Dear TRU Community,
It's my sad task to report that Dr. Rachel Nash passed away Easter Sunday. Rachel graduated from the University of Waterloo with a PhD in Rhetoric; she began her full-time employment at the university in 1999, joining the English and Modern Languages Department as an Assistant Professor specializing in Rhetoric and Composition. She quickly distinguished herself as one of our outstanding scholars and a much-loved and respected teacher.
Among her academic accomplishments, she was co-applicant for two major SSHRC grants, she edited two books, wrote numerous articles and chapters, and collaborated as curator for an exhibition exploring the nature of artistic inquiry. Her doctoral dissertation, completed in 2003, focussed on "The Discourse of Canadian Multiculturalism."
She had been fighting cancer for the last four years, all the while maintaining an ongoing commitment to research and her students--and to her family, husband Cameron Reid (also a colleague, teaching with both English and Modern Languages and Journalism, Communication, and New Media) and son Dash (age 6).
Rachel and Cameron were married last week at a private ceremony in their home, with a small group of Rachel's family and friends in attendance. Her family has made arrangements for a memorial service to be held on Saturday, May 14, at 2 p.m. in the Grand Hall at TRU. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Rachel Nash Memorial Award being set up by the TRU Foundation or to the Callanish Society at www.callanish.org
Alan
Alan Shaver
President and Vice-Chancellor
Thompson Rivers University
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