VIU Alumni magazine - Journey, Spring 2010

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C O N T E N T S

09 Keeping it Clean VIU faculty and alumni are protectingVancouver Island’s groundwater

12 The Heart of DisasterNursing graduate Kirsten Schuld treated victims in the aftermath of one of theworld’s biggest natural disasters: the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 2004

16 From Kenya to CanadaHow a young woman in an African refugeecamp seized an opportunity to study at VIU

DEPARTMENTS

02 Explorations w

04 Steps wPlans for a new Powell Rivertrades facility; Wood-fired brickoven built; Young donor supportssturgeon

19 Alumni In View wTeachers overseas; Dan Agius;Celebrating the Olympics; First-ever Alumni Association

23 AlumnEye w

28 The Home Stretch wWriting your way throughlabyrinths

29 Events w

FEATURES SPRING/SUMMER 2010


LettersThank you for hosting an event for

alumni in Tokyo, Japan. I was very

excited when Theresa Meyer informed

me about the reception and I signed up

right away. It was wonderful to see so

many friends from VIU, and we made a

lot of new friends too.

I also received my first copy of Journey

at the venue and realized that I have

been missing out on exciting news

from VIU.

If VIU plans to host another alumni

event in Japan, I would be pleased to

attend again. Thank you for the

opportunity to revisit our memories of

studying in Canada.

– Chiharu Kikuta Iwaskow (BA ’06)

I don’t know if this will mean much to

anyone, but I had to tell someone!

When I was reading the fall Journey

online, I saw a familiar face—Gunnar

Myhrer (“The Spirit of ’83,” Fall 2009).

I met Gunnar while he was a staff mem-

ber at Nanaimo Youth Services group

home where I lived as a foster kid.

Gunnar was an instrumental part of my

youth, and I never had the chance to

thank him. I was a pretty rough kid in

those days (1986), coming from the

streets to the group home just before I

turned 15. As a VIU Phys Ed grad,

Gunnar spent his time playing sports

and camping with us. Let me tell you,

we were not an easy bunch to teach

team spirit to! We were long haired,

with metal music crankin’ and more

interested in playing beer games and

fighting.

I was a very angry, violent, and

addicted young girl, sometimes

overdosing every week. Many people

did not think I would live to see

adulthood. I still had more struggles,

but I returned to school years later

(with my father by my side) and we

both graduated from the same program

one year apart. I now write about my

foster home and street experiences

through spoken word, poetry and song.

I have never forgotten Gunnar! I hope

he knows he had an influence on at

least one youth who almost didn’t

make it.

My Malaspina classmates might

remember me as Aimee Smith, but I am

now Aimee Chalifoux, daughter of Ken

and Margaret Chalifoux (both Mal grads

and the reason I went back to school).

Thanks to Journey I have a chance to say

a very special thank you to someone

who I never had the chance to thank. If

you read this, Gunnar, as well as Stuart,

Dan and Laura—Kinana’skomitina’wa’w

—thank you all!

– Aimee Chalifoux (BA ’08)

Aboriginal Employment Assistance/

Youth Support Worker, Rising Spirit

Aboriginal Youth Centre (NENAS)

Letters to the Editor

2 Journey Spring/Summer 2010

E X P L O R AT I O N S

This past October I had the pleasure of travelling to Japan to

host VIU’s first international alumni event in Tokyo. For

more than two decades VIU has been a leader in

international education and our exchange partnerships with

students and universities in Japan are very strong.

We met at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo and VIU alumni

shared stories about their lives at VIU and their lives in Japan.

New relationships evolved and old

ones were cemented. Graduates from

last year mingled with graduates of

nearly 20 years ago. Company

presidents shared insights with

continuing students. Excited alumni

shared memories of Homestay

providers who are now family, and

friends on campus who have become

lifelong friends. A constant theme

was how much they miss Canada.

Even before one graduate told her

story of travelling more than four hours by bus to attend the

event, all of the alumni agreed that no matter where they

live, their hearts remain with VIU.

Japan was our first international initiative and it will not be

the last. Over the past four months, a student in VIU’s MBA

program has been working with the alumni office to create a

strategy for engaging our graduates around the world. I

know there are many opportunities to

start an alumni program in your

region. Please write me if you would

like to organize an event.

I welcome your feedback and

encourage you to keep in touch. I can

be reached at [email protected].

David Forrester

Manager, Alumni Relations

Vancouver Island University

Building World Wide Alumni Webs


Journey Spring/Summer 2010 3

As many of you discovered while you

were students at Malaspina or VIU, the

classroom isn’t the only place you

learn. Education also comes from learn-

ing outside the classroom. Indeed,

many of our students develop skills and

gain experience by augmenting their

classroom studies with

experiential education

in professional organiza-

tions. This experiential

education is a critical

part of VIU’s teaching

philosophy and we place

a high value on estab-

lishing and reinforcing

links with industry that

provide real benefits to

our students and partners.

Annually, more than 500 students

fulfill practicum, internship, or co-

operative education positions with a

wide range of organizations. For

example, last year a team of business

students travelled north to Aklavik,

NWT, where they worked with business

and government leaders and elders to

produce an economic development

plan for the remote community. Our

carpentry students helped renovate the

Canadian Red Cross office in Nanaimo

and fisheries students helped Trout

Unlimited Canada restore cutthroat

salmon populations in Qualicum Bay.

Our MBA program matches 140 top-

level business students with internships

in Canada and internationally each year.

A complete list of VIU’s applied

learning activities would easily fill this

magazine.

For many years, faculty members and

career services staff have

driven these industry

partnerships, but I

believe that our alumni

can increasingly play a

valuable role in our

students’ education by

offering opportunities

for practical experience

in the workplace. The

benefits to the

organization by mentoring an

enthusiastic, committed student are

enormous. Plus, many students return

with their degrees, becoming a

valuable asset to the organization.

If you are interested in being a part of

this network, please contact the

alumni office to learn how we can

create a valuable partnership with your

organization.

I welcome your comments at

[email protected].

Ralph Nilson, PhD

President and Vice-Chancellor


E X P L O R AT I O N S

President’s Viewpoint

Spring/Summer 2010 • Volume 3, Issue 1

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Carol Matthews

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h The Outdoor Classroom: More than 20 fisheries students, such as Jeff Eastman (’06) (left) andChris Godfreyson (’07), have been working since 2005 with Trout Unlimited Canada, the RBC BlueWater Fund and a consortium of BC Wildlife Federation and Fly Fishing Clubs to help restorecutthroat salmon populations. PHOTO: FRANK DALZIEL (FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE DIPL. ’83)


Start your engines! VIU’s Powell River trades programs are

moving from an outdated, off-campus space to a new and

improved home on-campus thanks to a grant of nearly $1-

million from the federal government. The new facility will

improve the delivery of trades programs and spur economic

development in the region, according to campus Principal

Arlette Raaen.

“It’s expected that this project will result in a $1.5-million

economic spin-off and create many employment

opportunities,” Raaen said. “In addition to the immediate

impact of the construction project, the new facility will help

us train skilled workers to be competitive in an evolving,

service-based economy.”

The new 418 square-metre building will include a

carpentry shop and a teaching garage with room to service

six vehicles and provide significant upgrades to energy

efficiencies and health and safety elements, including air

quality and ventilation.

The current facility, built in 1972 to house a car dealership,

is two kilometres from the campus. In the new facility,

students and faculty will be able to walk to classrooms,

computer labs, the library, and food services in the main

campus building in less than a minute.

Half of the funding for the new facility is coming from the

federal government as part of the Knowledge Infrastructure

Program, a two-year, $2-billion stimulus package for

Canadian post-secondary institutions. The remaining funds

will be raised by the sale of the current facility.

f For more information, visit www.viu.ca/facilities


S T E P S

h (L) Sandy Elvy, facility manager, and Arlette Raaen, Powell River campusprincipal, in VIU’s current automotive training facility. PHOTO: MATT CARTER

Trading Spaces

h I can dig it: VIU President Ralph Nilson (in excavator) celebrates the Cowichancampus groundbreaking with (L-R) Cowichan Valley Regional District Board ChairGerry Giles; Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jean Crowder; Cowichan Tribes CouncillorAlbie Charlie; Duncan Mayor Phil Kent; Minister of Advanced Education andLabour Market Development Moira Stilwell; VIU Board of Governors Chair JohnPhillips; Parksville-Qualicum MLA Ron Cantelon; and District of North CowichanMayor Tom Walker. PHOTO: VIU COMMUNICATIONS

Cowichan Campus Groundbreaking

With golden shovels and hard hats in tow, public officials marked the

groundbreaking of the new Cowichan campus at the Cowichan Exhibition

Grounds on September 4. The 3,500 square-metre campus is slated to be

completed in December 2010.



Get your bread, bagels, and pizza in an old-school way.

Baking students at VIU are learning traditional baking

techniques thanks to a new wood-fired brick oven, built

beside the lower cafeteria on the Nanaimo campus in 2009.

VIU is the first teaching institution in Canada to operate a

wood-fired brick oven.

