Jack Matthews Fellowship
The Jack Matthews Fellowship was created in 2008 to honour the founding contributions former Headmaster Jack Matthews made to Lakefield College School, Trent University and The Canadian Canoe Museum. The Fellowship has brought together our three institutions and the resulting collaboration has benefitted our diverse communities and varying missions. The legacy of Jack Matthews’ extraordinary vision and leadership allows us to continue to grow and learn as global citizens in a uniquely Canadian way.
Previous fellowships have included:
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2024 - Marie Wilson
Internationally-respected journalist and celebrated voice of reconciliation, Marie Wilson, joins us as the 2024 Jack Matthews Fellow at the new Canadian Canoe Museum on September 24th at 7:00 p.m. After 35 years as an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and pioneer of Northern Canada's first daily television news service, Marie Wilson served as one of three commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. In her new book "North of Nowhere, Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner," Marie guides readers through her years witnessing survivor testimony across the country, providing her unique perspective on the personal toll and enduring public value of the commission.
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2023 - Duncan McCue '88
Award-winning broadcaster and educator Duncan McCue '88 is a Professor of Indigenous Journalism and (Story)telling at Carleton University’s School of Journalism. A longtime CBC radio host and TV news correspondent, he’s the author of Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities and The Shoe Boy, a memoir of his time spent on a trapline with a Cree family in northern Quebec. Duncan is a proud Anishinaabe, from the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in southern Ontario.
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2019 - Kate Harris
The 2019 Jack Matthew’s Fellow is author and adventurer Kate Harris, whose first book, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road, is a national bestseller and multiple award-winner (including the prestigious 2019 RBC Taylor Prize). -
2018 - Bill Buxton
Bill Buxton is a relentless advocate for innovation, design, and - especially - the appropriate consideration of human values, capacity, and culture in the conception, implementation, and use of new products and technologies. This is reflected in his research, teaching, talks, and writing - including his column on design and innovation for BusinessWeek.com, and his 2007 book, Sketching User Experiences. -
2017 - Aaju Peter
Aaju Peter is an Inuit lawyer, sealskin clothes designer, and the subject of the documentary film Angry Inuk. She is an ardent defender of the rights of Canada’s northern Indigenous people and committed to preserving Inuit culture and language. Aaju has raised global awareness of the challenges confronting Canada’s most northern inhabitants, speaking about issues related to sustainability and resources, and their impact on the traditional way of life. In 2012, she received the Order of Canada. -
2016 - Dalal Al Waheidi
Dalal was born and raised in Kuwait. Her family fled to the Gaza Strip after the Gulf War. She witnessed the terrible impact of war on children, political instability, violence and conflict. These early experiences gave Dalal a unique understanding of the real costs of political and cultural divide, allowing her to place hope firmly in the value of cooperative peace-building. Drawing on these experiences, Dalal has been a leading force behind WE Charity’s innovative initiatives, including WE Day events, partnerships with school boards, and the highly successful O Ambassadors program through Oprah’s Angel Network.
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2015- Wab Kinew
Wab Kinew is a one-of-a-kind talent, named by Postmedia News as one of “9 Aboriginal movers and shakers you should know.” He is the interim Associate Vice-President for Indigenous Relations at the University of Winnipeg and a correspondent with Aljazeera America. In 2014, Wab successfully defended Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda on CBC’s Canada Reads literary competition. In 2012, he hosted the acclaimed documentary series “8th Fire.” His hip-hop music and journalism projects have won numerous awards. -
2014 - Shelagh Rogers
Shelagh Rogers is a member of the Order of Canada with long ties to Trent University and to our community—she serves as the rst honorary ambassador for the Canadian Canoe Museum. Shelagh’s life work is that of a narratologist. Her fascination with stories and the ways they are told, with the people who create them and the historical and personal experiences and tales that lead to them, are what make her CBC voice so compelling.
That voice regularly speaks to us and gives the value of truth to the multiplicity of poems, stories, novels and written works that constitute Canada. Shelagh’s commitment to global citizenship goes deeper than her professional work as a journalist. She has been recognized by a number of national organizations for her personal courage in speaking about her own struggles with depression, and for the leadership roles she has taken in advocating for people on issues of mental illness. In 2015, Shelagh became the Chancellor of the University of Victoria in BC. -
2012 - Joseph Boyden
Joseph Boyden is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His rst novel, Three Day Road won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. His second novel, Through Black Spruce, won the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and his third book, The Orenda was named the winner of the 2014 edition of Canada Reads. Boyden studied creative writing at York University and the University of New Orleans, and subsequently taught in the Aboriginal Student Program at Northern College. He is currently a Lecturer with the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program. During his JM Fellowship, Joseph Boyden was named the second ambassador at large for the Canadian Canoe Museum; in June of 2014, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Trent University. -
2011 - Nicholas Dickner
Nicolas Dickner is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his 2005 novel Nikolski, which has won numerous literary awards in Canada both in its original French and translated English editions. Nikolski was the 2010 Canada Reads selection.
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We respectfully acknowledge that Lakefield College School is located on the Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which include: Curve Lake, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Rama, Beausoleil, and Georgina Island First Nations. Lakefield College School respectfully acknowledges that the Williams Treaties First Nations are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health and integrity for generations to come.
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