Honorary Members
Inducted Fall 2006
- Susan Corner (Student Affairs Coordinator, University of Victoria)
- Mr. Neil Douglas-Tubb (Clinical Counselor, Author, Humanitarian)
- Ms. Lynn McCaughey (Career Educator, University of Victoria)
- Dr. Andrew Rippin ( Dean of Humanities, University of Victoria)
Inducted Fall 2005
- Dr. Kin F. Li (Department Electrical and Computer Engineering, UVic)
- Dr. David Leeming (Department of Mathematics, UVic, retired)
- Mr. Naz Rayani (Organizer, World Partnership Walk)
Inducted Fall 2004
- Dr. Angelika Arend (Department of Germanic and Rusian Studies, UVic)
- Mr. Ed Bain (CH News)
- Mr. Alex Campbell (Thrifty Foods)
- Ms. Amalia Schelhorn (Ballet Victoria)
Inducted Fall 2003
Inducted Spring 2003
Inducted 2002
Inducted 2001
Inducted 2000
- Dr. Norma Mickelson
- Dr. Ralph Huenemann
- Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe
- Supreme Court Justice Robert Hutchinson
Inducted 2006 Fall
TopSusan Corner
Susan Corner is the Student Affairs Coordinator at the University of Victoria. In this role she coordinates the Student Transition Centre, which received the President’s Distinguished Services Award for Team Innovation in 2005. STC programs are developed by 11 staff members from eight different departments and supported by a team of student staff and volunteers. Core programs at the STC include Orientation, with events and information for all new students and their families, and Grad Year Connections, which provides services and opportunities for students in their final years and beyond. In the 2005-2006 academic year, its first year of operation, STC programs were accessed almost 4,000 times.
A proud UVic alumna, Susan holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts), a Certificate in Public Relations and a Masters of Arts (Curriculum Studies). Over the years, Susan has been an active volunteer on campus and in the community.
TopNeil Douglas-Tubb
Neil is both widowed and divorced … born in St. Thomas Ontario in 1947 … he is in private practice as a Registered Clinical Counselor in the Province of British Columbia … for over 20 years Prior to that He taught at and was Associate Director of Student Services at Twin Valley's School (TVS), Wardsville, Ontario
(Alternative to the penal system for young offenders, and TVS was very closely connected to Findhorne in Scotland. As Associate Director of Student Services Neil worked very closely with the various levels of the Family Court System and Social Assistance Programs in Ontario, i.e. Metro Toronto Children’s Aid, the Ontario Ministry of Health etc)
In the early days before Neil was into any of this "stuff" he was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service. He worked in Counter Espionage-"B"-ops--RIS, (Russian Intelligence Service, KGB and GRU)--during what was considered the height of the cold war.
Michael Poole, documentary film director/maker and author, in his book Romancing Mary Jane: A Year In The Life Of A Failed Marijuana Grower described Neil as a "rumpled old sage of a guy who has experience with what he does."
Neil is turning his attention away from therapy and moving toward doing humanitarian work ... He together Jo’ann Hendrickse of Cape Town South Africa, co founded The Hendrickse Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization. He together with a number of others both here in Canada, and in South Africa, and the United States of America and Great Britain, France and Russia are forming the nucleus of Project Hope ... Project Hope’s thrust is to help, assist, support and provide opportunities for the children of Cape Flats and Mitchell’s Plain to gain an education and to have a chance at a life they may not have had a chance at having...
TopLynn McCaughey
Lynn is almost a native of Victoria, having migrated from Vancouver across the duck pond to attend UVic, well, many seasons ago now. She is the holder of a degree in English, with additional specialized training in assessment and career development. Her career has spanned a number of sectors and a number of different roles, but all her work has involved the themes of working with people in an educative context and working with people who are in personal or career transition. She is presently a Career Educator with UVic's Career Services unit, a position she has held for over 12 years. In that capacity Lynn goes one on one with approximately 600 individuals each year, helping them make the transition from school to summer or post degree work. She also delivers workshops all over campus whenever requested (she will even speak to the rabbit population). Lynn is the mother of a 20 year old daughter who is also a student here at UVic and she shares her home with 3 demanding cats.
