Mary Katharine (Kathy) Boyne
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Class 11A MRHS 1959
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Well here I am so many years later.
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Education
MRHS (1959)
McGill University (1963) B.Ed.
University of Ottawa - partial M.Ed.
Dalhousie Law School (2000)
Diploma in Mediation & Alternate Dispute Resolution
Personal Information
Married: Stuart Haslett - 1965, Montreal; divorced 1985.
Three sons: Christopher - 1967; Michael - 1970;
Robert - 1974.
Re-married: Ted Owen; Halifax, N.S.- 1995.
Grandchildren: Celeste - 8 yrs; Tristan - 5 yrs;
Aidan - 3 yrs; Thomas 2 yrs; William - 18 mos.
Seven step-grandchildren: ages 9 yrs - 18 mos.
Residences
Montreal - until 1965
Saint John, N.B. - 1965-68
London, Ont.- 1968-77
Ottawa - 1977-1992
Seabright, N.S.- 1992-present
(Seabright is situated on St. Margaret's Bay, about 7 kms from Peggy's Cove, within the Halifax Regional Municipality.)
Employment History
1963-67 - Teaching, including a stint at a convent
in London, England.
1980-2004 - Federal government:
Various positions with Treasury Board,
Indian & Northern Affairs and First Nations Health,
Health Canada.
Main work with First Nations as a land claims and
self-government negotiator and in Indian Health.
2004 - Retired as a Director at Health Canada.
Music
Returned to violin playing at age 18yrs,
after refusing to play at TMR
as I really wanted to be in the band with Doc Jones
and not a violin carrying nerd.
In any case ended up playing in various symphony orchestras
over the years including the London Symphony,
N.B.Symphony, Ottawa Symphony and now Nova Sinfonia in Halifax.
Also do a fair bit of piano accompanying
for various chamber groups etc.
In retrospect I should have chosen music as my career
but still it has been wonderful to do it part time.
In Addition
Still downhill ski if you can believe it,
hike, cycle and swim.
Travel a fair bit now that I am retired or redirected!
Have started a small consulting firm, Seabright Consulting,
and work mainly for the Union of New Brunswick Indians
as a consultant in health planning.
Also have done some work for the Assembly of First Nations.
Received the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2003
for my work with First Nations which has been my passion.
Well that's it in a nutshell.
Hopefully I have turned from the ugly duckling
in to some kind of an eccentric swan.
Remembrances
Looking back on those years at TMR
and the teachers who influenced my life,
I must say Mr. Logan gets the prize
for his obsessive concern with detail.
Eg. All blinds had to be at a certain level,
blackboards had to be cleaned up and down exactly
and Latin declensions were his specialty.
Oh and we sang hymns every morning. How life has changed.
Then there was Mr. Marcus
who only had two suits and wore these enormous brogue shoes.
I never recall seeing him smile
but then they say Latin is a dead language.
Arthur Scammel used to sing the Squid Jigging Grounds to us
in geography class if we really pressed him
and dear old Dr. Buchanan wandered the halls in his floods
(short trousers.)
However, I must say that I am never amazed to hear
of yet another TMR-er who has made a name for themselves
in a variety of fields.
That is when I realize how privileged we all were
to have been provided with
such a broad and exceptional education.
Oddly enough I ran in to Miss Patterson
at a nursing home here in Halifax.
She looked straight at me and said:
"I remember my students for one of two things.
Either they were naughty or bright."
I shall leave it at that.
In summary I have to say that
I have been very blessed in my life
with wonderful children and now grandchildren,
family, friends, an interesting career
and hopefully many more years to grow old gracefully.
Look forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!