Martin Barnett, chair of VIU’s Professional Baking

program, said that traditional baking techniques have

become increasingly popular in recent years and wood-fired

ovens are used more often in bakeries and restaurants to

create uniquely tasting products. While it’s easier to start

conventional gas and electric ovens and maintain their

temperatures, wood-fired ovens can cook at higher

temperatures and the combination of wood and brick

imparts different flavours and textures on baked goods.

What you lose in convenience, Barnett said, you gain in

taste and cooking speed.

“We can start baking at 600˚ Fahrenheit,” Barnett said.

“At that temperature, thin-crust pizzas are cooked in just a

few minutes. Bread, cooked right on the bricks, comes out

moist on the inside with a caramelized crust and a

wonderful toast flavour.”

Community members have an opportunity to use the oven

in a series of VIU Continuing Studies artisan baking courses

that begin in spring 2010.

f For more information, visit

www.viu.ca/ccs/courses/culinaryarts.asp

h Students in VIU’sProfessional Bakingprogram bake bread in anew outdoor oven built atthe Nanaimo campus. VIU isthe first teaching institutionin Canada to have anoperating wood-fired oven. PHOTO: VIU COMMUNICATIONS

Put a Cork in ItDo you fancy yourself as a serious student of sauvignon blancs and chardonnays? Can

you distinguish a pinot noir from a pinotage? VIU’s new Wine Business Certificate is the

perfect accompaniment to a career in the wine industry.

The program covers wine making, wine appreciation, wine marketing and tourism,

and other aspects of the wine industry. It is geared to students interested in careers

in vineyard management, wine marketing, hospitality management, culinary arts,

and event planning.

VIU Management professor Fenix Theuerkorn spearheaded the creation of the

program. As a former wine maker on Gabriola Island, he learned there was a lot

more to the wine business than tasting. “The wine business in B.C. is booming,

producing more than $150 million in annual sales, but you need a lot of specialized

knowledge to get into the industry,” Theuerkorn said.

The certificate can be earned in one or two years and courses can also be used for

credit towards Faculty of Management degrees and diplomas.

f For more information, visit www.viu.ca/calendar/Business/winecertificate.asp

Upper Crust

h Management professor, Fenix Theuerkorn, is excited for thestart of the new Wine Business Certificate. PHOTO: MATT CARTER


S T E P S


You’ve evolved from a sweatpants-wearing,

backpacking student to a professional who

carries a briefcase and knows the meaning

of “business attire.” But even with this

evolution, you may still want to upgrade

your business skills and stay ahead of the

competition. If you do, there’s still a place

for you at VIU. The Faculty of

Management’s Executive Professional

Development (EXDT) program will waive

course and admission prerequisites for

industry professionals who want to study

undergraduate business courses.

For information on course options and

application procedures, visit

www.viu.ca/management or contact

program coordinator Vanessa Oltmann at

250·753·3245, extension 2190 or

[email protected]. Briefcases

welcome.

The Pros of Development

Enrolment Jumps Up!

According to the Association of Universities and

Colleges of Canada, enrolment of full-time

students in Canadian universities was up by 38,000

in 2009. This marks a 4.1 percent growth in

undergraduate programs and a 7.2 percent

growth in graduate programs.

VIU Registrar Fred Jacklin said that the growth

trend was even more pronounced at VIU because

of the institution’s recent transition from a

university-college to a university.

“Enrolment is up approximately eight percent or

the equivalent of 650 full-time students this year,”

said Jacklin. “The economy is a big factor, but we

also believe the change to full university status

had an impact. Increasing numbers of students

are looking at VIU when considering their choice

of post-secondary destination.”

Alumni Office Welcomes New Journey Editor

Janina Stajic is excited to start her tenure with VIU’s alumni office as editor of Journey

magazine. She comes to the position after working as a reporter and copy editor for a

community newspaper, the Gabriola Sounder, and freelancing for a variety of clients and

publications. Her feature articles have appeared in Resort+Recreation and on the internet

magazine AlterNet; her most recent feature, which examined the life of Cherie Smith, B.C.’s

first female publisher, appears in the spring issue of BC BookWorld.

Before settling into rural life on Gabriola Island, Janina travelled the world, visiting

countries as diverse as Thailand, Egypt and Mexico. She also lived, worked and studied in

two of the world’s most vibrant cities, London and San Francisco.

An alumna of UBC (BA with honours in English and History) and the University of London

(MA with merit in Modern English Literature), Janina looks forward to inspiring Journey

readers with the success stories of former classmates and the exciting developments

happening at their alma mater. PHOTO: DAVID FORRESTER

Did You Know?

Vancouver Island University will

be celebrating its 75th

anniversary in 2011. The

institution started in 1936 as a

vocational school called the

Dominion Provincial Youth

Training Centre before becoming

Malaspina College in 1969,

Malaspina University-College in

1988 and Vancouver Island

University in 2008. Look for more

details on the celebration in

future editions of Journey.


Celebrating Malaspina’s 40th


Five-year-old Alden Thom is one of

VIU’s youngest donors.

Alden was so impressed by his

November visit to the sturgeon tanks at

VIU, he decided to raise money at his

fifth birthday party to help the

endangered species.

“Instead of presents for himself,

Alden decided to collect twoonies

from the kids at the party so he could

do something important,” said his

mom Karen.

On January 14, Alden donated $35 to

VIU President Dr. Ralph Nilson and Dr.

Harald Rosenthal, president of the World

Sturgeon Conservation Society.

Rosenthal was on campus to review

plans for VIU’s $5.25-million

International Centre for Sturgeon Studies

(ICSS), currently under construction.

Sturgeon can live up to 150 years, and

are the largest freshwater fish in the

world, dating back to the Jurassic period

more than 200 million years ago. They

are often referred to as living fossils.

Alden, who attends kindergarten in

Ladysmith, is a “big nature enthusiast

and loves fish,” said Karen. “He’s

naturally inquisitive. He spends hours

poring over books, especially stories

about fish and other marine life and

was thrilled when he got to touch a

sturgeon. He really wants to see the

sturgeon moved into bigger tanks.”

Alden will soon get his wish. The ICSS

in Nanaimo is expected to be

completed by summer.

VIU is the only academic institution in

western Canada to have captive white

sturgeon old enough to spawn. For

several years, VIU has provided

fertilized eggs and fry for the start-up of

B.C.’s only commercial white sturgeon

culture operation in Sechelt, B.C.

Researchers will use the ICSS to

address the conservation and

protection of sturgeon species

worldwide, and investigate the viability

of environmentally responsible

sturgeon aquaculture through land-

based, closed containment facilities in

B.C. and Canada.

Julie Keenan, manager, Major Gifts

and Legacies in VIU’s Development and

Alumni office, said that funds have

been secured from the B.C. Knowledge

Development Fund, the Canada

Foundation for Innovation and the

Island Coastal Economic Trust.

Fundraising continues for the

additional required funds.

“Alden’s $35 donation may be small

but it is still significant,” said Fisheries

and Aquaculture technician Gord

Edmondson. “We greatly appreciate his

efforts to help the sturgeon.”

Ladysmith Boy Collects Twoonies for VIU’s Sturgeon

h Five-year-old Alden Thom of Ladysmithdonated $35 to VIU’s sturgeon centre. Aldenpresented a plastic baggie of small changecollected at his fifth birthday party to Dr.Harald Rosenthal, president of the WorldSturgeon Conservation Society. Alden showsoff a stuffed toy sturgeon he received fromthe VIU Fisheries department. PHOTO: VIU COMMUNICATIONS

h Several members of the inaugural faculty,including President Carl Opgaard (6th fromright), returned to campus in November tomark the 40th anniversary of theestablishment of Malaspina College. PHOTO: DAVID FORRESTER



S T E P S

Women’s Soccer

• The team had a strong

season, finishing second in

league play before finishing

fourth at the 2009

provincial championships.

• Katie Flynn, Aileen Holder,

Heather Iverson were

named to the all-star team.

Men’s Soccer

• The team had a great

season on the pitch,

finishing first in league play

and taking home a silver

medal at the 2009


• Goalkeeper Robbie

Cochrane was named

Rookie of the Year.

Women’s Volleyball

• After a third place finish in

league play and a silver

medal at the provincial

championships, the team

captured a wildcard berth

and placed fifth at the

nationals which were held

in Gatineau, Quebec.

Men’s Volleyball

• A fourth place finish in

league play was doubled by

a fourth place finish at the


Badminton

• Highlights of the provincial

championship at VIU

included a gold medal for

Jenny Aronson and Mike

Clark in mixed doubles,

silver for Megan Yim in

women’s singles and

bronze for Luke Couture in

the men’s singles.

Golf

• Sixth place finish for the

men’s team in the final golf

tournament of 2009.

Women’s Basketball

• After finishing third in

league play, VIU hosted the

provincial championships

from March 4-6, 2010, and

the home team took away

the bronze medal.

• Kayla Gromme and Sarah

Fraser were named to the

all-star team.

Men’s Basketball

• They were second in league

play and then captured the

silver medal as hosts of the

provincial championships

from March 4-6, 2010 at VIU.

• Jacob Thom and Mike

Wohlers were both named

to the all-star team.

