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Music professorWalter Kemp retiresRebuilding civil societyin Afghanistan, Iraq and the Congo

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The JournalismSchool’s 25thanniversarysymposiumbrought togethersome of Canada’stop journalists

19 PROFILE

Former King’spresident JohnGodfrey is nowPaul Martin’s pointman on the citiesagenda

21 ENCAENIAIN PHOTOSHonorary degreerecipients

Rebuilding civil societyJaime Little (BJH ’99), Dana Schmidt (BAH ’92) and Jennifer

Bakody (BJH ’97) help foster democracy in Afghanistan, Iraq and

the Congo

9 ‘Music comes asnaturally to meas breathing’Retiring music professor Walter Kemp says keeping

an open mind has always yielded surprises — for

him and his students

23 Carrying The ShoppingBags a zany, rewardingTV roleHosting and producing the W Network’s popular

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Diploma programmewas ‘pioneering’To the Editor:

I have read the article on theJournalism School in the Winter2004 edition of Tidings. I found itvery interesting but was a bit disap-pointed that no reference was madeto the predecessor Diploma inJournalism programme which aslaunched when King’s returned to itsbuildings in 1945 at the end of theSecond World War.

The programme was launched inco-operation with Mount SaintVincent University and the then-Managing Editor of the HalifaxHerald, Mr. Rankin. Along with ahandful of other students I was in thefirst class and subsequently receivedthe diploma along with my degree in1948.

While the initial programmelacked both the breadth and depth ofthe current school, it was pioneeringin its day.

The course was rather elementary,dealing with the then-journalisticwatchwords of who, what, wherewhen and why. Rankin introduced usto the myriad actions involved inpublishing a daily newspaper, andgave us writing assignments. Wejourneyed periodically to the Mountfor lectures from one of the sisters inaddition to our weekly seminar classwith Rankin.

I believe there were only six orseven in the original group, and withone or two exceptions, I think mostof us followed other careers aftergraduation.

The article in Tidings was indeedinteresting and it is interesting to seehow that rather small effort in 1945developed into the professionalschool that exists today.

J.C. (Cal) Best (BA ’48, DCL ’95)

Watch was studentcouncil publicationTo the Editor:

I just read my latest copy of Tidingsand enjoyed the article on the historyof the School of Journalism. I justwanted to correct one mistake in thearticle.

The King’s Watch, which wasstarted the same year as the School ofJournalism, was in fact started by theKing’s Student’s Council of that time,and not by the J-School. At that time,the J-School didn’t have enoughmoney to start a student newspaperand so the powers-that-be asked if thecouncil could help. I was a studentDay-Rep at the time and I wasappointed co-editor along with JohnMcLeod, who now works at the NovaScotia Archives. Almost all the J-School students did work at theWatch (I was not one myself), but itwas not a J-School publication, atleast in its first few years.

I can recall many funny storiesabout that year. For instance, I had todrive the layout sheets to Wolfvilleevery Thursday morning to be printedby Kentville Publishing. I particularlyremember one snowy day, whenDarrell Dexter (BA ’79, BJ ’83) — ofNDP fame, Lori Mullins and I drovedown to the Valley. We hit a badstorm and my old Dodge Dart, withits bald tires, was sliding all over theplace. Then my windshield wipersbroke. We stopped at a service stationand tied some twine to the blades andDarrell and Lori spent the rest of thetrip pulling the blades back and forthfrom the front seat while I drove, inone of the most nerve-wracking cartrips of my life. But we got the paperthere on time.

Tom Regan (BA ’84)Associate Editor,Christian Science Monitor


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By Diane Woolley

Globe and Mail columnistand playwright RickSalutin says Canada’smedia have lost their

respect for adversaries — what hecalls disrespectful disagreement.

Salutin’s March 19 addresslamenting the loss of journalisticmanners constituted the annualGeorge Grant Lecture, offered thisyear as part of a weekend symposiumin Alumni Hall celebrating the 25thanniversary of the journalism school.

“This is the age of the clash of civ-ilizations,” Salutin told an audienceof about 150 people, referring to theincrease in diversity and culture inCanada and abroad.

It was a straightforward message,but some in the crowd rejectedSalutin’s plea to apply it universally.

Salutin discussed several exam-ples of disagreements, which havebecome personal attacks in the mediaand he stated that no matter how rig-orously he disagrees with someone’sopinions or actions, he will notdemean anyone as a human being.He argued that this is exactly whatmany pundits do when they don’tagree with their critics.

Only with respect, Salutin argued,can people foster conversations thatare enlightening for both parties andget their own points across. He alsoargued that respect does not need to

be returned. Even if someone doesnot respect you — if you are showingrespect rather than just arguing —you can have a debate that opens theopportunity to learn from each other.

“Respectful disagreement is whenyou respect the fact that there is aman [or woman] across from you,”Salutin said.

Friendly opponents

As an example, Salutin cited hisacquaintance with Conrad Black, theformer media giant Salutin oftencriticized in his column for takingadvantage of journalists. Despite pub-lishing radically opposing views andopinions on several issues, the twoactually became friends.

Salutin said he has accepted sev-eral invitations to speak on right-wing talk shows in the United Stateswhere the host has showed norespect for him. But he said becausehe was respectful in return he got toshare his views and perspective withnot only the host, but the listenersalso.

Bruce Wark, a journalism profes-sor at King’s, said Salutin’s level oftolerance of his opponents is uncom-mon.

“It’s odd that a columnist whowants to make his point so hard is sorespectful of the people he disagreeswith.”

Later in the evening Salutin was

challenged by members of the audi-ence with questions about how onecould respect a person such asAdolph Hitler, who had views that arehistorically seen as evil. But Salutinsimply responded by saying you needto be able to respect him as a personand not for his actions.

“You can respect him for havinghis reasons for doing what he did,”

Pundits have abandonedrespectful discourse — SalutinGlobe columnist’s address kicks offJ-School’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

Journalism School 25th Anniversary Symposium

Salutin: “This isthe age of theclash ofcivilizations.”

Photo: Michael Creagen

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he said. “You don’t respect anti-Semitism, but you respect the per-son behind it so that you can havean actual conversation together.”

Margorie MacDonald who attend-ed the lecture on Friday said it wasfood for thought.

“I never would have thought thathe would embrace the concept ofrespectful disagreement,” she said. “Iwas somewhat disturbed by what hehad to say and I have to think aboutit more. I am disturbed by having torespect people who I totally disagreewith.”

Philip Girard attended the lectureand said Salutin is one of the mostthoughtful and intriguing colum-nists in Canada’s newspapers.

“I agree with him that it’s theonly way to organize society,” hesaid. “If we just have people talkingpast each other or refusing to try tounderstand each other’s argumentthen that means we can’t reallymake any progress.”

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‘Juan’ more timeA winter storm that hammered the Maritimes on Feb. 19 dropped a record 95.5 centimetres of snow

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Journalism School 25th Anniversary Symposium

Journalists appeal for morefreedom, greater public discourseBy Dina Bartolacci

Aseries of spirited seminarsand emotional panel dis-cussions marked amomentous gathering of

some of Canada’s top journalists atKing’s on March 20. The mediaindustry workers discussed and con-templated the role of the media indemocracy and the importance offreedom of the press for the Schoolof Journalism’s 25th AnniversarySymposium.

About 250 members of the jour-nalism community, students andcitizens gathered to hear about anddiscuss the role of the media in soci-ety, and to remember the discoursethat shaped freedom of speech inBritish North America — JosephHowe’s famous libel defence speech.

For many, the best part of theday came when His Excellency JohnRalston Saul delivered the keynotespeech. Saul, the Canadian philoso-pher whose writings have shapedpolitical and social thought aroundthe world, said the media are doinga poor job of helping people sortthrough a flood of facts.

“News has become a series ofclips and sound bites creating a falsesense of urgency,” Saul said. “It’sleading to journalism’s decline intosemi-phrases and shouting; for andagainst; right and wrong.”

Saul maintained the only way tocombat the declining interest in thenews media is to encourage discus-sion and thought among people.“Citizens don’t want to listen,” hesaid. “They want to discuss.”

Saul said he finds it ironic thateven with advancements in technol-

ogy and longer life spans, people aregathering less and less for produc-tive discussion and debate.

“We have all this extra time foropen debate,” he said to an attentiveaudience that packed Alumni Hall.“Change will happen in halls likethese.”

Saul directly linked JosephHowe’s 1835 address to the inclusionof freedom of speech in the CanadianCharter of Rights and Freedoms. Hesays the phrase in the charter “free-dom of thought, belief, opinion andexpression, including freedom of thepress and other media of communi-cation” don’t apply to journalistsexclusively. “Even if you’re not ajournalist,” said Saul, “you still havea right to hear them (practised inthe media).”

