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ProfessorMagdaHavas andher ground-breakingwork on “dirtyelectricity”

were featured on a GlobalTelevision evening newssegment on Monday,February 13.

“Time After Space” was thetitle of a cover story inFebruary’s edition of 50 Plusmagazine, which featuredTrent University’s currentChancellor, Roberta Bondar.The article explored the inter-esting paths Dr. Bondar’s lifehas taken since her time asthe first Canadian woman inspace.

On Friday, February 17,Professor Lynne Davisappeared on CHEX Televisiontalking about the IpperwashInquiry.

An interview with LauraLynch, a star player on theTrent women’svolleyball team, was aired onthe FAN 590’sOCAA CollegeReport seg-ment onSunday,February 19.

The 27th annual Elders andTraditional Peoples Gatheringheld at Trent was featured inarticles and photos in thePeterborough Examiner onSaturday, February 18 andMonday, February 20.

Trent University’s new VP ofAdvancementand ExternalRelations wasfeatured on aCHEXTelevisionsegment onTuesday, February 28. DianneLister discussed starting hernew position and her 100 Day Plan. ❦

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J O S E P H BOYDEN L I V I N G E V E RY W R I T E R ’ S

D R E A M

Joseph Boyden

For the past several yearsJoseph Boyden has spentmuch of his time teaching

American and International stu-dents about the great writers ofCanadian literature. Outside ofthe classroom, Mr. Boyden issteadily building his own re p u t a-tion as a great Canadian authorand, with the success of his firstnovel, T h ree Day Road, it won’tbe long before his own novel isc o n s i d e red part of the literaryc a n o n .

T h ree Day Road, a tale thatweaves together the experiencesof two Cree boys who enlist inthe First World War with the sto-ries of an Oji-Cree medicinewoman, was released in thespring of 2005 and has cata-pulted Mr. Boyden into the lime-light both here in Canada anda b ro a d .

“ E v e ry writer’s dream is whathas happened to me so far,” Mr.Boyden remarked during his visitto Trent in Febru a ry. For a period of twoweeks he stayed at the University as the Marg a ret L a u rence Writer in Residence andthe Nort h e rn Chair Lecture r, talk-ing about his work, his life, andhis experience to date as a writer.

B o rn and raised in To ro n t oand Georgian Bay as one ofeleven children, Mr. Boyden

completed his underg r a d u a t ed e g ree at York University beforemoving on to attain an M.F. A .f rom the University of NewOrleans, where he also met hiswife, Amanda, a fellow writerand trapeze artist. After gradua-tion the two re t u rned to Canadaw h e re Mr. Boyden took a teach-ing position in James Bay.Two years later they re t u rn e dto New Orleans where heaccepted a teaching positionat the University of NewOrleans. For the last sevenyears they have been livingt h e re, travelling re g u l a r l yback to Canada where mostof his family still lives.

As a writer, his life over thepast year has been a whirlwind ofa c t i v i t y. After having his first col-lection of short stories, B o rn witha To o t h, accepted for publicationin 2000, Mr. Boyden went towork quietly on his first novel.For four and a half years he

re t reated intothe world ofXavier Bird ,E l i j a hWe e s a g e e c h a k ,

and aunt Niska, familiarized him-self with first-hand accounts ofsoldiers in the Great Wa r, ande x p l o red his native backgro u n dand heritage.

His hard work paid off whenthe completed manuscript was

picked up quickly by an agentand a bidding war between everymajor publisher in Canadaensued. Not long after, the samething happened in the UnitedStates and abroad and now, todate, the book has been trans-lated into 13 languages, includ-ing Cree – one of the only novels

to have this latter distinction. Inaddition, T h ree Day Road has alsowon several awards including theMcNally Robinson AboriginalBook of the Year Aw a rd.

“It was like a domino eff e c t , ”M r. Boyden recalls.

In terms of his time here atTrent, Mr. Boyden was only toopleased to accept the invitation.