Mariners in Review

It’s been another successful—and busy—season for VIU’s

Athletic department, which captured its fourth straight

aggregate title as BC Colleges’ Athletic Association top athletic

program. Here’s a season recap:

h Freshman guard KaylaGromme drives to the basketagainst the Langara Falcons atthe VIU gymnasium inNovember.PHOTO: BRENT DUNLOP


If Canadians thought that their drinking water was

guaranteed to be safe in the year 2000, they were wrong.

There was outrage and disbelief when the rural town of

Walkerton, Ont., made national headlines for all of the

wrong reasons, as E. coli bacteria entered the local water

system and public officials failed to warn residents of the

contamination. Nearly half of the 5,000 residents became

ill and seven people died.

An inquiry revealed that the source of E. coli was cow

manure that had drained into the underground water

supply following a heavy rainfall. Further water testing

across the country uncovered more aquifers with dangerous

levels of bacteria and chemicals. The diarrhea-inducing

parasite Cryptosporidium showed up in North Battleford,

Sask., and the industrial solvent trichloroethylene was

found in wells in Beckwith, Ont.

Keeping groundwater free of pollution is a constant

concern for hydrogeologists, civic planners, and health

officials. While pollutants flow quickly out of surface water

sources, such as rivers and lakes, groundwater moves

incredibly slowly—sometimes millimetres per day—so it

could take years to flush out pollutants. On Vancouver

Island, there are more than 22,000 wells which draw water

from aquifers, bodies of rock that hold water or through

which water flows. All aquifers, including the one in

Walkerton, are vulnerable to contamination, and these risks

Keeping it CleanConcerned hydrogeologists fear that increased development could have an impact on

Vancouver Island’s aquifers, so VIU professors and alumni roll out a tool to help protect the

Island’s underground drinking water. BY MATT CARTER

h Rushing to map Vancouver Island’s aquifers: (L) VIU Geography professor Alan Gilchrist and groundwater researcher Pam Newton (BA ’05, GIS ’09).PHOTO: MATT CARTER


F E AT U R E


could increase as the Island’s

population continues to grow.

“We’re expecting Vancouver Island’s

population to increase substantially

over the next 10 years, so we can’t stop

developing,” said Pat Lapcevic, section

head of water protection for the B.C.

Ministry of Environment. “We had to

find a way to manage land use so our

aquifers aren’t impacted. Once aquifers

are polluted, they are very difficult to

clean up and repair.”

Agriculture runoff, industrial pollu-

tion, fertilizers, pesticides used in agri-

culture and on golf courses, and waste

from deteriorating septic systems can seep silently through

the soil into aquifers. Obviously, the best way to avoid this

would be to refrain from using these potentially contami-

nating substances near the aquifer. However, developers on

Vancouver Island had no convenient way of finding out

where aquifers were, and if they were particularly suscepti-

ble to contamination.

Cue VIU’s involvement. Based on recommendations from a

Vancouver Island working group on water management,

professors Alan Gilchrist (Geography),

Steven Earle (Earth Sciences), and Erik

Krogh (Chemistry) teamed up with the

B.C. Ministry of Environment and indus-

try representatives to create the

Vancouver Island Water Resource

Vulnerability Mapping Project. Using a

wide range of hydrogeological data, VIU

researchers created maps that located

the Island’s aquifers and identified their

relative vulnerability to pollutants.

“The project committee noted that

VIU had the technical expertise in geo-

graphic information system (GIS) appli-

cations to create these detailed maps,”

Gilchrist said. “It was also seen as a chance to give valuable

experience to students and recent graduates.”

Geography alumna Regan Purdy (BA ’06) was hired to

gather physical aquifer data from existing government and

industry reports. In addition to full days compiling data in

VIU’s Institute for Coastal Research, she promoted the proj-

ect to municipal planners, media, and VIU students.

“During my time working on this project, I learned that

there are a lot of misconceptions about our water

h Maps created by VIU researchers indicate the location of aquifers on Vancouver Island andtheir vulnerability to pollutants. The maps are a useful tool in influencing land use decisions.


F E AT U R E

h Regan Purdy (BA ’06) compiled data to helpprotect aquifers.



Water Facts

Spring cleaningGroundwater is often

better for drinking than

surface water because it is

typically cleaner. “Before

we can drink it, surface

water has to be treated to

remove organisms,” Pat

Lapcevic said. “The move -

ment of groundwater

through cracks in bedrock

and sand filters the water.”

Water, water,everywhere Nearly one million square

kilometres of Canada’s

total surface area is

covered by fresh water and

there’s even more water

underground. Ground -

water aquifers provide

drinking water for eight

million Canadians,

including 80% of the rural

population.

AquifersUnderground water

concentrates in areas

called aquifers—layers of

permeable bedrock or

porous loose material

(clay, gravel, sand) that

allow water to flow

through them. Useable

aquifers range from a few

hectares to thousands of

square kilometres in size,

and exist from only a few

metres to nearly two

kilometres beneath the

surface. If you can find an

aquifer, you’ve got an ideal

spot to dig a well.

resources,” Purdy said. “We look out our

windows and see water everywhere, but

that doesn’t mean it’s all useable for drink-

ing. Groundwater is a vital piece of many

municipal water management plans.”

Purdy spent months collecting and

inputting soil, water chemistry, construc-

tion, well, and hydrology data from the

Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley regional dis-

tricts into a master database. The data was

analyzed with a methodology that com-

bined seven soil, topography, and water

flow parameters to produce aquifer vulner-

ability ratings.

Gilchrist gave the ratings to students

Lynne Lawson (BA ’08, GIS ’09), Chris

Achtzner (BA ’06, GIS ’09), and Pam

Newton (BA ’05, GIS ’09), who converted

the data into high-resolution maps as part

of their GIS studies. The maps are now

available for government and industry use

through the Ministry of Environment and

the Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley regional

districts. They’ve already influenced land

use decisions in the region and possibly

saved a large aquifer that serves many peo-

ple south of Nanaimo.

“We immediately saw the value of the

research when we analyzed the groundwa-

ter systems in Cedar and Cassidy,” Gilchrist

said. “About 75 percent of the area is served

by well water and the Cassidy airport sits

directly over the Cassidy aquifer. When the

Airport Commission proposed an expan-

sion of the runway, our research showed

that the ground is porous and the ground-

water sits close to the surface, so it’s very

vulnerable to contaminants. In response,

the Commission put forward a plan to

design an apron to contain fuel spills and

construct a fuel treatment facility. It’s a

great example of how science can be

included in community planning.”

After completing the central Island maps,

the project team began to map the rest of

the aquifers on Vancouver Island.

According to Gilchrist, the mapping is

expected to be completed by the summer

of 2010 and will represent the largest land

mass in Canada to be analyzed with the

drastic methodology (see drastic illustra-

tion). It’s a testament to the expertise of

VIU’s geography professors and students.

“It’s great that the university can

con tribute to such extremely valuable

research,” Newton said. “For me, it’s been

a great way to gain technical experience

with GIS mapping and it’s definitely

increased my knowledge of water resource

issues.”

Like Newton, Purdy has gained a new

appreciation for water resource issues from

the project. After completing her work on

the project, she was hired as a project plan-

ner by the Ministry of Environment and is

enrolled in a graduate program in

Environment Management at Royal Roads

University. She’s proud of the water map-

ping research, viewing it as more than just

a tool to protect aquifers, but a way to edu-

cate people about water protection issues.

“Looking at the big picture, water sustain-

ability issues are all about our survival,”

Purdy said. “On this project, I surveyed

areas where I grew up, so it meant a lot to

me to know that I was involved in a project

that is working to maintain the quality of

drinking water in these communities. At its

core, this kind of research helps shape the

future of the Island.” J

h DRASTIC methodology determines if an area'sgroundwater is likely to be contaminated when apollutant is placed on the surface. DRASTIC is anacronym for the seven factors that determine howlikely an area's groundwater is to be contaminated:Depth to water, net Recharge, Aquifer media, Soilmedia, Topography, Impact of vadose zone, andhydraulic Conductivity.



the Heart

When Kirsten Schuld (BSc ’04)

was in her first year as a

trauma nurse, she volunteered

to go to Indonesia after one of

the planet’s largest natural

disasters in recorded history,

the 2004 Indian Ocean

earthquake and tsunami.

In extremely trying circum -

stances, she discovered the

remarkable resilience

of the human spirit.

BY MATT CARTER

h An Indonesian boy surveys the devastationcaused by the massive tsunami that hit hishomeland on December 26, 2004. PHOTO: TRAPPE / GETSTOCK.COM

While much of the world

celebrated Christmas Day

in 2004, the floor

beneath the Indian Ocean was

preparing to explode.

As one tectonic plate slipped under

another, a thousand-year battle for

position ended with a 9.2 magnitude

earthquake that caused the Earth to

shudder for nearly 10 minutes, an

eternity compared to a typical

earthquake that lasts just a few

seconds.

