Durham Chronicle 17-18 Issue 01

Volume XLIV, Issue 1 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca October 10 - 16, 2017
If you watch Fox and your neighbour reads
the New York Times, your worlds
will not meet.
- See page 3
Ontario college
strike brewing?
page 3
DC Harvest
dinner raises
$18,750
page 9
Photograph by Shana Fillatrau
Oshawa art
fest celebrates
25 years
page 12
Lord of the fries
claims crispy victory
page 9
Photograph by Tiago De Oliveira
Photograph by Kirsten Jerry

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BACK
of the
FRONT
DC journalism students look at Durham College and UOIT,
and beyond, by the numbers and with their cameras
A hoop
in the
bus
loop
Bridgette was found
having fun hula hooping
in the bus loop on Sept.
25.
Photograph by Heather Snowdon
Mad for the Xscape room
Photograph by Austin Andru
Alex Ross (left) and Connor Bess enjoy their spy training at the MADXScape room.
Read more on this story on page 7.

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Faculty strike risk looms over DC
Cassidy McMullen
The Chronicle
William McGinn
The Chronicle
People from towns, cities and
schools across Canada take part
the Terry Fox Run at the start of
every school year, but at Durham
College and UOIT, the year started
out with a small run inspired from
Japanese literature.
UOIT student Jack Hamilton
wanted to organize a Naruto Run
for a big portion of the summer,
having it in mind throughout June
and July.
“As time went on, I got more and
more into the idea,” he explained.
Naruto is a long running and
best-selling comic book and television
series that stretches more
than 20 years.
Recently, social media has popularized
this type of run. Runners
move with their heads stretched out
like charging bulls and hold their
arms out approximately 30 degrees
A faculty strike is looming over Ontario
college campuses.
Instructors at 24 colleges across
the province could be in a legal
strike position as of Oct. 15.
This comes after the Ontario
Public Service Employees Union
(OPSEU) called for a no-board report
after being deadlocked with
the College Employer Council
One of the main issues in the
dispute is the number of contract
faculty on the job.
According to OPSEU, 81 per
cent of college faculty are contracted
rather than full-time positions
and since the last contract
in 2013, the number of contracted
faculty has increased by 10 per cent
while the number of full-time positions
has remained the same.
This leaves some professors applying
for jobs they already have
every four months.
Contract faculty are also paid
less than full-time faculty for the
same work, says OPSEU bargaining
chair JP Hornick.
The union would like to see more
full-time faculty hired, but the colleges
counter that would add $400
million to their annual budgets and
eliminate over 4,000 contract faculty
jobs.
In addition to this, other key
issues are wage increases, job security
and the role faculty have in
academic decision-making, says
OPSEU.
The last offer from the College
Employer Council included a wage
increase of 7.5 per cent over the
next three years with a new maximum
salary of $115, 094 a year.
OPSEU says the wage increase
offered could be less than the rate
of inflation and lower than the rising
cost of living.
Full-time college faculty voted
68 per cent in favour of a strike
and OPSEU says non-unionized
contract faculty are voting up until
Oct. 13 to determine if they will
join in on the negotiations leaving
them as a wild card two days before
the possible strike date.
On Sept. 29, a conciliator advised
both parties to stand down
and no new negotiation dates have
been set (as of the Chronicle’s deadline).
The current contract for the
from their hips.
The 2017-18 school year began
and Hamilton was at his first single
and multiplayer class for Game Development
and Entrepreneurship,
which can help him perhaps develop
Naruto-inspired videogames
in the future.
He began talking about the
possibility of a run with his friend
Drew Terbrack, and with a bit of
Terbrack’s inspiration, Hamilton
decided to make the Facebook
event. It took 15 minutes.
Less than a week later, more
than 200 people showed interest
in going and 60 people confirmed
they were going. The run started at
4:20 p.m. on Sept. 12, but instead
of the 60 runners who committed
via Facebook, 13 students ended up
attending. Small numbers of actual
attendees compared to Facebook
confirmations are not uncommon,
however.
On a chat list of people who have
Posters displayed on the door of the OPSEU office.
12,000 professors, instructors,
counsellors and librarians expired
Sept. 30.
OPSEU says no firm deadlines
have been set for a strike or lockout
despite asking for the no-board
organized events in the past, most
commenters have said the percentage
of guests who actually show up
when they say they are going is between
10 per cent and 40 per cent.
The Naruto Run still happened
and those who attended had a blast
running across Polonsky Commons
with their arms stretched out like
they were ready to soar.
Ari Lotter, one of the students
who ran, said, “[My friend and I]
found this event on Facebook, and
we just decided to give it a go.”
This Naruto Run was not a
school-sanctioned event. Hamilton
came up with the idea and put
it together on his own.
In his opinion, the school does
not do as well as it could with
events, lacking in excitement and
popularity. “I felt embarrassed to
be going out to these events,” he
explained. “The SA should really
work on [the school events]. People
don’t want to go out to some no
Photograph by Cassidy McMullen
report.
“College faculty from across the
province debated and voted on 16
proposals to improve the quality
and fairness of the college system
in Ontario,” Hornick says.
name band. Bring them something
fun or funny.
Hamilton is not unfamiliar with
the best way to get people’s attention,
either. He says he and a fraternity
he is part of raised $15,000 for
the Heart & Stroke Foundation by
partaking in a game of Car-Push.
Hamilton also says every fraternity
and sorority on campus also helped
“Management has ignored every
single one of them.”
In an email to college faculty sent
prior to the strike vote, Durham
College president Don Lovisa encouraged
faculty to stay informed
about the issues.
“No one wants a strike but unfortunately
the parties at the bargaining
table remain far apart with
two very different visions for Ontario’s
college system.” Lovisa says.
In the past 50 years Ontario
college academic faculty have
only had 12 strike votes and only
three have resulted in a strike, says
OPSEU.
The last time college academic
faculty went on strike was 2006.
“College faculty have the full
support of their union in getting a
fair collective agreement that addresses
their issues,” OPSEU President
Warren Thomas says.
“And we have $72 million in the
strike fund to back it up.”
If the OPSEU decides to go on
strike, it would affect about 230,
000 students who attend college all
around Ontario, including more
than 12,000 students at Durham
College.
Obama preaches hope for environment and future generations
Conner McTague
The Chronicle
“It’s both the worst of times and the
best of times,” former United States
president Barack Obama said as he
spoke at the Toronto Metro Convention
Centre in an event hosted
by the non-profit progressive thinktank
Canada 2020.
People were lined up as early
as 7 a.m. to get their seats for the
speech, which started at noon.
Obama was there to discuss the
future, climate change and the current
media climate.
Part of that future is the youth
and encouraging them to get involved
politically.
Obama says he cares about a
lot of issues but “what I’m really
invested in is making sure we are
training and preparing the next
generation of young, educated,
thoughtful, entrepreneurial and tolerant
young people…to take their
own crack at changing the world.”
He also said his foundation, the
Obama foundation, based in Chicago,
will have programs all over
the world.
However, it will mainly focus
on giving young people a space to
rise up.
Obama said they just have to
make sure that things aren’t messed
up too bad before young people
take charge, because he’s confident
in their abilities as long as they are
given the proper opportunity to
make a positive impact.
He also talked about how the
changes in technology are going
to have an effect on the future.
Manufacturing will still be going
strong but instead of humans it will
be artificial intelligence and robots
doing the work.
“So for the progressive movement
to look to the 1950s is a mistake,”
Obama said.
He added that humans need
to anticipate where the economy
is going and ensure that young
people are prepared to compete in
an economy that will be controlled
by advancements in technology.
On climate change, Obama
spoke of the Paris Agreement and
current president Donald Trump
administration’s decision to pull out
of the agreement.
While he’d prefer that the U.S.
take leadership on the issue, he
points out that everybody else is
still part of the agreement and for
that he says the world will be OK.