“I jumped at the opport u n i t yto spend a couple of weeks atTrent,” said Mr. Boyden. “I haveh e a rd such great things about it,about the involved communityand about the students who areso gung-ho about whatever theya re doing.”

Experiencing all that the Tre n tcommunity has to offer is exactlyhow Mr. Boyden spent his timeh e re. In between a set scheduleof book signings, readings, andl e c t u res, he attended classes, metwith students off campus, andeven lent his support to anational student conference.

“I have had an over-whelming reception herein Peterborough,” Mr.Boyden remarked duringone of his scheduled re a d-ings. “I am really honoured by it.”

Looking to the future ,M r. Boyden has alre a d y

s t a rted work on his secondnovel, tentatively titled S h eTakes You Down. Thro u g h o u t

the writing process, he will con-tinue teaching the work of gre a tCanadian authors like Marg a re tAtwood, Anne-Marie MacDonald,A n d rew Pyper, and MichaelWinter to students at theUniversity of New Orleans, a taskM r. Boyden describes fondly as“doing my own little bit to intro-duce Canadian writing to theworld.”

Little does he know that it willbe his work as an author of thelatest great Canadian novel thatwill make an impact on theworld for years to come, helpingto solidify Canada’s reputation asa country with astounding l i t e r a ry talent. ❦

“I jumped at the opportunityto spend a couple of weeks at Tre n t.” – Joseph Boyden

F O C U ST R E N Tin the N E W S

Acclaimed Canadian Novelist Visits Trent and Shares Experiences

M r. Boyden meets with Grad students at Traill College.

A QUESTIONOF SUSTAINABILITY

According to JohnElkington the world “ismoving into a period of

significant discontinuity” andalthough this means there maybe some tough times ahead, theforecasted bumps in the roadmay be just what are needed toget things back on track.

This notion of heading for aperiod of change and our inabil-ity as citizens of the world to doanything to stop it were keythemes addressed throughoutthis year’s annual Tapscott-Lopes Business and SocietyLecture delivered on February15 by John Elkington.

Described as a “campaignerin the boardroom”, Mr.Elkington is the founder andcurrent Chief Entrepreneur ofSustainAbility, an independentthink tank and strategy consul-

“If you added up all the posi-tive things companies are doing,it still doesn’t add up to enough,”M r. Elkington stated during a pre -l e c t u re talk to students of af o u rth year Sustainability class.He went on to explain that theeconomic bubble the world isc u rrently experiencing willinevitably pop and, although he

is optimistic the human spiritwill get us through the toughtimes, he is also certain that wea re going to come out of it hav-ing to adjust to a very diff e re n tw o r l d .

“The 21st Century might turnout to be a much more compli-cated time than any of us imagine,” he said.

To better understand itsfuture facility needs, TrentUniversity is inviting stu-

dents and employees to partici-pate in a consultation process toexchange ideas about the futureof existing and potential facilities.

A series of consultations areplanned in the coming weeks,with each consultation sessionfocusing on a particular topic.Individuals are welcome andencouraged to attend the ses-sions that interest them. Youropinions matter and we want tohear what you think about thepossible future priorities forexisting and new facilities.

To assist the University, aconsulting company has beenselected to lead the consultationprocess and prepare a report.The IBI Group was founded in1974 and is concentrated in fourmain areas of development:Urban Land, Facilities,Transportation and Systems. Theprofessional services provided byIBI include planning, design,implementation, analysis ofoperations, and other consulting

services related to these fourmain areas of development.

IBI Group has been involvedin master planning for post sec-ondary educational institutionsfor over 20 years. Clients includeGeorge Brown College, YorkUniversity, Humber College,University of Toronto,Centennial College, Universityof Alberta, Dawson College,Montreal, and the University ofCalifornia, Riverside. Their taskis to provide an objective, thirdparty overview of the range ofopinions, ideas and possibledirections for facility develop-ment. The consultants’ findingsand recommendations to theBoard of Governors will be usedin the development of aUniversity Facility Strategy forthe next 10 years.

