Senecan models Star Wars Gaming vs Reading

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Working on Star Wars
One course, two directions
Gaming vs Reading
The new Gardiner
Remote challenge
Parting hydrogen and oxygen
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Sim College
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Tide turning for technology
Rick Miner, President
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his issue of Seneca Alumni magazine
will examine how our graduates are
using the latest technology to find
innovative ways of doing things, and create
new products and services.
Our technology faculties have always
offered exciting programs that offer leading edge career training. Our bio-chem
programs are becoming recognized as leaders in the post-secondary arena. As well,
interesting advances are happening with
our electronics and computer engineering
programs – such as the introduction of the
Highly Acccelerated Life Testing Chamber
(HALT) that rapidly ages products to test
their lifespan and find faults.
It seems timely to be discussing
technology matters right now, as there
is a resurgence in this area. In the years
following the dot-com collapse, technology became something of a taboo, and
it became harder to interest students
in technology programs, particularly
Information Technology (IT) programs.
Despite a downturn in interest, we never
considered curtailing our IT programming. In
fact, we looked at ways of making existing
programs stronger and offering our students
more options. We even launched two ITrelated degree programs in recent years:
The Bachelor of Applied Technology
- Informatics and Security
The Bachelor of Applied Technology
- Software Development
As we predicted, the tide is beginning
to turn. Statistics Canada reported 13,000
new jobs in this sector last year. But there
remains a question of whether the tide
will turn quick enough.
As I write this, a headline in the
Toronto Star’s Business section states,
“Skilled work shortage feared in technology.” “Lack of students ‘quite troubling’”
appears in smaller print below. In a
nutshell, the article relays the fears of “a
serious skills crisis” due to the lack of students studying IT, and the expected retirement of those currently in the IT field.
This shortage of workers could threaten
our future prosperity as our economy is
increasingly reliant on technology. For the
past few years students have been turned
away from IT careers by a societal perception of few prospects in this area. It’s time
to change that thinking, and to do this, we
could use your help. Word-of-mouth can be
a powerful tool in changing opinion. If you
know colleagues, friends or relatives who
are inclined in this field, suggest they consider IT career training (ideally at Seneca).
As you will see in this magazine,
Seneca’s technology programs have
reached further than we could foresee due
to the imagination, innovation and hard
work of our graduates. We need to provide
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People, the constant in technology
Sergio Carbone, BSc, CET, CVL ’87,
President, Seneca Alumni Association
I
am very
pleased to
take on the
role of president
of the Alumni
Association. It
caps the wonderful experience I’ve had
staying connected with the college in the
years since my own graduation.
I’ve taught, given speeches, mentored
and participated in many of the alumni
activities. Throughout, I’ve always been
struck by the breadth of skills and experiences found among Seneca alumni. It
amazes me to see what can grow after just
a few short years here.
For many, the connection to Seneca
is simply through this magazine. We’re
focusing on technology in this edition-- all
of the ways it touches our lives and all of
the people who drive it. As you read on,
I’m sure you’ll find you rely on the work of
a Senecan somewhere in your life.
They say necessity is the mother of
invention and technology is no exception.
Look at the stories we’ve included. As
weather and the environment change, so
do the methods we use to cope with the
fall-out. Senecans are at the front lines
working on better ways to clean water and
prevent flooding.
As our reliance on computers grows,
Senecans are developing new research on
hardware and software that will make our
lives easier.
And then there are the artists among
us who are bringing more powerful entertainment into our worlds, whether it’s in a
movie theatre or on a cell phone.
In all of them, it’s easy to be wowed
by the technology and what the machines
can do. But it’s the people who are the
constant, who drive it all forward and are
always thinking outside the box.
Enjoy the magazine. Then stay in
touch. Come back to Seneca, connect with
your old faculty and offer to be a guest
speaker to a class of students just learning
the ropes. Call, write or e-mail and let us
know what you’re doing. Make a donation
or volunteer your time. Join in the activities of the Alumni Association.
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President
Sergio Carbone, BSc, CET, CVL 1987
Vice President
Ryan Mitchell, BBA, IBU 1999, HRM
2000
Jean Gillis,
MIMA, CRT 1999, RPA 2000
Laurel Goodings,
BA, AOCA, AVPY 1999
Andrew McDonald BADO 2004
David Pisarek, CGT 2000
Denise Ropp, RN COHN(c) DNS 1987
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Immediate Past President
John Colthart, BAD 2000
College Representative
Shirlene Courtis BA, CFRE
Vice President, Resource Development
Staff
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Alison Gibson, SSW 2002,
Alumni Office Coordinator
Christie Adams CCMC 2005,
Communications Assistant
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By Tom Bartsiokas
G
iovanni Nakpil had just finished
working on the animated film
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
when he received an e-mail he had been
waiting for his entire life.
Growing up in Toronto, the 29-yearold computer graphics modeler always
dreamed of working for one company
– Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). So when
a representative from the visual effects
shop, which is owned by Star Wars
creator George Lucas, asked him to apply
for a job, he immediately thought it was a
“practical joke.”
“I thought it was too good to be true,”
says Giovanni, who assumed it was a gag
because the e-mail came from an AOL
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account. “I replied and said, ‘Sure I’d be
interested.’”
A day later, the mystery man, who had
seen Giovanni’s work on the Web, replied
back. This time from his ILM account.
Before he knew it, Giovanni was on a plane
heading to California for a job interview.
Needless to say, he hasn’t lived in
Toronto since and his film credits now
include two of the summer’s biggest blockbusters – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge
of the Sith and War of the Worlds.
As a child, Giovanni grew up loving everything Star Wars. When he wasn’t playing
with the action figures, the Seneca computer
graphics graduate (the program is now called
Digital Media Technical Production) was
watching the movies. And when he wasn’t
watching the movies, he was drawing the
film’s characters in his doodle book.
“My whole childhood was based around
the work they [ILM] did. ILM inspired me to
get into art and drawing.”
Giovanni’s love of drawing and Computer
Generated Imagery (CGI) eventually led him
to study at Seneca College where his passion for the whole visual effects process
™ and © 2005 Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks, All rights reserved Image courtesy of ILM
Working on Star Wars,
better than the movie
was reaffirmed. Today, Seneca’s Animation Arts Centre has expanded and is now
heralded as one of the best schools in the
country. In fact, the school was internationally recognized when the animated short
film Ryan – which tells the ‘riches to rags’
story of Canadian animator Ryan Larkin
– won the 2005 Oscar® for Best Short Film
— Animated. The film, produced by Copper
Heart Entertainment and the National Film
Board (NFB) of Canada in association with
Seneca College was directed by renowned
digital animator Chris Landreth and features the work of students and graduates of
Seneca College’s Animation Arts Centre.
“There were a lot of talented professors
I learned a lot from,” says Giovanni, who
graduated from Seneca in 1997. “When I left
Seneca, I knew I really wanted to work in
CGI.”
“I think the biggest highlight for me,
or the most satisfying, was being able to
work on War of the Worlds. I’ve always
been a big Steven Spielberg fan, just as I
was a big George Lucas fan. With War of
the Worlds, I was given the opportunity to
model the main creature.”
No, not Tom Cruise. The creature
Giovanni got to create was the film’s other
leading man – the alien machine. When
Giovanni found out he was going to create
the giant laser blasting human incinerators,
he began “jumping up and down like a
contestant on The Price is Right.” But what
he was truly excited about was getting to
work with two of the industry’s biggest CGI
heavyweights, Dennis Muren (eight-time
Academy Award® winner and the first
visual effects guy to have a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame) and Randy Dutra
(the visual effects genius behind The Lost
World: Jurassic Park).
Since getting off the plane that brought
him to California, Giovanni has only one
word to describe his experience so far
– “surreal.”
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By Helena Moncrieff
Take the skills you learned at Seneca, apply them and
make them work for you. Two graduates of Computer
Programming and Analysis offer a clear illustration of how
to do just that.
Although they sat in the same classrooms and listened to
many of the same profs, Radek Koncewicz (CPA 2004) and
Markus Blot (CPAC 2005) now work in very different worlds.
Both successful and happy, here are their stories.
Game on
R
adek Koncewicz is living his dream.
Computers and gaming have been a
life passion. Even as a four-year-old,
he was fascinated with playing an old
Atari. Today he is paid to program cellphone
games with Capybara Games in Toronto.
“The job I have right now is great,” he
says, “especially at my age (he’s 23) and
at this point in my career.”
A 2004 graduate of Computer Programming and Analysis, Radek works in a
renovated studio with a group of likeminded twenty-somethings who brainstorm together to come up with fun ways
to use cellphones. “It’s a very relaxed
atmosphere. They are all my friends and
my voice is always heard.”
“Technically speaking, you have to be
savvy with all the mumbo jumbo that goes
into programming,” Radek says, but notes
that an artistic slant helps.
By far, corporate programming provides
the lion’s share of jobs for graduates like
Radek. But it wasn’t what he wanted. His
Banking on Seneca
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IBC found a good thing in Seneca coop student Markus Blot.
When you pay your phone bill
on time, transfer money, order cheques
or move your investments around on-line
without a hitch, think about Markus.
Markus graduated from the Computer
Programming Analyst Co-op program in Fall
2005. Today he is a senior test analyst for
the bank’s Internet Channel, Quality Assurance. Markus is bilingual and programs in
English and French.
It was a last minute decision to switch to
the co-op program so he had to do his two
work terms back to back. That turned out to
be a bonus.
He was hired by CIBC to test software
and, because he had eight months to
offer instead of four, was assigned a more
involved project. Markus acknowledges
his high skills had something to do with
that too.
“My manager asked one day if I had any
‘use case’ experience,” Markus says. It had
been part of his Seneca training. “She was
surprised that I said yes.”
A “use case” is a sample of a software
function such as one used to pay bills at a
bank machine. The sample allows for testing of the function including dealing with
operator errors. Markus’ assignment was
to transfer the bank’s use cases into more
efficient software.
“It allows for better simulation and will
save time in testing.”
When he headed back to school after his
work term, CIBC asked him to come back on
his one day off a week. Upon graduation, a
job offer was waiting.
Now, just six months at his new post,
Markus is a mentor to the new co-op students. “I’ve been where they are and I like
to give them help with structure and goals
and let them know they can go to anyone
with questions,” he says. “I remind them of
the importance of networking and talking to
new people.”
They’d do well to be talking to Markus.
Photo by Elaine Brodie
springboard into a coveted spot came after
entering a game design contest at Seneca.
He didn’t win but used his entry as a calling card to the few gaming companies in
Toronto and landed a contract.
He’ll soon be working on a new game
based on a yet-to-be-released movie.
Because of non-disclosure agreements, he
can’t tell us more. But he does disclose
that that’s where the serious side of
the business begins. There are tight
deadlines, strict contracts and all of that
“mumbo jumbo” has to work.
In the meantime, if you want to try out
Radek’s craft on your own cell, watch for
his newly-completed game Plant Life,
which is awaiting a publisher.
His advice for all of the other dreamers?
“You have to do more than go to school.
Use your free time to research and experiment and talk to other people on line who
are doing the same thing. You’ll need to
collaborate with artists and musicians.”
“It’s totally worth it.”
GAMING V
A
sk any parent about whether they’d rather see their children reading or playing computer games and reading wins hands down. Are
they correct in rejecting the technology outright? We took the question
to Senecans Chris Seddon and Merlin Charles. Chris is a 2001 Computer Programmer graduate and now works at Electronic Arts Canada (EA
Fusion) in Burnaby, BC. We have to point out that he’s also the published author of OpenGL Game Development. Merlin is also an alumna
and a General Arts and Science professor at Seneca. With children at
home, she admits that there are electronic games in her household.
Here is a sample of their e-mail debate. For the full text and to join in
the discussion go to www.senecaalumni.ca/blog.
> > > From: “Merlin Charles”
> > > To: “Chris”
> > > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006
10:26 AM
> > > Subject: Gaming vs Reading
Hello,
I’ve got to say that there’s nothing better
at the end of the day than putting my feet
up and reading a good book.
> > > From: “Seddon, Chris”
> > > To: “Merlin”
> > > Sent: Wednesday,
January 18, 2006 1:40 PM
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Hey,
At the end of a long rainy day (and there’s
plenty of them in Burnaby),
there’s nothing like laying on your couch
playing on a PSP.
> > > From: “Merlin
> > > To: “Chris”
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18,
2006 7:48 PM
>> > Subject: Gaming vs Reading
From my understanding, these games are
pre-programmed, so how do they stimulate
creativity or imagination?
> > > Date: Monday, January 23, 2006
12:29 pm
Hi Merlin,
Each game, and in fact each genre are designed and programmed differently. When
playing single-player experiences (i.e. User
vs. Computer), many games (i.e. sports,
first-person shooters, etc...) use complex
artificial intelligence to “think” and even
learn from how the user is playing and
adapt. This requires the user to think before they perform their next action or they
will face the consequences of losing the
SuperBowl or have their platoon destroyed.
Online internet gaming has become a
huge phenomenon over the past 5 years.
Internet gaming where you’re playing
against a human adversary requires
creativity and imagination to find new and
inventive ways to conquer the enemy.
> > > From: Merlin Charles
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
6:31 AM
> > > To: Seddon, Chris
Photos by Elaine Brodie
S READING
Hi Chris,
I am glad that you brought up the question of
themes which is precisely one of the major
problems with gaming. It seems that regardless of their genre, video games are very
limited when it comes to variety in themes.
Whereas reading opens up many diverse
possibilities for learning: acquiring knowledge, expanding horizons and exploring different intelligences, gaming tends to revolve
primarily around the shoot-em up theme.
There always seems to be an enemy to
destroy. Life is not just about destroying
the enemy and, despite your claim that
gaming encourages team-work, we must
bear in mind that, in addition to encouraging short attention spans in young children,
it could generate serious ideological and
cultural undertones to the extent that
the enemy is also the other; this deepens
animosities and xenophobia. There is no
doubt that the excessive use of video
games (especially by children) can lead to
aggressive behaviour, and even violence.
> > > Date: Monday, January 31, 2006
12:30am
Hi Merlin,
Unfortunately you cannot generalize the
current gaming trends into the entire industry
(tisk! tisk!). Although first-person shooters are
one of the most popular genres in the marketplace, there are many other games which
don’t involve violence but are still really fun
to play (and have sold in large volumes). One
very popular game is “We Love Katamari”.
The user plays an alien that walks around the
world collecting “things” like paper clips, cows
and other crazy things. As they walk around
the world things stick to their collection making movement more and more hectic! Other
games like “The Sims”, “Harvest Moon” or
even “Dance Dance Revolution” all have nonviolent themes. In fact there have been cases
reported on the internet of users losing 50+ lbs
by playing DDR. Take that Jenny Craig! Each
game offers a completely non-killem theme
and are great for all ages.
