2009-2010

Sackville Minor Football/Mount Allison Mounties/CFL Spring Camp
Wray Perkin
Project 505
This project is a Youth Football Camp for Sackville Minor Football, with the main goal being bringing in four professional football players to assist in running the camp. It is an innovative program that will help build football skills for the youth involved, but also and more importantly, life and leadership skills for all involved.

Fine Arts Grad Exhibitions Catalogue and Poster
Corey Isenor
Project 504
To design, manufacture and distribute a Mount Allison Fine Arts 2010 Grad Catalogue and Grad Poster that will record the artwork of the 2010 Fine Arts Grad Exhibition and, make it available to the students, their families, community members of Mount Allison University. Sackville and abroad while promoting the students and their work to other schools, universities, galleries and artist-run centers throughout Canada.

SMILE (Sensory Motor Instructional Leadership Experience)
Justin Oake
Project 503
SMILE is a recreational and developmental program for children with special needs between the ages of 3-31 years. Each Saturday morning 50 Mount Allison students travel to the YMCA in Amherst. There the children participate on a one-to-one basis with their volunteer in numerous recreational activities. Due to the early nature of the program, each week a breakfast is provided to the volunteers. Currently, the breakfast is funded by Cumberland Early Intervention. In addition to this, approximately $50 is spent on fulfilling photocopying needs each year. Additional funds would help defray the costs of this important program.

Shifting Lives - Short Film
Jean-Francois Arsenault
Project 502
Transforming an original screenplay written by MtA student Vivi Reich into a short film, shot mostly in Sackville with a cast of actors and a production crew of largely Mount Allison students.

Tintamarrathon - 2010 School Tour
Juliet Manning
Project 501
A bilingual theatrical production performed by Mount Allison students and toured to various public schools across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

SMILE (Sensory Motor Instructional Leadership Experience)
Justin Oake
Project 498
SMILE is a recreational and developmental program for children with special needs between the ages of 3-31 years. Each Saturday morning 50 Mount Allison students travel to the YMCA in Amherst. There the children participate on a one-to-one basis with their volunteer in numerous recreational activities. Due to the early nature of the program, each week a breakfast is provided to the volunteers. Currently, the breakfast is funded by Cumberland Early Intervention. In addition to this, approximately $50 is spent on fulfilling photocopying needs each year. Additional funds would help defray the costs of this important program.

Mount Allison University Habitat for Humanity
Allison Sparks
Project 497
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit international organization whose aims are to eradicate poverty and homelessness worldwide by providing affordable and sustainable housing to those in need. the aim of Habitat for Humanity International as well as Mount Allison's Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter is to make decent shelter a matter of conscience of action. Our chapter has chosen to contribute to Habitat for Humanity on a local, national and international level. We are currently registered to participate in the Collegiate Challenge program during Mount Allison's reading week in February 2009. This program matches University chapters with Habitat host sites in the United States we are in need of volunteers.

Canadian University Press National Conference 72: Natural Selection
Julie Stephenson
Project 496
The Canadian University Press National Conference provides student newspapers from across Canada with an opportunity to meet and learn together. This year's host paper is the Gateway from the University of Alberta. The four day event includes sessions with other student journalists, discussions with industry leaders and several keynote addresses. A multi-level experience, the conference aims to give student journalists a forum to share ideas, discuss relevant issues, and interact with leaders from their fields. This year's event is entitled "Natural Selection" and will focus both on the changing face of media and the role students play in that area.

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Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference (CUPC)
Alex Laffoley
Project 495
CUPC is an annual physics conference that will be hosted by the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Undergraduate students from across the nation meet to present on their recent research projects. The event is an excellent way not only to convey the work you have been doing, but practice your oral or poster presentation skills, meet other enthusiastic physics students and get information about graduate schools.

ATLIS Conference 2010-Human Security - Causes, Effects and Now We Respond
Rebecca Anne Dixon
Project 494
The Atlantic International Studies organization (ATLIS) was created with the purpose of fostering informed undergraduate participation in international issues through scholarship and social and political involvement. ATLIS is committed to finding new and innovative ways to engage students in the world around them. Our annual conference draws together students, professors and agency and organization workers alike to present and discuss their thoughts relating to the year's theme and current events. This year the theme of the conference is Human Security: Causes, Effects and How We Respond.