Mr. Elkington followed up onthis idea of change throughouthis lecture later that evening.Using the title “Harnessing ourBetter Instincts: The New Role ofBusiness in a SustainableWorld”, Mr. Elkington first madeit clear that, in his personal andprofessional opinion, the worldis far from being sustainable. Infact, citing trends outlining theworld’s over consumption andthe rise of global average tem-peratures, Mr.Elkingtonobserved, “we arenot even headedin that direction.”

“We’re like people sitting down and havinga nice cup of tea on the deck ofthe Titanic,” he remarked.

Throughout his lecture, Mr.Elkington delved into discussionon sustainability “waves” andissues with various terms such as“corporate social responsibility”.In addition, he explored the“Triple Bottom Line” and themove businesses have seeminglytaken to approach everythingfrom three perspectives – eco-nomic, social, and environmen-tal – in an attempt to follow apath to sustainability. The roleof business in sustainable devel-opment was the main focus ofthe lecture as Mr. Elkingtonexamined the “four B’s of

blended values” – brands, bal-ance sheets, boards, and busi-ness models – and the inherentaspects of corporations thatmake it difficult for them to betruly responsible.

Overall though, it was thenotion that, despite what busi-ness may appear to be doing, itwon’t be enough to make a con-siderable difference that Mr.Elkington kept coming back to.

A goal of the project is toidentify a list of priority projectsthrough an objective evaluation,consultation and selectionprocess.

All of the diverse advice,opinions, history and perspec-tives presented during the con-sultation process will bewelcomed, and although it isnot expected that there will becomplete concurrence on allissues, Trent does recognize thatthe input from invested com-munity members is critical tomaking an informed decision.

Some of the topics to beaddressed include: • Renovations to and potential

expansion of the athleticsfacility;

• The possibility of relocatingexisting administration func-tions in the Bata Library to

increase space for libraryholdings and library services;

v Assessing the potential for ay e a r- round Conference facility;

• Updating the database of re n-ovations and impro v e m e n t sof all existing buildings to better understand the cost of current and future mainte-nance liabilities against potential new capital pro j e c t s ;

• The creation of a new space tos u p p o rt the panned expansionof Tre n t ’s Graduate Educationp rograms from 250 to appro x-imately 600 graduate studentspaces during the next two tofour years;

• Defining a facility plan tosupport the potential growthof the Nursing and TeacherEducation programs, inresponse to student demand;

tancy based out of London,Zurich, Washington, and SanFrancisco. He is an internation-ally recognized expert in thefields of business and the envi-ronment and has spent the past25 years working with majorcorporations and organizations,such as GreenpeaceInternational, the WorldWildlife Fund, Ford, andUnilever, teaching them aboutsustainability and working withthem to implement actions inan attempt to ensure they standthe test of time.

T h roughout the years, how-e v e r, and in spite of the changesthe business world has adoptedto become more corporately andsocially “responsible”, Mr.Elkington has observed that itjust will not be enough to alterthe trajectory/path the world isnow on.

“Business can’t do what isnecessary,” he said, going on toexplain that governmentsaround the world need to getinvolved and take the lead on avariety of important issuesincluding, HIV/AIDS, pan-demics, bribery and corruption,and climate change.

Increasing government’s role,however, has its complicationsas well, as Mr. Elkingtonexplained. In fact, although he

advocates forgovernment totake on moreresponsibility,he also empha-sizes that the

creation of more standards andregulations is not the way to go.

So, what does Mr. Elkingtonsuggest?

“We need to destabilizethings rather than stabilizethem,” Mr. Elkington said, allud-ing to the notion that realchange comes in the face ofmajor upheaval and from trueinnovation. And if history hastaught us anything, it is thattimes of upheaval and change arei n e v i t a b l e – we just have to waitand see what the next wave willbring.