The problem with saying video games lead
to “aggressive behavior” is that people neglect
to mention what video games children are
playing. The ESRB (a video game watchdog)
rates each game for its content (i.e. E for
Everyone, T for Teen, M for Mature, etc...) but
often parents let their children play any game
they want without regard for its rating. I’ve
found this to be a double standard, because
if a child wanted to watch pornography the
parents would immediately say “No!” and yet
many parents will let their children play violent
games like the Grand Theft Auto series which
has a Mature rating. I’ve found that many parents today don’t take any interest in what their
children are playing. Children should be taught
from a young age that video games aren’t real
and shouldn’t be taken seriously.
There’s a serious underlying problem that
needs to be addressed. Many parents today
would rather buy a game to shut their kid up
and keep them “out of trouble” than take an
interest in their kids and watch what they are
playing. A child will mimic what they see, it’s
a parent’s job to ensure they are taught what’s
right from wrong, not a game company.
…to be continued at
www.senecaalumni.ca/blog.
The New Gardiner
By Robert Coulter
As a young man in Santiago, Chile, Jose Gutierrez would cast his eyes across the harbour
to the highway that wound up the mountain
and disappeared into the forest cover at the
top. From that distance, the trucks and buses
were small and silent, but in his imagination
he travelled with them across the Andes all
the way to Buenos Aires, a distance of 1000
km. Having lived also in Venezuela and traveled extensively throughout the Americas,
by the time he moved to Canada in 1998 his
fascination for highways and transportation
was firmly implanted.
Nothing, however, had prepared him for
“the mistake by the lake.” But while driving
the Gardiner Expressway on his weekly commute between Waterloo and Toronto, he had
the advantage of experiencing its shortcom-
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ings from a fresh perspective. Unaware of
its history, or of the numerous proposals to
eliminate or improve it, he let his imagination
run free, attempting to visualize a practical
solution that would remove it as a barrier to
the lake while at the same time improving its
efficiency as a highway.
By the final year of his Civil Engineering
Technology (CVB) program at Seneca, he had
tracked down every public comment and proposal made about the Gardiner. This quickly
led him to James Alcock, a planner who has
written extensively about transportation in
Toronto, and who now is one of the leaders
of the Citizens’ Transportation Alliance. He
also learned that Bill Habkirk, currently
Academic Co-ordinator of the CVB program at
Seneca, had also contributed to these early
studies. Following up from these contacts,
Jose was able to interview Sam Cass, former Roads Commissioner for Metro Toronto,
who fleshed out the complete history.
Still, a viable solution was proving to be
elusive. Even if it were feasible to relocate
the Gardiner’s six lanes at ground level, the
congestion would be made even worse.
Burying it, the most favoured solution,
would be prohibitively expensive and
expose drivers to the unacceptable risks associated with a high-speed tunnel. Surely,
he thought, there must be another solution.
But what could it be?
The idea came to him in one of those
Eureka! moments that we all wish for.
While researching on the internet, he idly
rested the u-shaped plastic cover of his USB
memory drive over the cord of his mouse. As
he slid the cap along the length of the cord,
a bold design concept suddenly presented
itself: “I saw the cap as a pylon and the cord
as the roadbed,” he recalls. “I could visualize
the entire length of the Gardiner as a cablestayed structure, elevated, but wide enough
to include separate roadbeds for every form
of transportation----vehicles, trains, bicycles
and pedestrians. The cable-stayed design
would resemble sails. It would be both
practical and beautiful.”
Luckily, this moment coincided with a Seneca requirement to write a formal technical
report---the perfect opportunity to formulate
his design in an accessible, persuasive format and, after a year’s hard work, the Faculty
awarded him a prize for one of the most
innovative reports ever submitted.
Since his graduation in 2005, Jose has
taken every opportunity to promote his
idea to civic and provincial officials. He
presented to the Task Force on Gridlock at
Queen’s Park in December. His website,
toviaduct.com, welcomes citizen discussion and features spectacular renderings
of the completed project.
He sees the eventual adoption of
his concept as a certainty: “The New
Gardiner would create new links between
all forms of transportation, not only within
the city of Toronto, but the entire GTA.
This is the most economical way of realizing new transit options.”
By David Cochrane
“It feels good to be able to give back to
your community.”
These are the sentiments of Mathew
Hoppe, Director of Technical Services for
the Shibogama First Nations Council. The
community that he is referring to is Sioux
Lookout, a small municipality approximately 300 kilometres northwest of Thunder
Bay, Ontario.
Providing services to northern First
Nations communities has become a significant factor in Sioux Lookout’s booming
economy and, for one Seneca alumnus, an
excellent opportunity to serve the North
where he grew up.
The planning and coordination of a
public works project is challenging in even
the most favourable environments, but the
remoteness of these First Nation communities presents some extra challenges
to Mathew and his staff. There is no
all-season road access and they are not
connected to the Ontario electrical grid.
Electricity is produced using diesel generators, but the diesel fuel must be flown in
or transported via winter road. All projects
that Mathew’s team are asked to coordinate must consider the logistics of flying
in workers, supplies, and equipment to a
remote site. Additionally, the construction
season is weather-dependant so all of the
work must be compressed into a smaller
window of opportunity.
At present, the water treatment
facilities in some of the communities are
inadequate so boil water advisories are
commonplace. Mathew and his team are
involved in planning and coordinating
maintenance upgrades to these facilities
and new construction, which are awaiting
budgetary approval.
After graduating from the Civil Engineering Technology program at Seneca
College, Mathew returned home to Sioux
Lookout and obtained an Operations &
Maintenance Technologist position with
the Technical Services Department. As
Mathew gained more hands-on experience, he began taking on more responsible
roles including managing small water
and wastewater infrastructure projects,
performing building inspections, and
consulting on the logistics of transporting
supplies to the remote communities.
Mathew knew first-hand the challenges faced by the Shibogama
communities, as his mother was
born and raised in the nearby
community of Big Trout Lake, or
Photo by Adrienne Fox-Keesic
Public works an
off-grid challenge
Kitchenuhmawkoosib Inninuwug. When
an opening for the Director’s position
presented itself, Mathew’s familiarity with
the needs of the people of the area and his
knowledge of the local public works infrastructure made him the logical choice.
Technical Services provides technical advisory services to the Shibogama
member communities of Wunnumin Lake,
Kingfisher Lake, Wapekeka, Wawakapewin
and Kasabonika Lake. All building and
public works infrastructure projects in the
area are completed using the Indian and
Northern Affairs Canada Public Works
Manual as a reference. Technical Services
acts as a liaison between the Shibogama
communities and the federal government,
provincial governments, and independent
agencies active in the Shibogama area.
Mathew sums up their role as “making sure
that the best interests of the communities
are looked after.”
When not at work, Mathew enjoys
spending time in the outdoors with his
family. Mathew, his wife Jenna (nee
Starratt), who graduated from
Seneca in 2001 with a diploma
in Fashion Retail Management,
and their six-month-old daughter Ava love to get out and
take in the natural beauty of
the area.
Parting is such
sweet sorrow
By James Russell
Sorrow? Not really, dear Juliet.
P
arting hydrogen and oxygen is actually
quite a joyful event for Angella Hughes,
CEO of Xogen Technologies, a company
that uses electrolysis to separate the components of water.
Originally conceived as a method of
generating cheap energy, Xogen’s patented
water electrolysis technology has shown
promise for wastewater treatment, achieving high levels of organic degradation and
pathogen destruction.
Angella was born in New Brunswick
but her father’s job took him from city to
city and province to province so the list of
schools she attended spans the width and
breadth of Canada. She finished high school
in Kingston, Ontario, then went on to the
University of Waterloo where she earned a
Bachelor of Mathematics.
“I wanted to be a pilot,” she offers,
explaining why she originally enrolled in
Seneca’s Aviation and Flight Technology Program before later switching to the Electronic
Engineering Technologist Program in 1981.
The class started out with two women amidst
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about a hundred men. Did the guys make her
life a living hell? “No,” she answers, “they
treated me like a sister.” The only drawback
of having such a caring and non-sexist
academic experience was that it made the
transition to the brutish reality of the professional world all the more difficult.
Over the three years at Seneca, more
than a third of the guys and 50 percent of
the women dropped out of the program.
When the course came to an end, Angella
was the only woman in a graduating class
of about 30.
“Seneca helped me develop research
skills that I use over and over again,”
Angella fondly remembers, “and the importance of being a self-starter.” Valuable skills
in both life and work.
Ottawa’s Canadian Centre for Remote
Sensing (CCRS) was the first recipient of
Angella’s business savvy and newly-minted
technology skills. There, she repaired satellite
imaging equipment. From CCRS she went
to the Department of National Defence and
eventually to the private sector, first working for Rockwell International as a Quality
Assurance Engineer inspector and then on
to Boeing in California. As the result of a
chance meeting with one of Xogen’s directors
at a New York airport, Angella joined Xogen
in 2000 as Vice President of Research and
Development and soon rose to become CEO.
Because Xogen is a fairly young company,
Angella finds that her responsibilities span a
range of activities, including market research,
strategic planning, business planning, protection of intellectual property and trade secrets,
raising capital, and building a technical team
that will successfully commercialize the
company’s technology.
What’s in the future for Angella, Seneca’s
Distinguished Alumni Award winner (2001)
and rising star in the field of technology?
Under her leadership, Xogen will continue to
focus on the commercialization of the technology to treat municipal wastewater and, in
parallel, to develop applications that make
use of the hydrogen oxygen off-gas (liberated
during the treatment of wastewater) as a
source of low-cost, low-emission energy.
For herself, Angella plans to spend more
time with her kids, complete her MBA, get in
a little tennis and maybe dust off her old viola
and make sweet music.
By Christie Adams
W
hen the massive rain-storm that
pummeled Toronto last August
was over, staff at Seneca’s
Newnham Campus was left sloshing
through knee-deep rainwater to salvage
books, computers and files. New textbooks for the coming year were destroyed
when floods reached the bookstore. In the
gym, the Seneca Sting logo disappeared
under a foot of water (please see “From
soaked to stylin’” on page 40).
It was just a taste of the weather catastrophes of the past year. The Asian tsunami and
hurricane Katrina caused widespread devastation and reminded everyone of the power of
nature and how little control we have.
Bill Humber, Chair of the Centre for the
Built Environment, says because of the size
of the downpour, there was very little Seneca
could have done to prevent flooding, however
the use of sustainable urban planning may
have lessened the damage. “The more we’re
able to have permeable surfaces, the more
we’re able to use green technology on the
roofs, the better we’ll be.”
The Centre for the Built Environment, one
of Seneca’s Centres of Excellence, is turning
out graduates that will be able to help
control damage from such natural disasters
in the future. Through its four programs
(Integrated Environmental Site Remediation;
Building Systems and Environmental Technology; Building Environmental Systems;
and the Energy Training Office) the Centre is
using new technology to handle an old force
– Mother Nature.
“The broad mandate and focus of the
Centre is urban sustainability,” says Bill.
Rather than fight the natural environment,
as traditional urban systems tend to do,
the Centre teaches its students how to
work with it.
Among the research projects underway
is a test run of permeable paving at Seneca’s King Campus under the leadership of
Professors Christine Doody-Hamilton and
John Meulendyks. Using a combination
of bricks and gravel instead of traditional
tarmac, permeable pavement allows rainwater to seep into the ground. “Green
roof” technology, collects water from roofs
and slowly returns it to the sewer system.
Wind turbine projects are also underway.
“Students do design analysis,” says John.
Heeding the
storm warning
Adam Ramsden surveys the damage,
just part of the enormous mess left
at the Newnham campus after the
August flood.
“We have systems in-house for them to
work on.”
Such forward thinking is a big reason
why Seneca was chosen as a recipient of
the Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain
Contractors Association (GTSWCA) Award,
part of the bursary program of the Ontario
Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association - (OSWCA) (See story, p 33). Alumnus
Gus Morelli (Civil Engineering TechnologyMunicipal Co-operative Education 1997)
says, “It makes me proud to be a Seneca
alumni, knowing that Seneca has a proactive mindset and is getting involved.”
The OSWCA has been active for years in
forming industry partnerships and lobbying governments for greater water system
maintenance. Says Gus,” You see something like that (Katrina) happen, and people
want to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Unfortunately, something bad has to happen
before something good can happen.”
Sim College
By James Russell
In addition to giving students the skills to participate in the
booming field of technology, Seneca has taken advantage of
technological advancements in the classroom. Enhancing the
book and chalkboard experience, many of our students benefit
from simulation experiences that give them hands-on training
with plenty of room for learning through mistakes.
A sampling of the College’s simulators shows how dramatic
class time can be.
SCHOOL OF AVIATION AND
FLIGHT TECHNOLOGY
Your 70 passengers are either reading or
dozing as you throttle back the mas-
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sive turbine engines of your Bombardier
Regional Jet. The altimeter tells you that
you’re now below one thousand feet
and falling as you descend for landing.
Suddenly the wail of a warning buzzer
fills the air – the landing gear failed to
deploy – never a good thing but made
even worse by the fact that you only
just finished your first year of classroom
training and this is the first time you
have ever flown. Fortunately, the runway
that you’re about to land on is only a
projected image on the wall of a classroom and the simulator you’re flying sits
comfortably on the concrete floor.
Every year the School of Aviation and
Flight Technology takes new students
through a program that begins with
classroom instruction in math, science
and physics and ends, four years later,
with the grads having completed more
than 200 hours of flying – in a real
airplane.
program produces highly qualified fire protection
technologists who are snapped up by engineering
and sprinkler design firms across North America.
Each grad willing to relocate to the United
States typically has four to five job offers. One
prospective employer even sends a private
plane to pick up grads to fly them down.
Hot program? You bet. Seneca’s School
of Fire Protection Engineering Technology
is smokin’.
3-D MOTION CAPTURE
Remember the images of animators,
hunched over a drawing board, working
their magic with pen and ink? Well, those
days are gone. Allow us to introduce you
to the Vicon 8i, Seneca College’s advanced
optical motion capture system.
No longer do animators have to endure
the tedious task of drawing image after
image in order to create the simplest movement on-screen. Employing an actor wearing
a special suit and performing a sequence
of actions, the Vicon captures ultra-realistic
movements used to give life to digital movie
stars like the Lord of the Rings' Gollum and
the King of Skull Island, Mr. Kong.
Seneca’s diploma and certificate Animation programs run one year and train about
30 students per session. The graduates go
on to work in bio-mechanics, sport sciences,
electronic games, and, of course, Tinsel Town.
