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Trent Professors Honoured by The Royal Society of Canada Prof. Peter Dillon receives Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, Prof. Joan Sangster inducted as a new fellow Trent University was proudly represented at Royal Society of Canada (RSC) receptions in Ottawa on November 24 as Dr. Peter Dillon received the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal and Dr. Joan Sangster was inducted as a new fellow. The medal presentation and induction took place as part of the RSC's Annual General Meeting November 23 to 25. The Royal Society of Canada: The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. Its primary objective is to promote learning and research in the natural and social sciences and in the humanities. The Society consists of approximately 1,800 fellows, men and women from across the country who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences. In addition to the seven living Trent-affiliated RSC fellows, are Prof. Sangster and Dr. David Pendergast, adjunct professor in Anthropology since 1993; Prof. Pendergast's RSC affiliation was recently amended to include Trent University. Prof. Joan Sangster Inducted as a Royal Society of Canada Fellow Prof. Joan Sangster, director of the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies, is one of 65 new fellows who was inducted to the RSC on November 24. Currently, Prof. Sangster is researching in two main areas, one of which focuses on colonialism and images of First Nations peoples in the post-Second World War period. She is also researching a book on women and work after the Second World War, particularly the organization of women workers as the labour force was transformed by an influx of women workers and the growth of new unions. Prof. Sangster's fellowship, first announced in June 2003, will see her join Leonard Conolly, professor of English, former director of the Trent International Program, and former Trent president; Tom Symons, Trent's founding president; Bryan Palmer, a Senior Canada Research Chair in Trent's Canadian Studies department; and retired professor of Philosophy John Burbidge, as a member in the Society's Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences. Other Trent members in the Academy of Science are: Wayne Evans, Environmental and Resource Studies (ERS)/Physics professor; Tom Hutchinson, ERS/Biology professor; Peter Dillon, ERS/Chemistry professor; and former Trent Chancellor, the late Kenneth Hare. Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada is considered Canada's senior academic accolade. Canadians have directly benefited from research conducted by these new fellows, states the RSC. "The new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada are among those who, today, build the world we will live in tomorrow." Nomination Citation: Prof. Peter Dillon Receives Miroslaw Romanowski Medal
Prof. Dillon's award, first announced in May 2003, includes a travel fund to support a lecture tour to universities across Canada. He is planning to first visit the east coast to present his research results. In 1998, the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal was awarded to Prof. Thomas Hutchinson, also of Trent's Environmental and Resource Studies department. Nomination Citation: Prof. David Pendergast Professor David Pendergast, who amended his RSC affiliation to Trent University, was inducted as a fellow in 1992, at which time his affiliation was the Royal Ontario Museum, where he worked for 35 years on the curatorial staff, as head of New World Archaeology and as Vice-President for Collections and Research. He retired in 1999 and lives in London, England. Prof. Pendergast's connection with Trent began just a year after the University came into being. He lectured on his studies in Belize in the Anthropology department, more than 20 times between 1964 and 1998. He says his fondness for the University developed as he watched it evolve. Prof. Pendergast was also associated with the University through graduate supervisory committees, in advisory capacities and as an assessor for certification of the master's degree program in Anthropology. Though retired, Prof. Pendergast continues his studies in Belize and in Cuba, on an internationally-recognized project that started in 1996. Posted November 24, 2003 |
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Prof. Peter Dillon, of Trent's Environmental and Resource Studies and
Chemistry departments is one of 12 individuals who received medals and
awards on November 24 from the RSC. The Miroslaw Romanowski Medal was
established in 1994, at the generous bequest of the estate of internationally
renowned meteorologist Miroslaw Romanowski. The medal is awarded for
significant contributions to the resolution of scientific aspects of
environmental problems or for important improvements to the quality of
an ecosystem in all aspects, terrestrial, atmospheric and aqueous brought
about by scientific means.