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If Computers Could Think 12 Fall 2015 + If Computers Could Think 12. Miriam Toews Writer-in-Residence 18. Gone Hollywood Jonathan Anschell 22. Where Are They Now? 26. UC Alumni of Influence 2015 Inductees 30. uc.utoronto.ca/alumni — 2015 Honourees — Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce (BA 1876 UC) Rivi Frankle (BA 1968 UC) Prof. Erving Goffman (BA 1945 UC) Naomi Kikoler (BA 2002 UC) Gail Dexter Lord (BA 1968 UC) Prof. Giuseppe Mazzotta (BA 1965 UC) Dr. John McCrae (BA 1894 UC) Mary Krug Ndlovu (BA 1964 UC) Prof. Annabel Patterson (BA 1961 UC) The Hon. Romain Pitt (BA 1959 UC) Dr. Vivian Rambihar (BSc 1972 UC) The Hon. James M. Spence (BA 1962 UC) Cheryl Wagner (BA 1970 UC) Prof. Zena Werb (BSc 1966 UC) The Hon. Marvin Zuker (BA 1963 UC) — Young Alumna of Influence — Dr. Melissa Lem (BSc 2001 UC) PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ALUMNI AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL UC ALUMNI OF INFLUENCE AWARDS DINNER AND GALA Thursday, November 19, 2015 The Great Hall, Hart House University of Toronto 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto Reception at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m. • Black tie optional • Host bar • Kosher and vegetarian options available upon request Individual tickets $125 Table of 10 $1100 To purchase tickets, visit uc.utoronto.ca/aoi or call (416) 978-7416 For accommodation in Toronto, please contact the InterContinental Hotel – Yorkville at (416) 324-5890 and quote code XC6 for a preferred rate by October 19, 2015 If you would like to sponsor a student seat or table, please call (416) 978-2968 CONTENTS FALL 2015 featuresFeatures uc.utoronto.ca/alumni COVER: THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SKULL KEYNOTE This skull was discovered among the ruins of University College after the building was devastated by fire in 1890. Most likely, it is from a skeleton that had been in an anatomy professor’s office. But others think it is the skull of Ivan Reznikoff, the legendary stonemason who was murdered during the construction of the building, and whose ghost is said to haunt the College. The skull represents one of the more ominous potential consequences of advanced artificial intelligence explored in our lead story (“If Computers Could Think,” page 12)—the obliteration of human life. 08. Principal’s Message CLASS NOTES 44. News from Alumni 12. 18. NOTA BENE FOCUS SILHOUETTE If Computers Could Think Author Miriam Toews Joins UC BY JAMES JOHN as Writer-in-Residence BY JENNIFER MCINTYRE 48. Campus News 22. 26. CONVERSATION DIVERSIONS Hollywood Legal Exec Where Are They Now? Jonathan Anschell BY YVONNE PALKOWSKI BY YVONNE PALKOWSKI 30. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 04 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE Alumni of Influence 2015 Inductees CONTENTS FALL 2015 MASTHEAD Departments uc.utoronto.ca/alumni Volume 41, No. 1 EDITOR Yvonne Palkowski (BA 2004 UC) SPECIAL THANKS Donald Ainslie Alana Clarke (BA 2008 UC) Naomi Handley Michael Henry Lori MacIntyre COVER IMAGE University College Skull Christopher Dew ART DIRECTION + DESIGN www.typotherapy.com PRINTING Flash Reproductions CORRESPONDENCE AND UNDELIVERABLE COPIES TO: University College Advancement Office 15 King’s College Circle Toronto, ON, M5S 3H7 University College Alumni Magazine is published twice a year by the University College Advancement 10. 01. Office and is circulated to 26,000 IMAGE 01. alumni and friends of University Ann Hamilton, College, University of Toronto. body object series #5 - sagebrush, 1986. 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When super officer at University College AI does all of the work, he’ll JENNIFER MCINTYRE and editor of UC Magazine, be sipping an Amarone and Jennifer McIntyre (“The Yvonne Palkowski enjoys getting reading Montale. His operating Essential-ness of Writing,” page to know alumni from all walks system could not be reached 18) is a writer and editor based of life (“Gone Hollywood,” sfor comment. in Toronto, Ontario. She builds page 22; “Where Are They model airplanes in her spare Now?” page 26). In her spare time, bakes a mean chocolate time, you will find her perfecting chip cookie, and holds the her sail trim, eating ethnic food, regional record for most bones or planning her next overseas broken in a solo urban bicycle trip—sometimes all at once. accident. Jennifer has written for CBC Sports, the Discovery Channel, Deutsche Welle Online, and CNIB.ca. Her work has also appeared in Grain Magazine, Seasons Magazine, The Journal of the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport, Dandelion, Ms. Magazine, Xtra, and