TopAndrew Rippin
Andrew Rippin is Professor of History and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria. His research into the formative period of Islamic civilization in the Arab world, as well as the history of the Qur’an and its interpretation, has resulted in numerous publications, a selection of which are collected in his book The Qur’an and its interpretative tradition published in 2001. He is also the author of the two volumes of Muslims, their religious beliefs and practices first published in 1990 and 1993 and now in a single volume 2nd and 3rd editions published in 2001 and 2005. He has edited a number of books including the recent Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an published in June and is currently working on another volume called The Islamic World. He has also recently edited a work called Defining Islam which is a compilation of readings all of which try to answer the question of what we mean when we talk about ideas such as “the Islamic world” or “Islamic politics” or “Islamic terrorism”; it will appear towards the end of this year. Andrew Rippin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006.
Inducted 2005 Fall
TopNaz Rayani
Naz Rayani was born in Kisumu, Kenya. Naz runs Cadboro Bay Pharmacy and Campus Pharmacy at the University of Victoria. He has been recognized for his community service by varies organizations including RCMP, the Colwood and Victoria Chamber of Commerce, the University of Victoria, and most recently the Order of Canada.
Working to improve living conditions in Third World countries is a cornerstone issue that Naz holds closest to his heart. The main focal point for his efforts is the "World Partnership Walk, which is held in Victoria on the last Sunday in May.
A devout Ismaili Muslim, Naz has worked tirelessly to break down barriers among people of different faiths. He is working to broaden community support for the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. Naz has also participated in learning about other faiths and has been involved with St. George's Parish and Cadboro Bay United Church for many years. Currently a director on the Board of the Saanich Rotary Club, Member on Cadboro Bay BIA (Business Improvement Association)."
TopKin F. Li
Professor Kin F. Li earned his bachelor and doctoral degrees in computer engineering, as well as a master’s degree in business administration. He teaches courses in computer and software engineering at UVic. His interests are Internet data mining, computer system design, and university education. While working on several technical assignments as an invited visiting scientist at Japanese universities, he turned his attention towards the similarities and differences between the Japanese and the Canadian education systems, and delivered seminars on their comparison. Currently, he is collaborating with several universities in China studying their engineering and business education, as well as investigating the Chinese Internet development. Professor Li has received many teaching awards, and he is especially proud of the ones nominated by his students.
Inducted 2004
TopAngelika Arend
Angelika Arend is a Professor in the Department of Germanic and Russian Studies. Educated in Germany (University of Cologne), Canada (Carleton University, Ottawa) and England (Oxford University), she brings to her work a rich fund of experience, knowledge and expertise. Committed deeply to humanist principles and values, she has throughout her career striven to make a solid contribution to her profession, to be an effective teacher and caring mentor, to render meaningful service to the community at large. Her ground-breaking work in the field of German-Canadian literature has been recognized internationally and rewarded with the prestigious Walter-Bauer-Prize. She was twice nominated for the President’s Distinguished Service Award – once for her unfailing willingness to go out of her way in helping students to face and solve immediate problems, to shape and pursue their own aspirations; once for her active involvement in the university’s community-outreach program, notably as sole organizer of her Department’s long-standing and well-attended German lecture series “Der deutsche Abend an der Uni”, and also as founding director of the UVic Lieder Singers, a unique German-singing town-and gown choir that brings together singers of all ages from both inside and outside the university. Her own poetry, written in her native German, has received critical acclaim in Germany. Professor Arend is a scholar, teacher, artist and community leader who has earned the respect and admiration of those with whom and for whom she is working.
TopEd Bain
Host of "The Q Morning Show" since the station signed on 18 years ago in 1987
Also "The Weather Guy" on CH Television since 1999.
Ed has always been heavily involved in community and charity events in Greater Victoria and on Vancouver Island like the "Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock" and The 24 hour Relay for the Kids. Ed has also MC’d and volunteered for countless fundraising dinners and events in support of everything from The Arthritis Society, Breast Cancer Research, Juvenile Diabetes, The Queen Alexandra Foundation, BC's Children’s Hospital and of course The United Way.