“The job prospects for our grads are very,
very good,” says Professor Derek Elliott.
SCHOOL OF FIRE PROTECTION
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Using the program Fire Dynamics Simulator,
Seneca students modelled fires in a 12-storey
apartment building in England and a lecture
hall complex in New Zealand last year.
It can take up to 10 days to solve complex scenarios like that, with six computers
working on the same problem simultaneously. It’s done using multi-processing on a
cluster at Seneca@York.
“It’s leading edge. Fire modelling this
sophisticated is just beginning to be used
in Canada,” says Professor Dave McGill
of Seneca’s School of Fire Protection
Engineering Technology.
Started in the mid-70s, the three-year
CLINICAL SIMULATION
LEARNING CENTRE
The seven patients at the King Campus’s
Nursing program breathe, bleed, and bellow in pain. And although they cost up to
$100,000 each, Seneca’s resident high-tech
mannequins are worth every penny.
Used to train students enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing, Practical Nursing, and Critical
Care Nursing programs, the mannequins are
an essential component of Seneca’s Clinical
Simulation Learning Centre. With names
like Vital Sim, Medi Man, and SimBaby, the
mannequins allow students to hone their lifesaving skills on amazingly life-like patients.
In addition to allowing students to practice
routine procedures, Professor Tania Killian,
the lab’s facilitator adds, “the mannequins are
also fantastic for the critical care program.”
So the next time you find yourself in Emergency with a fish hook stuck in your finger,
relax, the nurses hovering over your prostrate
body have already practised their procedures
on a dummy before you.
PHOTO BY RICHARD DOUGLAS
Stress all in a day’s
work for HALT
chamber tech
By Tom Bartsiokas
H
adi Majzoub deals with stress on a
daily basis. But it’s not the kind most
of us are used to coping with.
The 2003 Computer Engineering Technology Co-operative Education graduate is in
charge of operating a Highly Accelerated
Life Testing (HALT) chamber — a high-tech
stress testing machine designed to rapidly
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age products using heat, cold and vibration.
“It’s amazing technology,” says the
Lab Technologist who works for Seneca’s
School of Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology. “Students, right now,
are not exposed to this type of training in
educational institutions, and Seneca is the
first to offer it.”
The HALT chamber rapidly simulates
product aging by subjecting products
to a series of adverse temperature and
vibration tests. In fact, temperatures in
the chamber can range between -100°
Celsius to 200° Celsius in a matter of
minutes. The HALT can also subject test
products to extreme vibration — up to
50Gs (gravitational force).
All of this is designed to see how
much stress a new product can take until
it breaks — invaluable information for
creators of new products who need to
know about vulnerabilities before going
to market.
HALT chambers are in great demand
by the aerospace, military, medical and
commercial electronics industries because
they can test any piece of equipment that
is made of electro mechanical components.
To date, one of the most famous products
ever to be tested in a HALT chamber is the
cell phone.
Seneca began teaching the technology
to students in January. Currently, there are
only two other post-secondary institutions in
the world that have this technology — one
in the United States and one in China.
“For students it (the HALT chamber) is
going to be a great learning tool,” adds
Hadi. “Students will be able to test products, discover their failure modes and analyze them in order to identify their defects
and improve their manufacturability.”
The technology will be taught to all students studying in Electronics and Computer
Engineering Technology (ECET).
Growing up, Hadi was always fascinated
with technology. He would take things
apart — like his friends’ computers — to
learn how they work. It was his interest in
technology that eventually led him to study
and work at Seneca.
Today, when he is not running the HALT
chamber, Hadi spends his time studying.
The 29-year-old is currently working on
getting his professional engineering designation and his undergraduate degree.
“My long-term goal is to one day teach
at the College. But for now, I’m still learning more about the HALT chamber, which is
a pretty complicated machine.”
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Congratulations to the 2005
Distinguished Alumni
S
eneca alumni go on to do great things. Once a year, the college honours the best and
brightest of them all.
Five alumni who have achieved outstanding success in their fields and made
remarkable contributions to their communities are being celebrated as the winners of the
2005 Distinguished Alumni Awards. They are Rodney Sine, Paolo Baldassarra, Catherine
Martin, Alan Frew and Larry DeFlorio.
This year’s fete was set for March 23 with a dinner and ceremony at the Sheraton Parkway
Toronto North in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Alumnus Marc Caira, President and CEO of Parmalat
Canada and 2002 Distinguished Alumni winner was tapped for the keynote address.
The event is a boon to Seneca students as well. Current School of Communication Arts
students gain invaluable hands-on experience and are involved in all aspects of planning and
running the event. In addition, all proceeds from a silent auction go to the Seneca Alumni
Endowed Bursary Fund and are matched by the Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS).
Alan Frew
Nursing 1982
Alan entered Seneca’s Nursing program
with aspirations of becoming a doctor. In his second year he joined a local
band as the lead vocalist and burned
the midnight oil singing, studying and
working as an orderly at York County
Hospital, Newmarket. Upon graduation,
Alan was hired as a nurse at York County
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where he worked until the band, Glass
Tiger, shot to fame after playing Maple
Leaf Gardens.
Now part of one of the most popular
Canadian music groups of all time, Alan
nurtures his early ambitions by volunteering for many health care charities,
including the Bloorview MacMillan
Children’s Centre in Toronto. Alan has
maintained his connection to Seneca,
volunteering at college events.
Catherine Martin
Animal Health Technician 1990
Catherine Martin is among the first Registered Veterinarian Technicians in Canada to
specialize in a particular area of animal health.
Starting with her student internship at the
Humber Equine Clinic of Doctors Bonder and
Vatcher, Catherine has honed her expertise in
equine health and anaesthesia. She has lectured at veterinary and technician conferences
across North Amercia , laying the groundwork
for more technicians to become specialists.
As the Equine Product Manager for Wyeth
Animal Health, Catherine masterminded the
product launch of the West Nile vaccine for
horses which reduced the number of infected
horses from 445 in 2003 to just 13 in 2004.
Rodney Sine
Law Enforcement 1987
York Regional Staff Sergeant Rodney Sine
is a two-time winner of the Police Officer
of the Year award. He first won for thwarting a burglary and again for outstanding
service to the community.
Heavily involved with youth initiatives,
Rodney helped develop in 1984 the Values,
Influences and Peers (VIP) program for grade
six students. Twenty years on, he still runs this
successful program. He is also instrumental in
the creation of the Community Safety Village
in Stouffville, Ont. The miniature town helps
children learn how to become “street smart.”
Rodney has remained dedicated to
Seneca, teaching in the Law Enforcement
evening program and serving as a tribute
speaker at convocations.
Paolo Baldassarra
Precision Machining 1984
Before Paolo Baldassarra turned 23 he
was running a wire-cutting business with
two partners. The company, Wiretron,
uses vibrating wires to make die cuts
through metal. In two years, the partners
had upgraded from a single machine to
four, and 20 years later, they now own
five companies.
Paolo has stayed active in the Seneca
community. He often returns as a guest
speaker to classes and serves on the advisory committee for the Precision Skills
program. Wiretron has also funded a
bursary for the Centre for Precision Skills.
In his own community, Paolo’s companies have sponsored many children’s
sports teams.
Distinguished Alumni Awards
2006: Call for nominations
Do you know Seneca alumni who have excelled
in their careers and made significant social
and economic contributions to their community
and/or Seneca? The Alumni Association would
like to hear from you.
The search is now on to identify worthy
candidates for the 2006 Distinguished Alumni
Awards. The Awards honour Seneca graduates
who are recognized leaders in their professions
and who demonstrate exemplary community
or public service. Their life stories are inspiring
and their accomplishments set a standard of
excellence to which many students aspire.
Any member of the Seneca community-alumni, faculty, staff and students--may nominate a qualified candidate. See the nomination
form at www.senecaalumni.ca. Nominations
must be made in writing and submitted no later
than September 15, 2006 to:
[email protected].
The award presentations will take place in
spring 2007 at a dinner event that recipients
and their nominators are required to attend.
For information call 416-491-5050 ext.2898 in
Toronto, or call 1-888-ALUMNUS in Canada.
Thank you to the sponsors of the
2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner
PRESENTING SPONSOR
EVENT SPONSORS
SILENT AUCTION CONTRIBUTORS
Larry DeFlorio
Computer Animation, 1997
Larry DeFlorio’s gift is the ability to
see potential in people and everything
around him, earning him a Gemini
Award for his contribution in the field of
motion capture. As Executive in Charge
of Production of the Oscar® winning
film “Ryan”, Larry brought Seneca to
the highest accolades in the animation
industry. Along with being the current
Head of Modeling at Mainframe Entertainment, he volunteers time on the advisory boards of Burnaby‘s Art Institute
and Victoria ‘s Canada University, and
continues to mentor Seneca students
and graduates.
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Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship Club (ACE)
Reza Alavie
Art Gallery of Ontario
Canadian Signature Wine Company Inc.
Dolce Publishing Inc.
Eaton Hall Inn & Conference Centre
Elaine Charal Positive Strokes
Fielding Estate Winery
Goldfish Cuisine Restaurant
Holt Renfrew
Image Promotions
Irene Sakata
Johnson Inc.
Lailey Vineyard
Landscape Ontario
Legends Estate Winery
Lynn Johnston Productions Inc.
Mainframe Entertainment
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.
MCB Design Group
Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc.
Music Toronto
Office Star Products, Canada
Ontario Science Centre
Parmalat Canada
Pier 4 Storehouse Restaurant
Pottery Lane Imports
Bill Riddell and Mary Finlay
Seneca College
Shaw Festival
Sheraton Parkway North Hotel
Stratford Festival of Canada
The Old Spaghetti Factory
The Scarboro Golf and Country Club
The Snowman Factory
Steam Whistle Brewing
Unilever Cosmetics International (Canada)
Vidal Sassoon Salon
Seneca Proud:
Celebrating Alumni
Entrepreneurs
By Christie Adams
W
ith one in four people in the
GTA holding ties to Seneca,
any entrepreneur will tell you
it’s worthwhile to maintain connections
to former classmates and the College.
Seneca moved that along in October, paying tribute to its own at Seneca Proud, a
networking event to honour the College’s
student and alumni entrepreneurs.
Nearly 100 past and present students
gathered to toast their combined success
and their ties to Seneca. Alumni made
business connections with people in other
industries, while students gathered valuable tips for the future.
The evening was highlighted by
speeches by Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) student Philips Kurniawan
and Alumni Association Past President
Desmond Duke.
The event was capped by a presentation
ceremony for all of the alumni entrepreneurs featured in the last issue of Seneca
Alumni magazine. Each alum received a
mounted copy of the magazine to show off
their Seneca pride at work.
Guests networked while enjoying a delicious buffet courtesy of Seneca alumnus
Maher Rizkalla, owner of Goldfish Cuisine
in Toronto. On display were many booths
showcasing the businesses of alumni and
student attendees, and guests were able
to peruse the products and services they
had to offer.
Seneca Proud was a collaborative effort
between the Seneca Alumni Association
and ACE Seneca. The two joined forces to
create an event to both reunite alumni and
give student entrepreneurs the opportunity
to speak with successful business owners.
Watch for another Seneca Proud event soon.
Pride in
new Seneca
Proud logo
T
he logo you see at the top of the
Seneca Proud pages was created as a joint effort between the
Seneca Alumni Association and the
Seneca Graphic Design program.
It was designed by fourth semester students Kristina Svana and Dan
Colella. They set out to create a logo
that symbolized the honour and pride
that comes with being a member of
Seneca’s Alumni.
It’s just one of the many ways your
Alumni Association is connecting with
students and giving back to the college.
We look forward to many more partnerships with students like Kristina and Dan.
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One To One Marketing
Did you receive a magazine in Fall 2005 with your
name featured on the cover? More than 8,000 alumni received magazines with personalized covers,
as part of a test of one-to-one marketing sponsored
by Xerox Canada with Seneca Alumni Magazine.
The balance of 70,000 alumni received copies with a cover
photo of Alan Frew – Caregiver to Music Maker.
In all, seven unique covers were produced with four distinct messages. The front cover had a graduate from the
magazine recipient’s program and invited the alumnus to
come back and network at the reunion November 12th.
Those graduates included:
General Business - Accounting – Scott Archer
Aviation – Neil Kelly
Civil Engineering/Resource Engineering Technology – Tony Bombini
Human Resources – Tracey Starrett
Marketing – Mario Cortese
School of Communication Arts – Bryan Ishiguro and David Moo King
Veterinary Technician – Sandra Lean-Leighton
The inside front cover listed further program suggestions
for Continuing Education, aligned, where possible, with the
recipient’s previous full-time program.
The inside back cover had a bursary donation request
related to the specific program or school and the outside
back cover launched a new program for travel insurance.
We measured your
response to these four
concepts, as well as
managing the logistics to keep everything on target.
Did we catch your
attention? It seems
so, as all areas saw
improved activity.
What did we
learn? To do this
again and do it
even better, we
need more information on our
alumni and their
current careers.
Plans are underway to do a
membership survey in 2006.
Thank you to everyone who responded to our requests.
Linda Hendy
Executive Director, Alumni
PS. The management of this project was handled by Janice
Howard, Managing Editor of the magazine in 2005. It was a
massive undertaking but a testament to what can be done with
today’s technology and talented people.
A Trillium for Seneca Alumni magazine
O
Linda Hendy (left) and Janice Howard (right) with
presenter Faye Johnston
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ur alumni magazine has been honoured
as one of the top publications of Ontario
colleges, winning a Trillium Award from the
College Committee of Advancement (CCA).
The award recognized the Fall 2005
edition of the magazine and our one-toone marketing effort. It was accepted
by Seneca Alumni Association Executive
Director Linda Hendy and Janice Howard,
who was managing editor of the magazine
and a driving force behind the complicated,
but unique, edition.
“Our magazine is largely the result of the
hard work and dedication of volunteers who
give us their time, advice, writing skills,
photographic artistry and great story ideas,”
said Linda. “I was very proud to accept the
award on behalf of them all and our dedicated staff.”
The award presentation took place at a
ceremony in Sudbury, Ontario on February
21st that runs in conjunction with the
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and
Technology of Ontario (ACAATO) conference.
The Trillium Awards recognize outstanding commitment to education and advancement by all of the Ontario colleges. Seneca
was also presented with two more Trillium
Awards in the categories of newsletters
and featured marketing campaigns.
China MILE
Is China on your list of
places to visit?
Would you like to be
an ambassador?
Let us know by May 15, 2006 by completing an online questionnaire.
