CELEBRATE NAIT's ANNIversAry

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Celebrate NAIT’s ANNIversAry
Bernie Fedderly • Clifford Giese • Victor Gillman • James McPherson • Jack Menduk • Bob Morgan • Ray Rajotte • Archie Roberts • Stewart Roth •
Fred Atiq • Gil Cardinal • Nolan Crouse • Roger Dootson • David Dorward • Marleen Irwin • Andrew Lee • Shirley Long • Holger Petersen • Brian
Straub • Guy Turcotte • James Ahnassay • Naseem Bashir • Carol Blake • Dave Buchaski • James Cumming • Kees Cusveller • Randy Eresman • Greg
Korbutt • Kevin Martin • Daryl McIntyre • Mark McNeill • Mark Ohe • George Rogers • Tracey Scarlett • Julie M. Shaw • Bruce Woloshyn • Sandy
Yakimchuk • Daniel Wai Yuk Yeung • Michael Anderson • Mark Hamblin • Andrew Hore • Chris Kourouniotis • Ashif Mawji Corbin Tomaszeski •
Dean Turgeon • Stephani Carter • Don Oborowsky • Jules Owchar • Javier Salazar • Marlon Wilson • Bernie Fedderly • Clifford Giese • Victor
Gillman • James McPherson • Jack Menduk • Bob Morgan • Ray Rajotte • Archie Roberts • Stewart Roth • Fred Atiq • Gil Cardinal • Nolan Crouse •
Roger Dootson • David Dorward • Marleen Irwin • Andrew Lee • Shirley Long • Holger Petersen • Brian Straub • Guy Turcotte • James Ahnassay •
Naseem Bashir • Carol Blake • Dave Buchaski • James Cumming • Kees Cusveller • Randy Eresman • Greg Korbutt • Kevin Martin • Daryl McIntyre •
Mark McNeill • Mark Ohe • George Rogers • Tracey Scarlett • Julie M. Shaw • Bruce Woloshyn • Sandy Yakimchuk • Daniel Wai Yuk Yeung •
Michael Anderson • Mark Hamblin • Andrew Hore • Chris Kourouniotis • Ashif Mawji • Corbin Tomaszeski • Dean Turgeon Stephani Carter • Don
Oborowsky • Jules Owchar • Javier Salazar • Marlon Wilson • Bernie Fedderly • Clifford Giese • Victor Gillman • James McPherson • Jack Menduk •
Bob Morgan • Ray Rajotte • Archie Roberts • Stewart Roth • Fred Atiq • Gil Cardinal • Nolan Crouse • Roger Dootson • David Dorward • Marleen
Irwin • Andrew Lee • Shirley Long • Holger Petersen • Brian Straub • Guy Turcotte • James Ahnassay • Naseem Bashir • Carol Blake • Dave Buchaski
James Cumming • Kees Cusveller • Randy Eresman • Greg Korbutt • Kevin Martin • Daryl McIntyre • Mark McNeill • Mark Ohe • George Rogers •
Tracey Scarlett • Julie M. Shaw • Bruce Woloshyn • Sandy Yakimchuk • Daniel Wai Yuk Yeung • Michael Anderson • Mark Hamblin • Andrew Hore •
Chris Kourouniotis • Ashif Mawji • Corbin Tomaszeski • Dean Turgeon • Stephani Carter • Don Oborowsky • Jules Owchar • Javier Salazar • Marlon
Wilson • Bernie Fedderly • Clifford Giese • Victor Gillman • James McPherson • Jack Menduk • Bob Morgan • Ray Rajotte • Archie Roberts • Stewart
Roth • Fred Atiq • Gil Cardinal • Nolan Crouse • Roger Dootson • David Dorward • Marleen Irwin • Andrew Lee • Shirley Long • Holger Petersen •
Brian Straub • Guy Turcotte • James Ahnassay • Naseem Bashir • Carol Blake • Dave Buchaski • James Cumming • Kees Cusveller • Randy Eresman
Greg Korbutt • Kevin Martin • Daryl McIntyre • Mark McNeill • Mark Ohe • George Rogers • Tracey Scarlett • Julie M. Shaw • Bruce Woloshyn •
Sandy Yakimchuk • Daniel Wai Yuk Yeung • Michael Anderson • Mark Hamblin • Andrew Hore • Chris Kourouniotis • Ashif Mawji • Corbin
Tomaszeski • Dean Turgeon • Stephani Carter • Don Oborowsky • Jules Owchar • Javier Salazar • Marlon Wilson • Bernie Fedderly • Clifford Giese •
Victor Gillman • James McPherson • Jack Menduk • Bob Morgan • Ray Rajotte • Archie Roberts • Stewart Roth • Fred Atiq • Gil Cardinal • Nolan
Crouse • Roger Dootson • David Dorward • Marleen Irwin • Andrew Lee • Shirley Long • Holger Petersen • Brian Straub • Guy Turcotte • James
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RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
INTRODUCING A SHOWCASE FOR IDEAS AND
INSPIRATION IN APPLIED RESEARCH
The Journal of Applied Research and Innovati on (JARI) is a new, peer-reviewed,
online journal that presents fresh approaches and innovati ve soluti ons to
real-world challenges. Launched as part of NAIT’s 50th anniversary, JARI’s
vision is to become internati onal in scope and content providing a forum for
researchers, administrators and industry partners from diverse sectors to
highlight their applied research experiences.
