Happenings On Campus
Students Net Ice Time with Ottawa Senators
The National Hockey League came to campus as a special treat for our Ridleians on Friday, April 22nd. Students belonging to our hockey programme joined players from the Ottawa Senators, for two hours of fun on-ice sessions and scrimmages at the Tiger arena. In addition to spending time on the ice with students, the Senators toured the campus, visited classrooms and checked out the newly built Lower School Playscape, designed for students in JK to Grade 8. Thank you to the Ottawa Senators and Mr. Eugene Melnyk for giving our students such an incredible opportunity.
View photos and read more about the Senators' visit.
Annual Cadet Church Parade and Inspection
Under blue skies, on April 24th, 500 members of the #162 Ridley College Cadet Corps marched along the traditional route through the city. As the Cadet Corps paraded through the Marriott Gates, the mace was tossed and successfully caught by Drum Sergeant Major, Preston Coffin ’16.
The following weekend, on April 30th, the cadets participated in the 109th Cadet Inspection. Despite cooler temperatures, plenty of alumni, family and friends of Ridley visited campus to watch the inspection. Thank you to this year's Reviewing Officers, Dr. Jack Lightstone, President and Vice-Chancellor of Brock University, and James B. Milligan, Head of Lower School.
View photos and read more about Cadet Church Parade. View photos from the 109th Cadet Inspection.
Ridley Hosts Novice Debate and Speaking Symposium
Ridley hosted over 70 competitors from ten different schools on Saturday, April 16th at the annual Novice Debate and Public Speaking Symposium. The event featured two rounds of parliamentary debate on the topic of, "the arts are the most important subjects", and one round of impromptu speaking. Fittingly, the day ended with a talk by local artist and Ridley grad, Alexander "Sandy" Rasmussen '07, who presented a fine talk on the importance of the arts and the need to find your passion in life.
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Alumni Announcements
TransfORming Our Globe
TransfORming Our Globe is a blog series where we share the exciting stories of alumni who are leading flourishing lives and changing the world. This month, as we launch this new series, we're featuring alumnus, Ted Chen '08, who was recently named to the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list.
Read more about Ted Chen '08.Do you know of any classmates that are living flourishing lives or transforming our globe? Email any suggestions for the TransfORming Our Globe blog series to development@ridleycollege.com.
Archives Corner
The Archives is looking for sports team photos from 2000-2013. If you have any that you could share, please contact Wendy Darby at wendy_darby@ridleycollege.com.
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Event Recaps
Vancouver and Victoria Receptions in Review
Headmaster, Ed Kidd and Director of Development, Susan Hazell, visited Vancouver and Victoria earlier in April. Over 20 alumni from the 1960s to the 2000s came to celebrate Ridley at the Vancouver reception on April 11th. Special thanks to Bill Marler ‘66 for his help in arranging the Arbutus Club for the event.
In Victoria, Headmaster, Ed Kidd, Director of Development, Susan Hazell and Development Officer, Lachlan Macintosh welcomed alumni to the Union Club on April 12th. It was great to see some legacy family connections with John Walton ’49 and his sons, Ross ’77 and Stu ’78 and Terry Scandrett ’61; as well as Jason Dorland ‘83, Tim Coy ’86, and Frank Stanley ‘81 – whose fathers were all legendary teachers and coaches at Ridley. Special thanks to Jeff Jakobsen ’91 and Terry Scandrett ’61 for all their help to make this event so successful.
View photos from the Vancouver and Victoria receptions.
Ottawa Reception
On April 19th, the Headmaster, Ed Kidd and members of the Advancement Office attended the Ottawa reception. Ridleians from 1944 to 2013 were in attendance, along with current parents, John and Donna Weston and former faculty and past parents Michael and Marion Hamilton. It was wonderful to see Harvey Cox ’44 who is in better shape and sharper than many far younger than him! Special thanks to Evan Clarke ’05 for arranging for us to host this event at the HMCS Bytown Wardroom.
View photos from this event.
Toronto Branch Dinner
This year’s Toronto Branch Dinner, held at The Rosewater Room, was a sell-out success! It was a wonderful evening attended by generations of Ridleians, who came together to honour James. B. Milligan, Head of Lower School, who will be retiring this June after 35 years of service to our school.
Contribute to the James B. Milligan Character Scholarship or view photos from this event.
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