However, most of the damage from

this enormous quake did not come

during these 10 long minutes but

during the hours following. The

seafloor jumped by several metres

along a 1,000 kilometre stretch,

forcing the ocean to surge upwards. It

created a series of tsunamis that

blindsided and obliterated coastal

communities in 11 countries.



t of Disaster


In Vancouver, B.C., first-year trauma nurse Kirsten

(Reems) Schuld (BSc ’04) watched the destruction on

television. Commentators compared the images of flat-

tened towns to the bombing of Hiroshima. Hundreds of

thousands of people were missing, dead, drowned—sucked

out into the ocean or buried in their own homes.

While a local reporter interviewed a spokesperson for Rose

Charities Canada, a non-profit organization that links

volunteers with international poverty and disaster relief

projects, Schuld thought back two years when she and

seven classmates in VIU’s nursing program went to Vietnam

on a seven-week field school, which included attending to

children with injuries or Down syndrome in orphanages in

Hue and Hanoi.

“We gave out toys and cooked and played with them as

part of their care,” Schuld said. “Simple things to us, but it

made a huge difference in their world. It opened my eyes to

the blessings that I had in my life and I pledged to my

classmates that I’d return overseas to help others.”

Now, listening to the Rose Charities volunteer, she saw her

opportunity. Schuld called and offered to help in any way

she could. When the Rose Charities coordinator learned she

was a nurse, he said that she could help the most by going to

the afflicted areas as they were desperate for nurses and

doctors. Schuld agreed to go.

Her next phone call was to her father, Nanaimo physician Dr.

Hendrik Reems. Schuld invited him to join her. He accepted,

as this was more than an opportunity to help out a city in

crisis; it was a once in a lifetime chance for a father to work

side by side with his daughter as she started her career. Two

days later, they were on a flight to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, a

city of 250,000 people that was 250 kilometres from the

epicentre of the earthquake. The tsunami had hit it head-on.

When they arrived in Banda Aceh, most of the

flood waters had receded, but the city was still

swimming—in corpses, hanging from trees and

strewn about the ground in thousands. The tsunami had

dumped fishing boats in front of factories kilometres away

from shore. Roads were washed away and whole neighbour-

hoods had disappeared, rendering maps useless.

Approximately one-third of the city was flattened.

“For the first time in my life, I felt totally…,” Schuld

paused to catch the right word, “…dispensable. There was

violence, people dying in front of you, massive aftershocks,

you couldn’t drink the water… there were so many threats

to your life that you had this overwhelming feeling of

insignificance and a realization that you aren’t so

important.”

Schuld and Reems were assigned to work with a group of

Asian doctors and an Australian military team. Together,

they took over an unused hospital that had been damaged

by the earthquake, but not flooded; the tsunami had

subsided 20 feet from the front door. The team set up

makeshift operating rooms and blood labs. A local with

medical experience arrived “out of nowhere” to operate the

X-ray equipment. Across the city, the main hospital was

stretched past its limits, so patients swarmed in once word

spread that a second hospital was open.

After establishing an Intensive Care Unit and treating the

sickest patients the team focused on the need for blood. “No

one had ever heard of blood transfusions,” Schuld said.

“They couldn’t comprehend the idea of giving blood. We

finally convinced the head of the police force to donate, so

everyone said, ‘okay, if he’s doing it, we’ll do it’.”

Their medical team worked late into the nights. Schuld

cleaned infected wounds, dispensed medication, and set up

beds and cots for patients wherever they found space. In

one room, she attended patients who were healing, without

pain medication, after amputations. In another, she helped

patients with aspiration pneumonia—brought on by

inhaling dirty tsunami water—breathe by fabricating

breathing apparatuses out of straws. “They were literally

drowning in their own lung fluid,” Schuld said.

Many more who thought they had escaped the tsunami

with only scrapes or cuts arrived in pain at the hospital a

week later with tetanus, a disease caused by exposure to

bacteria from soil or animal waste that leads to progressively


C O V E R F E AT U R E

h Kirsten Schuld comforts one of the victims of the Indian Oceanearthquake and tsunami in a makeshift hospital after the disaster.PHOTO: COURTESY KIRSTEN SCHULD



severe muscle spasms, strong enough to break bones. In this

environment, it was fatal.

“Tetanus was pretty much a death sentence,” Schuld said.

“We had no vaccines. All we could do was put them in

rooms with no stimulation to prevent their muscle

spasms…it was horrible.”

Schuld was also responsible for post-operative patient

care. She listened to patients’ stories: how family members

had been lost to the ocean, how homes and businesses and

possessions were swallowed up, how the tsunami sounded

like a freight train as it

roared over beaches

and into the city. But

because of this hospital,

they were alive.

When the flow of

incoming patients

slowed down, Schuld

and Reems trekked

inland to distribute

medicine and conduct

public health clinics in

outlying communities.

The villages were green

and lush with

vegetation, a respite

from Banda Aceh

which had been

stripped of all but its

tallest and hardiest

trees. Schuld found

further relief by spending her spare time with children. “I

would throw on funny sunglasses and a funny T-shirt and

we’d do our best to make each other laugh,” Schuld said.

“They already thought I was bizarre because I had curly

blonde hair.”

Schuld was asked how many people she treated during the

three and a half weeks she was in Indonesia. She sat silently

for a minute, as if she had never considered the answer to

that question.

“Hundreds,” she said, shifting uncomfortably in her seat.

“This sounds horrible, but by the end of the first week,

there wasn’t much left to do. You’d done your amputations

and people were healing. Everyone else had died.”

Over the next two years, Schuld assisted victims of

two more disasters. In 2005 she went to

Jacksonville, Mississippi, attending to minor

injuries and distributing medicine from a church basement

following Hurricane Katrina.

In May 2006 she returned to Indonesia after Yogyakarta, a

popular tourist destination on the island of Java, was rocked

by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake which also awakened Mount

Merapi, a volcano only 30 kilometres away from the city.

Her team was posted to a hospital in the city of Solo that was

built to handle 200 patients: 500 were there when she

arrived.

“They were so appreciative of any help you could give

them,” Schuld said. “We had one patient who lost his wife

and three of his kids and we had to amputate his leg. And

you know what he said? He was thankful that he still had his

arms. This man lost everything in his life and he’s lying in a

hospital saying, ‘at least I still have my arms.’ I was

incredibly moved.”

On Schuld’s last day in Indonesia, Mount Merapi erupted.

The lava flowed away from Yogyakarta, allowing the

rebuilding of the city to continue. At the hospital, Schuld

watched specks of ash rain down on the window in her

room as she packed for the trip home.

In September 2009 an earthquake hit the island of

Sumatra in western Indonesia. News agencies reported

that more than 1,000 people were feared dead and

thousands more were injured.

In Vancouver, Schuld watched the reports on television

and yearned to help, to jump on a plane, to experience the

paradox of extreme exhaustion and exhilaration at the same

time, caring for grateful patients late into the night. But her

life story has moved to a new chapter.

She completed a master’s degree in nursing at UBC,

married, and started a new job as a clinical director for a

company that leverages purchasing power for hospitals and

health care institutions when buying supplies and products.

It’s not a situation that is conducive to leaving the country

for two weeks on a day’s notice, but she continues to

volunteer at a community church and for local Rose

Charities fundraising events, knowing that there are still

strides to be made at ground levels as well as ground zeros.

“You don’t have to wait for a disaster to happen to make a

difference,” Schuld said. “Look at your own town. Help

with a homeless dinner or a needle exchange. You’ll see

suffering, but it will make you a stronger person and you’ll

appreciate life so much more.”

Her father has contemplated a return overseas after he

retires, encouraged by the contribution he was able to make

in Banda Aceh. Schuld believes that she’ll do the same when

she retires, and as she continues working in health care in

Vancouver, the people of Banda Aceh, the southeastern

United States, and Yogyakarta continue to rebuild their

communities and families, proving that humankind hasn’t

forgotten about one of its great gifts: the ability to heal

others, and ourselves. J

“...there were somany threats toyour life that youhad thisoverwhelmingfeeling ofinsignificance anda realization thatyou aren’t soimportant.”



From Kenya to CanadaDisplaced from her Sudanese home at the age of four, Liz Atong (R) grew up in an isolated

refugee camp in northern Kenya with minimal chances of receiving a university education.

Thanks to the efforts of fourth year Anthropology student Kalila Wilkinson, Atong has left

everything behind for an opportunity to study in Canada as VIU’s first sponsored student

refugee. BY MATT CARTER

F E AT U R E



On the outside, Liz Atong, 20, is like

many other first-year students. She is

enrolled in a full load of biology, chem-

istry, math, and global studies courses, lives in a

house with four other students, follows current

fashions, and marvels at VIU’s lush campus. Her

plan is to become a nurse, or maybe a journalist;

like all first-year students, anything is possible.

However, this is where the similarities with

her colleagues end. Atong was born in the

Jonglei province in southern Sudan but hasn’t

seen her homeland since she was four years old,

when her family fled the war-torn country and

crossed the southern border into Kenya. They

resettled in Kakuma, a refugee camp 100 kilome-

tres from the border. Kakuma, which is the Swahili word

for nowhere, is a barbed-wire fenced community that

sprawls across a 25-kilometre radius of dust and thin trees,

home to 60,000 refugees, most from Sudan, Somalia, and

Ethiopia. Patchwork rows of shacks, huts, and tents mark

living spaces and businesses. Sporadic violence between

refugee groups and locals from outside of Kakuma keep resi-

dents in fear. Food and water are rationed and the average

daytime temperature is 40˚ Celsius.