There is a legitimate debate
about how to attack climate
Run for charity with a ninja twist
change, Obama said.
He uses the example that some
may believe it’s simply too late and
too expensive to change the economy
so humans should just adapt
to the changing climate.
“You can take a position, I might
disagree with you, but at least we
can both agree that the planet is
warming and human activity contributes
to it,” he said.
On the basis of agreeing then
you may be able to meet half-way
in policy and deal negotiations,
Obama said.
Humans are more connected
than ever and this creates a dangerous
slope for information, Obama
said.
“The fact we are so connected
also makes it easier for us to retreat
to our own information bubbles, to
listen to people who think just like
we do, to never challenge our own
assumptions,” Obama said.
He took a shot at president
Trump, much to the crowd’s enjoyment,
by saying he believes in facts.
Obama added that “if you watch
Fox and your neighbour reads the
New York Times, your worlds will
not meet.”
Although society is going to
have to find a way to push back on
propaganda, support independent
journalism and listen to people we
disagree with to compromise on
our differences for a better world,
Obama said.
Obama concluded with a message
of hope, saying “my expectation
is 10 years from now, 20 years
from now we’ll be able to look back
and there will be an entire generation
that has ran the race and has
continued to improve.”
Photograph by William McGinn
Students participating in the Naruto run on Sept. 12.
with a Halloween event called
‘Trick or Eat’ one night, and were
able to gather 1,600 canned goods
that went to the Royal Canadian
Legion.
After Hamilton was interviewed,
he was inspired to also include a
charity for this event and opened
a donation link for Autism Awareness.

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Indigenous elders gather at
Aboriginal Awareness Day at
Durham College in 2016.
File photo by Jared Williams
Ontario needs to do more to indigenize schools
Mandatory
classes needed
Ontario needs to do more to indigenize
its schools. From elementary
to post-secondary, the school
system lacks Indigenous content
outside of the very limited history
and art units spread through nine
years of the public system. Schools
have the structure and resources to
expand the curriculum to be more
inclusive, by not doing so they are
disadvantaging students.
Durham College has responded
to the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission of Canada’s final report,
released in 2015, by introducing
Indigenous content into several
programs such as Broadcasting,
Journalism and Police Foundations.
New methods of delivering content,
like outdoor classes, have also been
incorparted. Durham College is an
example of how these changes can
be made to school systems.
But more could – and should –
be done.
It’s not like schools don’t teach
different cultures and languages.
French class is mandatory in
schools and the province provides
funding per student to schools that
run French immersion programs to
encourage the inclusion of French
language, says TVO, Ontario’s
public broadcaster.
Our school system needs to approach
Indigenous culture with the
same dedication it applies to French
language.
A study done by a church group
tested four elements of the recommended
TRC for school curriculums
against provincial school
curriculums across the country.
Only Saskatchewan and Alberta
managed a passing grade. Ontario
failed, indicating there is an under
representation of Indigenous culture
and history in schools.
The problem? Classes vary depending
on where you live in Ontario.
Some high schools might offer
an optional course in an Indigenous
subject. Outside of a unit in history
about residential schools, this
is all the content offered in some
high schools. If there isn’t enough
interest, or you aren’t at one of the
schools that offer such courses, then
students are out of luck.
Lambton Kent District School
Board offered an optional class
in Indigenous literature and absorbed
it into grade 11 English
class for their students. Instead of
covering Shakespeare, they cover
Canadian Indigenous authors like
Richard Wagamese or Shirley Sterling.
Making this change provides
students with a new Canadian perspective.
A study reported by the Globe
and Mail found teachers feel nervous
and uncomfortable teaching
Indigenous curriculums for fear
of getting it wrong. By partnering
schools with local Indigenous community
leaders, teachers have a resource
to get accurate information
they feel comfortable sharing with
students.
But some schools are already
setting up their own Indigenous
centred courses, building relations
with communities to be resources
in classes and switching the curriculum
around to accommodate
this change. We know where, what
and how to teach Indigenous culture
in schools. The Ontario school
system just needs to mandate the
indigenization of the curriculum.
As much as representation matters
in our school system, having
students learn about the Indigenous
peoples of Canada provides
an equal or even greater purpose -
educating non-Indigenous students.
Misconceptions of treaties, the
water crisis, the pipelines, the 60’s
scoop, missing Indigenous women,
poverty on reserves… the list goes
on and on. Not understanding what
these things really are and how they
have affected our communities has
led to a divide.
Imagine if we brought in a new
perspective for Ontario students:
to actually learn about these issues
in a safe environment where there
could be open and honest discussions.
Ontario schools should be educating
the next generation to have
a better grasp of the social and economic
state of Indigenous people of
our country.
To leave modern Indigenous
culture out of the Ontario schools’
curriculum only disadvantages
Ontario. Schools know how to do
it, we have experience integrating
Canadian culture in our schools
and doing it would only lead to a
more educated population.
Not only do we need mandatory
classes, Indigenous content needs to
be integrated into English courses
and law classes. More guest speakers,
performances and events need
to be held at the schools.
Indigenous communities are
more than happy to help out, because
this is truly at the core of
what truth and reconciliation is
about. Recognizing Indigenous
people as a distinct culture in
Canada with history, beliefs and
knowledge would only enrich our
schools and students.
Cassidy McMullen
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chronicle.durhamcollege.ca October 10 - 16, 2017 The Chronicle 5
Opinion
Samsung trumps Apple
Similar features
at a lower price
Samsung and Apple take up 70 per
cent of Canada’s smartphone market,
according to Mobile Syrup, an
online tech magazine.
When looking at both Samsung
and Apple, the facts prove Samsung
is the best choice for a smart phone
because of available space, a quicker
and more accessible way of keeping
your information, a safer security
system and general features.
The competition for Apple is now
lending them a helping hand by creating
screens for the new iPhone X
released in early September. According
to BBC, some new features
of the phone are causing more problems
than solutions. This change of
events could make Apple fanatics,
like me, question our love for the
iPhone.
iPhone is no longer the apple of
my eye.
There are many reasons Samsung
trumps iPhone, and one of them is
having an unlimited amount of
space.
Apple has iCloud and Airdrop,
both are designed to allow you to
work on your MacBook. You can
save all information on your other
Mac products to iCloud and Airdrop.
If you want more storage,
Kaatje
Henrick
Apple’s products cost more money.
Compare this to Samsung, which
has an SD card that can store
more information. The cost of an
extra SD card is less than the cost
of adding storage onto your Mac
platform(s). Add it up Apple, a
starving student is going to opt to
buy more apples rather than more
iPhone storage.
The Samsung SD card frees up
more space on your phone, and
Samsung Pay frees up more space
in your wallet.
If you don’t like to carry around
wallets or purses, what easier way
than with Apple Pay and Samsung
Pay: the most convenient way to
keep your information safe and accessible.
Both Apple and Samsung
have access to online pay. However,
Apple Pay is limited to the number
of places you can use it, whereas you
can use Samsung anywhere.
Samsung’s security features use
either finger print ID and/or a password:
the safest security for a smart
phone.
With iPhone X, Apple has introduced
face recognition, which is a
new way of unlocking your phone.
According to Forbes magazine,
this feature is not very security-friendly
because the scanner
will unlock your phone to a picture
of your face, allowing anyone with
a picture of you to access phone
and all your contacts, photos, and
information, including Apple Pay,
if you have it.
Samsung and Apple have similar
features, but some of Samsung’s features
hit the ground before Apple’s
and most of Samsung’s features are
better.
Both phones have dual lens
cameras, allowing for better picture
quality. Although Apple has
time-lapse and slow-motion pictures,
Samsung has live wallpapers
and themes that change the way
your screen looks. Both phones are
waterproof and also have the ability
to charge wirelessly.
However, Samsung released
water-proofed phones and wireless
charging a generation ahead
of Apple. Although Apple is more
user-friendly and convenient, Samsung
has a faster networking system,
according to MacWorld.
