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from our co-op opportunities and exchanges to our alumni and academic partnerships, waterloo’s influence spans the globe.
playing it Clean pg. 14
waterloo athletes hope the lessons learned from a painful steroid scandal will help younger students understand the risks of appearance and performance enhancing drugs. beth Gallagher
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students and researchers at waterloo’s new stratford campus forge new understanding of the emerging world of digital media. kira vermond
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student success efforts at university of waterloo aren’t about lowering standards — they’re about ensuring students have the support they need to succeed. christian aagaard
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Editorial
Understanding who we are and who we want to be
THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO MAGAZINE spring 2013
By the time this magazine reaches your mailbox, your university will be putting the finishing touches on a renewed strategic plan. This document will detail our strengths, articulate our goals and chart a course for success.
publisher Tim Jackson editor STACEY ASH
Waterloo is a young, vibrant and dynamic school. Our growth over the past 57 years has been nothing less than astounding and shows no sign of slowing. New programs, new partnerships and new buildings constantly spring from the fertile minds that lead this university.
contributing editors CHRISTIAN AAGAARD Emily Huxley Osborne advisory board Sunshine Chen (BES ’95, BArch ’97) Martin DeGroot (BA ’79, MA ’81, PhD ’95) CAROLYN ECKERT (BA ’94) Chris Harold (BES ’00) AiméE Morrison Patrick Myles (BA ’87)
This institution is firmly rooted in the former farmland where local business leaders sowed the seeds for a new kind of higher education that was relevant and forward-looking.
Many months of consultation, review and careful thought have informed this renewed approach to Waterloo’s future. Many of the priorities and values it identifies are reflected in this issue of Waterloo Magazine. With a growing reputation as a global leader in higher education and research, this institution’s international impact is illustrated in Waterloo in the World (page 6). This new feature highlights Waterloo’s global reach: More than 350 partnerships with peer institutions around the globe; more than 30 countries where our co-op students bring employers new ideas and energy; and 143 countries where alumni proudly carry the University of Waterloo banner.
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From academic excellence to co-operative education, students are at the heart of everything we do at Waterloo. As a magnet for some of the highest-achieving students from around the globe, ensuring that each has the opportunity to reach their full potential is no small task, writer Christian Aagaard explains in Success Story (page 26).
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This university’s rock-solid commitment to integrity and to making a difference were never more clear than in the wake of a football steroid scandal that rocked the campus in 2010. In Playing it Clean (page 14), writer Beth Gallagher examines how Waterloo Athletics turned a devastating loss into a victory built on ethics and education.
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In Expanding the Digital Horizon (page 20), writer Kira Vermond, explores our new Stratford campus, dedicated to digital media, and Waterloo’s role as an engine of new ideas and emerging industries. Waterloo has so much to celebrate and is on the cusp of so much more. Watch for details of the strategic plan revision on our website, uwaterloo.ca/ strategicplan, then share your pride, your questions, your stories and your own vision for Waterloo with us at
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students put university into focus e=mc2. Einstein’s theory of relativity is one of the most consequential contributions to knowledge of all time, drawing on millennia of human observation, calculation, curiosity, trial and error, and an unquenchable thirst for discovery. From nuclear scientists to philosophers, it has entered into so many minds, generating further thought. It is the focal point — truly, the point of focus and clarity — through which we can make sense of a vast web of data and phenomena, and grasp something profound about the nature of things.
this enormous range of seemingly disparate activity into focus — is developing successful graduates. Successful graduates are ready to take and make jobs, contributing to the advancement of our society in many ways. They have deep and broad knowledge. They’re communicative, team-oriented, aware, and imaginative. Our eco-system of innovative educational features like co-operative education, entrepreneurial opportunities, and high-impact scholarship is designed to stimulate our students’ full potential for success in today’s globalized economy and society. The results speak for themselves — and they speak boldly.
As an academic institution, we take inspiration from the work of great scholars and scholarship. Sustaining an environment of robust academic research and achievement is central to who we are and what we do at the University of Waterloo.
In the following pages, you’ll get a sense for Waterloo’s
And as a community rooted in scholarship, we know the value of elegance; we thrive on bringing clarity to complexity, and putting the profound into focus.
Our research impact is global and growing, and our
This is as true in the institutional sphere as the academic sphere. Universities in the 21st century are remarkably complex institutions with vast and growing activities, each essential to the success of the whole.
that this university instils.
From academic programming to research funding; from government relations to student success; from community relations to undergraduate recruitment; from co-operative education to graduate research to technology-transfer and beyond, leading universities are some of the most dynamic and complex institutions in society today, producing research and human capital in service to society.
What new doors can we open for our students?
For us at the University of Waterloo, our core purpose — the organizing principle that brings
steadily-growing profile as a global institution with profound reach and range. Our relationships with alumni, researchers, students, and entrepreneurs span disciplines, sectors of the economy, and continents. graduates are infusing organizations and industries all around the world with the obsession for innovation As our international profile and presence steadily expands, we must continue to constantly ask ourselves how we can bring these successes to the service of our students both before and after they graduate. What networks can we establish with and for our alumni? What partner organizations around the world could add value to students enrolled in programs or conducting research at the University of Waterloo? It all comes back to one, simple organizing principle — building and supporting successful graduates. It’s not quite E=mc2, but it sure brings things into focus. feridun hamdullahpur
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incoming international space station commander makes contact on feb. 15, students, faculty and staff gathered in the Humanities Theatre for a rare opportunity — a question-and-answer session with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Waterloo was the first university to enjoy such an opportunity with Hadfield on this mission. The International Space Station (ISS) carries two Waterloo experiments co-ordinated by Prof. Richard Hughson to tell us more about the human cardiovascular system. What is discovered up there could change lives down here. The session, through the Mission Control Centre in Houston, Texas, lasted about 20 minutes. Here is an edited sample: lakshmi venkatesh: Can you describe your
point in space, are you able to see any evidence of environmental degradation on our planet?” chris hadfield: We sure are. Like the Aral
Sea (in central Asia) which, because of irrigation changes … has basically dried up to nothing … And we’ve been taking a lot of pictures (over) Patagonia of the glaciers as they exist right now to compare (them with) historic photographs. roBert henderson: What is the most difficult
experiment being conducted during your mission? chris hadfield: One from the University of
chris hadfield: I was more concerned about
Waterloo has complexity to it. We take these leg
andrew roBertson: Can you tell us about some
of the exercises used throughout your mission to minimize (accelerated aging) and prepare your body for return to gravity? chris hadfield: “We have both a treadmill and an
exercise bicycle, and those get our heart lungs running and the blood coursing … We have a resistive exercise device where you’re pushing against big cylinders … For two hours a day, we work hard to keep our bodies in shape, to keep our muscles strong so that if we have For the record
amBer nicholson: With your unique vantage
feelings … as you left Earth’s protective horizon on this mission? not going to space because there are so many complexities in trying to safely leave Earth … So, it was with a great sense of buoyant energy and readiness that I left Earth’s protective sheath … I visited space twice before, but this time to live here — the ability and the time to absorb it and wonder about it and internalize and think about it — is magnificent.
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to go outside and walk we can operate the space suit. And when we land back on Earth again we’ll be able to walk and our bones will be strong.
cuffs … put them on our upper thighs, then pump them up, then release them. It’s almost the same as coming from weightlessness and suddenly putting gravity back so that the blood suddenly (rushes) into the legs … We can study how the body regulates blood pressure, how it regulates the blood flow, and use that, of course, for astronaut health but also for the health of everybody on Earth who has blood pressure regulation problems. aleX lee: How does the internet work on the ISS? chris hadfield: We don’t really have internet,
or just barely have internet, on the space station. But we have multiple links to the ground … When I tap on my keyboard up here it goes through that long trail … It’s slower than dial-up so I can’t watch videos or anything, but it’s good enough for Twitter. It’s been a wonderful boon for me to be able to help communicate this experience to the ground.
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Waterloo recognized for leadership in giving The University of Waterloo was named the recipient of the Leadership Giving Award at the United Way Kitchener Waterloo and Area’s Community Spirit Awards ceremony. The Leadership Giving Award “recognizes an organization that most successfully organized an exceptional Leadership Giving Campaign through motivation and encouragement of giving personal gifts of $1,000 or more.” The University of Waterloo was nominated alongside
Curlers bring home national gold The Waterloo Warriors brought home the university’s eighth national
FEDDEV, Stantec, and Teledyne DALSA.
varsity championship in March, when the men’s curling team defeated
The university’s United Way campaign
the Alberta Golden Bears 7-5 at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport
raised $238,000 in 2012.
gold medal match, held in Kamloops, B.C. The team, led by skip Jake
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Walker, lost to Alberta in the 2012 final. The win came on the heels of a surprise appearance by the Waterloo men’s hockey team at the national hockey championships in Saskatoon, where the team fell one victory short of a chance to play in the final. WEB see Champions at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
Health Service Complex offers more services, greater privacy Waterloo’s newly renovated and expanded Health Services Complex opened on February 11. Students backed the project in a referendum and construction began late November 2011. Designed by
» Privacy. No need for hallway consultations with visitors » Plenty of natural light » Collaboration spaces where nurses and doctors can discuss cases away from visitor traffic
Kearns Mancini Architects Inc.
The old building will be renovated
with John MacDonald Architect Inc.
into a wing that will house a
The building features:
family-health clinic.
» 21 exam rooms » Second-floor dedicated to mentalhealth care and health education
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Cognitive science researcher wins Killam Prize
Ophelia Lazaridis, Mike Lazaridis, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Terry McMahon, Bill Power, and Diana Kim break ground for the new science teaching complex.
Paul Thagard, a professor of philosophy in the Faculty of Arts, is the winner of the 2013 Killam Prize for the humanities. The director of the University of Waterloo’s cognitive science program uses computer models to develop new models of human emotion and consciousness. Thagard is the fourth University
Breaking ground for Science Teaching Complex The ground may have been frozen, but the shovels still went in as a ceremony marking the new Science Teaching Complex took place on December 6. The earth was turned to mark the new home for undergraduate studies in the Faculty of Science — a five-storey, 120,000 square-foot building that will be located between the two current Biology buildings. The complex will be
of Waterloo researcher to win
dedicated to the undergraduates, providing resources they need to succeed
the $100,000 prize, and the
while they study at Waterloo, and reflects the growth in demand for the
second in two years from
faculty's successful undergraduate programs in recent years.