The education system is not pleasant, either. While pri-

mary schools are free and open to everyone, government

regulations restrict the numbers of Sudanese refugees who

can attend the camp’s high school, and even fewer get a

chance to go to university. If you are a woman, the chances

are even slimmer.

However, Atong managed to keep her education going.

After completing primary school, she earned a scholarship

from the Jesuit Refugee Services, a humanitarian organiza-

tion with ongoing ties to Kakuma. The scholarship allowed

her to study at a Kenyan high school outside of the camp.

Ironically, the Kakuma high school that couldn’t accept her

as a student invited her to teach and tutor students in sci-

ence and English after she graduated. Atong accepted the

offer, a rare opportunity for a refugee to earn money in the

camp. She was younger than some of her own students who

struggled to graduate, an understandable situation in class-

rooms where thirty students might share one textbook.

While teaching at the high school, Atong learned of the

World University Service of Canada’s (WUSC) Student

Refugee Program, a program that links young refugees

with opportunities to study at post-secondary institutions

in Canada. Kenyan partners of the WUSC distributed

program literature at her school. Atong read it with

interest. She fulfilled all of the program’s requirements:

she was recognized by the United Nations as a refugee, was

single, proficient in English (as well as Dinka, Arabic, and

Swahili), and a high school graduate with good grades.

Atong’s world changed when she received a call from

WUSC informing her that she was one of only 50 students

worldwide who were selected to resettle and study in

Canada. Six months later, she had packed a small suitcase

and was headed for the Nairobi airport, ready to fly away

from Africa. Her family remained in Kakuma’s dust bowl,

praying for her safety and success.

h Life in Kakuma is very challenging with many families housed in crowded, open-sidedsheds with crumbling floors and thin sheets hung for some slight privacy. PHOTO: FR. KENNETH J. GAVIN - JESUIT REFUGEE SERVICE/USA

Nairobi

Kakuma

KENYA

TANZANIA

UGANDA

IndianOcean

LakeVictoria

LakeTurkana

SUDANETHIOPIA

SOMALIA

h Kakuma Camp, 100 km from Kenya’s northern border with Sudan.



F E AT U R E

“It wasn’t easy to leave my family, but this was my only

chance to get a university education,” Atong said. “It

helped that I heard from other students from Kakuma who

went to Canada, and they were very impressed with the

country.”

Only when she arrived in August 2009 did she meet the

person who spearheaded the Canadian efforts to bring her to

Canada. Kalila Wilkinson is a fourth-year anthropology stu-

dent at VIU who started VIU’s first WUSC club in 2008 and

raised more than $13,000 to sup-

port a student refugee’s journey to

Canada. Wilkinson was motivated

to bring a student refugee to

Canada after hearing a group of

former student refugees share

their stories at a WUSC conference

in Ottawa.

“These students came out of hor-

rible situations,” Wilkinson said,

“but what really impressed me

was how they rose to the occa-

sion when given an opportunity

to study in Canada.”

When it came time to select one

of the WUSC’s student refugees,

Wilkinson and her partners chose Atong, the only female

applicant from Kakuma. “We chose Liz based on the diffi-

culties that female refugees face in getting an education.”

Wilkinson has been asked why she chose to help someone

from Africa when there are needs right here at home. “In

my opinion, we are all one,” Wilkinson said. “The entire

planet is connected. Wheat farming practices in Canada

affect bread prices in Kenya. In a global

perspective, Liz and I were neighbours

long before she arrived in Canada. VIU

students can learn so much from some-

one like Liz.

“Some of the cultural differences are

amusing,” Wilkinson added. “Liz can’t

believe we keep animals in the house

and feed them out of dishes. She thinks

it’s hilarious.” Atong was also a little

unsure about her first exposure to snow

that the Canadians promised would

arrive sooner than later. “I’d only ever

seen it in movies,” Atong laughed.

Atong is VIU’s first sponsored student

refugee, and so far, she’s enjoying life

in Canada. She’s made friends, spent

her birthday touring Vancouver, and

plans to learn French. However, the

distance between Atong and her family

in Kakuma weighs heavily on her. She

talks with her mother on the phone reg-

ularly, absorbing as much about home as she can while

keeping up with her classes.

“I miss my family so much, but I need to work hard to

keep up,” Atong said. “So far, I’m passing all of my classes.

My professors are very helpful.”

Wilkinson and Atong have become good friends and both

want the student refugee program continued at VIU. A ref-

erendum Wilkinson put forward in the spring of 2010, ask-

ing students to support a small student fee increase to bring

a student refugee to VIU every

year, was overwhelmingly

endorsed by students, ensuring

the program will continue.

“This is an opportunity for VIU

to unleash the potential of young

people who have been denied

basic human rights,” Wilkinson

said. “The program proves that

education can change a life and

change the world.”

When Atong graduates, she’ll

have control over her own

future, unlike many still con-

fined to Kakuma, including her

own family. Her original plan

was to return to Sudan and work in health care. However,

she has permanent resident status in Canada now thanks

to the Student Refugee Program and doesn’t rule out the

possibility of staying in the country. Time will tell, Atong

says, with a slight shrug and a shy smile, reinforcing that

for the first time in her life, she has options. Anything is

possible. J

WUSC

The World University Service of Canada is a non-gov-

ernmental organization that has organized educa-

tion development projects in Canada and overseas

since 1957. It has representatives at 80 campuses

across Canada. The Student Refugee Program is its

flagship program and has enabled more than 1,000

student refugees to resettle in Canada and study at

Canadian universities since 1978.

f For more information, visit www.wusc.ca

h General view of Kakuma, which gives shelter to approximately 60,000 Sudanese, Somalian andEthiopian refugees. PHOTO: CHRISTOPHE CALAIS



What are some of thedifferences between teachingoverseas and in Canada?

Nancy Danuser: The pressure of the educa-

tion system in Japan is great, and so much

of a child’s future depends on going to the

right school and university. As a result,

while high school in Japan is not manda-

tory, most students attend because it gives

them the best opportunity to pass compet-

itive university entrance exams. This is also

the reason why Japanese students have

extra study classes in the morning and

after school and why most of them aren’t

allowed to have part time jobs that take

time away from their studies.

Scott Jolly: At our school in South Korea, we

have an American curriculum. There are

more than 20 nationalities with students

from nursery to grade 12. Our after-school

programs include Model United Nations and

SAT and TOEFL preparation classes in addi-

tion to arts and sports.

Most of our students have specific goals in

mind for their education. We are one of the

few schools on the Korean Peninsula that

administers SAT tests, so our students

know that working hard here can help

them get accepted into a top university in

the United States.

Kacy Morgan: I teach in an all-girls school

in Abu Dhabi. Boys and girls go to different

schools here. Every morning when I walk

into the classroom, the girls jump to their

feet and shout, “Good morning teacher, we

love you!”

There is no policy about tardiness or absen-

teeism. One day, only 20 of 850 students

showed up, so the principal sent us all

home. As well, even though it’s a rich

country, the schools have few resources

for teachers and you have to rely on your

own income for things such as photocopier

paper and paper clips.

What have your studentstaught you?

ND: I learned a lot of Japanese slang! I also

learned that even though my students

wore uniforms, they were all very distinct

individuals.

SJ: My students are all different and I have

learned to respect that difference. I have a

great deal of compassion for them and the

peer pressures they face at school and

family pressures at home.

KM: Kids are kids no matter where you are

in the world. My students have the same

hobbies and interests as students back

home.

How has your overseasexperience made an impact on you?

ND: As a foreigner, I experienced some

prejudice but it has made me more aware

of how I treat others. I am more open-

minded and willing to try new things—and

I will eat anything now!

SJ: I’m more understanding of different cul-

tures. Being a minority in Korea has

allowed me to see the language and dis-

crimination struggles that immigrants

must face in Canada.

KM: It’s inspired me to stay overseas.

Without English, UAE students can’t get

into federal universities. So, as an English

teacher, I feel that I can make a bigger

impact on students’ lives here than I could

in Nanaimo.

Q&A: At the Front of a Foreign ClassroomJourney spoke with three VIU graduates about their experiences teaching in Japan,

South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.

h Nancy Danuser (BA ’03, BEd ’03), Grade 10-12 Assistant Language teacher,Kumamoto, Japan

h Scott Jolly (BA ’00, BEd ’00), International K-12 School principal, Busan, South Korea

h Kacy Morgan (BA ’07, BEd ’07), Grade 10English teacher, Abu Dhabi, United ArabEmirates

A L U M N I I N V I E W



Dan Agius is one of Powell River’s business success

stories, a native son who grew a small installation

business into an award-winning home renovation

outlet with four branches and 80 employees. His path

started with a career choice he made when he was only 20

years old.