Seneca College has provided education to international students for approximately the past 15 years. China has
been working with Seneca on broadening the educational options for its young
population, including the possibility of a
Seneca Beijing Campus.
Since 1999, Seneca’s International
Development team has taken faculty, staff,
students, and sport teams once a year on
a two-week Mobile Intensive Learning
Experience (MILE) trip called The
China MILE. As ambassadors of Seneca,
goodwill has been enhanced including a
deeper understanding of both our cultures
and countries.
Your opportunity could be now, if 20
or more alumni are ready to sign up.
Proposed month: September, 2006
Length of trip: 14 days
Proposed destinations: Beijing, Qingdao,
Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
Cost: $4000 CAD per person
Includes all airfares (international & local
China), ground transportation, accommodations, admissions, taxes and 90% of
meals plus an escort by a staff member of
International Development as your guide and
translator.
Group size: 20 minimum to make this offer a
reality.
Restrictions: Limited to Alumni of Seneca
College (plus significant other)
Must be over 21 years of age
Valid passport required
Must complete health and mobility questionnaire
To register your interest and get complete
trip details go to:
www.senecaalumni.ca/ChinaMile
Complete the online questionnaire by
May 15, 2006 .
Coming Events
Check the Seneca Alumni website for updated information.
Are you proud of your Seneca education? Do you see yourself as
successful in your career and your life? Consider sharing your story.
Be an inspiration and role model to our newest graduates by being a
tribute speaker at a convocation ceremony.
To learn more, please contact Alison Gibson 416-491-5050 x2960
or email: [email protected]
Want to Learn More about the CGA
Designation and Its Program of
Professional Studies?
Attend the Seneca / CGA Information
Session and find out how you can
obtain a designation.
Date: Monday, April 24, 2006
Location: Seneca Residence & Conference Centre
Main Floor, 1760 Finch Avenue E, North York
Time: 6:00 pm Registration
6:30 - 8:30 pm Information Session/Reception
Light food provided
Please join staff from Seneca and the
Certified General Accountants of
Ontario at one of our free informative
sessions and learn:
The Honest Connection
invites you to Seneca
Alumni night
1. More about the CGA designation
and how it will help your career.
2. The various positions held and interesting and diverse roles played by CGAs in
their organizations.
3. How your post-secondary education offers you advanced standing in
the CGA program.
4. Just how exactly you can “earn
while you learn.”
5. Contributing factors of the CGA
program that help you to jump-start
your career.
Please RSVP to Adam Desira at
[email protected] by April 20, 2006.
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006
Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Location: The Honest Lawyer
115 York Boulevard
Richmond Hill, ON L4B, (Hwy #7 and 404)
Website:
http://www.honestlawyer.com/richmondhill.html
like-minded people in business in the
North Toronto area. The goal is that
the attendees grow their current businesses and make excellent contacts. We
separate ourselves from other networking functions that are similar by simply
providing a relaxed atmosphere.
Complimentary appetizers, door
prizes, no admission costs, RSVP NOT
required -- just come and join us.
Bring your business cards.
The Honest Connection, over the
past year, has provided professionals
the opportunity to meet and chat with
Seneca Contacts: Ryan Mitchell,
[email protected], Chris Shaban,
[email protected]
alumninews
Seneca Open House
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2006
Time: 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Location: All campuses are open to the community.
Prospective students can tour our
facilities and speak to members of our
faculty and staff about courses of study.
Campuses:
Buttonville Campus, Buttonville Airport , 2833
16th Avenue, Hangers 6, 7 & 8
Jane Campus, 21 Beverly Hills Drive ,Toronto
(Hwy 401 & Jane St.)
King Campus, 13390 Dufferin St., King City
Markham Campus, 10 Allstate Parkway,
Markham
Newnham Campus, 1750 Finch Avenue East,
Toronto
Seneca@York Campus, 70 The Pond Road,
Toronto
For more information on Seneca programs and
to register for the Open House go to:
http://www.senecac.on.ca/student/openhouse/
index.html
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Faculty of Continuing Education and Training
Library & Information Technician Program Orientation
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Newnham Campus
Information regarding the program, job opportunities and registration for those interested. No Fee to
attend. Register for LIT001FA by calling 416-493-4144
For further information contact: Ann Hersch 416-491-5050 x2528 or Carlisle Kemp-Jackson x4121
Alumni Chat Night
Convocation Ceremonies
Date: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Time: 8:00 pm
Online: Log on May 11th,
goto: www.senecaalumni.ca
Date: June 21, 22, 2006
Location: King Campus
“Building on your successes”
Date: June 27, 28, 29, 2006
Location: Toronto Centre for the Arts ,
5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
Moderator: Denise Ropp, DNS ’87,
RN, COHN(c) Director, Seneca
Alumni Board of Directors
Date: October 25, 2006
Location: Toronto Centre for the Arts,
5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
Honourary Degree Nominations
Deadline for submissions: May 30, 2006 See pg 39 for details or go to: www.senecaalumni.ca
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alumninews
Calling all graduates and instructors
1996 Aviation Alumni
10 year reunion Fall, 2006
Connect with organizers to ensure you get your invite:
Maxine Greenland at
[email protected]
Jacinda Hodgson at
[email protected]
June 2006 Registered
Insurance Brokers
of Ontario
Coming in Fall 2006 for the Library
and Information Technician (LIT)
One day Workshops on topics of current interest to the LIT and others currently
working in the Library environment
Newnham Campus
Level I (under supervision) 70 hours of
instructional time certification program
For further information contact Ann Hersch 416-491-5050 x2528 or Carlisle Kemp-Jackson x4121
Date: June 5-9th, June 19-23rd, 2006 with
exam on June 24th
Distinguished Alumni Award Nominations
Location: Markham Campus for the preparation
classes, Newnham for the exam
Deadline for submissions:
September 15, 2006
See pg 21 for details or go to:
www.senecaalumni.ca (Awards)
Time: Daily 9 am - 5 pm Students attend both
weeks of classes.
Cost: $590 for tuition fee, textbook and exam
are extra
Directors – Seneca Alumni Board
Deadline for submissions:
September 15, 2006
See pg 31 for details.
Register by calling 416-493-4144 and
enrolling in RIB001MA
Seneca Alumni Invitational Golf Tournament
For additional information contact Ann Hersch
416-491-5050 x2528
Monday, September 25, 2006
See pg 31 for details
Contact Centre
Information and
Networking Breakfast
Part-time and Volunteer Job Fair
Date: June 6, 2006
Time: 8:00am - 9:30am
Location: Old Mill - York Room
21 Old Mill Road Toronto
Presented and hosted by the Centre for
Financial Services, Seneca College
RSVP to Pana Mitusev,
[email protected],
416-491-5050 ext.6216 by April 30th
For more information go to our website:
www.senecac.on.ca/cfs
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Date: September 14, 2006
Time: 10 am to 2 pm
Location: Newnham Campus
Cost to Employers: $125.00 (GST included)
Audience:
The Part-time Job Fair is ideal for employers with part-time and/or seasonal job
vacancies suitable for college students.
Newnham Campus is home to approximately 10,000 students in Business and
Engineering related disciplines, however students from all Seneca programs are invited
to attend this Job Fair.
For more information contact:
416-491-5050 x6007 or register online by August 15, 2006 at
http://careerservices.senecac.on.ca/pdf/registration_formpt.pdf
alumninews
Golf 2005
2nd Annual Seneca Alumni Corporate Invitational Golf
The
Tournament had a false start on September 26th due to a rain out.
The event was rescheduled for
October 17th and we were rewarded
with a gorgeous sunny day at Scarboro
Golf and Country Club. The prestigious
Par 71 course saw many of the same
corporate teams from 2004 returning to
compete again. Added attractions this
year included Golf Pro Sandra Post, who
provided a Golf Clinic before tee off and
a Silent Auction of signed sports memorabilia courtesy of alumnus Brad Byrne.
Not everyone was able to come back
to play on October 17th but we still
had 30 teams and raised over $40,000.
Unilever team
First Place Winners for 2005 – Unilever Canada
Second Place Winners for 2005 – Amsdell Inc
(2nd year in a row)
Third Place Winners for 2005 – Johnson Inc.
Retirees Gather
Seneca Retirees Association had
an outstanding Christmas reunion
of retired faculty and staff on
December 7th at Markham Campus.
Next Event:
Seneca Retirees Association
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
2:00 pm
Boardroom A
Reception in the Flint & Feather
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Newnham Campus
1750 Finch Avenue East, Toronto,
Open to all members of the Seneca
Retirees Association.
To join the association go to website:
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Amsdell team
We wish to acknowledge the supporters of the 2005 Golf Tournament:
Event Sponsor
MBNA CANADA
Foursomes:
Aramark Canada Ltd.
Cisco Systems
EDge Interactive
Gardiner Roberts LLP
In2Design Solutions Inc.
Mercer Human Resource Consultants
NEC Displays
Panduit Canada Corp & Spectech
RBC Financial Group
Seven Continents
SimplexGrinnell
Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc.
Tone Performance
Unilever
Xerox Canada Inc.
Hole Sponsors:
Amsdell Inc. (3 teams)
Blackboard Inc.
Certified General Accountants - Ontario
Clarity Systems Limited
Embanet Corporation
IBI Group Toronto
Johnson Inc.
Miller Thomson LLP
Parmalat Canada
Residence Conference Centres
Toronto Hydro Telecom
Turtle Island Recycling
The 3rd annual Seneca Alumni
Invitational is scheduled for September
25, 2006 at the Scarboro Golf &
Country Club.
www.senecac.on.ca/retirees/ to print
a membership form or contact Alison
Gibson (Alumni Office) 416-491-5050
x2960 or email her at:
[email protected]
rent staff while playing Music Trivia with
Professor Nanda Lwin and Sports Trivia
with Bill Humber, Chair, Centre for the
Built Environment.
See page 42 for our sporting results.
Johnson team
Reunion 2005
Reunion 2005 held on Saturday
November 12th was a great day.
Veterinary Technicians/Animal Health
Technicians connected at King Campus
while Aviation Graduates touched base at
Buttonville. Over 100 alumni connected
at Newnham for lunch and headed off
to watch the over 60 varsity alumni who
played the Seneca Sting or attended a networking workshop with Donna Messer.
Civil Technology Engineering/
Resource Technology Engineering grads
reunited with retired faculty and cur-
Darren Desmarais (right) presents cheque to
Seneca Alumni Association Immediate Past
President John Colthart
alumninews
Corporate
Communications
(CCM) program is
forming a chapter.
For more information contact Jeff
Roach 416-491-5050 extension 3087
or email [email protected]
Colthart no later than August 15, 2006.
A letter of interest, outlining your professional and volunteer experience (include
your program and graduation year) can
be sent in confidence to:
John Colthart
Nomination & Election Chair
Seneca Alumni
Toronto, ON M2J 2X5
[email protected]
For additional information
call Alison Gibson 416-491-5050 x2960 or
email: [email protected].
Alumni Board
Call For Nominations
In 2005 the Alumni Board of Directors
changed its structure to allow for rotation of Directors on the Board annually
rather than a total Board change every
two years. The purpose is to ensure
there are a number of new Directors on
the Board each year.
The Seneca College Alumni Association
Board of Directors elects Directors to serve
a two-year term, beginning November 1,
2006 until October 31, 2008.
Officers to be Elected:
Directors (up to 6).The positions of
President and Vice President will not be
open for election until November, 2007.
Directors:
Represent the Alumni Association from
time to time and assume tasks and responsibilities in accordance with their experience and interest.
SENECA ALUMNI
2006 INVITATIONAL
SCARBORO GOLF AND
COUNTRY CLUB, TORONTO
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
Nominations
The Nominating Committee will post
its nominations on the Alumni Web site
(www.senecaalumni.ca) no later than
September 15, 2006
Should an election be required,
notification of the process and
details will be posted on the website
no later than September 15, 2006.
Election Results
Results of the election will be posted on
the web site, no later than November 1,
2006.The new Directors will be declared
elected and take office November 1, 2006.
How You Can Contribute
Any Seneca Alumnus interested in serving in elected positions should notify
the Nominating Committee Chair John
IN SUPPORT OF THE ALUMNI
ENDOWED BURSARY FUND
Corporate Sponsor: $3,000 per foursome
Foursome Sponsor: $2,500 per foursome
Call 416.491.5050 x2960 for more information.
OFFICE OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
givingback
Together, we're
making a difference
A message from the Vice President, Resource Development
W
e have made tremendous strides
over the past year in securing
financial support on behalf of
our students and the future of the College.
Full partners in our achievements are
donors like you.
Since launching the College’s private sector support strategy – a 10-year plan towards
generating up to $100 million – Seneca’s
Office of Resource Development has raised
more than $9 million in charitable support
from organizations and individuals – staff,
alumni and friends of Seneca and our students. Donations have supported the College
infrastructure such as capital equipment and
information technology, as well as aggressively growing the permanent endowment for
bursary awards for student financial aid.
Over the last few years, alumni have
helped raise in excess of $150,000 through
the Alumni Invitational Golf Tournament,
Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner and
generous donations to the Alumni Endowed
Bursary Fund. Your participation in the life of
the College and gifts of both time and financial contributions is greatly valued.
It is heart-warming to know our students
have special friends – those who have
come before them – committed to their
future and success. With over one million
student records on file, upon graduation
our students will join a significant network
of Seneca alumni across the country and
around the world. Thank you for staying involved in the future and success of
Seneca College. If at anytime you have any
Shirlene B. Courtis, CFRE
Vice President, Resource Development
www.senecac.on.ca/resource_development
questions regarding our fundraising programs, your donation or ways you can help,
please contact me at
[email protected] or
416-491-5050 ext. 2034
A commitment to excellence defines
educational partnership
by Lisa Mills
Sun Microsystems supports technological & applied research
W
ith a joint commitment to innovation, collaboration with leading academic institutions and
the pursuit of new advances in networked
education and federated information, Sun
Microsystems of Canada Inc. has contributed more than a half million dollars in
technology and applied research support
to Seneca College.
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The result of a long-term relationship
between Seneca and Sun, the contribution
demonstrates significant intellectual and
financial collaboration, leading the way in
academic technological innovation.
“Six years ago Seneca realized the
internet would be key to electronic infrastructure development, and allied itself
with Sun to exploit that potential,” said
Stéphane Boisvert, Senior Vice President,
Client Solutions, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
and Chairman, Sun Microsystems of
Canada. “In yet another example of the
private sector teaming with academia to
bolster innovation, our two organizations
made a commitment to push the limits of
technology, and that relationship continues
to elevate Canada’s position on the global
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technology and academic stages.”
