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Convocation ceremonies are webcast to parents around the world So on Thursday, when Yohan received his undergraduate degree in psychology and a certificate in human resources management, his parents watched the live Web cast in their home office. They even called his cellphone when he was on stage. "My dad said, 'Wave to the camera.' I waved.... It was fun," he says. "I was the only goof in the whole place on a cellphone." A day earlier, Yohan's twin brother, Danesh, 22, graduated with a bachelor of administrative studies degree. While the brothers' parents watched the live webcast, Yohan had to go to work. But he watched the archived video that night. York went online in 2001 partly because of rising numbers of international students, said Alex Bilyk, York’s director of media relations. The University also understands that some people can't attend ceremonies because of work, illness and a host of other reasons. The webcasts are a way to include them, Bilyk said. The convocation webcasts are getting more popular. On June 14, one of them drew about 700 viewers, he said. The majority of viewers are outside Canada. Many of them are in the United States but there are some watching from 29 other countries, including Morocco, Brazil, Bermuda, Israel and Egypt, Bilyk said. York student plays role on York graduate’s teen TV drama The phrase, by now, is familiar – a popular show jumps the shark when, because of slumping ratings or staid storylines, its writers begin to rely on extreme plots to liven things up. The phrase originally comes from Happy Days, which jumped the shark when Fonzie, literally, jumped over a shark. Even the actors don't know what's coming, says Stacey Farber (right), who plays Ellie. Having just finished her first year at York University in her real life, the slender Farber seems out of place and over-sized sitting in a chair-desk on the Grade 8 English class set of Degrassi Community School. Osgoode professor's cell phone bill earns her 'hero' status from Time Middleton notes rise of ‘do-it-yourself’ news-making ethic Peterborough honours Lions’ Holden Holden is currently playing for the York University women's basketball team. The team qualified for the Canadian University Championship in Fredericton, NB in March. In June 2005, Holden was one of the recipients of the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame Bursary Awards, awarded on the basis of a combination of athletics and academics. While dedicating her time to becoming an accomplished athlete, she has managed to maintain a high academic average. She received the Proficiency Award for each of her four years, as well as the Governor General's Award for Academic Excellence in her final year of high school.
Getting the most out of your summer job Check out York University's online "CyberGuide" for useful tips on summarizing your key accomplishments, the Sun said. Often students aren't that clear about their skills, Peach said, and highlighted that feedback from a supervisor can point out new ways of looking at skills and identify potential areas for improvement. York student has the magic touch The club, which was founded by two former York students, David Orlov and Sean Law (BSc ‘05), continues to gain interest at the University and now boasts about 20 to 30 members who meet once or twice a month. Nguyen, this year’s president of the club, says she doesn’t perform in any magic shows, but does enjoy learning new magic tricks and teaching what she learns to others. Fear of unemployment feeds frenzy for digital multi-tasking York student says she’s mystified by terror arrests Too early to tell why some middle-class youths turn to terrorism Food, not protests, keep York student busy Camper studying at York to become a doctor But in 2000, Getahun made a much more profound getaway. Her mother and brother, having already moved to Toronto, sent for her. Home being home, however, Getahun was reluctant to leave friends and memories behind. But the girl who dreams of becoming a doctor knew it was an opportunity for a new beginning. "Either you go to school or you become a street kid. That's it," she says, of her options in her native country. Today, she's on course for becoming a doctor, studying biology at York. And the idea of camp couldn't be less foreign to her. "Every year I go back," she declares. "It's a must." Former Glendon student, now theatre impresario, makes his mark in Barrie Arkady registered at North York’s Newtonbrook Secondary School and began to absorb English. He didn't immediately plunge himself into theatre at his new high school. Newtonbrook has graduated a significant number of arts professionals. Arkady was busy learning how to be Canadian, adding English to his working knowledge of French, Italian, Spanish, and, of course, Russian. He headed into languages at York University's Glendon campus in 1994. He was going to teach. "I hit York University and went sideways ..." headlong into theatre. He requalified for drama studies as a major, with a minor in business [but left in 1999 without a degree]. Gold medal-winning York PhD called ‘one smart cookie’ Cabbagetown has it all: dream gardens, pearly gates and dance lessons Osgoode/Schulich graduates know the art of the ‘big deal’ When you're the general counsel of a company as aggressive as Brookfield Asset Management, which focuses on assets in real estate and power generation, you dip your hands into some very big deals, reported the National Post June 7. York alumnus Joe Freedman (MBA/LLB ‘94) is living proof. As Brookfield's managing partner and general counsel, he oversaw acquisitions worth several billion dollars over the last 12 months. Not bad for a guy still under 40. If you're a deal junkie, Freedman's 2005 might seem just about perfect. There was the $1.4-billion acquisition of Weyerhauser Coastal British Columbia. It wasn't just big, it was complex. Freedman was also part of a small team that led the acquisitions of O&Y Properties and O&Y REIT by a Brookfield-led consortium. All in all, a good year. But in both deals, Freedman – who holds a joint MBA/LLB from the Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School – describes himself as the man in the middle, juggling all facets of the deal. "I work to make sure all the pieces work together."