Ed has won several broadcasting awards including the Canadian Association of Broadcasters "Gold Ribbon Award" for Radio Humour and most recently the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters “Broadcaster of the Year” award at the annual convention in May of 2006
Ed has been married to his wife Bev for 20 years they have one son Carson aged 14 years (who achieved his 1st degree black belt in Karate at age 12 making him one of the youngest members of "Canada's Best Karate" to do so).
Ed has spent the last 20 years in Victoria B.C. as host of the highly rated “Q Morning Show” and appears nightly on CH Television’s “News at 5 and 6” as the “Weather Guy”
TopAlex Campbell
Born in Victoria in 1941, Mr. Campbell got his start in the grocery industry in high school, when he was 15, stocking shelves and bagging groceries for the Super Valu chain. From there, he worked his way up in the industry and became District Manager for Shop Easy stores in Vancouver. In 1973, he made the move to Vancouver Island to open The 49th Parallel Grocery in Ladysmith. Four years later, with business colleague and friend Ernie Skinner, Alex Campbell opened the first Thrifty Foods store in the Fairfield neighbourhood in Victoria.
As with most new ventures the first few years were lean, however the company worked to forge close relationships with local businesses (in particular, Island Farms Dairies Co-Op) – a practice which continues to be extremely important to Mr. Campbell. Over time, the commitment to quality, competitive prices, and outstanding service brought its own rewards – that same store in Fairfield is now one of the top grocery stores in Western Canada in sales per square foot.
In 1991 Ernie retired and Alex purchased his shares. The business now includes grocery and produce wholesale, distributed from their 7,000 square foot warehouse to all Thrifty Foods stores, and to more than 60 other independent grocers within BC. Thrifty Foods also operates “Thrifty Kitchens” (a Commissary production centre), 16 stores on Vancouver Island, one store on Saltspring Island and two stores on the mainland (Tsawwassen and Coquitlam). Thrifty Foods boasts a market share over 40% on Vancouver Island, and employs over 3,700 staff, which makes the company the largest private employer on Vancouver Island.
Thrifty Foods and Alex have received countless awards for entrepreneurship and extensive community involvement, a few of which include the Top 10 Most Respected BC Companies (BC Business - Dec 2001), “Canada's 50 Best Managed Private Companies” (1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006), and one of the "Top Ten Companies to Work for in BC" (1999). Numerous individual stores have also received recognition from the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers as being among the most outstanding stores in Canada.
Campbell has been awarded a Community Achievement Award (2005), an Honourary Doctorate of Laws Degree (Royal Roads University –2000), the Order of BC (1999), Knight of the Golden Pencil (The Food Industry Association of Canada - 2000), Honourary Citizen of Victoria (1998), Entrepreneur of the Year (1997), and the Astra Award (bestowed by colleagues of the Western Canadian food industry - 1994). Among his favourite charities are the Vancouver Island Cancer Centre, Greater Victoria Hospitals Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs, and the Victoria Hospice Society.
Campbell is now Chair of the Board at Thrifty Foods.
TopAmalia Schelhorn
A graduate of Toronto's National Ballet School, Amalia Schelhorn spent most of her decade-long performing career touring North America and Europe with the National Ballet of Canada. She was the first member to be promoted directly from the corps to the rank of first soloist. Her repertoire encompassed solo roles in many of the great classic and contemporary ballets. She was especially noted for the roles she created for then-resident choreographer Constantin Patsalas. After a period free-lancing in operas, modem dance, and jazz, Amalia and her husband moved to Vancouver Island to raise their four children. She has taught young dancers from Courtenay to Victoria, many of whom have gone on to major professional schools in Canada and New York City. She was the assistant artistic director of Dancestreams Youth Company and, more recently, was the rehearsal mistress of Ballet Victoria during its first two seasons. She has been a festival adjudicator, and was guest artist at Denison University in Ohio and at Regina's Youth Ballet of Saskatchewan.