One area where Apple shines is
their new display technology. According
to Business Insider, Apple
is switching their screens to OLED
(Organic Light- Emitting Diode):
a type of display technology that
allows the screen to brighten to its
fullest extent, with a sharper focus
and brighter content.
When comparing Samsung and
Apple, it becomes apparent Apple
has many likeable features, like
face recognition and Apple Pay,
but Samsung has more available
space and general features, such
as Samsung Pay and the ability to
add extra space. Samsung has many
new features and updates add extra
space. Samsung has many new features
and updates along with being
one step ahead of Apple.Although
iPhone may seem more a-peeling,
Samsung is the pick of the crop
when it comes to smart phones.
Name change creates dialogue
Tracy
Wright
There was a resolution made in August by
The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario
(ETFO) to urge schoolboards across the
province to consider removing Sir John A.
Macdonald’s name from schools in Ontario.
Some say removing the name of the first
Prime Minister of Canada is erasing history.
But removing Macdonald’s name will not
erase history. It will create a conversation
about history. It already has.
History taught in school lets us know Sir
John A. Macdonald is the first Prime Minister
of Canada. As one of the founding Fathers
of Confederation he helped produce the
British North America Act (BNA) to create
this country. He also connected Canada with
the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway
(CPR).
The process of how these accomplishments
were achieved seems to have been left out of
the history books.
The request to have Macdonald’s name removed
from public buildings brings attention
to this part of history. This is more important
than erasing his name.
As the Prime Minister and Minister of
Indian Affairs, Macdonald was responsible
for Aboriginal policies, such as the welfare
of Indigenous peoples. One could say he
took advantage of his position. In 1881, food
supply was withheld until the Indigenous
people moved to reserves so the land could
be cleared for the CPR.
Sir John A. Macdonald created the
residential schools (which ran from 1831 –
1996). This was an attempt by the government
to try and convert Indigenous children
into the western culture.
These decisions were based on Macdonald’s
ideas about Indigenous people.
In 1883, in the House of Commons,
Macdonald stood and said, "Though he
may learn to read and write he is simply
a savage who can read and write. Indian
children should be withdrawn as much as
possible from the parental influence.'' It can
be argued this is how people talked back
then. Regardless, the decision to separate a
child from their family is inexcusable. This
part of history should not be forgotten.
In a Huffington Post article published
this summer, Tori Cress, a member of the
Idle No More movement which aimed to
raised awareness on Indigenous issues, said
removing Macdonald's name from schools
could help introduce more education that
focuses on Indigenous suffering at the hands
of Canadian figures.
Cress said some people might find such
a development hard to swallow but added
people who equate name change with "erasing
history'' are wrong.
Removing Macdonald’s name is not erasing
history. The suggestion to remove the
first Prime Minister’s name is creating an
opportunity to discuss what was not taught
in history class.
Knowledge is power.
Knowing more about our nation’s history
will help teachers and students as well as
future politicians discuss the mistreatment
of Indigenous people. Let’s have this messy
conversation about history.
Want to sleep in? Too bad
Nick
Franco
Waking up early for morning classes is difficult
but Durham Region Transit (DRT)
is making afternoon classes as painful as
morning classes, thanks to their atrocious
scheduling of the 417 and 420 bus routes.
The 417 and 420 routes are the two worst
routes out of the 25 central routes in the
DRT’s system.
These two routes are the only two routes
that don’t frequent their stops at least once
every hour. So, whether you have early
morning classes or midday and early
afternoon classes, if you live in Windfields,
you’re getting up early to catch the bus.
If DRT really cares about the people
who frequent their service, they should
increase bus service on the 417 and 420
routes.
For some odd reason, both routes have
a massive gap between pick-up times in
the middle of the day. These gaps span at
least seven hours. Buses also stop running
on these two routes on Saturdays and Sundays.
For a route that runs to and from
campus, it isn’t exactly student-friendly.
Students who have midday classes have
one of two choices: wake up early enough
to catch the last scheduled morning stops
around 7:40 a.m. then wait hours on campus
for their classes, or walk anywhere between
30 to 45 minutes to class depending
on which part of Windfields they live in.
Now walking doesn’t seem like a big
deal, but just imagine how much this would
impact someone with a disability who needs
access to public transportation.
Another factor against walking is the weather.
Now if you’ve attended Durham College
or UOIT through a winter semester, you will
know there is never a snow day, no matter how
much snow is coming down.
People who live in the Windfields subdivisions
and depend on public transportation do
not have a bus route connected to either the
campus or any bus terminal on the weekend.
Students in Windfields pay just as much for
their bus passes in their tuition fees as any other
student but get half the service just because of
where they live.
According to Durham Region Transit’s
Twitter feed, the only reasoning for the poor
bus routes is because Windfields is a “developing”
area.
Admittedly, Windfields still has a tonne of
ongoing construction work but the number
of active roads lined with houses in the area
has tripled since 2011. One can only assume
the population increased with it. These people
need transportation.
It’s strange the 417 and 420 routes are the
only routes with poor scheduling problems.
There’s no excuse to have these bus routes just
stop picking people up for hours on weekdays
and completely go out of service on weekends.
People rely on these services and they aren’t
getting what they pay for. It could be ignorance
or poor planning. Whatever the reason,
it needs to change.
So instead of hoping this is a temporary dilemma
and waking up at sunrise or dealing
with sore feet from walking nearly five kilometres
to and from school, let’s ask the DRT
to make some changes.

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Whitby has heritage
Kirsten Jerry
The Chronicle
Hundreds of Whitby residents
came out to celebrate the town’s
past at Heritage Day, the largest
annual one-day occasion in downtown.
The event is a celebration
of the past, present, and future of
Whitby, and happens on the last
Saturday in September every year.
The day brought friends and neighbours
together to reminisce about
the town’s history. People had a
chance to purchase baked goods,
produce, and hand-crafted items
made from Whitby’s Farmers’
Market. They also had the opportunity
to look at old photographs
of the town back in the 1800s. The
occasion included contests, games,
open-door shops, and live music
performed by the Whitby Brass
Band and the Whitby School of
Music.
Brian Winter is a retired archivist
for the town. He says the
highlight of Whitby’s heritage is St.
John’s Anglican church.
“That’s where I was married.
It’s the oldest church in Whitby
and still used as a church and dates
back to 1846,” said Winter.
Donald Orville-Merrifield has
lived in the town for 32 years. He
was born and raised in Thunder
Bay and transferred to Whitby for
work. He said Whitby residents
should pay more attention to their
heritage.
“If you ignore history, it will
reach out, grab you and shake you
and say, ‘Hey, pay attention,’ and
what Whitby does is that it assists
that natural impulse for history to
come back to life for it to not be forgotten,”
said Merrifield.
Darcelle Collinson from Vancouver
was visiting her family. She
says Whitby is a beautiful town
filled with amazing support for
events like Heritage Day.
“As a visitor, Whitby is a lovely
town. It’s beautiful and peoplefriendly,
everyone always supports
the festivals and fairs that occur in
the town. I just love it here,” said
Collinson.

Campus chronicle.durhamcollege.ca October 10 - 16, 2017 The Chronicle 7
A new take on escape rooms
Find your
way out!
Austin Andru
The Chronicle
The MADXscape room at Durham
College is a Camp X-themed
time travelling puzzle adventure
that brought in 45 people as part
of Doors Open Oshawa.
Doors Open Oshawa is part of
a greater initiative of Doors Open
Ontario to show interesting places
within communities in Ontario.
This is brand new addition to
Doors Open Oshawa.
This is no ordinary escape room.
“You’re not dealing with old
toolboxes and rusty things,” says
Greg Murphy, dean of the School
of Media, Art and Design.
“This is all done using AR (augmented
Reality), VR (virtual Reality),
haptic technologies.”
The story, written by journalism
professor Teresa Goff, sends participants
back in time to the Camp
X spy training facility in Whitby
used during the Second World War.