But his position at Harris presented Belsher with a completely different challenge: building a financial services company from the ground up. It's a challenge many people would find daunting. Working to build a bank is a seismic shift from the legal world, says Belsher, who graduated from York's Osgoode Hall Law School and later practiced law at Blake Cassels & Graydon from 1982 to 1997. He evidently enjoys the challenge. Last week, he announced he was leaving Harris to set up shop for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in Toronto, building a full-service bank that offers debt, equity and M&A advice – this time in Canada. Osgoode grad appointed to Ontario Court of Justice Canada Post’s Moya Greene is sorting it all out First, the good news: It makes money. And after the sponsorship scandal-related departure of CEO André Ouellet, it has a new leader, Moya Greene (left) (LLB ‘78), 52, an energetic former Ottawa mandarin who also held senior jobs with Bombardier and two Canadian banks and claims to "love complexity". Last year, she delivered mail and worked the night shift to get to know the place from the ground up. Now, the bad news: Canada Post has to change the way it operates, said Greene, who made her name handling negotiations for Ottawa in the mid-1990s spin-off of another Crown corporation, Canadian National Railway Co. Canada Post faces a long list of challenges, many internal, but also shifting industry dynamics. Last fall, she told a House of Commons committee: "I see the company withering." Canada Post is bloated, underproductive, suffers from years of sour labour relations, – and, said Greene, should be earning twice what it made last year, its second-best performance in 25 years. Grad alleges racism after being arrested in protest Rashid was one of four people taken into custody and ticketed May 27 after police cracked down on a group of 20-plus marchers who had made their way from Queens Square to City Hall. He said he believes the fact he is of Pakistani descent played a role in his arrest. A few days later, Fredericton police Chief Barry MacKnight announced that allegations of racism against his department would be investigated by police from Saint John and by another outside agency. Study of Yiddish needs a boost, say educators He cited Hebrew University in Israel as the only university to still conduct graduate programs in Yiddish. Columbia University no longer incorporates Yiddish interaction into its graduate program, said Weiser. He noted that people "do not know a language until [they are] fully exposed [to it] and brought into the culture" and said one problem Alum mixes dance with native heritage But during her teenage years, Smith started to struggle with her identity. She felt there was a conflict between her ballet world and her Mohawk world. "I started questioning who I was," said Smith, who is a member of the Mohawk Nation Turtle Clan. "I started to feel like ballet wasn't for me. I began doubting that this was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life." So after dancing six days a week for more than six years, she quit dancing cold turkey. But on summer break in Toronto, Smith ran into an old family friend who gave her an opportunity to revisit her artistic past. "Gary Farmer was doing an NFB (National Film Board) documentary about native corn ceremonies," Smith says. "He asked me to choreograph some dance scenes in the film. Now, at the time I hadn't danced for more than five years. But the opportunity to recreate native rituals and getting paid to do something I loved made it easy for me to say yes to the project." The documentary was called The Gift, and the experience left a lasting impression on Smith. The combination of her dance training with her native heritage reignited her passion for dance. She got an MA in dance at York’s Faculty of Fine Arts and now runs her own dance company. Smith is artistic director and choreographer for Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, which began in 2001. Since then, she has created a series of critically acclaimed works. "My artistic vision is making contemporary dance and expressing through that dance my indigenous beliefs and inspirations," Smith says. "And I want to take that rich cultural heritage and share it with a wide and diverse audience."
