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ST. EDMUND CAMPION
medal
Each year at the Campion Spring Convocation ceremony, a person is presented with the
St. Edmund Campion medal. It is awarded to an individual whose life and activities have
exemplified - in an outstanding way - the service of faith and the promotion of justice. These
ideals were championed by St. Edmund Campion and are embedded in the Jesuit philosophy
of education at Campion College.
Dr. Katherine Arbuthnott
Katherine Arbuthnott has been a member of the psychology department of Campion College
since 2004, and a member of the U of R psychology department since 1997. Over the years,
she has taught many of the undergraduate psychology classes, specializing in environmental
psychology, emotion, memory, and introductory classes in her later years.
Her research also spans many areas including attention and memory processes, self-regulation,
and conservation psychology. Some of this research has been supported by NSERC and SSHRC
grants. Her research in Conservation Psychology, focusing both on how the natural environment
improves emotional well-being and on strategies to encourage pro-environmental actions,
has also led to involvement with several community groups, including Fruit for Thought and
PPPI (Public Pastures, Public Interest). On campus, she worked with the Regina Public Interest
Research Group (RPIRG) as they initiated the Green Patch Garden, the campus beehive, and
the U of R Orchard.
“Campion has been the perfect academic home for
me. The mission statement aligns with my own values
and goals as a professor, and working here for the past
two decades has enabled me (most of the time) to
work at being the person I want to be. Interestingly, 30
years before I came to work at Campion, its importance
in my life was foreshadowed. Although I did not have
any connections to Campion at the time, one of my
early life milestones, marriage to my husband Dennis,
happened in the Campion chapel.
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