Trent University Alumni Association

An excerpt from #TrentVoices:\n\nAn interview with Jill Bishop. An Indigenous Studies/Environmental Studies alum, Jill owns and operates Urban Tomato (a heritage seed/seedling business), manages the Peterborough Downtown Farmers' Market, coordinates the Peterborough Community Garden Network, and is founder of Seedy Sunday – the areas largest seed sale/exchange.\n\nWe talk all things locally grown.\n\nWe also have a listen to the Griddle Pickers ~ and their song "She.",Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-episode-3-excerpt-jill-bis…

As a young, vibrant twenty-something woman, Diane Therrien is skewing the traditional demographics of Peterborough's City Hall. City Councillor, Trent Alumni Councillor, all 'round good person, Diane chats about politics, activism, and local beer.,Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-radio-show-episode-12-dian…

Trent alumnus, Ian Tamblyn, has recorded 38 albums, written 13 plays, and been honoured as a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic. He's also a wonderful conversationalist and storyteller. We caught up with Ian while he was in town playing a show at Folk Under the Clock. This is part one of the interview with a true Canadian Treasure. Look for part two next week.,Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-ian-tamblyn/

Our first ever Trent Radio show!\n\nFeaturing music and talk from Sara Ostrowska, lead singer of alumni band, Television Road; and a discussion on transportation issues with GreenUp Transportation and Urban Design Program Manager, Brianna Salmon, whose thesis centred on sustainable transportation.,Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-radio-show-episode-1-sara-…

We are extremely excited to stream our summer #TrentVoices Literary Series. The impressive alumni lineup, which includes a who's who of Canadian authors, is perfect listening for the dog days of summer. Tune in from your dock, deck, patio, or summer sanctuary.\n\nWe hope that you're as excited as we are.\n\nThis Week:\n\nLeah McLaren:\n\nFrom the Globe and Mail: "Leah McLaren is a journalist, novelist and screenwriter. She's published two novels, The Continuity Girl (2007) and A Better Man (2015) both with Harper Collins Canada and Hachette in the USA. The first was a Canadian bestseller, though the second is actually much better. Leah is the Europe correspondent for Maclean's and is a regular contributor to the Spectator magazine (UK) as well as Toronto Life for which she won a gold National Magazine Award in 2012. She's been writing a column in the Globe since1999. She lives in Ontario and London, England where she shares a home with her husband and two boys.",Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-literary-series-part-1-lea…

On July 7th, 2014, Trent alumnus Mark Quattrocchi '08 departed on a two-year cycling journey around the globe, travelling across 40 countries, 5 continents, and 35,000km, all while raising money for Free the Children's Adopt-A-Village program. The impressive trip has raised over $48,000 in support of education in underprivileged communities around the world.\n\nBeginning in Sanya, China, where he spent time as an international teacher at a Canadian school, Mark cycled home to his small town of Rideau Ferry, Ontario, turning his dream of biking across the world into a reality. Mark experienced vast cultures, unique food, beautiful off-the-beaten-path landscapes, and friendly hospitality along the way. It's a journey he'll never forget.\n\nCycling anywhere from 70 to 130km each day, then camping out in a tent by night, the trip was both physically and emotionally strenuous for the 28 year old. Yet, despite facing difficulty along the way, Mark's passion for education and the success of his fundraising efforts for Free the Children continued to motivate him.\n\nIn June 2016 Mark's spectacular journey came to an end when he cycled across the border into Canada and arrived at home. Raising money for Free the Children's Adopt-A-Village program along the way, Mark's ride has helped to build schools in Rural China, India, Kenya, and Ecuador. With each school costing $10,000 to build, Mark is still working towards his ultimate goal of raising $50,000 for the charity, which will support the completion of a fifth and final school in Nicaragua. To support Mark and Free the Children, click here.\n\nMark completed his Bachelor of Education at Trent University in 2012, having already completed his undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Greek & Roman Studies at the university.\n\nHaving accomplished his goal of biking around the world, Mark is currently focusing on writing a book about his experiences. He is also speaking about his ride in locations around Eastern Ontario. He calls his talk, "Finding Your Bicycle Ride."\n\nVisit Mark's website, www.oneadventureplease.com, to read about his experience.\n\nListen to the full podcast to hear about Mark's cycling trip across the world.,Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-alumnus-mark-quattrocchi-%e2%80%9…

