To all Members of the 杏吧原创 Community,

Come out and join members of the 杏吧原创 community to kick off the university鈥檚 75th anniversary on Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the University Galleria. All students, staff, faculty and members of our community are invited to this celebration.

The festivities in the Galleria will include interactive, fun activities, and special displays celebrating 杏吧原创鈥檚 history. There will be games, contests, prizes, giveaways, cookies and hot chocolate, and special VIP guests.

The formal program will take place between 12:15 p.m. and 12:45 p.m., concluding with a live music performance by Maestro Fresh Wes, a former 杏吧原创 student and Canadian hip hop legend.

杏吧原创 University was founded by the community to serve the community, a guiding principle that today encompasses local, regional, national and international communities. 杏吧原创鈥檚 successful past, dynamic present and promising future are embodied by the tens of thousands of alumni, students, faculty and staff who are motivated to make their world a better place.

The launch event is a great way to kick off year-long celebrations that honour all that 杏吧原创 has achieved and what can be accomplished when a university is committed to giving back through education while contributing to the common good.

Hope to see you there!

Peter Ricketts, Chair, 75th Anniversary Steering Committee

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

She played on the 杏吧原创 team that won the OUA championship in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996. After graduation, she went on to win a gold medal at the Winnipeg Pan Am Games in 1999 and co-captained the Canadian team during the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

Horn-Miller has overcome discrimination and violence to emerge as one of North America’s most inspiring Aboriginal speakers.

A Mohawk from the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory near Montreal, she was behind the lines during the Oka crisis in 1990 when she was stabbed by a Canadian soldier’s bayonet. It was a near-death experience that marked a turning point in her life.

Horn-Miller, who retired as an athlete in 2008, is the host of her own health and wellness show on the ATPN network and tours the country as a motivational speaker. She works to mend the dysfunctional relationship between native and non-native communities through social and political change.

She is also an ambassador for Manitobah Mukluks, the world-famous Canadian Aboriginal footwear brand that has been worn by well-known models and actors.

The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity recently named her one of Canada鈥檚 most influential women in sport.

Horn-Miller was the assistant chef de mission for Team Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Games.

“My favourite professor Sharon Sutherland taught me how large organizations work, how government works and the basic principles of public administration,” says Baltacıoğlu. “She taught me many of the values that I still use in my job every day.”

“I look back now, 25 years later, at an incredible career and have to thank 杏吧原创. It changed my life.”

Baltac谋o臒lu served as deputy minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities from 2009 to 2012 and as deputy minister of Agriculture and Agri Food Canada from 2007 to 2009.

She spent four years at the Privy Council Office, first as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Social Development Policy) and then as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations).

In these roles, she provided advice and support to the prime聽minister and cabinet on the full range of government operations and domestic policy issues.

Since joining the public service in 1989, Baltac谋o臒lu has also worked at the Public Service Commission of Canada and Environment Canada, the latter as both Director General for Strategic Policy and International Relations.

She obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from Istanbul University.

He has been passionate about football all his life. He played minor, high school and university football and was an Ottawa Rough Riders season ticket holder for many years. As a partner in the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, Ruddy was instrumental in working with the city on the $400-million redevelopment of Lansdowne Park and the return of the Canadian Football League.

In addition to backing the , he generously supports and was instrumental in resurrecting the university team in 2013 with a $2.5-million donation.

“Football provides an opportunity for students to harmoniously become involved in academics and athletics, an opportunity for the student community to feel united and proudly promote the spirit of 杏吧原创 University,” says Ruddy. “I was fortunate to experience this during my Architecture studies at 杏吧原创 while playing Ravens football and I鈥檓 proud that another generation of 杏吧原创 students will also have this experience.”

He has been active in Canada鈥檚 retail development industry for more than 35 years. He founded Trinity in 1992 to capitalize on emerging large-format retail centres. Since its inception, Trinity has developed more than 20 million square feet of retail space across Canada. The company operates out of offices in Ottawa and Toronto.

Ruddy is well-known for his broad philanthropic support of the community through the Trinity Development Foundation, which focuses on youth education and sport, care of seniors, community programming and the arts.

He has also endowed the John E. Ruddy, BArch/75 Architecture Scholarship awarded annually to an outstanding student entering the Master of Architecture program at 杏吧原创.

She was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary聽to the Cabinet by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in October 2014.

Previously, she was Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet. She also聽held the position of Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs from November 2010 to January 2013.

From July 2006 to July 2010, Charette was Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and chairperson of the Canada Employment Insurance Commission. Prior to that, Charette served as Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Associate Deputy Minister of Health.

Charette joined the Privy Council Office (PCO) as Assistant Secretary to Cabinet for Priorities and Planning in 2001 and was named Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Plans and Consultations in 2002.

Charette worked in the private sector from 1996 to 1999, first as Principal in the management consulting firm of Ernst & Young, and as Director of the Transition Team for the newly formed Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

From 1994 to 1996, she worked at PCO as co-ordinator of the Base Closures Task Force and then on the Program Review exercise.

In the early part of her career, she worked for the Department of Finance, the Office of Privatization and Regulatory Affairs, the Federal-Provincial Relations Office and the Prime Minister鈥檚 Office.

Charette is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. In 2008, she was national chair for the United Way鈥檚 Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign, raising more than $36 million for communities and national health charities across Canada.

In his five years as prime minister, the country introduced universal health care, student loans, the Auto Pact, the Canada Pension Plan and a new Canadian flag. He served at home and abroad, as leader of the country and president of the seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. Pearson was named a Companion of the Order of Canada and was awarded an Order of the British Empire and an Order of Merit, the highest honour in the Commonwealth, for his service during a historic time in the 20th century.

