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Sheldon Gordon Jennifer McIntyre Ian Radforth Like Isabel Vincent, the Jennifer McIntyre (“OOHLALA Ian Radforth (“Highly Promising alumna he profiles on page 12 Mobile: Wherever Students Youths: Remembering the UC (“Banned in Brazil”), freelance Go, There They Are,” page 30) Students Who Fell in the Fenian writer Sheldon Gordon formerly is a writer and editor based in Raids,” page 16), a Professor in worked at The Globe and Mail Toronto, Ontario. She builds the Department of History (although their paths never model airplanes in her spare and a member of University crossed). He has devoted four time, bakes a mean chocolate College, teaches and researches decades to journalism, including chip cookie, and holds the Canadian history. He is the stints with The Toronto Star, The regional record for most bones author of a number of books Financial Post, and the CBC. Born broken in a solo urban bicycle and articles, including Royal in Winnipeg, he has lived accident. Jennifer has written Spectacle: The 1860 Visit of the and worked (and curled) in for CBC Sports, the Discovery Prince of Wales to Canada and Montréal, Ottawa, and Toronto Channel, Deutsche Welle Online, the United States. Currently his and reported from Japan, India, and CNIB.ca. Her work has also research focuses on celebrations and Sri Lanka. He devotes his appeared in Grain Magazine, and demonstrations in the free time to volunteering. Seasons Magazine, The Journal streets of Victorian Canada. A of the Canadian Association for recent publication, for instance, Cynthia Macdonald the Advancement of Women in examines Toronto’s patriotic Cynthia Macdonald (“Meet UC’s Sport, Dandelion, Ms. Magazine, celebrations of the militia Newest Rhodes Scholar,” page Xtra, and Lexicon. Her website volunteers, including some UC 24) writes frequently about is jenmceditor.com. students, who in 1885 suppressed science, education, the arts, and the Riel resistance movement in a variety of other topics for pub- Yvonne Palkowski the Canadian Northwest. lications around the University Toronto native and UC of Toronto. A veteran journalist graduate Yvonne Palkowski and broadcaster, she has also (“The Gold Standard,” page 34) contributed articles and com- is the communications officer mentary to (among others) The for University College and the Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, editor of UC Magazine. She en- the CBC, CTV, and TVOntario. joys cycling, sailing, and spicy food. An avid traveller, she is always planning her next overseas trip.

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IMAGE 01. I very much enjoyed the article UC Follies 1957 publicity photo “If Computers Could Think” (Fall (L-R): Ruth (Keller- 2015). Artificial intelligence is a mann) Miller (BA hot topic these days but I am not 1960 UC), Libby Fus, Johnny Wayne (BA convinced that we as mankind 1940 UC), Rozzie stand on the brink of complete (Benetovich) New- destruction or enslavement to man, Frank Shuster (BA 1939 UC), Ellie machine overlords. There are still (Wasserman) Silver many areas to tackle before AI is (BA 1961 UC), Rosa- lie Evans (BA 1961 capable of such machinations and UC), Erna (Newman) independent thought. Paris (BA 1960 UC). It is mentioned in the article that “a computer doesn’t get sick or require a pension.” While it is true that a computer does not require a pension, one must remember that the harder you

work a machine, the quicker 01. it will break down. The older a computer gets, the more it will I just picked up the Fall 2015 issue Ed Sullivan Show) were invited which features a picture of the suffer from age in the form of to watch one of the last rehearsals 1957 UC Follies. That Follies was obsolete software or hardware. before the show went on. It was the first after a long hiatus, with And while software intelligence the worst rehearsal we ever had Wayne and Shuster’s version only increases, so does the intelligence (nerves from everyone) but Wayne a distant memory. In the 1957 of malicious software and viruses. and Shuster were very kind and version, the book, music, lyrics, All of these things could pose a stayed for publicity pictures, one and direction were by me and great threat to AI. The possibility of which you published. my best friend Marvin Catzman of AI getting “sick” is very real. (BA 1959 UC), now deceased, Fortunately the show was who later became an Ontario I don’t believe we are on the extremely successful, even getting Supreme Court judge. Michael verge of androids walking around a positive mention from Nathan Rasminsky (BA 1959 UC), later and fooling us that they are Cohen, who at that time was a a surgeon in Montréal, was the human. Remember that appear- very acerbic and unforgiving arts music director. ances can be deceiving. It would critic with a column in The Daily be wise to consider the top-down Star. On the strength of its success, Although none of the participants, and bottom-up approaches to the Follies then became an to my knowledge, became “big” in machine intelligence developed annual event again, at least for show biz, they went on to become by Alan Turing and realize that the next decade and a half. authors, lawyers, doctors, accoun- the development of true, human- Phil Cowan (BA 1959 UC) tants and other contributors to Retired Professor of Clinical Psychology, like intelligence is much more Canada and the US. University of California, Berkeley complex than what current media Send your comments to and movies would have us believe. [email protected]. The picture was taken one night Letters may be edited for Geoffrey Stines when Wayne and Shuster (soon clarity and length. Toronto, ontario to be even more famous because

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Lessons Learned popular and now have long waiting lists. Follow-up surveys with students show how much they value the chance to get to know professors personally.

AUTHOR The UC Donald Ainslie Big changes require the whole team. Principal, University College Revitalization plan will transform our beloved UC building to ensure that it is central to the PHOTOGRAPHER experience of the next generation of students. Christopher Dew We have now hired consultants to craft the final plans—Kohn Shnier Architects in partnership with In early January, the University announced that I ERA Architects, the lead heritage firm in Canada. have been appointed to a second term as Principal Assuming we meet our fundraising target for the year, of University College. I am deeply honoured at the we plan to start construction this coming fall. opportunity to lead the UC community of students, But getting to this point has required a collaborative faculty, staff, and alumni for another three years. effort from alumni, students, faculty, and staff, both to offer their financial support for our plans, and to Together, we accomplished so much during my ensure that the plan will achieve its goal of a twenty- first term: creating and starting to implement a plan first-century student experience in a nineteenth- to revitalize our main UC building; launching the century building. We all look forward to the fall 2017 College’s Boundless fundraising campaign; renewing opening of the first two phases of the Revitalization— the University of Toronto Art Centre through a the new library and Clark Family Reading Room in federation with the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at East and West Halls, and a state-of-the-art conference Hart House that brings it under the umbrella of centre in the Croft Chapter House. the new Art Museum at U of T; and building our academic programs, including the implementation The founding College is the historical College. The UC of UC One for first-year students, the return of the community is rightly proud of our role as the first Cognitive Science program, the creation of the college in what was at that time a newly non-sectarian Richard Charles Lee Chair in Chinese Canadian University of Toronto. As Principal, I soon learned Studies, and the establishment of new relationships that the deep historical roots of the College meant with the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Perfor- that I needed to be able to tell its story effectively. So mance Studies, and the Mark S. Bonham Centre for now I know much more than your typical philosophy Sexual Diversity Studies. We’ve clearly been busy! professor about the reform movement of the 1840s, the Fenian raids of 1866 (the subject of this issue’s All of this activity has not been without challenges, feature story; see page 16), and the early days of but it has also taught me a few things that I’d like to confederation. As we gear up for Canada’s sesquicen- share with you. Here are a few of those lessons, some tennial in 2017, we are ready to celebrate UC’s role in serious, some less so. helping our country come into being.

Small changes can have a big impact. For example, UC Living with a ghost is not so bad. Every UC student faculty were telling me that they were looking for knows the story of Ivan Reznikoff, the stonemason opportunities to interact with students outside who, while helping to build the College, was of the classroom; UC students were telling me that murdered by his coworker, Paul Diabolos, over their they often didn’t have a personal conversation with mutual interest in a local young woman. By disposing a professor until they were in small seminars or labs of Reznikoff’s body in the foundations of the build- in their final years of study. Thus we initiated our ing, Diabolos ensured that his ghost would remain faculty-student dinner series. Once a month, I host to haunt the College. So when my partner and I 20-odd students and half a dozen faculty at a dinner moved into Bissell House in 2011, we were slightly at Bissell House, where everyone shares a meal and apprehensive about the possibility of an unwanted, some informal chat. These have become exceedingly spectral roommate. And indeed there have been some surprises in our time living here, though more rodential than ghostly. 08 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE Keynote SPRING 2016 Principal’s Message uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

The owls! One of the great pleasures of living at UC The best way to celebrate your birthday. Having been has been the opportunity to really get to know our born in early September, my birthday lands on main building. Dating from the mid-1850s, it is one Labour Day every so often. And Labour Day happens of the city’s oldest and a national historic site. It to be when UC Orientation typically kicks off with a is also an architectural masterpiece with a multitude boisterous gathering in the UC quad where the frosh of whimsical carvings covering it inside and out. groups learn their cheers and embrace the UC spirit. Many of the creatures decorating the College are I have the privilege of addressing the assembled mythical, but I soon learned that there are, in addi- students and in 2011, my first year as UC Principal, tion, a preponderance of owls to be found hidden it was my birthday. Being serenaded with “Happy in the capitals of columns, the lintel pieces of doors, Birthday” by a crowd of students over 1000 strong and our stained glass windows. As a symbol of wisdom, was a tremendous way to start the year! I’m looking the surfeit of owls in the building seems apt. I have forward to this coming September when my birthday uncovered well over two dozen thus far. will again land on Labour Day.