Jim Maxwell has been making waves in the field of Hollywood matte painting – the painted background that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is nonexistent in real life or would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit. And he has made some very prominent ones in his career: from recreating the Vatican in The Borgias to sweeping panoramas of floating armadas in Vikings.\n\nMaxwell has received no shortage of recognition from the entertainment industry for his work, with a nod from the Emmy Awards for The Borgias in 2012, then two more nominations for his work on Vikings in 2013 and2014. He won Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 and 2015, also for his work on Vikings.\n\nDuring his time at Trent, Maxwell was a member of The Spleen Bishops – whose Celtic music stylings made them household and "pubhold" names around these parts. \n\nIn this episode, we talk about his experience creating movie effects magic, the changing technology behind the new Star Wars movie, as well as what it's like to attend black-tie Hollywood award shows. We then go back in time and remember The Spleen Bishops, how Celtic music became a phenomenon in Peterborough, and the gig that broke beer sales at the legendary Underdog pub (underneath the Red Dog).,Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-episode-34-jim-maxwell/

Yuwa Hedrick-Wong is the Chief Economist and Chair of the Academic Advisory Council at MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth – a group that just might make you doubt what you think you know about multinational financial organizations. He's also the Global Economic Advisor for MasterCard Worldwide. Prior to his global role, he was Economic Advisor to MasterCard in Asia/Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. He has served as economic strategist and advisor to over fifty leading multinational companies, advised executives and boards of directors for over 100 leading international businesses, and has delivered key note addresses at various prestigious business conferences around the world. He is a regular commentator interviewed on CNBC, BBC World, CNN, CCTV (China), CBN (Shanghai), BTV (Beijing), Channel News Asia, Bloomberg Forum and many others.\n\nHedrick-Wong believes that economic growth drives shared prosperity – that it is not just limited to a single class or group of individuals. The Center for Inclusive Growth works to expand the middle class—in both developing and developed nations —in order for a better sharing of the benefits of economic development. According to Hedrick Wong, "in this situation, there is large-scale betterment—a boost to the common good—and growth for MasterCard's business as well: a win-win process."\n\nHe stresses the importance of taking this a step further. "We work with governments to create a deeper understanding of the importance of inclusive growth—and of equity," he explains. "The impact of this can lead to being a win-win-win situation."\n\nIt's a revolutionary approach to economic development. And one we delve into during this extended interview.,Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-episode-32-yuwa-hedrick-wo…

Trent University Chancellor Dr. Don Tapscott's latest book has just been published by Penguin Random House. BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World is co-authored by his son Alex Tapscott.\n\nIt is the first book to explain why blockchain technology – a truly open, distributed, global platform – will fundamentally change what we can achieve online, how we do it,and who can participate.\n\nIt is a fascinating follow-up to several groundbreaking works in which Dr. Tapscott explores the economic and social impact of technology, including Macrowikinomics; New Solutions for a Connected Planet (2010); the bestseller Paradigm Shift (1992); and Radical Openness: Four Unexpected Principles for Success (2013). His book Wikinomics was the best selling management book in the United States in 2007. In 2014, the 20th Anniversary Edition of Dr. Tapscott's hit The Digital Economy was released with a new foreword by Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google, and 12 new essays addressing the original topics of the book.\n\n#TrentVoices sat down with Tapscott at the Rotman Centre School of Management at the University of Toronto for a special interview that focused on Blockchain Revolution, the bisecting futures of technology and the global economy, as well as on his ongoing relationship with Trent University.\n\nDr. Tapscott is one of the world's leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology and advises business and government leaders around the world. He is an Adjunct Professor of Management at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and the inaugural Fellow at the Martin Prosperity Institute. In2013,he was appointed Chancellor of Trent University. This month, his position of Chancellor was renewed for a further 3 years.

2015 Ph.D. grad Andressa Lacerda is in mid-career stride, despite being only 26. She's a founding partner and the CFO in Noble Inc., a company that will manufacture and distribute filtration systems to remove nanosilvers from wastewater as well as introduce pharmaceuticals that will cure cancer and diseases that are caused by virus'. Her partner in this is Adam Noble, a whiz-kid who has set both the Trent community and world on fire with research that he accomplished in the labs at the university when he was just a high school student. \n\nAndessa helped mentor Adam into becoming one of Canada's "20 Under 20" in 2014. Together they have just signed on as cornerstone tenants of Trent University's new Research and Innovation Park, with a $20 million, 50,000-square-foot production facility to be built soon.\n\nAndressa's own research has shed new light onto neurological disorders – in particular how mutations of LITAF protein cause the genetic Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. \n\nIt's a fascinating discussion – and one where another of Andressa's talents shine: the ability to take complex ideas and make them relatable to students and laypeople.,Original location: http://trenttalks.podbean.com/e/trent-voices-episode-31-andressa-lacerd…