In November 2004, Sun Microsystems
and Seneca launched the Sun Centre
of Excellence in Enterprise Knowledge
Services, building on a common vision of
an integrated “Knowledge Service” network. The initiative personalized delivery
of content and resource services to academic and business users. It also offered
institutions greater ability to leverage
information, enhance administrative and
services best practices and gain market
advantage.
The Centre of Excellence represents
another first when, a year ago, Seneca
became the first academic institution
in Canada to upgrade to Sun’s Java™
Enterprise System to take advantage of
greater savings through lower licensing costs, quarterly upgrade cycles, and
access to new infrastructure tools.
The Sun Microsystems and Seneca
College relationship is based on a belief
that through technological innovation
we improve service and add value for
our growing range of constituents,” says
Terry Verity, Chief Information Officer for
Seneca. “Sun’s investment in Seneca
returns new knowledge to Seneca and to
the broader education community. I look
forward to the continuation of our mutually productive and supportive partnership.”
Sun’s in-kind and financial contributions support a number of components at
the Library and Computing Commons at
Newnham and Seneca@York Campuses.
Sun’s Java™ Enterprise System is the
foundation for the College’s MySeneca
portal. The company also supports
applied research to the “Learning Objects
Repository Project” which is shaping the
way educational materials are presented
and advancing digital educational resources for faculty and students.
Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain
Contractors Association offers new
Civil Engineering bursary by Lisa Mills
W
hen the Greater Toronto Sewer
and Watermain Contractors
Association (GTSWCA) was
looking to allocate charitable donations,
Gus Morelli thought of his alma mater and
recommended Seneca as a recipient. With
the opportunity of matching funds through
the provincial government’s Ontario Trust for
Student Support (OTSS), Gus, a 1997 Civil
Engineering Technology graduate, was more
than happy to facilitate a proposal requesting
the maximum amount available.
As a result, in November 2005 the
GTSWCA made a donation of $20,000 to
establish the Greater Toronto Sewer and
Watermain Contractors Association Endowed
Bursary. When matched, the total capital
portion of the fund will total $40,000, generating approximately $1,200 each year to
award a Seneca student.
The GTSWCA is committed to the maintenance and expansion of the GTA’s core
infrastructure. Its work helps ensure a plentiful supply of clean water and the preservation
of our lakes and rivers. A member of the
Ontario Sewer and Watermain Contractors
Association (OSWCA), the GTSWCA has been
representing sewer and water main construction contractors across the province for over
28 years, and currently serves over 700 member companies.
The endowed bursary will be open to
third year students enrolled in the Centre
for the Built Environment’s Civil Engineering
Technology Program. The amount of the
award will be determined by interest earned
on the capital, granting one award each year.
The recipient will be recommended by faculty
based upon the following criteria.
•a third year student in the Civil
Engineering Technology Program with a
focus on environmental technologies or
sewer/watermain reflected studies
•demonstrated academic achievement
•must demonstrate financial need
Recipients will also be invited to attend the
GTSWCA annual general meeting and dinner. The gift is part of the Office of Resource
Development’s larger fundraising effort in support of the Centre for the Built Environment.
Thanks to the initiative and support
of one of its alumni, Seneca students
are the grateful recipients of a new
endowed bursary from the Greater
Toronto Sewer and Watermain
Contractors Association (GTSWCA).
Gus Morelli, a 1997 Civil Engineering
Technology graduate, recommended
Seneca when the GTSWCA was looking
to allocate charitable donations.
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Thank you Donors
Thank you to Seneca’s Alumni Donors and Supporters who, through their donations and financial support continue to make a contribution to
the life of Seneca and an ongoing legacy of learning, helping to change the world … one student at a time.
(Support Received Between June 1, 2004 to December 31, 2005)
President's Circle Leadership Gifts $1000+
Individuals
Reza Alavie
John Bodolai
John C. Clark
Peter Constantinou*
Dave Cooke*
Shirlene Courtis*
Hong Dong
Herman Grad
Helen Hayward
Mr. & Mrs. Rudy
Koehler
Brian D. Labatte*
Henry Labatte
John D. Laing
Sandra Marr
Donald C. McLean
Jean Anne McLeod
Alumni Donors
Alexandra Angelo
Alia S. Andani
Alison M. Gibson
Alnoor Walji
Andrea Diplock
Andrew R. Chung
Angela G. Williams
Angela L. Runciman
Ann Rostrup
Antonio Ruccia
Barry Athoe
Blair J. Beatty
Catherine A.
Richardson
Cedric Cyr
Cheon-Ho Nam
Cyril O. Pesayco
Dale V. Peers
Daniel J. Guegueirre
Denise Olah
Dick Grannan
Dorota Hodur
Elizabeth Holmes
Eugene Wilson
Govind G. Maharaj
Heather A. Doherty
Heather L. Greco
Helen F. Szumigaj
Howard Binstock
Ian R. Fishley
Ian Tipson
Iscenty Benjamin
James F. Cresswell
James Streeter
Janet L. Hilts
Janet Maher
Jason Alverio
Jean M. Gillis
Jeffrey A. Hill
Jennifer Singh
John M. Colthart
Josephine D. Harlow
Judy Chung
Junwu Wang
Kam C. Szeto
Keith A. Justice
Kim Fung Lee
Linda J. Hendy
Lori Y. Chan
Lucie A. Dutfield
Marc Caira
Maria A. Gamelo
Mario E. Cianchetti
Mark E. Climie
Mark Labudzki
Mary E. Humphries
Matthew Barr
Maureen C. Szeto
Miriam Radley
Nadia A. Iskander
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Brian McVey
Linda Merifield
Lisa Mills*
Dr. Rick Miner
Rocco Rossi
Esther B. Simon
Stanley Talesnick
Robert Visentin
Nancy Weis
Nancy P. Nixon
Neil C. Hetherington
Nicholas Janushewski
Ourania Korentos
Patricia Clark
Paul N. Sloggett
Pauline P. Chan
Peter Myers
Ping C. Tsang
Randolph P.H. Betsch
Rudy Lewis
Ryan J. Nurse
Sabrina A. Woods
Samky Mak
Sandra F. LeanLeighton
Sandra S. Wetherald
Scott A. Farber
Seema Narula
Senh K. Chong
Sergio Carbone
Sergio Vazquez
Steve M. Kinnari
Susan C. Smellie
Susan X. Gao
Tracy M. McCook
Vivienne M. Poy
W. Roy McCutcheon
Weihong Cheng
William J. Riddell
Zhenyin Gu
Foundations and Corporations
ACL & Associates Ltd.
Adecco Canada
Applied Electronics Limited
Aramark Canada Ltd.
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Bell Canada
Betatek Inc.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
CALA Engineering Services Inc.
Campus Living Centres
Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society
CIBC
Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company
CHUM Limited
Derbyshire Viceroy Limited
Frasca International
Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers (Canada) Ltd.
Grande Cheese Co. Ltd.
Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association
HBC Foundation
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Institute of Municipal Assessors
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
National Life of Canada
National Pharmaceutical Sciences Group
Ontario Centres of Excellence
OTA Education Foundation, Inc.
Panasonic Canada Inc.
Parmalat Canada
Pearson Education Canada
RBC Foundation
Rotary Club (Mississauga-Airport)
S.M. Blair Family Foundation
Seneca Alumni Association
Staples Business Depot
Student Federation Council / All Presidents Council
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
The Acapella Foundation
The Bank of Nova Scotia
The Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation
The McLean Foundation
University Women’s Club of North York
Vipond Inc.
Xerox Canada Inc.
* indicates multi-year commitment
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Supporters of the 2005
Alumni Invitational Golf Tournament
Amsdell Inc.
Aramark Canada Ltd.
Blackboard Inc.
Certified General Accountants of Ontario
Cisco Systems Canada Co.
Clarity Systems Limited
EDge Interactive Publishing
Embanet Corporation
Gardiner Roberts LLP
IBI Group Toronto
In2Design Solutions Inc.
Johnson Inc.
Mercer Human Resource Consultants
Miller Thomson LLP
NEC Displays
Panduit Canada Corp.
Parmalat Canada
Residence Conference Centres
RBC Financial Group
Seven Continents
SimplexGrinnell
Spectech
Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc.
Tone Performance
Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc.
Turtle Island Recycling
Unilever Canada
Xerox Canada Inc.
TRIBUTE
SPEAKERS WANTED
Share your successes
and life experiences with
Seneca’s graduates at the
spring, fall and winter convocations.
Contact the Alumni Office for
details at 416-491-5050 ext.
2960 in Toronto or
1-888-ALUMNUS.
Email [email protected]
senecanews
Michael Mullin, a third-year Bachelor of Applied Technology Software
Development student, uses the haptic joystick
Measuring “Joy”
By Evan Weaver
Canadian company Quanser Consulting
thinks it has a better force-feedback
joystick to offer the market and it
has turned to Seneca College to help
prove it.
A force-feedback joystick, or haptic
joystick, works like a normal joystick,
but also has programmable motors that
a computer game can use to move the
stick in the user’s hand. For instance,
a force-feedback joystick can shake
when a gamer traverses rough terrain,
kick back when a gun is fired or pull
to one side if a car gets a flat tire.
There are no standard tests to judge
the quality of a force feedback joystick
experience.
Seneca College has partnered with
Quanser in a research project to develop a methodology for benchmarking
force-feedback joysticks from a usability
point of view. Professor Evan Weaver,
from the School of Computer Studies,
is working with Seneca students to
create a benchmarking program. It is
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hoped that this will create a standard
method for determining the fidelity of
a force-feedback joystick.
The program will have a series of
game-like 3-D scenarios which involve
force feedback. A study to be conducted as part of the research project
will investigate in what ways a higher
quality haptic experience enhances
a gamer’s performance. Toward the
end of the project, a prototype of the
Quanser joystick will be put through
its paces with the other, commercially
available joysticks, and Seneca will help
answer Quanser’s question of whether
its technology is demonstrably superior
to the competition.
For more information, visit the
haptic joystick benchmarking project’s
home page at http://pandora.senecac.
on.ca/hjbench.
Computer Studies heads
back to high school
By John Selmys
Midway through a four-year partnership to study the impact of Open
Source software in high schools, it’s
evident that the learning curve for
teenage students is short and not very
steep. They are adapting very quickly
to the technology.
Open Source software is available to
anyone at no cost.
Seneca’s School of Computer
Studies teamed up with Emery
Collegiate Institute, our Seneca@York
campus neighbour. We designed and
built an infrastructure (Linux-based
lab) that enables participants to look at
how Open Source affects schools’ costs,
teaching and learning effectiveness,
the availability and maturity of applications, technical support issues, the
interest of females in technology, and
the effects on community.
Seneca provided technical training
for Emery teachers.
In our first year of operation, about
100 Emery students made use of the
facilities to write reports, learn how to
program, design web sites and use the
internet as a research tool. In our second
year this number grew to over 200.
The project has also spawned several parallel initiatives. A study of
environment on long-distance wireless networks is underway which
could show whether rain, wind or
pollution affects bandwidth (which,
in turn, affects how much and how
fast you can download). A Linux
driver for science kits is in development. Dual credit articulation
pathways for Emery students into
Seneca’s School of Computer Studies
is in place. The College hosted
Women in Technology days at Seneca
for Emery students, and Seneca has
partnered with Parkdale Collegiate
in Toronto’s west end to implement a
similar lab at that school.
This project was initiated and led by
John Selmys, faculty member in the
School of Computer Studies with the
Office of Research and Innovation and
Academic Computing Systems providing support.
The project continues until the Fall
of 2007. Details and photos can be
viewed at http://cdot.senecac.on.ca/
projects/oss2.
senecanews
Wayne Norrison: Last
of the originals retires
By Christie Adams
It’s the end of an era as the last original
member of the Seneca faculty retires this
summer. Vice President International and
Business Development Wayne Norrison
leaves behind a legacy that began in 1967
when Seneca was operating out of a converted shirt factory on Sheppard Avenue.
“There really wasn’t a campus.There
were 850 students,” he says, when recalling
Seneca’s early days. Today, it’s the largest
college in Canada.
Wayne began his Seneca career as a
member of the faculty of Applied Arts
and Liberal Studies. In the nearly 40 years
since, he has served as everything from the
Executive Dean of King Campus to the
Vice President of Human Resources and
Student Services. He took up his current
post in 2004.
Wayne says, without hesitation, that his
proudest accomplishment has been working with students. While VP of Student
Services, he helped incorporate the
Seneca Student Federation across all campuses. His efforts were so appreciated that,
when he left Student Services, the Wayne
Norrison Student Government Award
was created in his honour.
Seneca, will continue to grow.”
Wayne’s current great success has been
helping to establish Seneca’s proposed
campus in Beijing. “I’ve been very lucky
to help build internationally. It’s been a
wonderful, wonderful experience.”
In Wayne’s time, the college has
become the largest in Canada, expanding to 10 locations with an enrollment of
over 100,000 students studying full- and
part-time in more than 260 programs. He
is proud to have been a part of Seneca’s
incredible growth. “In 1967, no one
would have ever imagined at the time that
we would have the diversity we have now.
No one would have ever imagined we
would even be contemplating opening a
campus in China.”
‘We’ve come a long way. And it’s been
a very interesting ride.”
Welcome Mohammed
Ali Khan, new VP,
International and
Business Development
After an international search, Seneca is
pleased to welcome new Vice President,
International and Business Development,
Mohammed Ali Khan.
“Mak” comes to Seneca from Lahore
University of Management Science in
Pakistan where he worked in a variety
of administrative positions. In addition
to his academic experience, Mak worked
for several international private-sector
firms in marketing and accounting. Mak
has an M.S. in Business Administration
from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and has participated in several
professional development programs at
Harvard, Dartmouth, IMD (an interna-
tional executive education institution),
McGill and others.
Mak joined the College in January,
allowing for a transition before the retirement of Wayne Norrison. Together,
they are working with President Rick
Miner on Seneca’s international initiatives,
including plans for a campus in China.
New programs for Fall 2006
Brand Management Ontario College
Graduate Certificate
Seneca College Alumni Association
President Sergio Carbone offers his
thanks. “Wayne Norrison has been changing and shaping the college since day
one. The alumni association was founded
under his watch, and I know our alumni
are grateful to him for it.Wayne’s an artist.
His work may be done, but his creation,
The Brand Management program
focuses on providing students with
the skills and knowledge required to
develop and execute a successful brand
strategy. Students will learn through
work on a total analysis of a brand,
then devising a strategic plan in order
to build brand equity.
Brand managers are responsible not
only for sales and profitability, but also
for building brand equity and value
over time. All brands need to be managed – both in the product and service
sector. A strong customer focus, an
analytical orientation and an interactive approach are key. All of these elements are incorporated into the Brand
Management program.