Panel tackles political indifference,media concentration

The speech was followed by apanel discussion entitled Democracyand Journalism. Sitting on the panelwere Marci Ien, news anchor forCanada AM and CTV Newsnet; Globeand Mail columnist Rick Salutin;and CBC Radio, television andonline news editor-in-chief TonyBurman.

Burman discussed publicdemands on the media. He focusedextensively on a survey conducted bythe CBC that indicates people wantmore international news, multi-sided stories and better political cov-erage. He lamented the politicalignorance of young Canadians andblamed plummeting voter turnouton a “lack of political competition.”

Ien tackled the question “Why is

freedom of speech not always prac-tised?” In her opinion, it boils downto ownership concentration, stream-lined thinking encouraged by mediaconvergence and a lack of money.

The final panelist, Rick Salutin,agreed with Ien and addressed theparadox created by asking journal-ists to be independent of theiremployers.

John Ralston Sauldelivered thekeynote address:“News hasbecome a seriesof clips andsound bitescreating a falsesense ofurgency.”

Photo: Michael Creagen



However, Salutin also said jour-nalistic freedom is greater than itwas 30 to 50 years ago, warning,“The victories won during this timecan always be reversed. They mustbe must be reinforced so that peoplecan learn from them.”

One of the more emotionallycharged moments of the symposiumcame with the second panel discus-sion of the day entitled Freedom ofthe Press. This time, the panelistswere investigative journalist andauthor Stevie Cameron, seniorOttawa Citizen writer Juliet O’Neill,and National Post senior writer andinvestigative reporter AndrewMcIntosh. All three panelists haddirectly fought battles to publishinformation or protect their sources.

The RCMP raided O’Neill’s homeand office in January in search of

information that would identify asource in a story she wrote aboutMaher Arar, a Canadian detained inSyria last year. The RCMP allegedO’Neill violated Section 4 of the1939 Security of Information Act, anoffence that carries a 14-year prisonterm. O’Neill described the invasionof privacy as a “hideous process.”

”I care about the misuse of power”

McIntosh had written about theso-called Shawinigate issue — alle-gations that former prime ministerJean Chretien had inappropriatelylobbied for approval of a governmentloan to a friend in his Quebec ridingof Shawinigan. McIntosh had stead-fastly refused to reveal his confiden-tial sources.

“I care about Canadian democra-cy and the misuse of power,” he said,fighting back tears. “This is what Ido. I did it because I’m a reporter.”

Cameron, who published TheLast Amigo, a book about formerprime minister Brian Mulroney andthe infamous Airbus scandal, saidshe’s been followed by strangers andhas had to get police protection forher daughter. As a freelancer,Cameron has had to bear the legalcosts of defending the informationin her book herself.

“I knew that if I didn’t tell thestory nobody ever would,” saidCameron.

In addition, she’s been accused ofbeing a police informant. Although

she’s admitted to having talked tothe police, she denied giving themanything but trivial information.

Halifax Daily News reporterJerry West said a symposium likethis one boosts morale.

“It’s important to talk about ideasin journalism,” he said. “It renewsyour sense of purpose about whyyou’re in journalism.”

Graduating journalism studentLindsay Smith said the symposiumwas an opportunity to hear whatpeople in the industry have to say.

“Some of these people are con-sidered ‘on-air talent’‚ and we onlyever see them in our living roomson TV or in the paper,” she said. “Soit was cool to see them interactingwith people about important issues.”

The day concluded with a con-densed, one-man performance ofJoseph Howe’s famous 1835 addressin which Howe successfully defend-ed himself against charges he libeledNova Scotia magistrates and policeby publishing allegations they hadreceived illegal payments.

The address was made by MichaelBawtree, executive director of theJoseph Howe Initiative, a non-profitsociety set up in honour of Howe inhis 200th birthday year. Bawtreeperformed one hour and 15 minutesof the original six-hour speech.

It was a fitting end to King’s firstjournalism symposium with power-ful words that inspired the spirit offreedom of speech and rights of themedia.

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Emotionally charged panel discussionsJOURNALISTS /Continued from previous page

Top (left to right):Journalist andauthor Stevie

Cameron,National Post

senior writer andinvestigative

reporter AndrewMcIntosh andsenior OttawaCitizen writerJuliet O’Neill

Bottom: MichaelBawtree re-

enacts JosephHowe’s famous

1835 address.

Photos:Michael Creagen


OnCampus

By Laura Pellerine

It seems only logical to beginwith The Logical Song.Perhaps playing theSupertramp hit annually dur-

ing the final FYP lecture is not themost esteemed part of Dr. WalterKemp’s 39-year-teaching career. Yetit is a memory that lingers in theminds of FYPers: “Yes, won’t youplease tell [us] what we’ve learned?”

After spending seven monthsdiscussing Descartes’ theory on theexistence of God and the symbolismin Achilles’ shield, Kemp’s implor-ing song selection was welcomedwith smiles and cheering.Meanwhile, Kemp would stand qui-

etly by observing the scene, amusedby the students’ reactions, enjoyingsending off a new generation to stayawake when the rest of the world isasleep.

“A student came up to me onceand said it should be the pro-gramme’s anthem,” Kemp says,laughing softly. Unfortunately,Kemp’s afraid that the 1979 hit willno longer be heard by the next gen-erations of FYPers. At 65, he’s retir-ing as King’s professor of music.

“Mandatory retirement,” he says,as he tries to clear a path throughhis office in Dalhousie’s RebeccaCohn Auditorium in late June.

“I have until July 1 to clean out25 years worth of papers.”

Piles of folders, and shelves uponshelves lined with books showingoff titles upon titles of Beethoven,Haydn, Russian music and lightopera, smother his tiny office. Atthe far end sits his desk, a dustycomputer monitor pushed to oneside, and in the opposite direction,a record player and stereo hidesbeneath another stack of papers.

Kemp, dressed in a grey suit butcomfortably sporting sandals, slideseasily into his chair and leans for-ward, his fist cradling his cheek. Hetalks nonchalantly about beingasked to start a music departmentat Waterloo Lutheran University

‘Music comes as naturallyto me as breathing’Retiring music professor Walter Kemp says keeping an open mindhas always yielded surprises — for him and his students


Kemp: “King’sstudents seem tohave a realhunger forclassical music.”

Photos:Michael Creagen

(now Wilfred Laurier University) atthe age of 26, and then landing thejob of Dalhousie’s MusicDepartment chair just 10 years laterin 1977. He later continued hisDalhousie teaching while alsobecoming King’s professor of musicin 1985. He became part of the uni-versity’s joint faculty, where he’sbeen ever since, instructing stu-dents on the influence of music inwestern culture and directing themin the chapel choir.

Music has always played a largerole in Kemp’s life. He grew up in amusical household where his fatherwas a vocal soloist while his motherplayed the organ. Even his grand-mother played the ukulele and hisgrandfather mastered the trombone.

Kemp didn’t stand a chance.He jokes that his mother knew

right away he’d be musical. Whenhe was a baby she noticed that hewould bang his head against thewall to the beats of songs. At fourhe began learning how to play thepiano and fell in love with whatwould become his life’s passion.

“Music comes as naturally to meas breathing,” he says.

He pursued this love in his post-secondary education and his resumelists schools a parent could onlydrool over.

Kemp first earned a Bachelor’sdegree in music at the University ofToronto and then later did his mas-ter’s in the same subject. He thenmade his way to Harvard Universitywhere he earned another master’sdegree in music history and thenflew off to Oxford in England wherehe did his PhD in musicology.

Kemp was studying at Oxfordwhen he was offered the position tostart up a music department atWaterloo Lutheran University in1965. He stayed for a decade, build-ing what is now the Faculty ofMusic at Wilfred Laurier University,and developed a strong choir thatnow, 30 years later, has formed analumni choir. More than 90 former


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FlashbackNova Scotia Premier John Hamm (BSc ’58) was the guest of honour at this year’s KSU Awards Dinner

to present the Bob Walter Award for outstanding contribution to student life by a male student.

Hamm won the award himself when he was a student. Hamm (centre) is accompanied here by KSU

President Colin Burn and King’s President Bill Barker.

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students from the years 1965-1976,came together for the first time lastyear to put on a concert that hassince become an annual event. Thisyear the group performed Faure’s“Requiem” — Kemp emphasizes thecorrect spelling of the composer,carefully stating the F-A-U-R-E —to honour its former director.