2008-2009

SHOCK: (Science Hands on for Kids) Camp: A Science Camp for Boys and Girls
Amanda Cockshutt
Project 492
For the third consecutive summer, a science camp for 60 boys and girls (ages 5-12) will be held July 28-30, 2009. This summer, the camp is being offered in partnership with the Town of Sackville and forms part of their official summer schedule of childrens' activities. The science-based activities are offered in parallel sessions to boys and girls. This year we are extending the lower age of the campers to include young children. In addition, the camp includes opportunities for high school students as "junior leaders".

Outreach Intern: Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) - Human Resource Department
Laura Stymiest
Project 491
During the course of three months, I hope to work as the Outreach Intern of the Human Resource Department at MSF's head office in Toronto; a position I have been selectred for. The internship is unpaid and its major objective is to establish a National Human Resources outreach and recruitment strategy to increase the number of field workers on MSF missions abroad.

Rights and Democracy Summer Internship
Kelly O'Connor
Project 490
This summer I will be in Montreal for at least eight weeks as an intern for the Rights and Democracy student network, drawing up plans for a national youth committee. I will be creating a plan with the Rights and Democracy staff to track my progress through the internship, which I will use to reflect on how well I met our objectives and what I learned through the process.

The Otesha Project
Kelsey Ryan
Project 489
The Otesha project is a cycling and performing tour and a charitable organization which educates your and communities throught theatre, multi-media and storytelling workshops about sustainable living. Volunteers bike from community to community to perform and give workshops, while at the same time learning about environmental issues faced by the community and how they've been handled in the past.

Volunteer Placement with Women Society Pressure Group in Kathmandu, Nepal
Mayme Lefurgey
Project 488
This spring I plan to travel to Nepal to work as a volunteer for Women's Security Pressure Group, which advocates for the liberties for Nepali women and serves a a fundamental outlet of social empowerment. In Nepal, I will be working under the Canadian organization, Basecamp International Centres. As for the exact work I will be doing with the organization, they outline on the website that the staff at WSPG need assistance with administration, fund raising and program development as well as man power to mobilize volunteer efforts. I will be helping the staff with report writing, proposal writing, policy making and language training for local volunteers, all of which is quite relevant to my studies here at Mount Allison.

Conservation Work in Honduras
Emily Lewis
Project 487
Operation Wallacea is a series of biological and conservation management research programs that operate in remote locations across the world. These expeditions are designed with specific wildlife conservation aims in mind - from identifying areas needing protection, through to implementing and assessing conservation management programs. I will be traveling to Honduras as a forest research assistant in order to gain a more in-depth understanding of the methods used for environmental research, benefit the research teams, the overall project, and expand the knowledge base within the country.

Base Camp International Volunteer Project at the Silais Health Clinic in Diriamba, Nicaragua
Rowan Chandler
Project 486
I will be traveling to Diriamba, Nicaragua with BaseCamp International and I will be volunteering at the Silais Health Clinic. It is run by the Ministry of Health of Nicaragua and caters to low-income families. One day a week I will travel with their mobile clinic unit which provides healthcare to people in very rural and remote areas. I will be living with a local family and will receive one month of Spanish language training to enable me to communicate effectively at work and at home.

Canadian Society of Zoologists Conference
Christie McClelland
Project 485
As two students at Mount Allison University, we are presently doing research in Dr. Currie's lab in the field of molecular environmental physiology. We have the exciting opportunity to present our original data that we have collected over the past year, at the Canadian Society of Zoologists annual conference, taking place in Toronto. This conference will provide us with a valuable learning experience from which we will enhance our communication and leadership skills, which we hope to transmit to future students in our lab at Mount Allison.

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Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Conference
Michael MacGillivary
Project 484
The Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) and the Genetics Society of Canada (GSC) will be holding their annual conference in Halifax from May 14th to May 17th.  This joint meeting offers a wonderful opportunity to gain new insights into ecology, evolution and genetics, to share research interests, to expand networks with new colleagues, and to bring back to the Mount Allison community knowledge from cutting-edge research from the top Canadian scientists in the three aforementioned fields.  I will be presenting results from my honours and masters research conducted at Mount Allison.