After finishing high school, Agius moved to Nanaimo to

study business at Malaspina College. To help pay his way

through school, he taught students how to use software in

the business department computer lab. During summer

breaks, he returned to Powell River and installed windows

and gutters for Modern Installations, a small, local home

improvement business.

After graduating, he returned to Powell River and was

faced with two career opportunities. “I was teaching a few

night classes at Malaspina when the college offered me a full-

time position,” Agius said. “I enjoyed working with

computers, so I told [Modern owner] Bill Hopkins about it.

He countered by offering me a partnership in his company.”

In the end, the lure of being a business owner at the age of

20 was too strong. He accepted Hopkins’ offer and

continued to install gutters and windows while managing

and expanding Modern’s product lines and services. He

opened a branch office in Courtenay and asked David Eliason

(Commerce Diploma ’85), one

of his Malaspina classmates, to

run it. Expansions to Duncan

and Nanaimo followed.

In 2008, Agius opened a 1,670

square-metre window

manufacturing facility in the

former industrial wing of Max

Cameron Secondary School in

Powell River. He equipped it

with a complete line of brand

new manufacturing equipment,

making it the most high-tech

medium-sized window

manufacturing facility in B.C.

David Formosa, president of

the Powell River Chamber of Commerce, said that the

manufacturing plant is just one of Agius’s considerable

contributions to the Powell River region.

“Dan has made an economic impact on the region, but his

value to the community is much greater,” Formosa said. “He

is an active director of the Chamber of Commerce and

consistently makes charitable donations in the community.

He was also one of the founding directors of the Bruce

Denniston Bone Marrow Society, a nation-wide charity that

started in Powell River.”

When he looks back, the biggest decision wasn’t whether

he should teach in a computer lab or install windows. It was

his decision to stay and invest in his hometown. Agius is

frank about the economic advantages to operating his

business in Powell River, but his top priority

is enjoying where he lives.

“Most of our competitors are based in

Vancouver and they only concentrate on

Vancouver,” Agius said. “We can focus on

Vancouver Island—most would consider us a

Vancouver Island

business—but enjoy the

benefits of living and

working in our

hometown. If we were

located on the Island, our

sales volume would

probably increase, but

we’re just Powell River

proud.”

High PaneThresholdDan Agius (Commerce Dipl. ’85) knew when

to seize a window of opportunity, and his

hometown is better for it.



In 2009, Agius travelled to Ottawa to accept

an Energy Star Market Transformation

Award for marketing, putting Modern in

similar company with Whirlpool, Sears, and

BC Hydro. The award

recognized Modern’s

“Great Taste in Windows”

campaign, designed by

Vancouver Island’s Impact

Visual Communications

and seen in print and on

highway billboards on

Vancouver Island.

PHOTO: POWELL RIVER LIVING MAGAZINE



Liz Williams (BTM ’03), Manager of Sport Tourism and

Marketing for the City of Nanaimo, coordinated Nanaimo’s

community celebra-

tion of the Olympic

torch relay.

Thousands of resi-

dents cheered

Nanoose Bay’s

Michelle Stilwell, a

three-time

Paralympic gold

medalist, as she car-

ried the torch into

Maffeo Sutton Park on

Halloween night.

“The best part of the

job was working with the volunteers and local agencies to

pull off an event of this size,” Williams said. “People in

Nanaimo always impress me with their willingness to get

involved.”

Kelly Fryer (BA ’03, BEd ’04) and Dan Porteous (Leisure

Studies ’82) coordinated a similar celebration event in

Cedar, B.C., earlier in the day. “Seeing all of the children’s

faces light up as the Olympic flame passed through the com-

munity was the highlight for me,” Fryer said.

On the Lower Mainland, Karen Stefanson (BTM ’00)

worked as the Food and Beverage Manager for women’s and

men’s hockey events at UBC. She was responsible for mak-

ing sure there was enough food for 6,000 spectators, 800

workers, athletes, officials, and media for two hockey

games per day during the Olympics and four sledge hockey

games per day during the Paralympics.

“This was my dream job,” Stefanson said. “I became inter-

ested in special events as a Tourism Management student at

VIU, and to work for VANOC to produce one of the biggest

events in the world was a thrill!”

Elijah Buffalo (BA ’09) was one of 12,000 Canadians

selected to carry the Olympic torch on its cross-country

relay. Buffalo, a cyclist and triathlete, carried the torch for

300 metres between Revelstoke and Kamloops in January.

He said that he drew inspiration for the run from the first

Native American athlete to win Olympic gold, Jim Thorpe,

who won the pentathlon and decathlon events in 1912.

On the Olympic TrailThe 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver were a rare opportunity for B.C.

residents to get involved in a major international event—VIU alumni included.

h Elijah Buffalo (BA ’09)

h Karen Stefanson (BTM ’00)

h Kelly Fryer (BA ’03, BEd ’04)

h Liz Williams (BTM ’03)




A diverse group of alumni leaders has joined

forces to form the inaugural Board of Directors

of VIU’s Alumni Association. Directors will

oversee the strategic development of the asso-

ciation and represent the more than 30,000

VIU, Malaspina and Vocational Trade School alumni through

leadership, advocacy and service.

Board members, who come from a variety of industries

and backgrounds, and from four decades of graduates,

include: chair Nathan Thornton (BA Transfer ’90), Richard

Aisaican (BA First Nations Studies ’01), Natasha Bob (BA

Major in Criminology ’06), Graham Calder (Carpentry ’83),

Pat Dennison (VTS Secretarial Training ’68),

Don Hubbard (Heavy Duty Mechanics ’66).

Next steps for the group include creating a

strategic plan to further engage alumni as VIU

prepares to mark its 75th anniversary in 2011,

and coordinating a spring election to fill vacant positions on

the board. Please contact the alumni office if you are inter-

ested in joining the Alumni Association Board or would like

more information about the association.

f For more information please contact

David Forrester, Manager, Alumni Relations at [email protected]

VIU Alumni Association’s Selection

Committee is accepting nominations

for board member positions.

Alumni must nominate a candidate

or self-nominate by 4 p.m. on April

30, 2010. Please include the

following two items with your

nomination:

• A short bio of the candidate

• A statement of interest (why the

candidate would like to be

considered for a board position)

All nominations should be emailed to

David Forrester, Manager, Alumni

Relations at [email protected].

The 10-member Alumni Association

board represents the more than

30,000 VIU, Malaspina and Vocational

Trade School alumni through

leadership, advocacy and service.

f For more information on the VIU

Alumni Association please visit

www.viu.ca/alumni

VIU Alumni Association – Call for Nominations!

Inaugural Alumni Association Established

Alumni Reception in Japan

The alumni office hosted its first-ever

overseas event at the Canadian Embassy in

Tokyo, Japan in October, 2009. VIU President

Dr. Ralph Nilson, new Dean of International

Education, Graham Pike, and Manager of

International Education Contracts & Group

Programs, Theresa Meyer, hosted more than

30 attendees who networked with fellow

alumni and shared their stories and

memories of VIU.

More than 1,000 international students

study at VIU annually and our alumni can be

found in all regions of the world. The alumni

office is working to establish connections

with all of our alumni and looks forward to

many more overseas events. If you would

like to help organize an event in your region,

please contact [email protected].



AlumnEye

Let us know about your new job,promotion, wedding, familyaddition, travels, or furtheracademic achievements [email protected].

Tracey (Martin) Durazo (BA ’95) is the

corporate manager and a research

assistant for Konec, Inc., a

pharmaceutical company in Tucson,

Arizona. After VIU, Durazo earned her

paralegal degree from Blackstone

University, Virginia, and is currently

working on her business law degree.

She also took time out to have two

children and is married to the

president of Konec, Inc.

Chris Thomson (Cook Training ’95) is

executive sous chef at the Banff Centre

and a recent finalist at the Global Chefs

Challenge where he represented the

Americas and finished in the top seven.

The event is the largest single chef

competition in the world with more

than 600 chefs competing.

Derek Dammann (Cook Training ’97) is

the chef and owner of DNA Restaurant

in Montreal, Quebec.

www.dnarestaurant.com

Doreen “Dorie” Leach (Microcomputer

Applications Specialist Cert. ’97) is the

floral designer and owner of Blush

Fresh Floral Design in Powell River, B.C.

Aaron Jex (BSc ’00) received the Peter

Nansen Young Scientist Award from the

World Association for the

Advancement of Veterinary

Parasitology. The award recognized his

research on the parasite

Cryptosporidium, which causes

diarrhea in animals and livestock. The

award also recognized Jex’s work on a

range of parasitic worms that infect

sheep, cattle, and dogs.

Lee MacDonald (Tourism Dipl. ’00) is

married and has two daughters. He is

the special finance manager (a.k.a The

Credit Wizard) at Woodgrove Chrysler

in Nanaimo. Although no longer

working in tourism, MacDonald credits

his years at Malaspina for his personal

growth and for the skills he currently

uses to help customers rebuild their

credit and fix their transportation

needs.

Yuki Nakamura (Fine Arts Technical

Theatre Dipl. ’02) returned to Tokyo,

Japan after living in Canada for six

years and is working as a stage

manager for Cirque du Soleil.

