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Laurentian Leadership Centre

  • Corporate body
  • 2001-

Trinity’s Board of Governors voted unanimously to approve acquisition of the Laurentian Club property, located at 252 Metcalfe Street in Ottawa, on April 12th, 2001, and negotiations concluded April 24.

Don Page was appointed founding Director of the Laurentian Leadership program in 2001.
In 2005 Paul Wilson was serving as Executive Director of the LLC, with John Dyck, Professor of Political Studies, serving as LLC Academic Liaison.
On September 26 2006 Provost Dennis Jameson announced the appointment of Janet Epp Buckingham, LLB, LLD, as the new Director of Laurentian Leadership Centre. The Director reported to the Provost's Office. From January to June of 2012 Romalie Murphy took on the position of Interim Director, while Epp Buckingham was involved in another project.
According to an August 21, 2014 intercomm announcement: Over the summer, we have had a couple of staff changes here at the Laurentian Leadership Centre in Ottawa. Janelle Weibelzahl has just returned from teaching English in Japan to take on the Administrative Assistant and Conference Coordinator position, while Christie Esau has moved on to pursue a Master's degree. Tyler Chamberlain has stepped in as Acting Director of the LLC to relieve Dr. Janet Epp-Buckingham, who is on a 6-month sabbatical until the beginning of 2015. Both Tyler and Janelle are alumni of TWU and the LLC program.

The first group of twenty-two Trinity students took up residence at the Laurentian Leadership Centre (LLC) in Ottawa in September 2002.

The Laurentian Leadership Centre Program provides a full semester of credits (15 sem. hrs.) every fall and spring. It is designed to give third and fourth year students as well as alumni experience relevant to a wide variety of careers including international relations, business, communications, history, politics, non-governmental organizations, and public service. All students in this program must complete a supervised internship related to their major and up to three courses. The program operates on the semester system although the dates may vary from Trinity Western’s regular calendar. The cost of the program is comparable to a full academic program while living on campus. The program ... may be laddered towards a bachelor’s degree as a component of a degree, or may be taken as an independent certificate. For students who have already completed a recognized bachelor’s degree, this program may be taken as a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Applied Public Affairs, with advanced study requirements.
Source: 2011/2012 Academic Calendar

The Building:
After J.R. Booth's death in 1925, 252 Metcalfe remained in the Booth family until 1947, when the family sold it to the prestigious Laurentian Club of Ottawa.
Booth House, which was designed by architect John W. H. Watts, was designated a heritage property in 1990.
At a plaque-unveiling ceremony on Monday, October 24 2005, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC) honoured the historical significance of the John R. Booth Residence.
On May 27 2009 TWU President Jonathan Raymond unfurled the 100th anniversary flags for the centennial celebration of the John R. Booth residence at the LLC in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Queen Anne Revival house, built for Booth, Ottawa's wealthiest lumber baron.

Historic Note:
On May 9th 2001 I had the privilege of representing TWU at the closing of our purchase of the Laurentian Club Building on Metcalfe Street in Ottawa. This was certainly a time of celebration for TWU. As I locked up the building and walked down the steps I remembered a story from our past where the founders of Trinity Western University stood as they were about to purchase our Langley campus site. One of them suggested that the group remove their shoes because they were standing on “holy ground.” We have “holy ground” in Ottawa. It is so very strategically located. And who knows what future leaders for our nation will emerge as a result of this exciting new venture.
Memorandum from Ron Kuehl, undated. [TWU Archives: F 1 B 15 File 2b]

Leonard Frank Photos

  • Corporate body

Leonard Frank came to Canada from Germany in 1892, at the age of 22. He came via San Francisco, where he was lured by the dream of striking it rich during the great gold rush. By the time Leonard arrived in San Francisco, stakes had been claimed and fortunes made.
Leonard Frank was an optimist, so when he heard that gold was being found a steamship ride away in a place called Vancouver, made his way north. Again, Frank, found that the gold had already been found. He, however, fell in love with Vancouver Island, the magic of the mountains, and the sense of impending economic prosperity. ... he staked a claim for a copper mine, but was unable to survive on just the mining. He worked as a grocer, small business man, guide, and lumberjack.
It was while working in a logging camp near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, that fate stepped in. He bought a ticket in a lottery and won. First prize was a camera. It was as though his life had gone full circle. Frank's father had been a professional photographer in Berne, German, a village of roughly 750 people on the Dutch border. Leonard had apprenticed with his father and learned the craft of photography before setting off to seek his fortune in America.
With the skill of a professional photographer, the eye of an artist, and the love of the landscape, Frank spent the next fifty years photographing every day life events and the coast line of British Columbia. His nearly 50,000 images captured a now vanished British Columbia ...
After the war, Frank became the official photographer for the West Coast of the Dominion of Canada.
Source: http://www.whitepinepictures.com/seeds/iii/30/