Waterloo’s Faculty of Arts. Thagard recommended to the awards committee
Construction of the new building was made possible with the generous
that the university nominate Mark Zanna
support of $10 million by Mike Lazaridis, co-founder and former vice-chair
for the 2011 Killam Prize in social science
of the board at Research In Motion, now BlackBerry®, and his wife Ophelia.
for his groundbreaking and influential work in the field of psychology. Previous winners include Ming Li, a professor of computer science, and William Tutte, a professor
Bondfield Construction Company is expected to take roughly two years to complete the building, with a target opening of April 2015. WEB see Groundbreaking at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
of combinatorics and optimization. WEB see Killam at
uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
Identity refinement will see return of the shield Refinements to the university’s visual identity
Going forward at Waterloo,
are underway with the return of the shield.
the shield will be aligned with the
Several factors inform the return of Waterloo’s distinctive shield, including: » Quantitative research providing insight into our profile and reputation in Canada » Recruitment surveys and research conducted to inform undergraduate recruitment programs » Student input on design of University of Waterloo diplomas » Feedback from the recent Mid-cycle Review consultations conducted with over 3,400 students, faculty, staff and alumni
existing wordmark to create a more visually powerful logo. Our bold wordmark continues to represent our core attributes, including innovation, daring and unconventionality, while the shield situates Waterloo among an elite group of institutions of higher education around the globe. This is especially important as we look internationally for partnerships and to attract the best students, faculty and staff. Beginning in the spring term, the newly refined logo will be applied across all University of Waterloo communications, as part of an overall marketing and communications plan to raise the profile and build the reputation of our institution nationally and internationally, in support of the university’s strategic goals. WEB see Identity at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
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McBoyle returns as acting provost “I am pleased to advise that Geoff McBoyle has agreed to serve as interim Vice-President, Academic & Provost,” President Feridun
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Hamdullahpur wrote in a memo circulated to the Board of Governors
Joe Paopao joins Warriors football as full-time coach
and the university’s Executive Council on January 23. “As a long-time faculty member and senior administrator, he is well-attuned to the academic strengths of our institution, and the steps we must take to build on our success as an international leader in research and teaching excellence.” The role is familiar territory for McBoyle, who was appointed acting provost in October 2010 when Hamdullahpur became interim president. McBoyle remained in the position until May 2012, when he was succeeded by Sallie Ann Keller. Keller stepped down in January to refocus on research and teaching. WEB see Provost at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
The University of Waterloo’s Department of Athletics named Joe Paopao as the full-time head coach of the Waterloo Warriors football program. Paopao served as offensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach prior to assuming the interim head coaching duties last season. He led the Warriors to a 2-6 record last season including a dominant 48-29 upset over the
New 3-D print centre brings rapid prototyping to Waterloo Engineering’s new 3D Print Centre which opened on February 27 is
Windsor Lancers in the last game
the first facility of its kind at Waterloo, offering rapid prototyping
of the season.
and manufacturing services to the campus. The star of the show is
Paopao enjoyed a 12-year CFL career before becoming a highly respected CFL coach and subsequently a coach with the Waterloo Warriors in 2007. In 2006, he was the offensive co-ordinator for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. From 2001 to 2005 Joe served as head coach of the Ottawa Renegades. He has also coached with Edmonton, British Columbia and Winnipeg in the CFL. WEB see Paopao at
uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
the Fortus 360mc, a “fused deposition modeling” (FDM) machine that builds parts layer-by-layer using polycarbonate and ABS plastics. Available in a variety of colours and surface finishes, the finished products vary in strength and durability (depending on the materials used), and have already been put to good use by Engineering’s student design teams. Purchase of the Fortus was made possible by a $100,000 grant from the DENSO North America Foundation to the Student Design Centre, combined with generous discounts from Stratasys (manufacturer) and Cimetrix Solutions (supplier). Any Waterloo student, staff or faculty member can submit design work for print production at any media.doc location. Costs range from $5 to $10 per cubic inch. Find out more at eng.uwaterloo.ca/3dprint/ Credit: Russ Wong, Faculty of Engineering
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Awards and honours » Kevin Resch, an experimental
» Arthur Carty, executive
physicist at Waterloo’s Institute
director of the Waterloo
for Quantum Computing was
Institute for Nanotechnology,
awarded the EWR Steacie Memorial
was appointed Chair of the
Fellowship from the Natural
Council of Canadian Academies’
Sciences and Engineering
Expert Panel on the State of
Research Council of Canada.
Canada’s Science Culture.
» Environment 3, the newest building
» Matteo Mariantoni, an assistant
Waterloo faculty, staff, students, graduates sparkle among Diamond Jubilee honourees It seems like scarcely a week went by in the past six months without word that another person affiliated with the University of Waterloo had received Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. The medals speak to outstanding public
at the University of Waterloo's
professor at Waterloo’s Institute
service, and the sheer number of Waterloo
Faculty of Environment, has
for Quantum Computing,
students, faculty, staff and graduates declared
earned platinum status for
received a Sloan Research
deserving of these awards reflects well on us all.
Leadership in Energy and
Fellowship from the Alfred
Rather than risk omitting a deserving recipient
Environmental Design (LEED).
P. Sloan Foundation.
from a list, Waterloo Magazine extends our
» Ron Schlegel, a former
congratulations to all who were honoured.
The third-party certification, administered by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. » Claudio Cañizares, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, was named a Royal Society Fellow under the society’s Applied Sciences and Engineering Division. »J ennifer Clapp, a professor of
University of Waterloo professor and driving force behind the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his commitment to helping others. » Henry Shi, a second-year computer science student, was named National Co-op Student of the Year by the Canadian Association of Co-operative Education for his work developing
environment and resource studies
statistical software with
in the Faculty of Environment,
Bloomberg Sports.
was named a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability. » Pavle Radovanovic, a professor of chemistry in the Faculty of Science,
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» Caity Dyck, manager of the Engineering Science Quest program, received the Women of Waterloo Region award for Science and Technology.
was renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Spectroscopy of Nanoscale Materials.
University of Waterloo President and Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur received the Diamond Jubilee medal from Kitchener Centre MPP John Milloy in January.
Search underway for Canada Excellence Research Chair The University of Waterloo is one of eight Canadian universities selected to nominate prestigious Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERCs). The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced that of the 11 CERCs that institutions across the country will begin recruiting for, Waterloo has been invited to nominate a world-renowned researcher in the area of Security and Privacy for the New Digital Economy. Waterloo currently hosts a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ecohydrology, held by Professor Philippe Van Cappellen, and a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing, held by Professor David Cory. Universities receive up to $10 million over seven years for each CERC recruited. Waterloo will invest an additional $17 million to support the CERC, which includes faculty positions, renovations and student support. WEB see CERC Search at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
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playing it Clean the decision to test the entire team and suspend competition for the season was extremely difficult, courageous, and a lightning rod for change. in the fight against doping in football, i hope others follow this example in support of transparency, integrity, and ultimately, concern for the health of young, impressionable athletes. dr. Jack taunton, cHaiR of THE 2011 canaDian cEnTRE foR ETHics in sPoRT Task foRcE on DRuG usE in fooTball, cHiEf mEDical officER, vanoc
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lEArNiNg FroM tHE PAiNFul lESSoNS oF WAtErloo’S loSt FootBAll SEASoN, AtHlEtES JoiN ForCES to dElivEr A SiMPlE MESSAgE: TRuE succEss DoEsn’T involvE DRuGs warrior football player Brandon
The football season was eventually suspended after a
eaket is in a high school auditorium
team-wide testing mission uncovered nine adverse doping
talking about the dangers of doping:
results. Suddenly, Eaket was caught in the middle of what
He paints a frightening picture of the
would become the biggest doping scandal in the history of
side effects of steroid use — liver damage,
Canadian university sport.
impotence, premature heart attacks and depression.
So, when Eaket decided to be part of an innovative education program called Succeed Clean, he tells a story that goes
If you would have told Eaket a few years
beyond the sobering health effects of appearance and
ago that he would become a leading voice
performance enhancing drugs (APEDs). “The amount of guys
in the fight against steroid abuse he would
it affected, beyond the nine guys, was tremendous,” Eaket says,
have said you were crazy.
“It affected other team members, alumni and the university.”
After all, it was only three years ago that
Succeed Clean, a Waterloo region initiative designed to reach
he was sitting in a high school classroom
1,000 students from Grade 7 to 12 this year, is part of an effort
himself, a Grade 12 student and talented
to teach young people about the risks of using APEDS. A recent
slotback receiver looking forward to
study published in Pediatrics revealed that 5.9 per cent of
playing for the Warriors.
students surveyed had used steroids to build muscle.
However, in March 2010 he received a
Silence descends in the high school auditorium when a video
text that would change all that.
begins playing on a large screen. In the video, Eric Polini,
The text was from a friend who played football for Waterloo; something about steroids. After the class, he got a phone call. The news was bad, he was told.
a former Warrior football player, talks about how using steroids in 2010 got him banned from playing varsity football for two years and ended his dream of playing professionally. Ironically, Polini started taking steroids to increase his chances of making the CFL: “I felt this was a last resort . . . I had two years to prove
“Be ready for more to come.”
myself,” he explains.
By the end of the day, Eaket learned that
In the video, Polini describes breaking down in tears when
a Warrior football player had been
he admitted to his coach that he was abusing steroids. He also
charged with trafficking steroids.
recalls his own father crying when he told him, and the shame
The news hit him hard. “I had just signed and committed to the University of Waterloo,” Eaket tells the rapt students. “All of a sudden, everything was going downhill.”
he felt telling his younger brother that he had cheated. “You don’t want to make this mistake,” Polini says on video. When the lights go up, Eaket tells the crowd: “Watching that
video makes me queasy because I know what a good guy Eric is. »
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It was a Friday that I got the call about the arrests and seizure of these steroids. That was a pretty sick feeling. BOB COPELAND Director of Athletics, University of Waterloo
“Eric could have made it to the CFL — the
Zettler pleaded guilty to multiple steroid and break-in
clean way.”
charges this past January. Among other charges, Zettler
Eaket actually didn’t know Polini back in 2010. But the connection between the player on the stage and the disgraced athlete on the screen shows the wide swath that is cut when elite athletes use appearance and performance
purpose of trafficking: nandrolone, stanozolol, testosterone, trenbolone, metandienone and praterone. He also admitted selling tamoxifen and clomiphene, drugs typically taken to counteract the effects of steroids.
enhancing drugs (APEDs).
Zettler faces sentencing in June.
The anatomy of a scandal
Valeriote was sentenced to a year’s probation in 2010 and
Eaket’s connection to Polini began on that
given a $200 fine for his part in the break-ins of March 2010.
