As a proud alumna of 91亚色, Lauren Hall has been coordinating 91亚色's Transition Year Program since May 2010. With great satisfaction, her colleagues put together a winning nomination file without her knowledge, in order tocelebrate the voice of promise, respect and empowerment that Hall brings to the 91亚色 community every day.

Hall's聽manager has noted that she is an advocate for all students and all opportunities, and notes that whether in person or on the phone, her personality welcomes and engages all 鈥� and a positive relationship with 91亚色 begins. Colleagues say that Hall聽believes passionately in the privilege of pursuing higher education and advocating for accessible education for all those that desire it.聽Her care and attention with students sees them through to realizing their potential and inspires them to believe in themselves.

On a daily basis,聽Hall interacts with a wide variety of people. The Transition Year Program sits outside the Faculty structure, rendering navigation difficult.聽Hall takes this in stride and engages her counterparts in other faculties and administrative departments in order to reinforce a support system. Her exceptional interpersonal skills allow for intervention and advocacy for the Transition Year Program in a dignified and respectful way.聽Hall systematically removes obstacles and builds processes necessary for supporting students with extraordinary needs.

Hall works hard on a daily basis to create a safe and secure place for students to speak to someone about the University, but who feel intimidated by the institution itself. She is noted for her "yes-it-is-possible" attitude and her compassionate approach to each individual case.聽Colleagues say that Hall聽is viewed as a mentor by students in the Transition Year Program. She convinces聽them of their own power and reinforces their dream of something better.

She regularly brings her voice outside the institution, into the community, recruiting and promoting the Transition Year Program. Her nominators note that her intelligence and professional capacity in representing the program to a wide range of audiences is incomparable. They say that she goes above and beyond the call of duty each day, exemplifying an extraordinary personal commitment to 91亚色, and making her worthy of the 2011 President鈥檚 Voice of 91亚色 Award.

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On Wednesday, David Tsubouchi joins a panel discussion about the internment of Japanese and Italian Canadians in Canada during the Second World War.聽聽

Left: David Tsubouchi

The discussion kicks off this academic聽year鈥檚 Research Matters series, a monthly showcase of research in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.聽聽

鈥淥ur first panel of the year provides us with some important reflections on Canadian internment, government redress policies and ways to move forward,鈥� says Barbara Crow, LA&PS associate dean, research.

The two-hour panel starts at 2pm in 280N 91亚色 Lanes.

Panelists will talk about their families鈥� experience, government redress, balancing state security and civil liberties, and the impact of the internment on 21st century Canada.聽聽

Tsubouchi (BA '72, LLB '75) is a member of 91亚色鈥檚 Board of Governors and a聽former Ontario cabinet minister. In his presentation, Bachan's Story, he聽will tell what happened to his mother. She was one of 22,000 Japanese Canadians 鈥� including women, children and older people 鈥� whose property was confiscated by the government and who were interned after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1942.

Social science Professor Livy Visano will talk about otherness and refugee experience in The Refuge of Dislocation and the Conscience of Critique. Unlike immigrants, refugees are compelled by survival rather than choice. Displaced refugees face the horrendous shock of abandonment by one鈥檚 own country and people, and are haunted by rather than nostalgic about their past.聽聽

History Professor Roberto Perin will ask what聽Canada can learn from the Second World War internments. In his talk,聽Wartime Internment and Government Redress: Are We Learning from Past Mistakes?, he聽will look at the consequences of government policy toward 鈥渆nemy aliens鈥� 鈥� Japanese, Germans, Italians and communists 鈥� during the war, and ask: Was the right balance found between the imperatives of state security and the civil liberties of vulnerable individuals and groups?聽Given the War Measures Act and the war on terrorism since Sept. 11, 2001, achieving a balance between state security and civil liberties remains a current concern today.

The panel will be moderated by Merle Jacobs, chair of Equity Studies.

Research Matters is open to all. RSVP to rirons@yorku.ca or 416-736-2100 ext. 33584.

For upcoming talks in the series, visit the Research Matters webpage.

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