Frank was active as a photographer between 1910 — 1944. He travelled throughout British Columbia during this period taking photographs of a vast array of subjects thereby providing a detailed record of life in the province. Frank was particularly interested in photographing city scenes: buildings, bridges and waterfront, although he had a passion for nature and took spectacular photographs of mountains and life in the woods.
Source: http://www.vpl.ca/frank/overview.html

Library

  • Corporate body
  • 1962

The Library was first located in a wing of the Calvin B. Hanson Chapel, and consisted of several shelves filled with books. In 1965, the Vernon Strombeck Library was built and dedicated on October 23. In 1971, the Library building was renovated, and in 1972, the Women's Missionary Society embarked on a "Library Volumes Project" to expand the collections. Portables were added in 1983 to provide more space for researchers.

Under David Twiest's (1971-2003) leadership, library services and collections were greatly expanded. Twiest served on many College and University committees, contributing to the campus community in many capacities. In addition, he initiated and participated in a variety of wider community endeavours, including the McMillan Park project and the Langley Library Advisory Commission/Committee.

In 1988 a new library building was constructed at a more central campus location. This project required that Faculty House be moved, and Hubbard House be demolished. In January of 1989 the new library was officially opened, and in 1994, a naming ceremony was held for the Norma Marion Alloway Library.

Over the summer of 2019, the main floor of the building was renovated to include the Learning Commons department that included Academic Advising. Coaching and Study Skills, and the Writing Centre. The following summer, after a flood, saw the renovation of the lower level that included the removal of carpets to expose cement floors and updated bathrooms.

On October 1st, the Dr. Hans and Colleen Kouwenberg C.S. Lewis and Friends Collections reading room opened. Envisioned as a teaching resource to support scholarship, in particular the Inklings Institute of Canada, and enrich the broader Christian community, the donation consists predominately of the work of C.S. Lewis although it includes other Inklings’ members and fiction influencers.

Library Committee

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The Library Committee serves as a liaison between faculty and the University Librarian to advise the University Librarian on matters of library policy, and works to increase the utilization of library resources.

Marketing and Communications

  • Corporate body
  • 1961-

In 1961, four individuals were elected to administration positions at the planned Trinity Junior College; one of these was Perry Havens, Vice President of Business Administration. Soon after the College opened in 1962, he also took on the role of Public Relations Officer, heading up what would later become the Public Affairs Department, and later still - in 1995 - the Media and Publications Services Department. In 2002, the name of the department became University Communications. Originally, the department was responsible not only for the management of all public relations endeavours at Trinity, but also for development (fundraising), church relations, and alumni relations, all of which became separate departments in later years.

The mission of the University Communications Department is to build commitment to the University and its mission by educating key publics and by managing the university's external communication. (1997 Mission Statement) The department is responsible for working with the President's Office and Cabinet to identify and ensure that the University's communications activities are implemented and that an effective program of printed publications is developed; its staff is responsible for assisting the President's Office in developing a regular program of communication between the University and various constituencies, including all levels of government, community leaders, churches and their denominations, and other publics. University Communications manages the development and maintenance - in conjunction with Computing Services - of the Global Mediated Learning Centre and other departments, as well as the University's website. (Position Description, 2002)

The Director of University Communications reports to the Vice President for University Advancement and Marketing. (P.D. 2002)

Department heads have included Perry Havens; Robert N. Thompson (Vice President of Public Affairs, 1974-1975); Al Collins (Director of Public Affairs, ca. 1975-1977); Barrie Palfreyman (Vice President of Public Affairs, 1977-1981); Guy Saffold (Director of Public Affairs, ca. 1983-1986; Director of Enrolment Management, 1986-1988; Vice President for University Advancement, overseeing Enrolment Management, Public Affairs, and Development, 1988-1992, Vice President/Dean, Trinity Western Seminary, 1992 -?, resigned 2006); Ron Gray (1987 - ?); James Cunningham (Director of Developoment and Public Relations, ca. 1988-1990); Tim Ratzloff (1990-1992); Ron Kuehl and/or Dwight Johnson (ca. 1993 - 1995); Ron Goerz (1995 - 1997); Randy Schmidt (Director of Media and Publications Services 1997-2002; Director of University Communications 2002 - 2003); DeVonne Friesen (Acting Director of University Communications 2003; appointed Executive Director of University Communications on August 15, 2003). DeVonne resigned from this position in September of 2005. Mark Halvorson, Associate Director, served as Acting Director until Joan Van Dyck was appointed Director in February 2006. In August, 2008, with the resignation of Ron Kuehl as Vice President for External Relations, Joan Van Dyck, Director of Communications, was appointed Vice President for Communications. This position was temporarily closed in the summer of 2013, with University Communications reporting directly to Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, Derek Dawson, for one to two years.