Kemp says his positive experi-ence with Waterloo’s small studentcommunity was what eventuallydrew him toward King’s after hemoved to Halifax with his wife,Valda. He initially began giving afew guest lectures on music in theFoundation Year Programme. Later,then-president John Godfrey, alongwith former president ColinStarnes, asked Kemp to join King’sas a joint faculty member in 1985,and from there he became King’sprofessor of music — hired byKing’s, but primarily teaching atDalhousie.

But it wasn’t always easy. Kemp leans forward in his chair andhis shoulders tense as he talksabout a time in the mid-90s, whenhe was forced to fight for the musicprogramme at Dalhousie. Aftercoming back from a sabbatical heremembers being called into thedean of arts’ office and told that theuniversity couldn’t financially con-tinue to support performing artsprogrammes.

Music and theatre lovers fromacross the country sent in hundredsof letters to the university protest-ing the decision and demonstratorsheld a four-hour assembly in theRebecca Cohn to show their sup-port. Kemp remembers the lateGeorg Tinter (former conductor ofSymphony Nova Scotia) making animpassioned speech.

“He said, ‘Such things cannotbe. Otherwise we are going back tobarbaric age!’”

Kemp says the conflict was even-

tually resolved when he proposedthat students pay auxiliary fees fortheir programmes, thereby counter-acting the extra expenses withadded funding.

“It was a terrible time,” Kempsays, reclining into his chair again,adding that he still has all of thesupport letters.

The highlights of Kemp’s careerrevolve around the many choirs he’sconducted, directed and founded:the Dalhousie Chorale (“Chorale isspelled with an “E” at the end, notmany people know that”), theDalhousie Chamber Choir, St.Paul’s Anglican Church’s choir, TheSt. Paul’s Singers, The Walter KempSingers, the Nova ScotiaInternational Tattoo Choir.

But it’s not until he starts speak-ing about the King’s Chapel Choirthat a faint smile comes over hisface.

In 1991, he took over as directorof the King’s chapel choir andfounded the Aquinas Choir in 1991.

“There is something uniquelyspecial about King’s students,”

Kemp says. He adds that, as awhole, the student body seemsmore aware of classical music thanother university he’s worked at.

“They seem to have a realhunger for it. Perhaps that type ofpassion is harder to maintain in alarger school, but here it’s infec-tious.”

King’s enthusiasm for music hasmotivated Kemp to keep his posi-tion of chapel director for one moreyear after his retirement. Thismakes him happy as he admits thathe will sorely miss staying “contem-porary.”

“Every year I learn somethingnew about music from students,” hesays, “whether it’s a new pop groupthat deserves a place in musicalevolution or a movie they think I’dlike.”

Kemp used a song he learnedabout from a student in his closingFYP speech this year. He ended histalk Paul McCartney’s “Someone’sKnockin’ At The Door.”

He sings some of the lyrics:“Someone’s knockin’ at the door,Somebody’s ringing the bell, Do mea favour, let them in.”

That’s the message he’s alwaystried to instill in his students, hesays. Keep your minds open; alwaysbe watching for new opportunities.

Kemp says he has a few newareas he’d like to explore himself,along with directing the chapelchoir, continuing his Saturdaymorning CKDU radio show andconducting the Tattoo’s choir.

He’d like to write a few books. Infact, he’s already sketched out three— one on music in the church,another on the history of Canadianmusic and a third on the role ofsurprise in musical compositions.

He jokes that he’s supplying thedetails of his obituary. But therepromises to be a lot more surprisesto come from Dr. Walter Kemp;musicologist, organist, choir direc-tor, composer — music lover.

Kemp plans to write books on music history

Every year I learnsomething newabout music fromstudents.”

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Jaime Little (BJH ’99)

measures programme’s

success in small steps

By Laura Graham

It’s been a long day for JaimeLittle. She’s practically shout-ing into her cell phone inKabul, Afghanistan. A genera-

tor is roaring nearby because of theunreliable power in the city. Little’sco-workers are in the backgroundtrying to figure out how they willproduce a newspaper without thesoftware to print in the native lan-

guages of Dari and Pashto.Little (BJH ’99) faces challenges

like this every day, on top of hermain responsibility to train Afghanwomen to produce radio programs.She helps them write stories, dointerviews and voice their reportsabout various issues from jobs tomental health. The shows air to thecommunity twice a week.

The program is run throughIMPACS, the Institute for Media,Policy and Civil Society. It’s aCanadian organization that aims todevelop independent media in orderto encourage a more democraticsociety. In Afghanistan, it’s meantto play a crucial role in preparing

Rebuilding civil society

Jamie Littleworks in thestudio with

Afghan trainees.

Photo: CIDA/Pedram Pirnia

Radio trainingprogramme forAfghan women

helping tobring about

‘extraordinarychange’

Alumni help fosterdemocracyin war-torn countries


the public for the upcoming nation-al elections.

Afghanistan has suffered decadesof instability created by war andcorrupt leadership. The Afghanshave been oppressed by their gov-ernment — whether it’s the com-munists, the Taliban or the war-lords. The upcoming elections inSeptember will be the first demo-cratic vote in 25 years.

It’s a daunting task to produceradio programs in Afghanistanbecause people are distrustful of themedia. Previously media outletswere operated in the interests of thecommunists or the Taliban. “Orwhoever had the most guns,” Littlesays.

“People have to be ready to vote,to be aware of what the issues are,who the candidates are and what’sgoing on in their communities,”she says. “So we hope to help thembe prepared to make a decisionbefore they go into the ballot box.”

In a place where 80 to 90 percent of the women are illiterate,communication by radio is the bestway to get information to the peo-ple.

‘Lifestyle differences’

Little measures success far differ-ently than when she worked forCBC Radio as a reporter inYellowknife or Rankin Inlet.

“Because there are so manyobstacles in getting through a nor-mal day,” says the native of EastDover, N.S., “sometimes it feels thatif you just get one thing accom-plished, it’s been a successful day.”

The challenges are often fargreater than language barriers.Little can’t go out alone at night.Bombs and rockets fall near herhome and earthquakes shake herbed. But despite the dangers, shedoesn’t feel like she’s making sacri-fices.

“I don’t know if I would use thatword,” she says. “Mostly it’s justlifestyle differences. I wear thechador, the headscarf, whenever I’moutside the compound. There aren’tas many fresh vegetables in the

wintertime. And in the summertimeI can’t go swimming because peoplehave been shot for going skinny-dipping.”

“But I don’t think I’d call themsacrifices. I think they’re just differ-ences.”

The sacrifices she sees are fromthe women whom she works with.Especially under the Taliban,women were restricted to workingin the home without the opportuni-ty to get an education.

People in Afghanistan have toldLittle that she’s disrupting familyvalues and going against the cul-ture of Afghanistan. But womenkeep showing up for the pro-gramme.

Little once arrived in a smallconservative town still run by war-lords to teach a training sessionwhen anti-aircraft fire startinggoing off.

“I thought war had broken out,”says Little. “But it was just the localwarlord having some fireworks andsome fun.”

She went to a mud-flooredbuilding to wait and see who mightturn up for the training. Sheexpected maybe two or threewomen to come.

“We sat there and watched asone after another after another ofthese blue burkas walked in.Altogether 25 women came on thefirst day. So things are changing inthese communities.”

‘They have to struggle to makevery, very small steps’

Little speaks enough of thenative languages to get by, but sheuses a translator mostly to speakwith the women. Even with the vastcultural differences, she has formedrelationships with them. They inviteher into their homes for meals andcelebrations and she feels welcomedinto their world.

She also feels inspired by them.“They have to struggle so hard

in order to make very, very smallsteps,” says Little. “They’ve dealt

Car bombings,rocket attacks a typical day’sobstacles in IraqDana Schmidt (BAH ’92)

is trying to rebuild

country’s shattered

infrastructure under

treacherous conditions

By Tim Currie

The otherwise ordinary job ofmanaging procurementservices is a lot more dan-gerous when it’s in a war

zone in northern Iraq. DanaSchmidt’s workplace for the last sixmonths hasn’t gone more than 36hours without being subjected to amortar or rocket attack.

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Schmidt in his45 lb anti-fragmentationvest: “It runs yournerves raggedafter awhile.”

“It’s extremely difficult whenyou’re working seven days a week —12 to 14 hours a day — to haveexplosions going off; to hear thesirens and then to have to run with a45 lb anti-fragmentation vest andKevlar helmet for the bunkers,” saysSchmidt in Halifax in late June.“That runs your nerves ragged afterawhile.”

