Day in the Life: Caroline Riedel
Have you ever admired the art on display in public places across campus? If so, you have Caroline Riedel to thank. Riedel is curator of the University of Victoria Art Collections, which means she wears many smocks. She trains and supervises students in workstudy or co-op positions, works with faculty to incorporate the collections into their teaching and research and with donors who want to give their art to UVic and—most visibly to us—programs display and exhibition spaces on and off campus.
Mosqoy: Two Dreams on Two Continents
“Mosqoy means dream in English. Dream,” says Elvira Huaman Guerra, speaking with the aid of a translator. The 22-year-old from Tanccac, Peru, is one of the two student ambassadors from the Sacred Valley now studying English at UVic’s English Language Centre, supported by the Mosqoy Foundation, which has very strong connections with UVic.
Sager honoured for life’s work
Dr. Eric Sager (history), an expert in historical research on the Canadian census who has worked tirelessly to communicate the relevance of history to our daily lives, was awarded the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC’s Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award on Apr. 11. CUFA BC represents approximately 4,600 university professors, instructors, academic librarians and other academic staff at five BC universities.
Jun receives achievement award
Dr. Martin Byung-Guk Jun (mechanical engineering) is the 2012 recipient of the I.W. Smith Award of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering for outstanding achievement in creative mechanical engineering within 10 years of graduation. Jun is the founder of UVic’s Laboratory for Advanced Multi-Scale Manufacturing. He is currently working on a number of projects related to micro-machining, nanoparticle spray coating, sustainable metalworking fluid application systems, micro-scale probing systems, and manufacturing of biomedical scaffolds for growing bone implants.
Vikes awards 2012
The UVic Vikes awarded their major awards and honoured three new inductees into the UVic Sports Hall of Fame on April 4 at the Victoria Conference Center.
Theatre prof returns to roots
Department of Theatre professor Brian Richmond returns to Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre this month to open his fifth production of Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave, which he directed for his Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre last year. Richmond co-founded Persephone back in 1975 and served as its inaugural artistic director, but this marks his first return as director in 25 years. “Persephone was the first major theatre initiative I undertook,” says Richmond. “[It] was conceived in what I would describe as the ‘angry young man’ phase of my life . . . whereas Blue Bridge has arisen in my more ‘mellow’ years. For me, this will be an opportunity to tie these two periods of my life and career together.”
UVic profs tops in research productivity, impact
Drs. Colin Macleod (law, philosophy), James Tully (political science, law, Indigenous governance, philosophy) and Hari Srivastava (math and statistics, emeritus) were listed in the March 27 edition of The Globe and Mail in a list of Canada’s top researchers in terms of productivity and impact, based on the “h-index,” a measure of citations to their published works. Srivastava received second ranking in the area of mathematics and statistics and Macleod and Tully received third ranking in the areas of philosophy and law, respectively.
Brian Richmond Returns to his theatrical roots
Department of Theatre professor Brian Richmond returns to Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre this month to open his fifth production of Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave, which he directed for his Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre last year. Richmond co-founded Persephone back in 1975 and served as its inaugural artistic director, but this marks his first return as director in 25 years. “Persephone was the first major theatre initiative I undertook,” says Richmond. “[It] was conceived in what I would describe as the ‘angry young man’ phase of my life . . . whereas Blue Bridge has arisen in my more ‘mellow’ years. For me, this will be an opportunity to tie these two periods of my life and career together.”
Ian McDougall supports students with new CD
School of Music professor emeritus and Order of Canada recipient Ian McDougall has launched a new CD to support Fine Arts students in financial need. The Very Thought of You, a collection of ballads from the ’30s and ’40s, features McDougall on trombone backed by a string orchestra; $10 from each $20 CD goes directly to a new emergency fund to benefit Fine Arts students. Made possible by the generous support of donors to the Ten Mile Limited Partnership—a dedicated team of UVic alumni and supporters—The Very Thought of You is available at the School of Music, Larsen’s Music, Lyle’s Place and Munro’s Books.
Working towards global education equity
Jessica Ball (child and youth care) is one of 15 world experts asked to join the Brookings Institute research task force to create a research agenda in support of the Global Compact on Learning (GLC). The GLC is a multi-donor initiative focused on closing the gap in education equity for over 75 million children of primary school age who are not enrolled in school, including 88 per cent of children in Africa and Asia, and children whose learning is disrupted by political conflict or emergencies.
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