Black 'legends' meet tomorrow's heroes York’s ‘man of steel’ set to bow out of Formula 1 racing For Shnaider, a Maple Leafs fan, it was his way of letting Canadians know how he felt about the absence of hockey during the NHL lockout. But now there's the possibility that this Canadian connection might be lost. Recent reports suggest the team soon could be sold to a group of Dutch investors. A native of St. Petersburg, Shnaider and his family immigrated to Israel by way of Ukraine when he was 4. Nine years later, his family was living in Toronto. His parents ran a deli in a predominately Russian area north of downtown, where Shnaider stocked shelves and cleaned floors. Dawn of a new Dusk? "People keep asking me why I think this music has come back," Dusk says. "I kind of grew up during the 1990s with Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and all these amazing singers. The problem was nobody could really sing along with them because they sing at, like, 50 octaves or whatever. "I think part of the reason for the resurgence of this music (ballads) is it's music everyone can sing along to. And that's what the foundation of music really is: the sharing. A lot of people are also being introduced to this music for the first time, so they don't see it as being old - it's fresh to the young kids.
Refugee who became a professor graduated from York Legendary guitarist studied at York Graduate’s exhibit explores the wonder of child’s play York graduate’s play on Governor-General life moves her to tears Saunders, the school's drama teacher, said he wrote the play because he saw parallels between his life and Jean's. Saunders saw Jean's appointment as an opportunity for Lawrence Heights "to redefine its role vis-a-vis the negative stereotypes that abound about the school and the community," he wrote in his director's note. Lawrence Heights is one of Canada's oldest housing projects, a series of rent-geared-to-income low-rises in north-end Toronto pejoratively referred to as "the jungle." Built between 1955 and 1959, Lawrence Heights is home to 6,000 people, many of them immigrants from the West Indies and eastern Africa. Throughout the spring, Lawrence Heights altered its curriculum to better acquaint students with Jean's life and work. Students wrote essays and poems and drew her likeness. Rehearsals for the play began in March. Grade 7 and 8 students performed the complex play, which traced Haitian history from the Napoleanic invasion in 1802 to 1957, the year Jean was born in Port-au-Prince. The Ode featured medleys set to the music of Nina Simone and Wynton Marsalis, among others, with students changing between colonial garb, '60s afros and oversized '80s powersuits. Orillia student lands scholarship and heads for York
Student will work November election for City Idol winners By design, City Idol left contestants free to develop their platforms, but now will bring out volunteers to knock on doors. York graduate student Melissa Goldstein, 32, was one of those who signed on to help and will stay on to work for the City Idol candidates during the remaining months of the election campaign. She helped organize the regional run-off in North York won by Bahar Aminvaziri (Don Valley West). "It was one of the first places where I felt I could affect change on the ground," said Goldstein, who is studying for her master's degree in environmental studies in York’s Faculty of Graduate Studies. Though she had hoped for more public debate on ideas during City Idol, Goldstein remains enthusiastic about the process. Foley opts for BC Lions and more playing time Sun Media reported a few days later that Foley had signed with the Canadian Football League’s BC Lions but the quiet word is the Ravens were so impressed they're bringing him back to take a place on their practice roster later, reported Sun Media June 25. Alumna breaks down and buys a new car, but not from a sexist Not surprisingly, in an industry dominated by men, Stephen never once came across a female salesperson in all her visits to various dealerships. "But I spoke to a bunch of different men. There was a complete range," she says. "I never felt condescension but one guy both tried to flirt with me and dominate me. He was just so sexist. So I turned around and left." New sexual consent bill is part of ‘symbolic politics’, says Young Young says it's the latest example of "symbolic politics" – the addition of redundant law to score political points. Young said the Tories did the same thing the previous week with a bill to crack down on street racing, an offence already covered under dangerous driving and criminal negligence laws. "They're manufacturing problems that don't really exist and responding to them to appear as if they're very responsive to the needs of Canadians," Young added. The Criminal Code already protects anyone under 18 from sexual exploitation, Internet luring and child pornography, Young said. "I would need to see evidence that these sections are not protecting young people. I really don't know why Prime Minister Harper thinks this is a necessary enactment." NHL’s 250th draft pick of ‘84 chose York instead "But you always have to remind yourself that what you do as an 18-year-old shouldn't be what defines you in life," Gani added. "I look at what I've been able to do as a teacher the last 15 years and the influence I've had...now that's amazing." Without the temptation of the big money that exists now – Gani recalls minor-league salaries as being about $30,000 and the NHL minimum as $80,000 – he enrolled at York University. "The lesson I try to pass on is, try to keep your doors open as much as possible; education is the thing no one can take away from you," he said. Deaf since she was 3, York student expects to graduate this fall Improv competitor will study theatre at York York kinesiology student captains the Little Lake Water Taxi Murder victim was former York student
