{"id":34760,"date":"2015-08-27T15:06:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T20:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=34760"},"modified":"2015-08-27T15:17:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T20:17:13","slug":"incoming-chancellor-makes-first-visit-to-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/08\/incoming-chancellor-makes-first-visit-to-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Chancellor makes first visit to Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Incoming<\/a>

Incoming Chancellor Shirley Cheechoo and Brock University President Jack Lightstone.<\/p><\/div>\n

Brock University’s incumbent Chancellor Shirley Cheechoo made her first visit to campus Thursday.<\/p>\n

She was struck by the sense of community she felt on campus.<\/p>\n

Brock’s first Aboriginal woman to be named to the role will hold the position for three years starting at Fall convocation on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

Cheechoo – an award-winning actress, playwright and filmmaker – is honoured and overwhelmed by her new role, a position she said will offer her the opportunity to make a difference at Brock and in the lives of students of all backgrounds.<\/p>\n

“It’s very important that Aboriginal women have these kinds of positions in the community,” she said. “I want to be able to make my mark here at Brock University.”<\/p>\n

A big part of that will be making Brock a welcoming environment for Aboriginal youth, a place where they can learn and grow and feel valued.<\/p>\n

As a residential school survivor, Cheechoo is passionate about educating people on the history, culture and languages of First Nations people.<\/p>\n

Cheechoo, who was in residential schools from age five to 14, still has difficulty talking about the trauma.<\/p>\n

\"Shirley<\/a>

Shirley Cheechoo<\/p><\/div>\n

To her, the most meaningful recommendation in the recently released Truth and Reconciliation Commission report focuses on teaching Canadians the history of the nation’s first peoples.<\/p>\n

Being named Brock’s next Chancellor is something she never dreamed could happen.<\/p>\n

It has given her a sense of belonging and a way to reach people with her unique voice, she said.<\/p>\n

As Brock’s eighth Chancellor, Cheechoo will take part in convocations and also intends to make frequent trips to the University as part of her ceremonial leadership role.<\/p>\n

University President Jack Lightstone said Cheechoo is a perfect fit for the role because of her background in the arts. With Brock poised to open the new state-of-the-art Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, he said her appointment comes at the perfect time.<\/p>\n

Choosing a Chancellor is an opportunity to reflect on developing areas of the University, he said, pointing to outgoing Chancellor Ned Goodman, a Canadian business icon who helped build the status and reputation of the Goodman School of Business.<\/p>\n

“Shirley Cheechoo is an accomplished person in Canada’s cultural industries as a maker of films, playwright, actor, author and painter,” he said. \u00a0“The fact that she is also a woman is wonderful and we’ve never had a woman Chancellor, it’s long overdue. The fact that she is an Aboriginal woman is a real bonus.”<\/p>\n

Lightstone said Cheechoo will preside over convocations and offer graduates insights into life after University and what responsibilities come with it.<\/p>\n

Previous Brock Chancellors were:<\/p>\n

Richard Hearn 1966-69 (former chairman of Ontario Hydro)
\nCharles Sankey 1969-74 (former VP of Ontario Paper Company)
\nCecil Shaver 1974-80 (internationally known expert on respiratory diseases)
\nRalph Misener 1980-85 (president, Misener Steamships Co.)
\nRobert Welch 1985-2000 (St Catharines lawyer and former deputy premier of Ontario)
\nRaymond Moriyama 2001-2007 (renowned architect)
\nNed Goodman 2007-2015 (geologist, mining executive, investment advisor and philanthropist for whom Brock’s Goodman School of Business is named)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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