The annual Tapscott-LopesBusiness and Society Lecture ismade possible through a fundestablished by husband and wifeteam, Don Tapscott and AnaLopes, and designed to bringprominent speakers to the Trentcommunity in order to addressissues of values and ethics asthey pertain to business andsociety. Since its inception in2003, the annual lecture has fea-tured many prominent speakers,including Mr. Tapscott himselfwho is an international author-ity on the application of tech-nology in business.❦

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John Elkington, Ana Lopes and Don Tapscott

• Developing a strategy to identify space requirementsto support the expansion ofresearch areas;

• Obtaining input from theUniversity community on theoptions to create a new StudentC e n t re to provide space forclubs and groups, common student space, services, and student support serv i c e s ;

• Assessing the needs for additional teaching space inaccordance with enrolmentprojections; and

• Assessing the condition of theTraill College facilities andoperation costs as part of theBoard of Governors 2001 planto review the college reloca-tion decision in 2006, follow-ing an assessment ofenrolment growth against theinstitutional plan, govern m e n tfunding, and institutionalfinances.

For more information about thefacilities consultation processand to view a list of all of theupcoming meetings/topics,please visit: http://www.trentu.ca/facilities/ ❦

“ We ’ re like people sittingdown and having a nice cupof tea on the deck of theT i t a n i c . ” – John Elkington

ANNUAL TAPSCOTT-LOPES BUSINESS AND SOCIETY LECTURE

I M P R O V I N G T R E N TU N I V E R S I T Y ’ S FA C I L I T I E S

Students and Employees Invited to Participate in Consultation Process

T H E AESTHETICS O F P O L I T I C S

An association in educa-tion between twoOntario institutions

that’s lasted more than 30 yearswas recently renewed at TrentUniversity. The Queen’s-TrentConcurrent Education Programreached a new Memorandum ofAgreement – a five year renewalof the long-held and highly suc-cessful association in education.

Since 1973, Trent Universityat Peterborough, Ontario andQueen’s University atKingston, Ontario havecooperated with regard toa community-basedteacher education programreferred to as the Queen’s-TrentConcurrent Teacher EducationProgram. The program is basedon a concurrent pattern of education. Students in the program are concurrentlyenrolled at both Trent andQueen’s. They complete

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) orBachelor of Science (Honours)requirements through Trent andBachelor of Education degreerequirements through Queen’s.Students in the program areencouraged, though notrequired, to do their practica inschools located in the GreaterPeterborough Area.

Attracting students with anaverage entering grade of 85%overall, the Queen’s-Trent

Concurrent Education Programproduces exceptional teachercandidates. “Queen’s is verypleased with the quality of students coming through theConcurrent Ed program,” saidLeroy Whitehead, associatedean of education at the sign-ing. “And cooperation betweenthe two universities is at a very

high level.” It’s this level ofcooperation that has main-tained the thirty-three year relationship.

In large part, the new agree-ment rolls over what has been arelationship that has beenmutually beneficial for bothinstitutions – and, more impor-tantly, for the many studentsattracted to the program. “Thestudents are regarded as verywell prepared for entry into the

teaching profession – bothfrom their experiences atTrent and their training atQueen’s,” said Colin Taylor,

Trent’s dean of arts and science.“Both parties are delighted bythe signing of this new agreement.”

The Queen’s-TrentConcurrent Education programcomplements Trent University’snewer Consecutive Educationprogram, launched in 2003.❦

month, enough to pick it up andfind out what it is all about.

Targeted at upper level under-graduate and graduate studentsas well as anyone interested inthe area of Cultural Studies, thebook aims to expand our view ofpolitics, and what counts aspolitical, by examining the topicfrom an aesthetic perspective.

According to ProfessorPanagia, “Politics isn’t just whathappens in Ottawa” and thisbook is a first step towards

examining exactly “how our dif-ferent political imaginaries arestructured and informed by ouraesthetic sensibilities.”

