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Spring 2009 Edition

Profiles West is an online and print magazine published by the Faculty of Communication Studies at Mount Royal College. The profiles are written by journalism students.

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Faith
In Big Valley, Alberta, oil field worker Harry Nibourg launches a creation museum.

 

 

Family
Calgarian Zoe Winkler thought two jobs, and four adult children at home was a lot. Then her youngest got cancer.

From a kitchen in Kamloops, B.C., temporary worker Ratna Thapa goes full out to bring his family over from Nepal.

 

 

chasePolitics
Putting healthcare lyrics to a Dylan tune was just one way Harry Chase got elected as a Liberal in Alberta.

schmidtAfter running as an Independent in the last federal election,
Kirk Schmidt
goes back to the Tories.

 

 

Sports
Former Olympian Danielle Goyette has a new dream—take the University of Calgary’s women’s team up a tier to university competition.

After the rough and tumble world of coaching European hockey,
Rick Alexander
launches the NSD hockey school in Calgary.

 

Some call the sport obscure, but Saskatoon’s Lee Connell is trying to reach the top of the racquetball world.

 

 

Military
When Army reservist Duncan Campbell volunteered for Afghanistan, family and friends struggled to contain worries.