Media are invited to attend for remarks and photo opportunities with volunteers, students and senior staff
Thursday, June 19, 2014, Peterborough, ON
Trent University will hold a special Legacy Celebration event on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in celebration of the members of its Legacy Society, the volunteers who have supported the Legacy Campaign, and the positive impact on the future of the University. The celebration will feature alumna Leah Eustace ’86, principal and managing partner at Good Works Company, as the guest speaker. The event will also feature the unveiling of a new Legacy Wall.
Launched in September 2012, Trent’s Legacy Campaign has called upon alumni, staff, faculty, friends, and other community members to step forward, share their stories, and join in creating Trent’s future, right now, through their own legacy. The Campaign has more than doubled the Legacy Society, welcoming more than 100 new members.
Trent is an institution profoundly anchored in philanthropy, beginning with the generous gift of 100 acres of land from General Electric to create the Symons Campus. The individuals who have created legacies at Trent University are among those whose lives have been transformed by their experiences at Trent and who believe strongly in the power of education. Trent’s Legacy Campaign aims to enable the University to continue inspiring and educating students for generations to come.
Event Details:
Event: Celebrating Legacies - appreciation event for members and volunteers
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Bata Library, Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8
For more information, please contact:
Sherry Booth, senior development officer, Trent University
705-748-1011 ext. 7593 or sbooth@trentu.ca
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Former Canadian Ambassador Shares Experiences of Cuba with Students at Trent University Oshawa
Media invited for brief interviews and photo opportunity
Tuesday, June 17, 2014, Oshawa, ON
Mark Entwistle, former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, will participate in an undergraduate seminar session at Trent University Oshawa on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. Media are invited to attend a small opening reception for interviews and photos with Mr. Entwistle.
The seminar on Cuban-North American relations is taught by history professor Dr. Robert Wright. "Few Canadians know Cuba as well as Mark," says Prof. Wright. "Students will have the opportunity to discuss what they have read about Fidel Castro, for example, with somebody who spent over a hundred hours in his presence. But more than this, Mark has literally lived Canadian history, whether serving at the Canadian Embassy in the 'perestroika' era Moscow of Mikhael Gorbachev, or advising Canadian prime ministers and ministers. It is this extraordinary wealth of experience that Mark brings to the students of Trent Oshawa."
Mr. Entwistle was a Canadian diplomat for sixteen years and served as Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Cuba from 1993 to 1997. Among other achievements, he drafted the 14-point joint Canadian-Cuban declaration that ultimately led to the Chrétien-Castro state visit of 1998, the only one of its kind other than Pierre Trudeau's visit in 1976. Mr. Entwistle is widely regarded as the most activist ambassador Canada ever posted to Cuba. His Foreign Service career included assignments at the Canadian Embassies in Tel Aviv, Israel (1982-1985) and Moscow, in the former USSR (1986-1989), where he was responsible for political analysis and bilateral relations.
Prof. Wright interviewed Mr. Entwistle in 2004 while researching his book on Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro, Three Nights in Havana. Since that time, Prof. Wright and Mr. Entwistle have collaborated on several projects, including a highly successful round table on Cuba held at Trent Oshawa in November 2007, and the 2009 book Our Place in the Sun.
Event Details:
Event: Former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, Mr. Mark Entwistle, at Trent Oshawa
Date: Monday, June 23, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Trent University Oshawa, Room 103
55 Thornton Road
Oshawa, ON L1J 5Y1
Tuesday, June 17, 2014, Oshawa, ON
Mark Entwistle, former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, will participate in an undergraduate seminar session at Trent University Oshawa on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. Media are invited to attend a small opening reception for interviews and photos with Mr. Entwistle.
The seminar on Cuban-North American relations is taught by history professor Dr. Robert Wright. "Few Canadians know Cuba as well as Mark," says Prof. Wright. "Students will have the opportunity to discuss what they have read about Fidel Castro, for example, with somebody who spent over a hundred hours in his presence. But more than this, Mark has literally lived Canadian history, whether serving at the Canadian Embassy in the 'perestroika' era Moscow of Mikhael Gorbachev, or advising Canadian prime ministers and ministers. It is this extraordinary wealth of experience that Mark brings to the students of Trent Oshawa."