March day in 2010 when Eaket received that first text about steroids. As a foster child who had been removed from his birth family when
The fourth player involved, Eric Legare, was not charged with any drug offences, but he pleaded guilty to break-ins. He received a nine-month conditional sentence and one year
he was five, Eaket never thought he’d get to
of probation in 2011.
university. Few foster kids ever do.
The conditional sentence meant Legare avoided jail time.
He and his older brother were placed with
He was ordered to serve his sentence under a curfew, abstain
a foster family after abuse was discovered. While Eaket had a few opportunities to be adopted, he refused them because the potential adoptive families didn’t want to adopt his older brother who has cerebral palsy. A foster family came forward to raise the two Eaket brothers together when Brandon was nine. So, by the time Eaket received that text message he was a teen who had learned to rise above more than his fair share of disappointments. On that same day, back on campus, the University of Waterloo’s athletic director also remembers a call he received like it was yesterday. “It was a Friday that I got the call about the arrests and seizure of these steroids,” says Bob Copeland. “That was a pretty sick feeling.” The case that would become one of the biggest doping scandals in Canadian university sport broke, unbelievably, at a local McDonalds drive-through. Police arrested then-Warrior football player Matthew Valeriote after a stolen credit card was used at the fast-food restaurant. His arrest led police to search Nathan Zettler’s home in Waterloo. Zettler, a fellow Warrior
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admitted to possession of six kinds of steroids for the
from drugs and alcohol. At sentencing, the judge was moved by Legare’s desire to turn his life around after a difficult childhood. Zettler’s roommate at the time, Brandon Krukowski, was acquitted in 2011 of selling steroids to his teammates. While police were busy with the criminal investigation, Copeland, with the support of senior administration at the university, made the controversial decision to initiate a testing mission by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) for the entire Warrior team. More than a dozen people from the CCES showed up in Waterloo and a secretive process began that included a private meeting among all parties involved in the testing mission. “We were actually sequestered in a meeting room at six o’clock in the morning because we didn’t want the players to see what was going on,” says Copeland. “It wasn’t one of those ‘wink, wink’ things when athletes actually hear ahead of time that testers are coming. The players didn’t know. That’s key to the process. It has to be a surprise test.” When the football team arrived for a meeting, the players were officially notified and told that anyone who left would be ruled an adverse test. Copeland remembers the players as being shocked: “It was very quiet.”
wide-receiver, would become the centre of the
Luke Balch, the quarterback and captain of the team,
scandal when investigators discovered a closet
remembers arriving on campus to find coaches and police
filled with steroids, vials and large bags of
assembled in a room. Every player was told to sign in and
needles in a closet. Police were investigating a
then the team was notified. “When I looked around there
series of break-ins on campus and in Waterloo
were some concerned faces, to put it lightly,” says Balch.
neighbourhoods at the time.
“People were caught off guard. Players were upset.”
For Balch, who decided to stay with the Warriors, it meant losing many of the new recruits for the team and most of the senior starters who went to play at other universities. “These guys were Photo: waterloo athletics
my best friends. We were also roommates,” says Balch. The media frenzy missed a story about a Kitchener kid who had signed on to play for the Warriors: Brandon Eaket couldn’t leave town to play at another university. As the legal guardian for his disabled brother, he wanted to stay in Waterloo so he could support him. When Copeland reflects now on the decision to scrap the 2010 season, and the impact it had on the university and the players, “It was at that point I knew that this steroid issue was going to get bigger.” For Copeland, who later became the chair of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) performance enhancing drugs education task force and a member of a national task force on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in
he says: “Often the most difficult decisions are the most courageous. It was about the health of the athletes and the integrity of the institution.” Copeland still has the 4,000 e-mails he received during the scandal, many of them highly critical of a decision that would affect not only the players on the team, but future players and students like Brandon Eaket.
football, the testing mission was as much an
Focusing on education
attempt to clear the clean athletes as it was to
“Ever since the episode happened, we’ve been focused on
nab the steroid users. “It was a gut feeling that it was absolutely the right thing to do,” Copeland says. “I was thinking about the majority of the players on the team who, without question, would be clean. We didn’t want them looking over their shoulder their entire life. Especially the biggest guys on the team, we didn’t want people saying, ‘I bet you were on the stuff.’ ’’ The results of the testing mission, revealed in June 2010, found nine doping violations, including the first North American athlete to test positive for the human growth hormone. The results prompted the university to suspend
education,” says Copeland, a driving force — with retired school principal Chuck Williams — behind the Succeed Clean program. Williams says an important part of Succeed Clean is the research being conducted by the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. In addition to the presentations by elite athletes, research is being done to examine student attitudes about APEDs. Williams has also led several “community conversations” with parents, teachers and coaches. The Waterloo athletes work alongside Ontario Hockey League players from the Kitchener Rangers and varsity athletes at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. Succeed Clean is also supported by the Waterloo Regional Police Service and has been embraced by the region’s public and Catholic school boards.
the football program for one year.
Copeland’s push for education happened, in part, when a man
That controversial decision set off a storm of
Hooton is the president of a Dallas-based organization that has
criticism and a media frenzy that would make headlines in the New York Times and on ESPN. Reporters showed up at the university’s spring athletics awards banquet looking for comment. The coverage included stories of senior-year
from Texas called to talk about the Waterloo situation. Don been going into U.S. schools for almost ten years to talk about the dangers of APEDs. Hooton established the Taylor Hooton Foundation after his own son, Taylor, killed himself in 2003 after abusing steroids.
players who would lose the opportunity to play
Hooton didn’t know his 17-year-old son, a promising baseball
professionally; fears that the football program
player with dreams of playing professionally, was using steroids.
at the University of Waterloo would be dead
He also didn’t know depression can be a side-effect of doping.
forever; sympathy for players who would have
Through his organization, Hooton hopes he can prevent other
to scramble to find another university to play
young people from abusing APEDS, and alert parents to the
for to save their football careers.
side-effects of the drugs. Keeping it clean
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Taylor Hooton, 17, dreamed of playing professional baseball. He committed suicide in 2003 after abusing steroids. His father, Don Hooton established the Taylor Hooton Foundation to combat steroid use in U.S. schools .
When Barras and Eaket warned the students about the risks of using APEDs, they gave a sobering list of possible side-effects: acne, bloated appearance, premature heart attack, liver damage and clotting disorders. Males face the risk of reduced sperm counts, impotence, breast development, shrinking testicles and premature baldness. Side-effects for females can be facial hair, deepening of the voice,
entire football team and ultimately suspend the Warrior football season was as unusual as it was admirable. “When someone tests positive, the typical experience for colleges in the U.S. would be for the athletic director to explain to the senior administration that it was just one athlete, a rogue athlete, and to circle the
growth. Students were also warned about the effects on the brain — “roid rage” and depression. Barras warned that underground APEDs bought over the Internet are made in unsanitary labs and cut with such substances as motor oil. She also reminded the students to be cautious with all products they are buying. Everything from protein powders, to vitamins, to diet pills can be harmful to their health. She said following Canada’s Food Guide will do more for building muscle than any synthetic pill.
wagons,” says Hooton.
“Save your money,” Barras said. “Buy real food.”
Hooton says too often universities are more
While the university cautions its athletes about the risks posed
focused on the win-loss record and the
by supplements, Eaket told the crowd, “It’s up to you guys to know
university’s reputation rather than on the
what you’re putting into your body.”
well-being of the athletes. Copeland believes that Succeed Clean is part of the answer to the doping problem in elite sports.
More than education Although education is part of the solution for doping, Copeland points out that random testing of university athletes has
“Whether it was through research or just
unfortunately been cut back, despite the fact that research
anecdotally hearing from kids, we found that
shows it helps reduce APED abuse.
nobody talks to athletes,’’ he says. “Players on our team told us that nobody had spoken to them about steroids when they were younger.’’ Hooton, whose organization reached 175,000 people last year, says, “If you’re waiting until these athletes get to college . . . you’re waiting way too long.” Ali Barras, the Waterloo cheerleader who
“The cuts to testing are counter to one of the key recommendations of the national task force,” Copeland says. The cuts to university testing were confirmed by Paul Melia, president of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES). He says the federal government wants the CCES to focus resources on Olympic athletes, which means a reduction in tests done on university athletes. “We’re not doing as much as we need to do,” says Melia.
works with Eaket on Succeed Clean, told the
While he hopes to expand the Succeed Clean program across Canada
high school students that she worked out with
one day, Melia admits that the use of APEDs among young people is
Eric Polini, the Warrior who admitted to using
a complex health issue. He would like to see the RCMP, local police
steroids. And while most people picture football
and border officials communicate better to protect young Canadians
players and body builders when they think of
from the illegal steroids making their way across the border.
steroids, she says the fastest growing group of steriod abusers are young women — “Young cheerleaders trying to look a certain way.”
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breast reduction, menstrual cycle changes and abnormal muscle
He also acknowledges that university football is particularly vulnerable to the doping subculture. Melia said one of the more surprising things that came out of the Waterloo scandal was the
While competitive cheerleading demands a high
fact that clean athletes actually respected the athletes who were
level of athleticism, she pointed out teens not
found to be using steroids. “There was a sense that the clean
involved in sports are also using steroids. They
athletes were in admiration of the athletes who were really taking
are referred to as “mirror athletes” because they
risks to make the team better . . . there was that kind of distorted
want to look better, not perform better.
thinking,” says Melia.
Photo: Jonathan Bielaski
For Hooton, Waterloo’s decision to test the
HoW To fiGHT THE PRoblEm The 2011 canadian centre for Ethics in sport (ccEs) task force on drug use in football made several key recommendations. Two years later, several recommendations are being explored by various stakeholders in canada, but only one — mandatory education about performance-enhancing drugs for coaches — has been put into place nationally. a disappointment for bob copeland, university of Waterloo’s athletic director, is that testing for appearance and performance-enhancing drugs (aPEDs) has actually dropped since the national task force recommended increased testing to help curb abuse. “The larger issue is that these kinds of drugs are still not getting the same kind of attention as the hard-core street drugs,” says copeland. from the ccEs perspective, the 2011 recommendations are part of a long-term strategy to change behaviour, says chief operating officer Doug macQuarrie. He points out that some of the recommendations are “fantastically expensive” at a time when “resources available in canadian sport are taxed . . . the willingness of public officials to open the pocket books for these kinds of strategies” is not there.