The program is offered through the
School of Marketing and e-Business.
For more information contact
Marianne Marando at marianne.
[email protected] or 416-4915050 ext. 6022
Business Intelligence Ontario College
Business Intelligence (BI) is an
emerging field used in many disciplines to turn data into information
that will help an organization make
better business decisions, deliver value
to its customers and gain a competitive advantage.
The functions of BI within an organization include, research, metrics, and
regulations governing the legality of
data collection.
Over two semesters and 10 courses,
students in this program will gain
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skills in conducting advanced research
by collecting, analysing and interpreting data. This intelligence will allow
the student to systematically organize
information in a meaningful way.
For graduates, employment can be
found in private and public organizations, consulting firms and in
academia. Career diversity covers
competitive intelligence analysts,
business intelligence analysts within
information technology departments,
researchers within economic and business development areas, marketers,
sales representatives and product managers in development and planning,
security analysts, and in counter-intelligence positions.
For more information contact Terry
James at [email protected] or
416-491-5050 ext.7543
Interactive Marketing Ontario College
This program is designed to prepare
students for today’s interactive marketplace. Students are taught technical
aspects of marketing to enable them to
develop sound and effective interactive
strategies.
Interactive marketing provides the
opportunity for consumers to interact
with a company’s promotion. The
connection can be online, through a
contest or survey, by couponing, or any
other method that enables interaction.
All successful marketing programs
today must be interactive in nature and
address the changing consumer.
For more information contact Brian
Broadway at brian.broadway@senecac.
on.ca or 416-491-5050 ext. 6074
Aviation Bridging Program
This program enables graduates of the
Aviation and Flight Technology diploma
program to upgrade their diplomas to
degrees in two years. Since the fouryear Bachelor of Applied TechnologyFlight program was introduced in 2003,
the diploma option is no longer available. The bridging program ensures that
alumni are able to achieve the degree
designation in less time, depending on
glass cockpit experience.
The School of Aviation and Flight
Technology is developing part-time,
distance and online learning options to
enhance service to working graduates.
For more information contact Dominic Totino at dominic.
[email protected] or 416-4915050 ext.2176
Informatics and Security Bachelors’
Degree
Information is a primary currency in
today’s global economy. Informatics
and Security requires more than
technical abilities; it requires skilled,
resourceful thinkers. The Bachelor
of Applied Technology (Informatics
and Security) program will address
current and future industry needs
for information security specialists.
Graduates of this degree program will
be able to plan, develop and implement appropriate and secure technology solutions for a broad variety of
business information environments.
Delivery of the applied degree curriculum will focus on applied teaching/learning methodologies such as
problem-based learning, investigative
research, interactive hands-on labs,
co-operative work experience and
case studies.
School of Computer Studies.
For more information contact Allan
Souder at [email protected]
or 416-491-5050 ext.3537
Event and Exhibit Design Ontario
College Graduate Certificate
This unique graduate program provides students with a specialization in
design for the growing special event
and trade show industry. Event and
Exhibit Design blends business with
applied design techniques and detailed
project knowledge to give graduates
a wide breadth of marketable skills.
Strong focus is placed on managing
the design process for special events
and exhibits; specifically the analysis,
planning, budgeting, sourcing, and
creation of decor, props and visuals.
Field placements and work on actual
events give students real-world experience. The program is open to applicants who have completed a degree
or diploma in a design discipline.
Students will be employed as special
event organizers, trade show designers,
and assistant creative directors after
graduation.
School of Fashion and Merchandising.
For more information contact John
MacBride at john.macbride@senecac.
on.ca or 416-491-5050 ext.6513
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Motivating the
youth vote
by Christie Adams
While a national campaign urging
young people to vote played out on
television and newspapers, Seneca
played its own role in motivating students to mark an “X”.
Voter turnout in Canada has been
declining since the late 80s and is at
an unprecedented low. Of particular
concern is participation by young voters. In 2000, just 25 per cent of them
marked a ballot.
“The participation rate of 18-to-24year-olds (in elections) is very depressing,” says President Rick Miner. He
saw the opportunity to help change
that and organized a college campaign
that started with a letter to staff and
students stressing the importance of
voting to help set the direction for the
country’s future.
Using technology that speaks to
youth, President Miner also launched
an election blog. Connect With Your
Future encouraged public discussion on the issues, campaign strategies
and candidates. While the President
remained strictly non-partisan, readers
criticized or praised parties, and many
praised Miner for starting the blog.
Over the course of the campaign,
Seneca organized four all-candidates
meetings. Students and area residents
filled meetings at the Newnham, King,
Yorkgate and Markham campuses to
learn more about candidates in their
ridings. Reporters from the Markham
Reporter & Sun, North York Mirror
and the A-Channel served as panelists.
“It was our attempt to make a
change, at least among our students,”
the President says.
final week of summer holidays. It
all paid off when Seneca won awards
for Marketing Research, Retail
Management, International Marketing,
Sales Management and the “Quiz
Bowl.”
Congratulations to all the winners of
the 2005 OCMC.
Students Triumph at
Marketing Competition
Seneca Marketing students had a
terrific showing at the November
2005 Ontario College Marketing
Competition (OCMC).
Hosted by Seneca from November
17 to 19, the home team won awards
in 5 out of 11 competitions for a
fourth place finish overall. The students, all in their third year of the
Marketing Administration program,
began training for the competition in
March 2005. Their regimen included
an intense, one-week session in the
From the left: Tricia Baboolal (3rd), Jenn Laughlin
(3rd), Sandra Ivkovic (3rd), Peter Assenza (2nd),
Noshin Mehraein (3rd), Margaret Chen (2nd), Allison
Wallis (2nd), and Tane Uribarren (1st); missing is
Lauren Carsley (2nd).
Seneca now accepting nominations for honorary degrees
In March, 2004, Seneca College
was granted the authority under the
Postsecondary Education Choice
and Excellence Act 2000, to award
honorary degrees. The Honorary
Bachelor of Applied Studies will be
awarded to recognize and honor
exceptional individuals who have
achieved distinguished reputations
at the provincial, national or international level in education, public
service, business, the professions
or the arts, or made significant
and important contributions to the
College and/or the local community.
In 2006 the Board of Governors
approved guidelines and criteria for selecting recipients, and
established an Honorary Degree
Committee to be chaired by VicePresident Academic Cindy Hazell.
The President of the Alumni
Association is an ex-officio member of the Committee. Nominations
are invited twice each year from
alumni, advisory committee members, College staff, students and
faculty, and from the community.
Please see www.senecaalumni.ca
(Honorary Degrees) for further information regarding the nomination
procedures, eligibility and selection
criteria.
2006 Fall convocation nomination
deadline: May 30, 2006.
Mailing Address:
Seneca College
Honorary Degree Committee
c/o Linda Bull
North York, Ontario
M2J 2X5
Fax: (416) 491-7745 – Attn: Linda
Bull for Honorary Degree Committee
Email Address:
[email protected]
sports
From soaked to stylin’:
Resurfaced gym floor
a beautiful thing
mid-August the rain
Iin.ncame
down and it came
It came in the doors,
By John Sharpe
down the halls and into the
Newnham Gym.
When the water subsided, Seneca
was left with a very damaged, very
warped and very wet gymnasium floor.
But like many disaster movies, what
looked like a flood of trouble, problems and destruction, has turned into a
beautiful new future.
Once the water was gone, the
Sports Centre facility crew, Athletics
and Recreation Department staff and
Sport Seneca staff went on an extensive search to bring in a company that
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could not only fix or repair our damaged floor, but restore it to a level that
it had not seen in quite some time.
Following close to month of waiting and hoping, the flooring experts
declared the moisture levels low
enough to save the floor. So the
wood was sanded repeatedly until it
was down to an even and moisturefree level.
The Seneca group then took a look
at the facility and decided it was a
perfect opportunity for change and a
beautiful new surface. The main courts
for volleyball and basketball were
moved from a north/south configuration to a much more fan- and playerfriendly east/west layout. Gone are
the old wooden lockers which once
filled the west wall. New are the post
holes for badminton and volleyball, and
the backboards and nets for basketball.
And new is the paint job on the floor,
giving the gym a brighter, cleaner and
fantastic look.
Director of Sport and Recreation
Slava Corn, Sports Centre Manager
Doug Orr and Athletics and
Recreation Manager Linda Stapleton
used their vision of what the aging
facility could be, and Westpoint
Flooring and the Sports Centre facility
crew made it a reality.
We’ve also learned a few lessons.
New waterproofing is being applied
to the Sports Centre and new water
tight doors installed. Unless Noah is
seen preparing the ark, it looks like the
Newnham gym should be open and
looking great for Seneca students for
some time to come.
For more photos and a related story on
the floods at Seneca, please see “Heeding
the storm warning” on page 15.
sports
Nice guys – Nice records
By John Sharpe
wo Seneca athletes have enshrined themselves into campus recreation activities, and cheerthe Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) ing on other Sting teams.
Everyone knows the old saying
history books by breaking and setting new offensive
about
“nice guys.” In this case, nice
levels of excellence for rugby and volleyball.
guys don’t just finish first, they make
set the record for Kills in a Match with
their mark along the way.
Eric Hannah of the Sting rugby
30 and Points in a Match with 39. Like
team broke five OCAA records and in
Eric, Brett is a third-year Fire Protection
the process became the OCAA’s allstudent and team captain.
time leading scorer. Eric now holds
In addition to its on-court and onthe records for Most Tries in a Match
field success, Eric and Brett are always
with five, Most Converts in a Match
highly visible around Seneca, joining in
with eight, Most Points in a Match
with 41, Most Tries in a Season with
14 and Most Points in a Season with
110. Eric’s career point total of 190 is
now the new benchmark for success.
Eric, the Sting’s Captain and a
third-year fire protection student,
also led the Sting to its fifth consecutive OCAA Championship, second
consecutive Eastern Canadian and
increased their undefeated streak to 43
straight matches.
Brett Dailey of the Sting men’s volleyball team exploded in early December,
Brett Dailey has left his mark in the OCAA record
Eric Hannah shows off the form that made
setting a pair of OCAA records. Brett
T
books this season.
OCAA history.
Alumni games success
ore than 60 alumni
M
donned their sneakers and pulled their old
shorts out of moth balls
November 12th, in an effort
to recapture their athletic
prowess.
They joined in a day of friendly
competition between varsity alumni and
the current Seneca Sting.
The 2005-06 version of the Sting
took on Alumni in Men’s and Women’s
Volleyball and Men’s and Women’s
Basketball. It turned out to be a
The men's volleyball team
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By John Sharpe
great day of activity and reminiscing.
Organizers were happy to see the new
generation networking with Seneca’s
alumni.
The young Sting proved to be too
much for the alumni in three of the
four games, but the older, more experienced Men’s Volleyball Alumni gave
the youthful Sting a lesson. The results
were as follows:
Men’s Basketball
Women’s Basketball
Women’s Volleyball
Men’s Volleyball
Sting 73
Sting 75
Sting 3
Sting 1
The ‘05 event featured volleyball and
basketball, but it would be great to have
soccer, fastball, hockey, and more. Drop
us a line if you think you’ve still got
what it takes, even to just have fun.
For more information, contact:
416.491.5050, ext. 2308
[email protected]
Alumni 69
Alumni 49
Alumni 1
Alumni 3
We hope to follow up in November
2006 and turn this into an annual event.
The women's basketball team
The men's basketball team
The women's volleyball team
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1971
Roland St. Germain (Municipal
Administration) is a senator of the Metis
Nation of Ontario (MNO). He has been
an advocate for Metis rights for most of
his life. His two children have followed
in his footsteps and both hold positions
in the MNO. Roland entered Seneca as
a mature student and is a member of the
original graduating class of the Municipal
Administration program. He is now
retired from the Ministry of Revenue
at the Owen Sound Assessment Office,
after 27 years of service. The MNO and
Seneca are working to establish a bursary
for Metis students.
1976
Zaher (Jaher) Prebtani (Accounting
and Finance) works as an auditor for the
Canada Revenue Agency in Toronto,
Ontario. He
was the first
in a family of
Senecans, as
his brother is
a graduate and
his son will
complete his
schooling this
year. As Zaher
puts it,“I would like to thank the Seneca
Placement Centre for finding me a job in
the federal government. I am also proud
to be a Seneca graduate.” He resides
with his family in Markham, Ontario.
1977
Sherry Lawson (Library Information
Techniques) is the director of Corporate
Affairs and Public Relations for Casino
Rama near Orillia, Ontario. She is a
member of the Mnjikaning First Nation,
and has begun work on the Residential
School Survivors Project. Sherry has
also been a guest speaker and volunteer
for many organizations and is Co-Chair
of Orillia’s Cultural Planning Advisory
Committee. In 2004, Sherry was named
the Orillia Business Woman of the Year
for her contributions to the city. In 1997,
Sherry was nominated for the Premier’s
Award, which honours outstanding
graduates of Ontario’s colleges. The
new grandmother also holds a degree in
Anthropology from York University.
1982
Mike Moran (Outdoor Recreation)
and Cheri Doman are the owners and
operators of Sojourn, an outdoor lifestyle store. Located in Barrie, Ontario,
Sojourn focuses on delivering the latest
sports and outdoor gear and excellent
customer service. Mike and Cheri
also run adventure tours and getaways
through their sister company, Sojourn
Adventures. 2006 marks Sojourn’s
15th anniversary. Mike and Cheri also
produce a bi-annual newsletter, with a
circulation of 12,000, to help subscribers
fully enjoy the great outdoors. Contact
Mike and Cheri at [email protected].
1984
Wesley Van Wart (Law Enforcement )
is the owner and operator of the
Internet Zone Café in Orangeville,
Ontario. He previously worked for
Kodak Canada. Wesley’s son Wyatt is
11 and is already a talented race kart
driver. In 2005 he was chosen to represent the Team Hurricane racing club of
Hamilton, Ontario at North America’s
top race. The Van Warts are seeking
sponsors for the 2006 racing season.
For more information, visit Wyatt’s web
site at www.wyatt04racing.com.
1986
Rob Barsony (Broadcasting - Radio
and Television) recently became the
supervisor, Audio Visual Unit for the
International Criminal Tribunal in the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for the United
Nations. He moved to The Hague, in
The Netherlands
in 2000 to take
the post of Video
Director at the
ICTY. Rob
directed the
broadcast of the
trial of Slobodan Milosevic, as well as
many others accused of war crimes and
humanitarian violations. He continues
to maintain the visibility of the Tribunal
through ICTY broadcasts and ensures
the legacy of the audio visual recordings. Rob previously worked for CFMT
(Omni) television in Toronto, Ont.