Born in Newtonbrook, Ont., to a Methodist minister, Pearson studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto (now Victoria University) and earned bachelor and master’s degrees from the University of Oxford. He taught history at the University of Toronto before entering the foreign service with the Department of External Affairs. Making his way to Washington, D.C., Pearson helped establish the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. He became ambassador to the United States in 1945 and led Canada in discussions for the founding of the UN.

In 1948, he was elected MP for Algoma East and became the Minister of External Affairs. As the world entered the Cold War, Pearson signed the North Atlantic Treaty and helped orchestrate the armistice agreement that would end the Korean War. In 1956, his UN resolution to the Suez crisis involving Israel, France, the United Kingdom and Egypt earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. Pearson鈥檚 establishment of the United Nations Emergency Force would lead to the modern UN peacekeeping operations of today.

After retiring from politics, he served as a lecturer in history and political science and Chancellor of 杏吧原创 University until his death in 1972. Pearson received honorary degrees from institutions across Canada and the United States, including Princeton University, McGill University, Bates College, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Calgary. In 1974, the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific was founded as one of 13 United World Colleges. He is the namesake for myriad Canadian landmarks, from an airport to Mike鈥檚 Place 鈥� the graduate student pub at 杏吧原创. The influential leader has made a lasting impact on the country and the world.

The Pearson connection to 杏吧原创 continues with his daughter-in-law鈥檚 contributions to campus, including the Landon Pearson Resource Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children鈥檚 Rights at 杏吧原创. In 2006, upon her retirement from the Senate, she donated her extensive collection of materials related to childhood and children鈥檚 rights to 杏吧原创. With this donation and with her appointment as adjunct professor in the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies, the Landon Pearson Resource Centre was born.

The Cairo-born Canadian raised industrial designer has created products for high-end brands and mass consumption, working with companies such as Samsung, Method, Umbra, Citibank and Veuve Clicquot. A frequent winner of international awards, Rashid has designed the interiors of the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia, the Universita Metro Station in Naples and the Semiramis Hotel in Athens. More than 3,000 of his designs have been put into production and his work is on permanent display in 20 collections and galleries around the world.

Raised in Canada, Karim studied at 杏吧原创 University and graduated with a bachelor of industrial design in 1982. He completed graduate studies in Milan and Naples, under Ettore Sottsass and in the Rodolfo Bonetto studio. For seven years he worked at KAN Industrial Designers, where he co-founded the Babel Fashion Collection and several other design projects. In 1993, Rashid opened his own studio in New York City and now manages offices in China. He has produced such well-known designs as the Bobble water bottle and Umbra鈥檚 iconic Garbo waste can during a career of more than 20 years. In 2012, he collaborated with Danish furniture company BoConcept to produce the Ottawa Collection as a tribute to his early years of study in Ottawa.

Karim was awarded the 2004 A.D. Dunton Alumni Award of Distinction from 杏吧原创 University and holds honorary doctorate degrees from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C and Pratt Institute, New York. He has taught at OCAD, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, the Pratt Institute and the Rhode Island School of Design, and he continues to speak as a guest lecturer at many conferences and universities worldwide.

Karim has received over 300 awards, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art Collab Design Excellence Award, the 1999 George Nelson Award, several Red Dot Design Awards, several Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards, the I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review and the Silver IDEA Award from the Institute of Design in Illinois. In 2010, he was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in New York City and was a winner of Designer Magazine鈥檚 2012 Simon Taylor Award for Lifetime Achievement.

His books include From the Beginning (2014); Sketch (2012), a monograph of 300 drawings and computer renderings of selected works; KarimSpace (2009), Design Your Self (2006), Evolution (2004) and I Want to Change the World (2001). With designs for water bottles, furniture, appliances, laptops, jewelry and condominiums, Rashid鈥檚 work spans across the fields of fashion, architecture and art to transform our daily living.

The 6鈥�3鈥� guard was a member of the men鈥檚 basketball team when it won its record-breaking 10th championship in 2013-鈥�14.

Scrubb joined the team in 2010 and was awarded the Peter Mullins Trophy for rookie of the year in 2011. He was the first Raven to receive the honour.

In 2013, Scrubb became the first back-to-back recipient of the Mike Moser Memorial Trophy since 杏吧原创 great Osvaldo Jeanty. The trophy is presented each year to the most outstanding male basketball player in the CIS. Remarkably, he was given the trophy a third straight time in 2014.

In 2014, he was named the BLG Award winner as the CIS male athlete of the year for the 2013-鈥�14 season across all sports, which included a $10,000 scholarship to attend a Canadian graduate school. He joins fellow 杏吧原创 basketball alum Tyson Hinz and Osvaldo Jeanty in receiving this honour.

He was named 杏吧原创鈥檚 Athlete of the Year in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and was OUA East Player of the Year during the same years.

He was named to the under 18 junior national team in 2010. In 2013, he was the lone active CIS player to attend the Canada’s senior men’s basketball training camp in Toronto. Along with his brother, fellow Raven Thomas Scrubb, Philip was named a member of Canada鈥檚 senior men鈥檚 national team in 2014. He represented Canada at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.

Scrubb regularly receives interest from NBA recruiters, and plans to continue to play professionally after graduating from 杏吧原创 with a Bachelor of Commerce in 2015.

鈥淢y team is always pushing me both on and off the court and making me a better person,鈥� says Scrubb.