Editor sings praises of York student intern I figure Daniel will either look back on this gig as the best summer job he ever had before he decided to go off and swim with corporate sharks for a career or this will be the experience that gives him a full-blown addiction to journalism. Daniel's parents will either loathe me or love me at the end of the summer. He's entering his fourth year at the Schulich School of Business, on a rolling scholarship and as a dean's list regular. That's the breeding ground of chief administrative officers but Daniel's not yet fixed to that route and has managed to land and deliver on a slew of engaging student newspaper assignments. York graduate wins national journalism prize "Tom shows us continually that he's one of the top science journalists in the country," said Citizen managing editor Derek Shelly. Spears has been writing for the Citizen for 15 years. With a degree from York University in French and history, he took a winding road to arrive as a science reporter. Dance alumna creates new work titled Bean Bar Zambuka For more than 30 years, Mascall has physically felt every move that she has created and experimented with her contemporary ideas of movement. She was a late bloomer in the dancing world so to speak. It wasn't until she was 15 that she began performing modern dance. Back in Ontario, she attended York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts and was one of the first graduates of the dance department in 1974. Former professor John Sewell is running for city hall again Worldwide competition hurting North American workers, managers Mott delivers ‘walloping gutbucket riff’ on new jazz album
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Production began this month for the sixth season of "Degrassi: The Next Generation" and, for the first time, cameras are following graduating cast members into university, wrote the Toronto Star’s Jen Gerson June 13. That means the shark is lurking. "The spectre of jumping the shark is something we deal with every day," says executive producer and York alumnus James Hurst (left) (BFA ‘92), on the set of the show in the first week of filming.
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"If you've identified what kinds of skills you'd like to develop, you can make any job more challenging and related," says Jenny Peach (left) , Job Search Programs coordinator at York University's Career Centre in a story published in the Toronto Sun June 14. She encourages you to seek out new initiatives or offer to get involved with other projects. Are you performing a task you think could be done more efficiently or cost effectively? The relationship you have with your manager or supervisor should dictate the best way to approach the topic. "In general, before even approaching them, really think through the problem and your proposed solution. Be clear about the variables and your arguments," Peach says. "If and when you decide to present your suggestion, be sure it is not presented as a criticism of the current process, but rather as a suggestion for an improvement."
York University graduate Tam Nguyen (left) (BSc ‘06) was this year’s president of York's Amateur Magic Organization, reported Metro (Toronto) June 13. Though being a magician isn’t her life-long dream, the mystery behind magic is what first attracted her. The 23-year-old graduate of the School of Kinesiology & Health Science plans on becoming a doctor but, during her four years of studies, being a part of the school’s Amateur Magic Organization was a hobby she couldn’t deny. "I was interested in magic at a young age, but I never really pursued it until I was in university," says Nguyen. "It’s just a hobby and I’d like to keep it like that, it’s just fun. If I were to get paid for it that would be great too but sometimes when you get paid for something you really enjoy it doesn’t become as much fun anymore."
On the highways, multi-tasking kills. But it is also causing psychological and physical stress as "personal space" shrinks and working hours expand, reported the Toronto Star June 4. "In Muskoka in the summer, you have your cellphone and e-mail," says Noreen Pupo (left), sociology professor in York's Faculty of Arts. "People know they can always reach you. If you turn those devices off, you're questioned for it, even if it's your day off." Pupo, director of the Centre for Research on Work and Society at York University, studies the new economy, which is strongly linked to electronic devices. "In a society where people are worried about hanging on to a good job – as they do in Canada, where unemployment is chronically high – they're afraid of losing it by being out of touch," Pupo says. "But people who have low-paying jobs and are just getting by need to be connected too. They're even more worried about losing a couple of hours of work because they weren't available when they were called."