Tintamarre Tour of “Argument”
Samantha Vaillancourt
Project 483
Tintamarre is a theatre troupe that produces bilingual theatre through a unique collaborative process.  This spring, from April 29 to May 13, eleven Mount Allison students will tour an abridged production of the collectively created show Argument to schools across New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with the goals of promoting the acceptance of diversity and the appreciation of the role theatre can play in education.

Operation Wallacea, Peru
Allison Mayberry
Project 482
I will be traveling to the remote Peruvian Amazon to work as a Research Assistant with Operation Wallacea.  Operation Wallacea is a series of biological and conservation management research programs that operate in biological and conservation management research programs that operate in biological hotspots across the world with the goal of identifying and maintaining areas that need protection.  Specifically, I will be taking part in research at the Lago Preto Conservation Concession off the Yavari River from June 21st to July 18th.

Global Medical Brigades Mount Allison
Laura Stymiest
Project 481
Global Medical Brigades Mount Allison, a group of 35 students and 10 health professionals, will travel to rural villages in Honduras to set clinics to provide free primary health care.  As a student driven organization, student members will carry out the trip logistics as well as the implementation of clinics.  Health professional will provide the highest possible standard of care to Honduran people living within the villages.  GMB Mount Allison University seeks to empower students to provide communities in developing nations with sustainable solutions that improve quality of life while respecting local culture.  Students and health professionals will not only learn but will be inspired to help further in improving the quality of health in Honduras and across the globe.

Vagina Monologues Production
Sarah Ann Smith
Project 480
The Vagina Monologues is a dramatic production that brings together students, faculty and staff to direct, organize and produce the show itself as a fundraiser for a local charity.  The play has been done before at Mount Allison and we are planning to bring it back as a collaborative effort between individual students, related social activist groups on campus and interested faculty or staff persons.  All proceeds will go to Autumn House, the women’s shelter in Amherst.

Youth Partnership With Jamaica
Luyao Li
Project 479
Mount Allison Students have been traveling to Jamaica as part of Youth Partnership with Jamaica since 1998.  There is a longstanding tradition between the two communities.  Our group is made up of eight students and one adult; the students were selected through an application and interview process conducted by last year’s participants.  In February 2009, we will travel to Kingston, Jamaica to assist in local community projects designed to increase our awareness of issues surrounding development and problems specific to Jamaica.  The ultimate goal of the project is to seek the means by which to contribute the most, while imposing the least.

The Argosy @ Elsipogtos
Chris Durrant
Project 478
Argosy reporters work with members of the Elsipogtog Youth Council to cover the stories they find important.  The stories and pieces of Elsipogtog Youth Council members would then be featured in a 4 to 8 page supplement in the Argosy.

SMILE (Sensory Motor Instructional Learning Experience)
Justin Oake
Project 477
SMILE is a recreational and developmental program for children with special needs between the ages of 3 - 21 years.  Each Saturday morning 45 Mount Allison students travel to the YMCA in Amherst.  There the children participate on a one-to-one basis with their volunteer in numerous recreational activities.  Due to the early nature of the program, each week a breakfast is provided to the volunteers.  Currently, the breakfast is funded by Cumberland Early Intervention.  In addition to this, approximately $50 is spent on fulfilling photocopying needs each year.  Additional funds would help defray the costs of this important program.  The bus is our largest expense and costs nearly $2500.00 for the year.

Religion and Environment Symposium
Christina Fry
Project 476
The Religious Studies Society is planning a symposium for mid-March open to the university community and featuring an interdisciplinary discussion of the intersections of religious belief and environmental issues.  The symposium will feature discussions and presentations e.g. how various faith communities understand the environmental crisis, the Green movement as a religious movement, historical perspectives, etc.

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Promoting Literacy Close to Home:  A Week in Newfoundland
Hannah MacDonald
Project 475
We are three university students looking for something to do with our free time on Spring Break.  Our aim is not sunny Cancun, skiing in Whistler or shopping in New York, but instead our aim is to a chilly, rural part of Corner Brook, Newfoundland.  More specifically to a school that has particularly low literacy levels.  Why?  To do our part in trying to raise those levels!  After reading statistics on how low literacy levels are in the province, we want one week to try and pass on our enthusiasm for literacy (and learning in general) by working intensively with these students  to get them on the right path.