Their primary objective is to get
to Durham College from Camp X
by solving a variety of puzzles. A
monitor tracks the progress of escape
room players as they’re doing
this with pins on a map from Camp
X to DC.
Using an iPad, participants scan
the room for clues that appear on
the screen in AR. One puzzle involves
motion controllers for a combat
simulation, another involves
an interactive AR bike race, and a
dancing game using pressure sensitive
pads.
Several school programs were
involved in creation of the escape
room, including, digital photography,
interactive media, contemporary
web design, graphic design
and journalism, says Murphy.
“It was unreal,” says Francesca
Porco, a second year interactive
media student who worked with
the pressure sensitive pads.
“It’s one thing to see your work
on a computer screen and another
to see it applied.”
Students had to learn brand new
technologies they haven’t worked
with before.
“They realized it was a lot of
work,” said Wade Clarke, a professor
of interactive media design
and one of the key organizers of
MADXscape. “They spent hours
and hours and learned how to do
it and really appreciated the opportunity.”
Clarke says it was challenging
to create and ensure consistency
across the board but they followed
through in the end, and Murphy
is impressed at the continued work
of the students, some of whom have
already left DC.
“We’ve got two students who
worked on this when it was first
started, they graduated, but they
still continue to work on it, so we
have two alums,” says Murphy.
“Then we’ve got five students
who are in a program and we’ve got
another student still in high school.
So in a sense we have three generations
of students working on this.”
After having completed spy
training, Vijearajah Rathan, an
interactive media student who
came to see what the other students
created, says, “it allows me to know
what I’m going towards, I can see
where I’m going in the future.”
It took 16 months to complete.
Many people of all ages came
through to the room in C154 in
the Gordon Willey building. “The
age group varied from 6 years old
to 80 years old,” says Linda Cheng,
a professor of contemporary web
design involved with the event.
Murphy says when the concept
had come forward, “nobody had
done it, there was no model.” Each
game and puzzle was custom-built
by students. The only prebuilt program
used was Aurasama to display
the AR graphics.
“Everything was from scratch.
The stories, all the puzzles,” said
Brent Hudson, a professor at Durham
College. Other escape rooms,
“order a puzzle system.”
Connor Bess is completing his spy training.
“You’ll recognize nothing in it,”
from other escape rooms, Murphy
says.
Photograph by Austin Andru
The MADXscape room will return
for open house on November
18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cowboys ride onto the set of Docville
Heather Snowdon
The Chronicle
Ancient trees hang over old barns
in the set of Docville. The sun
shining high overhead made for a
hot and humid day, perfect for this
movie set with a classical western
theme located in Newcastle.
Film, documentary and journalism
students at Durham College
crowded into Docville, Sept. 23, to
take pictures, film, act and participate
in the Durham Region International
Film Festival (DRIFF).
Docville features saloons, old
barns and even a pony to intrigue
the participants into believing they
are in a real live western. The students
were well-equipped to get the
footage they needed to complete
their films.
“A rich learning experience,”
says Jennifer Bedford, a video production
and advanced filmmaking
professor.
Fighting for the DRIFF Best
Regional Film and the People’s
Choice Awards both with top
prizes of $1,000, the students were
driven to leave an impression on
the crowd.
The movies were directed, produced,
filmed and edited in one
day.
“There are always opportunities
to build,” says Bedford.
Ten first year students were provided
with a hands on experience
in filming on a movie set, during a
long day of hard work. The films
all had a western-style theme, with
satirical humour and bad puns to
wrap up the funny stories. Many
film students were passionate about
the project.
“I love being behind the camera,”
says Mary Jubran, a first
year video production student at
Durham.
They were eager to give their
opinions, show off their talents and
share ideas.
Some students not only took part
in making the films and producing
them, some even acted and left
their mark on the film as the star.
Phil Raby and Allan Fournier,
professors at Durham College,
came to help and support the students
and many were grateful to
have both professors present.
They couldn’t help but feel the
lightheartedness of the day.
Being surrounded by happy actors,
free pizza, pop and a warm,
sunny day, work was easy for the
students who wanted to learn.
Jubran was anxious to start her
first film.
“I had no idea what to expect,”
says Jubran.
Although, unaware and a little
Photographs by Heather Snowdon
Pistol Pete (above) prepares to act on the set at Docville while (top right) Carla (left) and Anne
pose for a picture after filming.
unprepared for the realities of
filmmaking, Carla Sinclair, Board
member of DRIFF, and Durham
College graduate, was there to help
any student with questions or concerns.
A big smile followed Sinclair’s
soft face around the movie set, and
no one was hesitant to ask her any
question.
She was adamant on how she
wanted her film to look, because
of this, acting, producing and editing
was easier. All that needed
to be done was to finish Sinclair’s
Absolutely
a success.
creation.
“Giving creative ideas but not
overpowering was the most difficult
part,” says Jubran.
Fun seemed to be the main
theme during DRIFF.
Dedicated actors made for an
amazing day and easy filming.
With so many learning experiences,
chances to establish creativity
and an overall exuberance for
filmmaking, DRIFF was an overall
success.
“Absolutely a success,” says Bedford.

8 The Chronicle October 10 - 16, 2017 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Campus
Lovisa is the top dog
Students participate in a Global Class presentation.
Durham brews
memories with
Photograph by Aly Beach
alumni worldwide
Aly Beach
The Chronicle
Durham College alumni from
around the world digitally visited
the school’s Global Class as part of
the college’s 50th anniversary.
The event, titled “The Global
Graduate” was hosted by Durham
president Don Lovisa, Global Class
instructor Lon Appleby and Sally
Hillis, senior alumni development
officer.
The event was part of the Brewing
Memories tour to celebrate 50
years of Durham College.
The Global Class is an interactive
class that is livestreamed. It covers
topics about the planet, humanity
and history.
Appleby created the class. Online
viewers and in-class students can
participate and interact with guests
from anywhere in the world. Five
Durham College graduates were
invited to take part with the goal
of uniting alumni with current students.
Participatinggraduates
were:Rutsu Ataman, a renewable
energy technician graduate from
2015. He lives in Istanbul, Turkey
but is currently in Mersin, Turkey.
Jennifer Iacob, a 2004 nursing
graduate located in Bucharest,
Romania.
Cameron Munro who lives in
Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from
the operations manager program
in 2012.
Matt Warburton, who graduated
from the graphic design program
in 1983. He lives in Vancouver,
B.C.Bob Wheller, a 1983 graphic
design graduate who lives in London,
England.
Each alumnus has made different
contributions to both
Durham College and the world.
Warburton and Wheller are the
people behind the original design
for the Durham College shield logo.
They both also designed the
Royal Mail Stamp commemorating
the 75th anniversary of the Battle
of Britain.
Ataman’s calling is creating renewable
energy in Ghana.
Munro shares corporate best
practices across many Asian countries.
He has led a team of 400
people through business climate
changes in Toronto.
Iacob does charity work with
children in Romania. She is
founder and director of the Arms
of Love project and the charity
Break the Cycle.
Both provide aid to various
groups including children, mothers
and orphans.
The alumni spoke about landing
work beyond the GTA in today’s
political climate, culture shock,
language barriers, and how to find
success beyond Durham.
“Buy a plane ticket and show
up,” said Wheller. “Eventually you
will crack something.”
They answered questions from
students and gave advice. “Ask
questions. It puts you on the radar.
They see you as engaged,” said
Warburton.
President Lovisa said events like
this are important for students.
“It’s inspiring empowering and
real. These people are suceeding,”
said Lovisa.
“Get on a train and take a
chance.”
Appleby said the event was a good
experience for students.
“These people gave the students
real world nuts and bolts,” said
Appleby.
