CHRONICLE 16-17 ISSUE 05

I went in with an optimistic view. There was 

no pressure. 

- See page 22 

Volume XLIV, Issue 5 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca November 8 - 14, 2016 

page 23 

Photograph courtesy of Scott Dennis 

A veteran remembers page 12 

Photograph by Tommy Morais 

Sub-Zero 

'smashes' Luigi 

page 19 

It's time to give blood page 14 

Photograph by Jared Williams 

Photograph by Jenn Amaro

2 The Chronicle November 8 - 14, 2016 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca 

BACK 

of the 

FRONT 

DC journalism students look at Durham College and UOIT, 

and beyond, by the numbers and with their cameras 

Really, the fish was this big 

Photograph by Sam Odrowski 

Or perhaps the real fishy story is the construction on Simcoe Street is going on longer 

than originally anticipated. The good news? That just means we'll get to see the smiling 

face of Durham Regional Police Const. Jessica Park a little longer. 

Photograph by Rebecca Calzavara 

No tricks, just treats 

Second year Durham College public relations students Melanie 

Richard (left) and Natasha Hatherly spent Halloween in the pit. 

They were hosting a candy bar and raffle to raise money for the 

program's trip to Chicago in the spring. 

What they're saying 

inside the Chronicle 

"We have a greater respect 

for our food when we're 

physically growing it." 

Campus - pg. 9 

"He's got a lot of 

knowledge in regards to 

the game. It's awesome 

to have a coach who 

knows what they're 

talking about." 

Sports - pg. 22 

"I'm trying to make this my 

home. And I’m trying to 

bring something that I like 

doing, going to conventions, 

to my home area." 

Entertainment - pg. 19 

Photograph by Danielle Harder 

The Chronicle scores on Riot 

Ridgebacks soccer star Rhiannon Kissel stopped by the Riot Radio studio to talk about 

the season and being athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 25. Sports anchor Michael 

Welsh got the chance to chat with her live on the air. 

Catch The Chronicle live Thursdays @ 3 p.m. on riotradio.ca

Campus chronicle.durhamcollege.ca November 8 - 14, 2016 The Chronicle 3 

To unionize or not to unionize? 

UOIT 

support 

staff are 

being asked 

to enter 

discussion 

about union 

Toby VanWeston 

The Chronicle 

About 400 support staff employees 

at UOIT are being asked if they 

want to unionize. 

Members of the UOIT support 

staff are being contacted by the 

Public Service Alliance of Canada 

(PSAC) Local 555 to gauge interest 

in joining the union. 

PSAC Local 555 already represents 

teaching assistants, research 

assistants, sessional faculty and 

post-doctoral fellows at UOIT. 

This past summer, about 20 

members of the UOIT support staff 

contacted PSAC to ask for help in 

negotiating the terms and conditions 

of their contracts. 

But before that can happen, the 

support staff members have to 

agree to join PSAC, says Marie 

Polgar-Matthews, PSAC 555 executive 

assistant. 

“We’ve reached approximately 

200 people so far. We’ve had good 

response. A lot of people are asking 

for unionization,” says Polgar-Matthews. 

“We feel like we’ve contacted 

about half the staff. We’re hoping 

Marie Polgar-Mattews, PSAC 555 executive assistant, in her office. 

that we can reach out to [the other 

half]. If they’re interested, they can 

contact us. So we can find out who 

wants to exercise this right. And 

even if they’re not interested, we 

still want to hear from them. Regardless, 

either way, we just want 

to know.” 

If 40 per cent to 60 per cent of 

the support staff indicate they want 

unionization, PSAC will contact 

the employer, UOIT, and the 

Ontario Labour Relations Board 

to request a secret ballot vote for 

unionization. The results must be 

in favour of an union by 50 per cent 

plus one vote, for the groups to enter 

negotiations, says Polgar-Matthews. 

Polgar-Matthews says PSAC’s 

goal is to inform staff of their rights 

first and foremost. 

“I’m not trying to intimidate 

anyone or twist someone’s arm. I 

Photograph by Toby VanWeston 

I’m not trying 

to intimidate 

anyone or twist 

someone’s arm. 

just want to make sure they have 

all the information. So they can 

exercise their rights, informed,” 

she says. 

The support staff who contacted 

PSAC had a wide range of 

concerns, says Polgar-Matthews. 

These included wages, hiring procedures, 

working conditions, and 

vacation time. 

Some felt there was some nepotism 

in hiring, and others felt benefits, 

such as the school’s vision plan, 

was not comparable to other universities. 

Polgar-Matthews is optimistic 

about negotiations with UOIT, 

in the event a decision is made to 

unionize. She explains how past 

dealings between PSAC and the 

school have always been positive. 

“We have a really good relationship 

with the employers. We 

have been in negotiations with 

them several times, and we’ve always 

been able to find common 

ground. We’ve never had to go on 

strike or cause any job action,” says 

Polgar-Matthews. 

For their part, UOIT supports 

the staff’s right to unionize. 

“The decision to join or not join 

a union belongs to the employee,” 

says John MacMillan, director, 

Communications and Marketing. 

“The university respects the law 

that allows employees to have a 

right to join a union if they wish.” 

PSAC has a year to reach the required 

40 per cent to 60 per cent of 

support staff interested in unionization, 

in order for a secret ballot to 

be conducted. 

The city of Oshawa needs your help in new survey 

Have your 

say about 

the 2017 

budget 

in new 

online poll 

Travis Fortnum 

The Chronicle 

Our American neighbours are 

making a huge decision at the polls 

soon, but here in Oshawa you can 

make your voice heard, too. 

The city’s 2017 budget process 

is now underway and officials are 

calling on the community to get 

involved. City hall has posted a 

brief, four-question survey online 

for residents to do just that. All you 

need to do is register using your 

postal code and email address, 

to verify that you live within city 

limits. 

Every year the city uses a share 

of property tax dollars to make 

improvements and changes within 

the community. For every dollar 

paid in municipal taxes, roughly 

41 cents goes to Durham Region 

for expenses such as transit and 18 

cents goes to local school boards. 

“It takes a lot,” says city councillor 

Amy McQuaid-England, a former 

president of Durham College 

and UOIT’s Student Association. 

“It’s a multi-million dollar budget. 

The survey was something that 

I had championed to try and get 

more involvement from residents 

in the budgeting process.” 

In 2016, the city has an operating 

budget exceeding $134 million. 

At a recent city council meeting, 

city departments discussed the 

need for the distribution of funds 

for several projects. These range 

from the expansion of off-leash dog 

parks within the city to bigger jobs, 

such as repairs to the multi-storey 

parking garage on Mary Street (by 

the Tribute Communities Centre, 

home of the Oshawa Generals). 

A new video scoreboard was installed 

at the arena this summer 

which cost the city more than 

$760,000. With the Generals setting 

their sights on a bid to host 

the 2018 Memorial Cup, the city 

has also approved an additional 

$200,000 to help with working towards 

that goal. 

UOIT is also looking to be included 

in the city’s budget plans. 

The school is currently in the process 

of expanding into 380 acres 

of land that previously belonged to 

Windfields Farms. With the construction 

of the Software and Informatics 

Research Centre (SIRC) 

underway and another building 

coming soon, there are currently 

plans to ask for $25 million from 

You don’t need 

to be an expert 

to know where 

you want your 

money to go. 

the region, with some of that money 

coming from the city of Oshawa. 

City Council meets on Dec. 12 

for a presentation of the proposed 

budget for next year. 

“I would encourage students to 

get involved,” says McQuaid-England, 

“you don’t need to be an expert 

to know where you want your 

Photograph by Travis Fortnum 

DC student Joseph Wolfman fills out Oshawa city council’s 

online survey. 

money to go.” 

Now more than ever it’s important 

for students to raise their voice 

and tell the city where they want 

to see their tax dollars go. Those 

in the area with a minute or two 

can spare can head over to ConnectOshawa.ca 

before Nov. 14 to 

find the survey.


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Cartoon by Toby VanWeston 

Breastfeed where you want 

Breastfeeding in public is not seen 

as the breast…um, the best place 

for women to feed their babies. 

Last month, a staff member from 

a Toronto country club escorted 

a woman to the basement so she 

could finish breastfeeding. When 

asked to leave a public setting to 

finish breastfeeding, a nursing 

mother may begin to wonder if the 

sole function of the breast has been 

forgotten. 

A woman breastfeeding in public 

may not be the most comfortable 

situation for people, but mothers 

shouldn’t have to accommodate the 

needs of others. 

A mother’s responsibility is to 

her child. Women should be able 

to feed their children without interruption 

or indignation. 

Female body parts are all over 

the media. While it’s understandable 

parents view ‘private parts’ as 

inappropriate for young children, 

sexual education is starting early. 

According to the Ontario Ministry 

of Education, students as early 

as first grade are learning about 

different body parts and their functions. 

This includes genitalia. 

Breastfeeding is a natural process. 

Humans are among over 

5,000 species of mammals that 

produce milk to feed to their young, 

according to the Encyclopedia of 

Life. Farmers wouldn’t shame a 

cow into finding a more private 

part of the barn to finish nursing 

its calf. Women are no different. 