In addition to her position at the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Amalia teaches at Excaliber Dance Studios and the Open Dance Experience. She has been recognized as an honorary member of the University of Victoria's chapter of the International Golden Key Society.
Inducted 2003 Fall
TopAmy Verdun
Amy Verdun is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Political Science and the Director of the European Studies Program at UVic. In August of 2001, she was awarded the prestigious Jean Monet Chair in European Integration Studies, honouring her enormous commitment to promoting and strengthening Canada-European Union relations on the basis of academic research. A committed teacher and researcher, Professor Verdun has enriched the university with more than simply an academic program exploring the European Union. Rather, she has been able to bring together some of the finest Canadian and European academics from a broad variety of fields, such as Political Science, Law, Public Administration, Human and Social Development, Cultural Studies and Economics. Tonight, we want to honour Professor Verdun for these tremendous contributions and for having provided the University of Victoria with a truly unique international connection.
Introduction written by Beatrice Marry
Arthur Kroker
Arthur Kroker is a Professor in the Faculty of Political Science. He has recently been awarded the Canada Research Chair, making him one of the select few Canadian Political Scientists ever to have received this enormous honour. With an empire of books and their very own website, Professor Kroker and his wife have created an international forum for leading Post-modern Political Thought.
Repeatedly called the successor to the ground-breaking media theorist 'Marshall McLuhan', Professor Kroker is already one of the world's leading media intellectuals and unique critical thinkers of our time. He enriches the University of Victoria with his incredible analytical skill and his ability to convey the importance of critical thinking in an age of technology. But beyond all of these immense achievements, Arthur Kroker deserves to be honoured by us tonight as an intellectual, who passionately supports his students in pursuing and finding their own academic voices.
Introduction written by Beatrice Marry
Stephen Ross
Stephen Ross is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. During the course of his distinguished academic education he has won three Queen's Graduate awards, as well as having been honoured with the Queen's Graduate fellowship twice. In 2002 he was awarded the prestigious Young Scholar Award by the Joseph Conrad Society of America as a result of his outstanding dissertation analysing works written by Joseph Conrad. Ross has completed a book Conrad and Empire (U. of Missouri P, 2004), written articles on Modernist Literature and won the Juliet McLauchlan Award (JCS-UK) in 2004.
Inducted 2003 Spring
TopDr. Don Rowlatt
Dr. Don Rowlatt is an outstanding mentor. He maintains an extra-ordinary dialogue with his students and honestly and genuinely cares about students' education. He challenges individuals to realize their potential, to achieve those dreams they never thought possible. His enthusiasm and real-world knowledge has lead him to have a remarkably positive effect on hundreds of students' lives.
After completing his commerce degree at the University of Saskatchewan as the most distinguished graduate of 1967, Dr. Rowlatt earned his PhD in economics at Princeton in 1971, where he was a Woodrow Wilson fellow.
Dr. Rowlatt joined the Faculty of Business at the University of Victoria at the beginning of the 1999-2000 academic year, after 14 years as a University Vice President first at the University of Saskatchewan and then at the University of Victoria. He has extensive public sector experience in federal-provincial and budget policy, taxation, and labour relations; he performed stints as deputy minister of labour and associate deputy minister of finance with the government of Saskatchewan, in the 1980s; and he played an important role in developing the established programs financing arrangements between the federal and provincial governments-these arrangements providing the funding base for Canadian health programs and post-secondary education programs. Dr. Rowlatt also taught labour economics and collective bargaining at the University of Saskatchewan.
Currently, Dr. Rowlatt teaches corporate and management finance at Uvic in both the undergraduate and graduate programs, while maintaining a research interest in corporate governance and the reaction of stock prices to dividend payments. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Provincial Health Services Authority, where he chairs the Audit and Finance Committee.
Dr. Rowlatt was recently awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee medal for both his community service and educational leadership.
