values, as defined by the oxford english dictionary, refer to "a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgement of what is important in life."

this definition was taken to heart by your board of directors when they set out to define the core values of the alumni association. after much discussion and deliberation, they came up with the following five values, which we hope will reflect each and every one of our alumni.

diversity: we honour the individuality of our alumni and recognize that our lakehead family is strengthened by our differences.

curiosity: our sense of curiosity allows us to explore new paths and create new opportunities for alumni because we are always ready to question, challenge, and innovate.

lifelong learning: we recognize the importance of lifelong learning and support our alumni in their pursuit of personal and professional development.

relationships: we bring alumni together, bridging interests, geographies, and cultures, and we cherish the bonds that connect us.

pride: we embrace 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's rich history by building upon the best of our traditions and celebrating the accomplishments of our alumni and the university.

as winter turned to spring and pandemic restrictions lifted, the alumni association was pleased to participate in several events. in march, we sponsored the juried student art exhibition at the thunder bay art gallery and selected another piece to join our alumni art collection—nick the niffler will be on display at alumni house for the next year before moving to the alumni commons in 2023.

board member dr. jouni kraft poses with nick the niffler, a sculpture by visual arts student isabelle lamee that was purchased for the alumni art collection.

rounding out the “return to normal” was the resumption of the bill keeler memorial golf classic in august, which raised over $28,000. thanks to all our sponsors and participants.

finally, don’t forget to mark your calendars for homecoming, running from october 21-23 in thunder bay and october 28-29 in orillia, and the return of our varsity engagement program this fall.

karen boz, badmin'92                                                                mark tilbury, hbcom'94
president, alumni association                                                  executive director, alumni association

getting simcoe county grads job ready

lakehead external relations vp mike den haan with minister of colleges and universities jill dunlop and georgian college president marylynn west-moynes at the april 2022 lakehead-georgian funding announcement.

the ontario government is investing $2.56 million in the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 - georgian college partnership in simcoe county. nearly 3,000 postsecondary 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 currently benefit from this program, which allows them to earn both a university degree and a college diploma in four years. this partnership is focused on meeting the changing needs of the local economy and preparing graduates with a mix of degree-level education and technical skills.

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lakehead and georgian will each receive $1.28 million in 2022-23 to increase access to higher education and help 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 get good jobs.

"since 2017, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and georgian college's formal partnership has provided 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 from simcoe county and beyond with the opportunity to graduate from stem fields of study with the best degree-diploma learning experiences available," said lakehead president moira mcpherson.

welcoming interim orillia campus principal

dr. linda rodenburg stepped into the role of interim principal of the orillia campus on july 1, 2022. dr. rodenburg has over 15 years of teaching and service experience at lakehead orillia and in the external community. most recently, she's had a positive impact as the director of community engagement and lifelong learning. she's also an alumna with two lakehead degrees.

dr. linda rodenburg, interim principal of the orillia campus

according to president moira mcpherson, "the ongoing expansion of our orillia campus, including the objectives outlined in the orillia outlook plan, as well as the growth of our lakehead-georgian partnership, will continue to be top of mind during this transition."

dr. rodenburg is taking over from dr. dean jobin-bevans, who completed his term as principal of the orillia campus at the end of june 2022 and is returning to his scholarly research and to the classroom.

"my sincerest congratulations to dean for his significant achievements as principal," dr. mcpherson said.

new confederation college partnership

in april, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and confederation college signed a joint admission agreement for 33 diploma-to-degree programs. this will allow世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 earning a college diploma to seamlessly transfer to undergraduate
studies at lakehead. by eliminating red tape, time, and costs, the agreement will overcome barriers to higher education and encourage 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to continue their postsecondary education after they complete their diploma program.

"if covid-19 has taught us anything, it is that access to postsecondary education and the ability for individuals and families to plan long term cannot be taken for granted," said lakehead provost and vice-president (academic) david barnett.

this agreement expands existing diploma-to-degree programs already offered by lakehead and the college.

keeping workers safe

the ontario government is working for workers by investing $5.5 million in groundbreaking workplace health and safety research led by the enhancing prevention of injury and disability @ work (epid@work) research institute at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 .

dr. vicki kristman is the director of the epid@work research institute.

as part of this five-year project, epid@work will help northern ontario employers reduce mental health stigma in their workplaces, improve support for workers, and ensure that managers have the tools for the early identification of mental health symptoms.

"every worker in northern ontario should feel safe and supported on the job, and they deserve to come home safe to their loved ones after a hard day's work," said minister of labour, training and skills development monte mcnaughton.

the funding will also assist ongoing research to understand indigenous workers' experiences in northern ontario workplaces to prevent injuries and provide them with better mental health support.

helping hungry 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛

the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 student union (lusu) food bank on the thunder bay campus had its grand opening in june 2022. now called the food resource centre, it offers emergency food support to all lakehead 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .

the newly renovated food resource centre located in room 2014 b in the university centre.