Being released by DukeUniversity Press this month, ThePoetics of Political Thinking is theculmination of a lot of hardwork and dedication. From1998, when the outline waswritten, to spring of 2005, whenthe manuscript was complete,the book has been a major focusin Professor Panagia’s life as it

The old saying “Don’t judgea book by its cover” is oneof the silliest things

P rofessor Davide Panagia, theCanada Research Chair inCultural Studies at TrentUniversity, has ever heard .A c c o rding to Professor Panagia,judging by appearances is exactlywhat everyone does all the time.This being the case, he is hopingpeople like the look of his firstbook, The Poetics of PoliticalT h i n k i n g, being released this

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has followed him from his daysas a graduate student at HopkinsUniversity to his time here atTrent.

Born out of the observationthat, within the discipline ofpolitical theory, few people payattention to aesthetics, ProfessorPanagia’s book strives to showthat “by not paying attention,we limit our own ways of think-ing about politics, and also whatwe allow ourselvesto recognize aspolitical.” In otherwords, it is Professor Panagia’sargument that our tastes are justas i m p o rtant to our politicaljudgements as are our moral, eco-

nomic and policy values. Language is one

area in particular thatlends itself well to the

aesthetics in politicsdebate. In fact, the polit-

ical stature given to lan-guage is a main focus of

the book, hence the title,The Poetics of Political

Thinking. With each chapterbeing dedicated to examin-

ing the work of a differenthistorical or contemporary

p h i l o s o p h e r, Professor Panagia’sbook “intervenes in the debatesabout the political stature of lan-guage and the privilege we give tolanguage as a tool for politics”.

The work of the great philoso-phers is not the only thing thatinspired Professor Panagia in thewriting of his book. In fact, hecredits his time at Trent and theexperiences he has had with thepeople here as a factor in the suc-cessful completion of a book that

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has received many positivereviews already.

“Trent is a great learningenvironment for me,” he says.“Here I can engage with peopleat a level that is very satisfying.”

The department of CulturalStudies and Trent’s commitmentto the humanities and the liberalarts are some of the other rea-sons Professor Panagia feels athome and inspired here and this

inspiration has lednot only to thecompletion of a

book but also to the develop-ment of a multi-media researchspace. Specifically designed forteaching interactive classes,hosting visiting speakers, andproviding a space for students toscreen and analyze films, theMedia Research Space is some-thing of which Professor Panagiais particularly proud because ithelps to solidify the reputationof Trent’s Cultural Studiesdepartment as unique and differ-ent in that it offers so muchopportunity for interaction,rather than being “just a talkingheads department”.

As Professor Panagia’s time asthe Canada Research Chair inCultural Studies at Trent contin-ues, he looks forward to contin-uing to work with students andfaculty, and coming up withnew and exciting courses andopportunities to showcase thedepartment. With the launch ofhis first book and another onelooking at “the political life ofsensations” already in the works,he is already well on his way. ❦

Present at the signing of the new five-year agreement of the Queen’s-Trent Concurrent Education Program were Leroy Whitehead, associatedean of education at Queen’s University; Brian McAndrews, practicumcoordinator at Queen’s University; Sharon Carew, program coordinatorfor the Queen’s-Trent Concurrent Education program; Colin Taylor,dean of arts and science at Trent University; and Joe Muldoon, assistant to the dean of arts and science at Trent University.

“Politics isn’t just what happens in Ottawa.”

Davide Panagia’s first book, The Poetics of Political Thinking, wasreleased last month

Association in Education Renewed for Another Five Years

The program is attracting students with an average entering grade of 85% overall.

g r a p e v i n e n e w sa c ross multiple disciplines. He isc u rrently working on a book,tentatively titled Zombie Factory,which looks at the popular mis-conceptions of stress and earlym o rtality experiences in post-industrial societies.

Both Ashley Fellows will behosted by Champlain College.

Trent Professor Travels toPalestine to ObserveNational Election Professor Marion Boulby trav-elled to Palestine in January as amember of the Canada CorpTeam, sent to observe thePalestinian legislative electionand to help ensure that it wasrun freely and fairly.

In total, 56 Canadians servedon the Canadian ObservationMission for the West Bank andGaza legislative elections heldon January 25, 2006. ProfessorBoulby was one of 39 short-term observers who stayed forapproximately ten days. Thismission marked the first timeCanada has sent its own teamto observe elections.