Schmidt (BAH ’92) had beenworking since December at CampAnaconda, the U.S. military baselocated in the tumultuous Sunni tri-

angle in northern Iraq. The site,home to 17,000 U.S. troops, is locat-ed near Balad, approximately 68 kilo-metres north of Baghdad.

Schmidt had contracted his serv-ices to Kellogg Brown & Root, a sub-sidiary of U.S. oil giant Halliburton.He resigned his position in June andreturned home to Nova Scotia for afew days. But he was planning toleave again for the Kurdish area ofErbil to do similar work withU.K.–headquartered AMEC/FluorDaniel, a multinational joint venturethat specializes in construction ofwater and electrical infrastructure.

Despite having lived and worked

on a heavily defended military base,Schmidt says the spectre of violencewas ever-present.

Last spring a rocket fired byinsurgents landed outside the com-missary (base store) injuring 25 peo-ple.

“It just missed a friend of mine,who had the presence of mind tostep behind a pillar when she heardthe rocket coming in,” he says.“Luckily most of them were wearingtheir body armour.”

Earlier this year one of the menSchmidt had contracted to drivebuses from Jordan was hijacked. Theattackers gave the driver the optionof surrendering two of the vehiclesin exchange for his life.

”He did — immediately. Othercontractors aren’t so lucky.”

Schmidt’s job in Iraq was to sub-contract companies — mainlyAmerican, British, Iraqi and Turkish— to bring in supplies and deliverservices such as providing trans-portation, supplying fresh water andperforming electrical and plumbingwork. Americans had destroyedmuch of the base during the 1990-91Gulf War and much of his job con-cerned “making the base livableagain.”

He picked up a little Arabic, butrelied on translators to conversewith local workers and contractors.


with such extraordinary change insuch a short time.”

Recently, she was makingarrangements to visit the gravesiteof an Afghan woman who was partof the radio programme.

“She killed herself because was-n’t allowed to marry the man thatshe loved,” she says. “He was from adifferent ethnic group than she wasand so her family wouldn’t allowher to marry him.”

There are many harsh remindersof how tough things are for womenwho want to break away from tradi-tion. One woman did a radio pro-

gram about the burka, asking thepublic to comment on what theythink about the traditional head-to-toe coverage for women. When shereturned home to her village, shewas threatened and told that herfather’s crops would fail.

Little sometimes questions herrole and the role of IMPACS inAfghanistan.

“I wonder whether we’re a helpor how best to help and whetherwe’re creating a dependency,” shesays. “I hope that in a couple yearstime, internationals like myselfwon’t need to come here. That thepeople who are running the pro-gramme will be Afghan nationals.”

Little feels as if her experience inAfghanistan has made her morecompassionate after meeting thewomen in her programme.

“They’ve dealt with the destruc-tion of their homes and deaths intheir families. But they still try tocontinue to make a contribution totheir community, despite all ofthose problems.”

Little is now back in Canada fora summer break and she says via e-mail: “I miss Afghanistan in ways Inever expected.”

But in the fall, she looks forwardto going back to her second hometo prepare for the pivotal nationalelections. ■

AFGHANISTAN / Continued from previous page

IRAQ / Continued from previous page


Dana Schmidttook this photo

from thepassenger’s seatof an armoured

SUV whiletravelling in a

high-speedconvoy:

“The point is notto stop.”


Still, he says he gained immenserespect for the Iraqi people, many ofwhom endure great risks from carbombs as they line up at the base’snorth gate (“it’s happened severaltimes”). The Iraqis wait in the hotsun for up to four hours a day toundergo “humiliating but necessarysearches” before entering the base.These workers, attracted by goodwages from the American military,are seen as collaborators by theresistance and are often targetedlater.

“I met some amazing people —very strong, very intelligent. Theyjust want to get on with their lives… But they tell us it’s getting moredangerous,” he says.

Prior to April, Schmidt himselftravelled periodically to other mili-tary sites in 30-vehicle high-speedconvoys, escorted by heavily armedCoalition troops. But rapidly escalat-ing numbers of attacks on Coalitiontroops beginning April 9 put a endto that.

It had been a risky mode of trans-portation to begin with. Insurgentsroutinely try to stall convoys byremotely detonating bombs at thefront and rear before unleashing arocket-propelled grenade assault.

“The point is not to stop,” saysSchmidt.

He wouldn’t travel on the roadsnow, he says.

“It’s not worth it — there is toomuch risk. I’m not going to con-vince anyone I’m not American. I’mriding in an American vehicle, pro-tected by American soldiers andwearing American body armour. “

He says the security situation inIraq is a mess, and the country —including the contingent ofCoalition troops — is ruled by fear.He says many of the U.S. troops heworked with are naïve and are gen-uinely emotionally hurt that theyare being attacked.

“These kids are scared. They areafraid of dying — like everyone is.They are a long, long way fromhome and they don’t understandwhy they are not being welcomed

with open arms. They either don’tunderstand the bigger political pic-ture or they misunderstand [it].”

Schmidt’s experience in unstablecountries has given him a goodsense of the bigger political picture.He has been involved in humanitari-an work for several years since leav-ing King’s. He “went off to save theworld,” as he puts it, to work as acontractor in countries such asSomalia, Sudan, Burundi and theCongo. His life quieted down for afew years while he worked for ExxonMobil and then Irving Oil in NovaScotia. But, having grown up inother countries, he was lured backto the developing world when helearned that Halliburton was lookingfor experienced support servicesmanagers.

Perils for foreign workers

The husband and father of twosays his former assignment testedhis desire to better the lives of oth-ers, despite the fact that “it paid verywell.” He’s moving on to AMEC/Fluor Daniel and northern Iraq for abetter employment opportunity,more money and a paid trip home toHalifax every eight weeks.“Mentally for me it’s a lot healthier,”he says.

Still, the next assignment may beonly marginally less dangerous. He’llbe working in a protected com-pound, but the work itself — build-ing infrastructure — is still the tar-get of insurgents who want to dis-rupt rebuilding of the country.

A rash of abductions — and sub-sequent beheadings — of foreignworkers in June continues to makework in Iraq a harrowing experience.As Schmidt prepared to leave Halifaxin June, the security arrangementsin his new job were unclear, but hedoubted he would be doing muchtravelling.

“It’s still too lawless a country …I don’t plan on being beheaded,” hesays matter-of-factly.

“A lot of [Iraqis] don’t hate theAmericans,” he says. “They’re justtired of the occupation. They wanttheir country back.” ■

Journalist’swork in Congohighlightsdemocratic roleof radioJennifer Bakody

(BJH ’97) works

to support fragile state

of independent media

By Keitha Clark

When Radio Okapi hiredJennifer Bakody inJanuary to work at itsmain broadcasting

station in the Democratic Republicof Congo (DRC), she was requiredto take a survival course on how toavoid landmines and gunfire.

Bakody admits there is an ele-ment of risk in her job, but she saysit’s a smart risk.

“Someone once said to me at theCBC that if you’re a natural risktaker and you’re interested in doingthis kind of thing, you have to besmart about the risks you take.”

The BJH ’97 graduate is current-ly working as a producer/assign-ment editor for the radio station inthe capitol, Kinshasa. The vibrantgrad says the BJH program madeher realize the importance of radioin the democratic process. She stillhears the voice of King’s journalismprofessor Bruce Wark in her head,telling her to question the numbersand statistics fed to the press.

For years, the DRC has beenplagued with military conflict andeconomic stagnation. More thanthree million people have died frommalnourishment, violence, and ill-


Bakody:“[Canadians] haveaccess toinformation laws.Those laws don’texist in thosecountries.”

IRAQ / Continued from previous page


ness as the governments of Rwanda,Uganda and the DRC battle for con-trol of the DRC’s abundant naturalresources.

Radio Okapi’s motto “One Radio,one voice for all” is a tough objec-tive to meet.

When the station began broad-casting in February 2002, its pur-pose was to work hand-in-hand withthe peace process that began in theDRC in 1999. Radio Okapi has 10regional stations operating in fivedifferent languages. Programming isfocused on health, education,human rights, culture and music.

Bakody says that before RadioOkapi, the media were often used aspropaganda tools to fuel conflictbetween the different ethnic groupsin the DRC. In a country of fragilepeace, where former enemies arenow neighbours, journalists have tobe extra sensitive.

That’s where Bakody comes in. As an assignment editor and pro-

ducer she can use her experience tohelp local journalists generate non-partisan stories.

While Africa is a long way fromBakody’s childhood home inDartmouth, she is no stranger toforeign locations. Bakody has beenworking abroad since 2000, first as afreelance journalist with AgenceFrance-Presse (AFP), and then asreporter for Radio FranceInternationale.