Mount Allison University’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter
Allison Sparks
Project 474
Mount Allison University’s Habitat for Humanity Chapter plans to participate in Habitat International’s Collegiate Challenge program.  Our 42 member student team will be travelling to Miami, Florida over our 2009 reading break.  We will be working together building homes in the impoverished county of Little Haiti in hopes of stopping the cycle of poverty for one family at a time.

Mount Allison/Bishop’s University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference
Katie Saulnier, Gabriel Cretien
Project 473
This annual conference provides an opportunity for undergraduate philosophy students to present their work in an academic environment and to receive feedback and presentation experience in the process.  As well, the conference serves as a way to encourage the  university community as a whole to take an interest both generally in student work and particularly in the work being done by students in our philosophy department.

Lights Out Mount A
Keleigh Annau
Project 472
Lights Out Canada is an event during which schools across the country turn out their lights and follow lesson plans we provide about global warming and what youth can do to affect positive change.  Over 100,000 students in 10 countries have participated in Lights Out thus far.  Mount Allison will be the first university to fully participate in the event.  Lights Out Mount A will be catered to the university setting—rather than following lesson plans, students will fill-out “Commitment Cards” online, asking them to make commitments to changing habits “at school, at home, and at play”.

Conduct Becoming CD
Kellen Barrett
Project 471
Conduct Becoming CD is a production of an annual CD of original music by Mount Allison students.  The project relies heavily on volunteer work by students including a student producer/engineer, the musicians, Com

International Research Collaboration in Computer Science (Canada/France)
Dr. Laurie Ricker
Project 470
As part of a large international research project, two Mount Allison students will work on the development of a software platform for research in supervisory control of discrete-event systems.  A team of four students, two from France and two from Canada, will spend the summer implementing the platform, including a month (June) in France working directly with participants from the French research team.  Development and testing will continue in Sackville for the remaining summer months.

Springhill Lamp Cabin Project
Dr. Rosemary Polegato
Project 469
This is an extraordinary community-based project.  A team of four students in Commerce 4301 (Arts and Culture Management) will make recommendations for the interior design and building use of the (Miners’) Lamp Cabin Building in Springhill, Nova Scotia.  This building has been in disuse since the Springhill Mine Disaster (“The Bump of 1958”) occurred.  Plans have already been drawn up to restore the exterior and structural integrity of the building.  The expectations are that the team will provide fresh ideas and planning options to the “multi-constituent” committee in the Town of Springhill working on this project.  A comprehensive written report and presentation will be given to the committee.

Catalyst Zine
Emily Cameron
Project 468
Catalyst would like to collaboratively produce a black and white zine/booklet featuring poetry, short fiction and non-fiction, and artwork on queer themes from people within our community.  We would like funding for this project so that we could make copies of the zine available free of charge at various locations around campus and town, and at events such as the SACtivities fair, to give newcomers a very personal understanding of what our group is about.

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Activist Training: A Pilot Project
Nico Dubé & Dr. Brad Walters
Project 467
With the assistance of a few other students, I will organize an intermediate-advanced training for activists in Sackville (most, if not all, students) for my GENV 4951 class.  The training will be delivered by the Tatamagouche Centre and will teach students how to teach and assist their groups in setting and achieving goals, and evaluating and reflecting on projects.  If successful the Tatamagouche Centre and other funders have agreed to work towards a partnership that would enable the training to be delivered annually.

Operation Wallacea: a Comparison of Large Mammal and Primate Fauna in Various Habitat Types in the Lago Preto Concession, Peru
Natalie Drake
Project 466
The Peruvian Amazon research expedition in which I will be participating is concentrated in the Amazon rain forest of Peru. Rain forests contain several of the most complex and diverse species and communities worldwide. A comparison of the large mammal and primate fauna in the remote Lago Preto Conservation Concession provides and appropriate study site because it features the three primary habitat types of the area: flooded forest, terra firme and palm swamps. This research will provide data on key species in the varying habitat of the Lago Preto Concession.

Positive Space Seminar (Coming Out Week)
Katie Saulnier
Project 465
The Positive Space Campaign is an initiative to help make Mount Allison a more inclusive and safe environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer staff and students.  Mount Allison and Sackville community members will be invited to attend a short seminar that will discuss topics such as heterosexism, homophobia, and what it means to be an ally.  Upon completion of the seminar, attendees will be given a rainbow sticker to place on their door to indicate their office or room as a positive  and inclusive space.