Effective March 4, 2015, Caleb Zimmerman, Associate Director of University Communications, resigned from his position at TWU. Jennifer Watton took on the role of "Acting Director of Communications." (Email auto-reply, March 6, 2015)
In October 2015 it was announced that Amy Robertson was appointed to the position of Associate Director of Media and Public Relations, as part of the Marketing and Communications team.
In March, 2018, it was announced that James Tweedy had been appointed Executive Director of Marketing and Communications. (HR Connect, March 16)

Addendum (July, 2003): As per the department's website (http://www.twu.ca/Ucomm/Default.aspx), "University Communications exists to contribute to the University and its departments by developing effective, unifying strategic communications policies, helping develop and gain ownership for innovative communications strategies that work synergistically to build public profile, and helping produce and manage compelling communications tools and mediums/platforms (print, web, mass media, etc)." Further, "U. Comm. is mandated by the University to oversee and guide campus communications to external audiences, provide production resources for all departments including project management services and creative services, work as the University’s official purchase agent for graphic design, printing, advertising space and other production services not available on-campus, and ensure projects meet appropriate visual and grammar quality standards."

Our four priorities for the UCOMM team are: 1) providing creative services to the campus, including equipping others to do things themselves through, for example, developing templates; 2) re-creating our existing www.twu.ca website (approx. 15,000 pages) proactively instead of reactively 3) creating fresh content that captures and tells the TWU story; and 4) shaping and executing a strategy for ‘corporate/official university’ communications. UCOMM continues to maintain a governance role in our branding through, for example, our visual identity. Caleb Zimmerman leads the team members responsible for creative services and the website redesign; Jennifer Watton leads the team members charged with our content and corporate communications strategies and plans.
Source: email from President's Office July 18, 2013

Mars' Hill

  • Corporate body
  • 1996-

Trinity's first student newspaper was published on October 26th, 1962. Titled TJC Pioneer(1962-1963, 1965, 1967) this two-page, typewritten publication included reports on special events, an editorial on standards, a selection of chapel quotes (“Let go and let God”), and a brief announcement regarding mid-term exams.

Over the years the official student paper has addressed many topics, and has gone by several names - including the Salmon River Digest(1969-1971, 1973, 1976-1978), the Echo(1979-1980), TWU Today(1980), and Mars’ Hill(1996-present).

Mars’ Hill is floated with funds raised by the Student Association and seeks to be a professional publication, maintaining an enterprising presence on the campus, in the newsroom, and on the web. The Mission of Mars' Hill, as the official student newspaper of TWU, is to inform and entertain its readers, cultivate awareness of issues concerning the TWU community, and provide a forum for purposeful, constructive discussion among its members in accordance with the Statement of Faith, Core Values, and Community Standards of the university.

In 2012, the University's 50th Anniversary year, TWU Archives staff digitized a fifty-year span of the paper, from 1962 to 2012.

On February 13, 2023, Mars’ Hill was nominated for two John H. McDonald Awards for Excellence in Student Journalism through the Canadian University Press (CUP). The two shortlisted articles for awards included Bailey Froese’s piece “I Am the BeReal Man” (featured in volume 27, issue 4) was nominated for the Humour Award, and Carter Sawatzy’s piece “Was It Something I Said?” (featured in volume 26, issue 10) was nominated and won the Feature Writing Award.

In fall 2023, the publication moved to a digital platform though still publishes a print issue once a semester.

In 2024, Mars’ Hill was nominated a won a John H. McDonald Awards for Excellence in Student Journalism through the Canadian University Press (CUP) in the Marginalized Community Reporting Award category for Ava Gili’s piece “Closed Eyes Behind Rose-Coloured Glasses: Five Years After the Mandated Signing of the Community Covenant” (featured in volume 27, issue 8).

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