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france's rennes school of business

a partnership with the rennes school of business in france will allow both lakehead and rennes 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to enrol in the new international dual degree program and earn two degrees in four years. lakehead 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 will go on a year-long exchange in their third year before returning to lakehead to complete their studies.

"our collaboration with rennes will allow us to strengthen our international partnerships and support our goal of developing cultural competencies and global skills necessary for the future," said lakehead vice-provost, international james aldridge.

upon graduation, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 will receive both an honours bachelormof commerce from lakehead and a bachelor in management from the rennes school of business. learn more at: www.hsbcwebinars.com/internationaldualdegree.

making the world a better place

lakehead was declared the highest-ranked university in the world with under 10,000 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in the annual times higher education impact rankings. these rankings measure the societal impact of universities by evaluating t heirsuccess in advancing the united nations' sustainable development goals (sdgs). according to the united nations, the sdgs are "a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity."

"over the last three years, we have strengthened our commitment to social justice and to indigenous, social, and environmental sustainability," lakehead president moira mcpherson said. "this ranking is so very exciting and reflects lakehead's role in fostering a greater understanding of local and global societal issues and inspiring positive change."

in addition, for the third year in a row, lakehead was one of the impact rankings' top 100 universities of all sizes—ranking 64th out of 1,406 universities from around the world.

anishinaabe kendaasiwin institute opens

may 30, 2022 marked the launch of the anishinaabe kendaasiwin institute (aki) at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . "anishinaabe kendaasiwin"—which loosely translates to "anishnaabe knowledge systems"—seeks to privilege anishinaabe ways of knowing. this encompasses championing research excellence defined by anishinaabe peoples and principles, expanding indigenous-governed and driven research, and supporting community building and mobilization between indigenous peoples.

"aki was founded on the premise that if research is done right, it can play an important role in advancing the visions and needs of indigenous peoples and lands," said aki director lana ray.

aki began its work by hosting "telling our stories: indigenous self-determination in data and research," a native american and indigenous studies association regional conference that took place in may 2022.

fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion

dr. sandra jeppesen is leading an international team of scholars and community organizations that will strengthen equity, diversity, and inclusion (edi) practices. dr. jeppesen—an orillia campus media, film, and communications professor—has received $448,376 from the social sciences and humanities research council of canada through their new race, gender, and diversity initiative launched this year.

"institutional policies surrounding edi have become commonplace, but have proven quite inadequate in improving inequality," dr. jeppesen said. "we aim to develop more effective practices throughout organizations."

results from their research will spur the development of toolkits and workshops that will assist organizations across canada through a proof-of-concept trial run.

a bridge to victory

世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 matthew scott, felix lasalle, damien grayda, philip duke, and paul graham demonstrate why their bridge came second in the lightness category.

lakehead's engineering team won first place overall in the student steel bridge regional competition organized by the american institute of steel construction and the american society of civil engineers in april 2022. this annual competition challenges student teams to create a 20-footlong steel bridge that's judged on construction speed, lightness, stiffness, construction economy, structural efficiency, overall performance, cost estimation, and aesthetics.

fourth-year civil engineering 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 damien grayda, paul graham, philip duke, felix lasalle, and matthew scott travelled to the university of illinois at urbana-champaign to compete. their victory in the regionals allowed them to advance to the finals at virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia, where they placed 11th overall and brought back two awards: second in lightness and second in cost estimation. lakehead also placed first among the canadian teams in overall ranking, ahead of the university of british columbia, which placed 14th.

$1 million for university-city partnerships

improving the health of thunder bay and ottawa residents is the goal of a partnership of academic researchers, universities, and municipalities that was awarded a $1-million grant from the canadian institutes of health research. 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , nosm university, and the city of thunder bay are collaborating with the university of ottawa and the city of ottawa to address health and safety priorities. thunder bay will receive $370k over four years to implement the project. the funding will also evaluate the reciprocal relationship between cities and academic institutions and their ability to improve population health outcomes. thunder bay and ottawa share many challenges linked to the social determinants of health in the areas of poverty, education, housing, racism, childhood experiences, and access to health services.

collaborating with writers, artists, and filmmakers

english and interdisciplinary studies professor dr. cheryl lousley and her research team received a $319,473 insight grant from the social sciences and humanities research council of canada. they're studying how three literary aesthetic modes—the poetic, the documentary, and the speculative—are used by indigenous, black, latinx, and asian-diasporic writers, filmmakers, and artists to grapple with, and change, debilitating political ecologies.