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IMAGE 02. Kim Thúy, author of UC Book Club Calendar selection Ru IMAGE 03. UC Spring Reunion April image credit Stephanie Coffey

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IMAGE 06. 1970s Residence Reunion UC Convocation Reception 01 May 26, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Catch up with your residence image credit Bonham Centre Stephanie Coffey Awards Gala neighbours from the 1970s. April 13, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. Howard Ferguson Dining Hall Celebrate LGBT business For info: (416) 978-2968 05. and policy leaders Selisse LUNCH Social Historical Walking Tour Berry, Heather Conway, May 27, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. May 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. and Jennifer Pritzker. Reconnect with your UC Join us for a tour led by UC Hart House Great Hall, U of T friends over a casual lunch. Principal Donald Ainslie. 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto UC Quadrangle Meet at front entrance to UC. For info and tickets: For info: (416) 978-2968 For info: (416) 978-2968 (416) 978-7416 or uc.utoronto.ca/bcag2016 Movie Night June May 27, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. MAY Take in a UC-themed movie under the stars. UC Quadrangle For info: (416) 978-2968

02. 04. 06. UC Book Club The Trouble with Brunch May 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. and other urban concerns UC Convocation Reception Join the discussion May 28, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. June 14, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. of Ru by Kim Thúy. Enjoy brunch and a talk by Shawn Celebrate spring 2016 graduates Alumni Lounge, northwest Micallef, UC One instructor, over sweets and refreshments. corner of UC Toronto Star columnist, and UC Quadrangle For info: (416) 978-2968 author of The Trouble with Brunch. For info: (416) 978-2968 UC West Hall

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IMAGE 08. Paul Muldoon Howard G. B. Clark ‘21 University Professor in the Humanities Princeton University

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March S.J. Stubbs Lecture in Literature October 27, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. W.J. Alexander Lecture Paul Muldoon in English Literature Howard G. B. Clark ‘21 March 8, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. University Professor in Terry Castle the Humanities Walter A. Haas Professor Princeton University in the Humanities UC Room 140 Stanford University UC Room 140 For info: (416) 978-7416 For info: (416) 978-7416

F.E.L. Priestley Memorial Lectures in the History of Ideas March 14, 15 & 16, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. Jill Lepore David Woods Kemper ‘41 Professor of American History 07. 09. Harvard University UC Room 140 The Dog Days of Summer UC Book Sale June 19, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Dates TBA For info: (416) 978-7416 Bring your dog and meet fellow Shop for bargain books alumni at the off-leash dog park. and support students and UC Quadrangle the UC Library. For info: (416) 978-2968 UC East and West Halls UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 11 For info: (416) 978-0372 Sihouette SPRING 2016 Banned in Brazil uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

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IMAGE 01. Isabel Vincent image credit Tamara Beckwith NYPost

AUTHOR Sheldon Gordon

or an investigative journalist, having one’s findings challenged in court is always a risk. For alumna Isabel Vincent (BA 1990 UC), though, being sued for defamation and having her biography of international socialite Lily Safra banned in Brazil for the past two years was only one of the obstacles her book encountered. 4 UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 13 Silhouette SPRING 2016 Banned in Brazil uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

Vincent was The Globe and Mail’s Latin America correspondent, based in Rio de Janeiro, from 1991 to 1995. Since 2008, she has been an investigative journalist with The New York Post, the tabloid owned by Rupert Murdoch. She is also the author of four books.

The book that caused the legal fracas is Gilded Lily: Lily Safra, The Making of One of the World’s Wealthiest Women. Safra is the widow of Brazilian billionaire financier and philanthropist Edmond Safra, who died in 1999 at age 67 in a fire deliberately set in his Monte Carlo penthouse by his male bodyguard-slash-nurse.

Lily Safra’s nephew alleges that Vincent defamed his late step- father in the book. Although Gilded Lily was neither sold in Brazil nor translated into Portuguese, the accusation prompted a Brazilian court Canada, wanted nothing to which assumed that Spencer to ban possession of the book do with Gilded Lily, she says. and Lamont were innocent. in Brazil and set in motion “They feared being sued. My In 1996, however, Lamont protracted legal proceedings. father didn’t understand why confessed that she and Spen- The plaintiff seeks to have he couldn’t find the book on cer had participated in the copies of the book removed sale in Toronto.” Only in the kidnapping. For her work on from circulation worldwide. US, with its First Amendment the case, Vincent received the protections, was the book Canadian Association of Jour- A writer needs a strong stomach published (in 2010). nalists’ Award for excellence in to undertake an unauthorized investigative journalism. biography, says Vincent. During Vincent’s first book was See the three years that she spent No Evil: The Strange Case of Her second book, Hitler’s Silent researching Safra’s life, she had Christine Lamont and David Partners: Swiss Banks, Nazi Gold, to search public records on Spencer, which appeared in and the Pursuit of Justice, was three continents. “Then there 1996. It covered the politically- published in 1998 and explores were the friends and former inspired abduction of a Brazil- how Swiss banks profited from employees [of Safra] who ian billionaire businessman in the unclaimed bank accounts wouldn’t speak to me for fear 1989 by a ring that included of European Jews murdered of being sued by a woman who two young Canadians, David in the Nazi era. This volume is used to getting her way.” Spencer and Christine Lamont. received the Canadian Society The Canadian couple were for Yad Vashem Award for Although Lily Safra made convicted of the kidnapping Holocaust History. ominous noises through a high- and sentenced to 28 years each powered Washington, DC, lawyer, in Brazilian prisons. (They Bodies and Souls: The Tragic ultimately she did not sue. were eventually transferred Plight of Three Jewish Women to Canada and paroled.) Forced into Prostitution in the The biggest challenge for Vin- Americas was published in 2006. cent, however, was getting the Vincent’s reporting of the case The book recounts how, for volume published. Publishers was at odds with much of the several decades prior to 1940, in most countries, including Canadian media coverage, a Jewish organized crime ring

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IMAGE 02. lured impoverished Jewish NYPost cover August 31, 2008 women from the shtetls of Russia and Poland and forced image credit them into prostitution in NYPost South America. The book won the National Jewish Book Award (Canada).

Vincent was born to a Portu- guese Catholic family in To- ronto in 1965. (She attributes her interest in Jewish themes to having grown up among Jewish classmates.) When she enrolled at U of T, she affiliated with UC because her brother had previously done so and recommended it to her. She majored in English and recalls having “great professors” at UC, most notably Alexander Leggatt, an authority on Shake- speare. “I learned so much from them,” she says.

“My first week at UC, I searched out the offices of the student paper The Gargoyle,” she recalls. Vincent wrote for the She once challenged the patri- alerted by a Canadian friend at publication for two years arch of the Ochoa clan, whose the paper and was hired straight before moving on to The three sons were leading cocaine from Rio. It didn’t take long for Varsity, where she became the traffickers for Pablo Escobar, on Vincent to show her zest for pok- editor. “I learned to be a jour- where his wealth had originated. ing at the seamy underbelly of nalist at U of T even though it “He seemed genuinely offended,” public life. She revealed that New had no journalism school.” wrote Vincent. “‘I made my York Congressman Charlie Ran- money honestly,’ he said, before gel had failed to disclose rental During her last year at U of T, he signaled his bodyguards to income from a villa he owned in Vincent interned at The Globe throw me out.” the Dominican Republic. He was and Mail, then was hired full- later censured by the House of time by the paper and worked When her Rio posting ended, Representatives for this and other in its Arts section for a year. Vincent returned to the Globe ethical lapses. For her work on When a role at its South America in Toronto, and reported the case, Vincent was nominated bureau came open, she was the crime stories. In 1998, Conrad for a Pulitzer Prize. sole applicant with the requisite Black hired her as a roving Spanish and Portuguese lan- correspondent for his newly “The competition at the Post guages. As a 26-year-old foreign launched National Post, and is fierce, and the editors are correspondent, one of her first she did in-depth reporting very exacting,” she says. “We’re assignments was covering the from Cuba and Kosovo. When expected to produce an inves- Medellín cartel and the drug wars she was laid off in 2005, she tigative piece every week. But of the early 1990s in Colombia. went back to Rio and re- there’s plenty to write about. searched Gilded Lily while free- The corrupt politicians keep “As a Canadian,” Vincent wrote, lancing for TIME, the New York us employed.” The key quality “I was a threat to no one…. As Times Magazine and Maclean’s. of an investigative journalist is a result, I had better access scepticism, says Vincent. than my US or even Colombian When The New York Post was colleagues, many of whom lived seeking four reporters to staff “Don’t believe anything you read with constant death threats.” an investigative unit, she was or are told until you verify it.”

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AUTHOR hundred and fifty years ago this spring, 28 University IMAGE credit Ian Radforth Christopher Dew Professor, Department College students saw military action in the defence of History of Canada at the Battle of Ridgeway on the Niagara Peninsula where Fenians had invaded. As Irish nationalists, the Fenian invaders sought to seize Canada and use it to bargain with Britain for Ireland’s independence. Three of the UC students who fought at Ridgeway never came home: Malcolm MacKenzie, William Tempest, and John Mewburn. It is an appropriate time to recall the sad chain of events that led to the deaths of the three young UC men commemorated in the brilliant window in East Hall. 4

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East Hall Memorial Window (Image 1) In 1909 the alumni association of the three UC students who of the University of Toronto died at Ridgeway appear below began a fundraising campaign Minerva. To the left a scholar to raise the $1,600 needed to answers the call to arms. To the replace the memorial window right a soldier sheathes his sword destroyed in the 1890 fire. after the battle. Sir Edmund Designed by Robert McCausland Walker, chairman of the board and unveiled at a June 1910 of governors, in accepting the service, the memorial window memorial on behalf of the Uni- in East Hall features Minerva, versity, said that he did so “with Roman goddess of wisdom with the hope that by no disaster her armour and owl, above the may it be destroyed, and that it badge of the Queen’s Own Rifles may remain for centuries in this and under the College crest hall and be seen by countless and University arms. The names students of this University.”