Women are not consciously making 

the decision to reveal their body 

to the community. It’s not easy to 

work around the time when a newborn 

needs to eat. Heidi Murkoff 

and Sharon Mazel, authors of 

What to Expect When You’re Expecting, 

believe newborns must be 

fed about eight to 12 times each 

day. 

According to Kelly Bonyata, 

a certified lactation consultant, 

a mother shouldn’t wait to feed 

until her baby is crying. It’s better 

to nurse too often than not often 

enough. Breastfeeding about ten to 

12 times daily helps produce good 

milk supply. 

Newborns also take anywhere 

from ten to 45 minutes to finish 

feeding. Hind milk, the most nutritious 

milk babies need to gain 

weight, isn’t produced until near 

the end of the feeding. Stopping 

a mother from nursing her baby 

prematurely is detrimental to the 

baby’s health. 

Not only is breastfeeding healthy 

for the baby, there are ways the 

mother can benefit from it. 

According to Cochrane, an organization 

dedicated to informing 

people about health and lifestyle 

choices, women who breastfeed 

reduce the risk of gastrointestinal 

infection. 

Milk production burns 500 calories 

a day, according to Murkoff 

and Mazel. This means women 

lose the weight they gained during 

pregnancy at a much faster rate if 

they breastfeed. 

Breastfeeding also encourages 

the continuation of healthy eating 

well after the stages of pregnancy. 

It’s important for mothers to maintain 

their energy while breastfeeding, 

according to the Canadian 

Women’s Health Network. 

Breastfeeding is a natural and 

healthy process; therefore women 

should not have to hide away from 

such a natural part of motherhood. 

Mothering a newborn takes a lot of 

time and energy. 

It shouldn’t be wasted on judgments 

others may have about exposing 

their breasts in the name of 

attending to their child. It’s something 

that you may not see everyday, 

but you’re going to run into it 

whether you’re in a country club, 

on the bus or on campus. 

Jessica Stoiku 

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chronicle.durhamcollege.ca November 8 - 14, 2016 The Chronicle 5 

Opinion 

Local farmers 

are not getting 

enough credit 

As a society we take the abundance 

and accessibility of food for granted, 

and it is because of hardworking 

farmers that we do not fear food 

scarcity. 

Farmers don’t get enough credit 

for providing what is the backbone 

of our daily lives. 

Farmers such as Stewart Skinner 

of Listowel, Ont. want you to do 

more than buy and consume. 

Skinner encourages the public to 

talk to farmers who produce their 

food. 

In the Op-Ed piece written by 

Skinner for the Toronto Star on 

Thanksgiving Monday this year, 

Skinner speaks about the gratification 

that comes for him by educating 

consumers who take the time to 

speak with him. 

Through education consumers 

learn more about the food they are 

consuming and the farmer gains 

respect for the work he does. 

If more of the public took the 

time to learn about where their food 

comes from and how it is produced, 

farmers would get the credit they 

deserve. 

Animal activists attempt to discredit 

the valuable work farmers 

do by putting the lives of animals 

ahead of farmers’ livelihoods. The 

fact is farmers feed our entire nation. 

According to the World Bank 

there will need to be an increase in 

food production by at least 50 per 

cent by 2050 to feed the then nine 

billion people on earth. 

Without an increase in the size 

of existing farm operations, or an 

James 

Bauman 

influx of new farm operations, the 

number of those experiencing food 

scarcity and uncertainty will only 

continue to increase. 

Now more than ever we need to 

support our farmers, because without 

them society ceases to function. 

In Durham Region there are 20 

farmer’s markets and farms that sell 

directly to the public. 

From Pickering to Newcastle to 

Brooklin, there are no shortages of 

opportunities for the public to not 

only buy locally but also to become 

more educated about their food. 

You would be hard pressed to 

find a farmer at a farmer’s market 

who was unwilling to discuss your 

purchase, how it was produced, 

and where it was produced. 

So when animal activists target 

farms and farmers with both 

sabotage or rhetoric they neglect 

the work that farmers do for our 

communities here at home in Durham 

Region, across Canada, and 

around the world. 

Go out and speak to a farmer, 

buy local, become educated about 

your food and how its produced. 

We need to take a moment, slow 

down, and step back to when those 

in the community knew who was 

putting food on their dinner table. 

When was the last time you spoke 

to a farmer? 

Photograph by James Bauman 

Pick up your trash, people! 

The users of the men’s washroom at Durham College in I Wing have not been demonstrating 

any basketball skills. A shoot and a mess. Cleanliness is a group effort. Let’s keep it clean. 

Voluntourism is not always what we think it is 

Emily 

Saxby 

DC faculty recently received an 

e-mail to pass along to students of 

a volunteer opportunity overseas 

with Backpacking for a Purpose, 

a program through non-profit 

organization Operation Groundswell. 

Students need to sign-up by 

Nov 17 to ensure eligibility. Sound 

interesting? Even altruistic? 

Let’s be honest, volunteering 

overseas isn’t solely an altruistic 

act, but also doubles as a resume 

booster, gap year adventure, or, in 

some cases, just a cheaper way to 

travel. 

But what if you’re actually doing 

more harm than good? Your 

intentions may be of the virtuous 

variety, but the organization you 

choose to work for may turn your 

trip into a feeble endeavour with a 

travel bonus. 

Voluntourism rakes in a substantial 

portion of the $173 billion made 

annually in the global youth travel 

industry, according to a 2012 report 

in African Insight. And the issue 

is just that—voluntourism is a commercial 

industry. Its existence is a 

deal with the devil of sorts… 

Voluntourism began in the 

mid-1990’s and took off after critically-acclaimed 

movies City of 

God (2002) and Slumdog Millionaire 

(2008) shone light on the culture 

and living conditions in Rio de Janeiro 

and Mumbai, according to 

a 2010 article in GeoJournal. The 

article was based on three studies 

conducted in these two major cities 

as well as Cape Town, South Africa 

where 300,000 volunteers flock 

every year. 

Non-profits began competing 

against one another, and balancing 

their purpose and profit was 

the key to survival, according to 

a 2012 report in Tourism Recreation 

Research Journal. 

Non-profit businesses now have 

to undercut their missions to be financially 

feasible since the booming 

market has attracted organizations 

that are more money-based 

than mission-based. 

The more profit-driven organizations 

tend to take advantage of 

well-meaning volunteers by sending 

them to third world countries, 

putting them up in hotels, and letting 

them think they are enacting 

real change in a community by 

building a school when in reality 

they are taking away opportunities 

for locals. 

According to Amnesty International, 

a non-governmental 

human rights organization, approximately 

37,000 homes were 

repaired after the 2010 earthquake 

that devastated Haiti. More than 

80 per cent of the rebuilds were 

short-term unsustainable housing 

solutions. 

Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti 

recently, six years after the massive 

earthquake, and proved halfhearted 

humanitarian efforts did 

almost nothing to rebuild the country. 

Some of the most common voluntourism 

trips involve building 

schools and libraries, teaching 

English, and visiting orphanages. 

Voluntourism is most common 

among youth, high school and 

college students. Have you been 

trained in carpentry… teaching… 

social work? A 20-year-old providing 

unqualified assistance to children 

with profound trauma over 

the course of a week or two would 

be better off donating the money 

spent on the trip to provide salary 

to those who are more capable. 

While your personal intentions 

are likely good, the mission of the 

organization you choose to volunteer 

for is far more important. 

Do your research before you plan 

to jump on the voluntourism bandwagon 

(or airplane) and be certain 

the company imparts real change. 

Is the organization transparent in 

its operations and has it made lasting 

positive impacts? Ensure it’s the 

communities benefiting and not the 

corporate sponsors.

6 The Chronicle November 8 - 14, 2016 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Campus 

Photograph by Jessica Stoiku 

Dr. Sean Bohun lecturing his class of third year students at UOIT . 

The language of mathematics 

This is one in a series of conversations with faculty experts at UOIT and Durham College 

Dr. Sean Bohun is an expert 

in math and physics in the 

faculty of science at UOIT 


The Chronicle 

About half of Grade 6 students 

in Durham Region are below the 

standard level in mathematics, 

according to results from the Education 

Quality Accountability Office 

(EQAO). Dr. Sean Bohun, an 

Undergraduate Program Director 

and Associate Professor of Mathematics 

at the University of Ontario 

Institute of Technology (UOIT), 

explains how math and physics is 

important to solve problems in the 

world as smaller, interconnected 

mathematical equations puzzled 

together. 

Tell us what you do and how 

you do it. 

What I mostly do in my job is try 

to have people I interact with, that 

are not in mathematics, reveal the 

problems that they have and try 

to determine if these problems are 

well posed. I would systematically 

rule out processes that are confounding. 

I try to find the dominant 

process and then I translate 

the insight that I get from looking 

at the corresponding mathematics 

problem into language that person 

will understand. I’m able to talk to 

them to leverage what they know 

into constructing a model. I’m able 

to give them very deep insight into 

their problem by translating what 

the mathematical conclusions are. 

That’s what I excel at. 

How and when did you get interested 

in mathematics? 

When I was very young, maybe ten, 

I knew that I wanted to be the person 

that solved problems. When I 

was in high school, I thought that 

meant I had to do physics. So I did 

degrees in physics and I did a masters 

degree in theoretical physics. 

At that time physicists only did one 

type of job. I don’t like solving the 

same problem constantly. It drives 

me crazy. I was interested in the 

complete variety of all the problems 

that I could tackle. 