"we will examine how cultural production, political economy, settler colonialism, and environmentality intersected in four periods of the canadian nation-building project," dr. lousley said.

this research will fill a large gap since there is limited social sciences and humanities research focused on racialization and ecology in canada.

alumna jody macdonald has had enough adventures to fill most people's bucket lists several times over. and she has no intention of stopping anytime soon.

a world-class documentary, travel, and action sports photographer who studied outdoor recreation at lakehead, jody has spent the past two decades exploring the remotest spots on the planet and capturing their stunning beauty. from intimate portraits of bajau sea nomads sailing the waters off borneo to jaw-dropping shots of skydivers in freefall, jody shares her visual storytelling skills while raising awareness about climate change.

her images have appeared in dozens of publications such as outside, national geographic, bbc, men's journal, and forbes. she's brought extraordinary visual campaigns to life for clients like disney, hp, ford, british airways, and eddie bauer. her thirst for adventure travel has taken her to more than 110 countries—mostly on her own—resulting in many awards and accolades. she was named "one of the 25 most adventurous women in the past 25 years" by men's journal, hailed as one of "nine female adventure photographers who push the limits" by national geographic, and chosen as one of "the best travel photographers to follow on instagram" by uproxx.

indiana jones in the making

jody's appetite for globe-trotting began early. born in ottawa, she moved to saudi arabia at age two when her father took on a telecom project for bell canada. growing up in a gated community with other expat families, jody attended an international school.

"i really loved it. there was an olympic-sized swimming pool in the clubhouse and tennis courts—it was like a resort," she recalls.

the best perk? the company paid for family vacations, which allowed the macdonalds to travel through europe, africa, and asia during school breaks. by the time the family moved back to ottawa when jody was 16, she began imagining a life where she could be a real-life indiana jones, seeking adventures.

forging a unique path at lakehead

jody's two favourite classes in elementary school were physical education and art, and throughout high school she was drawn to adventure and outdoor sports, which led her straight to lakehead's outdoor recreation program—and a way to marry her varied interests.

"i dated a guy during my first year at lakehead who was really into photography, and he inspired me to take an elective photography class," jody says. "i thought, 'wow, this is amazing.'"

she enjoyed her time in thunder bay. "i had incredible outdoor experiences during my classes and outside of my classes. it was a revelation that i could combine my love of art and adventure and share it with people."

coping with the unthinkable

after university, jody worked as a mountain biking, river rafting, and kayaking guide in british columbia and alaska. her camera was always with her so she could refine her photography skills. she then took a photo editor job for mountain equipment co-op (mec) in vancouver, but quickly discovered that office life wasn't for her. when jody's boyfriend, chris neuman—an american paraglider and bush pilot she'd met in alaska—invited her to join him on a road trip through the united states in 2003, she decided to leave her job.

but two hours before the end of her shift on her last day of work, jody received the horrifying news that chris had died in a paragliding accident in idaho.

"it was a profound moment, because it was the first time i'd experienced a death in my life, and it was someone i loved," jody says.

 life as an extreme adventure

jody exploring alaska's knik glacier. "alaska is an iconic american destination to me because it has more than half of the world's glaciers and the two largest forests in the nation."

in 2004, jody met gavin mcclurg, who ran sailing charters in the south pacific, and she joined him for a stint as resident photographer. when the charter business proved a difficult way to make a living, they sold their boat in thailand and began offering membership-based kiteboarding expeditions for thrillseekers and professional athletes in remote corners of the world.

for the next 10 years, jody circumnavigated the globe twice, photographing kiteboarding, sailing, surfing, and paragliding expeditions—all while battling unrelenting seasickness onboard the 60-foot catamaran she called home.

jody says that for her, the perfect adventure includes adversity. when facing close calls while paragliding or sailing, rather than being overcome by fear or uncertainty, she embraces these situations because they help her discover more about herself.

"you learn very quickly to see everything as a great opportunity," she adds.

"in 2010, my partner gavin mcclurg and i sailed from madagascar to mozambique. our first stop was in the bazaruto archipelago, which had the largest sand dune we'd ever seen," jody says. we paraglided across it without helmets or shoes, something no one had ever done before. we accidentally destroyed our dinghy and ended up marooned there for two days and had to sleep in our wings—it was magical."

as she sold more images to top magazines, jody caught the attention of high-profile brands. she became known for her fearless creativity, whether it was photographing incredible images of bmx riders in kauai or strapping herself onto helicopters and airplanes 17,000 feet in the air to snap skydivers and paragliders.

a woman paddles her dugout canoe in the northeastern islands of papua new guinea. "the coast is sprinkled with communities where locals retain subsistence traditions, and they are some of the friendliest people you'll ever meet," jody says.