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Canadian authorities had The University Rifles had been together with professors and reports in late May 1866 that formed five years earlier as alumni in a convivial club-like a large force of armed Fenians one of many volunteer militia arrangement. None of this was assembling in Buffalo, New companies established when activity, however, prepared York, just across the border Britain and the United States them effectively for the heat from Fort Erie, Canada. In nearly went to war over issues of battle that came with their response, on May 31, the raised by the American Civil War. first engagement, fighting the commander of the Canadian Patriotic Canadian gentlemen Fenian invaders. Militia ordered troops to the volunteered their own time Niagara frontier, including and financial resources, and The Fenian Brotherhood, 400 men from Toronto, most burnished their reputations, by founded in 1858 in New of them from one of the city’s establishing militia companies York City, rallied tens of battalions, the Queen’s Own and battalions of volunteers. thousands of Irish nationalists Rifles. As alarm bells rang out At UC, the catalyst for the in the United States. By 1866, across the city early on June 1, formation of the University because so many Fenians were University College students who Rifles was Henry Holmes Croft, veterans of the American Civil were members of the University the professor of chemistry War, the Brotherhood had Rifles (Company 9, Queen’s whose laboratory has long been become a potentially powerful Own Rifles) hurried to the known as Croft Chapter House. paramilitary organization, its drill shed only to be told they In a December 1861 meeting members battle-hardened and could not serve because their held in convocation hall (then well armed. The faction of the company was under-strength. in the east wing of UC), Croft’s Brotherhood advocating an The University examination patriotic eloquence induced invasion of Canada planned a period was nearly over and students to form a volunteer three-pronged, massive attack, many students had dispersed to company and to elect him as but the rush of events led to a their homes across the province. their captain and commander, hurried incursion from Buffalo. Later in the day, however, 28 and John Cherriman, professor Several hundred Fenians UC students, graduates, and at of mathematics, as their crossed the Niagara River on least one lecturer, all belonging lieutenant. Under Canada’s the evening of May 31 and to the University Rifles, came Militia Act, volunteers in the morning of June 1, 1866, quickly forward, enough for them to “active” militia got twelve days of occupying the undefended serve as a company. They set paid training a year in readiness town of Fort Erie. The next off for the Niagara frontier by for call-ups in emergencies. At day, in expectation of Canadian steamboat, arriving just in time a time when an economizing troops arriving from Toronto for battle on June 2. Britain sought troop reductions and Hamilton, they ensconced and Canada lacked its own themselves on the high ground professional army, the burden along the Niagara escarpment of defence fell heavily on the near the village of Ridgeway, volunteers. Students in the west of Fort Erie. From that University Rifles enjoyed the vantage point they could see for frequent drilling and the miles in various directions and sociability of membership in prepare for any advancing force. a company that brought them

IMAGE credit Professor Henry Holmes Croft (Image 2) University of Toronto Archives A1973- Henry Holmes Croft was a professor of chemistry at UC until 1880. He is 0003/001 (02) pictured in his uniform as captain of the University Rifles, the company he founded and led—but not into battle. Apparently a commanding officer ordered Croft and his lieutenant, Professor Cheeriman, to remain in Toronto so that the University examinations could be completed. False alarms during the spring of 1866 about impending Fenian attacks probably led the officers to doubt the likelihood of a military engagement. The several members of the University Rifles who reminisced in print about the Battle of Ridgeway expressed their admiration and respect for Croft, notwithstanding his absence from the battle.

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The Canadian commanders a beautiful day,” recalled UC made worse when the Fenians planned to assemble all the chemistry student William Ellis, tore down their barricade of various forces coming into the “the trees were clothed with the fence rails and began an all-out Niagara area and then over- tender, delicate foliage of early attack across a small field. In power the enemy. However, the summer, and the fields were retreat, the University Rifles split two battalions at Port Colborne, green with young crops.” into two groups, one running to the Queen’s Own Rifles and the the southeast. 13th Battalion from Hamilton, The University Rifles fought on upon learning that the Fenians the far right of the Canadian The other dashed to the were nearby at Ridgeway, rushed force, the company having southwest, crossing the enemy’s to engage the enemy before been ordered to clear a wood of front line with disastrous results. waiting for reinforcements. Fenian soldiers. Enemy fire was William Tempest, 21, a recent The force lacked adequate light until the company passed UC graduate in chemistry, died maps, medical supplies, beyond the wood into an open instantly from a shot in the food, and ammunition. The field when heavy fire rained forehead. Edgar J. Paul, 19, took commander of the Queen’s down. Malcolm MacKenzie, a a bullet in his leg, as did Rupert Own Rifles, Lt. Col. John farm boy from near Woodstock, Kingsford, 17, who was captured. Stoughton Dennis, had was the first UC student to Ephrain Patterson, 18, took one never exercised the troops let fall, dying instantly from a shot in the forearm, and William Van alone led them in battle. The through the heart. The eager der Smissen, recently appointed University Rifles arrived without but inexperienced company a lecturer in German at UC, their officers, the professors rushed ahead of the other was shot in the groin. John having stayed behind in Toronto volunteers through a field of Mewburn, 21, finishing his third to finish conducting University young wheat interspersed with year at UC, was injured before exams. Leadership fell to an tree stumps. The men dodged being captured and died in officer-cadet, George Whitney, of whizzing bullets shot by Fenians custody soon afterwards. Of all the Trinity College Rifles, a sister well positioned behind a the companies serving that day, company in the Queen’s Own barricade of fence rails. Friendly the casualty rate of the University Rifles. The day was hot, and the fire came from Canadian troops Rifles was highest. men later regretted they had to the rear who mistook the no water bottles, but at the start University Rifles for the enemy. The situation was little better things looked propitious. “It was It was an impossible position, for the main body of the

IMAGE credit University of Toronto University Rifles (Image 3) Archives B65-1052(02) The University Rifles, along with some members of the Queen’s Own Rifles, pictured in mid-June 1866, shortly after the Battle of Ridgeway. They had assembled at Guelph in readiness for possible additional Fenian attacks. In the top row, Professor Cherriman appears on the far left and Professor Croft on the far right.

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Canadian force in the centre Immediately after the Ridgeway his absence from the battlefield. of the battlefield. The flustered engagement, physicians Later, the bodies were taken to Canadian commander gave and others from Toronto the drill shed on Simcoe Street a foolish order, which left and elsewhere tended the where members of the public the troops utterly exposed to casualties. The dead volunteers lined up for blocks to pay their enemy fire. Then to everyone’s were removed by rail to Port respects. The day of the funerals, surprise the bugle sounded Colborne, where Adam Wright, all business stopped in a city the retreat, and the militiamen a member of the University deeply moved by the tragedy. scrambled from the scene as Rifles, was assigned the task of best they could. It was a rout. identifying the bodies of his Toronto newspapers did their The next day the Fenians fellow students. Wright watched best to present the volunteers successfully attacked Fort Erie, as William Tempest’s father, as gallant heroes who had where retreating Canadian a physician who had arrived done their duty well as citizen- troops had camped. Fortunately, hoping to assist his son, found soldiers, and yet people however, the Fenians soon instead the lad’s corpse. “When wondered what had caused began returning across the he caught sight of his boy,” the militiamen to retreat pell- Niagara River. Before even Wright recalled, “his anguish was mell. Official inquiries revealed reaching land, many of them terrible to behold.” Mewburn’s bungling at the top by officers were arrested by US authorities body was taken to his nearby unused to battle conditions. for breaching the Neutrality Act. home in Stamford Township. In any event, the city and the Soon the Canadians regrouped, The bodies of Tempest and University preferred to focus on eventually in Stratford, from MacKenzie were placed in commemorating the sacrifices where they could move readily rough, pine coffins and taken made. A public subscription by rail either to Sarnia or to University College, where raised funds to build the Niagara as needed. A couple the open caskets were laid out Canadian Volunteer Monument of weeks later, when the Fenian in the undergraduate lounge which, still standing impressively threat eased, the Queen’s Own (now room A101). Faculty and on the campus southeast of Rifles returned to a hero’s students gathered to view the UC, marks the deaths of the welcome in Toronto. bodies of the two volunteers city’s nine men who fell at still clad in their dusty and Ridgeway. In 1866 the College blood-stained uniforms. commemorated the three Professor Croft stood bent and students killed with a memorial with tears streaming down his stained glass window erected face, probably feeling a sense at the front of convocation of responsibility for the grim hall and made possible by UC result and uneasy because of 22 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE FOCUS SPRING 2016 Fenian Raids uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

IMAGE credit contributors. Destroyed in the UC Archives 1890 fire, it was replaced in 1910 by the memorial window in East Hall.

To students and others directly affected, the Battle of Ridgeway was a tragedy their generation cast as gallant service to an emerging nation. Many people at the time must have doubted whether the students had been adequately trained and responsibly led, but it was easier for them to fall back on Victorian rhetoric of heroism and sacrifice. In 1866 a senior militia officer put it thus:

“The fallen were gallant, valiant, 05. true-hearted Christian soldiers, who fell as soldiers ought to Former Memorial Window in Convocation do in the foremost of the fight, Hall (Image 5) battling for the noblest cause Designed by Joseph McCausland’s Toronto Stained Glass Works, the for which it is possible to fight memorial window pictured was installed in 1866 in Convocation Hall or bleed or die—their honour, (the north end of the east wing of UC) and unveiled at the November their country, and their Queen.” 1866 convocation ceremony by the four seriously wounded members of the University Rifles, by then recovered. It was dedicated to the three Sadly it would not be the last members of the University Rifles who died at Ridgeway. The Latin in- time UC students would fall in scription translates as “distinguished and highly promising youths.” The the service of Canada. But it window featured the University and College arms and crests. Located at was the first time. the front of the hall on the north wall, the window was destroyed in the 1890 fire. The north windows of UC room 240 resemble in location and appearance the original windows, but they are in clear glass.

Canadian Volunteer Monument (Image 4) The Canadian Volunteer Monument, located to the southeast of University College near Queen’s Park Crescent West, was dedicated at a ceremony on July 1, 1870 attended by some 10,000 people. Contributions to the building campaign were restricted to one dollar to enable as many as possible to participate. The sculptures, done by Montréal firm Reid & Mavor, depict two volunteers standing between Grief and Faith surmounted by a triumphant Britannia. Plaques list the names of the three members of the University Rifles, as well as those of the six other members of the Queen’s Own Rifles who died as a result of the Battle of Ridgeway. The inscription reads: “Cam- paign of June 1866. Honour the brave who died for their country.”