TopFran Willis
Fran Willis has been the sole owner and director of the Fran Willis Gallery, the oldest contemporary art gallery in Victoria, since 1988. Ms. Willis has been an outstanding member of the arts community in Victoria for over 25 years, before which time she taught design at the University of Manitoba. She volunteers for countless arts committees, juries, and arts councils, and hosts many public service exhibitions at her gallery, at her own expense. She is a pillar of the arts community in Victoria, notable for her personal and professional excellence. I have known Fran Willis for over a decade, and can vouch for her exemplary character and social conscience.
TopKarina Wolf
Through her heartfelt and rigorous commitment to manifold community projects and organizations, Karina Wolf has had an important and constructive impact on the lives of many. Presently, she works with the Capital City Volunteers as the organization's Executive Director. And she volunteers within this organization, providing companionship to isolated elderly persons. Even while she was Executive Director of the Victoria Schizophrenic Support Society (until 1996), she volunteered several hours each week going above and beyond her official duties. In fact, Ms. Wolf still visits with some of the people she met through the Victoria Schizophrenic Support Society.
Also, Ms. Wolf is notable as a leader who encourages and cultivates a strong, team-oriented dynamic with her staff.
Ms. Wolf has been on such society boards as:
The No Name Society - where she assisted one of the few landlords in Victoria who was willing to rent to people with mental illness or drug/alcohol addiction. Ms. Wolf's work with the No Name Society involved writing funding proposals to the Government. The Society successfully involved Mental Health and created a room for outreach workers, and community meetings.
Ms. Wolf also chaired the Kitimat Status of Women Society for 4 years. While there, she worked to empower women by speaking out about abuse and creating opportunities for personal development through various workshops.
She also chaired the Kitimat Association of Nuclear Disarmament and the Cooperative Daycare Centre. Furthermore, Ms. Wolf is also responsible for establishing the Vancouver Cooperative Food Market.
Inducted 2002
TopThe Lafayette String Quartet
- Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, B.M (Boston), violin
- Sharon Stanis, M.M. (Indiana), violin
- Joanna Hood, M.M. (Indiana), viola
- Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, M.M (Indiana), cello
Both as individual musicians and teachers, and collectively as one of the finest string quartets in the world, the members of the Lafayette String Quartet embody excellence at the highest level. These four remarkable women first played together as members of a chamber orchestra in Detroit in the early 1980s. From the beginning, they have played to critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences throughout Europe and North America. Early in their career, they captured such major competition prizes as the Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber music Competition, the Portsmouth (England) International String Quartet Competition, the Chicago Discovery Competition, and the Cleveland Quartet Competition at the Eastman School of Music. They were also identified as 'Young Artists to Watch' by Musical America in 1988.
The Quartet joined the University of Victoria as Artists-in-Residence in 1991, and have been delighting local audiences ever since. Particularly memorable was their splendid performance of the entire Beethoven Cycle in a six-concert series during the 1999-2000 season. Also noteworthy has been their commitment to playing contemporary compositions as well as the music of women composers. After a concert in Waterloo, a music critic for the Gazette wrote: "The University of Victoria's music faculty must be thanking their lucky stars to have these wonderfully talented and personable players on staff. So should Canada, which now hears a good deal more from them then it used to."
TopValerie S. Kuehne, B.Sc.N (Alta), M.Ed. (Loyola), Ph.D. (Northwestern)
Valerie Kuehne is the Associate Vice-president Academic at UVic, a position that reflects the great respect and trust felt by her faculty colleagues across the campus. Before assuming the position of Associate V-P Academic, Dr. Kuehne was a highly respected teacher and mentor in the School of Child and Youth Care, where her work focused on children and families, and on intergenerational care giving. Her most recent book is Intergenerational Programs: Understanding What We Have Created, published by Hawthorn Press in 1999.
TopDr. Debra Braithwaite
The Victoria Hospice Society is world-renowned for its innovative palliative care programs. A major contributor to this record of success is Dr. Deb Braithwaite, who has worked at Hospice since 1984 and is currently Victoria Hospice Physician and Assistant Medical Director. Know affectionately as 'Dr. Deb', her loving, professional care has won the admiration of terminally ill patients and their families, as well as her co-workers. Dr. Deb is a widely respected teacher who has shared her palliative care knowledge and skills with countless other health care professionals.