"jody was producing mind-blowing work featuring wildlife, action sports, culture, and conservation subjects," says her long-time friend and fellow explorer frank wolf. "her incredible eye and ability to access and shoot in far-flung areas, either on the ground, in the water, or in the air from her paraglider make jody one of the most uniquely talented photographers on the planet," wolf says.

when chasing down the perfect photo, jody looks for a compelling story. in 2010, while on assignment in india, jody saw a film about rajan, the world's last swimming elephant and was determined to swim with him.

"she doesn't let anything hold her back from following her dreams, she goes in 100% on her projects, no holds barred," wolf says.

in the 1950s, rajan and 10 other asian elephants were brought to the andaman islands in the indian ocean.

"they were brutally forced to learn how to swim so that they could float logged trees to nearby boats and swim on to the next island," jody says.

the time jody spent with rajan and his caretaker became a turning point in her career.

i didn't know what the story would be, but i knew i wanted to have that experience. in that photo, he looks like he's smiling, and that picture became my most famous photograph.

rajan, an asian elephant, is now 66 years old and retired. normally, elephants avoid the ocean because the salt dries out their skin and stings their eyes.

setting down roots and facing more hardships

in 2016, jody moved to the mountain town of sun valley, idaho. she had visited her late boyfriend chris there several times when he led paragliding expeditions, and she had also lived there briefly after he died.

"there is a great community of paragliders here and i fell in love with this place," she says.

capturing fleeting moments from behind the lens before they change forever didn't prepare jody for her closest brush with danger yet—right before the pandemic hit, doctors discovered a rare, five-inch tumour in her abdomen. they told her she had one to four years to live.

"i was one of eight people in the world diagnosed with the tumour, but after it was removed, they said it was benign and that i was totally fine," she explains.

jody sees her health scare, along with the pandemic, and the death of her father last summer as meaningful experiences to draw upon.

"the instances in my life that have been very hard and tragic are also great gifts because they help me realize how precious our time is," jody says. "it's like a smack in the face, saying: 'hey! you've really got to do the stuff you want to do.' my greatest fear is squandering my life."

celebrants in india dance and throw brightly colored chalk during the holi festival to mark the onset of spring.

to conserve and protect

her desire to do something meaningful with her life has motivated jody to become an engaged environmentalist. many of the distant places and wildlife jody shares with viewers are under threat of destruction or extinction. living at sea, she has witnessed the ocean's deterioration. using her photographic talents asa tool for advocacy, jody became active with sea legacy, a non-profit charity that protects oceans.

"i want to educate people and inspire them to experience wilderness areas and wildlife for themselves, because i think if they can see how wonderful and irreplaceable it is, they'll want to protect it," she says.

jody recently embarked on yet another big adventure. she's motorcycling across the tibetan plateau—the highest and largest plateau in the world.

"i've always wanted to do this. i don't know where it's going to lead me," she says.

"my hope is to start a youtube channel, find compelling photo stories along the way, and document everything."

  jody at a mayan temple in guatemala.

dr. amir ameli is an electrical engineering professor with the lakehead-georgian partnership researching how to stop cyberattacks against power systems. he describes his work as part of the last line of defence against cyberattacks that have already infiltrated power systems.

how did you become interested in researching cybersecurity for power systems?

i was actively looking for a good research topic for my phd at the university of waterloo when, on december 23, 2015, the first real-world cyberattack against a power system happened in ukraine. fifty substations were targeted by hackers and the supply of energy was disrupted to approximately 225,000 customers for about six hours.

i realized that cybersecurity would become a serious issue for these critical pieces of infrastructure in the near future. my main goal is to devise strategies, tools, and general principles to securely evolve and modernize power networks and to develop more reliable protection schemes.

why is cybersecurity important for power grids?

it is hard to overstate the importance of electricity to canada. any significant disruption of electricity directly impacts our national security, public safety, and economy.

for instance, a power outage in august 2003 in northeastern north america caused a loss of an estimated $2.3 billion cad to ontario's economy and very likely led to the loss of life. our reliance on electricity has grown significantly since then and is projected to continue to grow—most notably with the electrification of the transportation sector.

how much could electrical companies save by preventing hackers from getting in?

it depends on the type of attack and its objectives, but to give you a worst-case scenario, a cyberattack that shuts down parts of the united states' power grid could cost the u.s. economy as much as $1 trillion, according to a report published by reuters.

what are the goals of hackers attacking power systems?