In an opinion piece for The Gazette (Montreal) June 9, Janet Bagnall wrote that labelling young, native-born Muslim males as "racially suspect and intrinsically prone to violence" can become a self-fulling prophecy. Does it make any difference, she asked, if, as is the case in Canada and was to some degree in Britain, the young immigrant men in question are not unskilled or unemployed but are middle class? Do middle-class youngsters turn to violence for the same reasons? Professor Paul Anisef (right), sociology professor in York’s Faculty of Arts, thinks it's too early to know. "You're dealing with a very limited number of incidents," he said. "To what extent can you generalize? I don't think you can. It seems plausible, if a particular ethnic or minority group feels challenged, it's the middle class that has the resources to act or react."
In a big city you can borrow neighbourhoods that you don't live in, wrote author and York alumna Katherine Govier (MA ‘72) in the Toronto Star June 4. You can pretend to be local, blend in and feel at home. That's what I do in Cabbagetown, said Govier. Right now, my favourite street is Winchester. The street is home to the building that was once Gerrard Street Methodist Church and now it houses the school and rehearsal space of the Toronto Dance Theatre. This particular church is incredibly grotty inside. I doubt the women's change rooms have changed in 30 years. But I love it because on Tuesdays and Saturdays there is a dance class taught by the amazing Wendy Chiles (left) (BA ‘72). Wendy and I were in dance class together at York University in 1972. On Tuesday nights and Saturdays in the hot bare second-floor room with the dusty floor and the door open to the metal fire escape, I join with other dancers of various ages. We do our contractions and our battements and our leaps in a diagonal line from the corner, and Wendy says things like, "Don't let your stuffing hang out!"
Geoff Belsher (LLB ‘82), who was nominated in this category for his work while co-head of investment and corporate banking at Harris Nesbitt Corp. in Chicago, is accustomed to being at the epicentre of big deals. As head of mergers and acquisitions at BMO and later Harris Nesbitt, a subsidiary of Bank of Montreal, for example, he helped Vincor International Inc. fend off a $1.1-billion hostile takeover by Constellation Brands Inc., and advised Molson Inc. in its $6.2-billion merger with Adolph Coors Co., one of the most highly publicized deals of 2005.
Members of the Hamilton legal community are of two minds about the appointment of assistant Crown attorney and York alumnus Joe Nadel (right) (LLB ‘75) to the bench of the Ontario Court of Justice, reported the Hamilton Spectator June 9. They're disappointed the energetic and capable Nadel will no longer be prosecuting criminal cases at the John Sopinka Courthouse. But they're also delighted to see such a deserving colleague realize a dream. "He has a vast legal knowledge and endless energy and he'll be a huge loss to the Hamilton Crown Attorney's Office," said his now former boss, Crown attorney Tim Power. Brent Bentham, a fellow prosecutor, described Nadel as "one of the most dedicated Crown attorneys in the province." He said Nadel has "carried a heavy case load, including many high profile and complex cases and is known throughout the Hamilton legal community as a paragon of fairness."
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York graduate Asaf Rashid (right) (MES ‘03) is a man in search of justice. The 30-year-old Fredericton resident, whose allegation of racism against the Fredericton Police Force last month sparked an external investigation, said he wants a society that treats everyone fairly. "That's what it is about for me," Rashid said in an interview with The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton) June 13. "Whether it is through the courtroom or through getting public attention on issues, I think there's a lot of tools out there. "It's ensuring that those people whose voices are marginalized, who are poor and have other (things) against them, that they somehow are given a voice."
Interest in Yiddish education is dwindling and the 1,000-year-old language and culture is no longer widely esteemed, reported Canadian Jewish News June 15. That was the conclusion reached by panellists at the closing panel of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies’ (ACJS) conference, "The Futures of Yiddish Education and Culture in Canada". Yiddish was once the language of the masses and is now the language of a small minority of people, said Keith Weiser (right), professor of Jewish history at York University’s Centre for Jewish Studies. Weiser was speaking to an audience of about 100 people at York’s Keele campus on May 30.
faced when learning Yiddish is, "Where you speak Yiddish, you speak English." Weiser, who received his doctorate from Columbia in 2001, said it’s important to be "fully immersed" in the language of a people, rather than learning solely from a textbook. "[At Columbia University] we were exposed to a wide range of Yiddish-speaking people," he said. Earlier that evening, Irving Abella (left) , history professor in York’s Faculty of Arts, and author of six books, including the award-winning None Is Too Many, received the 2006 Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award.
When York graduate Santee Smith (left) (MA ‘04) was a little girl, doctors suggested to her parents that she should do something to strengthen her legs, reported The Toronto Sun June 19. They enrolled her in a ballet school in Brantford near her home on the Six Nations reserve. Smith thrived, and by the time she was 12, she was enrolled in the National Ballet School, where she spent six years away from home honing her talent.