1992
Vincent Woodruff, PM (Accounting
and Finance Co-op) is the principal and
founder of Woodruff Payroll Solutions
Inc. (WPS) in Toronto. Launched in
2004,Vince’s clients range from auto
body shops to restaurants in the GTA
area. WPS also offers bookkeeping,
accounting and taxation services. In
addition,Vince is an instructor of the
Canadian Payroll Association’s Certified
Payroll Management Program. Vince
served as Tribute Speaker to October
2005 graduates. He previously worked
for Brookfield Management Services
Ltd. and The Loyalty Group. Contact
Vince at [email protected].
1996
Kara Harris (Early Childhood
Education) has been employed at
Father F.X. O’Reilly Catholic School
in Tottenham, Ontario, since 1998. She
enjoys working with children because,
“you never lose the child inside of you.”
Kara
is also
involved
with
many
student
advocate
programs
within the Ontario Teachers’ Federation
(OTF), and her upcoming projects
include an anti-bullying workshop. Kara
will marry Steve Percy in July 2006.
Contact Kara at [email protected].
1997
Krista Garbutt (Human Resources
Administration) is the Recruiter, Human
Resources for Blue Mountain resort
in Collingwood, Ontario. Since joining the resort in 2001, her responsibilities have steadily increased thanks
to the many courses she has been able
to take through work. Krista says she
loves the atmosphere of her workplace.
She can go skiing & golfing anytime.
grapevine
The Collingwood native previously
worked for the County of Simcoe and
a pharmeceutical company Kohl and
Frisch, all in HR positions. Krista’s goal
is to keep moving through the ranks
at Blue Mountain and enjoy the active
lifestyle it provides. Contact Krista at
[email protected].
Carmela Cialone, nee Racioppo
(Human Resources Management) is a
human resources factory manager for
Nestle Canada Inc. in Toronto. She has
worked with Nestle since 1990, moving
through the ranks as an HR generalist and
then helping with the global implementation of SAP at Nestle. In 2005, Carmela
was promoted to HR manager of the
Toronto factory. Carmela plans to pursue
her MBA online through the University
of New Jersey. She resides in Markham
with her husband. Contact Carmela at
[email protected].
1997
Jason R. McMurtrie (Legal Assistant)
is a senior law clerk for McMillan Binch
Mendelsohn, a law firm in Toronto.
Working in the firm’s Debt Products
and Restructuring Department, Jason
has assisted on and co-coordinated many
complex transactions. He likes working for the firm because it values team
work, and finds working with the firm’s
new recruits is very fulfilling. Jason
also worked at Osler, Hoskin-Harcourt.
Contact Jason at
[email protected].
1998
Marie Clarke Walker (Early
Childhood Education) was appointed
by then Minister of Labour and
Housing Joe Fontana to the Council
of Governors for the Canadian Centre
for Occupational Health and Safety
(CCOHS) in September 2005 as a
worker’s representative. She is also
the executive vice president of the
Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), the
first woman of colour to hold a top
CLC position.Very active in labour
relations, Marie has also held elected
positions with CUPE and the Coalition
of Black Trade Unionists. She writes,
“I am very proud to be appointed to
(CCOHS) and will be working hard to
ensure that working people have safe
and healthy workplaces and communities and continue to utilize the resources that the organization provides.”
Marie also holds a Human Services
Worker certificate from Durham
College and is completing her Bachelor
of Arts at York University.
1999
Adam Greenberg (Business Computer
Systems) is a direct marketer for Bell
Canada. He is focused on sales and
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also holds a Microsoft Certified Service
Engineer (MCSE) designation from
Microhard, a U.S-based computer
school. He lives in Toronto.
2001
A career in international development
has taken Seetharam Mukkavilli
(Internet and Electronic Commerce
Post-Diploma Co-op) around the
world. Working in project management,
Seetharam has undertaken missions in
Honduras, Sudan, Ecuador, Ethiopia
and Thailand to name just a few. He is
proud of the difference he is making to
the futures of thousands of underprivileged children. He is currently living in
the United Kingdom, working for a
development firm that supports health,
education and housing programs in
developing nations. Seetharam also holds
an MA from the Tata Institute of Social
Sciences and a PhD from the University
of Delhi, both in India. Contact
Seetharam at [email protected].
2002
(Ganesh)Anand Puran (Business
Administration) is the founder of
Eventertainmentz. The events-planning
company specializes in corporate and
not-for-profit events. Eventertainmentz’
clients include major corporations and
professional sports teams. Anand also
offers print services. Contact Anand
at [email protected] or visit
www.eventertainmentz.com.
Martin Golbourne (Digital Media
Technical Production) is founder,
president and webmaster at Southern
Ontario Golfer Inc. Its online portal,
www.SouthernOntarioGolfer.com,
offers free golf discounts in the Greater
Toronto Area to its members. Southern
Ontario Golfer is expanding its list of
over 32 participating golf courses and
its coverage area in 2006. Martin is also
president of Octomedia Production
Inc., specializing in media web design
and providing broadcast audio engineering to shows like The National
and The Rick Mercer Report. Martin
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Contact Martin at
[email protected].
2005
Laura Smuck (Corporate
Communications) is an Account
Coordinator with Free For All
Marketing Inc. in Toronto. She enjoys
working directly with clients to produce
creative sampling campaigns. Laura’s job
is hands-on: writing proposals, client
reports, training staff and managing programs across the country. She has produced campaigns for Quizno’s, Nivea
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Laura also holds an Honours Bachelor
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Laurier University. Contact Laura at
[email protected].
FAMILY MATTERS
by Alison Gibson
Families matter at Seneca. We are proud of the generations of families that have
made Seneca their college of choice. Siblings, children, parents, grandparents, aunts
and uncles – they all count. Tell us about your family’s connection to Seneca and
we will publish it in Family Matters. Send Alison Gibson an email with the names,
including maiden names, of all your family members who graduated from Seneca.
Include the mailing address for each person and their family relationship.
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The Elliott Family
TOP LEFT: Andrew
Elliott (Business
AdministrationMarketing 1985)
TOP RIGHT: Barry
Elliott (Creative
Advertising 1986)
BOTTOM LEFT:
Victoria Telfer, nee
Elliott (Animal Health Technician 1988)
SINGLE: Tim Elliott (Business
Administration-Marketing 1984)
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Prices & Design Options.
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Andrew (Business AdministrationMarketing 1985) has been the Sales
Manager at Artseal, a point of purchase display company, for six years. He has gone on
extensive backpacking excursions through
Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New
Zealand, East Asia and the South Pacific.
He will marry Lucie Gingras in July 2006.
Barry Elliott (Creative Advertising 1986)
has also traveled to Europe, Scandinavia
and North Africa. He has been working with
Hostess as an area merchandising manager for about six years. He and his wife
Alison have two boys, Kyle and Blake.
Victoria Telfer, nee Elliott(Animal Health
Technician 1988) works at Millennium City
Vet clinic in Pickering, Ontario. She is married with two children, Alex and Sarah, who
are excelling in competitive swimming. They
reside in Courtice, Ontario.
The Gayman family
Cousin
Ronald C.
Lewis (Fire
Service
Career
Preparation
1995)
Sisters Angela Dunn, nee Gayman (Creative
Advertising 1998) and Kimberley Gayman
(Environmental Landscape Management
2000).
Tim Elliott (Business AdministrationMarketing 1984) has worked in retail
management at Woolco, HMV and IKEA. He
is also very involved in hockey, baseball,
and golf.
IN MEMORIAM
GEORGE HEJDUK, professor in the
School of Fire Protection Engineering
Technology, passed away in September
2005. During his 15 years at Seneca,
George showed an unparalleled dedication to his students. He will be remembered for the way he brought energy
and enthusiasm to his lectures, and
scheduled extra meetings with students
when necessary. “We keep in touch
with our alumni, and the one professor
they always ask about is George,” says
Stu Evans, Coordinator for the School
of Fire Protection. “He always went the
extra mile.” Seneca is in talks to develop
a scholarship in George’s name. George
is survived by his wife Barbara.
MAGGIE BOND, who taught in the
department of Information Arts and
Technology for nearly 20 years, passed
Cousin Heather Gayman (Esthetician 2005)
with her husband Jeff.
away in November 2005. A teacher
of English and film, her genuine love
of literature shone through and made
her a favourite among generations of
Seneca students. “She could be delightfully amusing, insightful, and generous with her spirit,” English professor
Robert Cross said in his tribute speech
to her. “While she was quick to see
through pretense, she marveled at the
kindness and thoughtfulness of others.”
Born in Doncaster, England, Maggie
came to Canada in 1985. Friends recall
the British phrases they picked up from
her and Maggie’s love of English football. She is survived by her father Cyril
and her dog Hapgood.
SEAN FLOOD After a brave and valiant
battle with cancer, Sean Martin Flood,
45, passed away at home on February
13th surrounded by his family. Sean
graduated from Seneca in 1987 with
an Electronic Engineering Technology
Diploma and was the owner of CVI
Home Systems for the last 17 years.
In their eulogy to Sean, his siblings
recalled that Sean’s time at Seneca was
well spent. Not only did his experience
there prepare him to eventually run his
business, but Sean met a group of great
and loyal friends.
One of these
friends, Tracey
McKenna, fast
became the love
of his life. He
was the cherished
husband of Tracey
and devoted
father to Patrick
(11), Roisin (7)
and Declan (4).
Sean is also survived by his loving
parents, Sean and Ann Flood, his sister
Sheila (Nick), his brothers Colm and
Brian and his nephews John and Paul
and niece Mairead.
grapevine
Where’s
Walter
We’ve lost track of Walter J.
Alcantara, Electronic Engineering
Technology 1984. Unfortunately,
he’s not the only one. If you know
the whereabouts of Walter or anyone
on this list, let us know how to contact them at [email protected] .
3-D Gaming Post Diploma
Program
2004
David Cheung
Timothy E. Christian
Sean M. Polhemus
Wan W. Lee
Matthew S. Sifton
Computer Programming and
Analysis
1971
Allan M. Levy
Gopimeenakumar Maheswaran
Minimuthu P. Maskorala
Georges Potakis
Shibani Ramharakh
Trishan P. Rana
2001
Amina F. Baig
Haney Baket
Kavitha Baskaralingam
Nabil F. Bekhit
Adam M. Berent
Arabinda Chakravarty
Frankie Y. Chan
Zhaohui Chi
James M. Danylak
James Ding
Tasnim M. Hajee
Dabirul Islam
Fariadul Islam
Abeer A. Jalel
2003
Benedict N. Fernando
Shan Chen
Charles R. Guzman
Gordon J. Halfin
Ernest D. Smith
Computer Systems Technology
1973
2002
Hedy Go
Jeffrey Goldenberg
Peter M. Leering
Stephen C. Seto
Satwinder Dhillon
Paul J. Schaedlich
Wenjie Sun
1974
Joseph H. Bao
Alla Chichkina
Inez Luk
John S. Baxter
Philip Ber
Brian R. Bueler
Alice L. Chen
1983
Lesley Keal
Panagiote (Peter) Koleros
Daisy L. Kwong
Donald B. Leslie
1986
Sandra Ricci
Milton M. Shulman
Rosaria Sidoti
Timothy J. Stoner
1991
Zohra M. Hasham
Najier Khan
Joan E. Lindsay
Carlos Pastrana
Estgua T. Sam
Kevin J. Travers
1996
Sam T. Huynh
Izabela M. Kotus
Doris F. Leung
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2003
2004
Kamal K. Lalsingh
Hans Roberto Leslie Lloyd
John Mak
Jacqueline M. Hodges
Maurice Lennon
1977
Edward B. Mahserejian
Alexander W. Sabow
James Boland
1982
1987
Yu-Sang Ng
Kulwant Rairah
Manoune Sadakhom
Brian B. Steele
1990
1996
Marcus A. Centurione
Dennis L. De La Cruz
Casimir Leung
Vincent Vitalone
Shun-Ying Wu
1992
Delroy H. Dillon
Gamal A. Halaga
Benjamin F. Manuel
Tzu-Chun Yuan
1995
Farzam Bagheri
Firooz Kelardashti
Hanna I. Khoury
Ka M. Lee
Thiagarajah Ranjan
1998
Ivan K. Chow
Julian S. Emmanuel
Nick Germenis
Kasper M. Pilested
Steve Servinis
Building Environmental
Systems
Electronics Engineering
Technology
1985
1970
Bryan C. Cole
1973
Garry M. Bressette
Jozef S. Galina
William R. Neale
Francisco A. Da Silva
Greg Farrar
Donald Grant
Onofre Santiago
Vincent R.Vella
1988
Roger F. Kenyon
Susan M. Michelson
Don Reynolds
Michael Ricketts
David Ross
Steven K. Shier
Michael A. Weiler
Sam Yiannopoulos
1976
1989
1975
Euclides M. Batista
Murray L. Cotterell
1993
Simon Glasgow
Jim R. Hayakawa
Ravnel S. King
Fouad I. Kodsi
Hubert K. Kwok
Ronaldo O. Magno
Dan R. Nevitt
Danilo R. Quianzon
Daniel J. Rheault
Steghard Maier
James J. Mellard
2005
Matthew C. Dougherty
Jeff M. Clarke
James D. Frendo-Cumbo
Ken C. Goodwin
William P. Kuypers
Olympio B. Magnaye
Margaret A. Maltese
Roger D. Brown
Chau Q. Bui
Oscar C. Alday Jr.
Dora Chu
David M. Gilbert
Joe Lo
Gholamreza Pazooki
Robert G. Silverson
Graphic Design
1998
Kate Boccinfuso
Christopher M. Dall
Jason D. Ling
Danielle L. Ois
Holly H. Rodrigue
Carolina N. Silva
1999
Katarzyna Kazmierczak
Devon N. Luxmore
Randy R. Robinson
2000
Amila Boteju
Josephine Chan
Kerry A. Dickson
Andrew G. Richens
2001
George C. Popescu
Wing C. Tsang
Lisette E.Viola
2002
Laura A. Bruder
Holly E. De Bourbon
Carolyn M. Elford
Joshua F. Emberlin
Tania Haldar
Lauren A. Lome
2003
Nicole Ackerman
Ivonne L. Castillo
Joy H. Gao
Kevin R. Montgomery
Fiona C. Ogilvie
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by telephone or by e-mail. Send to:
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alumnibenefits
Benefits and Services
In some cases you will be required to produce your Alumni Membership card to take
advantage of the offers listed. If you have lost your card, replacement cards can be ordered at 416-491-5050 Ext. 2960. Your first replacement card will be issued for FREE,
subsequent orders will be $10.00 each.
