LC GRAD GUARDS THE QUEEN
Cst. Jennifer McRae (Criminal Justice, 2004), was one of 15 members of the RCMP’s Musical Ride who were given the rare honour of acting as Queen Elizabeth II’s personal bodyguard at Buckingham Palace in May as part of this year’s Diamond Jubilee.
The last time the Mounties took part in the regal ceremony in London was at the coronation of King George VI in 1937. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police also attended England’s last Diamond Jubilee celebration in 1897, when they participated in the celebrations for then-Queen Victoria’s 60th year as queen.
McRae, from Prince George, B.C., joined the RCMP in 2007 and has been a part of the Musical Ride for almost one year. Her participation in this year’s event marked the first time a woman served as part of the mounted unit charged with guarding the queen and her family. After returning from England, the Musical Ride toured parts of Canada and the United States during the summer, including a performance at the 100th Calgary Stampede.
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COLLEGE WELCOMES INUIT ELDER
Lethbridge College is pleased and honoured to welcome an Inuit Elder for the FNMI Cultural Support Program for the coming academic year. Travis Plaited Hair, one of the college’s FNMI student advisors, helped make the arrangements for Christina Sherman to come share Inuit customs and traditions with the college community.
Sherman is originally from Baffin Island. In addition to working one-on-one with students and in classrooms, she will prepare a display and presentation for the third day of FNMI Days this fall. Welcome Ms. Sherman, and check the college website for more details about FNMI Days.
CJ STUDENT’S DOG PARK PROPOSAL WINS $50,000 GRANT
A community-based proposal written last winter as part of a class project by Lethbridge College criminal justice student Kaytlynn Forsyth netted a $50,000 grant from the Aviva Community Fund.
Forsyth directed her proposal to the City of Lethbridge and suggested that the city construct an enclosed dog park space. She prepared a plan for a new dog park and learned in April that she received the award. She is working with the city to develop her plan which should be launched by June 2013.
LC ALUM STARTS NON-PROFIT TO HELP CHILDREN IN TANZANIA
Tom Kuperus (‘12, Bachelor of Arts, Justice Studies) and Kathryn Nord co-founded an organization in January 2011 called Sunrise of Life, which aims to save the lives of street children in the east African city of Arusha, Tanzania. Nord and Kuperus, who had volunteered in Tanzania in 2010, opened a Residential Centre for former street children and a transition home for former street youth. Currently Sunrise of Life has 38 children in its care, all of whom are receiving an education. Kuperus is working to raise funds and awareness about the centre. For more information, go to sunriseoflife.com and to read about Kuperus’s first experience in Tanzania, click here.
THREE EMT ALUMNI RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS
Each year, the Tema Conter Memorial Trust Scholarship Awards are presented to the emergency services or military students who best discuss, in an essay or journal, the psychological trauma encountered by emergency services and military personnel. One winner is selected from each province except Ontario, which recognizes two students.
Three Lethbridge College EMT students have won this $2,500 scholarship in the five years since the college’s program was revised. They are Marcella Bakker in 2011; Jonah Swen in 2010; and Hans Bowden in 2007. Since 2000, the trust has awarded $187,500 in scholarships.
CJ INSTRUCTOR INDUCTED IN MANITOBA BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
Hugh Richards, an instructor in Lethbridge College’s Criminal Justice program, was inducted with his former teammates into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame this spring. The Rivers Comets were one of the small town teams honoured for leaving a legacy both on and off the baseball field. In the six year span from 1964 through 1969 the Rivers Comets won the South Central League championship five times. In the other year they lost in the finals. In 1969, the team was undefeated in all league games.