Eighteen months ago, York alumnus Alex Shnaider (left) (BA ’92) had many hearts racing in this country with the idea of a "Canadian" team in Formula One, wrote The Gazette (Montreal) June19. Shnaider, a Russian-born Canadian citizen, had bought the cash-strapped Jordan F1 team at age 36, later to be renamed Midland F1 – after the Midland Group, the privately held steel, shipping and land development company headed by the Toronto billionaire. When the Jordan/Midland team rolled into Montreal for last year's Grand Prix of Canada, the cars of Tiago Monteiro and Narain Karthikeyan carried a distinctly Canadian flavour with the message "Bring back hockey" written on the sides.
York alumnus Matt Dusk (left) (BFA ‘02) has a found his place in the sun, wrote a reviewer for The Edmonton Sun June 18. And the 27-year-old crooner from Toronto says he's absolutely basking in its glow. Dusk is touring in support of his third album, Back in Town. The thing about the sun is that for all its beaming brilliance, sunsets are inevitable. Dusk knows this, and he's aware that timing is everything. He's fortunate, for example, that traditional pop vocalists like himself are all the rage right now.
York alumna Martha Kuwee Kumsa (right) (BSW ‘96, BA ‘95) is standing in front of her social work students at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, reported The Record (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo) June 17. Out of the corner of one eye, the Ethiopian-born woman catches sight of a man in uniform lingering in the hall. She continues her lecture, but her heart beats faster and her breathing becomes heavier. Then she gets a clear view of the man – and it's a university security officer, not a soldier come to drag her away. She relaxes. "It's amazing how the brain works and the body responds," the soft-spoken Kumsa says of the triggers she has learned to cope with over the years. With the help of a student loan and two part-time jobs, Kumsa enrolled at York during her second year in Canada. She got a bachelor's degree in social work in 1996, the same year that she received a human rights award from the New York-based group, Human Rights Watch.
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BC Lions coach Wally Buono suggested there are several options the team is contemplating in terms of replacing injured player Jason Clermont but wouldn't get specific, reported The Vancouver Sun June 20. One scenario could see him hand Clermont's non-import roster spot to draft choice and former York Lions’ player Ricky Foley, who is expected to join the team at workouts today. Foley, a linebacker/rush end from York University, was the team's second of three first-round picks this year. He initially signed a tryout contract with the NFL Baltimore Ravens but was released last Thursday when he expressed a desire to get playing experience over a possible chance to be placed on the Ravens' practice roster.
Michael Lorsch's passion for drama has been evident at Guelph Collegiate and Vocational Institute for years, but it was in 2005-2006 that everything came together for this talented student, reported the Guelph Tribue June 23. He co-captained the GCVI Improv team as they captured silver at the 2006 Toronto Improv Games and placed seventh at the Canadian National Improv Games in Ottawa. Michael also directed a production of The Ferris Wheel at the Sears Drama Festival and brought home an Award of Excellence for his direction. He accomplished all this while attending the Factory Theatre Student Scholarship program in Toronto. Michael recently discovered he can carry a tune and took his final bow at GCVI in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Next year, he says he'll be studying theatre at York University and hopefully get more involved in the whole Toronto scene (volunteering at the Factory Theatre and events such as the Toronto International Film Festival). (photo courtesy Guelph Tribune)
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Citizen science writer Tom Spears (left) (BA Glendon ‘77) has won a national science journalism award, reported The Ottawa Citizen June 24. Spears will be awarded the L'Oreal Canada Excellence in Science Journalism honour for his article "Now They Can See Exactly What's On My Mind," published June 4, 2005, about a functional MRI, a type of magnetic resonance imaging scan that shows which parts of a brain are in use during the scan. The Canadian Science Writers' Association administers the prize, which was announced in St. John's, Nfld., at the association's annual gala.
Bean Bar Zambuka is the latest innovative dance piece choreographed by West Vancouver resident and York alumna Jennifer Mascall (BFA ‘74) and is scheduled to debut at the Kay Meek Centre, known as West Vancouver's new cultural jewel, June 28 to July 15, reported North Shore News June 23. Mascall and her dance company Mascall Dance create a new dance about every three years. Bean Bar came from the coffee shops and bars where they danced.
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