It was in France that Bakodybecame interested in African politicsand news. France has many African-born residents, and African eventsare frequently covered in the press.

When a job became available atthe Radio Okapi Network in theDRC, Bakody applied.

Bakody says it is a challenge tohelp Congolese journalists gain thetrust of the many ethnic groups inthe DRC. She says Congolese jour-nalists work under very differentconditions than their Canadiancounterparts. She says it’s “ridicu-lous” to compare the two.

“In Canada or any sort of a sta-ble, usually western, country youwill see an institution like the CBC— publicly funded, in theory man-dated to be — function as a gatekeeper.”

“[Canadians] have access toinformation laws. Those laws don’texist in those countries. If you werea young Congolese journalist whobelieved the government had laun-dered diamonds and you wanted toreport on it — even if you couldprove it — the consequences of put-ting such a story out could be quitesevere and could incite a civil war.”

Bakody says journalists need toremember the impact the media canhave on a society.

“We forget that the media arevery powerful and dictate a lot inour society. We forget that we areresponsible for every story that wetell.”

Bakody says her six-month con-tract with Radio Okapi will help her“connect the dots.” She says the moreshe travels, the more she understandshow things fit together. ■

Bakody: Stories – even true ones – can incite civil warCONGO / Continued from previous page

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(From left to right): John Stone (BAH’65) winner of the 2002 Judge J. ElliottHudson Distinguished Alumni Award,Andy Hare (BA ’70) winner of 2004Judge J. Elliott Hudson DistinguishedAlumni Award, President Bill Barker, andGeoff D’eon (BJ ’83) Executive Producer,Arts and Entertainment, CBC Atlantic, andKeynote speaker at the Alumni AnnualDinner on May 18, 2004.

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Previous winners include StephanieNolen (BJH ’93) in 2003, Peter Cheney(BJH ’84) in 2001, Ruth Hudson in 2000,Gordon Earle (BA ’63) in 1999, BruceArchibald (BAH ’70) in 1998, LindaFraser (BA ’63) in 1997, John MarkDeWolf (BA ’65) in 1996, and LoisMiller (BA’65) in 1995


Cities agenda a passionfor MP John GodfreyFormer King’s president assumes key federal portfolioBy Laura Pellerine

John Godfrey is angry. As PaulMartin’s newly appointedpoint man for revitalizingCanadian cities, he’s upset

that urban areas are deterioratingto a state of appearing shabby andrundown. He says people are des-perate to find decent, affordablehousing.

He says he often gets visits froman elderly woman, who ends up cry-

ing after every visit in his officebecause she is having such a hardtime paying rent.

“She is an educated and dignifiedwoman, but I have no direct role inobtaining social housing for peo-ple,” he says.

He can direct her to people whomight be able to help her, butGodfrey feels that situations likethis shouldn’t happen in the firstplace. He believes in the Order of

Canada motto: Desiderantesmeliorem patriam (“They desire abetter country”). He also wants tomake a difference, not only to thecitizens who voted him into hisToronto riding of Don Valley West,but because he’s one of the 80 percent of Canadians living in largecities. Affordable housing is justone of the major issues he’s facingin his riding. Insufficient publictransport, inadequate support forimmigrants and poor air qualityare also challenges the formerKing’s president is hoping to alleviate.

In fact, Godfrey envisions animproved Halifax as his dream city— with a cleaner harbour, arestored Point Pleasant Park andmore qualified immigrants choosingto make their homes here. WhenGodfrey lived in Halifax during histenure at King’s (1977-87) he lovedthe city’s “European feel” of peoplesocializing in downtown streetslined with open-doored shops andan ocean breeze nearby.

The 61-year-old was first electedas a Member of Parliament for theLiberals in 1993. He now heads theMartin government’s much toutedmission to revitalize Canadian cities — a demanding role whenyou’re at the heart of one of theprime minister’s top five priorities.He’s now Minister of State(Infrastructure and Communities).The post is a newer position for thegovernment, resurrected from asimilar role in place during theTrudeau years.

The government’s plans are big— building a stronger relationshipbetween the feds and municipalities


Godfrey: “It’s avery inclusivegovernment.”

Photo: Courtesy JohnGodfrey’s parliamentaryoffice


is one of the prime minister’s goals,as well as providing city leaderswith more money to help themmaintain infrastructure such asroads, buildings and transportation.The government has already givencities a full rebate on the GST theyusually pay to the federal govern-ment, an increase from the former58 per cent rebate they used toreceive.

Unfortunately, Godfrey says itdoesn’t add up to much, so PrimeMinister Paul Martin has also com-mitted his government to givingmunicipalities a cut of the federalgas tax. Godfrey says the biggestproblem will be ensuring provincialgovernments don’t ‘claw back’ thefunds.

“We want to make sure everyoneis committed to helping out,” hesays. He adds that eventually, citymaintenance will have to become anequal priority between all three lev-els of government, with everyonepitching in money to keep urbanareas going.

Godfrey also has to keep smallcommunities across the country inmind. With 85 per cent of theCanadian population living in urbanareas, rural regions are sufferingfrom lack of employment, people,and finances. Balancing these needsalong with the demands of the“hub” cities is a tricky business —everyone needs more money and noone wants to share.

But Godfrey says he’s up to thechallenge.

“This role suits me well because I love the limitless range ofissues: economic, social, environ-mental and cultural,” he says com-fortably.

Godfrey certainly has worn a lotof hats. From being editor of theFinancial Post, chairman of TheNational Children’s Agenda CaucusCommittee, founder of theFinancial Post’s EnvironmentAwards for Business to being the

chairman of the Dalhousie ArtGallery, Godfrey cites his wide rangeof interests as helping him remainsensitive to the histories and geog-raphy of cities.

Godfrey says he’s excited andready to grow into his new responsi-bility, saying that working underPaul Martin’s administration isexciting.

“It’s never dull,” he laughs, say-ing that he always has to be on histoes because the prime ministersporadically takes a keen interest inwhat his MPs are doing.

“You never know when [he’s]going to call. Early in the morning,late at night, weekends — the mannever sleeps!”

Martin ‘a hands-on kind of person’

Godfrey describes Martin assomeone who likes to get intenselyinvolved with his government’sprojects.

“He’s a hands-on kind of person,”Godfrey says, contrasting him toformer prime minister JeanChretien, who he says preferred todelegate.

Although he was not appointed

to a cabinet position last December,he says Martin brought him toattend some of the cabinet meet-ings.

“It’s very inclusive,” he says,explaining that the prime ministeris trying to bring more governmentfactions together by getting theminvolved with the cabinet.

Godfrey has also shown that hecan handle high-pressure situations.He was one of the first MPs to bringforth the Kyoto motion, co-organ-ized the Ethiopia Airlift whichdropped two DC-8 cargo planes offood and famine relief supplies inthe poverty-stricken country, and hestarted his 10-year presidency ofKing’s when he was just 35 yearsold.

Godfrey still maintains close tiesto King’s, saying he enjoyed histime at King’s immensely.

“Those were happy years,”Godfrey says. “Full of high jinx andfun.”

This interview was conducted beforethe June 28 federal election inwhich the residents of Don ValleyWest re-elected John Godfrey. OnJuly 20 Prime Minister Paul Martinelevated Godfrey’s appointmentfrom parliamentary secretary incharge of cities to a cabinet positionwith greater responsibilities for thesame agenda — Minister of State(Infrastructure and Communities). – Ed

GODFREY / Continued from previous page

New role has ‘limitless’ issues — GodfreyGodfrey (withPresident Bill

Barker and formerDean of Residence

Kelley Castle) atKing’s formal

meal in March:“It’s never dull.”

Photo: CourtesyBill Barker

This role suits mewell.”“


Encaenia2004

Clockwise from top left:

The graduates’ procession leaves

the quad; Naomi Goloff (BSc ’04)

receives an alumni pin; Nicholas

Cotton (BAH ’04) poses for a photo

with his family; Owen Averill (BAH

’04) delivers the valedictory

address; graduates enter the

cathedral; Margaret MacMillan

gives the convocation address.

Photos by Kerry Delorey


Encaenia2004

Silver DonaldCameron(Doctor of Civil Law)

Silver Donald Cameron, PhD is an

accomplished journalist, playwright,

educator and champion of grassroots

community economic development.

He is the author of 15 books, more

than 50 radio dramas, television

scripts and innumerable magazine

articles. Silver Donald is the founding

Chairman of Telile, Isle Madame’s

community television station and co-

founder of The Mysterious East maga-

zine and Centre Bras d’Or, the Cape

Breton arts organization. He has been

a Director of North Isle Madame

Credit Union, and editor and publisher

of the development newsletter The

Cape Breton Letter. He is a former

columnist for the Globe and Mail and

the Halifax Sunday Herald.