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AUTHOR Cynthia Macdonald

Photographer Christopher Dew

aving grown up in the dense and congested streets of Beijing, it’s no surprise that Jessica Phillips has a special appreciation for wide-open spaces. The fourth- year science student’s tireless dedication to the natural world has not gone unnoticed: this fall, she will enter Oxford University as one of the Uni- versity of Toronto’s three 2016 Rhodes Scholars. 4

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changes and ice cover gets Phillips (who is an avid IMAGE 02. Jessica Phillips reduced, these species are having photographer herself) has to shift their range.” This trend also studied the epidemiology image credit is wreaking havoc with their food of daphnia, a tiny form of Christopher Dew sources, Phillips explains, which plankton, and is currently look- “could definitely have negative ing at temperature sensitivity in impacts on their population.” parasites. She spent last summer in Churchill, Manitoba, working Penguins are but one of many under the supervision of Laura animals that have captured Phillips’ McKinnon, a post-doctoral stu- imagination since she began dent from Professor Ken Welch’s doing fieldwork at U of T. After lab at UTSC. There, she studied her second year, she received a the effects of climate change Natural Sciences and Engineering on sub-arctic hummingbirds—a Research Council award that species whose insect-based diet is enabled her to work with Pro- also being threatened. fessor Martin Krkosek’s team at the Salmon Coast Field Station “The arctic is getting warmer ear-

The daughter of two psychiatrists off Vancouver Island. There, she lier, so the bugs emerge earlier,” (one Canadian, the other Ameri- completed a project on coho she says. “Unfortunately, the birds can) who elected to spend their salmon feeding behavior, and can’t evolve fast enough to time lives in China, Phillips was born assisted graduate students with their migration to the time when in Hong Kong and attended local their research. She is now lead the bugs are appearing.” schools, where all her classes author on a manuscript (currently were conducted in Mandarin. A under review at a scientific jour- McKinnon characterizes Phillips high school field trip to the other nal) that emerged from this work. as “excellent to have in the field.” side of the world first sparked her Her work involved collecting interest in species conservation. “It was my first real fieldwork eggs, incubating them until they experience. Before that, I had hatched, and monitoring how “I went to Belize and learned to a kind of romanticized idea of temperature changes affected the dive,” says the genial 22-year-old. what that would involve—in my chicks. “I sent her up north with “I saw sea turtles swimming under mind, I had visions of northern limited training on the techni- me, and coral reefs, and sharks. lights and National Geographic cal respirometry equipment she Coming from the big city, I’d photographs,” she laughs. “Of was using, but she mastered it never seen anything like it! It was course, real fieldwork can involve quickly,” as well as troubleshoot- really eye-opening for me to see being out in the rain for three ing ably and sending back quality areas that were so unexploited.” hours, and getting so cold you data, McKinnon says. “I couldn’t can’t feel your fingers. But I still have asked for a better volunteer.” After another brief but life- really like it. There’s also a great changing trip to a completely sense of community.” different climate zone—Antarc- tica—Phillips knew her future lay in helping to safeguard animal habitats against the ravages of climate change and overdevel- opment. She now specializes in ecology and evolutionary biology, with a major in biodiversity and conservation biology. While she’s at Oxford, she hopes to return once again to the world’s south- ernmost continent.

“I’m particularly interested in studying penguins,” she says. “There are a number of species, some of which need to live close to water. But as the climate

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In the minds of many, the of community service and recre- Rhodes remains the world’s most ation, for which they earn medals; prestigious academic scholarship. Phillips is now the U of T chapter It is awarded to 89 undergradu- president. “It’s really exciting to ates around the world each year, take people camping for the first of whom only 11 Canadians make time,” she says. the cut. Historically, recipients from University College have Though she ultimately plans to gone on to stellar careers: they pursue a doctorate in her field, include former U of T president the exact nature of Phillips’ David Naylor (1974 UC) and work at Oxford remains to be former Ontario premier Bob Rae seen (dependent as it is on (BA 1969 UC). Along with other who her supervisor will be). more recent UC students who’ve But another sojourn in Ant- been awarded the Rhodes—such arctica remains her steadfast as drug safety advocate Navindra goal. Where others might be Persaud (BSc 2002 UC), as well intimidated by the prospect of as professor, lawyer, and activist its sprawling tracts of unpopu- Phillips stresses that while aware- Tashi Rabgey (BA 1992 UC)— lated snow and ice, Phillips sees ness of climate change is generally Phillips can truly be said to be only a magnificent challenge. strong, scientists have a greater making the world a better place. need than ever to keep inform- “It’s one of the last places that ing the public of findings such as Her love of unspoiled habitats remains relatively untouched…. these: “publicizing our research extends to Canada’s great out- It’s what our planet might look means it will have a greater doors, which she looked forward like if humans didn’t develop impact, and make change more to visiting each summer as a child. everywhere, and I think we likely to happen,” she says. “But when I started university, I’d should work to preserve that,” she never been camping,” she says, says. “I’m extremely honoured to In this she’s been inspired by rhapsodizing about her new have received the Rhodes, and one of her favourite instructors favourite pastime. “It’s definitely grateful for the opportunity to at U of T—psychology professor not a very big thing in China.” raise awareness for the impor- Dan Dolderman, an activist whose tance of biodiversity.” work emphasizes the connection She quickly took to it, and was between humans and the environ- soon leading outdoor camping ment. In an effort to get into his and hiking expeditions on behalf wildly popular Psych 100 class, of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Phillips recalls spending three Award club. The international days refreshing the course enrol- skills-building organization ment website until, to her delight, encourages members to meet a someone dropped out. series of challenges in the areas

Though her conservation efforts have taken her all around the world, Phillips remains equally connected to her two very different backgrounds: the North America of her heritage, and the China of her childhood. “There are some things I do that are ‘Chinese,’ and some things that are ‘Canadian,’” she muses. “For example, in my head I still count in Mandarin, because I learned addition and multiplication in that language.” She’s continued to speak Mandarin at U of T, and has been active as a member of the school’s Mandarin Debate Club.

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IMAGE 03. What advice do you have for current Tashi Rabgey students thinking about applying for a Rhodes scholarship? image credit Erin Scott Insights Trust your instincts. I learned about the Rhodes Scholarship entirely by from a Rhodes accident—I read about it while ran- alumna domly flipping through a magazine at the end of my third year. This was years before the Internet, so information was a lot harder to come by—especially for someone from a working class immigrant background. So not only had I never heard of the Rhodes Scholarship before, no one I personally knew in my community had ever heard of it either. But even without having a social network or anyone reassuring me I was a worthy

candidate, I’m glad I took a leap of 03. faith in my own instincts and made Tashi Rabgey (BA 1992 UC) was the first the application anyways. What is the most important Tibetan Rhodes Scholar. A former thing you learned at Oxford? UC Lit president, she completed law What advice do you have for Jessica Finding the right questions is some- degrees at Oxford and Cambridge, as she prepares to head to Oxford? times the real challenge. I arrived at and earned a PhD at Harvard When I returned to Oxford several Oxford with a strong idea of becom- University. A Research Professor of In- years ago to give a seminar on my ing an international lawyer. I did end ternational Affairs and Director of the current work, I realized how little up specializing in international law Tibet Governance Project at George I had appreciated the place itself while I was there. But I found myself Washington University’s Elliott School during my years of study there. So drawn to the more conceptual prob- of International Affairs, she is cur- in retrospect, my one advice would lems of legal theory and feminist rently writing a book about the need be this: in the middle of all else that jurisprudence. The learning process to reframe the Sino-Tibetan dispute. is going on—in that infinite array of redirected my path—expanding possibilities for exploring and engag- first into comparative Chinese law, She has spent much of the past ing the world for the better—I hope and eventually doctoral studies at fifteen years working inside the region Jessica will take time to notice and Harvard on legal pluralism and and has led the development of the appreciate the present moment as doctrines of sovereignty in post- TGAP Forum, a seven-year academic well. Sometimes that is enough. democratization Taiwan. dialogue process on governance in Tibet with policy researchers of the For an extended interview with Tashi How did the Rhodes Scholarship Rabgey, visit uc.utoronto.ca/magazine. Chinese State Council in Beijing as change your life? well as Harvard, UQÀM and other The Rhodes Scholarship provided global academic partners. With her an unusual concentration of experi- sister, Losang Rabgey (BA 1993 UC), ences for me. It was an opportunity to she is the cofounder of Machik, an explore new avenues and competing organization that develops opportuni- lines of inquiry at the same time. ties for education, capacity building, So during my time studying law at and innovation in Tibet. Oxford, I also began my study of Chi- nese—considered taboo for Tibetan exiles at the time—while taking my first steps in engaging directly with Tibetan thinkers inside Tibet, while also travelling to India to draft a two- year master plan for Tibetan women’s participation in the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. It was a sharp learning curve. The process both clarified for me the path I would eventually take and also accelerated me along that path.

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AUTHOR Jennifer McIntyre

Photographer Christopher Dew

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shows, Cen wandered onto the startups, but gave him some solid fledgling iTunes U site looking experience with pitching ideas for something to learn. and networking.

“There was an online video course, That summer, he met three taught by two guys who had made undergrad students who were an app for Stanford, iStanford, involved in the project that would and I thought that was really cool,” ultimately change Cen’s life. Cen recalls. “I loved the idea of being able to see my schedule “They were working on an app all the time on my phone, and called OOHLALA Deals,” ex- my friends’ schedules, instead of plains Cen. “They’d started at carrying paper around. the Rotman Case Competitions [through the Rotman School “So the idea started there: of Business]. They were trying I thought, ‘I’ll make an app to pitch an idea, a student ostsecond- for U of T.’ deals platform. They’d built an ary students app for Blackberry, because that around the “And that’s how I spent my was a popular device at the time.” world may summer—I made an app called not know it, My UT.” But in the midst of a recession, but they owe and with smartphones still in an important Cen returned to school with his their infancy, it was tough to get feature of their head filled with ideas—“I wanted students and stores on board. on-campus con- to add other stuff on there, like nectivity to the scores for the football games, or “Only about twenty percent [of wisdom tooth of a young UC clubs…”—but he also needed students] had smartphones,” says grad named Peter Cen (BSc to decide what to study after his Cen. “Even I didn’t own one—I 2010 UC). undergraduate degree. couldn’t afford the data plan!

Cen, 27, is one of the cofounders “My parents wanted me to be a “It was difficult to get students of OOHLALA, a mobile platform doctor, but I didn’t want that. and deals at the same time— that connects postsecondary Instead, I chose a really cool stores wanted students [to com- students with the campus program called Master of Biotech mit] before they signed up, and information they need via their at UTM. We did group projects students wanted to see the deals tablets and smartphones, and [and] case studies. We had to before they signed up. A chicken- he was named one of Forbes form teams, sort of like a corpora- and-egg problem.” Magazine’s Top 30 Under 30 tion, and do branding. Our team in Education 2015. was called ViaVive and we worked Naturally, Cen was intrigued: “I for Sunnybrook. looked at it as ‘Oh, you guys need The app, which is now available my help because I can do this on 150 campuses in Canada, the “Maybe I influenced it,” he says better.” (Here he flashes another US, Europe, and Australia, got its with a grin, “but we did two cheeky grin.) humble beginnings in the sum- projects related to mobile apps. mer of 2009 during Cen’s third One was called Mobile MIM, They first expanded the U of T- year at UC, where he was studying which allows radiologists to look specific app to include events and life sciences and human biology. at X-rays on the go. When Apple’s clubs, and then added in courses

App Store launched in 2008, they and timetables that students A tireless innovator and launched that product [Mobile could view on the go. Later, as computer geek, Cen found MIM] with them.” Facebook and other social media himself with a week to kill after began to mushroom, they added surgery to have a wisdom tooth He also worked with Toronto’s a social wall to allow students to removed. Rather than hang out inDanio Bioscience during one of communicate with one another. in his pyjamas watching talk his co-op placements, which not only piqued his interest in biotech 32 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE Report SPRING 2016 OOHLALA Mobile uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

just what I do. I love being hands-on, but I can also do admin if need be. But I really enjoy design and I see myself as evolving to more of a head of design.”