Shanelle Somers
The Chronicle
After ten years of hard work and
community involvement, Durham
College president Don Lovisa has
grown the campus into what he believes
is one of Canada’s best. During
his time at the helm, Lovisa
has grown DC student enrolment
to more than 11,000 from 7,000
students, implemented around 50
new programs, turned the school
into one of Durham Region’s
largest employers, invested $180
million in campus renovations
and has helped better Durham’s
transit system. Those are some of
the reasons why Lovisa has been
named Business Person of the Year
by the Greater Oshawa Chamber
of Commerce.The award recognizes
and celebrates the success
and contributions of companies
and individuals within the greater
Oshawa area.Elaine Popp, DC’s
vice-president of academics says,
“it was under his leadership and
his direction, that we saw the college
flourish and meet the growing
need for students in the Durham
Region, and not have to leave the
Durham Region.” Lovisa succeeded
by implementing around
50 new programs to attract more
students each year. He is addressing
the need of more study space,
up-to-date classrooms and eight
new programs to start in 2018 with
the construction of the new 75,000
square foot CFCE (Centre for Collaborative
Education). Popp says
if it wasn’t for Lovisa’s work the
Each day I go to
work at Canada's
best college.
CFCE would have not happened.
“We received federal money, provincial
money, and we received
money from the municipality to
help us build. It shows Don is
known not just regionally, but he is
known within the province, different
levels of government and was
able to secure funding,” says Popp.
Tony Doyle, associate dean of
Durham’s W. Galen Weston Centre
for Food, worked for seven years
in the same office as Lovisa within
community relations and government
relations.
Doyle says in the last two to three
years, Lovisa started to work with
all levels of government to extend
GO train service to Bowmanville.
By remaining in contact with government
officials and the municipality,
Lovisa developed a case to
show the benefit of development for
the community. GO transit is in the
process of extending GO service to
Bowmanville.
For Lovisa, it was about doing
something to help the community,
build new job opportunities, bring
more people to the region and give
DC graduates local employment
opportunities.
With Lovisa’s guidance Doyle
says, “we are graduating really
strong, qualified, students, who go
out to help our community,” says
Doyle.Lovisa is spoken of by faculty.
He takes time to invest in each of
their lives and still makes time for
students.
“When every employee had a
birthday, Lovisa would call or email
them or visit them,” says Doyle. He
also says, for years Lovisa did ‘ask
the president’. Lovisa would stand
in the pit and let students come by.
He would say to ask him any question
and he would answer it.
“His accomplishments support
students and industries, and provide
a visionary view into what
the college represents for the local
economy. The entire DC family is
thrilled to see him recognized for
his tireless work on behalf of the college
and the greater community,”
says Scott Blakey, chief administrative
officer, in a news release.Lovisa
started working as the vice-president
of academics in 2007, which
soon evolved into being named the
interim president in 2008. He was
officially appointed the role of president
in 2009.“Each day I go to work
at what I believe is Canada’s best
college. To be recognized for doing
something I truly love is humbling
and I share this achievement with
my colleagues who join me each day
to ensure that the college is able to
live its mission that the student experience
comes first,” says Lovisa,
in a media release.

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Almost $19,000 harvested at annual dinner
Shana Fillatrau
The Chronicle
They sat together at one table, 150
guests, dining on fresh produce
and meals cooked by Durham
College students at the third annual
Harvest Dinner.
By the end of the evening, they
had also raised $18,750 for student
bursaries.
Staff and students hosted the
event. Culinary and pastry students
cooked and baked the dishes
and desserts, while farming students
helped to harvest the fruits
and vegetables and decide on the
menu, and event planning students
hosted the dinner.
Casey Chessman, a Horticulture
- Food and Farming student,
worked on the Harvest Dinner for
months. She did a work study program
over the summer. She sowed
the seeds, maintained the plants
and harvested the crops.
“It’s all about local produce,
and it’s as local as it gets,” she said.
Chessman also served Durham
College brews, including the Durham
College Golden Harvest and
the Durham College Urban Ale.
The centre has its own brewery on
site and is expected to open it in
Unique poutines
in Lord of the
Fries contest
Kirsten Jerry
The Chronicle
Beth Darrock has taken a crispy
victory as the winner of the third
annual Durham College Lord of
the Fries contest held on campus
through Smoke’s Poutinerie. Students
filled out a ballot choosing up
to four suggested food items to add
to a poutine dish.
Darrock, announced the winner
on Sept. 28, will receive free poutine
for a school year.
The new poutine, which contains
pulled pork, salsa, sour cream
and cheddar cheese, was available
to students as of Oct. 2.
The contest began when Aramark
food service director Thomas
Watt noticed how the Smoke’s
Poutinerie in downtown Oshawa
had its own signature poutine.
“I thought it would be kind of
cool to have a Durham College signature
poutine, thought it would be
a good idea if we let the students
pick what that signature poutine
would be,” said Watt. “We had a
lot of entries the first year and we
thought it would be kind of neat if
we had an every year switch with
what the signature poutine would
be, based on the contest.”
The name of the contest is a mix
of two things: A play on the title of
William Golding’s book Lord of
the Flies, and the nickname of the
Durham Lords sports teams, said
Veronica Trask, the Aramark food
services marketing coordinator.
The contest is not exclusive to
the Oshawa campus, as Whitby
students had their input as well.
“I think it was a Whitby winner
last year,” Watt said.
The contest received hundreds
of submissions this year.
Photograph by Shana Fillatrau
The third annual harvest dinner, with no shortage of guests.
“I think this is the most submissions
we’ve ever received,” said
Trask. “We had to take out the submissions
halfway through to empty
the box because it was too full.”
Watt suggested the contest
might go digital in the future and
added the student voice is important
for food services.
“If we’re not asking the students
for their involvement then we’re
just guessing.”
This year Lords Ken Babcock,
Trevor Stephens, Caleigh Coels,
Lucas Pichl, and Seenika Gilbert
along with MC Chris Cameron
judged the contest.
The submissions are narrowed
down to the top three for the judges.
“We try to find ones that are
unique… and that vary from each
one,” said Trask.
“The first year a lot of people
were being funny with some of the
answers they put in… ‘the tears of
orphans’ was one of the greatest
that we had,” Watt said.
Once the winner is chosen,
Trask said, he or she is given
vouchers.
This system has caused problems
in the past. “They want to
share the wealth,” Trask said, adding
that in past years the winner
might show up wanting twenty
poutines for friends.
“We have vouchers that are
singular as well as… ‘you and four
friends’.”
Watt said while Smoke's Poutinierie
helped in funding the original
contest, Durham and Aramark are
now. “It’s not like… they’ve told us
‘no,’” Watt said, “We have a big
enough budget for projects.”
Food services is planning to hold
the contest again next year.
the next few months.
Rob Grieve, a professor in the
Hospitality, Special Events and culinary
programs, along with Chef
Dave Hawey, another professor at
the Centre for Food, started the
Harvest Dinner three years ago.
Grieve said many of the 27 volunteers
from the hospitality program
had never served an event
before, as they just started their
program three weeks before the
dinner.
He said the event could be improved
with better communication
between the customers and the
hosts about how much food is going
to be served.
He said customers filled up on
food too early in the dinner, and
were unable to eat as much near
the end. “And, I feel bad for people
who are not hungry anymore,” he
said.
The unfinished food is composted,
while the extra food goes
to the students for their volunteer
work.
“So we’re very conscience of
waste. You’ll know that we’re green
certified, so we’re very conscience
of the waste that we’re creating
and making sure that we’re not
wasting food,” Grieve said. Also,
Photograph by Kirsten Jerry
The Durham College Lord of the Fries contest at the cafeteria.
extras were sold in the Pantry and
given to the restaurant to use.
The evening ended with mingling,
talking with new friends,
and eating desserts served in the
centre’s atrium. As Grieve put it,
“Nobody’s leaving hungry, that’s
for sure.”
