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KEEPING IN TOUCH
2000’s 1970s
advancing the midwifery profession.
Eileen is professor in obstetrics and
gynecology and the assistant dean of
the Midwifery Education Program at
McMaster University. She is the
founder and co-editor of Canadian
Journal of Midwifery Research and
Practice.
Arthur Kidd, John Ludwig, and
Dennis Pitt, all Meds’72, were
awarded life membership in the
Ontario Medical Association in April.
Life membership is awarded for outstanding
contributions to the work
of the OMA in the interest of the
medical profession. Arthur is an
endocrinologist in Windsor, John is
a family physician in Omemee, and
Dennis is a surgeon in Ottawa.
Jim Leech, MBA’73, received the
2013-14 National Business Book
Award, with his co-author Jacquie
McNish, for their book The Third Rail:
Confronting Our Pension Failures. The
book examines Canada’s pension
system as it struggles with an increasing
number of the population
entering retirement while being
supported by a shrinking workforce.
Look for a story in the November
Review on Jim’s recent trek to the
Arctic. Also in November, Jim will be
sworn in as Queen’s 14th chancellor.
Bill Wilson, Com’73, received the
Coulter Osborne Award from the
Waterloo Law Association, in recognition
of both his legal work and
community leadership. Bill has been
a local Crown prosecutor in the
Waterloo, ON, region for 35 years.
His community work includes volunteering
with Big Brothers and the
local crime prevention council.
In the News
Shelagh Rogers, Artsci’77, has been
appointed chancellor of the University
of Victoria. She will continue her
work as host of CBC Radio’s The Next
Chapter when she assumes her new
role in 2015. Shelagh was last on
Queen’s campus in April, when she
received the QUAA Alumni Humanitarian
Award from the QUAA for her
work in promoting reconciliation
between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
people and for raising awareness
about mental health issues.
Kathleen Wynne, Artsci’78, led the
Ontario Liberal Party to a majority
win and the party’s fourth straight
mandate in the province’s June
election. We last profiled Kathleen
in Issue 2-2013 (bit.ly/QUwynne) after
she became leader of the Ontario
Liberal Party in 2013.
Notes
Paul Amyotte, MSc’79, has been
elected president of Engineers
Canada for the 2014-15 term.
Engineers Canada is the national
organization of the provincial and
territorial associations that regulate
the practice of engineering in
Canada and license the country’s
270,000 members of the engineering
profession. Paul is professor of chemical
engineering and the C.D. Howe
Chair in Engineering at Dalhousie
University.
Storme Blais, Ed’79, retired from
teaching last year. Storme’s first
teaching job was in the wilds of
northern BC. There, she recalls, she
called on many of the skills acquired
at the Queen’s Faculty of Education,
including driving a school bus for
camping trips. Her next employer
was the Calgary Board of Education,
for whom she worked for 30 years,
teaching elementary, junior high,
and high school students. She was
granted two sabbaticals, the first to
complete her MA at Gonzaga University
in Spokane, WA, the second to
earn an online certificate of teaching
and learning. An exchange teaching
placement to Quebec and time spent
on the Côte d’Azur enhanced the cultural
and language skills she brought
to the classroom. Since retiring,
Storme has ticked off a few events
and places off her bucket list: America’s
Cup in San Francisco, viewing
wildlife in Costa Rica, and Mardi Gras
in New Orleans. Future plans have
her acting as the Canadian broker for
Congratulations
Dr. Robert McCormack, Meds’79
KATHLEEN BEAUMONT HILL AWARD
VANCOUVER BRANCH
September 23, 2014
We celebrate Dr. McCormack for his
extensive involvement in medicine and
sport, as a distinguished orthopaedic
surgeon and chief medical officer for
Team Canada. He continues to be an
exceptional representative of Queen’s
in the Vancouver and Canadian
communities.
queensu.ca/initiative
Find out more at: events.queensu.ca/kbh2014
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