some attackers are looking for financial gain, such as cheating power markets or securing ransom payments. the average ransom demand in canada was $148,700 cad in the first quarter of 2020 (canadian centre for cyber security), up 33% from 2019. some cyberattacks happen for political or terroristic reasons. for instance, in 2015, the department of homeland security confirmed reports of isis attempting to penetrate the u.s. energy system. attacking a country's power and energy system can paralyze all other infrastructure as well. in these cases, cyberattacks aim to create country-wide blackouts or cascading failures.

how much do cyberattacks cost businesses and governments annually in north america?

the statistics below provide a sense of the importance, frequency, and detection difficulties of cyberattacks:

• the average cost of a data breach in 2020 was $3.86 million usd (ibm)
• global losses from cybercrime are predicted to be nearly $10.5 trillion usd by 2025 (cybersecurity ventures)
• personal data was involved in 58% of data breaches in 2020 (verizon)
• 91% of attacks start through phishing (cybersecurity ventures)

in basic language, how do you prevent these systems from being hacked?

to prevent cyberattacks, we must identify potential entry points and open ports through which attackers can access the system. then, through a vulnerability analysis, we can figure out potential cyberattack targets and analyze the impact of attacks against them. once this has been done, we develop techniques to monitor the behaviour of critical components and schemes in real-time. if an attack bypasses the preventive measures and performs a malicious activity or succeeds in deviating the normal behaviour of a component or scheme, we can detect it. and, in some cases, we can mitigate cyberattacks.

how does the software you designed respond when a hacker attempts to access a power system?

we have different strategies for discovering and mitigating cyberattacks, for example, learning and detecting the signature of cyberattacks. the important point is that we don't have a one-size-fits-all solution— we must tailor solutions to the specifications, features, and needs of each individual application.

we can see eagles, hawks, and seals from our backyard," jacob vander ploeg says.

jacob (bscn'13) and his wife meagan (meg) (bscn'11) are fellow nursing grads living in the fly-in community of attawapiskat first nation, ontario, on the edge of james bay.

the couple work for the weeneebayko area health authority (waha)—a health-care network that supports communities along the james bay and hudson bay lowlands. jacob is the director of patient care while meg is waha's pandemic task force coordinator and staff educator. she and jacob met in church while the two of them were lakehead 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .

"my christian faith is the foundation of my life," meg says. "i also enjoy crocheting while jacob reads books by the fire. my friends joke that we are practicing for our eighties."

"i've always been involved in church life," jacob adds. "right now, i'm pursuing a master's degree in divinity."

after jacob graduated from lakehead, the newlyweds began looking for nursing positions in thunder bay, but there weren't any openings.

"we applied for nursing and personal support worker jobs across the province without success," jacob says, "so we reached out about nursing station positions."

in the winter, meg and jacob drive 10 hours on ice roads before reaching a paved highway that takes them to stores where they can buy supplies and groceries.

this led to jobs in moose factory, ontario, at waha's weeneebayko general hospital.

"i started as an inpatient department nurse and then cross-trained to the emergency room and obstetrics," jacob says. "i also became our ontario nurses' association bargaining unit president and an advanced cardiovascular life support instructor for the heart and stroke foundation."

meg worked as an operating room nurse and then became a non-violent crisis intervention course instructor, which better fit her interests in administration and advocacy. this opened the door for her to become waha's staff educator in 2017. then, in 2018, they moved to waha's short-staffed attawapiskat hospital.

"at that point, though, the director of patient care position was vacant, so they asked me to apply," jacob says. meg remained the staff educator.

"i coordinate education for all of waha's sites, so i was able to continue this role in attawapiskat," meg says. "in february 2021 i also became their pandemic task force coordinator."

their willingness to try a different path has brought fulfilling careers.

"i feel like i can make a positive difference through staff development, and through that, patient care," meg explains. "in the north, a lot of social and political divides are muted—everyone goes to work in the same ugly rubber boots."

jacob has become adept at managing the hospital's nurses, nurse practitioners, health-care aides, and registration staff.

"i don't think i'd have become the top health care person for a community at the age of 26 if i was in the south, but if you're good at your role, you advance quickly here."

their adopted home has given meg and jacob a deep sense of fellowship.

"people often come up north because they're adventurous, they care about others, and they want to invest in the community. those are great people to have around," meg says.

the groundskeeper was clearing brush in vancouver's stanley park in 1953 when something crunched underfoot.

the man had stumbled upon skeletal remains buried beneath layers of leaves and debris. the bones were small, but they appeared to be human. when officers from the vancouver police department (vpd) arrived, they quickly established that it was a crime scene.

two children had been bludgeoned with a hatchet laying nearby and covered with a fur coat. detectives also found two children's aviation caps, a woman's size 7½ penny loafer, and a lunchbox containing petrified food. it was obvious that the murders had been committed years earlier, around 1947, but no one had ever reported the children missing.

dubbed the "babes in the woods case," it would become vancouver's oldest unsolved crime.

