User:Geo Swan/Arlette Zinck
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Arlette Zinck | |
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| Nationality | Canada |
| Occupation | English Professor |
| Known for | Volunteered to develop a correspondence program for Omar Khadr |
Arlette Zinck is a Professor of English in Edmonton, Alberta.[1] She is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at King's University College.[2][3][4][5][6] Zinck has been an English professor for over twenty years.
She has specialized in "16th and 17th century literature, including John Bunyan, John Milton, early women's writing, spiritual autobiography, and epic poetry."[7]
In 2008, Zinck started corresponding with Guantanamo captive Omar Khadr, a Canadian youth, who faced charges before a Guantanamo military commission.[8] Khadr's lawyer, Dennis Edney, had been an invited speaker at a conference her Christian college had convened on "Invisible Dignity". Zinck has described how questions Edney raised triggered a challenge among her colleagues and the student body, and she took the lead in corresponding with Khadr.[9] Zinck would eventually lead a team of colleagues in designing a course of study Khadr could pursue from his prison cell. Zinck would later praise Khadr's intelligence, fairness, sense of humour, and willingness to work hard. Khadr, in turn, would describe his studies and his correspondence with her as one of the bright spots in his life in detention. Khadr has expressed the desire to study at her Christian college.
On May 29th, 2013, Khadr was moved from detention in Kingston, Ontario, to another institution in Edmonton, which placed him close to both Zinck, and her college, and to Edney, his lawyer.[8]
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Anna Mehler Paperny (2012-10-01). "Former jihadist Omar Khadr a model student, instructor says". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
Curricula for convicted terrorists aren't the stuff of everyday academia. So when Omar Khadr's U.S. legal team asked Arlette Zinck, an English professor at King's University College in Edmonton, to design and deliver a lesson plan for the Guantanamo Bay detainee, she and her colleagues had their work cut out for them.
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"Omar Khadr apologizes to widow". CBC News. 2010-10-29. Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
Dr. Arlette Zinck, the dean of the faculty of arts and an associate professor of English at King's University College, a Christian school in Edmonton, also testified in Khadr's defence. Zinck, who said she wasn't representing the school, confirmed that she is an advocate for Khadr.
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Paul Koring (2012-08-23). "In first public words since battle, Khadr tells widow he's 'sorry'". Guantanamo: Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-05.
The court also heard from Arlette Zinck, an English professor at a small Alberta college, who produced a short book report written by Mr. Khadr and said she has corresponded with him. Dr. Zinck said she hoped he would attend the avowedly Christian college, although she admitted under cross-examination that Kings University College had explicitly said she had no authority to offer him a place and that she couldn't speak on behalf of the institution.
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Sheila Pratt (2010-10-30). "From Khadr, with love: Professor exchanged letters with accused terrorist for two years". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
Zinck said she began writing to Khadr in November 2008 because her Christian faith asks people to comfort those in need, including prisoners. Through their correspondence, it became clear Khadr is a "voracious reader," said Zink. The Omar Khadr she came to know through letters was a "polite, thoughtful, intelligent person," she said.
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Josiah Neufeld (2010-11-09). "Canadian university college reaches out to Omar Khadr: King's University College profs prepare to tutor former Gitmo prisoner". Christian Week. Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
Zinck says she's received some angry responses from people who don't agree with what she's doing.
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Andy Worthington (2012-06-28). "Meet the Canadian Professor Who Has Been Teaching Omar Khadr at Guantánamo". Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
He is "learning like a sponge," Lt. Col. Jackson explained, speaking by phone from Washington D.C., and "revealing details" of two "highly unusual visits" to Guantánamo, by Arlette Zinck, in April and May this year.
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"The Story That Love Tells: A Christian University's Reading of the Omar Khadr Case" (PDF). Chester Ronning Centre. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2013-05.
Her interest in the Omar Khadr case grew from hearing Dennis Edney speak at the Invisible Dignity conference at King's in fall 2008, and has grown from there.
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Michelle Shephard (2013-05-29). "Omar Khadr segregated from other inmates after death threats in Canadian prison: Omar Khadr requests transfer to Edmonton prison after being threatened in Millhaven". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
The news was welcomed by Edmonton university professor Arlette Zinck and her team of volunteer instructors, who have been working with Khadr for years. Zinck, who twice visited Khadr in Guantanamo and testified at his sentencing hearing, has tried to continue her teachings in Millhaven, both in person and through written correspondence. She said Khadr has been assessed at a Grade 12 level and has gone through official certification testing up to Grade 10.
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(in English) http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.magazine-awards.com%2Fmultimedia%2Fnmaf%2Fawards_submission_archive_2011%2F15118.PDF&date=2013-05-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05.
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