Who inspired you along the 

way? 

My PhD. supervisor was trained as 

an applied mathematician, which 

means they’re a lot more pure. The 

appreciation of doing mathematics 

properly really rests with him. He 

wanted me to really carefully explain 

why certain things had to 

behave the way they had to. He 

also really appreciated how if you 

have the [physics] intuition, it really 

makes your life that much easier. 

It allows you to form a picture of 

what’s going on in the world in your 

head. If you’re doing the problem 

and you get something that doesn’t 

seem right, it sort of is itchy. You just 

know something is not right. 

What is the toughest challenge 

you have faced in your field? 

Trying to find the information I 

need to get to the next step. Sometimes 

people just don’t have it. So I 

will talk to people that are experts 

in other fields. Sometimes they 

know the information, and sometimes 

they know that it doesn’t exist 

yet. Some of the things I model, because 

I’m trying to make them as 

realistic as possible, it’s not clear the 

best way to do that. The information 

is not really available, or I have 

to work with somebody else to get 

that information. The problem with 

the students is that, until they really 

understand what I do, they really 

aren’t excited about it. You have to 

do a lot of background to get to the 

point where you can work with me. 

What’s your favourite part of 

your field? 

One of the nice things about mathematics 

is that I can write down the 

equations for something and then I 

can say, ‘okay, that is a model for 

traffic on a highway. It’s also a model 

for a drop of paint falling down a 

wall.’ Exactly the same equations. I 

train my students to see these things 

and translate problems into mathematics 

and then translate them 

back. 

What is the most important 

thing about mathematics 

thatd you think people should 

know? 

I can tell you if it’s possible to do 

something. These problems that 

I get, the reason usually why the 

people I work with are having difficulty 

with them, is because the key 

piece that makes that problem interesting 

is something that hasn’t been 

considered before. So the problem is 

inherently difficult. It’s just on the 

edge of being able to be solved. If it 

were in the class of things that we 

knew how to solve already, it would 

already be solved. I’m coming up 

with new theories and new problems 

that have sort of irritating properties 

that make them very difficult. 

This story has been edited for style, length 

and clarity.


Photograph provided by Dr. Christopher O’Connor 

Dr. Christopher O’Connor is an assistant professor at UOIT. 

Young people and crime 


Sharena Clendening 

The Chronicle 

Dr. Christopher O’Connor is no 

stranger to the crime and the justice 

system. The University of Ontario 

Institute of Technology (UOIT) 

assistant professor in the Faculty 

of Social Science and Humanities, 

has worked out west, worked at the 

University of Wisconsin and now 

he’s here in Oshawa. 

What does an assistant professor 

do? 

I do a lot of the method classes, as 

well as, a sort of data analysis, these 

sorts of things. So that tends to be 

where my teaching area is focused 

here. I also teach a class on risk in 

crime, which is an advance justice 

study one. 

What type of research do 

you do? 

I focus in a few areas; mostly 

I have done research on young 

people. I have done research on 

how young people steal cars, a bit 

on school towards transitions and 

how young people perceive deviance, 

in particular, in a boomtown 

setting. 

I have done some work in Fort 

McMurray. I did a research project 

on how young people transition 

from school to work in that 

boomtown context, where you can 

easily get a job driving a truck for 

example and make $100,000 rather 

than go on to further education… 

Recently I am doing research on 

policing. 

So how the police use social 

media to talk to the public. On current 

stuff, I’m moving some of my 

oil and gas research into fracking, 

I’m looking forward to that project. 

It will also include looking at some 

of the social aspects that goes along 

with fracking. 

How young people are often 

ignored to a certain extent. 

What makes this research 

relevant? 

I think what I try to do is provide 

sort of a best practices in a lot of my 

research, or implications for policy. 

In terms of some of my more recent 

stuff on police and social media, 

I’m doing interviews with police 

officers across Canada and trying 

to gather some of the best practices 

for how to use it. 

What are some of the things that 

go well using social media as police 

agencies? What are some of the 

things that go bad? And what I do 

is turn that into recommendations 

with things not to do and write that 

up and send it. 

When did you get interested 

in this topic? 

I have always been interested 

ever since undergrad, in doing 

research with young people, and 

that’s sort of where it started my 

interest in research. And basically 

how young people are often ignored 

to a certain extent. 

We research them but we don’t 

actually talk to young people very 

often or as much as we should, I 

think, to get an understanding of 

how they understand the social 

world, some of the issues that they 

have and challenges they have. 

So what drew me to research is 

how little we knew about young 

people. It also goes with my interest 

in oil and gas. 

I was in Alberta doing my PhD 

and this opportunity developed 

because it was sort of the height of 

the boom around 2005 – 2006, and 

no one really had done that type of 

research in Fort McMurray on this 

topic, so it was an exciting time to 

do that. 

This story has been edited for style, 

length and clarity.


Doug Holdway and his grad students study the effects of man-made chemicals on aquatic organisms and their ecosystems. 

Photograph by Tyler Searle 

Why we need to watch 

what goes down the drain 


UOIT 

professor 

sits down 

to talk 

about the 

importance 

of his work 

Tyler Searle 

The Chronicle 

Dr. Doug Holdway is a professor at 

the University of Ontario Institute 

of Technology (UOIT) who specializes 

in aquatic ecotoxicology. 

A graduate from the university 

of Guelph with a PHD in marine 

biology and aquatic toxicology, 

his work to keep our water sources 

healthy has taken him all over the 

world, from New Brunswick to 

Australia. 

Dr. Holdway agreed to sit down 

and explain why he chose this profession 

as well as some of the different 

ways he conducts his research. 

In his own words, “Somebody has 

to speak for the fish.” 

How exactly do you study 

the effects of toxicity on aquatic 

organisms? 

Generally we use model organisms, 

like small species of fish or 

rainbow trout, invertebrates like 

Daphnia, water fleas, or hydra. We 

expose them to select concentrations 

of various contaminants and 

observe their survival, growth, and 

reproduction. 

Why is this relevant? Why 

do we need to know the effects 

of toxicity on aquatic organisms? 

Basically, every chemical that 

we manufacture and use ends up 

in aquatic ecosystems. The vast 

majority are designed for purposes 

other than use other than use in 

aquatic ecosystems, and they can 

have dramatic effects. 

Particularly the substances 

we have been recently studying; 

pharmaceuticals and personal 

care products. These are very active 

compounds designed to have 

biological effects, but not designed 

to have effects on the non target 

organisms found in aquatic ecosystems. 

What go you interested in 

studying aquatic organisms? 

It is an interest I’ve had since I 

was five years old. We went to visit 

the Federal Fisheries Research 

Station in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 

I was fortunate enough to get 

a tour of the laboratory and from 

that point on that was what I wanted 

to do. Ironically, many years 

later, I ended up doing my PHD 

in the very laboratory I visited as a 

five year-old. 

Did anyone ever inspire you 

along the way? 

By biggest inspiration would have 

been John Sprig, who is sort of the 

grandfather of aquatic toxicity in 

Canada, and one of the world experts. 

In his day this was a very new 

science and he developed some of 

the earliest protocols for studying 

these compounds. I did my masters 

with him at the university of 

Guelph. 

What are your current projects? 

I teach both introductory physiology 

and I teach advanced topics 

in environmental toxicology. I 

also have a group of very talented 

graduate students that assist me in 

undertaking research on various 

contaminants on aquatic organisms. 

Mostly for the moment we’ve 

been focused on pharmaceuticals 

and personal care products. Things 

like birth control pills in females or 

ibuprofen, which is an Advil. 

So chemicals we use on a day 

to day basis go through us—via 

the toilet—into sewage treatment 

plants, but they were never designed 

to remove these kinds of chemicals. 

So only some of them are removed, 

and the rest go out in the broader 

environment, where, in the case of 

hormones, they can have potent 

effects in very low concentration. 

The earliest form of endocrine 

disruptors—which is the broad 

term for chemicals that affect the 

endocrine system, like hormones. 

The earliest types of chemicals we 

had that caused these effects were 

DDT, which affected the egg shells 

of various species of birds, by impacting 

on the calcium production 

in the egg. The birds would sit on 

the eggs and they’d collapse, and as 

a result the populations collapsed 

catastrophically. In lake Ontario, 

we have a variety of organo chemical—especially 

organ chlorines— 

that are still present as a consequence 

from usages in the 1960’s 

and 70’s, which are still around 

because they are so persistent... 

It doesn’t look like we’ve learned 

much over time. We keep making 

the same mistakes. 

What do you think is the 

most important thing in 

aquatic toxicology that people 

should know about? 

That’s an interesting question. 

I would think that people should 

be aware that everything we use 

and produce eventually ends up in 

the water. This is everything from 

micro-plastics, where plastics break 

down, to chemicals that are day 

to day use, to agricultural chemicals. 

All of the products that we 

are associated with will end up in 

the water—fresh water and eventually 

the ocean. Unfortunately, 

most of these chemicals will stay in 

the aquatic environment and only 

the really volatile ones will cycle 

through. The world is the blue 

planet, and we need to look after 

that blue. 

This story has been edited for style, length 

and clarity.