Curtis Wilson (BA ’03), his wife, Dayle,

and three year old daughter, Nalu live

in Campbell River. He works for the

Nanwakolas Council as a referrals

officer and is serving his second term

as a councillor for the Wei Wai Kum

Nation-Campbell River Band, where he

works with youth, culture, and

education portfolios. Wilson is an avid

carver. Much of his work can be found

in galleries throughout B.C.

www.curtiswilson.ca

A L U M N E Y E

A Notable Career

If you watch some of the hottest shows on

television, you’ve likely heard the music of

Andrew Oye (Associate in Music Dipl. – Jazz ’95).

Three years ago, during a slow period for his job

teaching guitar, Oye started composing pieces

for television, radio and movies. Today, Oye is

building an impressive list of credits on shows

such as Lost, Dexter, Entourage and The Office

and has nearly 600 compositions available for

licensing by entertainment agencies.

Oye, who studied guitar while attending VIU,

is also proficient at percussion, keyboards and

bass. While he still teaches guitar part time at

the I Wanna Rock School of Music in Nanaimo,

Oye’s primary focus is composing two to five

songs a week, sometimes on very short notice.

When producers of CSI wanted ice cream truck music that evoked a creepy feel, Oye had one hour to put something together.

The talented musician also created music for a few movies and would like to work on scores for major or independent films. It’s

an ambitious goal, but Oye is used to fulfilling high expectations. When he started composing for agencies, he decided he wanted his

music on CSI, Lost and Dexter. This year he was on all three. www.andrewoye.com PHOTO: VIU COMMUNICATIONS


Colin Brost (BTM ’04) and his wife

Michelle welcomed Riley Parker Brost

on October 15, 2009 at 4:38 p.m. Riley

weighed in at 8 lbs 10 oz.

Quynne Craddock (Associate in

Classical Music Dipl. ’04) completed

her BA with a major in music and a

minor in commerce at UBC. She

worked as assistant orchestrator on the

Oscar nominated film District 9 where

she helped prepare the composer’s

digital music for the orchestra. Among

her other projects, she also composed

the music for the 2009 Race Highlights

video by A.D.S. Collective, for Chip’s

Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile, an annual

fundraiser for B.C. Children’s Hospital.

Currently she’s working on the score

for the film The Battle of Burgledorf.

www.myspace.com/mightyquynne

Kelly Fryer (BA ’03, BEd ’04) is a

recreation programmer for the

Regional District of Nanaimo.

Andrew Kolasinski (BA ’04) is the

publisher of Island Angler and

proprietor of Kola Publishing. The

tabloid magazine is a guide to fishing on

Vancouver Island. Kolasinski also works

as a freelance writer for a wide range of

publications on a variety of topics.

Cindy Page (CYC Dipl. ’04) earned her

master’s in Learning and Technology at

Royal Roads University, where she

focused on instructional design and

early childhood education. She received

an Entrance Award, the Chancellor’s

Award for highest academic

achievement, and Founder’s Award for

leadership, sustainability, and personal

growth. She feels her education at VIU

greatly contributed to her success.

Duncan Pike (BA ’04) lives in Langley,

B.C. and is president of Sport

Performance Specialists in Vancouver.

www.sps-powerskating.ca

Jennifer Farr (BA ’05) moved to

Vancouver in January of this year to

work for ICBC as a senior financial

information advisor.

David Harding (Automotive Service

Technician Cert. ’05) is a corporal in

the Canadian Forces and is on an

extended mission in Afghanistan

where he works as a mechanic at a

patrol base southwest of Kandahar.

With others he is responsible for the

Food for Thought

Living consciously—as she says,

“realizing that one’s actions affect

everyone and everything”—is Nicole

Shaw’s (Graphics Diploma ’95) lifestyle

philosophy. How she puts that into

action garnered her and partner, Dirk

Becker, recognition in a list of

Nanaimo’s 20 most powerful people.

Shaw is active in the community:

past president of the Nanaimo Women’s

Resources Society and Nanaimo

Women’s Business Network boards;

three-time organizer of the

GreenSolutions Tradeshow and Speaker

Series; and founder and publisher of

Synergy Magazine, a bi-monthly

“mindful living” publication.

Furthermore, most locals know Shaw

and Becker through their organic

vegetable farm and popular farmers

market. Shaw said that they are perfect

venues to raise awareness about how

global issues are connected to food and

farming, and growing numbers of

people are listening.

“If you combine pollution from farm

equipment and transport vehicles,

chemicals from pesticides, and

methane from farm animals, it adds up

to make our food system the largest

contributor to greenhouse gas

emissions,” Shaw said. “And right now

in B.C., one in four children between the

ages of one and 18 are slated for

diabetes. Through food, we can open

discussions about health, economies,

land use, politics, and consumption.”

A L U M N E Y E

Mr. Sandman

Former VIU Mariner volleyball player

Maverick Hatch (Recreation Transfer

’08) won a bronze medal for B.C. in

beach volleyball at the 2009 Canada

Summer Games. Hatch and partner

Steve Marshall, a student at Trinity

Western University, went 4-0 in the

round robin before losing to a strong

Quebec squad in the semi-finals. Hatch

and Marshall rebounded to defeat

Manitoba (21-16, 23-21) for the bronze

medal.

Hatch is now living in Toronto and

training full time with the national

beach volleyball team. “I’m committed

to beach volleyball,” Hatch said. “I

want to compete internationally and

my main goal is the 2016 Olympics.”

With VIU, Hatch was a CCAA All-

Canadian, BCCAA first and second team

all-star, and a national tournament

second team all-star. He holds the

school record for most kills in a match

under the rally point system, scoring 30

points against the University of the

Fraser Valley in 2008.



repair, battlefield recovery and

maintenance of armoured vehicles for

all Canadian Forces in the area.

Marcus Boucher (Fisheries and

Aquaculture Post-Degree Dipl. ’06) was

a research technician with the Ministry

of Environment from 2006-2009. He

worked mostly with white sturgeon and

kokanee. He is currently an MSc student

at UNBC working on larval white

sturgeon culturing and physiology.

Chiharu Kikuta Iwaskow (BA ’06) owns

an English conversation school in Shiga,

Japan with her Canadian husband,

Edward Shilo Iwaskow (BA ’06), whom

she met at VIU.

Aimee Newton (BTM ’06) works at

Mount Royal University, planning and

organizing corporate and university

events. Christopher Doucette (BSc

Computer Science ’07), who played

volleyball for the Mariners, is now a

software developer. They recently built

their first house, and in July, after

dating for six years, they’ll be tying the

knot. They can’t wait to see their old

university friends at their wedding.

Bobbie Buckle (BBA ’07) is the owner of

Elite Gaming Entertainment, offering

entertainment casinos for any and all

events from corporate and staff parties

to dry grad and bachelor/ette parties.

www.elitecasinonights.com

Lindsey Craig (BA ’08, BEd ’08) and

Blake Tobacca (BEd ’07) have new

teaching jobs in Dalian, China at Maple

Leaf International School. Craig

teaches PE full time and Tobacca

teaches Socials 10 and PE 10.

Lauren Fourmeaux Clemens (BBA ’08)

will be finishing her law degree at the

University of Manitoba in April and has

accepted an articling position at Smith

Neufeld Jodoin LLP, a law firm in

Steinbach, Manitoba.

Safe at Home

A former VIU Mariner baseball player is chucking curveballs in the pro ranks for a new

hometown team.

After a stellar college career where he led the Jamestown College Jimmies (North

Dakota) to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics World Series and set the

school’s record for career wins, left-handed pitcher and Victoria native Graham Campbell

(Phys Ed Transfer ’05) signed a two-year contract with the expansion Victoria Seals of the

independent Golden League.

“When I heard that Victoria was getting a team, I arranged a private tryout in front of

team owner Darren Parker,” Campbell said. “I threw well enough to get an invite to

training camp in Yuma, Arizona, and made the team.”

During the 2008-09 season, Campbell appeared in 31 games, more than any other Seals

pitcher. His personal statistics included a win-loss record of 1-1, a 7.36 earned run

average, and 42 strikeouts.

h Harry Erickson holds a photograph of hisclass at the Vocational Training School inthe late 1940s. PHOTO AND STORY COURTESY

OF THE LADYSMITH CHEMAINUS CHRONICLE

A History of Industry

With more than 40 years experience in

the local forest industry, Harry Erickson

(Heavy Duty Mechanics ’49) decided it

was time to share the knowledge and

stories he collected during his lengthy

career in an industry that drove the local

economy throughout the twentieth

century. Collaborating with history

enthusiast Shirley Blackstaff, Erickson

recently wrote the book From Hills to

Harbour: A British Columbia Forest

Industry Story.

As a boy growing up in Merville,

Vancouver Island, Erickson became

interested in forestry watching his father

who worked as a hand faller near

Courtenay. A big turning point in

Erickson’s career came when he enrolled

at the Nanaimo Vocational Training

School, a precursor to Vancouver Island

University. After completing his year of

training as a diesel mechanic, he went to

work on steam engines and locomotives

for the Ladysmith Comox Logging and

Railway Company.