"these murders have haunted generations of homicide investigators," said inspector dale weidman, the current commanding officer of the vancouver police department's major crime section.

over the decades, investigators were able to determine two crucial facts: they were the skeletons of two young boys and these boys were half-brothers. originally, it had been assumed that the smaller skeleton was that of a girl. what the police couldn't discover were the identities of the children.

that is until february 2022—nearly 70 years later—when the case broke wide open. the police revealed that the children were seven-year-old derek d'alton and six-year-old david d'alton.

inspector weidman explained that they "...presumed that the person who killed derek and david had likely passed away. but at this stage...it was always about giving these boys a name and finally telling their story."

the lost boys

the key to unlocking the babes in the woods mystery was found by 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's paleo-dna lab. in march 2021, redgrave research forensic services contacted the lab on behalf of the vancouver police. redgrave planned to use techniques from the emerging field of genetic genealogy, and they needed the paleo-dna lab to assist them because of its expertise handling ancient and degraded dna.

"ancient or degraded dna is anything that's been sitting out in the environment for a period of time," explains lab manager stephen fratpietro. "sunlight and water damage, for example, make dna degrade rapidly."

fratpietro, who has several degrees from lakehead, volunteered with the paleo-dna lab when he was a chemistry student before being hired by the lab in 2001. when redgrave got in touch last year, fratpietro says, "they sent us a tooth and a piece of the cranium from each child to extract nuclear dna that could then be sent to another lab for whole genome sequencing."

stephen fratpietro (bsc'97/hbsc'98/msc'01/bed'01) says: "it's gratifying when we're able to solve a mystery and make a difference." other high-profi le cases the paleo-dna lab has unravelled include identifying a member of the disastrous 1845 franklin arctic expedition and the titanic's unknown child.

redgrave didn't provide any background information about the samples to ensure that the results weren't biased.

"they just mentioned that it was a high-profile case, and nothing else," fratpietro says.

it took about a week to extract the dna.

"we sterilize the surface first, then crush the bones into powder and chemically break them down so that we're dealing with a solution," stephen says. "then we isolate the dna from the other components in the solution."

unfortunately, they couldn't get enough dna on the first attempt. so, in august 2021, redgrave sent a larger piece of the older boy's cranium. on this second attempt, fratpietro's team was able to extract enough material for the dna to be sequenced.

this allowed redgrave to compare the brothers' dna to the dna databases of private genealogical and ancestry companies. when they ran their search, redgrave found a relative—one of the boy's maternal grandparents. vpd lead investigator, detective constable aida rodriguez, said that a family member had uploaded a dna sample with the express purpose of learning what had happened to their relatives.

"the story that had been handed down to them was that the boys had been removed from the residence by the [social services] ministry," the detective constable said. "even though this family member did their best to talk about the boys and try to get the story, the only response they got from family was silence. the absence of the boys was never discussed."

solving a 70-year-old mystery

in a media release, the vancouver police department said they believed that derek and david were descendants of russian immigrants who came to canada at the turn of the 20th century. the police also revealed that the boys attended the henry hudson elementary school in vancouver's kitsilano neighbourhood and that one of the boys' close relatives lived near the entrance to stanley park.

eve lazarus, an author, journalist, and host of the true crime podcast, cold case canada, was able to add more details to the account of the babes in the woods case when she interviewed derek and david's great-niece, ally brady. brady only became aware of her uncles' existence while looking through a family album with her grandmother diane, who was reluctant to talk about her younger brothers derek and david.

"i remember my mother sharing stories with me about her mother's poverty and how they used to jump out of windows at places they were renting in vancouver to avoid having to pay because they were just so poor," ally said in a 2022 story written by lazarus.

in 2020, brady submitted a sample of her dna to 23andme while brady's mother cindy submitted a sample from diane to myheritage in the hopes of discovering if derek and david were still alive. one police theory was that the boys were killed by their mother who then committed suicide, which would explain the presence of the fur coat and the women's penny loafer at the site of the murders.

lazarus, though, has doubts, especially since the boys' mother eileen bousquet died in 1996 at the age of 78.

journalist eve lazarus says that eileen's granddaughter cindy doesn't believe that eileen killed her children. cindy described eileen as a lovely, gentle woman. in talking to derek and david's family, lazarus also confirmed that eileen was of both métis and russian heritage. photo credit: vancouver police department

for inspector weidman, finally identifying derek and david brings a sense of resolution as well as sadness.

"although significant folklore has surrounded this case for years, we must not forget that these were real children who died a tragic and heartbreaking death."

"my family has a long history of engineers, including my father, and with my love of science and math, it made sense for me to become an engineer too," avery williams says.

in june 2022, avery graduated from the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 -georgian college (lugc) electrical engineering program and is now working for innovative automation in barrie.