They plan to expand the app to include admissions, and are also working on a way to give students a stronger voice with school administrators.

It seems only natural that Cen and the team learned about the Forbes award via social media.

“We were nominated, so we knew there was a chance we’d get it,” he says. “McGill tweeted it, then one of my coworkers saw it and sent an email to everybody. That was cool.”

And the fun was only just OOHLALA quickly grew in “We were just a bunch of students,” beginning. popularity, but since the app was says Cen, “and we’d never run a still free, the group’s bottom line business before.” “We did celebrate a bit, on our was flagging. own. But Forbes also hosts a So the OOHLALA team applied conference in Philadelphia for “We had a lot of clients in the to Montréal’s FounderFuel, a the winners so we went to that. US and Canada. But we weren’t business accelerator program, or It’s really amazing—they bring making any money, and clubs still boot camp, and were accepted in everybody who’s won an award, weren’t very committed. We’d for the 2011 round. The intensive so you get to connect with every- participated in a lot of business three-month program requires one on the list. They also brought competitions, and we’d won a participants to live close by, and in really cool talkers, and we lot of them—the prize money since one of OOHLALA’s had our own education dinners was actually how we’d kept our biggest clients at the time was to connect with each other—like business afloat. McGill University, they simply the people from Khan Academy. packed up their operations Lots of very talented people.” “So we changed our business and moved to Montréal, where model and started working with they’ve been ever since. When asked what the award paid clients. We started charging means to him, Cen is thoughtful for the platform and built more “It’s a great city,” enthuses Cen. for a moment, and then answers features. And we asked, ‘What are “It’s really cheap to run a startup without hesitation. schools actually willing to pay for?’ there. There are more taxes,

but the rent is way cheaper “The award is an accomplishment, “We found that schools actually compared to Toronto, and so in a way, but it’s more like they wanted exactly what we had, but are the living costs.” see our potential. So we’ve got to they wanted their name on it— work for it, achieve that poten- in other words, branding.” The company has grown to 25 tial—that’s how we see the award. employees, and Cen’s official

However, one key element was title now is Designer, Mobile “We’re all cheering each other on.” still missing: business experience. Development. “We don’t really have fancy titles,” he says. “It’s

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As Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of IAMGOLD, Carol Banducci (BCom 1982 UC) is focused on extraction—of gold, and of shareholder value. She joined the global mining and exploration company in 2007 and last year was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. She spoke with UC Magazine editor Yvonne Palkowski about her industry and her formula for success. 4

AUTHOR Yvonne Palkowski

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Describe your typical work day. What are some of the misconceptions With my chief responsibility to provide financial about your industry? leadership across the business, I really don’t have One misconception is that, in a falling gold price a typical day. Whether it’s executing our busi- environment, the last thing producers should be ness strategy, managing our capital structure and spending money on is exploration. Reducing the liquidity, making capital allocation decisions, or size of the budget may be necessary to cut costs, ensuring that we are in compliance with external but eliminating it altogether is a mistake. Gold reporting requirements, I work with a team of mines have limited lives as defined by their known financial experts in finance, internal audit, IT, and mineral resources, therefore as an industry we investor relations. Together, we bring financial need to invest in exploration to replenish our gold discipline and expertise to the business as we reserves over the long term. Another misconcep- leverage opportunities to enhance our financial tion is that gold producers should only be focused performance and deliver shareholder value. I may on high-grade mines. This is a misinformed view spend part of the day reviewing key performance as high-grade gold deposits are few and far be- metrics and conferring with my team on any tween—the average grade of an undeveloped gold issues needing my attention. I may be engaged deposit is about 0.7 grams of gold per tonne. The in strategic planning discussions with our CEO, focus should be on economic returns and there other members of our executive leadership team, are many factors that contribute to that. and our board of directors. Or I may be meeting with our shareholders, bondholders, banks, IAMGOLD operates gold mines in Burkina Faso, or rating agencies. Given the all-encompassing Canada, Mali, and Suriname. What are your nature of what I do, when I get up in the morn- strategies for social responsibility and for working ing I have to be prepared to make decisions and with local communities and governments? provide leadership above and beyond what might Our strategies revolve around what we call the be scheduled in my calendar. partnership model. That means we operate as a development partner with face-to-face interac- What do you enjoy most about your job, tion and ongoing dialogue with governments and what is your biggest challenge? and local communities in the countries in As the CFO of an international company operating which we operate. A successful partnership is in three continents and in four official languages, I one where we work together with our partners, drive our financial strategy across a diverse cultural including many local or regional non-govern- landscape in multiple time zones. What I enjoy ment organizations, to ensure that all stakeholders most is working with a team that I can depend on share in the economic benefits of mining, such as to get the job done, so despite the fast pace and job creation and local procurement. At the same challenges that come with being an international time, our Zero Harm objectives are designed to company, I thrive in this kind of environment. minimize or prevent any negative environmental Also, to maintain global access to capital I spend a or social impacts. lot of time building relationships with existing and potential investors around the world. As for the biggest challenge, I would say that it’s balancing the need to invest in the growth of our business with the need to maintain a strong balance sheet.

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As a pioneering female executive in the mining industry, what advice would you give to women “When I who are looking to follow in your footsteps? There are five guiding principles that have been get up in helpful to me: 1 Stay true to yourself. It is important to maintain a strong moral compass, as there’s the morning, no question that you will be tested. Honesty and integrity form good character, so surround yourself with individuals who I have to be share similar values.

2 Be positive and confident. As part of your prepared journey you will face uncertain and turbulent circumstances. Stay resilient, keep cool, and to make keep getting back on your feet! 3 Be committed to excellence. It is not only decisions about maintaining a high standard, but about being proactive in raising the bar in and provide order to achieve excellence in all areas. 4 Take measured risk. Do things outside your comfort zone… that is, every day! leadership Take the opportunity to give back, mentor, 5 and coach others. In my case, I have been above and actively involved in bringing greater diversity to the workplace and to Canadian boards and am currently working with U of T’s Department beyond of Psychiatry to support research in the area of brain health. In mentoring others, I have encouraged them to become engaged in these what efforts and others like them. What are some of your memories of UC? might be University College in my mind is a “gold standard” of academic excellence. It was there that I developed a passion for lifelong learning and scheduled in formed lifelong friendships. The College provided me with the heartfelt support and sharing that fostered a deep and lasting connection. There is my calendar.” an African proverb: “If you want to walk fast, walk alone; but if you want to walk far, walk together.”

UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 37 Campaign Update SPRING 2016 University College uc.utoronto.ca/magazine University College Revitalization: A new Library and Conference Centre The Homestretch

The homestretch is as crucial accessible so that each and every one until we have commitments in fundraising as it is in horseracing. of our world-class students can find for the full cost of the project. You dream big, come out of the gate their place in these hallowed halls. We’re also aiming to begin strong, and position yourself on With early investments by Fran (BA construction this fall to minimize the inside rail. Then it’s all about 1969 UC) and Ed Clark (BA 1969 disruption to classes. momentum and commitment. UC) and many other good friends, we got off to a great start. Powering With just a few furlongs to go, will Our dream is to revitalize our us down the homestretch is you join us in making a pledge to beloved University College. We are another game-changing donation the UC building revitalization and poised to begin Phases 1 and 2 of our that will be announced shortly. help us win the first race of our plan—building a new, state-of-the- Boundless season?

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News from classmates Cynthia Ashworth (BA 1985 near and far UC) was appointed Vice-Presi- dent of Brand & Messaging at DocuSign Inc.

IMAGE 01. Brenda Andrews (BSc 1980 UC)

image credit Calvin Thomas

IMAGE 02. Literature and the Metaphoric Universe in the Mind by Nicolae Babuts (BA 1957 UC)

IMAGE 03. Maya and Cora, daughters of Carolyn Barshay-Szmidt (BA 1995 UC)

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Nicolae Babuts (BA 1957 UC), Emeritus Professor of French at Syracuse University, published Literature and the Metaphoric Universe in the Mind (Transaction Publishers, 2015).

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BRENDA ANDREWS (BSc 1980 ROBERT ARMSTRONG (BA 1969 UC) was named a Companion of UC) has published Broadcasting the Order of Canada in recogni- Policy in Canada, Second Edition tion of her globally significant (University of Toronto Press, research in systems biology, and 2016). Revised and updated for developing and nurturing to reflect the impact of digital 03. prominent scientific communi- media on Canadian broadcast- Doctor ties in molecular genetics. She is ing and developments in the Carolyn Barshay- (BA 1995 UC) and her a Professor in the Department of regulatory framework, the book Szmidt husband Ben welcomed their Molecular Genetics and Director offers a comprehensive overview second daughter, Cora Elisabeth, of the Donnelly Centre for Cel- of the policies that provide the in August 2014. Big sister Maya lular and Biomolecular Research foundation of Canada’s broad- (4) is thrilled and loves to make at the University of Toronto. casting system.

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IMAGE 04. Cora giggle. Carolyn is a consult- Michael Bliss (BA 1962 UC) ing scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, conduct- IMAGE 05. ing research on palaeolithic ar- Laura Bosco (BA 2013 UC) chaeology. Ben continues to enjoy his work as a radiologist and has IMAGE 06. recently become head of nuclear David Cronenberg (BA 1967 UC) medicine at the local hospital.