Since 1971 Dr. Cameron has been

involved in the restructuring of the

Isle Madame economy following the

collapse of the fisheries. He is a fre-

quent speaker at conferences on com-

munity economic development.

Dr. Cameron was the first Dean of

Community Studies at the University

College of Cape Breton.

Dr. Cameron holds a BA from the

University of British Columbia, an MA

from the University of California and a

PhD from the University of London.

Joan Clayton(Doctor of Civil Law)

Joan Douglas Clayton, CM, a

King’s alumna, is being recognized

for her remarkable volunteer work in

the Toronto area. In the mid 1980s,

Ms. Clayton helped found Second

Harvest, a non-profit organization

that provides food for approximately

12,000 meals a day. From modest

beginnings out of the back of a sta-

tion wagon, the organization has

grown to become a sophisticated dis-

tribution network that collects and

distributes food daily to more than

140 social service agencies in the

Metro Toronto area. Another pro-

gram, Harvest Kitchens, was later

developed to provide food for The

Goodwill Toronto.

Ms. Clayton is also co-founder of

Windfall Clothing Service, a non-prof-

it organization that distributes used

clothing to some 15,000 people annu-

ally through about 70 social service

agencies in the Toronto area.

The City of Toronto awarded

Clayton the Gardiner Citizen of the

Year Award and the Constance E.

Hamilton Award.

In January 2004, Joan Clayton

was appointed Member of the Order

of Canada for her humanitarian work

in the fight against poverty.

Margaret MacMillan(Doctor of Civil Law)

Margaret Olwen MacMillan, DPhil, is

Provost of Trinity College and

Professor of History at the University

of Toronto. Dr. MacMillan is an accom-

plished academic and award-winning

author of Paris 1919: Six Months that

Changed the World, an account of the

first six months of the Versailles Peace

Conference. Paris 1919 won numerous

awards including the New York Times

Editors’ Choice Award and the Samuel

Johnson Prize for best non-fiction

written in Britain. Published as

Peacemakers in England, Paris 1919

was also a finalist for the Westminster

Medal in Military Literature.

Dr. MacMillan has also written

numerous articles and book reviews

for both scholarly and non-scholarly

publications. Her previous books

include Women of the Raj and Canada

and NATO.

Dr. MacMillan completed an

Honours BA in History at Trinity

College and a DPhil at the University

of Oxford with a dissertation on the

British in India. She was a member of

the History Department at Ryerson

University from 1975 to 2002 and

served as Department Chair. Since

1997 she was an adjunct professor in

the History Department at the

University of Toronto.

Rev. Gary Thorne(Doctor of Divinity)

The Reverend Canon Dr. Gary Wayne

Alfred Thorne, Rector of Saint

George’s Round Church (Anglican),

Halifax, is being awarded an honorary

doctorate of divinity in recognition of

the outstanding contributions he has

made to his parish, to his community

and to King’s.

Dr. Thorne is a widely respected

pastor and theologian committed to

serving the pastoral needs of his parish

as well as the social and educational

needs of the diverse community in

which it serves.

He is co-founder and chair of

YouthNet, a highly successful youth

ministry outreach program that helps

form mentoring relationships and

build self-confidence among inner-city

children and youth. He is deeply com-

mitted to a number of community

projects including St. George’s weekly

soup kitchen, now in its 20th year, and

Christmas outreach programs for

neighbourhood families.

Dr. Thorne studied at Acadia

University, Dalhousie University and

the Atlantic School of Theology before

being ordained in the Diocese of Nova

Scotia. In 2003 he completed his doc-

toral studies at the University of

Durham in England.

2004 Honorary Degree Recipients

Carrying The ShoppingBags a zany,rewardingTV roleHosting and producingthe W Network’s popularconsumer affairs show is “a wayof life” for Anna Wallner (BJ ’94)


By Tim Currie

Anna Wallner has a printerattached to her computerat home that’s alwaysbreaking down and jam-

ming paper. And it’s noisy. Shejokes that, if she had it on, youcould hear it from her home inVancouver.

“I went cheap and I’m paying forit,” she sighs. “I regret that one.”

But she recently bought a newcomputer. And when the first storewouldn’t give her a discount shewent to another and saved $300.

“I don’t believe in paying fullprice for a big ticket item,” shesays. “You can get free delivery; youmay be able to get extras thrown in;or you might get somethingknocked off the price tag.”

Wallner (BJ ’94) should know.As co-host of the consumer advoca-cy show The Shopping Bags on theW Network she researches and testshundreds of products each season.She also gives viewers the insidescoop on getting the best deals.

The show, now in its fourth sea-son, hasn’t tested printers yet, but

it has examinedproducts inalmost everyother category.Right now,Wallner is testingbody wash. She’sgot five different kinds in her show-er and she’s trying to remember totry a different one each morning —and take notes.

And she’s barely finished withthe lemon squares.

She’d been evaluating toasterovens, a test that required her tobake exactly the same food in eachone to compare different models. Asa result, she did so much cookingshe didn’t go out to dinner forweeks.

“I made so many batches that Inever want to see a lemon squareagain for the rest of my life!” shelaughs.

“It really is a way of life,” shesays of the show. “There aren’t a lotof resources out there that will testthe products for you — and willtest them in a way that you, theconsumer, would use them. So notonly do we take the blender into

the lab. But we also take theblender home and test it for a week,two weeks, or a month.”

Wallner and her partner KristinaMatisic are co-hosts, as well asexecutive producers, and sometimewriters and directors of the show.Their production company, NewShoes Productions, produces 26shows a season for the W Networkin conjunction with Vancouver-based Force Four Entertainment.

Wallner and Matisic were nomi-nated for a Gemini Award for besthosts in a practical informationseries two seasons ago. The

Anna Wallner:“There aren’t alot of resourcesout there thatwill test theproducts for you— and will testthem in a waythat you, theconsumer, woulduse them.”

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Shopping Bags has won four LeoAwards from the British Columbiafilm and television industry. Andjust this summer the series beganairing in the United States on theFine Living Network.

Originally from Toronto, Wallnermoved to Vancouver in 1987 andreceived a BA in political sciencefrom UBC in 1991.

She says the BJ degree fromKing’s in 1994 helped her get herfoot in the newsroom.

“It was really good for mebecause I think I was a bit snobby,to be honest,” she says. “I thoughtthe only way to a successful careerwas through pure academics. It wasa good balance. I needed to beshoved in that direction.”

Wallner met Matisic when theyboth worked as journalists at GlobalTelevision in Vancouver, whereWallner had interned.

Wallner was bureau chief ofGlobal’s Fraser Valley news bureau;Matisic was news anchor and pro-ducer of Global’s evening newscast.

They quickly became best friendsand hatched the concept of theshow in 1999. She says they simplycombined the things they alreadyknew about — journalism, TV andshopping.

“It’s like a marriage,” she says. “Ithink we play off each other well.I’m more of the daredevil disorgan-ized one. She’s more of the one whohas a neat desk.”

Joking that the show is “allabout us,” she says the two regular-ly use their own homes — andfriends — on the show. When theytested blenders to see how well themachines crushed ice, they recruit-ed friends for a margarita party.

“We pull in a lot of favours toget this done — no question.”

This personal involvement iswhat makes the show appealing, butWallner admits it can be difficult toleave her work at the office.

“It’s impossible to turn off. I

can’t help but share with peoplewhen I see them [overpaying] for abig name brand or when I justknow they’re paying for fancy pack-aging. I want them to save money— I want everyone to save money!”

Wallner says that although oneof the show’s perks is getting paidto shop with her best friend, thetwo are serious about its content.The show is lighthearted in tone,but critical in its approach. Theshow has experts analyze differentproducts, but it also regularly hasreal people doing the same.

She says that while the show hasridden a wave of consumer report-ing programmes that spans the TVdial, it’s targeted at women whowant practical information in a fun,engaging way.

“We try to absorb all of thatinformation for you, do all of thetesting and present it in a way thatis fun, easy to digest and that givesyou a jumping off point forresearching products,” she says.

She says most people are over-whelmed by the millions of prod-ucts in the marketplace. She saysknowing simple tips like that youshould only ever buy a soft-bristledtoothbrush — can make shoppingeasier.

For her, the highlights of theshow have been getting snowboard-ing lessons from Olympic goldmedalist Ross Rebagliati and, atanother time, learning that a con-dom can fit over her head. She alsoremembers being slightly embar-rassed when she inadvertentlybroke a product — a device forfetching items from high cupboardscalled The Gopher — that she wastesting on camera with shoppers ina mall.