"having just graduated, it's really cool to see your work come to life," she says, "to be able to draw something two-dimensional and transform it into something three-dimensional."

in high school, avery took drafting, machine shop, and wood shop—classes that gave her the opportunity to make things ranging from firepit rings to a snowboard rack for her sister.

avery's woodshop teacher recognized her talent and encouraged her to apply to the lakehead-georgian program, which allows 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to earn both a degree and a diploma. it was a bonus that as an orillia native, avery wouldn't have to leave her hometown to go to university. and as she immersed herself in the study of electrical engineering, she began to see the possibilities it offered.

a lot of people think we're glorified electricians, but it's much more than that. electrical engineering encompasses communications, power distribution, and the development and design of processors and microchips.

while at lakehead-georgian, avery made time to be part of the campus outside of the classroom. she had a summer job as a communications assistant with lakehead's external relations department and she was a force to be reckoned with on the basketball court—her athletic prowess won her the 2019-20 rookie of the year award in women's basketball.

today, avery is well settled into her job as an electrical designer with innovative automation, a company committed to being "the first-choice provider of automation solutions to global leaders in manufacturing."

"we specialize in automotive product development through the use of assembly lines, and we're the creators of robo tape—a system that applies different materials in strips," avery says.

her team oversees the electrical requirements of the assembly lines developed by the company's mechanical team. this includes the implementation of sensors and safety components such as light curtains.

"light curtains keep operators safe—it's an emergency stop that's triggered when an operator enters an unsafe zone, for example, accidentally putting their hand where it could be injured."

avery started with innovative automation while still a student, and during the summer of 2021 she worked alongside their lead electrical designers fabricating headlights for ford f150 trucks.

"we built the lights from start to finish with robot and human operators."

avery thinks more people should consider a career in engineering. "people will say to me, 'oh, you're an engineer, you must be so smart,' but it's more about perseverance."

next on the horizon for avery is attaining her professional engineer's licence, a process that takes four years. in the long term, she envisions working in the green energy field.

"i'd love to harness energy that's less damaging to the environment. where we harvest energy is key, for instance, the heat and winds of the deserts make them ideal places for solar and wind energy production."

an unexpected phone call in may 2019 changed evelyn baxter's life.

when she answered, the woman on the line identified herself as then attorney general caroline mulroney. mulroney told evelyn that she was no longer a lawyer—she'd been appointed a judge of the ontario court of justice.

"at first i thought it was a prank call," evelyn laughs.

when she realized it wasn't a joke, she was overcome with emotion. what followed next was a whirlwind of activity undergoing initial training and winding up her previous work chairing the grassy narrows & islington band mercury disability board in kenora. this is the board that administers disability pensions for people poisoned by mercury dumped in the english and wabigoon river systems by two paper companies—an environmental and human catastrophe that began in the 1960s.

then, on july 8, 2019, she was officially sworn in as a judge and became known as the honourable justice evelyn baxter. her swearing-in was a combination of the court's usual format enhanced with anishnaabe tradition and ceremony.

"as a lawyer, being appointed to the bench can be the epitome of one's career. it was my aspiration," she says.

this wasn't just a personal achievement for evelyn, who is from the marten falls first nation and grew up in and around thunder bay.

i'm the first indigenous person from the nishnawbe aski nation (nan) appointed to the bench.

nishnawbe aski nation represents 49 first nations communities in northwestern ontario, including marten falls. as far as she is aware, in 1993, evelyn became the first member of a nan community to be called to the bar in ontario.

"i come informed from my upbringing as an indigenous person," she says, "and it's important for first nations communities to see other indigenous people working in the justice system."

as a judge, evelyn spends most of her time presiding over criminal, family, and child protection matters. she is based in the kenora court but presides in fort frances, rainy river, and atikokan when needed.

"in addition, our court travels to many nan fly-in communities in the north where we usually hold court in community centres and school gyms. it's a unique part of the job."

the idea of entering the legal profession took hold of evelyn early. as a youngster, one of her favourite tv shows was the law school drama the paper chase.

"it made the law seem fascinating, and i announced to my parents that i was going to be a lawyer, although i don't even know if i knew what a lawyer was," she says.

her parents always supported evelyn's path to law school and instilled in her and her sisters the importance of education. evelyn would go on to study political science with a minor in law at lakehead, and she credits lakehead with cementing her desire to become a lawyer.

