Robinson was one of three students in the Aboriginal Business Education Partners program to receive the Business Council of Manitoba Aboriginal Education Awards on Dec 16, 2014.

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CBC Manitoba held a Future 40 com-petition and called on Manitobans to nominate people under 40 making a big impact on their community. Of the 195 nominations, we congratulate sev-eral of our Johnians: Matt Henderson ’08, Andrew Kirk ’05, Karlee Sapoznik ’07, Sebrina Woligroski, Rishona Hyman, Rebecca Ulrich, and Danele Hueging.

Our congratulations to SJC student Victor Desveaux who received the CGA Manitoba Level 1 Award of Excellence and Stephen N. Rosefield scholarship trust Award for 2014.

Acqueline Masvikeni a current student living in the SJC residence, was the recipient of the 2014 Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship! Acqueline is very active as a volunteer in the community through Oxfam, Free the Children, student outreach and leadership initiatives. She was pre-sented with the award Nov 27, 2014 at the Athena Leadership’s Mentor event. She met with Brian Bowman ’96 the new Mayor of Winnipeg and past Mentor for Athena Leadership. Athena Leadership is a developmen-tal forum, providing opportunity for like-minded women to network, en-hance leadership ability, and share expertise.

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A proud new Canadian!

Ahmad Byagowi is a doctoral student living in residence and study-ing for his second PhD work in department of Biomedical Engineering. Ahmad gave a presentation on Making Space Accessible to Students. TEDxUManitoba provided students with the platform to present, discuss, debate and draw attention to diverse and interesting disciplines. Ahmad recently attended his Citizenship Ceremony – congratulations Ahmad.

One of our students in the Faculty of Medicine Shayne Reitmeier was accepted to the Betty Ford Centre’s Summer Institute for Medial Students. It’s a week-long immersion program where students participate in reha-bilitation programs with patients suffering from additions. Shayne wrote us to say “I cannot express enough how much I have appreciated all your support, and this is a really big achievement for me! The application was open to medical students around the world so it really is an honor to be selected for one of the spots. I have heard it is a life changing experience!”

Congratulations to Kristen Poff SJC student pursuing a career in engineer-ing was nominated for the Young Women with Distinction award at the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Gala on May 6, 2015. Kristen’s contri-bution as a role model for women includes her work with TWICE, a com-mittee whose purpose is to increase retention of women in engineering, her mentorship program and the leadership roles she takes on in different engineering committees. Kristen was honoured with the 2014 Rising Star Award from the Assoc. of Consulting Engineering Companies and earned 1st and 2nd place in past ASCE/AISC National Competitions.

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We were delighted to hear that Diana Brydon, Senior Fellow was the recipient of the 2014 Dr John M. Bowman Memorial Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Award. Diana was honored at a reception at the Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Awards reception and Lecture. The ceremony was followed by a lecture by Diana Brydon entitled: Canada in the World Today: Insights from the Humanities.

Congratulations to new grandpar-ents, Senior Fellow Esyllt Jones and her partner Todd Scarth on the arrival of Sebastian Robert Drewniak born April 17th to parents Sarah Robert and Dylan Jones-Drewniak.

Hello to Leah Laine Millions Blomquist! She is the newest arrival to Research Fellow Erin Millions and her husband Perry Blomquist. Leah made her appearance on April 16th at 8lbs 2 oz.

Amy Scott Research Fellow Anthropology is working on a new method for chemically detect-ing stress in archaeological bones using ancient proteins. She’ll be among the first in the world to do so. In 2012, Amy received the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and was recently named one of three finalists for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Impact (Talent) Award.

Fellow/ Staff News

Justin Bouchard, Dean of Residence left the College on March 16th after 2 ½ years and took on a new position with the University of Manitoba Student Advocacy Office. We wish Justin well in his new position. Justin and Patricia were married on January 31, 2015 and then enjoyed the arrival of their new nephew Jack Donald Brian Bouchard. It was a bumpy ride for the parents but Jack was born in an ambulance while in route to the hospital at 5:30 am on Feb 12th.

Sherry Peters, College Registrar, writer of the novel titled “Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf” received a nomina-tion for the 2015 Aurora Awards, in the YA category which honors literary works in science fiction and fantasy.

Congratulations to Retired Fellow Barry Ferguson who received the St. John’s College Students’ Association Fellow of the Year Award at the SJC Graduation Banquet on March 21, 2015. We are pleased to see Dr. Ferguson’s con-tributions to students and College life being acknowledged.

On behalf of the entire College we extend our Congratulations to Wolfgang Kloos, Professor Emeritus of English and Canadian Studies at Trier University and former College Research Fellow, for being awarded the Governor General’s International Award for Canadian Studies. St John’s has had a long association with the Canadian Studies program at Trier and has been the beneficiary of Wolfgang’s generosity of spirit and intellectual rigour.

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Retired Fellow and alumnus of SJC Anthony M.C. Waterman ’59 was made an Honorary Member of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought. This June Anthony travelled to Rome with his daughter Caroline to accept this honour.

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Alumni and Friends of the College

David Arwed Lewinski ’52 died May 10, 2015 at the age of 86 years. He is survived by his wife Nora, and family. Born in Berlin in 1929 to a Jewish parent he left Germany in 1939 as one of 10,000 children sent to England in the Kindertransport. In 1940 he came to live in Fort St. John, BC. Later Dave came to Winnipeg and met Nora Sarsen. They were married in St John’s College Chapel by the Revd Laurie Wilmot in 1950.

The Revd Canon Paul Wilfred Lee Smith ’58 died on March 26, 2015 at the age of 86 years. He will be missed by his wife Shirley and his family. Paul received his degrees in Theology and Arts. Paul and Shirley lived and served in many churches throughout Manitoba until his retirement in 1993.