Wallner and Matisic have a bookrelated to the show that they expectwill be published next spring.

In the meantime, has research-ing and testing products diminishedthe joy of shopping?

“Absolutely not,” she says. “It’smore fun than ever.”

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Jack Wilcox (Dip J ’49) received theMinister of Veterans Affairs’Commendation in a ceremony heldNov. 4, 2003 in Ottawa. He was dubbed“Canada’s journalist of Remembrance.”

Pamela Collins (BA ’50) received theQueen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003for 35 years of volunteer service.

LeRoy Peach (BA ’59) is a columnist for theCape Breton Post in Sydney.

David Jones (BA ’68) has joined the facultyof Royal Roads University. He is teach-ing the Technologies for Managementcourse in 2004. David is Director ofKnowledge Management for the RCMP.

Peter Bernier (BA ’74) celebrated his 12thwedding anniversary on Feb. 26, 2004.

Ian Deakin (BA ’70) headed to Broadway toplay the Duke of Albany in Stratford’sremounting of King Lear. Play alsostarred with Christopher Plummer andTony Award winner Brent Carver. Theplay opened March 4, 2003.

Cynthia Fry (‘79) rides for the Bicycles Plusteam and won the 2003 Nova Scotia“Provincial Road Race PointsChampionship” and the Nova Scotia“Top Female Cyclist” for road racing in2003. For anyone interested in learningmore about road racing please contactCynthia at [email protected]

John Roby (BA ’73) scored a series, Aroundthe World with Tippi, for The DiscoveryChannel.

The Rev. Peter T. Young (BA ’75) nowworks at the St. Thomas AnglicanChurch in Newfoundland.

Valery Boyd (BJ ’83) is working as a teacherin Dartmouth. She has three children,Alex (at St. FX), Connor (Grade 11),and Griffin (Grade 5).

Allen Fownes (BA ’81) has joined theHalifax law firm of Crowe DillonRobinson conducting a general practicewith an emphasis on civil litigation. Hecontinues his busy law practice inLiverpool, N.S., where he has practisedfor 19 years. Fellow alumni can contactAllen at: [email protected]

Gillian Grambo (BSc ’89) gave birth to ason, Joshua Patrick on April 26, 2003.Joshua is a brother for Isaiah, Sophiaand Emily.

Henry Howard (BA ’89) started his Masterof Architecture degree at Dalhousie inSeptember 2003. He is on a work termat Burgess Brado in Edmonton, Alberta,returning to school in September 2004.

Mark Mackenzie (BSc ’85) and his wifeMegan now have three children,Malcolm, 1, Charlotte, 5, and Anna, 6.

Alex Rettie (‘84-‘86) lives in Calgary, wherehe works as a training developmentspecialist for SMART Technologies Inc.Alex is also a columnist forAlbertaViews magazine. He and his wifeAgnieszka have one son, James, bornon Christmas Eve, 2002. Fellow alumnican contact Alex at: [email protected]

Thomas Scura (BJ ’87) is pleased toannounce his marriage to Maria onJune 21, 2003, in Thunder Bay.

John S. Weeren (BAH ’85) was appointedspeechwriter and assistant to PrincetonUniversity President Shirley Tilghmanin April, 2004. His new job entailsworking with Tilghman on speeches,reports, and statements while also rep-resenting the president’s office at meet-ings and events.

Jean (BA ’90) and Bernie Wills (BAH ’90)are pleased to announce the birth oftheir fourth child, Jonathan, on Dec.17, 2003 in St. John’s. Jonathan’s sib-lings are Kristin, 7, Jeremy 5, andThomas, 3.

Cindy Wilson (BA ’89) gave birth to adaughter, Catherine, on June 19, 2003.Catherine is a sister for Cindy’s firstchild, Matthew, born in 2000.

Krista Wood (BJH ’86) recently moved toVancouver Island with her husband TimWood and two daughters, Samantha,12, and Jamie, 7, as part of a militaryposting.

David Allaby (BA ’96) and Amanda (Eagles)Allaby (FYP ’90) are pleased toannounce the birth of their first child,Julia Margaret Allaby on Nov. 6, 2003.

Allison Banks (BA ’96) is pleased toannounce her engagement to DavidMailman of Coldbrook, N.S. The wed-ding will take place May 21, 2005.Allison has been employed as a travelcounsellor at BTI Canada sinceNovember 1999 and is currently work-ing for the Corporate FulfillmentSolutions Department with the SelfService Reservation tool. Friends andalumni are invited to contact her [email protected].

Jena Cameron (’89-93) is pleased toannounce the birth of her daughter,Katherine (Katie) Delaney Butts.Katherine was born July 24, 2003.

John Cameron (BA Hons ‘91) was recentlyappointed Assistant Professor in theDepartment of InternationalDevelopment Studies at Dalhousie. Heand his family are currently living inBolivia, but will soon be moving toHalifax. Fellow alumni can contactJohn at: [email protected]

Paula Clarke (BAH ’93) and husband PaulNovak are pleased to announce thebirth of their son Jack Lawrence Novak,born May 30, 2003. They live in Ottawawhere Paula works as a lawyer for theDepartment of Justice. Fellow alumnican contact Paula at:[email protected]

J. Ryan M. Coutts (’94-95), with a friend, isopening a sport apparel store at 2580Yonge St. The store is to feature “Jut”,a brand of their own making.

Kevin Covert (BSc ’93) is currently living

A May 2004gathering ofself-described“neredowells”:Left to right:David Jones(BA ’68), MarkDeWolf (BAH’68) and MikeNichol (’66-68).

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George Cooper (former capital campaignchair and current Board of Governorschair) was named a Member of theOrder of Canada in January.

AlumNotesin Atlanta, Ga., working on softwarethat runs movie theatre megaplexes.Fellow alumni can contact Kevin at:[email protected].

Ross Healy (BA ’95) will complete his mas-ter’s in Science in Education atCanisius College, NY, in December. Heis currently the head of the EnglishDepartment at Deer Park Public Schoolin Toronto. Fellow alumni can contactRoss at: [email protected]

Michelle Hebert (BA ’91, BJ ’92) married

Andrew Boyd on 29 July 2000. They’rethrilled to announce the birth ofAinsley Madeleine Hebert Boyd, bornNov. 15, 2003. Michelle works forHealth Canada on community-basedyouth health initiatives, and is com-pleting her thesis for an MSW degree atDalhousie. Fellow alumni can contactMichelle at: [email protected]

Stuart Henderson (BAH ’99) is workingtoward his PhD at Queen’s University.

Ashley Hennessy (BAH ’93) is engaged to

marry James B. Smith on August 28,2004 in the Gaspe. Ashley is managerof online marketing for HarlequinEnterprises.

Chimene Jewer (FYP ’99) is currentlyattending Acadia University for her MScin Clinical Studies.

Jay Johnson (BA ’91) and Linda (Barker)Johnson (BSc ’91) will celebrate their10th wedding anniversary on Aug. 27,2004. They have two boys, Quinn, 6,and MacKenzie, 3. Linda is a registeredHomoepathic Practitioner and hasrecently opened her own clinic. Jay hasjust started his own firm as a govern-ment policy and First Nations econom-ic development consultant. Fellowalumni can contact Jay at: [email protected] (and) [email protected]

Robin Joudrey (BA ’99) joined the firmSealy Cornish as an associate lawyer onMarch 1, 2004. Robin’s focus is in thearea of family law. Fellow alumni cancontact Robin at:[email protected]

Iona MacRitchie (BA ’92) married MikeWise in 2002. She now works as anoccupational therapist at the TorontoWestern Hospital.

Corey Matthews (FYP ’93) married MichaelHardman in April 2003. Michael is ablacksmith and Corey is a stone carver.They have one son, Elliot born inOctober 2002.

Catherine Mazeika (BA ’92) and AronHarris were married Oct. 11, 2003.“Team Harris” resides in Toronto.

Stephanie Nolen (BJH ’93) won a NationalNewspaper Award in June for herreporting of Stephen Lewis’ crusadeagainst AIDS in Africa. Stephanie is theGlobe’s Africa Bureau Chief.

Kristin Palin (FYP ’89-90) is pleased toannounce the birth of Quinn Kennedyon Feb. 26, 2004.

Colin Charles G. Pye (BJH ’97 ) graduatedwith his LLB from the University ofOttawa in April.

Andrew Robertson (BA ’94) and wife Coryare pleased to announce the birth oftheir daughter, Lucy, born Oct. 29,2003. Andrew is teaching elementaryschool in Ottawa.