PHoto: JoNAtHAN BiElASKi
Here is a look at the status of the task force’s key recommendations: » mandatory training for coaches: canadian interuniversity sport (cis) has implemented mandatory online aPED Warriors football player Brandon eaket and cheerleader ali Barras take the Succeed Clean message to local senior elementary and secondary students. the fastest-growing group of steroid abusers are young women, Barras says.
training for university coaches in all cis sports. » more testing: While the task force recommended more testing, the number of players tested annually has actually dropped in the past two years.
Balch says he’s been questioned over and over by media and friends about whether he knew players were using steroids: “Guys aren’t doing it in the change room. You’re not going to show other guys that you’re cheating,” says Balch. “You’re not just competing against other teams, you’re competing against your own teammates for a spot.” Ironically, the football subculture that Melia says can push young athletes to a breaking point also has a supportive side. Brandon Eaket knows the value of this other aspect — the one filled with mentors and coaches who
» Doping hotline: a hotline for people to report cheating in sport is being explored, however, canadian officials are still examining how hotlines have worked in other countries before establishing one here. » more sanctions: The legality of imposing further consequences for teams and institutions is currently being reconsidered after a court case called into question whether institutions can impose sanctions
have stepped up to help a young man who not only wants to stay clean but
that are outside the ones mandated by the World
also support his older brother. It includes coaches who cut him a little slack
anti-Doping code.
when he needs to attend to the responsibilities of being a legal guardian.
» cost-sharing agreements to offset expensive tests:
“Waterloo shows a genuine care for my needs,” says Eaket. “They really
The cfl (canadian football league) now pays for
stepped up and helped me in situations. They know I have responsibilities
aPED testing for the 80 top football prospects playing
outside of football.
at the university level.
“Playing football at Waterloo has meant everything to me. If it wasn’t for football, I probably wouldn’t be at university.”
» Education incorporated into provincial school curriculum: ccEs is hoping pilot programs like succeed clean, an anti-doping program pioneered in Waterloo
weB See lost season at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
Region, will be expanded into schools across canada.
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Waterloo’s new Stratford campus merges business, technology and art.
Back in May 2006, Dan Mathieson found himself sitting in the front row of the Southwest Economic Assembly in Stratford, Ont., beside David Johnston, who was then president of the University of Waterloo and is now Canada’s Governor General. Over lunch that day, Johnston asked Mathieson what he hoped would come out of the day’s talks. As Stratford’s mayor and the event host, Mathieson was not one to waste an opportunity. “I said, ‘David, forget the conference. I mean, this is great, but why don’t we talk about having a Waterloo campus here in Stratford?’” According to Mathieson, by the end of the day the two had driven around the picturesque city for over an hour, considering potential locations for a future campus. By the next day, other Waterloo leaders joined the conversation. Within months, they signed a memorandum of understanding that would bring a Waterloo satellite campus to Stratford, a small city of about 32,000 known as the home of the Stratford Festival. The university chose to make the campus a hub for the emerging field of digital media. »
Stratford Mayor Dan Mathieson sees digital media as an emerging area of strength for this theatre city. As executive director of the University of Waterloo’s new Stratford campus, dedicated to digital media, Ginny Dybenko aims to make that vision a reality.
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Expanding the
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It’s becoming clearer and clearer that it’s really necessary now for us to start to put the human back in the technology. Who better to deliver that than an arts faculty? Ginny Dybenko, executive director of Waterloo’s Stratford campus
It made sense. The world is experiencing a media and technical revolution like never before. Companies see a skills gap — technology exists, but few employees have the knowledge to realize its full communications potential. Stratford’s reputation as a wired, arts-driven community made it an ideal fit. “Stratford has been at the forefront of theatre. Now we want to morph into more digital technology that’s going to be prevalent in the next generation, if not longer. Waterloo is going to help us get there,” says Mathieson.
Opening doors Fast forward to 2013. A lot has happened since those early blue-sky times. In September 2012, Waterloo opened its new 42,000-square-foot campus that boasts a towering, three-storey-high wall covered in 150 MicroTiles created by Christie Digital, a Kitchener-based manufacturer. When fired up, the atrium’s interconnected display tiles are vibrant and sharp. The 30-cm by 40-cm tiles, arranged five units wide by 30 high, come to life in a blaze of colour and content, even when placed beside a wall of windows. Students, researchers and outside industry can use them for research, build new ideas for companies and create more opportunity. In January 2013, using a downlink from the Waterloo main campus, the “wonderwall” was used to show a webcast of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield speaking from the International Space Station. More recently, it won gold in the 2013 Apex Awards competition in the education and healthcare category. The rest of the building is just as impressive, with its seven fully-wired classrooms, 16 project rooms, three video editing suites and an audio editing suite that would make commercial radio stations jealous. There’s also plenty of space for students to meet and mingle in the bright, open-concept outer rooms. The school has also found its footing in terms of what it teaches. At the graduate level, it offers a Master of Digital Experience. Undergraduates can earn a Bachelor of Global Business and Digital Arts. They complete team-based design projects and take advantage of high-end software for graphic design, sound and video editing suites, and team project rooms scattered around the building. The programs have proven to be more popular than anyone ever predicted, says Douglas Peers, dean of Waterloo’s Faculty of Arts.
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The campus is also finding strong support in the community, with an open house in the fall drawing a full house, he says.
he field of gamification, T which taps into the intense engagement that can make video games so addictive, is the focus of research by Kevin Harrigan, left, a professor of digital arts communication, and head of Waterloo’s gambling research lab, and Neil RandaLl, a professor of English and director of Waterloo’s Games Institute.
“I’ve been in a number of educational institutions and I can’t remember seeing that level of popular public support for an initiative. It’s humbling in many ways,” Peers says.
Gaming the human system Gamification is one area where Waterloo is expected to lead over the next few years.
The new program attracted almost 100 undergraduate students
An emerging buzzword in business and
and 20 master’s students. Graduate students arrive for class each
industry, gamification takes what makes
afternoon. In their first and second year, undergraduates take most
video games so addictive and engaging —
of their courses at the main Waterloo campus, and are bused to
challenge and reward — and applies it to
Stratford one day a week. In years three and four, they’ll study
non-game settings. Think work, school,
in Stratford full-time. While the campus is quiet from Monday to
hospitals and even the mall.
Thursday now, that will change when the inaugural undergraduate class comes to study full-time.
Its recent popularity is no accident, says Neil Randall, a professor of English and
Christine McWebb, associate professor in the department of French
director of Waterloo’s Games Institute who is
and director of academic programs at the campus, agrees that the
launching the Stratford Campus gamification
recognition the fledgling campus has garnered has been great for
hub with Kevin Harrigan, associate professor
morale. Not just for the students, but the professors and staff too.
and head of the Waterloo gambling research
“It’s so uplifting to be involved in something new that has attracted so much interest. The enthusiasm in the place is just wonderful,” she says. Ginny Dybenko, executive director of the Stratford campus, says arts students are well-placed to lead the way in the field. Having spent many years in industry and as the former dean of the Wilfrid Laurier University School of Business and Economics, she remembers when technology wasn’t easily accessible. Times are different now. Today people are just as comfortable turning the virtual pages on their iPad as they are flipping through a paper book. Understanding how people think, feel and act is important when designing the technology of tomorrow. “It’s becoming clearer and clearer that it’s really necessary now for us to start to put the human back in the technology,” she says. “Who better to deliver that than an arts faculty?”
lab. The hub is designed to bring together researchers, industry partners and even nonprofit sectors to explore how to use game thinking to get results. “When you watch television, listen to music or read at night, you fall asleep. But if you play a game, you’re up all night,” says Randall. “How do we tap into that intense engagement?” One U.S. technology firm, Gartner Inc., estimates that 70 per cent of large corporations will use gamification in some way by 2014. Others predict it will become a $938-million US industry by next year, up from $100 million in 2011.
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I’m taking risks and looking into the unknown.
« Master’s student Abram Chan was looking for a way to give his career relevance when he enrolled in the University of Waterloo’s digital experience program.
Chances are you’ve already encountered
“How can we use some of these terrible techniques
gamification, which doles out progress bars,
from gambling to encourage people to exercise and quit
virtual gifts, badges and leader boards.
smoking?” he asks.
LinkedIn, for example, displays a progress bar that indicates how much of a user’s profile still needs to be filled in.
This kind of research is important, Randall says. Although gamification is already being applied in many settings, few people are actually researching it. A conference hosted at
Gamification done well means even mundane
the Stratford campus next fall will bring together relevant
tasks become more exciting. So exciting that
academics, industry and researchers.
they can become downright addictive, says Harrigan, who hopes to apply what he learns in his gambling lab to real world applications through the Stratford hub. For instance, recently he’s been looking at the latest generation of slot machines that offer multiple win lines. Unlike older machines, in which three jackpot symbols lined up show a
Until then, the team will continue to work with The Stratford Festival to gamify its digital presence. Already, Waterloo students have built online games and digitized artifacts from past plays. They’re looking for ways to bring some of the games to market, too. “We haven’t even begun to explore gamification, as far as I’m concerned,” Randall says.
winning spin, the new machines offer dozens
A new digital day
of opportunities to feel like a winner.
It’s that kind of innovation in research and business that drew
These machines reward users with all the
Abram Chan, a master’s student at Stratford, to the program.
traditional gifts for winning — the flashing
A recent Waterloo psychology graduate, he was looking for
lights, bells and sirens — even when the
some way to give his career relevance.
gambler is actually losing cash. The user might
After working with a theatre company in Kitchener for the
wager a dollar, but with a push of a button, she “wins” 20 cents. It’s a loss of 80 cents, but you would never know it from the way the machine responds. “You might be rewarded 150 times an hour . . . for losing,” Harrigan says. Those rewards are powerful. Monitoring sweat and heart rate while people play these new games, his team has discovered that they react to the fake wins, too. They play longer and often lose more money. Taking that information, the researchers hope to explore the flipside of the equation.
summer, he says he wished he had business and digital media skills to be more of an asset to the organization. “Then I saw this program and thought, ‘This is so perfect,’” he says. Two-thirds into the school year, he has already helped a local food co-op digitally audit all its assets. Later, he’ll do an industry project placement, too. Companies actually approach master’s students with problems needing solutions and students choose which ones to tackle. With so many opportunities on the horizon, Chan says he’s excited about the future. “I’m looking forward to taking everything I’ve learned here to a company and mentorship environment,” he says. “I’m taking risks and looking into the unknown.” WEB See Digital Campus at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
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s story Campus-wide approach about building support, not lowering standards The boarding schools Seun Balogun
Today, others seek him out when they feel themselves
went to in Nigeria and Hamilton, Ont. neatly
losing traction. For two years, Balogun has been a
set out his instructional day.