Students from the following
programs participated:
• Culinary Skills
• Advanced Bakery and
Pastry Arts
• Culinary Management
• Horticulture Technician
• Horticulture – Food and
Farming
• Hospitality Skills
• Hospitality – Hotel and
Restaurant Operations
• Special Events Manage
ment

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Entertainment
Photograph by Mary Cousineau
The IT house, located on the corner of James Street and Eulalie Avenue, caught the public's eye during filming last year.
'IT' terrifies Oshawa
Stephen King
flick is highest
grossing
horror movie
Jacob Kirby
The Chronicle
The latest adaption of Stephen
King’s novel “IT’ has broken the
box office, grossing more than
$500 million worldwide making it
the most profitable horror movie
ever.
The film focuses on a group of children
as they’re terrorized by a demonic
clown known as Pennywise.
What makes the film stand out to
those from Oshawa though, is that
it was filmed in the city.
The haunted house, which was
located on the corner of James
Street and Eulalie Avenue, certainly
caught the public’s eye when
filming occurred in August, 2016,
with many eager to see the house
for themselves.
Now, the house can be seen on
the big screen which has many
Oshawa residents recognizing
their city.
But does recognizing the location
or knowing that the movie
was filmed in Oshawa change the
viewing experience for the audience
members native to the city?
“Definitely,” says Victoria Gray
who is a student in Durham College’s
Social Service Worker program.
“I went to the house, I saw it
and I saw them getting it prepared
and dressing it up and making it
look really creepy. So, it definitely
made me anticipate the movie
coming out even more, and then
when you saw it, at first it was
really weird cause your so into the
movie that you forget that you’ve
actually seen the house and it was
in Oshawa and then you kind of
remember it and you’re like ‘that
was really cool’.”
The house is no longer in Oshawa
and has been put away in storage
but when the house was up it
was used mostly for exterior shots.
However, this doesn’t mean that
filming wasn’t a busy process.
“There was at least five to 10 pay
duty police officers watching the
set at all times,” says Connor Leherbauer,
the business intelligence
coordinator for the filming office
for the City of Oshawa. “There
was a lot of crew and crew vehicles
that needed to be coordinated,
there were three to four different
stretches of streets that were closed
off so there was quite a bit of coordination
from our office and a
couple other agencies.”
IT opened strong, making $100
million and debuting at the top
spot in the box office in its opening
weekend and those numbers
are something the city is proud of,
Leherbauer says.
I would say
summer of next
year, if they're
coming back.
“We couldn’t have asked for anything
more as a city in terms of generating
attention,” says Leherbauer.
“Our film industry though is fairly
strong overall, we did very, very
well in 2016, even before IT had
come here in terms of film permits
we were processing.”
Leherbauer also mentions that
Oshawa was part of more than 25
television shows, films or commercial
productions last year.
As for a sequel, Leherbauer says
there haven’t been any plans made
yet.
“If we were to estimate when
they were coming back, I would
say probably summer of next year,
Photograph by IT Movie/Facebook page
IT opened Sept. 8 and has grossed more than $500 million.
if they’re coming back.”
The IT sequel is set to release
Sept. 6, 2019, and will take place
27 years after the events of the first
film.

12 The Chronicle October 10 - 16, 2017 chronicle.durhamcollege.ca Entertainment
A retrospective of 25 years of Art Fest
Culture days
exhibit marks
anniversary of
art movement
Tiago de Oliveira
The Chronicle
Steven Frank, curator of Gallery 67
in Oshawa, remembers what he felt
more than twenty years ago during
the original Art Fest, a meeting of
Oshawa’s local art talent to occupy
vacant buildings with art galleries.
“As we left the opening at the
Michael Starr building, hearing
the guitar player in the street singing
that, it actually seemed like the
potential of downtown Oshawa was
unlimited.”
Recently in collaboration with
the Robert McLaughlin Gallery,
the Oshawa Art Association, and
many individual collaborators, he
put together an exhibit and event
as part of Culture Days to mark the
25th anniversary of the original
Space Invasion art movement of
the 90s, a movement Frank is largely
credited with creating.
He says the recession Oshawa
suffered in the 1990s gave way to
empty real estate, inspiring local
talent to use the opportunities the
space provided to showcase their
art and inspire the community.
The artists, along with support
from then Mayor Nancy Diamond
and the Oshawa Times, developed
a plan to bring an art festival to use
all the empty space.
“We created a total win-win
situation for artists, the BIA, the
landlords, and city hall’s downtown
action committee that wanted to
help the downtown,” Frank says.
“It’s taken many years to bring
vitality back to the downtown, and
it’s still a work in progress.”
We have great
artists living in
our area.
He was inspired by a similar
movement in 1960s London with
musical groups that felt they didn’t
need to be validated by a larger
metropolitan centre for their work
to have value.
“Think globally, act locally,”
he says. “Having a philosophy of
regionalism works on many different
levels, not just art. There’s
a tendency to think what we have
in smaller urban centres isn’t as
Photograph by Tiago De Oliveira
Steven Frank, curator Gallery 67, poses next to his work, “I dreamed of multi-coloured
lunchboxes raining down upon the city."
good…but there are great artists
working everywhere.”
A large part of the motivation
behind the original Art Fest was
to challenge preconceptions that
Oshawa is solely a blue-collar town.
Frank said during the 1990s people
were “absolutely dumbfounded”
to see the renovated store fronts
turned into art galleries in downtown
Oshawa.
“I think we proved that we have
a very vibrant art community,” he
says.
“That we have great artists living
in our area, and we also proved
that festivals are best served by the
creative community.”
Future of the Sears Drama Festival in flux
High schools
losers after
cancellation
of event
Alex Clelland
The Chronicle
High school students in Durham
Region are feeling the loss of the
Sears Drama Festival after returning
in September. Many are
concerned about the future of the
event, wondering if it will secure
new funding to continue.
The Sears Drama Festival is
searching for new sponsorship after
announcing its funding was pulled
this past July. Sears Canada filed
for bankruptcy in June and quickly
pulled all funding for its sponsored
events.
The festival was a popular theatre
competition for high school
students across Ontario. It gave
young actors the chance to share
their plays with other schools and
communities across the province.
Canadian actors Keanu Reeves
and Rachel McAdams are notable
alumni of the festival.
Shera Eales, a teacher and the
Durham Region coordinator for
the festival, says losing the event
means students will lose the opportunity
to perform outside of a typical
high school environment.
“It will kill a lot of the networking
students do, not just across Durham,
but the regional competition
[across Ontario] as well. There’s a
lot of learning in theatre, because
you get the chance to see different
things done,” Eales says. “Often,
you don’t just go and perform
your show, you go and watch other
schools perform too. You get to look
at all different examples of theatre
and see what kids are capable of.”
The Sears Drama Festival was
founded in 1946, and celebrated its
70th anniversary last year before
coming to a close. It was regarded
as one of the oldest theatre competitions
for youth in the world.
Photograph by Alex Clelland
The Oshawa Little Theatre, located on Russett Avenue, has hosted the festival for decades.
High school students from across
Durham Region participated annually
at the Oshawa Little Theatre
every February. The festival
was a four-day event with plays
from different high schools every
night. At the end of the event, outstanding
actors and productions
were granted awards, scholarships,
and bursaries of up to $3,000.
Sue Hathaway, Sinclair faculty
member and theatre director, says
she’s frustrated. She’s not surprised
no one has stepped up to fund the
event.
“At the end of the day, if this
was a high school sporting event,
it would be funded already by
someone new. But we’re in the arts
department, and it’s still not [funded],”
Hathaway says.
She says the festival gave students
the chance to perform in front of
professional judges while receiving
critique from real-world industry
members. Losing this event will
take that valuable opportunity
away from young actors.
Despite the frustration, students
and faculty are hopeful the festival
will eventually resume.
Dennis Xoz, a Sinclair Secondary
School alumnus, participated
in the festival for four years and
says it impacted his life greatly.
“Theatre was my life. I lived
and breathed it, spent hours at rehearsals
and it gave me confidence.