Inducted 2001
TopDr. Jeremy Tatum, B.Sc. Physics (Bristol), Ph.D. Astronomy (London)
Dr. Tatum recently retired as Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria, where for 31 years he taught and conducted research on atomic and molecular spectroscopy, the composition of comets, and the orbits of asteroids - particularly near-Earth asteroids. An asteroid bears the name 'Tatum' in honour of Dr. Tatum. He is also a member of the Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee and the Space Exploration Advisory Committee to the Canadian Space Agency.
Dr. Tatum is not only interested in things astronomical: he just completed a book for publication on the Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island.
TopDr. David Turpin, B.Sc. (UBC), Ph.D Botany & Oceanography (UBC)
Dr. Turpin has been recognised as one of Canada's leading scientists, an accomplished professor, and an outstanding academic leader. He assumed office as the University of Victoria's President and Vice-chancellor on September 1, 2000.
Prior to arriving at UVic, Dr. Turpin was at Queen's University, where he served as Vice-Principal Academic for five years. Prior to that, he was the Dean of Arts and Science for two years. Before his tenure at Queen's University, he served as Head of the Department of Botany at UBC.
Considered to be one of the top plant physiologists in the world, he has received numerous academic honours and distinctions as a result of his many contributions to research and teaching. His national reputation in research was recognised by the Steacie Fellowship, the Darbaker Prize of the America Botanical Association, and by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998.
TopDr. Nancy Turner, B.Sc. (Hon.) (UVic), Ph.D. (UBC)
Dr. Turner is a Professor and Ethnobotanist in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. Over thirty years ago, Dr. Turner began working with indigenous plant specialists and native elders of British Columbia, recording and documenting their ethnobotanical and environmental knowledge. Her research interests include: the role of plants in nutrition, medicine, narratives, and ceremony. She has focused increasingly upon the interrelationship between traditional knowledge and traditional management systems and environmental deterioration.
Dr. Turner has written numerous books and papers on traditional plant knowledge and use, many of them co-authored with her indigenous colleagues. She is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
TopThe Honourable David Anderson
David Anderson is a native Victorian who attended Victoria College, the predecessor of UVic. He obtained his LL.B. at UBC and then complete postgraduate studies at the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Anderson has been active in government at both the provincial and federal levels. He has served as the Minister of National Revenue, Minister of Transport, and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. In addition to his participation in political life, Mr. Anderson acted as counsel to the British Columbia Wildlife Federation, was a consultant to Environment Canada, and also taught Law in the School of Public Administration at UVic.
Mr. Anderson traces his passion for the environment back to his boyhood in Victoria, where is grandfather and mother nurtured his appreciation for the natural wonder of the Island. As minister of the Environment, Mr. Anderson has been internationally recognised for his effort on behalf of salmon conservation. In February of 2001, he became the first Canadian elected as President of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program, an international forum for governments to address environmental concerns.
TopDr. Penny Codding, Ph.D. Physical Chem (Michigan)
Dr. Penny Codding is a Professor of Chemistry and the first female Vice-president Academic and Provost for the University of Victoria. Dr. Codding has been recognised as an outstanding academic leader. Her research interests include X-Ray Crystallography, Molecular Modelling, and Structure Based Drug Design.
She has served as the Vice-president Academic and Provost at UVic since 1996. Prior to arriving at UVic, Dr. Codding was a Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Calgary for three years. While at the U of C, she established a chapter of WISE (Women In Science and Engineering). She has actively sought to improve the representation of women and girls in the fields of science and engineering. While she was an Associate at the U of C, she was awarded the YWCA Woman of the Year in Science and Technology for 1990. In 1994, she received the Clara Benson Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry.
