DECEMBER 10, 1999
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THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA DECEMBER 10, 1999 |
| Six women earned recognition awards for their contributions to the on- and off-campus community at this year’s UVic Women’s Conference in November.
Donna Denman, Jackie Langley, Dr. Phyllis Senese, Maia Tsurumi, Christine Welsh and Vicki Ziegler were all recognized for demonstrating leadership and outstanding performance, and for having made a contribution and impact on UVic and its communities, especially in the interest of women. Denman joined UVic health services in 1977 and has been its head nurse for 15 years. She has helped organize several wellness events on campus and practises what she preaches through morning beach walks, kayaking and gardening. Langley has worked at UVic for over 17 years in accounting services and the pension office. She’s been a speaker for CUPE 917 and 951 on pension planning and, as a strong supporter of equal pay for work of equal value, served on the joint job evaluation committee for 10 years until a new plan was implemented in 1998. Senese, a faculty member in the department of history, has focused her research for the past decade on anti-Semitism, racism and their intersection with nationalism. She has served on numerous university committees, has been active in women’s interfaith dialogue and, as a member of the executive of the Victoria Holocaust Remembrance and Education Society, has assisted in many projects, including the annual symposium on the Holocaust for Vancouver Island high school students. Tsurumi is a third-year science graduate student who, as a female oceanographer, serves as a model for younger women and girls. She was the lead student negotiator to establish the first contract for the Educational Employees Union. Welsh is an assistant professor in the department of women’s studies, where she is currently developing and teaching undergraduate courses on First Nations women and indigenous filmmaking. For the past 25 years, she’s drawn on her own Métis heritage to document the experience of aboriginal women in Canada on film. Welsh is currently working on a documentary about the Coast Salish woolmakers of southern Vancouver Island and developing a film on aboriginal two-spirited women. Ziegler has been the admissions coordinator and student advisor for the school of child and youth care for five years. During her 20 years as a child and youth care practitioner, she supervised many fourth-year practicum students in a wide variety of community settings. Ziegler was also instrumental in the opening of an on-site daycare at Victoria High School. |