Professor Boulby, who alsotravelled to Palestine last year to observe the Presidential elections as part of a Canadiancontingent under the EuropeanUnion, was pleased to beinvolved in the process for a second time.

“One of the most strikingaspects was to experience theeuphoria the Palestinians felt athaving the opportunity to votein these elections,” recalledProfessor Boulby whose per-sonal role was to help set upvoting stations, observe voting,and monitor the counts.

TSSC Assistant DirectorHonoured with AwardBarry van Dompseler, AssistantDirector at Trent Summer SportsCamp, was recently honouredby the Ontario CampingAssociation as the recipient ofthe Ron and Mickey JohnstoneYouth Leadership Award. Theaward is presented yearly toyoung camp professionals whohave demonstrated outstandingleadership of youth throughinnovation and creativity. Barry,who is known as “Oscar” atcamp, was presented with theaward on February 18 byMickey Johnstone at theAssociation’s AnnualConference in Alliston, Ontario.

Another Successful Summer Joband Volunteer Fair Wraps UpGzowksi College at Symons campus was a lively hot spot onFebruary 9 as Trent’s CareerCentre hosted their fourthannual Summer Job andVolunteer Fair. With anunprecedented 31 organizationsin attendance, over 1,000 stu-dents had the opportunity toexplore opportunities, network,and apply for jobs and volunteerpositions on the spot.

Participating employersranged from public sector com-panies to non-profit organiza-tions and on-campusdepartments.

“It was the best fair I havebeen a part of,” said MaggieSullivan of Youth Programs andServices at the YMCA ofPeterborough.

The focus of the Summer Joband Volunteer Fair is on seasonalemployment and volunteeropportunities and is one of threelarge recruitment events put onby the Career Centre each year.

Hundreds Participate in 27thAnnual Elders and TraditionalPeoples Gathering The Native Studies department atTrent University held their 27thannual Elders and Tr a d i t i o n a lPeoples Gathering over the week-end of Febru a ry 17. In spite of thecold weather, over 600 peopleattended and participated inevents and activities.

Highlights of the weekendincluded Tipi creeping and themorning Sunrise Ceremoniesheld on both the Saturday andSunday. This year’s gathering,entitled “Passing It On”, fea-tured traditional and contempo-rary teachings, workshops by

elders and Trent Aboriginal faculty, and aboriginal crafts for sale. A special menu waseven prepared and available allweekend in the cafeteria.

Guest speakers include: MikeMcDonald and Ernie Benedict(Akwasasne), Jacqui LaValley(Shawanaga), Kathy Bird(Peguis, Manitoba), NormaGeneral and Jan Longboat (SixNations), Dorothy Cameron(Shoal Lake), Sylvia Maracle(Tyendinega), and WilliamCommanda (Maniwaki).

Ashley Fellows for2006/2007 AnnouncedFor the second year in a row,the Senate of Trent Universityhas appointed two AshleyFellows for the upcoming acade-mic year.

P rofessor David Montgomery,described as one of the most emi-nent historians in the UnitedStates, is an international scholarof significance and a sought-afterl e c t u rer and public speaker. Bestknown for authoring such booksas Beyond Equality: Labor and theRadical Republicans, and morere c e n t l y, Citizen Wo r k e r, Pro f e s s o rM o n t g o m e ry has made a namefor himself through the studyand examination of labour move-ments in the United States.

P rofessor Peter Stephenson isan intern a t i o n a l l y - re c o g n i z e dsenior medical anthro p o l o g i s t .Receiving his doctorate from theUniversity of To ronto, Pro f e s s o rStephenson has held teachingpositions at various institutionsall over Canada and abroad. Hec u rrently resides at the Universityof Victoria where he holds thedistinguished position of aMichael Smith Fellow. Pro f e s s o rS t e p h e n s o n ’s re s e a rch extends

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M a rch 10: The second annualWomen’s Studies ResearchDay will be held from 2:00 p.m.to 5:00 p.m. in the “Pit” at Lady Eaton College. A reception will follow.

