2009-2010 SJK Annual Report - St. John's-Kilmarnock School

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SJK welcomes our newest group of alumni and we wish them well as this accomplished group leaves SJK to pursue their next steps in life. Congratulations to SJK’s Class of 2010! James Beylea SJK’s 5th Year Program Brooke Boyer Social Science University of Ottawa Mackenzie Carter Aerospace Engineering Carleton University Jae Sung Chai Engineering University of Toronto Tyler Champagne Sports Management Brock University Seiji Chiba GAP year in Japan Jihyun Choi Architecture University of Southern California Jayne Clarke Media, Information & Technology University of Western Ontario Mike Claydon Financial Management Brock University Harry Dearden Public Affairs & Policy Management Carleton University Kendra Domenicucci Financial Management University of Waterloo Brian Eszes Mechanical Engineering University of Waterloo Sean Gallivan Business University of Western Ontario Riley Hart English University of Western Ontario Soren Heins International Relations Carleton University Michael Herdes Political Science University of Victoria Hannah Hodgson English & Geography University of Guelph Erik Jakowlew Business Management & Economics University of Guelph Ryan Jarrell Arts University of Guelph Derek Jouppi Nanotechnology Engineering University of Waterloo Sang Jung Korea Cole Labord Fifth Year Program Naomi Lai Fashion Writing Ryerson University Deanna Marostica Gap Year Laura Matthew Business University of British Columbia Grayson Moore Fine Arts & Image Arts Ryerson University Ashley Moraca Business & Marketing Queen’s University Arman Oroomchi International Relations University of Western Ontario Zach Russell Criminal Justice & Law Ryerson University Erika Siegner Social Work University of Western Ontario Rebecca Taylor Fifth Year Program Taryn Thomson Psychology University of Western Ontario Joyce Tsai Commerce University of Ontario Institute of Technology Rebecca Wedge Criminal Justice University of Guelph Laura Westacott SJK’s 5th Year Program Steve Wolstenholme Arts - Social Science University of Western Ontario Guybec Woo SJK’s 5th Year Program Harvey Xie Financial Analysis & Risk Management University of Waterloo
Me mory is a curious creature. It constantly amazes me how even the slightest trigger - the smell of baking, the rumble of thunder - can tweak some long dormant part of my brain and force a fragment of my childhood to come bubbling to the surface. No doubt you’ve experienced something similar. Recently, however, I felt this phenomena in a place I would never have expected: United Nations Headquarters in New York. It was September of 2009, and I was seated in the UN’s expansive main chamber. Before me, a succession of heads of state from around the world took the podium to give their annual speeches to the varied international leaders and diplomats who surrounded me. Now, those of you who know me might ask: what on earth were you doing in the UN, Andrew Perhaps some explanation is in order. I’m interested in the international politics of climate change – I’ve just completed an MA on this topic, and plan to expand my studies in a PhD. As part of my research, I spent six months in 2009 serving as a diplomat for the Republic of Nauru to the UN. If you’ve never heard of Nauru, you’re not alone - until a few years ago, neither had I. It is tiny, an island nation located in a stretch of the Pacific Ocean. With a landmass of only 21 km 2 , and a population of 11 000 (or roughly the size of Fergus, Ontario), Nauru has long been an afterthought in the realm of international affairs. Of particular relevance to my work is that Nauru is one of many countries in the world whose longterm sustainability is fundamentally threatened by climate change. Under Alumni Profile - Andrew Reid The Outdoor Classroom: How SJK Helps Mainstream Environmentalism Andrew Reid SJK ‘03 current sea level rise projections, it is likely that salt water inundation and loss of territory will render Nauru uninhabitable within my lifetime. Nauru is not alone in this threat: dozens of other countries, like Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu and the Maldives face extinction. Dozens more low-lying countries will face devastating territorial loss. Taken together, this is a serious concern to international security. If global greenhouse gas emissions are not mitigated, the world faces the prospect of tens of millions of permanently displaced people. This is not a distant threat: in countries like Papua New Guinea, the difficult relocation of environmental refugees is already underway, and this trend will only worsen. So it was that I found myself in the UN, listening to Nauru’s President, Marcus Stephens, address the world. In a speech peppered with feisty rhetoric, he challenged the gathered nations to focus their efforts upon the issue of climate change before the rising tides swallowed the islands of the Pacific forever. And suddenly, a memory was tweaked, and I wasn’t in the UN anymore - I was in Mr. Spackman’s Grade 3 classroom at SJK, learning about the Amazon Rainforest, about the myriad of fascinating plants and
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