Put your money where your mouth is 

Just Eat 

It: A Food 

Waste Story 

Kayano Waite 

The Chronicle 

Imagine not buying groceries for 

months at a time. Or only being 

able to eat food found in dumpsters. 

That’s what filmmakers 

Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer 

did for six months. 

Their film was recently shown 

at the Regent Theatre in Oshawa 

where several dozen locals saw the 

movie for free. 

The documentary Just Eat It: A 

Food Waste Story is an award-winning 

documentary about a married 

couple who choose not to not buy 

shelved food for six months. 

The film also shows how much 

food the food industry and consumers 

waste on food products. 

According to the film, In the 

U.S., nearly 40 per cent of food 

goes uneaten. y. This is worth 

more than $30 billion worth of 

food wasted yearly, according to 

the Toronto Food Policy Council. 

Large amounts of organic material 

going to landfills makes 

methane gas, which become hazardous 

to the environment. 

The event was hosted by the 

Oshawa Environmental Advisory 

Committee, together with the Region 

of Durham and UOIT. 

The chair of the Oshawa Environmental 

Advisory Committee, 

Susan Hall, said the film could 

teach viewers about actions to not 

waste food. 

“We picked this movie in part 

because it ties food waste to climate 

change,” she said. Also in part because 

we haven’t done a movie that 

focused on food and waste like this 

before.” 

The overall focus of the night 

was on waste reduction, food production 

and climate change. 

There were several displays set 

up before the movie started. One 

of them belonged to the Whitby 

Ajax Garden Project. 

The Whitby Ajax Garden project 

is a not-for-profit community 

and communal garden. 

Volunteer Victoria Templer says 

food made in the garden goes to 

several agencies, including local 

churches, food banks, shelters and 

the Boys and Girls Club. 

We have a greater 

respect for 

our food when 

we’re physically 

growing it. 

Templer says DC students have 

helped with pest control at the garden 

over the past two years. “They 

and their teacher came out. 

They would go through all the 

garden, find out what was infecting 

our vegetables and then come back 

and give us a small report,” she 

said. 

Shane Jones, a horticulture professor 

from Durham College, was 

the guest speaker of the night. 

Jones agreed with the view of the 

film. He says people may not think 

much about how much food they’re 

wasting. 

“What I found is that we have a 

greater respect for our food when 

we’re physically growing it,” he 

said. 

“When we’re the ones physically 

putting our hands in soil, when 

we’re the ones watering day after 

day, when we’re the ones pulling 

off weeds, when we do all of that 

we have a greater connection to 

our food and a greater respect for 

it”. 

Photograph by Kayano Waite 

Whitby Ajax Garden Project volunteers Darlene Dzura (left) 

and Victoria Templer at the Regent Theatre.


Durham College marks 50th anniversary in 2017 


The Chronicle 

Durham College president Don 

Lovisa is looking forward to the 

celebrations the college has in store 

in a couple months. 

Durham College, along with the 

15 other Ontario colleges, opened 

their doors in 1967, with the others 

following just before and after that 

date. They will be participating in 

events to celebrate their 50th anniversary 

in 2017. 

Durham College has been planning 

the celebration for more than 

a year through an internal committee 

consisting of about 35 students, 

alumni, faculty and retirees. 

Every month will host a different 

event that Lovisa hopes will draw 

in past and current students on 

campus. 

The first event in January will be 

a hockey game between the Oshawa 

Generals and the Hamilton 

Bulldogs at the Tribute Communities 

Centre. 

An interactive tour bus will be 

making its first stop at Durham 

College in September and will continue 

to travel to the other colleges 

in Ontario. It will provide a glance 

back through the 50 years of the 

college system. 

“We hope to draw a lot of alumni 

back on campus for the various 

events for a bit of a homecoming,” 

says Lovisa. 

In 1965 the Ontario Colleges of 

Applied Arts and Technology was 

founded to provide more access to 

higher education, as well as accommodating 

for the different learning 

styles of students that universities 

otherwise could not provide. 

The 24 colleges in Ontario now 

serve about 220,000 full-time and 

300,000 part time students, according 

to the Report on Education in 

Ontario Colleges. 

Many alumni of Durham College 

have left the region, according to 

Lovisa. 

One of the biggest challenges 

the committee faces, is trying to 

reach out and create a noise and 

buzz loud enough to bring them 

back and share their stories with 

current students. 

“We probably have 75,000, 

76,000 alumni,” says Lovisa. “Our 

biggest challenge is trying to communicate 

and trying to get alumni 

from around the world to come 

back or to get into the celebration.” 

Every college throughout Ontario 

will be running a Speaker 

Series with alumni. 

“We want people to talk about 

the college system. We want them 

to talk about their experience in 

the college system and how it has 

helped them in their careers and in 

their lives, so that the next generation 

understands what the colleges 

provide,” says Lovisa. 

Some alumni have gone off to become 

presidents and co-founders 

of their own companies as well as 

executives of corporations. 

Meeting these people and listening 

to their success stories is very 

rewarding in his job as an educator 

and president, Lovisa says. 

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Durham veteran remembers Second World War 

Tommy Morais 

The Chronicle 

Norman Harold Smith saw history 

first-hand. 

As a sergeant in the Royal Canadian 

Air Force (RCAF) he witnessed 

the Second World War and 

the impact of the holocaust. 

“Once we defeated Germany, I 

went to a few concentration camps 

and saw the terrible horrors there. 

Guys so skinny that’d you wonder 

if they could still stand up. People 

whose minds were already gone just 

wandering around,” says Smith. 

With Remembrance Day approaching, 

the 92-year-old veteran, 

a Brooklin resident, took time 

to remember his days serving the 

country. Some doubt and even question 

the holocaust’s existence. Smith 

has seen it for himself. 

“Oh yes, it’s absolutely true. I did 

see it so no matter what anybody 

says, that’s its fake… It was the real 

truth; I saw it with my own eyes.” 

He remembers one particular 

instance where he felt helpless after 

visiting a hospital in Holland. 

“I was stationed in Holland. 

Near the airfield was a hospital 

full of children and we used to take 

candy there. We were told there was 

no sense in doing that, they were 

starved to death. There was no use, 

they were too far gone. It’s something 

you never forget,” he says. 

Smith vividly remembers famine 

and starvation among the people of 

Holland. 

“They would line up outside our 

tents begging for food. We had barrels 

of food. These people would 

dig in the barrels with their hands. 

They were eating tulips, anything 

to survive. I can still see them and 

that’s a long time ago.” 

Smith began his military training 

when he was 16, but was told he 

was too young to defend his country. 

Smith was waiting for the call when 

he turned 18 in 1942. 

“I got my call when I turned 18, 

came in did my medical and so forth 

and went to Quebec and Halifax 

for my training and then off to Europe.” 

To many, including Smith, being 

in the military meant work, food 

and shelter in a country that was 

undergoing a recession. 

“Before the war I was looking for 

work. The military was a job, a way 

of life,” he says. 

Smith got to do five missions as a 

mid-upper gunner before the RCAF 

found out he was colourblind. 

“We flew over Germany and 

dropped bombs,” he says. “We’d be 

going after airfields and factories. It 

was very scary, but I never had any 

mishaps.” 

Sometimes the emotions would 

get the better of the veteran who 

would yell profanities at the enemy. 

“You don’t really want to hear 

the words” he admits, with a laugh. 

“Take that, you [explicit]!” 

The leading aircraftsman was devoid 

of personal feelings as he shot 

at the enemy. 

“I don’t know how to put it into 

proper words,” he begins. “You’re 

so tense in the air and emotions are 

running wild. You don’t think about 

things. That was your enemy, that’s 

it.” 

Many of Smith’s compatriots 

died defending their country. More 

than 45,000 died and 54,000 were 

wounded defending Canada during 

the Second World War. 

“They would say, “he bought it” 

when one of them died,” he says. 

“We knew right away what that 

meant.” 

The Second World War has long 

been a popular landscape for movies 

and video games. The former 

aircraftsman believes the way movies 

and video games portray war is 

exaggerated and disrespectful to 

deceased veterans. 

“I think it’s glamourized. I don’t 

think its fair to the veterans that 

have passed away.” 

Smith was honourably discharged 

on Oct. 23, 1945. Hitler had been 

defeated, the war was over. Upon 

returning to Canada, Smith readjusted 

to civilian life by going 

back to school. He took an electrical 

class and later founded a business 

called Electric Motors. Today he is 

retired and lives with his life partner 

at the Court at Brooklin in Whitby. 

The veteran is decorated for his 

work in the RCAF. His medals include: 

1939-45 Star, France and 

Germany Star, Defence Medal, 

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 

and the 1939-45 War Medal. 

“It makes me a little weepy,” 

he says. “I don’t look at these too 

often.” 

Smith and other veterans are 

honoured on Nov. 11. 

“They would do the same. I did 

my job,” he says humbly. 

Photograph by Tommy Morais 

Norman Smith shown here as a young man. This document served as his identification during 

the Second World War.


Saint Vincent’s is serving those in need 

Sam Odrowski 

The Chronicle 

Saint Vincent Palloti’s soup kitchen 

in Oshawa is making a difference 

for the community in multiple 

ways. 

The kitchen has served dinner 

to those in need every day for the 

last 25 years. On an average night, 

St. Vincent’s serves supper to a 

hundred to two hundred people, 

totalling about 50,000 hot meals 

annually. Kitchen supervisor, 

Tony Crasto, says he sees a lineup 

around the block every day, filled 

with people waiting for a hot meal. 