March 15: New Directions inCanadian Research lecture,“The Dominion of Youth:Towards a HistoricalUnderstanding of Generationand Nation” by Prof. CynthiaComacchio, Wilfrid LaurierUniversity. Wilson ReadingRoom, Kerr House, TraillCollege. 3:00 p.m. All welcome.

March 15: Thomas H.B.Symons Seminar Series onGraduate Student Research.Traill College Junior CommonRoom, 7:00 p.m. All welcome.www.trentu.ca/gsa

March 16: Writers ReadingSeries, A.F. Moritz, award win-ning author and poet. LadyEaton College Pit, 8:00 p.m.

March 21: Trent alum andVision TV President, BillRoberts, will deliver a talk on"Faith and the Media",7:30 p.m. Champlain CollegeCouncil Chambers.

March 23: Rooke LectureSeries, “Creating the Past:Myth, History and Fiction”,by M.G. Vissanji, a Canadianwriter of Indian origin.Peterborough Public Library,7:30 p.m.

March 23: Lecture on ForensicAnthropology by TracyRogers, University of Toronto.Otonabee College, Room 109,3:00 p.m.

March 27: Spirit Within, student Art Show, begins.Seasoned Spoon/ChamplainCollege Senior CommonRoom.

March 30: Kathleen O’Sheawill deliver a talk, “Womenon Death Row”. PeterboroughPublic Library Auditorium,7:30 p.m.

March 31: Native StudiesDepartment presents“Cinema, Creation andConversation: Film Festivaland Pop-Culture Conference”.First Peoples House ofLearning (Gzowski College).All day festival begins at 9:30 a.m. Free. Everyone welcome. 748.1011 x7912 orkharriso@trentu.ca for details.

April 1: Classes end. ❦

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Joan Sangster Wins KillamResearch FellowshipA Trent professor was named asone of ten new Killam Researc hFellows for 2006. Professor JoanSangster was awarded this tophonour for her pro p o s a l ,“ Tr a n s f o rming Labour: Wo m e nand Paid Work in Post World Wa rII Canada”, which will examinethe transformations in women’slives in the period between1945and 1975, paying particular atten-tion to the impact of paid work.

Among Canada’s most distin-guished re s e a rch awards, theCanada Council for the Art sKillam Research Fellowships aredesigned to recognized and sup-p o rt distinguished Canadianscholars, normally full time pro-fessors at Canadian universitiesand re s e a rch institutes, who haveestablished an outstanding re p u-tation in their area of re s e a rc h .The Fellowship will pro v i d eP rofessor Sangster with two yearsof release time from teaching andadministrative duties, there b yallowing her to conduct extensivere s e a rch and ultimately create ah i s t o ry of working women in thispost-war period.

“I feel very honoured andprivileged,” said ProfessorSangster. “This is an amazingopportunity, especially for peo-ple in the humanities who needthe time to write.”

Trent Fencer Wins Top HonourTrent University varsity fencer,Tamar Walsh, was presented withthe Dave O’Donnell MostValuable Player Aw a rd during theOUA Championships in Febru a ry.The award, given out once a yearto a university female fencer whobest shows the attributes of skill,style and sportsmanship, is a tophonour in the sport.

“I was surprised when myname was called for the award,”Ms. Walsh said. “It’s nice to berecognized for my style of fenc-ing and skill, but I think it isnicer to know that peopleacknowledge when you arebeing friendly.”

Ms. Walsh first started fenc-ing when she arrived at Trentfour years ago. Over her univer-sity fencing career, she has madeit to finals for both individualand team events for every yearshe has competed. Hailing fromColdwater, Ontario, Ms. Walshwill graduate in the spring witha degree in Anthropology. ❦

C o rrection: F rom the holidaylist in the last Focus Trent, pleasenote the last day the Universitywill be open to the public isDecember 21, 2006, (not 31st).