Mr. Entwistle was a Canadian diplomat for sixteen years and served as Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Cuba from 1993 to 1997. Among other achievements, he drafted the 14-point joint Canadian-Cuban declaration that ultimately led to the Chrétien-Castro state visit of 1998, the only one of its kind other than Pierre Trudeau's visit in 1976. Mr. Entwistle is widely regarded as the most activist ambassador Canada ever posted to Cuba. His Foreign Service career included assignments at the Canadian Embassies in Tel Aviv, Israel (1982-1985) and Moscow, in the former USSR (1986-1989), where he was responsible for political analysis and bilateral relations.
Prof. Wright interviewed Mr. Entwistle in 2004 while researching his book on Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro, Three Nights in Havana. Since that time, Prof. Wright and Mr. Entwistle have collaborated on several projects, including a highly successful round table on Cuba held at Trent Oshawa in November 2007, and the 2009 book Our Place in the Sun.
Event Details:
Event: Former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, Mr. Mark Entwistle, at Trent Oshawa
Date: Monday, June 23, 2014
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Trent University Oshawa, Room 103
55 Thornton Road
Oshawa, ON L1J 5Y1
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Trent University Receives National Award for Best Print Ad
CCAE silver award for Trent’s dynamic Legacy Campaign ad series featuring founding president Dr. Tom Symons, professor John Wadland, and chancellor Dr. Don Tapscott
Wednesday, June 11, 2014, Peterborough
Trent University has been awarded a top prize from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) in the 2014 Prix D’Excellence Awards – a Silver Award for the category Best Print Ad or Poster in the country for its dynamic and engaging series of print ads promoting the University’s Legacy Campaign.
The CCAE Prix D’Excellence awards, which were presented at a conference in Edmonton June 4-6, 2014, recognize outstanding achievements in alumni affairs, public affairs, development, student recruitment and overall institutional Advancement in universities across Canada.
The judges praised the Trent ads for being “entertaining and engaging” and “very appropriate to the target audience.” They also lauded the ad campaign for its clever tagline, “What will your legacy be?” and strong call to action.
The overall goal of the Legacy Campaign ad series was to create a personal, inspirational and provocative donor-centred advertising series that showcased individuals who either have already provided a realized estate gift to the University or already included Trent University in their estate plans. As part of the Legacy Campaign, the ads were used to encourage and entice others to become legacy donors at the University. Overall, the donor-centred advertising series was developed to demonstrate legacy giving on a human level that is personal as well as purposeful.
The key to the campaign was selecting and highlighting strong inspirational leaders for the ads. Each individual chosen is a well-recognized, highly-respected leader within their own communities. All Trent constituencies were covered with the series as it showcased alumni, faculty, retirees, community members and board members, highlighting that legacy giving is relevant and important for all people associated with Trent and our community. Individuals included: Dr. Charles Omole ’64, a small town Ontario surgeon from Nigeria; Erica Cherney, Trent’s first female Board chair; Trent’s founding president Professor Tom Symons; Dr. Deborah Berrill, founder of Trent’s School of Education; and more.
As a result of the campaign, the University has more than doubled its Legacy Society, welcoming more than 100 new members.
The 11-part ad series has been featured in Peterborough’s two local newspapers as well as in the University’s alumni publication, Trent Magazine.
To view the complete award-winning ad series and to learn more about the Legacy Campaign, visit www.trentu.ca/legacy.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014, Peterborough
Trent University has been awarded a top prize from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) in the 2014 Prix D’Excellence Awards – a Silver Award for the category Best Print Ad or Poster in the country for its dynamic and engaging series of print ads promoting the University’s Legacy Campaign.
The CCAE Prix D’Excellence awards, which were presented at a conference in Edmonton June 4-6, 2014, recognize outstanding achievements in alumni affairs, public affairs, development, student recruitment and overall institutional Advancement in universities across Canada.
The judges praised the Trent ads for being “entertaining and engaging” and “very appropriate to the target audience.” They also lauded the ad campaign for its clever tagline, “What will your legacy be?” and strong call to action.
