Jacalyn Duffin

Queen’s University launched a new event, called Ignite, ostensibly designed to demystify academic life and research to a wide public (see also here). Though retired for a year, I was very flattered to be invited to speak about one of my projects, alongside enthusiastic young physics Professor Ken Clark, who arrived at Queen’s just as I left. To my great surprise, members of Meds 2020 and Meds 2021 showed up too, and we celebrated our little reunion together with this photo.

Thank you everyone!

With Lindsay Mainhood, Andrew Belyea, Hissan Butt, Yannay Khaikin, and Harry Chandrakumaran

One year into retirement and it feels like permanent sabbatical–i.e., wonderful!

I completed the book manuscript on Easter Island and sent it off to the publisher, and with Dr. Brian White-Guay and two great students we published a research report measuring the drug shortage problem in Canada – -a spot of work that grabbed some media attention and an op ed, although no sign of anyone trying to solve it yet.

Looking forward to a summer that will entail seeing all four of my grandchildren — 3 boys and a tiny girl born June 19–and more time at the chalet at Lac Mégantic and morning coffee on my dock on Colonel By Lake near Kingston Ontario.