Lexicon. Her website is jenmceditor.com. 06 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE BRIEFLY FALL 2015 Editor’s Note & Letters uc.utoronto.ca/alumni Briefly Editor’s Note IMAGE 01. Carolyne Epstein (BA 1960 UC) IMAGE 02. Norma Goldberger (BA 1966 UC) Thanks also to the alumni who fessor, I was lucky enough to learn helped us identify the students from other wonderful historians pictured in the above photograph at U of T, including Professor with legendary entertainers Johnny Robert Bothwell, an incredible Wayne (BA 1940 UC) and Frank Cold War expert and virtuoso Shuster (BA 1939 UC), which lecturer, and Professor Joe Martin, FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF OUR appeared in our story on the his- who created Canada’s first SPRING 2015 ISSUE, both Carolyne tory of Jewish student life at UC graduate course on Canadian (Manace) Epstein (BA 1960 (“The ‘J’CR and the Refectory,” business history at Rotman. UC) and Norma (Miller) Gold- Spring 2015). The individuals berger (BA 1966 UC) wrote in pictured are (from left to right): Although we live in a relatively to say they believe they are our Ruth (Kellermann) Miller (BA young nation, Canadians have cover girl—the female student 1960 UC), Libby Fus*, Johnny a deep and rich history that is seated on the circular couch at Wayne, Rozzie (Benetovich) New- so closely intertwined with other the centre of the Junior Com- man*, Frank Shuster, Ellie (Was- nations’. The more diverse our mon Room. The photograph, serman) Silver (1958 UC), Rosalie society becomes, the more impor- from the UC Archives, is not Evans (BA 1961 UC), and Erna tant it is to understand the collec- captioned or dated. We asked (Newman) Paris (BA 1960 UC). tive past that binds us together in Carolyne and Norma to provide the human experience. Profes- pictures of themselves as YVONNE PALKOWSKI (BA 2004 UC) sor Galassi’s viewpoint that history students so our readers could *DEGREE TYPE, GRADUATION YEAR, AND PROPER SPELLING OF NAME UNCONFIRMED is universal and uniquely human- weigh in on the mystery. izing as a discipline is spot-on, and Tell us what you think at he clearly leaves behind a legacy [email protected]. Letters of great and important thinking. LAURA PONTORIERO MANES (BA 2002 UC) I JUST LOVED PROFESSOR GALASSI’S PIECE SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO [email protected]. on the importance of learning, LETTERS MAY BE EDITED FOR CLARITY remembering, and empathizing AND LENGTH. with our social history (“Why Bother with History?” Spring 2015). While I never had the privilege of having him as a pro- UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 07 KEYNOTE FALL 2015 Principal’s Message uc.utoronto.ca/alumni Keynote THE ROLE OF THE HUMANITIES IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AUTHOR Donald Ainslie Principal, University College PHOTOGRAPHER Stephanie Coffey IN THE YEARS SINCE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2008, universities The religious communities were at the same across North America have struggled through a time creating their own universities: Victoria for number of challenges—decreasing government the Methodists; St. Michael’s for the Catholics; funding during a period of austerity, the rise of and Trinity for the Anglicans. By the end of the instructional technologies such as Massive Open nineteenth century, when these institutions faced Online Courses (MOOCs) that claim to replace financial challenges, they federated with the bricks-and-mortar institutions, and increasing University of Toronto. demands that undergraduates be trained for jobs rather than educated more broadly. The humanities— The core compromise that made federation the study of literature, languages, history, philosophy, possible involved the humanities. Because of the and culture—have been particularly hard hit by these importance of these disciplines to how one lives— challenges. Google “crisis in the humanities” and because of the central place they give to the study you will get 17 million hits, taking you to one article and critique of values—the religious institutions after another either decrying the phenomenon or retained their own humanities departments, in con- questioning its legitimacy. tradistinction to the University’s humanities depart- ments based at UC: Classics, English, Ethics, French, The University of Toronto is in a unique position German, and Near Eastern Studies (interestingly, when confronting the current crisis due to its tra- History was an exception among the humanities in dition of excellence in the humanities.
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