IMAGE 07. Ed Clark (BA 1969 UC) image credit Pear Studios

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Author and historian Michael Bliss (BA 1962 UC) was named to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame for his writings on Canada’s

heritage of medical research 06. and health care. He is University Professor Emeritus in the Depart- Johnny Cheung (BA 1987 Filmmaker David Cronen- ment of History at the University UC) has been appointed berg (BA 1967 UC) was hon- of Toronto. Regional General Counsel oured with a lifetime achieve- for Generali Asia, where he ment award from the Director’s will lead legal, corporate, and Guild of Canada. compliance affairs. Accounting and finance expert David Danziger (BCom 1980 UC) was appointed as an independent director of Poydras Gaming Finance Corp.

James Diamond (BA 1978 UC) was honoured with the 2015 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for his book 05. Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon (Cambridge Laura Bosco (BA 2013 UC), currently a medical student at University Press, 2014). He is Queen’s University, received the the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Export Packers and Rubenstein Chair of Jewish Studies at the Family Canadian Medical Hall of University of Waterloo. Fame Award, which recognizes 07. outstanding third-year medical (BA 1969 UC), students who demonstrate per- Ed Clark former president of TD Bank severance, collaboration, and an Group, was named a Compan- entrepreneurial spirit. ion of the Order of the Cana- dian Business Hall of Fame. (BA Irene Chang Britt He was also appointed to the 1984 UC) was appointed to board of directors of Thomson the board of directors of The Reuters Corp. Men’s Wearhouse. UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 41 Class Notes SPRING 2016 News from Alumni uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

Celebrated novelist Anne Michaels (BA 1980 UC), who served as Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor at UC in 2014-15, has been named poet laureate of Toronto.

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Kirsty Duncan (BA 1989 UC) Accountant and financial was named Minister of Science analyst Perry Ing (BCom in the federal Liberal govern- 1997 UC) was named Chief ment. She is a medical geogra- Financial Officer of Kirkland pher and MP for the riding of Lake Gold Inc. Etobicoke North. Katherine Lee (BCom Donald Guloien (BCom 1986 UC) was appointed to 1980 UC), President of Manu- the board of directors of both 09. life, was named to the board Colliers International Group of trustees of The Hospital for and BCE. Distinguished medical IMAGE 08. researcher and former U of T Kirsty Duncan Sick Children. (BA 1989 UC) Bonnie Madonik (BSc 1980 president David Naylor (1974 UC) was honoured with the UC) was inducted into the IMAGE 09. Eric Helleiner (BA 1986 David Naylor (1974 UC) UC) was elected a Fellow of the Physician Achievement Award Canadian Medical Hall of Royal Society of Canada. He is a in Addiction Medicine from Fame. A building on the St. Professor in the Department of the Ontario Medical Associa- George campus was also recently Political Science at the University tion. She is medical director renamed in his honour. The of Waterloo and an expert in the of North York General Hospital’s C. David Naylor building is politics of global finance. addiction program and an located at 6 Queen’s Park Assistant Professor in the Crescent in Toronto. Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Erna Paris (BA 1960 UC) was Department of Psychiatry named a Member of the Order at U of T. of Canada for her efforts to bring attention to human rights

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In October 2015 a festschrift (“Studies in Honour of Guido Pugliese”) was presented to Guido Pugliese (BA 1965 UC), an emeritus faculty member at UTM, in recognition of his contribution to the field of Italian Studies. A former president of the Canadian Society for Italian Studies and recipient of the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award at UTM, he passed away on January 12, 2016.

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Adam Shuhendler (BSc 2003 Mario Silva (BA 1989 UC), UC) was awarded the 2015 former member of Parliament Polanyi Prize for Chemistry, for Davenport, was appointed which recognizes exceptional distinguished visiting profes- contributions by researchers in sor at Ryerson University’s Ted the early phases of their careers. Rogers School of Management. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry Sari Springer (BA 1986 UC) 10. at the University of Ottawa. was named managing partner of employment law firm Littler IMAGE 10. The Honourable Bob Rae Bob Rae (BA 1969 UC) Mendelson’s first Canadian (BA 1969 UC), former premier office, which opened in IMAGE 11. of Ontario, published What’s Toronto last summer. Adam Shuhendler Happened to Politics? (Simon & (BSc 2003 UC) Schuster, 2015). Hans Wong (BCom 1994 UC) was appointed Chair of Sino Golf Holdings.

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After federating in 2014, the IMAGE 01. Art Museum two distinguished art galleries University of Toronto of the University of Toronto’s St. George campus—the Justina IMAGE 02. Honourees (L-R) M. Barnicke Gallery and the Melissa Lem (BSc 2001 University of Toronto Art Cen- UC) and Naomi Kikoler Nota Bene (BA 2002 UC) at the tre—are now operating jointly UC Alumni of Influence under the new, overarching awards name of Art Museum at the Campus News image credit University of Toronto. The Stephanie Coffey Justina M. Barnicke Gallery is located in Hart House, and was IMAGE 03. Nora Young (BA 1986 built in response to the growing UC), master of ceremo- Art Museum Hart House Art Collection. It first nies at the UC Alumni University of Toronto opened its doors in 1983, thanks of Influence awards — to a generous gift of Joseph image credit Justina M. Barnicke Gallery Barnicke in honour of his late Stephanie Coffey University of Toronto Art Centre wife. The University of Toronto IMAGE 04. Art Centre is housed in Univer- UC Principal Donald artmuseum.utoronto.ca sity College and was founded in Ainslie (R) presents the UC Alumni of Influence 1996, enabled by the generosity award to Vivian Rambihar of the Delta Gamma Fraternity, (BSc 1972 UC) Toronto Chapter. Together, the image credit two galleries comprise one of Stephanie Coffey the largest university-based art IMAGE 05. museums in the country, and Mark Bonham, the second-largest, museum- patron and namesake, standard visual art museum in Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies the city of Toronto. image credit “Building on the galleries’ excep- Christopher Dew

tional record of achievements, IMAGE 06. including award-winning public Brenda Cossman, Director, Bonham exhibitions, innovative cocur- Centre for Sexual ricular educational programming, Diversity Studies and a culturally diverse curato- image credit rial voice, we celebrate the Art Christopher Dew Museum at the University of Toronto in its significantly expanded role,” said Barbara Fischer, Executive Director and Chief Curator. “Supporting the research and educational mission of the University, the Art Museum will become an ever more vital and meaningful cultural resource and destination in the city of Toronto, and internationally.”

The Art Museum also recently received 3 Ontario Association of Art Galleries awards: Monographic Exhibition of the Year Award for KWE: Photography, sculpture, video, and performance by Rebecca Belmore; Art Publication Award for Kelly Mark: Everything is Inter- esting; and honourable mention

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IMAGE 07. A drama student models a gown belonging to the late Anne Mirvish at the fundraising auction Fashion Straight from the Art image credit Lou Yang

07. IMAGE 08. Children of alumni 02. at UC’s screening of More than 100 fashion and Harry Potter and the The University College commu- theatre enthusiasts descended Chamber of Secrets nity celebrated some of its most on UC on January 24, 2016 for eminent members at the fourth 05. image credit Fashion Straight from the Stephanie Coffey annual Alumni of Influence Mark Bonham, the patron Art, a gala auction in support awards dinner and gala, held on and namesake of the Mark of the Anne Mirvish Perform- November 19, 2015. More than S. Bonham Centre for Sexual ing Arts Scholarship at Univer- 220 alumni, students, and faculty Diversity Studies at UC, received sity College. Guests bid on a of the College—including all 16 a 2016 Clarkson Laureateship in variety of spectacular vintage honourees or representatives— Public Service from Massey Col- gowns belonging to the late gathered for an elegant evening lege at U of T, for his advocacy Anne Mirvish, wife of the late in Hart House’s Great Hall. Run- and philanthropy in support of Toronto theatre impresario and ning the show was master of cer- the LGBTQ community. businessman “Honest” Ed Mirv- emonies Nora Young (BA 1986 ish. The gowns, modeled by UC), a UC graduate and host students in the Drama program, of CBC Radio’s Spark. Principal raised more than $80,000. Donald Ainslie gave the opening

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Brenda Cossman, a Professor in the Faculty of Law, will serve a second term as Director of the 03. Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sex- ual Diversity Studies (SDS) at UC. During her first term, she helped to clarify the Centre’s status as an affiliated unit of University 08. College; diversified the SDS cur- riculum; oversaw unprecedented growth in the collaborative gradu- University College alumni ate program in SDS; spearheaded and their families were in for

04. the 2014 WorldPride Human a treat—and some tricks—on Rights Conference; helped to November 3, 2015 for a (belated) remarks, encouraging guests to recruit SDS’s first appointed Hallowe’en screening of Harry get to know each of the 31 UC faculty member; and much more. Potter and the Chamber of Secrets students seated among them. in the East and West Halls. The Judy Goldring, Chair of Govern- George Elliott Clarke, a Pro- College was transformed into ing Council, brought greetings fessor in the Department of Eng- Hogwarts and guests wore their on behalf of the University of lish and a UC faculty member, has wizardly best—including UC Prin- Toronto, while alumnus Arthur been named Canada’s seventh cipal Donald Ainslie who dressed Potts (BA 1982 UC), MPP for parliamentary poet laureate. His up as Dumbledore. Beaches-East York, represented responsibilities include compos- the Government of Ontario. ing poetry for occasions of state and sponsoring readings. UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 45 Nota Bene SPRING 2016 Campus News uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

IMAGE 09. Gingerbread replica of UC on display at the Great UC Gingerbread Challenge

image credit Stephanie Coffey

IMAGE 10. Children of alumni create gingerbread houses at the Great UC Gingerbread Challenge

image credit Stephanie Coffey

IMAGE 11. Students at an orphanage in Burma

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Meric Gertler, President of Current UC student Eros published Utkuhiksalingmiut Uqa- the University of Toronto and Grinzato and recent graduate uhiitigut: Dictionary of Utkuhiksal- a UC faculty member, has been Benjamin Donato-Woodger ingmiut Inuktitut Postbase Suffixes. named a Member of the Order of (BA 2015 UC) helped organize an The 700-page book, coauthored Canada for his research in urban expedition to Burma to explore by anthropologist Jean Briggs and geography and his influential how the country has changed former U of T linguistics student studies of innovation, technology, since democratization in 2011. Conor Cook, details the numer- and development in cities. He The trip, entirely student-led, ous suffixes used to form complex was also recently elected to the was part of the international words in Inuktitut. British Academy. course module program by which students can complement an un- Smaro Kamboureli, a Profes- A group of 30 UC alumni and dergraduate course with a short sor in the Department of English their families got into the holiday international learning experience. and the Avie Bennett Chair in spirit at the Great UC The student group met with peo- Canadian Literature, has been Gingerbread Challenge, ple involved in democracy and appointed Acting Director of the held on December 9, 2015. peace-building initiatives, leaders UC Canadian Studies program Guests created their own take- of parties representing ethnic mi- for a term from January 1 to home gingerbread houses, norities, local media and business June 30, 2016 while Director inspired by a wonderful (and leaders, as well as students and Nelson Wiseman is on leave. edible) gingerbread replica faculty at the University of Yangon. Professor Kamboureli special- of University College that was izes in contemporary Canadian on display. Alana Johns, a Professor in literature and criticism. the Department of Linguistics and a UC faculty member, has 46 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE Nota Bene SPRING 2016 Campus News uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