SHADOW — Student Hosts and Delegates of Waterloo —
“It wasn’t complicated, I always I had my schedule set up for me,” says Balogun, now a third-year student at the University of Waterloo.
helping international students deal with the social and academic challenges of learning in a different land. Starting in 2013, the name of the program has changed to International Peer Mentors.
Then, in his early days as a first-year student,
Different needs, different services
he picked up his course plan, saw wide gaps
While they change in name and form, student support
between classes and wondered what he
programs begin at recruitment and follow the student
would do with all that free time.
until he or she leaves the university community.
That airy schedule started to become an
Services weave across academic and administrative
abyss as he struggled with the new person
departments. They range from faculty advisers offering
he had so quickly become: An independent
counselling on course selection, to mentors helping
adult responsible for the choices he made
entrepreneurial students develop an idea into a
to fill his day.
marketable product.
“I panicked a lot,” Balogun says. “The thing
They ease students into campus life by providing a
is, you learn to deal with it. Now I don’t have
package of ice-breaking events during Orientation Week.
as much time, but I’m doing more stuff.”
Co-op, which lies at the heart of the learning experience
Balogun’s story of shock and adjustment
for 16,500 students in 120 programs at Waterloo, provides
is typical among first-year students, and a
its own package of support to prepare students for work
key reason why Waterloo sets up an array
placements. Most of this is done through the Co-operative
of supportive programs for young men and
Education & Career Action Centre.
women who find themselves edging toward that abyss, if not slipping into it.
A recent review placed mental-health care as a key component in the university’s push for excellence. Through
Balugon credits his don, friends he made
Campus Wellness, students find care and comfort when they
in the African Students’ Association, course
face problems beyond anyone’s scope to manage alone. Most
advisers, his family and friends of family
of the assistance available on the second floor of the new
for helping him find his path. They often
Health Services Centre is focused on mental health.
pointed him to on-campus support services.
Students come to university at an age when mental-health
Six weeks into school he changed programs,
problems are most likely to surface. Research indicates that
dropping computer science for a choice
one per cent of first-year students in Canadian post-secondary
that has made him a lot happier — math
schools attempt suicide. Six per cent give it some thought. »
and economics.
« Seun Balogun, right, knows the social and academic challenges students can face when they first set out on their own. He’s made it his mission to provide advice and guidance to incoming students, including Behrooz Shafiee Sarjaz, as part of Waterloo’s International Peer Mentors program.
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« Progressive schools don’t take a sink-or-swim approach with students, says Sean Van Koughnett, director of Waterloo’s Student Success Office.
Easier access Student well-being is so important at Waterloo that a number of key services have been brought together — and new ones developed — under a recently formed administrative department, the
Some of the ways Waterloo supports student success » Working with the Federation of Students and faculties, Student Success helps about 6,700 students flow into first year » Support services — including SHADOW, now known as International Peer Mentors — are offered to about 4,500 international students »T he Writing Centre assisted 2,000 students — under-graduates and graduates — with assignments in 2012 » VeloCity enables entrepreneurial students to live and innovate collectively as they try out ideas for new products » Success Coaching, launched in 2011, offers
That process began in 2010. By September 2011, the re-organized office on the second floor of South Campus Hall was ready to help. Incoming students at Waterloo are demographically different than the same group 20 years ago. They are younger, on average, by a year. The last Grade 13 class graduated with their Grade 12 schoolmates in 2003. “That can be huge in terms of maturity,” says Sean Van Koughnett, director, Student Success Office. “Maturity can be as important to success as academic ability.” Changing demographics in Canada, and Waterloo’s focus on attracting international students, also means the cohort is more ethnically diverse. Many incoming students, meanwhile, try to fit paying jobs into their schedules, just as they did in high school. Most bring with them the high
one-on-one mentoring to help students set
expectations of parents.
academic, career and life goals
It amounts to a lot of pressure, says Van Koughnett,
» Connecting with students online or through group sessions keeps administrators tuned into state of the student experience at Waterloo 28
Student Success Office.
and progressive schools don’t take a sink-orswim attitude. Giving students what they need
The Right Fit:
Feeling at ease in residence is as important to success as feeling good in class for success is a key element of President Feridun Hamdullahpur’s leadership, he says. “This in not about lowering our standards,” Van Koughnett said. “It’s about maintaining our standards,
Sometimes he’s a mediator.
Development and Residence Life.
Sometimes he’s resumé coach.
“One thing that hasn’t changed
He is always a good listener.
over the years is the importance
For five terms, Amer Abu-Khajil
of peer mentors — students who have been through it.”
while providing supports.”
has been a University of Waterloo don, an upper-year student who,
Abu-Khajil and his residence-life
Waterloo’s Department of Athletics uses a form
besides working toward a degree,
teammates organize such events
of success coaching to support the 600 students
helps other students cross rough
as karaoke nights, coffee houses
competing under the Warriors logo across 32 teams.
terrain on their own way to success.
and movie nights to build a sense
They face some added challenges, says Chris Gilbert, interuniversity sport manager. Besides keeping up with their studies, they’ve got practices to attend and games to play.
“A lot of our role is pointing students to resources — I’m not a counsellor,’’ says Abu-Khajil, a fourth-year civil engineering
of belonging. Drawn into a conflict, they urge each side to view the issue from the other’s perspective, then encourage both to come up with a joint solution.
“If they are going to be successful, especially with
student. “A big part of what we
the rigours of a Waterloo curriculum, those challenges
do is follow-up: ‘Did you have
need to be identified quite early,” Gilbert says. “We
a chance to see somebody?
applied science degree, Abu-Khajil
tell them to map out their term right now. In three
What was the outcome? Is there
expects to leave Waterloo in April
weeks, they’ve got a mid-term. And it’s not the same
anything I can do as a don?’”
with a solid set of people skills.
This year, Abu-Khajil is among
“When they finish here, they
Athletes are generally good about time-management
almost 100 dons at Waterloo. He
are very capable, competent
because they’ve grown up with schedules, he says. But
lives in Columbia Lake Village South,
professionals,’’ Piticco says of
as top performers, they may be reluctant to admit when
which has a mix of first-year and
his team of dons. “They, at times,
they’re overwhelmed. During orientation, Gilbert says,
upper-year students. It’s one
deal with very heavy stuff.”
athletes are told about support services and encouraged
of five on-campus communities.
as high school.”
to seek advice from senior teammates and coaches. The department tracks marks so that it can advise coaches to check in with players whose grades start slipping.
Great expectations
Waterloo sends representatives overseas, across
Dons are supported by residence life co-ordinators, community co-ordinators and other staff at Housing and Residences, the department providing on-campus housing for more
Canada and to 600 secondary schools in Ontario to
than 5,000 undergraduate and
talk to senior students about what the university offers.
graduate students.
Its booth at the annual Ontario Universities Fair, a three-day event in Toronto at the end of September, covers 3,000 square feet.
The fair attracted 118,000 people last year.
Together they keep the link between housing and achievement taut and secure. The department’s lead brochure bears the title, Students
“We don’t try to hide the fact that we are a rigorous
Success, and staff operate under
place to study,” says Julie Kalbfleisch, associate director
a theme — “The Right Fit,” with
of communications, Marketing and Undergraduate
a mission statement that stresses
Recruitment.
personal and academic success
Face to face or online, Waterloo presents itself as a strong academic institution with a lively campus life, and lots of support for success. “We have high admission averages, and that’s something that’s known about us,” says Kalbfleisch. “So we attract the best students. Then all of sudden they’re here, and I think it’s challenging because they are surrounded by the best of the best. It can be tough.”
Besides taking away a bachelor of
for students. Students have people to talk to, outlets for stress relief, opportunities to live and study with classmates in similar programs, and lots of internet connectivity. “Residence life is one of the most recognized elements of the university experience,’’ says Alex Piticco, director, Student
Student success
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It’s nice seeing things through another student’s perspective. Danlynn tang, blogger
« Gabriela Houston,
Danlynn Tang and Marta Kocemba belong to a group of first year students who blog about their experiences at the University of Waterloo.
Blogging for the soul Last year, Kalbfleisch lined up several
“I just never imagined myself calling banks and arranging housing,” says Tang, as she looks ahead to her second year.
students who started at Waterloo in
Most first-year students return to Waterloo. Retention is just
September to blog about typical first-year
above 90 per cent.
experiences.
But, says Van Koughnett of the Student Success Office,
Posts deal with such issues as assignment
retention is but one indicator of student success. The level
pressures, the joy of a snow day and how
of engagement and satisfaction students have throughout
to clean a “gross” shower head.
their experience is equally important. All these measures are
“It shows the real picture, but it gives students the understanding that things can work out, even if they didn’t start out the way they thought they were going to,” says Kalbfleisch.
impacted by the entirety of the student experience, not just what happens in the classroom. The approach to engaging and developing our students is a holistic one, grounded in research that shows that success in academics and life are dependent on not only “what you know” but “who you become.” Attributes such as maturity, confidence, integrity,
Danlynn Tang says she gets as much benefit
perseverance and work ethic are developed through a range
from blogging as others do relating to her
of experiences both inside and outside the classroom.
posts. A first-year math and accounting student who came to Waterloo with an average in the nineties, Tang said her course load, distance from home (Ottawa) and natural shyness occasionally pushed her to tears in the busy weeks following the thrill of orientation. Blogging, she says, widened her comfort zone, and she found a network of support among fellow bloggers. “It’s nice seeing things through another student’s perspective, how they’re coping with the transition, and comparing their experience to mine,” she says. Tang says she sees a big difference in the person she was in September and the person she has become.