Discounts and services are constantly being changed. For an up-to-date complete listing
check our website: www.senecaalumni.ca (Benefits and Services Section)
OFF-CAMPUS DISCOUNTS
Amsdell
SoftMoc
A major campus-wide PC system provider to Seneca College. Seneca Alumni
exclusive offer: save up to 30% off your
personalized PC by calling 1-877-AMSDELL (267-3355) or 905-881-3020 or
email: [email protected]
SoftMoc Inc., an upscale comfort lifestyle
footwear provider, is offering Seneca
College Alumni (and family) a Corporate Club Membership to SoftMoc Shoe
Stores and Internet shop. Alumni save an
additional 15% off all purchases (including
all regular price and sale items). Quote
Seneca college corporate ClubAccount
#888000012387 at any SoftMoc Store
in Canada, prior to making your purchase. If you are shopping online -www.
preferredmarketplace.com/seneca/ (Footwear) and simply enter the Corporate
Club Account Number at the end of the
checkout process (just before you pay).
Call 1-888-SOFTMOC (763-8662) to
find out where the nearest SoftMoc store is
near you or email [email protected].
CAA Central Ontario
CAA Central Ontario (Club 282) covers
the City of Toronto, north to Barrie and
Orillia, parts of Sault Ste. Marie, east to
Oshawa (as well as clubs in Peterborough, Kingston and Belleville), west to
Mississauga and Brampton and Windsor.
As an alumnus of Seneca living in the
Central Ontario Club 282 area, you are
entitled to enjoy the special Group Membership Rate that the Seneca Alumni
Association has established. Find out
more about CAA services on the Central
Ontario Chapter website at www.central.
on.caa.ca or call the Seneca Alumni
office 416-491-5050 ext 2960 for your
CAA group application form.
Convocation Flowers
See ad pg 53.
Discount Car and Truck
Rentals
Seneca College Alumni Members receive
5% off standard leisure rental rates at participating Discount Car and Truck Rentals
locations across Canada.
For coupon and details go to:
www.senecaalumni/ (Off Campus Discounts)
Goldfish Cuisine
372 Bloor St. W (@ Spadina)
Seneca Alumni, students and staff will receive a 10% discount from alumnus owner
Maher Rizkalla. See ad pg 23.
SoftMoc reserves the right to modify the terms of
this agreement at any time without notice. Membership good until August 30, 2007.
Toronto Board of Trade
The Toronto Board of Trade is the champion of a competitive and vibrant Toronto.
Membership in the Toronto Board of
Trade means that you are part of the largest local Chamber of Commerce/Board
of Trade in Canada. Board of Trade
members enjoy a variety of innovative
and valuable business services.
Seneca Alumni can benefit by saving
$100 off the annual Executive Board of
Trade membership price. Contact Keith
Paterson at the BOT directly at 416-8624501 or for more detailed information go to
the Board of Trade website www.bot.com.
Paramount
Canada’s Wonderland
Canada’s premier theme park features more
than 200 attractions, including 65 thrilling
rides, North America’s largest variety of
roller coasters, Splash Works! – a 20-acre
water park, live shows, Speed City Raceway
(go-carts) and much, much, much more!
Paramount Canada’s Wonderland opens to
the public on May 7, 2006 and is open daily at 10 a.m. Closing times vary throughout
the operating season. For more information
call (905) 832-7000, or consult the website at www.canadaswonderland.com.
Special discount ticket prices have been
arranged for Seneca Alumni and will be
available in mid-May from the Newnham
Campus Cash Office.
AFFINITY PARTNERS
Alumni is for life
Your Seneca Alumni Association believes
that graduating is just the start of your
education, and that we should continue
helping you towards your success. That
is why we enter into partnerships and use
our bargaining power to bring you products
and services. Affinity partners contribute
financially to the Association in a number
of ways. It is one of the ways your Alumni
association is able to dedicate funds
annually to the Seneca Alumni Endowed
Bursary Fund.
Canada Life Assurance
Group Term Life Insurance
Plan
How quickly things change, from those
early, carefree days when it was just you
and your friends enjoying new levels of
freedom and independence. Now that
you have a family of your own, there certainly is a lot more to think about. Every
day seems to bring more challenges and
responsibilities, among them protecting
what you have worked so hard to provide
for your family with an adequate amount
of life insurance.
You may choose $50,000, $100,000,
$150,000, $200,000 or $250,000 of
coverage.
alumnibenefits
* Exclusive to Alumni members between
the ages of 18 and 64
* Guaranteed renewable to age 70
* No medical exam normally required for
enrollment
* Low-cost group premiums
* Non-smoker discount
* Risk-free 30 day inspection
Group health, disability and critical insurance
products are also available. For more information
call Canada Life at 1-800-387-0649 or email:
[email protected]
Home Loans Canada
Mortgage Program
Canada’s largest mortgage brokerage,
HLC Home Loans Canada is our partner
in presenting an alumni affinity mortgage
program.
HLC Home Loans Canada is your onestop shop to an unprecedented array of
mortgage products and home financing solutions. Whether you are buying your first
home, considering a renovation or looking
into your next purchase, it has the options,
choice and flexibility to meet your needs
* Better rates
* Access to 60% of all mortgage lenders in
the Canadian market place
* Cash Up Front
* Specialized Mortgage Solutions
* On-line convenience
To calculate your savings and learn more about the
HLC menu of products and extremely competitive
rates for Seneca Alumni, visit
www.groupmortgages.com/seneca/
or call 1-800-663-4819
Seneca College Affinity
MasterCard
Each and every time you use a Seneca College MasterCard, a financial contribution
is made to the Seneca College Alumni Endowed Bursary Fund. MBNA Canada offers
you the Seneca College Platinum Plus® or
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Preferred MasterCard® credit card, plus:
* No annual fee
* Low introductory interest rate for cash
advance cheques and balance transfers
* High credit line, up to $100,000 with
the MBNA Platinum Plus MasterCard®
* Toll-free Customer service, 24 hrs a day,
365 days of the year
* Fast credit line increase decisions within one hour
* Immediate cash access at more than
430,000 ABMs worldwide
* Optional MBNA Payment Protection
Plan™ can provide extra security (subject to certain costs)
* Around the clock fraud protection
* Privacy protection
Apply today - call 1-800-416-6345 or go
to www.senecac.on.ca/alumni and apply
on-line.
MBNA Canada Bank is the exclusive issuer and
administrator of the MBNA Platinum Plus credit
card program in Canada. MBNA, MBNA Canada
and MBNA Canada Bank are trademarks of MBNA
America Bank, N.A., used pursuant to license by
MBNA Canada Bank. MBNA Platinum Plus and
MBNA America are trademarks of MBNA America
Bank, used pursuant to license by MBNA Canada
Bank. MasterCard is a registered trademark
of MasterCard International, used pursuant to
license. (c)2003 MBNA Canada Bank
Johnson Inc. Home-Auto
Insurance
Seneca College Alumni Association has a
Preferred Service Home-Auto insurance
program with Johnson Inc.
Johnson, established in 1880, is a leader
in providing home-auto insurance plans to
preferred groups like Seneca.
Plan includes:
* 24-hour service
* Online access to your insurance plan
details
* Interest-free monthly payments
For a free quote, call Johnson toll-free at 1-800563-0677 (Group ID Code: SM) or on-line at www.
johnson.ca/senecaalumni
Seneca Alumni
Wine Program
Featuring outstanding VQA wines from
Creekside Estate Winery
located on the Niagara Escarpment near St.
Catharines. We encourage you to display
your pride in Seneca and to begin your
Alumni Wine collection today!
From the winery to your home or send as
a gift, call 1-866-415-9463 or visit: www.
seneca.signaturewine.ca to place an order.
See ad pg 29.
Preferred Market Place
Online Shopping Portal
See ad pg 27.
XTSC - Extreme Toronto
Sports Club
See ad pg 41.
Johnson Inc. – Medoc®
Travel Health Insurance
Get the protection you need for as little
as $5* per month!
* Year-round protection while traveling
outside your province of residence or
Canada
* Up to $5,000,000 comprehensive
emergency medical coverage
* Up to $4,000 trip cancellation,
interruption and delay insurance
* Single or family plans
* Monthly premium payments
See pg 19 for details. For information or to access an
application form, call 1-800-461-4597 or visit
www.johnson.ca/medoc_mx
*Premium varies based on age, health status and
applicable taxes.
MEDOC is a registered trademark of Johnson Inc.
MEDOC is underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada
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ON-CAMPUS DISCOUNTS
Bookstores
In appreciation of our Alumni, the Seneca
bookstores offer a 10% discount on all
clothing and insignia items. Personal
shopping only at our three locations at
Newnham, York and King Campuses.
Bring your alumni card and check out the
possibilities.
Don’t have time for personal shopping?
Check out our on-line shopping experience
at www.senecac.on.ca/estore. Note: No
discounts available for online shopping.
Child Care
ECE Lab School Child Care - King and
Newnham Campuses Please call June at
Newnham Campus at 416-491-5050, ext.
4710 or Pam at the King Campus 905833-3333 ext. 5063. Also see Seneca
Summer Kids Camps ad on page 4.
Eaton Hall Inn &
Conference Centre
Located on the grounds of Seneca’s
King Campus, Eaton Hall Inn and
Conference Centre is an ideal location
for your next meeting, training program,
or special event. Visit our website at
www.senecac.on.ca/eatonhall to view
our facilities and obtain information on
our capacities and pricing. Ask about our
incentives to Seneca College alumni who
book functions. Call us at 905-833-4500
to book your special event.
Fitness Centre (Newnham
Campus Only)
Since 1989, Seneca’s 6,000 square
foot Fitness Centre has offered programs
to answer your fitness needs and the
professionals to help you achieve your
personal best. The Fitness Centre is fully
equipped with Stairmaster stairclimbers,
Trotter treadmills, Spinnaker recumbent and upright bikes, Lifecycle and
Monarch bikes, Concept II rowers, a full
array of Polaris weight machines, Smith
machines, pulleys, squat rack and free
weights. Located at Newnham Campus
on the lower level of the Sports Centre
(room 1619), the Fitness Centre is open
7 days a week, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday
to Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday. A special rate has been
negotiated for Alumni members. For additional information, contact the Fitness
Centre at 416-491-5050, ext. 2976 or
stop in and see us.
Library Access
Seneca Alumni with valid Alumni Association membership cards have access
to library collections at each campus.
Special Pricing for Seneca
Aviators
10% DISCOUNT
Evans Occupational Health Clinic
233 Evans Ave., Toronto
416-252-5885 or 1-800-268-6967
Dr. Judith Gaal
Dundas Centre Medical,
220 Dundas St. West, Suite 404, Whitby
905-668-5300
Dr. Gary Magee
8188 Yonge St., Thornhill
905-889-2222
Seneca College Residence
and Conference Centre
See ad pg 44.
Vision Clinic
Hours:
Monday - Thursday - 11 am - 7 pm; Friday
& Saturday - 9 am to 1 pm
To book an appointment call 416-4915050 Ext. 2773 or
email: [email protected].
See ad below.
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Wilson Medical Centre
130 Wilson St., Hamilton
905-526-6250 or 1-800-263-9340
Our collections include books, periodicals, CD-ROM and other electronic
resources, films and videotapes. Alumni
must show their Alumni Card and
one other piece of identification with
name and current address to use these
services and activate book-borrowing
privileges. For more information, please
call the Alumni Office at 416-4915050, ext. 2960. Read all about library
services, collections and hours on the
website at
http://library.senecacollege.ca.
Students, staff and alumni can bring their
eyeglasses prescriptions to the Vision Clinic and
choose from a selection of designer frames or be
fitted with comfortable contact lenses from Johnson
& Johnson, Bausch & Lomb, Cibavision and more.
Professional service is delivered by opticianry
students under the tutelage of an instructing
optician. Eye examinations are available at the
Newnham Health Centre.
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Friday & Saturday, 9am to 1pm
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appeal and a rational appeal. Teens want
fiscal sense to rent the additional components
money to buy “the nice things in life” (emoto fill out your big booth. No sense buying and
tional driven purchases). Parents show them
paying to store all that exhibit.
how little money they will earn in today’s
economy without a post-secondary educaShift Unproductive Exhibit Operating
tion (rational information).
Costs Into More Productive Areas
According to Statistics Canada’s 2001
You can create attractive and functional
Census,
average annual earnings for
lightweight modular exhibits for even your
Toronto-area
residents with a high school
island exhibits that save up to 50% or more
diploma
was
$28,885, while their collegeon your non-productive shipping and drayeducated
counterparts
could expect to earn
age costs. Increase spending on graphics,
almost
$10,000
more.
The
earnings continat-show promotions and booth staffers.
ue
to
increase
with
higher
levels
of educaDesign your exhibit to communicate your
tion.
Students
have
greater
access
to these
marketing message.
higher levels now that Seneca offers applied
Use the KISS technique
degree programs. In addition, universities
(especially with graphics) “Keep It Simple Silly”
around the world offer transfer credit packand get the most out of your budget. Then
ages to Seneca graduates.
you’ll be much closer to achieving your trade
The numbers are a very powerful indicator of
show success – in fact, you will be the best!
the lifestyle implications of staying in school.
While the statistics definitely help parents
David Cliff, a 1984 alumnus of General Business,
make their point, there is more help available. Junior Achievement of Canada runs
operates Exhibit House from Kingston, Ont. You can
no-cost education programs like Economics
tap his expertise by calling (613) 530-4235 or e-mail
of Staying in School. It shows kids how to
[email protected] by visiting exhibithouse.
budget for a life on their own based on the
ca for more information.
54 1 - 8 8 8 - A L U M N U S
“I
By Tracey Starrett
income they would generate with or without
a post-secondary education.
This key program, offered to Grade 8
students, takes one school day to deliver
and is led by volunteers who are role models
for success through post-secondary learning,
whether in university, college or the trades.
Students often call it ‘a big dose of reality’.
This eye-opening experience really helps
pave the way for parents to explore directions for the future with their kids.
When we combine the Statistics Canada
numbers with the great learning experience
of a program like Economics of Staying in
School today’s youth have a great opportunity to really explore the impact of their educational decisions. Hopefully this can make
their decisions a little easier and the family
ride beyond Grade 12 a little less turbulent
for everyone involved!
To find out more about Junior Achievement
programs like ESIS go to www.jaeo.org or
www.jacentralontario.org.
Tracey Starrett, M.Ed, CHRP,
is principal consultant of The Starrett Group. She
also teaches at York University and Durham College.
Tracey is a graduate of Seneca’s Human Resources
Management Co-operative Education Post-Diploma
program, 1989. Contact Tracey at
[email protected]
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