The overall goal of the Legacy Campaign ad series was to create a personal, inspirational and provocative donor-centred advertising series that showcased individuals who either have already provided a realized estate gift to the University or already included Trent University in their estate plans. As part of the Legacy Campaign, the ads were used to encourage and entice others to become legacy donors at the University. Overall, the donor-centred advertising series was developed to demonstrate legacy giving on a human level that is personal as well as purposeful.
The key to the campaign was selecting and highlighting strong inspirational leaders for the ads. Each individual chosen is a well-recognized, highly-respected leader within their own communities. All Trent constituencies were covered with the series as it showcased alumni, faculty, retirees, community members and board members, highlighting that legacy giving is relevant and important for all people associated with Trent and our community. Individuals included: Dr. Charles Omole ’64, a small town Ontario surgeon from Nigeria; Erica Cherney, Trent’s first female Board chair; Trent’s founding president Professor Tom Symons; Dr. Deborah Berrill, founder of Trent’s School of Education; and more.
As a result of the campaign, the University has more than doubled its Legacy Society, welcoming more than 100 new members.
The 11-part ad series has been featured in Peterborough’s two local newspapers as well as in the University’s alumni publication, Trent Magazine.
To view the complete award-winning ad series and to learn more about the Legacy Campaign, visit www.trentu.ca/legacy.
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Monday, June 2, 2014
Trent University Oshawa Professor Robert Wright Launches New Book
Excerpt from best-selling author Prof. Wright's thrilling new book in Montreal Gazette
Historian, bestselling author, screenwriter and Trent University Oshawa professor Dr. Robert Wright will launch his next book, The Night Canada Stood Still, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. A lengthy excerpt has been printed in the Montreal Gazette, which can be read online.
The new book revisits the drama and intrigue that led to the 1995 Quebec referendum which nearly split the nation, blending the historical details around the sovereignist campaign with the excitement and anxiety that was felt by Canadians watching the election results across the country. Dr. Wright has won a prestigious $15,000 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts for The Night Canada Stood Still, the latest in a series of accolades for his published work, including the Lela Common Prize for Canadian History for his national bestseller Three Nights in Havana (2007).
Dr. Wright, a professor of History at Trent University Oshawa, has built his career by challenging the way we think about Canadian history, foreign policy and sovereignty issues. His books include Our Man in Tehran: Ken Taylor and the Iran Hostage Crisis (2011), which was turned into a full-length, critically-acclaimed documentary film co-written by Dr. Wright.
Historian, bestselling author, screenwriter and Trent University Oshawa professor Dr. Robert Wright will launch his next book, The Night Canada Stood Still, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. A lengthy excerpt has been printed in the Montreal Gazette, which can be read online.
The new book revisits the drama and intrigue that led to the 1995 Quebec referendum which nearly split the nation, blending the historical details around the sovereignist campaign with the excitement and anxiety that was felt by Canadians watching the election results across the country. Dr. Wright has won a prestigious $15,000 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts for The Night Canada Stood Still, the latest in a series of accolades for his published work, including the Lela Common Prize for Canadian History for his national bestseller Three Nights in Havana (2007).
Dr. Wright, a professor of History at Trent University Oshawa, has built his career by challenging the way we think about Canadian history, foreign policy and sovereignty issues. His books include Our Man in Tehran: Ken Taylor and the Iran Hostage Crisis (2011), which was turned into a full-length, critically-acclaimed documentary film co-written by Dr. Wright.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Trent University Anthropology Professor Receives Funding for Research at Ancient Maya Site in Belize, Central America
Dr. Helen Haines to receive $20,000 through a prestigious grant from the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration
Friday, May 30, 2014, Oshawa, ON
Trent University Oshawa professor Dr. Helen Haines has received a coveted $20,000 grant from the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration in support of her excavation project work at the ancient Maya site of Ka’Kabish in Belize, Central America.
Professor Haines, who teaches anthropology at Trent and is a research fellow of the Trent University Archaeological Research Centre (TUARC), has been conducting research on Maya culture in northern Belize for 25 years. She is currently the director of the Ka’Kabish Archaeological Research Project (KARP), which is focused on understanding the development of social stratification and its transformative role in the development of early states. Prof. Haines was thrilled to learn that she and her team will receive funding from the National Geographic Society, stating that the grant will provide immense help with both support of student research and project infrastructure.