St. Vincent’s receives many donations 

from the community to 

meet that need. 

Tim Hortons and other local 

bakeries often throw away unsold 

goods so whatever isn’t sold by the 

end of the night is often donated to 

St. Vincent’s, according to Crasto. 

He says retirement homes also 

tend to cook more food than is 

needed, leaving them with lots of 

leftovers. Instead of throwing that 

food away, it is packaged up an 

brought to St. Vincent’s where it is 

sorted through. 

The charity also receives donations 

from Loblaws and Costco. 

They donate food that is on the 

verge of expiry that otherwise 

would have been thrown away, 

according to Crasto. 

Serving a hot meal is just one 

way St. Vincent’s meets the needs 

of lower income and homeless families. 

“For example, if it was winter 

and it was very cold out and they 

needed a winter jacket, upstairs we 

have a facility that’s a second hand 

clothing store that allows these individuals 

to purchase items they 

may require at a very nominal 

price,” says Crasto. 

Apart from the dinner service 

and clothing store, St. Vincent’s 

also has a foodbank. 

Crasto says there is also a need 

for breakfast and lunch, not just 

dinner. Crasto says to accommodate 

this, volunteers prepare bags 

of bread and muffins to give to patrons 

on their way out. 

“We want to have them take 

something with them so that they 

can get through to the next dinner 

meal,” he says. 

St. Vincent’s also donates things 

like sandwiches to homeless dropin 

centres such as Gate 3:16 and 

The Refuge. Crasto says this way 

St. Vincent’s makes sure the community 

gets the most out of its donations. 

“Nothing really gets wasted here 

or thrown out,” he says. “In fact, 

it’s a great circle of support from 

the community to the soup kitchen, 

from the soup kitchen to the homeless 

drop-in centre, to the youth 

centre, to all different places. We 

are helping and supporting each 

other to make it successful to help 

those in need.” 

St. Vincent’s takes a different approach 

to serving meals. It offers 

a large four course dinner with a 

wide selection of meats, vegetables, 

starches, stews, soups, salads, and 

desserts. 

Servers take orders and deliver 

food to the patrons. Crasto says this 

creates a restaurant atmosphere 

where people can choose what they 

want instead of all being forced to 

eat the same thing. 

Patrons pay between $1.00 and 

a $1.50 a meal. 

“The reason we do that is so the 

individual doesn’t feel like it’s a 

handout, they’re feeling like they 

earned their meal,” he says. “They 

Tony Crasto, kitchen supervisor at Saint Vincent Palloti’s soup kitchen in 

Oshawa, standing in front of bread that is given to those in need. 

purchased their meal with their 

hard earned money and so it gives 

them that sense of dignity that I’m 

still providing for myself.” 

Free meal tickets are purchased 

by volunteers throughout the year 

so no one goes home hungry whether 

they have the money or not. 

The issue of poverty in 

Durham Region is more prevalent 

than some people think, according 

to Kin Wong. He is a volunteer who 

picks up the community’s donations 

in his truck. 

“Sometimes the teachers have to 

take money from their own pocket 

to help feed the kids,” he says. “So 

when I have extra stuff I bring it 

down to them so they have something 

nice.” 

He has volunteered at St. Vincent’s 

for the past eight years and 

Photograph by Sam Odrowski 

says he loves the good work they do. 

The kitchen is run by four staff 

members and 1,500 volunteers. 

Since August, Durham College 

has committed to having 16 members 

of its staff volunteer at St. Vincent’s 

on the first Thursday of each 

month. 

There are currently 90 volunteers 

from Durham College signed 

up to serve. 

Staying fit by pedalling bikes and watching movies 

Matthew Pellerin 

The Chronicle 

Amid a sea of darkness lies a blank 

monitor - motionless and offline. 

Directly in front of the screen is 

someone on a simple exercise bike. 

As the user begins to pedal, a series 

of scenes unfolds on the monitor. 

When the pedalling stops so too 

do the images on monitor. This is 

not the typical way to enjoy a movie. 

There is no popcorn or comfy 

armrest here rather an innovative 

process: one that requires its audience 

to work for their entertainment. 

Steven Evans is a professor and 

program coordinator at Durham 

College’s School of Media, Art & 

Design. Professor Evans encourages 

students to experiment with 

current technology, while improving 

and tweaking it to make their 

own creations. 

“[The experiment] is an amalgamation 

of other ideas and we’ve 

been building on our own experimentation 

that we’ve been doing 

over the past two or three years,” 

says Evans. 

As a facilitator, Professor Evans, 

along with a pair of Durham College 

students, has designed a Kinetic 

Theatre Experiment. This 

experiment involves a stationary 

exercise bike, television screen, as 

well as a unique visual story written 

and produced by a Visual Arts 

student and a massive amount of 

complex digital coding. 

Congratulations, 

you have 

burned 2000 

calories! 

This concept, while unique and 

innovative, is based on existing 

technology. There is the Swipe 

technology by Fibaro, which allows 

users to change content based on 

gestures and hand motions. Contex, 

a French water company, held 

a campaign in which women in a 

town square were required to pedal 

exercise bikes to make a man on 

screen strip. 

As the man was about to be completely 

revealed, a message covered 

his private parts that read ‘Congratulations, 

you have burned 2000 

calories!’ 

For now the experiment rests in 

Photograph by Matthew Pellerin 

Steven Evans, professor and program coordinator, standing 

in front of one of the exercise bikes in the kinetic theatre. 

C152, waiting for its time in the 

spotlight. 

“At some point we would like to 

join with another program or institution 

and make it go live in a public 

space,” says Evans. “Ideally we’ll 

have it set up at Open House in the 

spring where prospective students 

can ride the bicycle and watch the 

movie play.” 

The Kinetic Theatre Experiment 

isn’t the only technology 

you’ll be seeing from Evans. “We 

would like to set up a ‘Smart Room’ 

environment,” says Evans. “People 

would come in the room, and there 

would be cameras and sensors that 

recognize them and react to them.” 

Evans and his students have even 

more tech on the horizon with 

plans for Ontario College’s 50 th 

Anniversary. 

“We’ve been asked by the college 

to build an ‘Escape Room experience’ 

and some of these experiments 

will be used,” says Evans. 

“There are extensive plans going 

forward.” 

The technology might seem a 

little futuristic: something akin 

to the Wii taken to the next step. 

However, this will be incorporated 

in countless aspects of our lives in 

coming years. Evans says, “The 

technology is already here.” Movies 

that require pedaling, content 

that changes based on hand gestures 

plus rooms that interact with 

guests – whatever the next product 

of this tech revolution is, it is guaranteed 

to change how we interact 

with the world around us.


Within minutes 

students can 

learn their 

blood type 

Donating blood doesn’t 

take much time 

Jenn Amaro 

The Chronicle 

Donating blood is such an easy 

thing for everyone to do, and such 

a life altering thing for someone in 

need. 

On Oct. 31, Durham College 

hosted a blood typing session. Students 

were pricked in the finger, 

and were told what blood type 

they were within minutes. 

Maria Roussakis, a medical 

laboratory science graduate from 

UOIT, was volunteering for the 

day with the Canadian Blood Services 

(CBS). 

“If you are able to donate, do it. 

It’s an amazing thing. It’s an hour 

of your time and it makes such a 

difference,” she said. 

Lots of students lined the South 

Wing hallway and found out their 

blood type on Oct. 31. This is the 

first step into making the decision 

to become a blood donor. 

However, if you didn’t get the 

chance to find out your blood type, 

there’s still a chance to donate. 

On Nov. 8, in the Campus Recreation 

& Wellness Centre, the 

CBS will be returning to campus 

and collecting donations from 10 

a.m. to 2 p.m. 

It is not necessary to already 

know your blood type to come in 

and help save a life. If you are a 

previous donor, bring your donor 

card. If this is your first time, 

bring a piece of ID with your picture 

and signature on it. 

Roussakis says there is a shortage 

in the blood blank and they 

could use all the donations they 

can get. 

Blood type O negative is in high 

need, as it is universal. This means 

that O negative blood can be given 

to all blood types which is why it is 

in high demand, according to the 

CBS. 

52 per cent of Canadians say 

they know someone in need of 

blood donations, and while one out 

of every two Canadians is eligible 

to donate, only one in 60 Canadians 

donated last year. Students are 

encouraged to help increase this 

number at Durham College by 

raising their sleeves and donating, 

says Roussakis. 

The CBS is also offering a One- 

Match Stem Cell swabbing during 

the donation clinic. They accept 

donations from ages 17-35 and are 

in high need of males and ethnically 

diverse individuals. Only one 

out of two patients find a stem cell 

match, according to the CBS. 

Appointments can be made for 

blood donations on the CBS website 

for Nov. 8. If students cannot 

make that date, they are still encouraged 

to donate on their own 

time and make an appointment on 

blood.ca or calling 1-888-2-DO- 

NATE. 

Photograph by Jenn Amaro 

Students had a chance to learn their blood type and schedule a time to donate blood when 

Canadian Blood Services visited the campus recently.


South Asia tension 

brings stress to 

international students 

Asim Pervez 

The Chronicle 

A conflict between Pakistan and India is 

having an impact on international students 

at Durham College and UOIT who call 

those countries home. 