In the end, retention, engagement and satisfaction all come down to fit — whether the academic, career and social environment is one that matches the goals, abilities and motivation of the student. Sometimes, Van Koughnett says, coaching a student to success may mean that the student will conclude that there is a better fit somewhere else. In the meantime, the Student Success Office counts on people like Seun Balogun to help students feel at home at Waterloo. As an International Peer Mentor, he meets regularly with his assigned students — one from Iran, two from China. Their talks over dinner or coffee range from the joys and frustrations of courses, to making sense of jokes in English. Balogun says he has grown from the experience, too, gaining leadership skills, a broadened cultural outlook and something else. “It’s the satisfaction of helping somebody change their outlook on university,” he says. WEB See Success Story at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/links
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Wayne Fox (BA ’71) Faculty of Arts Alumni Achievement Award
Alyson Woloshyn (BA ’00) Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Alumni Achievement Award
Adil Bhatti (BSc ’05) Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Young Alumni Award
Reza Chaji (PhD ’08) Faculty of Engineering Young Alumni Achievement Medal
PLANT Architect Inc., Faculty of Engineering Lisa Rapoport (BES ’85, BArch ’88), Chris Pommer (BES ’86, BArch ’88), Mary Tremain (BES ’84, BArch ’86), Team Alumni Achievement Medal
Jim Davidson (BES ’80) Faculty of Environment Alumni Achievement Award
Geeta Tucker (BMath ’95) Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Award
Brendan Calder (BMath ’69) Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Award
Stephen Watt (MMath ’81, PhD ’86) Faculty of Mathematics Graham Medal Award
Thomas Valcke (BMath ’85) Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Award
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chievement AwArds Every year Waterloo alumni make significant contributions to their professions, communities and the world. The Alumni Achievement Awards recognize these individuals and their efforts to build a better world.
Anish Chopra (BA ’94, MAcc ’94) School of Accounting and Finance Alumni Achievement Award
Elaine Lee (BA ’03) School of Accounting and Finance Young Alumni Award
Ilia Kaufman (MASc ’69, PhD ’71) Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal
Michael D. Watkins (BASc ’80) Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal
life is meant to be lived with
passion. Mike Jutan (BMath ’07) Faculty of Mathematics Young Alumni Achievement Award
Kate Dawson (BSc ’06) Faculty of Science Young Alumni Award
Hilary Foulkes (BSc ’79) Faculty of Science Distinguished Alumni Award
mike JutAn, BMath ’07
Kelly Moynihan (BSc ’79) Faculty of Science Distinguished Alumni Award
Larry Willms (BA ’86, BASc ’86) Conrad Grebel University College Distinguished Alumni Service Award
St. Jerome’s University Fr. Norm Choate, C.R. Distinguished Graduate Award
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1967 Bryce Walker (BMath ’67, Mathematics) was appointed vice-chair of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) Board of Trustees.
1973 R. John Gibson (PhD ’73, Biology) earned a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution to environmental work related to freshwaters, and his work on the
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Fluvarium, an exhibit of stream ecology in St. John’s, N.L.
1974 John Carter (BA ’74, History; MA ’77, History) retired as the senior museum adviser for the Ontario Ministry of Culture. He is now a
research associate in the History and Classics Program, University of Tasmania. He also received the Agnes Macphail Award for community volunteerism in East York, and the Cruikshank Gold Medal for performing with distinction on behalf of the Ontario Historical Society.
Mit Tilkov (BSc ’75, Earth Sciences)
published Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942 in the fall of 2013. The book is the tenth volume in his award-winning series documenting major battles and campaigns conducted by the Canadian Army during the Second Zuehlke’s 26th published book.
is the new general manager of Condormining Corporation by the Ecuador Gold & Copper Corp.
1981 Susan M.W. Cartwright (MA ’81, Geography) was the 2013 recipient of the Government of Canada’s
1978 Charlotte Arbuckle (BSc ’78, Kinesiology) has received the national Outstanding Principals of 2013 award.
Outstanding Achievement Award, an award considered the highest expression of recognition for senior public servants in the Public Service of Canada.
Once upon a time. For centuries, storytelling began with
Potter’s classic story,” Wang explains. “Apple named it
this iconic phrase being read from a book. Today, thanks
App of the Week and in 2011, inducted it into their
to the work of CALVIN WANG (BMath ’95, computer
App Store Hall of Fame.”
based company he founded in 2010, children and adults around the world experience classic stories in a whole new way. It all started when Wang picked his daughter up from school and found her mesmerized by the pull-tabs and spinning wheels in a book. “It was a light-bulb moment,” he says. “I thought about how cool it would be to take a very tactile experience and translate it into the digital medium. The end result could be highly interactive content that’s rich and engaging.” Releasing the company’s first interactive digital book, PopOut! The Tale of Peter Rabbit, in October 2010, Loud Crow quickly gained acclaim for producing an app that enhanced the reading experience. Finger strokes make leaves seem to pop off the page; gooseberries roll when the reader tilts the screen. “Within weeks, the app was garnering a lot of attention because of the unique treatment style it gave to Beatrix 36
Mark Zuehlke (BA ’80, History)
World War. Tragedy at Dieppe is
1975
science) and Loud Crow Interactive, the Vancouver-
MAKING BOOKS THAT JUMP OFF THE SCREEN
1980
Loud Crow has since partnered with other publishers and best-selling authors. It has produced apps for four of Sandra Boynton’s board books, and an app for Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon. Its app for A Charlie Brown Christmas was recognized as the Best Kids App in the 2011 Best App Ever awards. Loud Crow also produced the first fully interactive comic book app for Marvel. “Not a week goes by that I don’t talk to someone who has downloaded one of our apps,” Wang says. “It’s a really cool feeling to know that our commitment to creating high-quality content that works with the capabilities of the device, and provides users with an unrivalled experience, is having an impact in the world.” Today, Calvin and his family live “happily ever after” in North Vancouver. Text: Emily Huxley Osborne
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Brigitte Shim (BES ’81, Pre-professional architecture; BArch ’83, Architecture) was appointed to the Order of Canada by David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.
From Grain to the Glass
1982 Horst Hueniken (BASc ’82, Mechanical
J.P. Wiser began producing Canadian whisky about 100 years before the founding
Engineering) has been appointed to the
of the University of Waterloo in 1957. More than 150 years later, the legacy
board of directors at Xylitol Canada Inc.
of the Canadian spirits pioneer lives on in Hiram Walker & Sons’ Master Blender, Don Livermore (BSc ’95, Biology).
Daniel J. Miehm (BA ’82, Liberal Studies) has been appointed auxiliary bishop in Hamilton by Pope Benedict XVI.
One of only a handful of master blenders in Canada, Livermore attributes his fascination with microbiology to his undergraduate studies at Waterloo. Today, Livermore is a microbiologist with an MSc and PhD in brewing and distilling.
Robert Town (OD ’82, Optometry), University of Waterloo Hall of Fame member, talked about his sports resumé, including his run to make Canada’s track
He is aware of the rich history influencing his work. There’s a big difference between Canadian whisky and barley-based, single-malt whiskies from Scotland or Ireland.
team — in decathlon — in the 1980 and
“Canadians were the innovators of their time and developed blended recipes using
1984 Olympics.
corn and rye whiskies,” he says. “They were resourceful, and fuelled by the demand caused by the American Civil War, Canadians continued to innovate. Not surprisingly,
1983 David H. Y. Ho (BASc ’83, Systems Design Engineering; MASc ’89, Management Sciences), chairman of Kiina Investment, has been elected to Air Products’ board of directors.
they were the first to mandate that whisky be aged.” An innovator in his own right, Livermore has seen the near-infrared (NIR) technology he developed in the late 1990s improve precision in scientific measurements conducted in the ethanol and alcohol industries. “Using NIR, industries are able to rapidly measure the level of alcohol or organic materials such as fats, oils and proteins in a particular ingredient,” he says.
Fram Moos (BSc ’83, Applied Earth Sciences — Geology Option) is a director at Newton Energy Corporation.
Livermore wrote about the technology in the fourth edition of the Alcohol Textbook. “Yes,” he says, “there is such a textbook, and it’s a great read!” Livermore talks to whisky connoisseurs, every-day consumers, product consultants
Howard Sutcliffe (BES ’81, Preprofessional Architecture; BArch ’83, Architecture) was appointed to the Order of Canada by David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.
1984 Bill Birdsell (BES ’82, Pre-professional Architecture; BArch ’84, Architecture) became president of the Ontario Association of Architects.
and whisky purists about what makes Canadian-made whisky so unique. “As it was in the 1800s, today’s Canadian whisky is largely composed of corn whisky mixed with rye whisky to add a hint of spice to the corn’s sweet and creamy taste,’’ he says. “The taste of the final product is influenced by factors such as how it’s distilled, the type of cask used and the yeast fermentation. “I want Canadians to understand and appreciate that all of this combined makes our whisky unique and something to be proud of.” When he’s not on the road or in the lab, Livermore can be found at the hockey rink with his kids, or enjoying a game at home with his favourite drink, Wiser’s Legacy. Text: Emily Huxley Osborne
Jane MacCaskill (BMath ’84, Math/ Chartered Accounting) is Halton Region’s new Chief Administration Officer.
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1985
1991
Sonia Bot (BMath ’85, Computer
Dona Massel (BA ’91, English) has
Science) was selected for the honour
written a play, On the Inside, which
of Innovators & Entrepreneurs by
tells the story of a boy, his teacher
the Institute of Biomaterials and
and the first hanging in what was
Biomedical Engineering at the
once Berlin, Ont. (now Kitchener).
University of Toronto.
The play is being staged by Lost & Found Theatre.
Alison Brooks (BES ’85, Preprofessional Architecture; BArch ’88,
Rob Meikle (BMath ’91, Computer
Architecture), owner of Alison Brooks
Science/Information Systems) is
Architects, received the Building
chief information officer for the
Design 2013 Architect of the Year
City of Toronto.
The Burgeoning Boutique of veterinary law
Award and Schueco Gold Award. Durgamadhab (Durga) Misra
Computer Science, PhD ’96,
Growing up in Fergus, Ontario, Douglas Jack (BA ’77, English)
(MASc ’85, Electrical Engineering,
Computer Science) is joining
PhD ’88, Electrical Engineering) is
the advisory board of OMERS
currently a New Jersey Institute of
Ventures.
knew he would one day pursue a law degree. What he didn’t know was that he would specialize in the legal matters pertaining to the practice of veterinary medicine.
Steven Woods (MMath ’91,
Technology professor. He is also associate chair for graduate programs
1993
“I didn’t think for an instant that I would be narrowing my practice to
in the Department of Electrical and
Marshall Erickson (BA ’93,
what is considered a boutique area of the law,” he says. “I’d like to say
Computer Engineering, Newark
Economics) is director, teaching
it was careful planning and strategy, but it wasn’t.”
College of Engineering. He will receive
and learning resources at
two Division Awards next May: The
Confederation College. He is
2013 Electronic and Photonic Division
responsible for the Paterson
Award and the 2013 Thomas D.
Library Commons while continuing
Collinan Award from the Dielectric
to manage the Teaching and
“Having been invited to speak about general business law, it became
Science and Technology Division of
Learning Centre. As a volunteer,
quite evident to me that while these students were extraordinarily
the Electrochemical Society.
he established the college’s first
Jack credits his career path to a lecture he gave to a group of senior veterinary students at the nearby Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph.
female hockey program. He is
bright scientists, they knew very little about business,” Jack says. “That really had an impact on me.” After undertaking a self-study of the veterinary profession, Jack quickly became one of Canada’s few veterinary lawyers.