"i have fond memories of my undergraduate days. lakehead was the perfect choice for me because i was still young and not quite ready to leave home to attend university," she explains.

evelyn subsequently earned a law degree at queen's university in 1991 and then spent the next 10 years in toronto. she primarily practiced criminal law and, even at this early stage of her legal career, became a tireless advocate for indigenous and social issues as well as aboriginal and treaty rights. her goal was to redress injustices faced by indigenous people and to create a more compassionate society for all canadians.

evelyn worked in legal and political advisory positions with, and for, nishnawbe aski nation for over 25 years. she was also the nishnawbe-aski legal services executive director and chaired chiefs' assemblies for the chiefs of ontario and nishnawbe aski nation. in addition, she was an adjudicator with the ontario criminal injuries compensation board, which compensates victims of crime for losses or injuries they sustained.

evelyn (ba, political studies, 1988) looks forward to a meaningful career as a judge and is grateful for her husband's support. her fierce commitment has had an impact on northwestern ontario, including at lakehead's bora laskin faculty of law. she was nan's representative on the committee that created the law school, a member of the law school's anishinawbe omaa minowaywin (aom) advisory committee, and briefly served on the student law clinic advisory committee.

at evelyn's swearing-in ceremony, former nan grand chief alvin fiddler (left) presented her
with a special gift. when she's not working, evelyn likes to spend time with friends and family.
she also enjoys travelling, reading, crocheting, and baking.

"lakehead gave me my foundational start, so i wanted to give back in some way," she says.

evelyn has forged a legacy at the national level as an adjudicator with the indian residential schools independent assessment process. she travelled across canada from 2009 to 2019 listening to the testimony of residential school survivors and determining the level of compensation they would receive for abuses they suffered while 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 at these schools.

it's noteworthy that the baxter family commenced one of the first national class actions that led to the residential school settlement.

"although my grandparents, my mother, and my aunts and uncles, as well as many cousins, were sent to residential schools, i didn't expect to hear the things that i heard—the cruelty of it," she says.

an essential component of evelyn's role was to encourage and approve healing plans for survivors. this allowed them to receive counselling and therapy and ensured they could buy medical equipment to cope with physical, sexual, or psychological injuries inflicted upon them as children.

"we adjudicators heard around 40,000 stories," evelyn says. "it gave me more insight into people's traumas and why they behave the way they do. it explains what i'm seeing in my courtroom in the people that come before me. it's intergenerational trauma, and it's pervasive."

some of the survivors sent her heartfelt letters telling her that by listening and believing them, she had made a difference in their lives. today, she sees many people continuing to struggle with social and family issues, mental health, and addictions. that's why evelyn wants to use her role as a judge to be an instrument for change.

"we must find a better way to address these issues before they're criminalized and wind up in a courtroom because by the time people come to court, the damage has been done. we can't lose sight of the human beings who are suffering."

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in honour of its 40th anniversary last year, lusu has made a record-breaking gift of $150,000 to create new student bursaries and an additional gift of $150,000 to go to areas of greatest student need. their kindness and generosity will offer a lifeline to young people struggling to get by—it's all part of the organization's commitment to 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .

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a mythical monster in an awkward predicament is the subject of val murray's picture book, kate and the dragon.

it's a story that has roots in the author's childhood—val is a lakehead english student who grew up north of toronto on 10 acres of protected wetlands.

"there weren't a lot of people to hang out with and we didn't have a tv, so my sister kate and i spent a lot of time entertaining ourselves with books and our imaginations," val says.

kate was a daring kid always ready to seek out challenges, like having pretend sword fights with sticks and curtain rods.

"it's why i named my main character after her," val explains. "even the name katherine means 'warrior.'"

years later, in 2019, val was taking a children's literature course with dr. chris parkes, and, for their final assignment, he gave the class the option of writing a children's picture book. val drew upon her youthful escapades and a writing prompt she remembered seeing on the microblogging website tumblr that asked users to write about a dragon stranded on a tower. she then worked on her story for three years before self-publishing it in february 2022.

the result is an epic tale about "a knight named kate and a wizard named sebastian who investigate an unusual dragon situation."

val says that as a child, "i read everything i could get my grubby hands on. i slept with a book under my pillow, and i had a book open in my desk at all times." the beautiful images in the book were created by sarah johnston—one of val's childhood friends who is studying illustration at ocad university.

the story is also a celebration of inclusivity and a rejection of gender and racial stereotypes—an influence from author rick riordan’s percy jackson fantasy series. val envisions kate and the dragon as the first in a series of at least six books called the avalier adventures. she’s hoping that book two—sebastian and the royal heir—will be out sometime this fall. she’s had an enthusiastic reaction to her book from adults and children alike, including at a daycare centre reading.

“there’s nothing like 50 preschoolers treating you like a rock star to boost your confidence,” val says.

if you’d like to purchase your own copy of kate and the dragon, visit val’s website: valleylilymurray.ca