Approximately 300 students are from 

those regions, according to Vice-President 

of the International Student Association, 

Jankhan Patel. 

The dispute has been on-going for nearly 

sixty years now. The two countries have 

both made threats of nuclear warfare toward 

each other. 

The conflict makes it hard for international 

students that have family in the 

affected areas. 

These students studying isn’t easy because 

they have a family at home to worry about. 

It is not easy for students to focus on their 

school work when they have to go to bed 

every night not knowing if their loved ones 

are safe. 

Dozens have died and there has been multiple 

occurrences of gun fire and grenade 

use along Kashmir, the disputed territory 

where the two countries meet. 

Jankan Patel, says he noticed that everywhere 

is mostly friendly in Canada, unlike 

at home. 

“Over here, we are helping each other 

more than back home in India and Pakistan, 

so I’d just to be good to each individual, it 

doesn’t matter is he from India or Pakistan,” 

he said. 

Ruchit Joshi, an Electronics Engineering 

Technician, said it is stressful to have family 

back at home. 

“It’s very stressful because we have families 

back home,” he says. “So it is hard 

because there is a cold war going on. We 

are tense for our families.” 

Dhiren Tandel, a Chemical Lab Technician, 

says that he is getting lower marks 

because it is challenging to focus on school 

work. 

“I am worried for my family and their 

safety. The situation in the country is not 

very good, as a result of that I can’t concentrate 

on my studies,“ he said. 

Parth Patel, a Computer Program Analyst 

says that he keeps his hopes for the best. 

“The matter is not in our hands,” he says. 

“We can hope for the best, we have to stay 

in positive in a such a tense condition.” 

If students are in need of someone to talk 

to, they can visit the Mental Health Services 

located in Campus Recreation and Wellness 

Centre, Monday through Friday. 

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A little sweat goes a long way 

Four tips to 

stay healthy 

Brandi Washington 

The Chronicle 

Exercise and sleep are two important 

parts of staying healthy. However, 

there is more to think about 

when being active, according to 

Angie Wood, fitness coordinator 

at the department of athletics at 

Durham College and UOIT. 

She said there should be some 

component of moderate to vigorous 

sweating when it comes to your 

day. 

Wood teaches “Find Your Fit,” a 

general elective course at Durham. 

She also teaches a cycling class at 

the FLEX gym and she is passionate 

about yoga. 

She uses guidelines produced by 

the Canadian Society for Exercise 

Physiology (CSEP) in the course 

she teaches and in her own life. 

CSEP is a science research volunteer 

organization website designed 

to help Canadians with the 

four main parts of their day: sweat, 

step, sleep, and sit. 

Wood recommends people take 

at least 10,000 steps a day. She 

approves of activity trackers, such 

as Fitbit, and watches that track 

daily steps. 

She said sleep is often the ‘S’ left 

behind. 

For those who already work 

out and don’t have time to sleep, 

Woods has a message. 

“You can’t workout at your max 

24/7 and never have any rest,” she 

said. “Because it’s those times that 

you’re resting that are actually doing 

some repairing in your body.” 

According to the 2016 Canadian 

sleep review by Project Sleep, 74 

per cent of Canadians are getting 

less than seven hours of sleep per 

night. 

Instead, adults should receive at 

least seven to nine hours of sleep 

and a maximum of two hours of 

sitting per day, according to CSEP. 

Wood said it is important to be 

active and not be sitting for no 

more than two hours per day. 

As much as these four components 

are important, she says people 

can’t forget about nutrition. 

“You can work out all day and 

then eat McDonalds 24/7 and not 

have the body that you want. But if 

you fill your body with the proper 

nutrition and exercise that’s when 

you’re going to see some really big 

changes,” said Wood. 

Physical activity and nutrition 

go hand and hand. Wood has a 

veggie and fruit shake in the morning, 

along with snacks such as 

nuts, seeds, and yogurt. 

Tyler Tompsett is a Kinesiology 

student at UOIT and an intern at 

the gym. He said bodies are meant 

to move. 

“You’re going to feel a lot better 

if you’re physically moving your 

body,” he said. 

Tompsett knows a lot about how 

to treat your body because he is on 

the Ridgebacks rowing team. He 

said it is better to drink chocolate 

milk as opposed to Gatorade when 

being active. 

Tompsett and Wood are walking 

buddies and both motivate each 

other to take a quick stroll during 

the day. 

Wood said it is important to exercise 

with a buddy, making sure 

you both stay on track and get the 

sweat your body needs. 

The gym offers activities such 

as Zumba, yoga, Pilates, belly dancing 

and many more. There is also 

an indoor track, saunas, and much 

more. 

The FLEX is located in the 

Campus Recreation and Wellness 

Centre. Durham College and 

UOIT students can access the gym 

for free. 

But Wood says walking your dog 

or walking, shoveling the snow, 

hiking, gardening, and walking 

to school are also perfect ways to 

be physically active. 

“The better you move, the better 

you are,” said Wood. 

Noor Ibrahim getting her daily run at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Centre. 

Photograph by Brandi Washington

18 The Chronicle November 8 - 14, 2016 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca

Jared Williams 

The Chronicle 

From the moment the doors opened 

the crowd poured in. The childhood 

nostalgia filled the room. 

There’s only one place on this 

side of the Greater Toronto Area 

where you’ll find people dressed 

as Lynx, Sub-Zero, Freddy Krueger 

and Luigi all together, trading 

video games and game-themed collectors’ 

items such as toys, figurines 

and cards. 

They were on hand for the Durham 

Video Game Convention Fall 

Show as collectors, vendors, and 

game players gathered at Oshawa’s 

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43 

on Oct. 30. Stores from all across 

the province set up shop to join the 

game play. 

For some gamers in attendance, 

it was a time to relish in the retro 

video game surplus they didn’t get a 

chance to when they were younger. 

chronicle.durhamcollege.ca November 8 - 14, 2016 The Chronicle 19 

Entertainment 

Our Lady Peace, 

I Mother Earth 

rock Oshawa 

Dan Koehler 

The Chronicle 

Plaid wearing 90s rock fans rejoiced 

as the decade was brought 

back to life in Oshawa. 

Alternative rock bands Our Lady 

Peace and I Mother Earth rocked 

the Tribute Communities Centre 

Oct. 29 in front of a screaming 

near-capacity crowd. 

Oshawa duo The Standstills, 

who rose to fame during 2012 after 

winning the 97.7 CHTZ-FM 

Rocksearch, opened the show with 

their mix of blues and western inspired 

hard rock. 

The groups started their Canadian 

tour Oct. 15 in Abbotsford, 

BC, and finished it off Nov. 5 at 

Casino Rama in Orillia. 

This year marked the first time 

IME’s original vocalist Edwin has 

performed with the group since his 

departure in 1997. 

“It makes me feel young again 

that’s for sure, It brings back that 

sense of youth,” said BMO Branch 

Manager Charlene Esposto, an 

OLP fan at the show. “It’s a good 

opportunity for us to be able to reclaim 

that and feel something we 

haven’t felt in a really long time.” 

Formed in the early 1990s in Toronto, 

both OLP and IME share a 

similar style of music and fanbase, 

with fans sometimes even confusing 

the two. 

“My mom and I used to listen 

to them on the radio all the time 

and we used to laugh because their 

names were so similar we thought 

they were the same band,” said 

James Hennebury, a fan at the show 

seeing both OLP and IME for the 

first time. 

“Now they’re doing it (touring) at 

the same time and it is awesome.” 

Both OLP and IME continue to 

make new music. OLP released the 

single ‘Won’t Turn Back’ in 2014 

from their 2012 album ‘Curve’, 

and IME released the singles ‘The 

Devil’s Engine’ and ‘Blossom’ in 

2015. 

Although fans are always happy 

to hear new music, its really the 

songs from the bands glory days 

Retro gaming back like it never left at Oshawa con 

“There’s not a lot of shows out 

on this side,” event organizer Justin 

Ashley said. “The more east you go 

from Toronto there’s nothing for 

[video game] shows. And I’m an 

Oshawa resident, I just moved here 

four years ago. I’m making this 

my home. And I’m trying to bring 

something that I like doing, going 

to conventions, to my home area.” 

Also owner of Fly by Nite Buy 

and Sell in downtown Oshawa, 

Ashley was dressed as Freddy 

Krueger while conducting the 

convention. 

“Most of the conventions are 

too far. I’m attracting a different 

audience that may not ever get the 

chance to go to those bigger shows 

in Toronto,” Ashley said. “I went to 

Fan Expo this year – I didn’t enjoy 

myself. It was too crammed.” 

A steady flow of gamers visited 

the Legion hall for the event, but 

had ample room to check out the 

booths. 

that hold a special place in people’s 

hearts. 

“Honestly I’m here for their old 

music,” said Leanne Legleiter, an 

OLP fan at the show with a friend. 

“When they come out with new 

music then definitely yeah I’ll listen 

to it, but I love their old stuff.” 

Aside from the grungy outfits 

and loud music, the tour aimed to 

Ashley said he received “a lot 

of positive feedback,” and added 

“people would say ‘love the atmosphere, 

love the vibes of this place’.” 

While at the convention, gamers 

took part in the Nintendo Super 

bring about some good to those in 

need. 

