LOIS VALLELY-FISCHER AWARD FOR DEMOCRATIC
STUDENT CITIZENSHIP
Furtado and Lang share Lois Vallely-Fischer
Award for Democratic Student Citizenship
Despite lengthy discussion, the adjudication committee was unable to choose between the top two nominees and agreed unanimously that this year’s Lois Vallely-Fischer award for Democratic Student Citizenship should be shared by Kathryn Furtado and Wil Lang. The award is named for Dr. Vallely-Fischer, long time Dean of the Faculty of Arts and a founder of the AUFA.
Kathryn is an Honours BA
(Classics and Political Science) student who has provided leadership to the
Acadia Classics Society and Acadia Pride. She has shaved her head for cancer
research, created and performed at racism awareness events, led fundraising
activities for Crysalis House on International Women’s Day, worked on climate
change issues, and performed for three years with Acadia’s Symphonic Band. As
the five AUFA members who nominated her say in their letter, “Kathryn's record admirably
exemplifies the ideal of democratic student citizenship – namely that of
the well informed citizen-student who is actively and democratically engaged in the
life of his or her richly diverse community.”
Wil Lang is a Dean’s List
student in the Theatre program. His leadership and community building expertise
is extensive and has been felt well beyond the Acadia campus. Wil has
volunteered for several years with the provincial Alexander Society for Special
Needs as a Drama Coordinator and Facilitator. His leadership and commitment to
social change has extended to provincial politics; he is a founding member of
the Green Party of Nova Scotia, Deputy Leader of the party and a member of
their Policy Writing Committee. Wil was a candidate in the 2006 provincial
general election and has been appointed to the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Agency's Joint Review Panel for the Whites Point Quarry and Marine
Terminal by the federal government.
AUFA congratulates Kathryn and Wil.
AUFA Award Committee