I hope it continues, or if not, something
is organized to replace it,” he
says. “I really hope they get people
together in order for the festival to
continue, it was such a huge part of
high school for me and my friends,”
he says.
Plans are being discussed for a
Durham Region festival, and many
hope that a generous sponsor will
step up to continue the festival’s
legacy.

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Sports
Photograph by Matt Henry
UOIT midfielder Nicole Zajac (6) goes for a cross against Trent University.
UOIT women's
Matt Henry
The Chronicle
The UOIT women’s soccer team
has been unstoppable this season.
The Ridgebacks started and
stayed hot, earning their place
on top of the Ontario University
Athletics (OUA) standings with
a 10-0 record. They are second
in women’s soccer in the national
rankings.
Teamwork from players as well
as staff is what head coach Peyvand
Mossavat says contributes to the
team’s success.
“I am so blessed, I have some incredible
people around me that I
have had over the years. Led by my
long-time friend and mentor, assistant
coach Ramin (Mohammadi).”
Mossavat, who used to coach at
Ryerson prior to coming to UOIT,
was able to take the Rams to the
playoffs in just his second year on
the job, after the team went winless
for seven years.
The four time OUA coach of the
year doesn’t attribute the transfer of
his success from Ryerson to UOIT
to one particular tool in the belt.
The accumulation of information
over time has let new tools be found
then developed into new aspects of
the system. When you factor in a
highly experienced coaching staff,
Mossavat has been able to apply
that experience here.
“It’s not what I did at Ryerson
because if I knew what I knew today
I would have been able to do a
better job (there),” he said.
Hard work, staying humble and
commitment are just some of the
values the coaching staff of UOIT
is looking for when recruiting and
scouting potential players.
While being a technically sound
player is important, the players who
have bought into the existing system
are having the most success.
Taijah Henderson and Cassandra
Sirbny are prime examples of this,
Mossavat says.
Both Henderson and Sirbny have
made great strides since last season,
the coach says.
Henderson has gone from the
bench to tied for second in the nation
for goals and Sirbny has proven
to her coaches that she is worthy
of being the team’s captain.
There is no doubt that the Ridgebacks
are committed to winning.
Mossavat credits his tight-knit staff
as a group who depend on their
players succeeding as people off
the field, so they can succeed on
it as well.
Coach Mossavat says adaptability
and the will to grow as individuals
are critical pieces of this
team’s fabric. According to him,
it’s the athletes who don’t just have
raw skill, but the willingness to buy
into the system who will succeed.
With Canadian women’s soccer
on the rise, the Ridgebacks are
bringing the excitement to Durham
Region with each game. With
a supportive administration and
school, the Ridgebacks are proving
to be an inspiration.
In their last match, the Ridgebacks
put up a solid second half.
The defense stayed strong, and allowed
the offence to put on enough
pressure to take victory from the
Trent Excalibur.
UOIT will be looking to maintain
control of the Eastern conference,
when they take on Carleton
on Oct. 14.
Games in your backyard
Men’s basketball: Oct. 10,
Durham vs. Niagara. Campus
Recreation and Wellness Centre
(CRWC), 8 p.m.
Oct. 13, Durham vs. Lambton,
CRWC, 6 p.m.
Women’s basketball: Oct. 10,
Durham vs. Niagara, CRWC,
6 p.m.
Women’s softball: Oct. 14,
Durham vs. St. Clair, Durham
Field, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Oct. 15, Durham vs. Fanshawe,
Durham Field, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
Men’s soccer: Oct. 11, UOIT
vs. RMC, Vaso’s Field, 6 p.m.
Oct. 13, Durham vs. St. Lawrence,
Vaso’s Field, 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 14, UOIT vs. Carleton,
Oshawa Civic, 3:15 p.m.
Women’s soccer: Oct. 13,
Durham vs. St. Lawrence,
Vaso’s Field, 6 p.m.
Oct. 14, UOIT vs. Carleton,
Oshawa Civic, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15, UOIT vs. Ottawa,
Vaso’s Field, 1 p.m.
Photograph by Matt Henry
UOIT striker Cassandra Sribny (19) pressures a Trent defender.
Men’s hockey: Oct. 13, UOIT
vs. RMC, Campus Ice Centre,
3:30 p.m.
Women’s hockey: Oct. 14,
UOIT vs. Queen’s, Campus Ice
Centre, 3:30 p.m.
Oshawa Generals hockey:
Oct. 13, Oshawa Generals
vs. Hamilton Bulldogs, Tribute
Communities Centre, 7:35 p.m.
Oct. 15, Oshawa Generals vs.
Sudbury Wolves, Tribute Communities
Centre, 6:05 p.m.

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Ashfield preaching more than soccer
Cameron Bickle
The Chronicle
The Durham Lords men’s soccer
team may be enjoying a strong
start to the season so far in 2017,
but head coach Dave Ashfield is
quick to make sure his main focus
is not lost in expectations around
campus.
“We’re not just teaching soccer,
we’re teaching life lessons as well,”
Ashfield said of the Lords, who
started the season 4-2. “Values like
respect, discipline, and maturity,
they need to be developed, too.”
Ashfield, a former provincial,
national, and international player
himself, knows the importance of
life after soccer, and aims to transfer
that mentality to his team as
they continue their hot start to the
season.
“I would like to produce 25 great
soccer players, but the main goal
is to produce 25 great people,”
Ashfield added. His emphasis on
team character seemed to be on
display in the Lords’ season opener,
where they won an emotional contest
against Algonquin just months
after the tragic death of Thunder
star Alex Asmis.
However, Ashfield was ultimately
brought in with the purpose of
building a competitive soccer program,
and after years of developing
his roster, he believes this is a team
finally capable of contending for a
Photograph by Cameron Bickle
Durham Lords head coach Dave Ashfield instructing his team during its season opener.
championship.
“We have the talent, for sure, it’s
just a matter of competing every
game and staying composed,” Ashfield
said.
He later added that he believes
the Lords are in a good position
to battle for the East Division title,
where Durham currently sits one
game behind Algonquin for first
place.
While fans may look at the stats
and think the squad has been led
mostly by midfielder Bruce Cullen
and his five goals in five games,
Ashfield stressed that this is a “25-
man team, not a one-man team,”
and that he believes the roster has
enough depth to compete in a
tough conference.
He also acknowledged that the
Lords have a challenging schedule
ahead, though he believes that
“teams want to beat [Durham],”
a feeling of pride that has been
missing from the program since
he took over in 2014.
As hopes remain high for a talented
Lords’ program, Ashfield and
his players will shift their focus to
a pair of crucial matchups against
Seneca and Centennial in the coming
weeks. Both games could prove
to be pivotal in the East Division as
the year continues, with just under
half the season remaining.
Ridgebacks finish strong
despite crash during race
David Dengis
The Chronicle
Photograph by Tracy Wright
Lords coach Rosemary Theriault with her Hall of Fame plaque.
Lords coach inducted
into Softball Hall of Fame
Tracy Wright
The Chronicle
Rosemary Theriault has been a
coach for more than 40 years.
Her love for coaching started
when her children started playing
sports. Currently Theriault 65, is
the assistant coach of the Durham
Lords women’s softball team. She
also has the distinction of being the
first woman to be inducted into the
Maccabiah Softball Hall of Fame
for her outstanding participation in
the Maccabiah Games.
Morrie Frydberg, chairman for
Maccabiah Canada Softball says,
“Rosemary was the absolutely perfect
choice to be one of the first
women to be inducted in the Hall
of Fame.”
The longevity of her career and
strength of her coaching abilities to
recruit Jewish softball girls makes
her a success in coaching says, Frydberg.
Theriault is pleased about the induction
and being the first woman.
She feels very blessed. “Softball is
a growing sport all around the
world,” said Theriault. “It’s coming
back to the Olympic Games and we
couldn’t do it without the hard work
of volunteers everywhere.” When
you surround yourself with good
people good things will happen she
says. Theriault credits the support
of her family for allowing her to
do what she does. As a coach she
has travelled across North America,
Europe, and to Israel 2013 and
2017 as head coach for the Canadian
women’s softball team in the
Maccabiah Games. It is the fourth
time she has been inducted into a
sports hall of fame.