On January 11, 2015, Carolyn Elizabeth Ouellette Hample ’64 (nee Prescott) died peacefully following a long-standing heart condition. Our condolences go to her sister Judith Flynn ’61 and Peter Flynn ’65 and sister Lorna Prescott ’59. Carolyn was barely 21 when she graduated from St John’s College with a BA (hons) and MA, and obtained a position in the English Dept at the University of Winnipeg, then United College.

In Memoriam

In remembering the death of Jane E. Harrison-Albright ‘74 on 12th February, 2015 we send condolenc-es to her husband David Albright, and their family, sisters Janet Burrell ’68 and Sheila Ruban ’77 and brothers John Harrison ‘73 and Peter Harrison ’79.

Our condolences to Shannon MacFarlane ’78 and her husband Rob Giesbrecht on the passing of Shannon’s father Donald Ross MacFarlane on November 21, 2014.

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Gemma Lynne Briggs ‘95 on April 11, 2015. Our condolences to Dr Colin and Elizabeth Briggs and their daughter Kerry-Jane Galenzosk’94.

Condolences to our Food Services Manager Ian Park, his wife Janice and their children Emily and Owen (current student at SJC) on the death of Janice’s father Jack L. MacDonald on September 17, 2014 at the age of 88 years.

Marilyn Jackson died on November 17, 2014. Marilyn pur-sued her passion for theological learning at St John’s College and regularly attended the Bible & Breakfast events, rarely missing one.

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Alumni and Friends of the College

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On January 15, 2015, Evelyn Epp (nee Funk) died peacefully at the age of 77 years. She was the beloved grandmother to staff member Amy Craddock, Jordy Craddock ’07, Meghan (Craddock) Cameron ’05 and Jodie (Craddock) Juric.

It is with great sadness, that we announce the passing of The Revd Canon James Ronald McCullough on January 24, 2015 at the age of 85 years.

Friend of the College, David K. Stevenson died on January 26, 2015 at the age of 84 years.

Our condolences to Annie and Ron Bowkett ’66 on the death of Annie’s Aunt Igah. Annie went to Pangnirtung to be with her fam-ily and to celebrate the memory of the woman who gifted Annie with their traditional Inuit ways of sewing.

Our thoughts and prayers go to Friend Edna Poulter and her family on the sudden death of her brother Albert Pless on March 8th. Edna and Albert were very close and grew up in the rural village of Inwood.

Surrounded by his loving family, The Revd John Albert Holmen died on March 17, 2015 at the age of 77. His wife Mary Holmen, was the former Chaplain of St John’s College.

Our sincere condolences to our Senior Fellow Herbert Enns and his wife Alison Slater Enns and fam-ily on the death of Herb’s parents. Peter Enns died March 24th at the age of 87 years and Anne Enns died March 28th at the age of 80 years.

On April 7, 2015, Douglas Harold Anderson, father of Sandra Anderson ’05 died at the age of 83 years. He will be missed by his grandchildren Michelle Louis ’10, Stephen Louis, Matthew Louis and Taylor Louis. The Revd Robin Mather ’69 officiated at the service.

Our condolences to the family and many friends of David Joseph Lawless, former Fellow of the College, who died on April 22, 2015 in Calgary. David was the Dean of Studies at St John’s College in the 60’s and had an extensive aca-demic career with the University of Manitoba.

We especially remember Leigh ‘67 and Shirley Syms as they mourn the loss of their son Jonathan (Jon) Bjorn Syms who died May 9, 2015 as a result of a traffic accident. Jonathan had a fulfilling career as a hospitalist (medical doctor) at the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health in Toronto.

After a brief illness and just short of his 88th birthday, Robert Bruce Beatson died on May 26, 2015. Our sincere condolences to his wife Kathleen Beatson ‘84 (nee Thompson).

Unexpectedly on May 28, 2015, Marc William Harrison died at the age of 43 years. He is survived by his wife Audrey Harrison ’95, and children Sydney and Mackenzie parents Garth and Marg Harrison, parents-in-law Alan and Bonita Primmett (student in ’84) and Audrey’s sister Tara ’91 and Tim Kurtz.

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Children Rising Mentorship Programby Nicole Wruth, BFA, ’13, currently in Faculty of Education

It felt like a dream. Sitting in the dark, alone but connected, hear-ing an unseen plane through the singing, rattles and steam; I had just experienced my first sweat lodge. I became a part of the Children Rising Mentorship Program to learn more about myself - as a teacher, a person, and a Canadian. I enjoy experiencing other cultures, so I thought it was time I learned more about Anishinaabe. This program connects students of Skownan with students at the University of Manitoba in an exchange of friend-ship and knowledge.

At our first visit to Skownan, we were given a warm welcome by the school community, had a tour of the reserve, and enjoyed a meal togeth-er of delicious moose meat. The first visit at the University we had spent the day at the Engineering building with a hands-on experience in the hydraulics lab. We had lunch at the Daily Bread Café which was gener-ously donated by St John’s College. The second visit had us listening to inspiring music with Jazz Professor Steve Kirby and other professors and musicians. We ended the day at the Investors Groups Athletic Centre

and had a photo taken under the Bison head which had been donat-ed by Skownan.

Among these various activities with the students, this program also provides the chance to expe-rience tradition, listen to stories and be overtaken by the cleaning process of the sweat lodge. We are privileged to hear from people like Jessika Ellement of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Christine Cyr, and Darrell Cole founder and CEO of Career Trek. This program has been a good experience, and I look forward to our next visit to Skownan.

The students with their U of M mentors.