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curve of infections and hospitalizations, we also did our best to maintain our educational community from a distance. We adapted to new technologies and new ways to relate, and by the end of the semester many of us who had never run a videoconference or managed a transcontinental group project became experts at digital communication and distance learning. It was not easy, in the context of mourning and uncertainty, but we continued our work and completed the year.In this issue of Prism, you can read

Fall Conference. You have built this great university that we are now called to steward. We stand on your shoulders, we honor your contributions, we are inspired by your example. It is exciting to welcome all of you joining us for the first time today. Last week at new faculty orientation we welcomed a total of 25 new faculty, 14 are entering tenure-track appointments, 11 are joining us as visitors. Over the past 12 months, 64 new staff and administrators have joined this assembly. The new ideas

comparing Ontario’s adoption disclosure laws with those of other English-speaking jurisdictions, including Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. That experience forced me out of my insular focus on the United States and channeled my research interests to international adoption, and in particular, a comparative history of adoption records in global perspective. Quickly, as an unintended result of my new research interest, I became a world traveler. In July 2006, I was