Inducted 2000
TopDr. Norma Mickelson, M.Ed. (UVic), Ph.D. (Washington)
Dr. Norma Mickelson has an extensive biography. Her previous positions include: Chancellor for the University of Victoria, Assistant to the President, Equity Issues (1989-1992); Advisor to the Vice President on Women's Equity (1988-1990); Vice-Chair Senate (1990-1991); President, Faculty Association (1989-1990); Dean of Education (1980-1985); and Associate Dean of Education (1975-1980). In fact, Dr. Mickelson played a key role in creating UVic's equity policy, and set up the equity office in 1989. She has been a leader in the area of gender bias at the university level, and is passionate about changing the status of women in Canadian universities.
Dr. Mickelson is also the recipient of many awards, including: the University of Victoria Alumni Association Distinguished Alumna Award (1995), The Sarah Shorten Award (1991), The Canada 125 Medal, and the Denton Memorial Award.
TopDr. Ralph Huenemann, M.A. Asian Studies (Harvard), Ph.D. Economics (Harvard)
Dr. Ralph Huenemann has taught at both UBC and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Since 1987, he has held Chair in Economic Relations with China at UVic. He has written several publications, including: The Economics of Railroads in China, 1876-1937; China's Open Door Policy: The Quest for Foreign Technology and Capital; and China's Economic Dilemmas in the 1990s: The Problems of Reform, Modernisation and Interdependence. He has also published articles in Canadian, American, and Asian journals.
Dr. Huenemann serves on the International Steering Committee of the Pacific Conference on Trade and Development (PAFTAD) and on the editorial boards of Pacific Affairs and the Hong Kong Bank of Canada Papers on Asia. He has carried out extensive consulting assignments for the World Bank in Asia, primarily in China. He was the project economist for the Bank's Second, Third, and Fourth Railway projects and Grain Marketing and Distribution Project in China.
TopDr. Verena Tunnicliffe, B.Sc. (McMaster), MA Phil (Yale), Ph.D. (Yale)
Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe's undergraduate work included a minor in geology studying the tidal flats, while her graduate work at Yale University involved a large field component on the coral reefs of Jamaica. There, she examined the survivorship of corals in high storm conditions. Postdoctoral work with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Canada led her to submersible studies of BC fjords. She led a joint expedition with several universities and institutions in Canada and the United States in 1983 making the first observations of hydrothermal vents on this ridge. Since then, she has made over 120 dives in various manned submersibles into the deep sea and collaborated with scientists from the US, France, Germany, and the UK on international studies of hot vents. Her major personal interest is the evolution of bizarre fauna in this habitat.
Dr. Tunnicliffe has committed time and resources to the development of a new deep-sea remote vehicle for Canadian sub-sea programs to alleviate our dependence upon support from other nations.
TopSupreme Court Justice Robert Hutchinson
Justice Hutchinson was born in Victoria, and graduated from the University of Washington in 1953 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Then, in 1953, he received his LL.B from UBC. During the 1950s, Justice Hutchinson was also a member of the Canadian Olympic Track & Field Association, and was a member of the National Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport. At the time of his appointment to the County Court of Vancouver Island, he was a senior partner at Crease & Company. In November 1982, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. He was a founding member of the Board and past Chairman of the Executive Committee, Lester Pearson United World College of the Pacific, and a past Honorary president of the UVic Alumni Association.
TopMr. Jack Hodgins, B.Ed. (UBC), D.Litt (UBC)
Novelist and short story writer, Jack Hodgins was raised in a small rural community in the Comox Valley. He graduated with a B.Ed. from UBC, and between 1961-1981 he taught high school in Nanaimo. He was then a visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa between 1981 and 1983. Today, Mr. Hodgins teaches fiction writing here at UVic, where he is a professor in the Department of Writing. His fiction has won the Governor General's Award, the Canada-Australia Prize, the Drummer General's Award, the Eaton's BC Book Award, the Gibson's First Novel Award, the Commonwealth Literature Prize, and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. The University of British Columbia has included him as one of their 75 'most distinguished graduates'.
Mr. Hodgins has also written radio plays, which have been produced by the CBC. He has given readings and talks in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Finland, German, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and the US.
Many of his stories and novels have been translated into other languages, and several are taught in European university classrooms.