All three bands worked with 

World Vision, who came along 

the tour. The goal was to sponsor 

children in one specific community 

in Zimbabwe which with bands are 

associated. 

“They’re looking to sponsor all 

the children in that community 

Photograph by Jared Williams 

Justin Ashley dressed as Freddy Krueger with a Power Glove. 

Smash Bros. tournament for a 

chance to win prizes donated by 

the vendors. The owner of Oshawa’s 

G.A.M.E.S. video game 

store, Jesse Manchen, hosted the 

tournament. 

Photograph by Dan Koehler 

Edwin, frontman of I Mother Earth, is touring with the group for the first time since 1997. 

and do a water project,” said Lorie 

Smith, a volunteer with World Vision. 

“I see the program from start 

to finish and I see how its just transformed 

communities.” 

As of Oct. 29, 100 children had 

been sponsored through the tour, 

199 shy of the goal. For more information 

about how to donate, visit 

www.worldvision.ca 

“The tournaments are cool because 

it’s a community event thing. 

We don’t charge for the tournament. 

It’s a small fee to enter in 

[the convention]. It’s to get people 

connected and to actually join and 

have fun,” Manchen said. 

The show made its biggest impact 

on those looking to find and 

relive a piece of their childhood, 

and those who wanted to revisit 

some of the most influential gaming 

eras. 

“I wouldn’t call myself a collector. 

I just buy the games that I want 

to play that I didn’t get to play when 

I was younger. A lot of that’s like 

PS2 (PlayStation 2), N64 (Nintendo 

64) and PlayStation,” said one fan, 

who had an interest in finding older 

games. 

“Everyone has good memories 

of playing N64 when they were 

younger.” 

The next convention is expected 

for spring of 2017. 

Pokémon GO still banned in some Islamic countries 

Devarsh Oza 

The Chronicle 

The viral smartphone game 

Pokémon Go is creating a controversy 

in the Middle East. In the 

game, people have to go to specific 

places and do a battle to catch a 

Pokémon character. 

Some Islamic countries such as 

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt and 

Indonesia have banned the game 

by calling it ‘haram’ or ‘forbidden’. 

The Imam Council of Saudi 

Arabia released a fatwa, or ruling, 

saying the game uses icons, which 

are considered unlawful in Islam. 

There is a ‘battlefield’ on the top 

of the Kaaba, the holiest place for 

Muslims in Mecca, as well as collection 

points to collect the Poképoints 

on the gates of the grand 

mosque. 

The council considers it disrespectful 

of Islam. 

Muslims including the imam 

of Oshawa mosque, Shakir Pandor 

also considers it wrong to put 

a battlefield, or ‘gym’ as it’s also 

called, on the top of the Kaaba. 

“There is something very sacred 

to a community and, I mean, in this 

case it is it is for us Muslims, but in 

the same way we would understand 

it for any other community,” said 

Pandor. 

Pandor also said if there is something 

sacred for a community, the 

game makers should not put their 

playground on those places. Although 

Pandor also said Pokémon 

Go is just a game and the council 

allows Muslims to play the game. 

Many Muslims at Durham College 

play the game, but say putting 

a gym on the top of the Kaaba is 

disrespectful for them too. Aisha 

Ahmed, a social worker student at 

Durham College agrees to the decision 

of council. 

“The whole Kaaba, that is a very 

holy spot and if it was outside, I 

would kind of understand, but right 

on the top. If people are coming 

there and instead of praying and 

stuff they are playing a game and 

instead of praying the god, what 

they are supposed to be doing is 

a bit disrespectful,” said Ahmed. 

The game is also banned in 

non-Islamic countries such as 

Russia, Australia and Portugal. 

According to Russian government, 

the game is an American Influence, 

which they don’t want to put in 

people’s mind. 

Australian and Portuguese authorities 

say that people play the 

game while walking on the roads, 

which can cause accidents.

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The Blu-ray edition of the new Jungle Book movie, versus the novel. The question is, which is better? 

Photograph by Tyler Searle 

From novel to film: A look at the Jungle Book 

Tyler Searle 

The Chronicle 

As a young boy rides downriver 

on the back of sloth bear, old and 

young audiences alike sing alongside 

them about the Bare Necessities. 

On April 15, 2016, Disney released 

a live action remake of 

the Jungle Book, directed by Jon 

Favreau. The film was a commercial 

and critical success, and as of 

October, it is the 4th highest grossing 

film of 2016. 

Though many people are familiar 

with the original 1967 Jungle 

Book, which Favreau’s film is remaking, 

what most people don’t 

know is that the Jungle Book is, 

ironically, based off of a book. Originally 

released in 1894, the Jungle 

Book is a collection of seven short 

stories written by English writer 

Rudyard Kipling. Though, aside 

from the names of the characters, 

the book and film are vastly different 

in terms of how they portray 

the characters and tell their story. 

Favreau’s film is more faithful to 

the book than the 1967 film, but 

still takes a lot of liberties. 

Both the film and three of the 

book’s short stories follow the adventures 

of Mowgli, a human child 

(called a man-cub by animals) 

who is raised by a wolf pack in the 

Seeonee Hills. In the film, Mowgli 

(played by Neel Seti) is a curious 

child who is skilled at making tools 

and inventions to help him survive 

in the jungle. Though his friends 

and family don’t always approve 

of his tricks, he is still loyal to them 

and quick to jump to the aid of anyone 

in trouble. 

In the book, Mowgli is much 

more of a wild child than his movie 

counterpart. Having been raised 

among the wolves allowed Mowgli 

to run and climb better than most 

men twice his age. Mowgli was 

also more cunning and proud in 

the book, which allowed him to 

lord over some animals and come 

up with creative ways of beating his 

rivals, usually through enlisting the 

help of unlikely allies. 

Among Mowgli’s closest friends 

who shared in the majority of his 

adventures are the black panther 

Bagheera and the sloth bear Baloo. 

Both act as Mowgli’s teachers 

as well as his friends, but their roles 

are reversed in both mediums. 

In the film, Bagheera (Ben 

Kingsley), is a proud and old soldier 

who discovered Mowgli as an infant 

and brought him to the wolf pack. 

Since then he has looked after 

Mowgli as his chief teacher, and 

though he loves the man cub like 

his own, he is often frustrated by 

Mowgli’s inability to give up his 

human tricks. 

In the book, Bagheera was born 

in captivity before he escaped into 

the jungle, and knows more about 

humans than most jungle folk. 

He loves Mowgli more than 

anything and often refers to him as 

“little brother,” but approaches life 

with a relaxed and aloof personality. 

He helped to pay for Mowgli’s 

initiation into the Seeonee wolf pack 

by killing a bull for the wolves. 

As for Baloo (Bill Murray), he is 

a “jungle bum” who spends most 

of his days sleeping, eating, and 

singing without a care in the world. 

When he meets Mowgli, he recruits 

the boy to help him gather honey, 

and develops a parental bond with 

him. Soon after, he is willing to risk 

his easy going lifestyle to see Mowgli 

safe. 

In the book, Baloo is the keeper 

of the Law of the Jungle—the unspoken 

rules that all jungle folk go 

by, and the words to say to befriend 

any creature. 

He vouched for Mowgli to be entered 

into the Seeonee wolf pack as 

an infant, and spent years teaching 

him the Law of the Jungle. In his old 

age he became stubborn and strict, 

and while he loved Mowgli like a 

son, he was not above clodding him 

over the head. 

Even though the characters so far 

have had minor character changes, 

or had their personalities swapped 

with another, this is not the case for 

others. The most drastic change 

comes in Kaa, the giant rock python. 

In the film, Kaa (Scarlett 

Johansson), is present for only one 

scene, in which she acts and speaks 

much like a temptress. 

She hypnotizes Mowgli by showing 

him visions of how he lost his 

human family before trying to eat 

him. Afterwards, she is never seen 

again in the film. 

In contrast, book Kaa is an ally 

of Mowgli, as well as male. When 

Mowgli is kidnapped by the Bandar-Log 

monkeys, Baloo and Bagheera 

recruit Kaa to help them 

rescue the man cub. 

Afterwards, Kaa grows to appreciate 

Mowgli’s company and shares 

his vast wisdom of the jungle’s history 

with him. This information 

would prove invaluable in Mowgli’s 

later adventures. 

In the end, Jon Favreau did a 

wonderful job adapting the Jungle 

Book for modern audiences. 

Though his film is loved, its good 

to and compare the changes. 

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Sports 

Dempster is top ball coach in OCAA 

A wealth of experience 

leads to accolades 

Christopher Jones 

The Chronicle 

Coach Sam Dempster was recently 

named the Ontario Colleges Athletics 

Association (OCAA) men’s 

baseball coach-of-the-year. His 

team finished with a 13-11 record 

after they finished hosting the Canadian 

Colleges National Baseball 

Invitational on Oct. 28-30, where 

they lost to Fanshawe in the semifinals. 

Dempster, who has been coaching 

Durham since the team first 

began 24 years ago in 1992, said 

“it’s an honour to get it.” 

Dempster didn’t take any of the 

credit though. 

“The players do everything for 

you. Anytime that a coach or a 

manager gets an award it’s due to 

the players that play for him. That’s 

the key. Without the players, nothing 

really gets done. It’s all about 

the players.” 