Her previous hall of fame awards
were for Ontario Ringette, Whitby
Sports, and Durham College.
Theriault, who hails from James
Bay, Ont. says she feels very blessed
to have received all these awards.
According to the Maccabi Games
website its mission is to promote
Jewish identity and to cultivate future
leaders through the passion of
sports.
Currently, Durham Lords
women’s softball team is going for
gold in the Ontario College Athletic
Association (OCAA) and Canadian
College University nationals. Theriault
says “always reach for the golden
ring if you fall short pick yourself
up and go again.” As for Theriault
she would like to continue coaching
as long as she is able to and they will
have her as a coach.
The UOIT Ridgebacks rowing
team placed second at Head of
the Trent in Peterborough in the
heavyweight men’s double race –
even after getting into a crash with
some other boats.
Nik Vantfoort, a rowing standout
and back-to-back UOIT athlete
of the week in September, was involved
in the boat collision.
“It was a bit of a kerfuffle at the
finish,” Vantfoort said. “We’re sent
off individually and we were doing so
well that we were catching the boats
in front of us. Three boats ended up
colliding, so we came to a dead stop
and had to start up again to finish
the last 20 strokes of the race. That
definitely slowed us down.”
It was Western University that
placed first in Sept. 30 race, finishing
30 seconds faster than Vantfoort and
his doubles partner, Braden Reid.
If it weren’t for that round of
bumper boats at the end, however,
Vantfoort thinks the result might
have been different.
“The stop took between 20 – 30
seconds, so we think it definitely
would have been close,” he said.
“But we’re super happy with the
result, even despite the crash. We’ll
let Western have this one; we’ll get
’em on the next one.”
Vantfoort placed second in singles
competition at Head of the Rideau
in Ottawa Sept. 24. He and Reid
also won a gold medal in doubles
at the Western Invitational earlier
in the season – a first in Ridgebacks
rowing history.
Vantfoort feels that certain connections
develop between teammates
and this has allowed Reid and
Photograph by David Dengis
UOIT rower Nik Vantfoort (left) with coach Jenn Durward
following a recent race.
himself to excel together.
“We talk about our race plans
beforehand,” Vantfoort said. “Like
during this race there’s two buoys
that we go through, and we planned
to do 20 hard strokes as soon as we
saw that buoy. So when we hit that,
I called it and we started flying. We
were throwing down so much speed
on that boat. Having that camaraderie,
and being able to be like we’re
both putting everything we have into
this boat right now, is just amazing.
That gets you through all the pain.”
Ridegbacks rowing head coach
Jenn Durward has been in the sport
for more than 20 years.
She understands that mentality
– that camaraderie – that builds between
teammates. It is something
that takes time, and trust.
“You can have races where you
weren’t fully focused and your head
wasn’t in the boat. It takes a long
time to get that mental aspect,” Durward
said. “But there are moments
in competition where everything just
clicks.
Everything can click with you and
your partner and there is like this
eerie calm where nothing else matters
and you’re just in that moment
giving it your all together. It gives me
goosebumps just thinking about it.”
Durward says Vantfoort has been
one of her top athletes for a long
time. He eats, sleeps and breathes
the sport. She thinks he has definitely
found his niche.
“There are two types of athletes
– some who finish after university
and that’s it for them, and others are
lifers… myself is one of them,” she
said, laughing.
“Nik is probably going to be one
too.”

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Student athletes have many
resources to maintain success
Photograph by Cam Black-Araujo
Lords players Robert Hauk
(left) and Mitchell Heineman
outside the Kinsmen Civic
Memorial Stadium.
Durham Lords
baseball on
campus?
Cameron Black-Araujo
The Chronicle
The Durham men’s baseball team
is coming home. According to Durham
College and UOIT’s Campus
Master Plan for future expansion, a
new baseball facility will eventually
be built.
The plans include a new baseball
stadium and other athletic facilities
on the north side of Conlin Road.
The project is supposed to be
completed by 2030 while the exact
timeline for the baseball facility is
unclear.
According to Ken Babcock,
Durham Lords athletic director,
the issue is that all academic buildings
and facilities can be funded by
the provincial government while
schools must come up with money
from elsewhere for athletic facilities.
Babcock says on-campus facilities
also bring many advantages to
a program.
“Having your own facilities on
campus, there’s a big advantage,”
he says. “It’s right there for staff and
for set-up, for the ability to attract
fans, and for relevancy of the student
athletes.”
It will be the first time the Lords
have a home to call solely their own
as they share Kinsmen Stadium
with Baseball Oshawa. Kinsmen
Stadium has been the home of the
Lords for the majority of its 25-year
history, but the team actually began
playing at Ritson Fields.
With the Lords finding themselves
as one of the top baseball
programs in Ontario, the team
hopes this new facility will one day
help bring in even more talent from
around the province.
Current Lords players Brenden
Watt of Point Clair, Que., says team
facilities are important when choosing
which school to play for.
“I came down here in the summer
to check out the school and that was
one of the first things I wanted to
know. I wanted to know what kind
of training facilities they had in the
school,” explained Watt.
While Kinsmen Stadium has
been sufficient to host college
baseball, Babcock says a field on
campus would solve players’ issues
of carpooling or taking the bus to
practices and home games.
Most importantly, says Babcock,
it would allow easier access for students
to attend games and create a
sense of school spirit.
Athletes say
maintaining a 2.0
GPA is easy with
campus resources
Pierre Sanz
The Chronicle
Student athletes at Durham College
have many resources available to
help them succeed and maintain
a high enough GPA to participate
in sports, according to DC Lords
soccer head coach Dave Ashfield.
However, balancing practices,
games and classes can get tricky.
Trevor Stephens is the goalie of
the Durham Lords men’s soccer
team and studies Sports Management.
He says the Lords practice
about four times a week in the evenings
with at least one game, maybe
two in a seven day span.
He says balancing the workload
isn’t difficult if his time management
skills are good.
“It’s not as hard as some people
think it is, especially if you give
everything you have, I get my
homework done before I come to
training,” said Stephens.
Student athletes on campus have
a variety of resources to help them
maintain the right GPA to participate
in sports.
On campus, there is the Varsity
Room, a study area on the second
floor of the Campus Recreation
Centre which is only open for athletes
to help them study in a quiet
area and be comfortable while doing
so.
According to the Ontario Colleges
Athletics Association (OCAA),
student athletes must maintain a
minimum 2.0 GPA and be a fulltime
student to play on a sports
team. A GPA between 1.75 and
2.0 would put them on probation.
Students can still play while on
probation as long as they meet their
academic and attendance objectives
of both their program and athletic
probation, according to the Code of
Conduct in the OCAA rules.
Ashfield says he preaches to his
players that school is more important
than sports.
“Our staff help our student athletes
to do their best and I always tell
the players that school is the main
priority, they’re not in school just to
play sports,” he says.
There is always the challenge
of missing class for a sport or vice
versa. Students must give their
training and game schedule to their
professors on the first day of class to
give them notice about an absence
so they can find a way to maintain
success in the classroom.
Ashfield says student athletes
have their grades monitored and
are given student advisors and/or
tutors if necessary.
Ashfield says his first year players
are put on attendance cards to ensure
they are going to class. “The
biggest transition that they have
and that we try to instill in them is
that this isn’t high school anymore,”
Ashfield says.
Stephens says student athletes
with part-time jobs find it a bit more
challenging to keep the balance.
“It’s all about time management,
but with a part time job, no matter
how good you are at juggling things
it does get pretty hectic once in a
while,” says Stephens.
Balancing academics and athletics
is tough, says Ashfield, but
with the amount of resources for
student athletes, it’s not as difficult
as it seems.

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