Jonathon Ross (BAH ’94) is studying medi-cine at the University of Calgary.

Sean Sebastien Smith (BA ’90) has recentlyjoined Offshore Systems Ltd., of NorthVancouver, as a Proposals Specialist.Offshore Systems specializes in chart-ing, navigation systems and land map-ping from aerial photography. He wasalso recently elected Vice-Commodoreof Stamps Landing Yacht Club, wherehis sailboat has the unique distinctionof being the only one to fly the flag ofhis home province, Nova Scotia. Sailorsand King’s Alumni are welcome to visithis website: http://vancouver-web-pages.com/slyc/


In MemoriamElizabeth “Betty” (Cobb) Davidson-Mandeville died on June 7, 2004 at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.

Amy Densmore (BA ’29) died on December 10, 2003 at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.

Rev. William Earl “Bill” Dye (LTh ’61) passed away March 15, 2004 in Halifax.

Rev. Dr. Canon F. Melvin French (BA ’37, LTh ’40) passed away April 3, 2004 at the Northwood Centre inHalifax.

Sherry (Coolen) Graves (’68-’69) died Dec. 31 at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax.

Eric Kierans (DCL ’86) passed away on May 10, 2004 in Montreal.

Rev. Clifford James Matthews passed away on March 29, 2004 at the Northside General

Hospital.

William Morse (’39-41) died on Jan. 8, 2004 in Harbour View Haven, Lunenburg.

Ruth Marie Petrykanyn (BJ ’03) passed away on June 10, 2004 at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.

The 23rd annual Atlantic JournalismAwards ceremony was held on April 17that the Casino Nova Scotia Hotel inHalifax. King’s alumni were once againamong the winners and finalists for2003.

Keith Bonnell (BJH ’00) of the HalifaxDaily News was a finalist in the categorySpot News Print for his coverage ofHurricane Juan. He was also a finalist inthe category Feature Writing Print forhis story Covering the Pain.

Steve Sutherland (BJH ’97) of CBC-Radio Sydney was a finalist in the cate-gory Enterprise Reporting Radio for BioDiesel: Fish Into Fuel.

Chris O’Neill-Yates (BJ ’93) of CBC-TVSt. John’s won the gold award in the cat-egory Enterprise Reporting Televisionfor Where It Went Wrong: The Dr.Shirley Turner Story. Sally Pitt (BJH ‘84)of CBC-TV Charlottetown was a finalistin the same category.

Ruth Davenport (BJ ’03) of the HalifaxDaily News won the gold award in thecategory Feature Writing Print for TheBest Defence, a story on self-defence tac-tics.

Peter Evans (BJ ’97) of Eastern Woods &Waters, along with Perry Jackson, was afinalist in the same category for Plywood

and Glue. Peter also was the gold awardwinner in two other categories —Atlantic Magazine Article for his story,Hebron, which he wrote for Saltscapesmagazine, and the Commentary categoryfor Companies Must Be Punished, anopinion piece he wrote for the HalifaxDaily News.

Elaine Bateman (BJ ’82) of CBC-RadioSaint John was a finalist in the categoryFeature Radio for her piece TheHomeland.

Jim Reyno (BJH ’92) of the HalifaxDaily News was a finalist in the categorySports Reporting for his Crosby Feature.

Andrea Nemetz (BJ ’88) of the HalifaxHerald was a finalist in the category Arts& Entertainment Reporting for herpiece, Sharing a Personal Story.

Mike Ayyash (BJ ’02) of Global TV NewsHalifax was a finalist in the categoryPhotojournalism Spot News Televisionfor his story Old Sambro.

Kelly Connors (BJ ’01) of CBC-RadioHalifax was the gold award winner of theJim MacNeill New Journalist Award.Sarah McGinnis (BJH ‘01) of the SaintJohn Telegraph-Journal was the silveraward winner.

Diane Woolley (BJH ’04) won the BoyneClarke Prize for Excellence, a studentaward.

Atlantic Journalism Award winners

AlumNotes

Kyle Shaw (BSc ’91, BJ ’92) and ChristineOreskovich (BA ’95) are pleased toannounce the birth of their daughter,Sasha Elizabeth on March 3, 2004.

Matthew Sherrard (BAH ’99) was projectsupervisor with Canada World Youth forthree years, working in Tunisia, Egyptand eastern Europe. Matt is now in firstyear law at Dalhousie University.

Anne Simms (BA ’94) and Benjamin Vitaleare pleased to announce the birth oftheir first child, Julia Anne Vitale. Juliawas born at home on March 31, 2003.Anne and Ben reside in theCabbagetown area of Toronto.

Peter Smith (BA ’99) received his Master ofScience from the London School ofEconomics in City Design and SocialScience.

Theresa M. Nowlan Suart (BJH ’90) isworking in the Faculty ofAdministration at the University of NewBrunswick.

Alison Thompson (BAH ’94) and KevinPowers (BAH ’94) are pleased toannounce their engagement. The wed-ding will take place at a Californiaresort near the San Andreas Fault inlate 2004.

Julian Wainwright (BJ ’98) is living inHanoi, Vietnam. Julian is a photogra-pher with EPA — European PressphotoAgency. He does regular assignmentwork for Time and the Far EasternEconomic Review. Fellow alumni cancontact Julian at: [email protected]; [email protected]

Zach Wells (BAH ’99) recently moved backto Halifax after several years inMontreal and Nunavut, where he

worked in the cargo department ofFirst Air. A limited edition book ofZach’s poems has been published and afull-length collection of Arctic poems,Unsettled, will be published byInsomniac Press in the Fall. More infor-mation is available on Zach’s website:www.zachariahwells.com

John Bowman (BJ ’00) is working for CBCToronto, in online journalism.

Alison Bresver (BJH ’02) is working in pub-lic relations in Toronto.

Heather Butler (BSc ’00) is studying psy-chology at Mount Saint VincentUniversity.

March Clark (BA ’00) graduated fromAcadia University in 2004 with aBachelor of Education degree.

Lucy Cuthbertson (BAH ’03) earned aMasters in Economics degree fromMcGill University and is now workingfor Euromoney in London, England.

Ruth Davenport (BJ ’03) is working forCanadian Press in the Halifax office.

Sidney Davis (BAH ’00) is currently work-ing as a translator, interpreter and edi-tor in Skopje, Macedonia.

Jake Kennedy (BJH ’02) and Erin Ward (BJ’02) are keeping warm in Yellowknifewith their two dogs and a cat. Jake wasrecently appointed editor of CanadianDiamonds magazine. Erin is producing

CBC Radio’s Trailbreaker morningshow. They plan to wed in March 2005,in Yellowknife. Fellow alumni can con-tact Jake at: [email protected] You canreach them by e-mail at [email protected] or [email protected].

Jen Laurette (BA ’01) and David Carter(BAH ’03) are pleased to announcetheir engagement. Fellow alumni cancontact them [email protected] [email protected].

Todd MacKay (BJ ’02) won the AlbertaWeekly Newspaper Association Awardfor best feature in the summer of 2003.

Meaghan Michaud (BJH ’00) is engaged tomarry Brian Lingley in August 2004.

Brendan Quinn (BAH ’03) announces therelease of his band, PDQ’s first full-length album, Every New Place.

Jillian Sabadash (BA ’01) has just graduatedwith her Bachelor of Education fromSaint Francis Xavier.

Jeffrey Silver (BSc ’02) is attending MedicalSchool at the University of WesternOntario.

Elliott Siteman (’88-91, BA ’02) earned aMaster of Divinity from the AtlanticSchool of Theology. He was appointedRector of the Parish of Neil’s Harbourand Ingonish on June 1, 2004. He wasordained as a Deacon in the AnglicanChurch on June 29, 2004.

Sarah Thornton (BAH ’01) is teaching at aprivate school in Toronto.

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After more than two years of tireless efforts increating and building the first King’s Alumni Chapterin London, U.K., Malia Mitchell (BA ’99) and LindsayBroadhead (BA ’99) have stepped down as Chapter co-President. King’s wishes to acknowledge theirachievements and the time they spent in building theLondon Chapter — they will be missed!

The London Chapter welcomes Chris MacNeil (BA’94) as the incoming President for 2004-2005. Chrishas lived in London for more than three years and isa freelance Learning & Development consultant. Heis an advocate for Canadian expats living in Londonand enjoys theatre, restaurants and travelopportunities that London offers.

Chris looks forward to hearing from King’sAlumni throughout London, the U.K. and Europe andwill shortly announce King’s events for the comingyear. You can reach Chris by e-mail at:[email protected] or on his mobile at +44 (0) 7966380 131.


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