14. broader campus effort to raise awareness about AIDS, generate 12. discussion within the student body,

IMAGE 12. University College faculty member and inspire others to partake in Professor Pia Kleber efforts to combat the illness. of the Centre for Pia Kleber, a Professor at the Drama, Theatre, and Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies Performance Studies and the image credit Centre for Comparative Literature, Christopher Dew has been awarded the Officer’s 15. Cross of the Order of Merit of IMAGE 13. As part of Remembrance Day Light installation in the Federal Republic of Germany, the UC Quadrangle in recognition of her continued commemorations in November on Nuit Blanche contributions to cultural exchange 2015, a Sopwith Camel fighter plane replica was displayed on IMAGE 14. and cooperation between Airplane in front of Germany and Canada. front campus, echoing the iconic University College image of the aircraft in front of c. 1918 University College during the University College faculty image credit member and Professor of An- First World War. Last year also University of Toronto marked the 100th anniversary of Archives thropology Tania Li was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. the poem “In Flanders Fields” by IMAGE 15. Li is an expert on economic UC alumnus John McCrae (BA Airplane replica in front 1894 UC). The poem is recited of University College development in Indonesia. in 2015 annually at Remembrance Day ceremonies around the world. image credit Yvonne Palkowski The following UC student ath- 16. IMAGE 16. letes on U of T varsity teams also Twin UC athletes and University College students, excelled academically (AGPA scholarship winners ≥ twin sisters Hilary and Emily Emily (R) and Hilary 3.50) during the 2014-15 academic are one of three pairs Ziraldo Ziraldo, year: Will Baigent, Angie Belle- of sisters on the Varsity Blues humeur, Corinne Bertoia, Eric field hockey team. The first-year Cao, Chelsea Cheung, Katrina de 13. students are also big winners Liberato, Kael Deverall, Liam Fox, off the field as the recipients of More than 7,000 people visited the Andrew Greig, Padideh Hassan- prestigious academic scholar- University College quadrangle dur- pour , Kevin Hu, Yena Lee, Arsalan ships. They were both awarded ing on October 3, Nuit Blanche Mir-Moghtadaei, Evelyn Moor- a J.S. McLean Admission Schol- 2015 to take in I’ve Got Sunshine house, Aidan Robern, and Jordan arship from UC, while Emily on a Cloudy Day, a light installation Robertson. They were honoured received a U of T scholarship and by Catherine Chan which explores at the Academic Excellence Award Hilary received the President’s the power of love and light to help Breakfast on November 19, 2015. Scholarship of Excellence. us through difficult times. The exhibit was named best of the University College was once festival by BlogTO for its “playful again illuminated in red light for and positive” impression. World AIDS Day on December 1,

2015. The gesture was part of a UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 47 Donations SPRING 2016 University College uc.utoronto.ca/magazine

Donations

The students, faculty, and staff at University College thank you for your support!

Donors listed made contributions to University College between December 1, 2014 and November 30, 2015. If you have questions regarding the list, please call (416) 978-0271.

If you would like to make a gift to University College, please visit donate.utoronto.ca/uc

Visionaries UC Builders Victoria Hurlihey Cloister Society ($1,000,000+) ($10,000-$24,999) The Imperial Court ($500-$1,826) Paul M. Cadario The Langar Foundation of Toronto John Anderson Frances and Edmund Clark John R. and Maire E. Percy Paul Jones Philip Anisman R. P. Bratty Charitable William and Meredith Diana C. King Sherri Appell Foundation Saunderson Horace Krever Chung Lun Au Marcus Law Mary Isabel Austin UC Patrons UC Benefactors Jonathan Arlen Levin Carol Banducci ($25,000-$999,999) ($5,000-$9,999) Joseph W. Lorimer Sylvia Bashevkin Diana Bennett and Donald Ainslie H. Ian Macdonald Dorothy K. Beckel Spencer Lanthier Michael B. Cruickshank Jocelyn Palm Thelma Rosen Berris Vito and Olivia Ciraco Hal Jackman Foundation Margaret R. Procter Betty and Chris Wansbrough Jim Coccimiglio Eleanor Thomson Eleanor S. Walker Family Foundation at the Georgiana Forguson Toronto Community Hart and Brigitte Hanson President’s Circle Foundation Frederick Marker ($1,827-$4,999) Katherine M. Bladen Donald I. McCaw and Christine M. Clement J. W. Michael and Elizabeth Danielle Reed B. Elan Dresher J. Bliss James Mossman Gail Farquharson Robert G. Boeckner Leslie A. Noble Graham B. Fraser Alan Bowker Ho K. Sung Tom Friedland Anna L. Branscombe Leonard Waverman Ann L. Glover Maurice H. Brush and Eva Klein John Guttag and Olga Blair R. Carbert Rose Wolfe Puchmajerova-Guttag Donald Chapin The Hermant Family John and Vera Chau Foundation Basil R. Cheeseman

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Grace S. M. Chow Lorraine Kaake Marion and Earl Orser Richard P. Taylor Dorothy R. Clarke Kathleen and William Davis Erna Paris William Nathaniel Tony P. P. Clement Scholarship Fund Carol E. Percy Tepperman Isabelle Cochelin Murray Kilgour Jerrold Plotnick Frederick J. Thorpe Margo Coleman Cathy Lace Nancy J. Post Vernon G. Turner Robert Cook Land O’Lakes Foundation David Rayside David C. Unger Malcolm Coutts William C. and Jean K. Dorothee M. Retterath Kenneth A. Valvur J. Douglas Cowan Lawrence Nancy Robinson Tobias Van Dalen D. Aleck Dadson Ross W. Leigh Sue Ropchan Shauna Bell Van Praagh Rolph A. Davis Ka Cheung Li Sara Rosen John Van Seters Jennifer Dolman Jana Luker Kenneth Rotenberg Lorie Waisberg Linda Silver Dranoff George S. MacDonell Beverly Schaeffer Janet I. Weisz Ernst & Young Matching Michael B. C. Mah William Phillip Adam Thomas A. Wilson Gifts Program for Higher Dena McCallum Schlarb Barry Wolfish Education Christopher McCulloch W. Brian Scholfield Edward Y. C. Wong John P. Evans John A. McGinnis Judith R. Schwartz Diana J. Wurtzburg Sherry G. Firestone William R. McKean Raymond James Seto Geeta Yadav Solomon M. Gold Margaret McKelvey Shoel D. Silver Sheldon Zimmerman Barbara Goldring Harry S. McMaster Leonard Simpson Judy W. Gord Romas Mitalas Robert D. Sloan Gary G. Greig Henry L. Molot H. Somers Stanley I. Griffin Robert and Toni Morrison Lorna C. Staples Marjorie J. Hale John G. O’Connor Allan D. Stauffer Karen Jeanette Halverstam Ontario Public Service E. Ann Stevens Paul T. Hellyer Employees Union Deborah Tam Joyce and Ben Orenstein Lee Taylor

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The University College Heritage Society The University College Heritage Society is a special group of alumni and friends who have included the College in their estate plans. If you would like to learn more about making a planned gift to UC, please contact Mark Riczu at (416) 978-7482 or [email protected]

Donald Ainslie Dr. John A. Foreman Rose Kirsh Alda R. Schenker Janet B. Alderman Regine Frost Kathryn J. Korkis Estelle R. Schipper E. J. Alexander Douglas G. Gardner Warren C. Law Jane M. Schoonmaker Sherri Appell Mary Jane F. Geddes Mr. Jim Lawson Caroline Seidl Farrell Peter Bartlett Ruth Gelber Margaret D. Littlejohn Caroline M. Shawyer Robert G. Boeckner Barbara A. Greer W. Gordon and Constance Ronald H. Smyth Mark S. Bonham Jean Griffiths Young Marigold Ann D. B. Sutton Douglas R. Booz Richard William L. Guisso Judith E. J. McErvel Rodrick Toms Paul Robert Francis Bowser Helen Gurney William R. McKean Norman M. Warner Frederick A. Burgess Judith Ann Haladay Margaret McKelvey Lesley J. Watson K. C. Carruthers and Dr. Francess G. Halpenny Donald McLeod Merike Weiler Michelle Cranston Mr. Samuel J. Hanna Croft Michaelson Gerald Whyte M. Cheetham Ms. Crystal Hawk Jocelyn Palm Lee Wilson Mrs. Sheila M. Cowan Matt Hughes C. E. Penalagan John W. L. Winder Sergine (Dosne) Dixon J. Anne C. Hume Joan R. Randall Jason Wong Eleanor Engelbert Anette Hurlihey David Rayside Dennis Findlay Victoria Hurlihey Elizabeth R. Redelmeier George Graham Flint Richard Isaac Ian R. Ritchie Paul Jones Elizabeth Ruch

Estate Gifts

University College gratefully acknowledges bequests received from the estates of the following individuals in 2015.

Harold B. Attin Janet E. FitzGerald Rose Kirsh J. R. Podoluk Marvin W. Bannan Ruth Gelber Kathryn J. Korkis Jane M. Schoonmaker Winnifred A. Chapin Jack C. Hallam William R. Luscombe Violet Ann Shewchuk Mary C. Crichton Sylvia Hamilton Janet H. Marusaik Roger Spalding Erma Davy Mr. Martin Hlavacek Alen M. McCombie Mary Alice Spaulding Margaret E. Emmerson The Rev. James T. Hooton Isobel D. Moon Vincent Tovell Marjorie E. Moore Frank Woods

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Obituary

Arthur Sherk Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematics Former Vice-Principal, University College

Mathematical Bulletin, managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics, and as the Soci- ety’s treasurer. He was given the Society’s Distinguished Service Award in 2000.