Edwin S. (Ted) Hanbury (BASc ’85,
general manager and head coach.
Civil Engineering) is vice-president
Last October aboard HMCS Griffon
of engineering at Painted Pony
in Thunder Bay, Marshall received
Petroleum Ltd.
the Canadian Forces’ Decoration (CD) in recognition of 13 years of
“I’m regularly called upon to represent veterinarians when a complaint has been filed against them through the College of
Perry Josey (BMath ’85, Mathematics)
Veterinarians of Ontario,” he says. “However, my practice primarily
is vice-president of sales at
consists of general commercial law matters. I take a lot of pride and
WellAware.
satisfaction in being able to help young veterinarians purchase a clinic or establish their own practice.”
1987 Barry Cross (BSc ’87, Science) is a
military service.
1994 Mike Morley (BASc ’94, Geological Engineering) is Principal of Matrix Solutions Inc. in Calgary, Alta.
Inspired by the lecture that started it all, Jack developed a course on
professor of operations management
veterinary jurisprudence and teaches at four of the five veterinary
at Queen’s School of Business in
colleges in Canada. He put his English degree from St. Jerome’s at
Kingston, Ont. In January, his book,
David Crow (BSc ’96, Kinesiology)
the University of Waterloo to good use when he wrote two books
Lean Innovation: Understanding
was appointed Evangelist in
on the legal aspects of managing a Canadian veterinary practice.
What’s Next in Today’s Economy,
Residence at OMERS Ventures.
“If there are two skill sets every lawyer needs, it’s the ability to read and the ability to write,” he explains, “and that’s what my English degree afforded me the ability to do.”
hit top spot on the Globe and Mail’s bestseller list for business books.
1996
1998 Sonya Hardman (MA ’98, Political
George Kosziwka (BMath ’87, Math/
Science), formerly employed
Jack enjoys travelling with his wife Debbie, sometimes taking along
Chartered Accounting) is chief
with the City of Peterborough
Fergie, their Havanese. An avid baseball fan, Jack has watched a game
financial officer of InnVest Real Estate
as the community social plan
in all of the major league ball parks in North America.
Investment Trust.
co-ordinator, has accepted a position
Text: Emily Huxley Osborne
1988
with the Regional Municipality of Durham as a policy and research
Michael A. Mitgang (BASc ’88,
adviser to the regional chair and
Systems Design Engineering) joined
chief administrative officer.
The Spartan Group LLC (TSG) as
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the managing director and head of
Jean Giannakopoulou Creighton
technology investment banking.
(PhD ’98, Physics) earned the
Academic Staff Outstanding Performance and Service Award from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee for her outreach work as director of the Manfred Olson Planetarium. That same week in October, she was presented with the Great Lakes Planetarium Association Fellow award for her contributions as a member.
1999 Kingsley Fregene (MASc ’99, Electrical Engineering; PhD ’03, Electrical & Computer Engineering) is the U.S. 2013 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Outstanding Technical Contribution award. Kingsley is currently a principal scientist with Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories. Ryan Mounsey (BES ’99, Urban & Regional Planning), a development planner for the City of Waterloo, shares his passion for urban design by talking about his favourite buildings while giving guided tours of uptown Waterloo.
2000 John Baker (BASc ’00, Systems Design Engineering) has been appointed to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). SSHRC is a federal agency that promotes and supports post-secondarybased research and training in the humanities and social sciences. Ashish Kapoor (BA ’00, Chartered Accountancy; MAcc ’00, Accounting) is chief financial officer at DealNet Capital Corp.
2003 Soheila Esfahani (BA ’03, Fine Arts) and Brendan Tang explored the theme of crossing cultural boundaries in Ornamental Boundaries, a recent exhibition at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.
2004 Kurtis McBride (BASc ’04, Systems Design Engineering; MASc ’08, Systems Design Engineering), co-founder and chief executive officer of Miovision Technologies, received the K-W Chamber Young
2006 Jeff Lai (BA, ’06 Economics) co-founded Brobo, a new toy and entertainment property, which has been featured in Parenting Magazine, Global TV and the Calgary Sun and is carried by specialty toy retailers in downtown Toronto. The first run of dolls sold out over the Christmas season.
2008 Ringo Ka Long Ng (BASc ’08, Environmental Engineering) is one of 20 nominees for ASHRAE’s New Faces of Engineering recognition program, which promotes the accomplishments of young engineers by highlighting their
Patience plus programmer equals savvy politician There are times when the distance between Waterloo and Guelph gets so much longer.
engineering contributions and the
“I swear every blizzard occurred on an evening when I had a night
resulting impact on public welfare.
course,” says LIZ SANDALS (Mmath, ’71), recalling her commute to
ASHRAE is the American Society
the University of Waterloo. “So this probably served to really improve
of Heating, Refrigerating and
my winter driving skills.”
Air-Conditioning Engineers. Aliya Kanani (BSc ’08, Science; BA ’10, English Literature) is a new reporter at The Norwich Gazette.
2009 Dr. Alan Ulsifer (OD ’90, Optometry) is CEO, president, and chair of FYidoctors, and was
The gusts and squalls she faces these days are often stirred up by conflicting political fronts. Appointed Minister of Education in February, Sandals has been Guelph riding’s Liberal MPP for 10 years. Her legislative resumé includes roles as parliamentary assistant to several different ministers. Reports filled with graphs, numbers and possible outcomes often land on her desk. This, she says, is where studies in computer science and math at Waterloo and the University of Guelph have served her well.
the Prairies 2013 Ernst & Young
“It means that when somebody says, ‘Here’s a budget for several billion
Entrepreneur of the Year winner.
dollars, and the formula we’re going to use to get there,’ I don’t find
2010 Joshua Gilgan (BSc ’10, Health
that intimidating.” Sandals says. “The ability to look at charts and trends — I’m comfortable with that.”
Studies) has been hired as a
A computer programmer and instructor, Sandals began her political
physician assistant at Ross
career in 1988 as a public school board trustee. She earned the
Memorial Hospital, City of
confidence of voters four more times, and served as head of the
Kawartha Lakes. He works in
Ontario Public School Boards’ Association from 1998 and 2002.
the emergency department. Dr. Tanner Udenberg (OD ’10, Optometry) spoke with the Vernon Morning Star (Vernon,
Sandals recalls the large, advanced mainframes that Waterloo had in the early 1970s, and the chattering that computers of the day made as they sifted through punch cards. One small mistake could ruin a single program that took days to run.
B.C.) about his work in Nicaragua
Sandals says programmers came away with good analytical skills as
with Volunteer Optometric Services
they laboriously hunted for problems in thickets of code. She would
to Humanity.
like to see young learners, used to quick, search-engine solutions, gain
2011 Kurtis Lubbers (BASc ’11, Civil Engineering) was named coach
that kind of patience for deep reasoning. “They need to be able to understand things and think about things critically, rather than just accepting the surface,” Sandals says. “Just
of the year by The Wallaceburg
because you saw it on your computer screen doesn't mean it was right.’’
Sports Hall of Fame. Lubbers was
Sandals and her husband David have two children and two
player-coach with the Wallaceburg
grandchildren (the arrival of a third pending as of publication).
Sting soccer team this season. He has played for the team for four seasons.
They take shelter from storms at a cottage in Muskoka. Text: Christian Aagaard
Entrepreneur of the Year award. Who’s doing what?
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Andrew White (MBET ’11, Business,
Victor Bedford, OD ’45
Guido Haas, BSc ’89
Entrepreneurship and Technology),
Virginia Begley Faubel, BA ’76
Stephen Ireland, BA ’69
Frederick Rolleman, BA ’77
president of CHAR Technologies,
Ellen Bentzen, MSc ’86, PhD ’91
Laurie Johnston, BES ’78
Chris Ruhig, BES ’83
was one of five recipients of the
John Brown, MASc ’69
Aivars Lagzdins, BA ’89
John Scholl, BMath ’70
Spin Master Innovation Fund
Diana Cantarutti, BMath ’85
Helen Lane, BA ’99
Ernest Shumsky, BASc ’79
this year.
Peter Cheatley, BES ’75
Brian Lee, MASc ’87
Robert Siemon, BASc ’73
Robert Clark, BA ’89
Olivia Lee, BSc ’00
David Snaith, BASc ’69
Mike McCauley (BASc ’11,
Richard Cook, BA ’79
Joseph Lehman, BASc ’74
Michael Stadnyk, OD ’50
Mechatronics Engineering), Aditya
Brian Cox, OD ’50
Gregory Lewis, BSc ’75
Charles Stevens, BASc ’71
John Cruickshank, BSc ’63, BPE ’65
R. Luce, DMath ’07
Barbara Stewart, BA ’89
Linda Cummings, BA ’75
Gordon MacIntyre, BA ’71
Stephen Strathdee, BASc ’86
Lynaldo de Albuquerque, LLD, ’84
Steven MacMillan, BASc ’71
Justin Stricker, BA ’07, MA ’11
Tracy Deslaurier, BSc ’94, BSc ’94
Harold Martin, BASc ’75
Calvin Strong, BA ’94
Alexander Devon, OD ’44
Mary Martin, BA ’69
Mary Thompson, BMath ’85
Wayne Dickson, BPE ’66
Gary McMann, BASc ’71
William Thompson, BSc ’75
David Doran, BASc ’84
Edward Moloy, BSc ’76
Chang-Lin Tien, DEng ’95
Michele Doto, BA ’84
Krisha Moore, BA ’99
Michael Unsworth, BSc ’73
Arnold Dyker, BSc ’70
Walter Morningstar, BASc ’65
Mary van den Broek, BA ’76
Carolyn Ellington, BA ’90
Ashwin Muzumdar, MASc ’77
Nicolas Van Der Meulen, BSc ’67
Margaret Epp, BA ’67
Bradley Oesch, BA ’93
Norman Vanderburgh, BA ’76, BA ’85
Carl Evans, OD ’52
Tae-Joon Park, DEng ’91
Jane Watson, BA ’96
Max Ferguson, LLD ’91
David Pickett, BA ’85
Gregory Welstead, BASc ’90
Dawna Fiddes, BA ’81
Vernor Pimiskern, BA ’75
Mark Whitney, BA ’78
Barbara Frank, BA ’69
Richard Poremba, BMath ’76
Glen Wightman, BSc ’80
Margaret Aldridge, BMath ’76
Margaret Gaukel, BA ’82
John Putnins, BASc ’66
George Williams, OD ’50
Julian Anders, BASc ’67
Michael Greenspoon, BA ’70
Millie Rider, Dip Geron ’92
Donna Baba, MSc ’81, PhD ’86
Ellen Griswold, BSc ’87
Rhoda Riemer, MA ’70
Bali (BASc ’11, Mechatronics Engineering), and Jay Shah (BASc ’11, Mechatronics Engineering) launched BufferBox Inc., in 2010. The company, which provides pickup lockers for online shoppers, was acquired by Google in November.
