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Tributes to David Strangway
tributes to david strangway As Quest University Canada gathered Testimonials honoring Dr. David Strangway, our Founder who passed away December 13, we decided to add a number of quotes from David’s own blogs on our Quest website. They are highlighted in blue throughout this segment. We sincerely thank our additional contributors for their thoughts…
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In Memoriam Dr. David Cikomo Strangway
On behalf of the Quest University Community, I would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest condolences to the family of Dr. David Strangway, to his wife Alice, their son, Richard, and daughters Susan and Patricia. It is a humbling task to honor the passing of an individual who has touched so many lives…
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Board of Governors Resolution / David Strangway
On Thursday, December 15, 2016 the Board of Governors of Quest University Canada met in special session. The Board was represented by Board Chair Mary Jo Larson, J.D., partner at Warner Norcross & Judd LLP and Quest parent, Past Chair Ian Worland, L.L.B., former Chair of the Society of Trust & Estate Planners (Canada), Chancellor…
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Dr. David Strangway 1934-2016
It is with deep sorrow that we mark the passing of Dr. David Strangway, the founder and first President of Quest University Canada. Our current President, Dr. Peter Englert, would like to express his condolences on behalf of the entire University community to David’s wife, Alice, and their three grown children. We are all grateful…
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Jordan Larson: The Tyee
Recent Quest graduate, Jordan Larson, is featured in the thetyee.ca in an article titled, “Four Harsh Truths for Canada’s Lovestruck Pipeline Politicians.” He tracked changes in extraction efficiency and resource quality decline in Alberta between 1990 and 2011, and found that in over two decades it has taken increasing amounts of energy to produce petroleum.…
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Birder Data to be Flocked
Quest Life Sciences Tutor, Kimberly Dawe, was featured in The Chief. She recently signed a letter of agreement with the Squamish Environment Society to begin analysis of the massive Squamish Estuary data that the Squamish Birders have collected every month since 1991. The multi-layered data has never undergone expert analysis, but that is about to…
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The Bentwood Project: Krystle tenBrink
Photo by: Jay Ashworth Quest’s Manager of Community and Sustainability Programs, and member of the Student Affairs Team, Krystle tenBrink, is featured in an interview by Jay Ashworth, who heads “The Bentwood Project.” He documents people and their passion using a 100 year old camera set up. Krystle co-chairs the Squamish Food Policy Council, and was…
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Business In Vancouver Profile: Peter Englert
Quest University Canada President and Vice Chancellor Peter Englert was profiled in Business in Vancouver. From compulsory military service, to an initial desire to become a chemist, to worldwide travel in search of knowledge, he explains how all of his experiences prepared him to be where he is today. With a love for science and…
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Sand Dune Restoration
The Political Ecology class, run by Dr. John Reid-Hresko, took a block trip to Tofino, BC for 8 days to study human-environment interactions and the politics and power that shape those interactions. While in Tofino they spent the week meeting with diverse stakeholders – tourism companies, the mayor of Tofino, First Nations people, residents, biologists,…
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Howe Sound Comes to Life
Suzuki Foundation, Quest University discuss marine protection MIKE CHOUINARD / SQUAMISH CHIEF The David Suzuki Foundation and Quest University combined efforts recently to give people an inside look at how Howe Sound has been springing back to life. On Oct. 6, the university hosted the Great Howe Sound Recovery, which included a series of short…