John Molson Sports Marketing Conference
Mary James Fisher
Project 464
John Molson Sports Marketing is a conference which offers student the opportunity to learn from, and network with sports-business professionals.  The conference is a source for students looking to get more out of their university experience with direct exposure to the sports business world.  The conference is hosted by John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, and includes students and faculty from across Canada.  Throughout the four day conference students get a chance to meet and network with other students, explore the city of Montreal, as well as hear reputable professionals from the sports industry speak about various topics in the industry.

Duke of Edinburgh Award: International Gold Event
Felicia Pickard
Project 463
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Gold Event is a triennial conference held in one of the 120 participating countries around the world.  The conference is held every three years to bring gold award achievers together to discuss issues relating to the award program in their countries and around the world, as well as the concerns including poverty and the environment.  The conference is broken into two parts.  The first portion is focused on completing the four components that make up the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award: service, learning a skill, physical recreation and an expedition.  The second portion of the conference consists of the international board members meetings and discussion groups.

Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference, 2008
Rory Woods
Project 462
The Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference, or CUPC, is an annual physics conference held in different locations across Canada.  This year’s event will be hosted by the University of Toronto.  Undergraduate students from across the nation meet to present on their recent research projects.  The event is an excellent way to not only convey the work you’ve been doing, but practice your oral or poster presentation skills, meet other enthusiastic physics students, and get information about Graduate schools.

Atlantic Schools of Business Conference Presentation Project
Sally Ng
Project 461
The Atlantic Schools of Business (ASB) Conference Presentation project will involve five Commerce students traveling to St. John’s, Newfoundland to attend the ASB Conference to present case study reports and teaching notes on two organizations.  As Canada’s longest running conference for business academics, the ASB Conference has a rich tradition of bringing post-secondary researchers and instructors together to disseminate research and teaching knowledge.  As undergraduates attending and presenting at this conference, this will truly be a unique opportunity for us to converse with graduate students and academics about our research findings.

Three Generations of Teaching Documentary
Kailea Switzer
Project 460
The objective of this project is to create a short film documentary that investigates how the career of teaching has both changed and remained the same over the past 60 years.  Through interviewing four teachers who are all members of the same family, important issues in the field will be addressed and hopefully new topics will emerge to spark future research.  This inter-family approach is unique and highlights the role of the environment in one’s career choices, adding an interesting and important psychological perspective.  With the integration of Psychology and Education, this film has the potential to serve as a permanent resource for courses in Educational Psychology, as well as in Bachelor of Education Progammes throughout Canada.

SMILE (Sensory Motor Instructional Leadership Experience)
Kavish Chandra
Project 459
SMILE is a recreational and developmental program for children with special needs between the ages of 3-21 years.  Each Saturday morning 45 Mount Allison students travel to the YMCA in Amherst.  There the children participate on a one-to-one basis with their volunteer in numerous recreational activities.  Due to the early nature of the program, each week a breakfast is provided to the volunteers.  Currently, the breakfast is funded by Cumberland Early Intervention. In addition to this, approximately $50 is spent on fulfilling photocopying needs each year.  Additional funds would help defray the costs of this important program.

Sackville Coalition for Social Justice Meetings
Nicholas Dubé
Project 458
Sackville Coalition for Social Justice seeks to promote, support and co-ordinate social justice work on campus.  One key way in which this will be achieved is by bringing representatives from various social justice groups together to discuss their projects and possibilities for collaboration.  Funds requested for refreshments.

Brass Quartet (and Brass Choir) Outreach Concert and Clinic Tour
Dr. Alan Klaus
Project 457
This project will create and opportunity for the brass students to perform in various venues outside of Sackville.  We will be providing instrumental clinics, along with concerts, to various middle and high schools in Atlantic Canada.  We will produce a recording of the concert highlights for student use (ie. Audition CDs and presents for family) as well as Mount Allison use (ie. Library, and sending copies to interested school teachers to help with recruitment).  The most important thing is to challenge the students with the responsibility of planning (with faculty guidance) all the details of the tour, from promotion and booking all the way through sound editing and CD production.  This practical experience will provide a taste of the so-called ‘real world’ they will face after graduation.

Hope and Home Orphanage Project, Nepal
Project 456
Kailea Switzer
I will be going to Nepal to volunteer/live in an orphanage for six weeks.  I will assist in whatever way is needed while there.

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