His training with diesel technology was

timely as the industry was shifting away

from steam power. Working out of a shop

near the Ladysmith waterfront, Erickson

was at the centre of innovation and

faced challenges every day. Through

numerous name changes and working

across the Island in various roles,

Erickson stuck with the same company

until his retirement in 1992.

Erickson plans to print 200 copies of

the book and hopes to find a place for

them in local schools.



Amanda Moore (BTM ’08) lives in

Sunyani, Ghana, West Africa and is

working for the Brong Ahafo Research

and Extension Centre, an NGO

partnership of Vancouver Island

University. She also works at two post-

secondary institutions and is a

consultant with Freedom Stones,

providing economic and skill

development opportunities in rural

communities in Ghana through jewelry

production and holistic skill training.

She is earning her MA in International

Development at Eastern University in

Pennsylvania.

Sanem Ozkan (BBA ’08) is the

marketing coordinator at Aviawest

Resort Group in Victoria, B.C.

Kendra Torvik (BSc Nursing ’08)

moved across the country to study law

at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.

She credits her VIU instructors for

encouraging her to go for new things,

hence the change from science to law.

Nicola Cervantes (BA ’09) is working

towards a master’s of Commerce at the

University of Wollongong in New South

Wales, Australia. Nicola can be reached

at: [email protected]

Bronwyn Kelleher (Culinary Arts ’09)

is doing her cooking apprenticeship

with Chef Andrew Springett, Canada’s

2003 Bocuse d’Or representative at the

Black Rock Resort in Ucluelet, B.C.

Ashley Madiuk (BTM ’09) attended SFU

for the Career Counselling certification

after graduating from VIU. She now

works as the youth immigrant

facilitator with the Boys and Girls

Clubs of Delta, where she teaches

employment and life skills as well as

ESL. She is getting married in the fall.

Jennifer Stewart (Practical Nursing

Cert. ’09) lives and works in Nanaimo

at Wexford Creek as a licensed practical

nurse.

A L U M N E Y E

Esteemed-Powered Local Motives

Be who you are, not who others want

you to be.

It’s a vital mantra for young girls to

remember as they grow up in a sea of

peer pressure and unhealthy mass

media images and suggestions, says

child and youth counsellor Angela

Slade (BA ’06).

In 2008, Slade started ESTEEM Child

and Youth Services, aimed at empow-

ering young girls and families. The core

of the business is Esteemed CHICs

(Choosing Health and Integrating

Changes), a series of skill-building

workshops that draw on creativity to

strengthen self esteem and reinforce

positive body images. Themes such as

media literacy, nutrition, health, rela-

tionships, and leadership are explored

through music, photography, creative

writing, cooking, and exercise.

“I want to feed a movement where

girls are empowered to foster healthy

relationships and think critically about

what they see in the media,” Slade

said.

Slade hosts her workshops in central

Vancouver Island and classmate Deon

Soukeroff (BA ’07) runs the Esteemed

CHICs program in Vernon, B.C.


www.esteemedchics.com


2010: A Space Odyssey

Lindsay Munday (MBA ’09) is at the

heart of an organization looking to

outer space to address the growing

world demand for sustainable energy.

From a multimillion-dollar penthouse

overlooking False Creek, Munday works

with the management team of Space

Energy, Inc. The company’s plan is to

develop the first satellites that can

harness solar energy from space and

transmit the energy to receivers

anywhere on the planet. The process

avoids the pollution associated with

fossil fuels and nuclear power.

According to Munday, there are no

more than five companies in the world

dedicated to acquiring solar energy from

space. “We’re opening up discussions

about new possibilities for clean energy,”

Munday said. “It feels good to be

involved with an organization that could

change the world.”

Space Energy plans to launch a

prototype satellite within the next few

years to test its energy collection and

transmission capabilities. As well, the

company plans to build a number of

solar energy parks across the United

States.


www.spaceenergy.com


Thank you to all of our alumni supporters.

The first ever Alumni Online Auction for the Festival of Trees was a tremendous success, raising more than 10,000 for

student scholarships, bursaries, and awards.

Alumni donors this year include:

To donate a prize for next year’s auction, please contact:David Forrester, Manager, Alumni Relations • 250 · 740 · 6214 • [email protected]

• Geoff Ball (Horticultural Technician Cert. ’95) – Milner Gardens

• Colin Brost (BTM ’04) – Tourism Sun Peaks

• Ro Davies (BTM ’00) – Whistler Golf Club

• Warren Erhart (Hotel and Restaurant Manage-ment ’76) – White Spot Restaurants

• Terence Fitzgerald (Fine Arts Dipl. ’92) – Writer/Producer

• Leeanne Fitzpatrick (BTM ’02) – Outdoor Adventures Whistler

• Don Hubbard (Heavy Duty Mechanics ’66) – Hub City Paving

• Roger McKinnon (Business ’77) – The Old House Village Hotel and Spa

• Sean Riley (Cook Training Cert. ’92) – GLOWBAL Restaurant Group

• Colleen Thiessen (Hospitality Dipl. ’02) – The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge

Festival of TreesAlumni Online Auction


T H E H O M E S T R E T C H


Recently, when Jay Ruzesky

launched his new novel, The

Wolsenburg Clock at a Cowichan

Campus reading, someone asked him

the important question, “Who do you

write for?”

“For myself,” Jay replied.

In the discussion that followed it was

noted that the book industry and the

printed word are in a decline, and it’s

very hard for writers to find publishers.

Jay suggested that if one hopes to write

a bestseller it’s necessary to research

the market, decide on a niche, identify

a publisher, and write for a specific

audience. The road to publication can

be a long and winding one.

“Or,” he said, “you can be

adventurous. Just write what most

interests you and hope to find a small

publisher who is willing to take some

risks with it.”

That’s worked for me. When I retired

from my position as Dean of Human

Services and Community Education at

what was then Malaspina University-

College, I envisioned having more time

to write. I’d published a number of

essays, professional articles, and

several short stories, but it wasn’t until

a few years after my retirement, when I

was diagnosed with breast cancer, that

I began to write for myself.

Two things kept me grounded while

facing surgeries, radiation and

recovery: writing and walking

labyrinths. Without any agenda and

with no particular schedule, I started to

jot down what I thought of as

“vignettes,” brief descriptions of my

thoughts and feelings. I began to see

links between my writing and the

winding path of the labyrinth. Both

activities offered opportunities for deep

reflection that were strengthening and

enlightening.

Since I was writing only for myself, I

could be utterly honest, expressing my

deepest feelings and fears. I

didn’t show my work to

anyone until I’d completed

radiation treatment and felt

well on the road to recovery.

At first I sent it to only a few

family members and friends

who’d asked questions about the ordeal.

Later, at a dinner party with an artist

colleague, Jennifer Waelti-Walters, I

described my vignettes and she asked

to see them. The next thing I knew,

Jenny turned up at my door with eight

amazing prints which she had created

to illustrate my story.

“That’s great, Jenny,” I said, “but

what am I to do now?”

“Find a publisher,” she replied. She

suggested I send it to Hedgerow Press,

a small publisher in Sidney, B.C. I did

so, and the choice was a lucky one. Six

months later, Reflections on the C-Word:

At the Centre of the Cancer Labyrinth

came into being.

It’s been an interesting journey.

Writing about my experience was

healing. Seeing the beautifully

produced book was affirming. Hearing

from people who’ve read it and found it

meaningful continues to be

enormously rewarding.

Carol Matthews has been a student, instructor, and dean at Malaspina University-

College. Since her retirement she has written The First Three Years of a Grandmother’s

Life and Incidental Music, a collection of short stories published by Oolichan Books, as

well as her cancer memoir. In 2009, she received an honorary doctorate degree from

VIU. Her book, Reflections on the C-Word, is available at the VIU bookstore.

Winding Paths BY CAROL MATTHEWS

h Protection Island writer and educator Carol Matthews stands at the entrance of the 8,300-stone labyrinth at the BethlehemRetreat Centre in Nanaimo, B.C. PHOTO: DAVID FORRESTER


VIU Mariners GolfTournament

April 9, 2010

Nanaimo Golf Club

Nanaimo, B.C.

www.gomariners.ca

VIU Planned Giving Seminar

April 21, 2010

Milner Gardens

Qualicum, B.C

[email protected]

Milner GardensEmbankment Gala

May 20, 2010

Milner Gardens

Qualicum, B.C.

[email protected]

Spring 2010 Convocation

May 31 and June 1, 2010

Port Theatre

Nanaimo, B.C.

Music in the GardenFundraiser

August 14 and 15, 2010

Milner Gardens

Qualicum, B.C.

www.viu.ca/milnergardens/

21st Annual Charity Golf Tournament

September 24, 2010

Fairwinds Golf & Country Club

Nanoose Bay, B.C.

Partial proceeds to benefit

the VIU Foundation and the

Vancouver Island Symphony

Save the Date! VIU Business Program Reunion

June 11 and 12, 2011


Nanaimo Campus, B.C.

[email protected]


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VIU Alumni magazine - Journey, Spring 2010