He was much respected by his colleagues, who found him wise and supportive, always kind and a gentleman. However, his kindness and gentlemanly behaviour never prevented him from trouncing a rival at chess. Retaining a mathematician’s fascination with complex mechanisms, Arthur also established for himself an unoffi- cial role as custodian of University College’s antique clocks, which he coddled with great skill.

Arthur had a dry but lively wit. When an Anglican friend tried to start a theological conversation by observing that Mennonites had never persecuted anybody, Arthur Born in Stayner, Ontario on Arthur was a professor of replied gently, “I don’t suppose we May 20, 1932, Arthur passed away mathematics at the University ever got the chance.” peacefully on September 23, of Toronto and a member of 2015. The son of a pastor, he grew University College. In addition to Arthur understood the value of up in Stayner, Sunnidale, Aylmer, his scientific work, he filled a wide working together with people Stouffville, Markham, and Kitch- range of posts in the University, with shared interests and vision, ener (Centreville). He attended including assistant dean of Gradu- and he was extremely effective at McMaster University and received ate Studies, member of Govern- creating this miraculous form of a PhD from the University of ing Council, and vice-principal of community, not only in his family Toronto. He and Anne (Cress- University College. and his religious community, but man) were married in 1954 and also in his professional work in the had four children. He was also a longtime member University of Toronto, University of the Canadian Mathematical College, and the Canadian Math- Society, serving in a number ematical Society. He will be sorely of executive roles, including missed by a great many people. managing editor of the Canadian

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In Memoriam

Notices of death published in this issue were received between July 1 and December 31, 2015. Date of death, last known residence, and maiden name (if applicable) are noted where possible. Friends and family of the deceased can help by sending information to [email protected].

1930s Mr. Anthony J. MacKay (BA 1947 UC) Mrs. E. C. Cranston (BA 1934 UC) of Saskatoon, SK; Aug. 20, 2015 of Greely, ON; Nov. 19, 2015 Mrs. Janet B. Martin (BA 1947 UC) Mrs. E. J. Graham (BA 1938 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jul. 5, 2015 of Bloomfield, CT; Oct. 27, 2015 Mr. Don Rafelman (1947 UC) Mrs. Georgina E. Hamilton (BA 1937 UC) of Toronto, ON; Dec. 18, 2015 of Sacramento, CA; Aug. 20, 2015 Mrs. Mildred D. (Mitchell) Story (BA 1942 UC) Mrs. Helen Munro (Ross) Horwood (BA 1935 UC) of Guelph, ON; Dec. 18, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Jan. 15, 2009 Mrs. Joyce G. Thompson (BA 1945 UC) Mr. Charles A. Loomis (BCom 1937 UC) of Coboconk, ON; Aug. 20, 2015 of San Diego, CA; Oct. 27, 2015 Mr. Joseph C. White (BCom 1944 UC) Prof. Julius A. Molinaro (BA 1939 UC) of Orillia, ON; Aug. 17, 2015 of East York, ON; Jul. 3, 2015 Mrs. Margaret White (BA 1946 UC) Miss Margaret V. Orok (BA 1933 UC) of Newmarket, ON; Oct. 3, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Sept. 29, 2015 Mrs. Esther (Kilgour) Williams (BA 1949 UC) Dr. Roderick C. Ross (BA 1937 UC) of Westmount, QC; Aug. 15, 2015 of Orangeville, ON; Aug. 28, 2015 Miss Margaret E. Wallis (BA 1937 UC) 1950s of Toronto, ON; Nov. 12, 2015 The Hon. W. D. August (BA 1956 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jul. 28, 2015 1940s Prof. Charles H. Bedford (BA 1951 UC) Mr. Bertram R. Arthur (BA 1948 UC) of Mississauga, ON; Nov. 6, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Oct. 1, 2015 Mrs. Joyce (Parksinson) Bryce (BA 1953 UC) Mrs. Sarah P. (McLaren) Bosomworth (BA 1940 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Dec. 10, 2015 of Aurora, ON: Sept. 26, 2015 Mr. Arthur H. Clairman (BCom 1957 UC) The Rev. Canon B. G. Brightling (BPHE 1951 UC) of Thornhill, ON); Dec. 31, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Dec. 13, 2015 Mrs. Verna C. Cundari (BA 1959 UC) Mr. Earl Brown (BA 1943 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 5, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Oct. 24, 2015 Ms. Judith S. De Laurier (BA 1958 UC) Mrs. Jean M. Cardinal (BA 1947 UC) of Willowdale, ON; Oct. 10, 2015 of Fergus, ON; Jul. 3, 2015 Mrs. Barbara A. Dickstein (BA 1953 UC) Mrs. Margaret Cragg (BA 1941 UC) of Westmount, QC; Aug. 10, 2015 of Markham, ON; Dec. 15, 2015 Dr. Earl P. Farber (BA 1953 UC) Ms. Barbara J. Duncan (BA 1946 UC) of Thornhill, ON; Nov. 14, 2015 of Kennebunkport, ME; Sept. 7, 2015 Mrs. Patricia D. (Scott) Fisher (BA 1951 UC) Ms. Margaret E. Emmerson (BA 1944 UC) of Kitchener, ON; Sept. 14, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Oct. 24, 2015 Dr. Jack C. Hallam (BA 1952 UC) Mrs. Margaret E. Farrar (BA 1941 UC) of Salt Spring Island, BC; Nov. 14, 2015 of Mount Hope, ON; Jul. 21, 2015 Mr. Robert A. Hurd (BA 1950 UC) Mr. John D. Harbron (BA 1946 UC) of Kemptville, ON; Dec. 27 2015 of Toronto, ON; Oct. 13, 2015 Mr. Carl Laywine (1950 UC) Miss Margaret J. H. Howitt (BA 1949 UC) of Toronto, ON; Nov. 14, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Oct. 22, 2015 Mr. John M. Lewis (BCom 1955 UC) Mr. Donald H. Lennox (BA 1949 UC) of Oakville, ON; Oct. 21, 2015 of Oshawa, ON; Sept. 17, 2015 Dr. Alexander S. MacDonald (BA 1952 UC) Mr. Norman Lorimer (BA 1947 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 15, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Aug. 11, 2015 Mr. C. H. Mackie (BPHE 1955 UC) of Innisfil, ON; Aug. 2, 2015

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Dr. Solveiga (Vitols) Miezitis (BA 1958 UC) Mrs. Urve Karuks (BA 1966 UC) of Toronto, ON; Jul. 30, 2015 of Scarborough, ON; Jul. 18, 2015 The Hon. John D. O’Flynn (BA 1952 UC) Mrs. Yukten Lee-Poy (BSc 1969 UC) of Belleville, ON; Jul. 1, 2015 of Mississauga, ON; Nov. 14, 2015 The Rev. J. A. Rix (BA 1957 UC) Mr. Jeffery S. Lyons (BA 1961 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Oct. 31, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Jul. 26, 2015 Mr. Gordon C. Saunders (BA 1952 UC) Mr. Victor J. Milne (BA 1964 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug 14, 2015 of Hawkestone, ON; Nov. 28, 2015 Mr. Vratislav Stafl (BA 1951 UC) Ms. Marcia L. Royl (BA 1969 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 22, 2015 of Etobicoke, ON; Nov. 12, 2015 Mrs. Olga G. Suboch (BA 1955 UC) Mr. Joel H. Selley (BA 1963 UC) of Willowdale, ON; Jul. 22, 2015 of Mississauga, ON; Aug. 12, 2015 Mrs. Jean G. (Saunderson) Thorne (BA 1950 UC) of Cambridge, ON; Jul. 19, 2015 1970s Mr. Geza Z. Tobias (1953 UC) Ms. Faye R. (Schwartz) Black (BA 1970 UC) of Scarborough, ON; Nov. 6, 2015 of Thornhill, ON; Jul. 31, 2015 Mr. Arthur Tugwood (BCom 1954 UC) Mrs. Christine E. Deacon (BA 1971 UC) of Scarborough, ON; Aug. 24, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Oct. 11, 2015 Mrs. Ethel M. Wakayama (BA 1956 UC) Dr. Bill Freedman (BSc 1973 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 2, 2015 of Halifax, NS; Sept. 26, 2015 Dr. Marilyn I. Walker (BA 1958 UC) Dr. Donald J. Pinchin (BSc 1970 UC) of St. Catharines, ON; Oct. 2, 2015 of Etobicoke, ON; Jul. 29, 2015 Mrs. B. J. Waterous (BA 1950 UC) Ms. Jane S. Sedgwick (BA 1978 UC) of Brantford, ON; Jul. 11, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Aug. 1, 2015 Dr. Neville E. Weston (BA 1955 UC) Ms. Geraldine F. Waldman (BA 1971 UC) of Clinton, AR; Nov. 11, 2015 of Toronto, ON; Oct. 20, 2015 Mrs. Annita (Wecker) Wilson (BA 1952 UC) of Etobicoke, ON; Dec. 4, 2015 1980s The Rev. Edward R. Woolley (BA 1952 UC) Mr. Richard Balnis (BA 1983 UC) of Etobicoke, ON; Aug. 15, 2015 of Piedmont, QC; Sept. 20, 2015

1960s Mrs. Elissa P. Alter (BA 1968 UC) of North York, ON; Sept. 14, 2015 Dr. Lawrence Brice (BA 1968 UC) of Simcoe, ON; Sept. 23, 2015 Dr. Barry French (BSc 1964 UC) of Sacramento, CA; Sept. 29, 2015 Dr. Gabe Garay (BSc 1964 UC) of San Rafael, CA; Jul. 30, 2015 Mr. Michael H. Goldstein (BCom 1968 UC) of Toronto, ON; Dec. 24, 2015 Mrs. Ruth S. Hogg (BA 1963 UC) of Thornhill, ON; Sept. 18, 2015 Mr. William J. Huether (BA 1968 UC) of Mississauga, ON; Oct. 13, 2015 Dr. Eric James (BA 1965 UC) of Meaford, ON; Jul. 19, 2015

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