WINNER OF THE 2022 MCGEE AWARD!
Congratulations to Benjamin Villeneuve for winning the 2022 McGee Award! This award is presented to a doctoral student in nursing from Ottawa University.
winner of the 2021 mcgee award!
Congratulations to Charlene Seyer-Forget for winning the 2021 McGee Award! This award is presented to a doctoral student in nursing from Ottawa University.
2021 wIG STAND CHALLENGE
Your Challenge:
I am excited to inform club members that the club executive has decided to reactivate a club project that was initiated in 2017. To honour the 150 years of Canada's Confederation, the club pledged to produce and donate 150 wig stands to the local chapter of the Canada Cancer Society. We delivered 177 wig stands in response to this challenge in 2017! This year's challenge is to see if we can surpass the 177 wig stands produced in 2017!
A Kade Bolger video demonstration on how to make a wig stand may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY505_MmQ1o and his instructions are provided in the pdf below.
Background and Details
One of the first side effects for patients who are undergoing Cancer treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy is early loss of hair. Many patients elect to wear a wig during this difficult struggle with the disease. When the patient retires at night time, she or he requires a wig stand in order to maintain the aesthetic shape of the wig.
The response of the membership to the 2017 challenge was fantastic. Our members worked very hard to produce pieces of art that were beyond the scope required for such a practical project. We had stands made of exotic woods, dyed woods and even segmented pieces. The designs varied from simple to very contemporary. Some turners produced as many as a dozen stands!
In April 2018 I delivered 177 wig stands to the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society. The staff at the Cancer Society were very grateful to receive so many stands, as unfortunately there is always a need for more of them. The event generated positive publicity for the club, the CBC morning program came to my shop for a short interview and the Ottawa Citizen had an article in the ePaper edition. Malcolm Zander wrote about the event in the October 2018 edition of the American Woodturner.
This is a simple and practical project that can be tackled by a novice turner as well as a more experienced one. It is going to be used and appreciated daily by an individual who is at one of the more difficult times in their lives and could use some comfort. currently because of the Covid-19 virus, all of the local volunteer chapters of the Canadian Cancer Society are shutdown so this year's challenge is more of an open ended project. Nonetheless, I anticipate delivery of the wig stands at the end of 2021 or early 2022. This should give members plenty of time to work on the project.
I want to express a huge gratitude to Kade Bolger for providing the club with a very meticulous video and instructions for a wig stand fabrication. I would also like to thank KJP for offering a discount for wood purchases to turn wig stands.
Sam Lewinshtein
lewinshtein0508@rogers.com
I am excited to inform club members that the club executive has decided to reactivate a club project that was initiated in 2017. To honour the 150 years of Canada's Confederation, the club pledged to produce and donate 150 wig stands to the local chapter of the Canada Cancer Society. We delivered 177 wig stands in response to this challenge in 2017! This year's challenge is to see if we can surpass the 177 wig stands produced in 2017!
A Kade Bolger video demonstration on how to make a wig stand may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY505_MmQ1o and his instructions are provided in the pdf below.
Background and Details
One of the first side effects for patients who are undergoing Cancer treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy is early loss of hair. Many patients elect to wear a wig during this difficult struggle with the disease. When the patient retires at night time, she or he requires a wig stand in order to maintain the aesthetic shape of the wig.
The response of the membership to the 2017 challenge was fantastic. Our members worked very hard to produce pieces of art that were beyond the scope required for such a practical project. We had stands made of exotic woods, dyed woods and even segmented pieces. The designs varied from simple to very contemporary. Some turners produced as many as a dozen stands!
In April 2018 I delivered 177 wig stands to the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society. The staff at the Cancer Society were very grateful to receive so many stands, as unfortunately there is always a need for more of them. The event generated positive publicity for the club, the CBC morning program came to my shop for a short interview and the Ottawa Citizen had an article in the ePaper edition. Malcolm Zander wrote about the event in the October 2018 edition of the American Woodturner.
This is a simple and practical project that can be tackled by a novice turner as well as a more experienced one. It is going to be used and appreciated daily by an individual who is at one of the more difficult times in their lives and could use some comfort. currently because of the Covid-19 virus, all of the local volunteer chapters of the Canadian Cancer Society are shutdown so this year's challenge is more of an open ended project. Nonetheless, I anticipate delivery of the wig stands at the end of 2021 or early 2022. This should give members plenty of time to work on the project.
I want to express a huge gratitude to Kade Bolger for providing the club with a very meticulous video and instructions for a wig stand fabrication. I would also like to thank KJP for offering a discount for wood purchases to turn wig stands.
Sam Lewinshtein
lewinshtein0508@rogers.com
winner of the 2020 mCgee award challenge!!
Congratulations to Ms. Shruti Patel, the winner of this years McGee Award Challenge which is awarded to a doctoral student in nursing at the University of Ottawa.
Congratulations to Bob Testa for winning the 2020 McGee Award Challenge!!
tHE 2019 MCGEE AWARD CHALLENGE WINNER
Marian McGee with the winning entry submitted by Michel Bertrand.
2019 McGee Award winner, Helen Hudson, with her daughter Lotje.
The “McGee Award” Challenge
Marian McGee Dr.P.H. is a member of the Ottawa Valley Woodturners. Professionally, she is Professor Emeritus of the faculty of the University of Ottawa's School of Nursing.
Several years ago she was invited by the School to produce an award for excellence in advanced Theory of Nursing Science. The Award is given each year to a doctoral student selected by the awards committee of the School of Nursing.
It is becoming clear a plan must be developed to continue this tradition, since Marian has been officially retired from the Faculty for several years. The School of Nursing is eager to maintain and continue the legacy of the McGee Award.
In order to assist and support Marian, the Ottawa Valley Woodturners is creating an annual challenge open to the membership (both professional and amateur, old and new). The challenge is to create a turned object (preferably wood) that becomes the award that the selected doctoral student keeps.
The design is open, the size must be at least 2 inches x 6 inches or as large as the artist wishes.
The Challenge will take place at the annual Ottawa Valley Woodturners meeting in May of each year. A small committee will judge the submitted entries and the successful creation will be made available for the subsequent Awards Ceremony at the School of Nursing.
A picture of turner and the winning piece will be displayed on the Ottawa Valley Woodturners web site and the winner will have bragging rights for a year.
Marian McGee Dr.P.H. is a member of the Ottawa Valley Woodturners. Professionally, she is Professor Emeritus of the faculty of the University of Ottawa's School of Nursing.
Several years ago she was invited by the School to produce an award for excellence in advanced Theory of Nursing Science. The Award is given each year to a doctoral student selected by the awards committee of the School of Nursing.
It is becoming clear a plan must be developed to continue this tradition, since Marian has been officially retired from the Faculty for several years. The School of Nursing is eager to maintain and continue the legacy of the McGee Award.
In order to assist and support Marian, the Ottawa Valley Woodturners is creating an annual challenge open to the membership (both professional and amateur, old and new). The challenge is to create a turned object (preferably wood) that becomes the award that the selected doctoral student keeps.
The design is open, the size must be at least 2 inches x 6 inches or as large as the artist wishes.
The Challenge will take place at the annual Ottawa Valley Woodturners meeting in May of each year. A small committee will judge the submitted entries and the successful creation will be made available for the subsequent Awards Ceremony at the School of Nursing.
A picture of turner and the winning piece will be displayed on the Ottawa Valley Woodturners web site and the winner will have bragging rights for a year.