Arti cles, papers and case studies are welcome for peer review. Topics may
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value of applied research.
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Let JARI showcase your process and fi ndings!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dr. David Carpenter, JARI Editor
www.nait.ca/jari
Email: [email protected]

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36 Celebrate NAIT’s 22 From the Ground Up 36 Top 50 Alumni 73 The Fine Art of Food
Anniversary In the early 1960s, few Find out why these grads A history in five courses
knew a technician from a made the grade
technofile technologist, even if industry 76 Recipe
64 Ooks Through the Ages What does the suave,
needed them more than ever.
We may not be bowling or sophisticated ook reach for
17 Status Update That’s when NAIT arrived
canoeing anymore, but over during the cocktail hour?
After 10 issues, we revisit five with the answer
the years our teams have still A NAITini, of course
stories of innovators and their
27 A First Time for Everything been known by rivals to “kick
projects. As it turns out, you dePartments
What was NAIT’s first their pants”
win some, you lose some – but
building? Degree? Tweet? A
you always learn along the way list of 50 points of origin 67 The Meaning of Ookpik 8 Contributors
NAIT’s search for its missing
32 The Futurists mascot turns up more 11 Editor’s Note
A view of the world of than just a cute and cuddly 12 Feedback
tomorrow, courtesy of our Canadian icon
staff and alumni 13 Connections with the
President
34 NAITology
How well do you know NAIT? 15 Newsbytes
Find out by taking our quiz Recent news from the
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As a communications specialist, Fiona Bensler loves the
opportunity to work with staff from across NAIT. She
enjoys learning from that – and definitely learned a thing
or two from the four top 50 alumni she interviewed fo r
this issue. Their passion, drive, dedication and desire people technology innovation
to give back are valuable takeaways. Besides writing for
techlifemag.ca
techlife, Bensler edits NAIT’s weekly staff newsletter and
editor
is managing editor for A Report on Giving (included in this Sherri Krastel
issue), which highlights donors to the institute. She is also managing and online editor
PAGE f 45, 50, 55 & 57 a frequent contributor to techlifemag.ca. Scott Messenger
associate editors
Kristen Vernon, Heather Gray
art director
Derek Lue
associate art director
Andrea Yury
John Book (Photographic Technology ’87) is an avid
designers
birdwatcher, fly-fisher and, of course, photographer. “Not
Sandy Brown, Dru Davids, Trina Koscielnuk, Jennifer Lubrin,
very many individuals have the option to work every day Sheena Riener
at what they consider their hobby, but I do,” he says. Book copy editor
Kathy Frazer
has been busy with his hobby for 22 years at NAIT, where
circulation manager
he produces images to support curriculum and promote Nicole Rose (Marketing ’08)
the institute. In searching out archival photos for severa l advertising manager
Lynn Ryan
stories in this issue, Book selected from over 200,000
contributing writers
digital files and more than 60 binders of negatives to help Eliza Barlow, Fiona Bensler, Ruth Juliebo, Frank Landry,
PAGE f 22 & 64 capture the institute’s 50-year history. Kim MacDonald, Cheryl Mahaffy, Nancy McGuire, Lindsey
Norris, Lisa Ricciotti, Sandy Robertson, Don Trembath
contributing photographers
John Book (Photographic Technology ’87), Leigh
Frey (Photographic Technology ’01), Jeanette Janzen
(Photographic Technology ’10), Blaise van Malsen
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Marketing and Communications. Online features are
celebrating NAIT’s history, reinforced the notion that our
published regularly at techlifemag.ca. Opinions expressed
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Since graduating from Photographic Technology in
2010, Jeanette Janzen has travelled the world in search
of curious, marvellous and unexpected things that
As NAIT celebrates its 50th anniversary, we recognize
make up its cultures. Thinking she would spend her life
as a photographer overseas, she surprised everyone – the institute for helping develop the skilled workforce
including herself – when she landed back at NAIT. As
a student, her favourite subject matter was food and Canada needs to prosper.
beverages, so helping to photograph this issue’s CuliNAIT
a report on giving
feature, in particular the NAITini, felt like catching up managing editor
PAGE f 73 with an old friend over drinks. But no matter what she’s Fiona Bensler
contributing writer
shooting, she still loves the rush she gets from one of he r
Nancy McGuire
favourite hobbies: developing black and white film. contributing photographer
Blaise van Malsen
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Canada needs to prosper.
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