One such player is Alec Brown, 

a pitcher, an outfielder and an 

OCAA all-star for the Lords baseball 

team this season. 

Brown said that playing for 

Dempster is “awesome. He knows 

a lot of stuff. He’s got a lot of knowledge 

in regards to the game. It’s 

awesome to have a coach who 

knows what they’re talking about 

all the time.” 

Dempster actually scouted 

Brown when he was still a young 

ball player in Bowmanville and 

brought him to Durham. 

Since Dempster helped start the 

Durham men’s baseball program 

in 1992, the team has appeared in ten 

national championships, the first in 

1994, only two years after the team’s 

inaugural season, the most recent in 

2012. 

The Lords have also won seven 

Ontario championships, the first 

in 1999 and most recently in 2011, 

when they also won the Canadian 

Intercollegiate Baseball Association 

(CIBA) title. 

On top of his work with the 

Lords, Dempster has also been a 

scout for the New York Yankees and 

the Milwaukee Brewers in the past. 

When asked if he met any interesting 

players during his time working 

for major league teams, he simply 

laughed and said, “I saw George 

Steinbrenner [former owner of the 

Yankees] from about 100 feet away. 

Just the back side of him, going into 

the complex while I was standing 

outside with my gear.” 

Dempster is also the head coach 

of the Great Britain national team. 

Under his guidance, the team 

qualified for the 2013 World Baseball 

Classic. Dempster said that his 

time with the Great Britain team is 

the closest he has ever gotten to the 

major leagues in the way they were 

organized. He said that the level 

of talent was at the major league 

level. Chuckling he talked about 

how his own private office was 

three times the size of his current 

office at Durham. 

Dempster has been on the coaching 

staff of the Durham Lords baseball 

team since 1992, and while he 

was happy to win the coach of the 

year, he’s already thinking ahead 

to next season. 

Lords women's soccer going through major changes 

Michael Welsh 

The Chronicle 

Durham College women’s soccer 

team has suffered in recent years. 

It has not posted a winning record 

since 2013. 

But now, the program is on a 

new path. 

A coaching change late into the 

season sparked a fire under a team 

that was near the bottom of the 

standings and was going through 

another poor season. 

Alex Bianchi started the season 

as an assistant coach for the Lords 

men’s soccer team but was named 

the women’s head coach with only 

six weeks left in the season. 

The move came following the 

resignation of Ramon Macintosh. 

Taking over a team sitting outside 

of the playoffs late in the year 

may seem like a tough transition 

but according to Bianchi it was just 

the opposite. 

“I went in with an optimistic 

view. There was no pressure,” says 

the coach. “There was no target 

put on us and that was nice. It was 

just about getting in there and turning 

the program around.” 

When Bianchi took over the 

team, it had a 2-6 record. The 

Dempster helped 

start the Durham 

men's baseball 

program in 1992. 

The Lords celebrate a big goal in a key win at home against Centennial College. 

Lords needed to pick up wins in 

three of their final four games to 

make the playoffs. 

The team rallied together and 

Photograph by Michael Welsh 

won the necessary games to make 

the playoffs. 

According to Bianchi, the biggest 

factors in the team’s improvement 

were a new energy amongst 

the players as well as a change in 

formation. 

“I think the formation was a 

Photograph provided by Al Fournier 

Sam Dempster, Durham College's men's baseball coach, on the field earlier this year. 

big issue. They were playing very 

defensive and I didn’t think they 

were very comfortable,” says Bianchi. 

“The girls embraced my style 

of play that I have used for years 

which is more offensive.” 

Dave Ashfield, head coach of the 

Lords men’s soccer team, was sad 

to see his long-time assistant go but 

was excited for his new opportunity 

and agrees Bianchi is the right man 

for the job. 

“Congratulations to Alex, he 

truly deserves it,” says Ashfield. 

“He has been a fantastic coach with 

me the past three years. When Alex 

started coaching with me I told him 

if I could ever help him get a head 

coaching job I would and luckily 

for Durham it was here.” 

The Lords lost a tough playoff-qualifying 

match to the nationally 

ranked team from Humber 

College. Despite the loss Bianchi is 

happy with how the game went and 

the message it sends. 

“Six weeks ago this team probably 

wasn’t making the playoffs. 

Humber was expecting a different 

type of game but we pushed them,” 

he says. “I think that was a positive 

message to the team and to the 

school that this program is going to 

get better.”

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Lords are champions! 

Softball 

team wins 

OCAA gold 

for 18th time 

Josh Nelson 

The Chronicle 

Jim Nemish, head coach of the 

Durham Lords women’s softball 

team has a philosophy about 

winning. 

“When you’re winning, it’s contagious, 

and a winning program 

will attract the good athletes and 

because we’ve been very successful…we’ve 

been able to bring top 

athletes to our program,” he said. 

Nemish should know. Durham 

just completed its season with a 

bang, defeating the St. Clair Saints, 

11-6 in the gold medal game to win 

its 18th OCAA (Ontario Colleges 

Athletic Association) championship. 

The victory marks the 15th 

gold medal Nemish has led the 

Lords to in his 28 seasons as head 

coach. 

With their season on the line, the 

Lords won seven of their final eight 

regular season, qualifying them 

for the championship after being 

in fifth place and out of a playoff 

position. 

The Lords then swept the playoffs 

beating St. Clair 8-4, Fanshawe 

10-3, and St. Clair again in 

the final game. 

Going into the season it looked 

unlikely that Durham would pull 

off a second straight championship. 

Coach Nemish had some concerns 

with the number of rookies 

on the team. 

“We did have a big turnover, 

we had close to nine freshmen this 

year, so our expectations as always 

were to compete and win a gold 

medal…but my biggest concern 

was how long it was going to take 

for the freshmen coming in to gel 

with the returnees and get used to 

playing at the college level,” said 

Nemish. 

Claims 

award for 

second time 

Sharena Clendening 

The Chronicle 

Coach Jim Nemish has built a powerhouse program at Durham in women's softball. 

With the Lords in fifth place going 

into the final week of regular 

season play, coach Nemish knew 

he had to motivate his team. 

“Well, we had a little team talk, 

we weren’t playing our best ball, 

we were making unforced errors 

at the wrong time, we weren’t hitting 

the ball, everybody just had 

to start believing in themselves,” 

said Nemish. 

Games in your backyard 

Men’s Hockey: Nov. 11, UOIT vs. Western, 7:30 

p.m., Campus Ice Centre 

Nov. 12, UOIT vs. Guelph, 7:30 p.m., Campus 

Ice Centre 

Generals: Nov. 13, Oshawa vs. Sudbury, 6:05 

p.m., Tribute Communities Centre (formerly the 

GM Centre) 

Men’s Basketball: Nov. 11, St. Lawrence vs. Durham, 

8 p.m., Kingston 

Durham not only saw new faces 

this year, but some old as well. 

Caleigh Coels, the Lords centre-fielder, 

was adamant about 

joining the team again after taking 

a year off. She was a key part 

in the Lords’ championship win as 

she went 4-for-4 at the plate scoring 

a run. 

“I was watching Lords the whole 

time (while away) basically, I really 

Durham College has a real ace 

with Durham Lords golf coach 

Tyler Martin. He has been honored 

as the Ontario Colleges Athletic 

Association coach of the year 

for the second time. He won the 

title for the first time in 2014. His 

peers on the team and the athletic 

department nominated Martin for 

this award. 

Lord’s golfer Lucas Pichl, whom 

placed second at the Georgian 

Invitational, says Martin was intimidating 

at first, but once he got 

to know the coach he realized the 

coach was very nice and personable. 

Martin is not only the coach, he 

is a graduate of the Durham program 

and won OCAA individual 

titles in 2004 and 2006. 

Martin says he strives to help the 

players keep the right mindset and 

help them grow as golfers. 

“I am extremely grateful to be 

selected again as the OCAA coach 

of the year. It makes it extra special 

because it is voted on by my peers,” 

said Martin. 

missed them, then I ended up calling 

Jim back and asked if I could 

try out again…I just came back and 

I was all ready for every practice, I 

was excited, ready to play games, 

represent Durham and play with 

the girls again,” said Coels. 

Ashley Black was the Lords best 

pitcher in the finals, preventing the 

Saints from forming any type of 

offence in the first four innings and 

Nov. 12, Hilbert vs. Durham, 4 p.m., Hamburg, N.Y. 

Men’s Volleyball: Nov. 10, Loyalist vs. Durham, 

8 p.m., Belleville 

Women’s Basketball: Nov. 8, Loyalist vs. Durham, 

7 p.m., Belleville 

Nov. 11, St. Lawrence vs. Durham, 6 p.m., Kingston 

Women’s Hockey: Nov. 11, Queen’s vs. UOIT, 

12:30 p.m., Kingston 

Photograph by Josh Nelson 

was named one of the championship 

all-stars. She also took a year 

off, missing last year’s championship, 

which motivated her to win 

this year. 

“I wanted to win OCAAs because 

(in) my first two years we 

were alright, but witnessing the 

team last year win OCAA, I wanted 

a medal,” said all-star Ashley- 

Black. 

Durham's Martin wins OCAA golf coach of the year 

Photograph provided by Scott Dennis 

Coach of the year Tyler Martin (centre) poses at golf event.

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