“I am deeply honoured to be receiving a National Geographic Society grant,” said Prof. Haines. “I remember reading National Geographic journals as a child, and to think that I might one day be featured in one of their volumes is a dream come true.”
Joe Muldoon, head of Trent University Oshawa, noted that Trent has a thirty-year history of archaeological research in Belize with Professor Paul Healy. “Prof. Helen Haines continues this tradition of excellence, and this recent grant from the National Geographic Society will help support her outstanding research program involving both undergraduate and graduate students,” Mr. Muldoon said.
Prof. Haines’s dream of becoming an archaeologist began when she found a book about Heinrich Schliemann’s discovery of Troy in the library of her elementary school. “I fell in love with the idea that someone could read about one of these myths and then actually go and find it,” she said. As an undergraduate at the University of Toronto in 1990, she participated in her first field trip to Belize and was fascinated by the possibilities. She now spends part of each year directing her own excavation project at Ka’Kabish. “It’s like watching a city coming back to life,” she said.
Along with a team of graduate and undergraduate students and local workers, Prof. Haines is examining archaeological evidence from Ka’Kabish, dating from 800-400 BC to AD 900-1100. Their research focuses on the political formation and dynamics of early states: how they emerged, and how groups were integrated into larger political landscapes. Artifacts found during excavations can contribute to archaeologists’ knowledge of many aspects of a site, from the status of its residents to political boundaries.
“What we’re hoping to show is a better understanding of how this site relates politically and economically to cultural zones to the west and east,” Prof. Haines said. “It will help us clarify those relationships that our site had with those other communities.”
Prof. Haines obtained her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Toronto and her Ph.D. from the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, England, in 2000. She also held a three-year Post-Doctoral research appointment in the Department of Anthropology at The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
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Friday, May 30, 2014, Oshawa, ON
Trent University Oshawa professor Dr. Helen Haines has received a coveted $20,000 grant from the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration in support of her excavation project work at the ancient Maya site of Ka’Kabish in Belize, Central America.
Professor Haines, who teaches anthropology at Trent and is a research fellow of the Trent University Archaeological Research Centre (TUARC), has been conducting research on Maya culture in northern Belize for 25 years. She is currently the director of the Ka’Kabish Archaeological Research Project (KARP), which is focused on understanding the development of social stratification and its transformative role in the development of early states. Prof. Haines was thrilled to learn that she and her team will receive funding from the National Geographic Society, stating that the grant will provide immense help with both support of student research and project infrastructure.
“I am deeply honoured to be receiving a National Geographic Society grant,” said Prof. Haines. “I remember reading National Geographic journals as a child, and to think that I might one day be featured in one of their volumes is a dream come true.”
Joe Muldoon, head of Trent University Oshawa, noted that Trent has a thirty-year history of archaeological research in Belize with Professor Paul Healy. “Prof. Helen Haines continues this tradition of excellence, and this recent grant from the National Geographic Society will help support her outstanding research program involving both undergraduate and graduate students,” Mr. Muldoon said.
Prof. Haines’s dream of becoming an archaeologist began when she found a book about Heinrich Schliemann’s discovery of Troy in the library of her elementary school. “I fell in love with the idea that someone could read about one of these myths and then actually go and find it,” she said. As an undergraduate at the University of Toronto in 1990, she participated in her first field trip to Belize and was fascinated by the possibilities. She now spends part of each year directing her own excavation project at Ka’Kabish. “It’s like watching a city coming back to life,” she said.
Along with a team of graduate and undergraduate students and local workers, Prof. Haines is examining archaeological evidence from Ka’Kabish, dating from 800-400 BC to AD 900-1100. Their research focuses on the political formation and dynamics of early states: how they emerged, and how groups were integrated into larger political landscapes. Artifacts found during excavations can contribute to archaeologists’ knowledge of many aspects of a site, from the status of its residents to political boundaries.
“What we’re hoping to show is a better understanding of how this site relates politically and economically to cultural zones to the west and east,” Prof. Haines said. “It will help us clarify those relationships that our site had with those other communities.”
Prof. Haines obtained her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Toronto and her Ph.D. from the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, England, in 2000. She also held a three-year Post-Doctoral research appointment in the Department of Anthropology at The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
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