In Memoriam We recently received news of the following deaths. Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of these alumni.
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Room, 10:30 a.m., $12/person. Find
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JUNE 3
AUGUST 13 TO 15
President’s Golf Tournament
CEMC Conference for
Westmount Golf and Country Club.
Computer Studies Educators
Conrad Grebel 50th
news-events/calendar/doors-open-
Contact Jim Hagen, marketing
A conference to support teachers
Anniversary Reunion
waterloo-region
manager,
University of Waterloo
with the implementation of
Join Grebel alumni from every era,
Athletics, 519-888-4567, ext. 35433 or
curriculum in secondary school
as well as from the Music, PACS,
SEPTEMBER 27
[email protected]. Find out more
computer science and computer
and MTS programs, as we celebrate
St. Jerome’s Feast
at uwaterloo.ca/alumni
technology takes place at the
Grebel’s 50th Anniversary. There
Event begins at 6:30 p.m. at
University of Waterloo, MC/M3
will be decade rooms, kids activities,
St. Jerome’s University. Cost is $125
JUNE 22
buildings. Conference cost is $150,
an ultimate Frisbee tournament, a
per person. Contact Kelly Macnab at
A Day in Stratford for Alumni
including accommodation and meals.
Chapel Choir reunion practice, a BBQ
519-888-8111, ext. 28301, kmacnab@
Tour and attend a reception at
Contact Sandy Graham at sandy.
supper and a classic talent show.
uwaterloo.ca. Find out more at sju.ca
Waterloo’s Stratford campus and
[email protected]. Find out
$20/person, $50/family. Find out
take in a show at the Stratford
more at csteachers.ca
more at grebel.ca/50th
to Stratford campus; discounted
AUGUST 20 TO 22
AUGUST 25
Revisit campus, reunite with
tickets available for The Three
Math Teachers’ Conferences
Conrad Grebel 50th
classmates and friends, and relive
Musketeers (2 p.m. show) and
Conferences for Grade 7 & 8 and
Anniversary Celebration Service
your fondest Waterloo memories.
Romeo & Juliet and Tommy (8 p.m.
Grade 9 to 12 math teachers at the
Alumni across the decades will tell
Watch for updates on events taking
shows). Details at uwaterloo.ca/
Mathematics and Computer Building
the Grebel story. Participate in an
place throughout the day and be
alumni/events.
on the main Waterloo campus.
“act of community” and listen to the
sure to register early at uwaterloo.ca/
Registration $150, includes meals and
reunited Chapel Choir. All are invited
alumni/events/reunion.
dormitory accommodation. Contact
to a light brunch afterwards, to
Dean A. Murray at d3murray@
delight in your favourite Grebel
uwaterloo.ca. Find out more at
treats. Theatre of the Arts, ML,
28th Annual AHS Fun Run
cemc.uwaterloo.ca/events/
10:30 a.m. Free.
Celebrate active living by running or
out more at grebel.ca/50th
Shakespeare Festival. Free admission
july
JULY AND AUGUST, VARIOUS DATES Engineering Science Quest Engineering and Science offers programs for campers entering Grades 1 to 9 and Technology camps for youth entering Grades 3 to 9. Camps run the first week of July to the second last week of August $165-$250 per week. Available at the Waterloo, Cambridge and Stratford campuses, as well as in Brantford, Chatham, Orangeville and Owen Sound.
More information can be
mathteachers.html
AUGUST 23 Fretz Bow Tie Gala
Conrad Grebel, along with Mennonite Savings and Credit Union, will honour the legacy of our first president and a founding member of the MSCU. Hosted by John Rempel, this evening will feature music, food and a silent auction. The event supports
found at esq.uwaterloo.ca
a $50,000 fundraising goal to name
JULY 6
Centre for Peace Advancement.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Bring the kids to our annual alumni family event to watch the Toronto Blue Jays take on the Minnesota Twins at the Roger’s Centre. Details at uwaterloo.ca/alumni/events.
the Fretz Seminar room in the MSCU Conrad Grebel Dining Room, 6:30 p.m., $100 per ticket ($70 charitable receipt). Contact Alison Enns at 519-885-0220, ext. 24217,
[email protected]. Find out more at grebel.ca/50th
AUGUST 24 Conrad Grebel Sixties Era Brunch
A chance for pioneers of Conrad Grebel to reconnect. Ed Bergey will host a program, share slides, and
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SEPTEMBER 28 Reunion
september
SEPTEMBER 18 Waterloo Lectures The Waterloo Lectures at the Stratford Public Library, 19 St. Andrew St., Stratford, bring leading scholars, forward thinkers, and experts from the University of Waterloo to the City of Stratford to address an eclectic range of topics. Waterloo lectures take place from 7 to 9 p.m. and are free. Contact Brandi Gillett at
[email protected], 519-888-4567, ext. 23006. Find out more at uwaterloo.ca/Stratfordcampus/events
SEPTEMBER 21 Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre Open House Peer inside the world of quantum and nanotechnology research as part of Doors Open Waterloo Region. Event runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
SEPTEMBER 28
walking 2.5 or five kilometres around Waterloo’s Ring Road. No registration fee, bib tag timing available for five- kilometre event. BMH and Ring Road, University of Waterloo, 9 a.m. to noon. Contact Mari-Beth Davis at
[email protected], 519-888-4567, ext. 32610. Find out more at uwaterloo.ca/applied-healthsciences/alumni-friends/events/ fun-run
SEPTEMBER 28 Applied Health Sciences Class Reunion Banquet The 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th & 40th anniversaries of Health Studies, Kinesiology, and Recreation & Leisure Studies Alumni at the Waterloo Inn, 5:30 to 11:30 p.m. Dinner & music, ticket price TBA. Contact Mari-Beth Davis at
[email protected], 519-888-4567, ext. 32610. uwaterloo.ca/ahs/alumnireunion-banquet
SEPTEMBER 27, 28, 29
of sustainable architecture. The
Waterloo Engineering
event is supported by the research
50-year Reunion
networks of the University of
Class of 1963. Celebrate this amazing
Waterloo, University at Buffalo, SUNY,
milestone in your engineering career
and the University of Nottingham
with your classmates while receiving
working in partnership with The
a special 50th anniversary Iron Ring.
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SEPTEMBER 28 Reunion Football Game Warrior Football vs. Guelph Gryphons at Warrior Field. Contact Jenny Mackay, Marketing and Events Co-ordinator
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october
november 6th Annual Warriors Think Pink Campaign Come support the Warriors as they raise money and awareness for the Canadian Breast Cancer FoundationOntario Region. The campaign has donated $90,603.89 in the past five years. Contact: Jenny Mackay, Marketing and Events Co-ordinator at
[email protected]. Information to be posted online atgowarriorsgo.ca
NOVEMBER 13 to 16
OCTOBER 17 TO 19
Richard III by William Shakespeare,
Peace and Justice Academic
directed by Jennifer Roberts-Smith
Conference
at the Theatre of the Arts (Modern
Peace Studies between Tradition
Languages Building). Show begins at
and Innovation,
hosted by Peace
8:00 p.m., admission is $17, students
and Conflict Studies at Conrad
and seniors, $13. Contact the box
Grebel and Global Studies at Wilfrid
office at 519-888-4908 or Janelle
Laurier University. Find out more at
Rainville at 519-888-4567, ext. 31154 or
peacejusticestudies.org/conference/
[email protected]. Find out more at dramaandspeechcommunication.
OCTOBER 23
… and do something you really want to do!
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Waterloo Lectures The Waterloo Lectures at
NOVEMBER 20
the Stratford Public Library,
Waterloo Lectures
19 St. Andrew St., Stratford, bring
The Waterloo Lectures at
leading scholars, forward thinkers
the Stratford Public Library,
and experts from the University of
19 St. Andrew St., Stratford, bring
Waterloo to the City of Stratford
leading scholars, forward thinkers
to address an eclectic range of
and experts from the University of
topics. Waterloo lectures take place
Waterloo to the City of Stratford to
from 7 to 9 p.m., and are free.
address an eclectic range of topics.
Contact Brandi Gillett at bgilett@
Waterloo lectures take place from
uwaterloo.ca, 519-888-4567, ext.
7 to 9 p.m., and are free. Contact
23006. Find out more at uwaterloo.
Brandi Gillett at
[email protected],
ca/Stratford-campus/events
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Adaptive Architecture at the
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High school students have the
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chance to learn the principles and
a focus on computational design
practices of digital media and explore
of environmentally responsive,
how they can become part of this
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125 St. Patrick St., Stratford from
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that include distributed interactive
Gillett at
[email protected],
systems, complex and generative
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choice of study and cut off all support. My mother quietly encouraged me to pursue my passion, attending every production she could, until her passing in 2003. In 1981, I was accepted into the prestigious School of Toronto Dance Theatre (STDT), but two years later I was kicked out and instructed never to enter the building again. I was too independent and was participating in
unrecognized dance forms. In 1991, my wife Karen Kaeja | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last wor and I last became faculty at STDT, to train their budding nion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opi dancers in our oBScure form of dance because dancers tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last“allworD | opinion | inion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | tHe last worD | opinion | last need to know how to take risks, fly and improvise.” worD | opinio Throughout our choreographic explorations, Karen and I began to develop a partnering style unique to our allen kaeJa is an internationally recognized
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and not limited to gender, physique or experience. Over the course of 32 years in dance, it has become apparent to me that to pursue this ever-fulfilling profession, it is best to be absolutely passionate, absorbed and insatiably curious. It’s not enough to just hone one’s craft — one must continuously push the boundaries of the accepted, pursue the realms of the unknown and TAKE RISKS. I often tell young dancers that they are the future of the form, and that they have to design it as they want to experience it. Karen and I continue to examine, invigorate and propel each other and our company, Kaeja d’Dance, into new directions. We are voracious, supportive of our community and, ultimately, living our lives true to the core while raising two amazing daughters. allen kaeJa
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