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building legacy Bill and Cathy Graham on their enduring connection to Trinity and their investment in our future

Plus: Provost passes the torch s Trinity’s eco-conscience provost’smessage

Trinity’s Secret Strength A farewell to a team that is PAC-ed with affection

For most students, their time at Trinity simply fies by. But those Jonathan Steels, following the departure of Kelley Castle, has rede- four or fve years of living and learning and growing and gaining fned the role of Dean of Students and built both community and still linger on, long afer the place itself has been lef behind. Over consensus. Likewise, our Registrar, Nelson De Melo, had a hard act the past six years as Provost I have been privileged to meet many to follow in Bruce Bowden, but has made his indelible mark already wonderful Men and Women of College, and hear many splen- in remaking his entire ofce. did stories. I write this in the wake of Reunion, that wondrous Another of the newcomers who has recruited well and widely is weekend of memories made and recalled and rekindled, and Alana Silverman: there is renewed energy and purpose in the Ofce friendships new and old found and further fostered. In my last of Development and Alumni Afairs, to which Alana brings fresh column as Provost, it is the thought of returning to the College vision and an alternative perspective. A consequence of all this activ- that moves me most, and makes me want to look forward, as well ity across so many departments is the increased workload of Helen as back, and to celebrate those who will run the place long afer Yarish, who replaced Jill Willard, and has again through admirable this Provost has gone. energy and innovative thinking made her position very much her Beyond the Board, and separate from the Senate, the secret own. New perspectives are refreshing, and I was delighted when Mike strength of this place lies with the unsung heroes of the Provost’s Ratclife, an immunologist, agreed to the daunting task of following Advisory Committee (PAC), which meets twice a month during the superb and inimitable Derek Allen as Dean of Arts and Vice- term, and comprises the Senior Administration of the College, Provost, and he has made great strides this year. Next year, I know ofen representing their wider teams who really run the place. Te that he will have PAC’s full support as Interim Provost, and I am information shared and the discussions held there are valuable to deeply grateful to him for taking that task on. In particular, he will all, but principally to any Provost smart enough to take their advice. have the help of Bruce Ferguson as Assistant Provost (Academic), When I asked the then College Secretary, Jill Willard, what would the one ofce of PAC that I created from scratch, and which plays to be my greatest challenge, she simply said I would likely have to Bruce’s strengths and knowledge. Te other constant member of replace almost everyone at PAC, including her, based on projected PAC, and the one to whom I owe the most is of course my Executive retirements and other departures. But as I look around the table Assistant, Brenda Duchesne, who together with the unfappable Cera now at the end of my tenure, I feel a deep pride and privilege to have Maugey provides the still, calm centre of my provostial world. Brenda known those at PAC past and present, present and absent: the future has given me both ballast and balance, and let me play the part of seems set fair. Provost while still remaining true to myself. In fact, several have outlasted me, namely Geof Seaborn, our Last, but really frst and always, there are those who continually ever-energetic Bursar; Linda Corman, a Chief Librarian of extra- advise this Provost, and always did, and will, namely Clare and Ellen ordinary poise, vision and grace; and David Neelands, a most diligent and Oscar, who have lived and learned and grown and gained within Dean of Divinity who has ensured the College’s accreditation for these College walls; I could not have been Provost without them, and HY: JEFF KIRK HY:

the next decade. Of more recent vintage (which is to say in my time) without them I would not have wished to. So many memories, so AP is our Buildings Manager, Tim Connelly, whose meticulous stan- many lessons learned, so many friendships formed: it is good to see GR OTO dards and zeal for cost- and energy-saving sets a splendid standard. how Trinity tradition still lives on. My thanks to PAC in particular, PH Similarly, Sylvia Lassam brings a precision and professionalism to but to all for letting us share this special place with you. the (now) full-time position of Archivist that promotes and expands the work of her long-term predecessor, Henri Pilon. In the Chapel, Andrea Budgey has been a great addition: funny, savvy, and socially ANDY ORCHARD aware Chaplains are rare, but rarer still ones with a beautiful voice. Provost and Vice-Chancellor

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Features 8 A day in her shoes The Women in House program matches students with mentors on Parliament Hill BY VANMALA SUBRAMANIAM ’09 12 Orchard goes to Oxford Trinity bids a fond farewell to a beloved leader BY LIZ ALLEMANG 16 Bringing history to life Bill and Cathy Graham enrich their legacy at Trinity and the Centre for Contemporary International History with a $5 million gift BY CYNTHIA MACDONALD

20 The greening of Trinity Staff, students, faculty and alumni strike a balance between

tradition and a forward-thinking M CO approach to the sustainability GENE. A of their beloved College L CO , BY ASHLEIGH GAUL T UL A ÉRÔME MIRE J N: O

Departments I AT R 4 Nota bene ST LLU 20 I Dispatches from campus 26 Alumni at large

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SUMMER 2013 3 notabene DISPATCHES FROM CAMPUS

Reunion From May 31 through June 1, the Trinity campus was abuzz with alumni from far and wide, enjoying round- the-clock parties and events focused on reconnecting and creating new memories. This year’s honoured years ended with 3s and 8s, but that certainly didn’t limit the guest list! See if you recognize someone among these faces. OS K A IZ R

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4 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE Trip to the Holy Land Connor Campbell

Connor Campbell, 18, recently an- nounced his plans to study English and philosophy at Trinity this fall. Currently attending his fnal year at De La Salle College in Toronto, Campbell won the title of world champion at the 2013 World Indi- vidual Debating and Public Speaking Championships in South Africa. Participants competed in four categories from impromptu speak- ing to interpretive reading and Campbell emerged victorious with the highest average score. Te event brought together 111 speakers, 14 of them Canadian. Campbell also won the top prize for debating at the same event last year, held in Australia.

The bible came to life for Trinity divinity students who travelled to Israel and Jordan at the end of April. David Neelands, Trinity’s Dean of Divinity, calls the trip to the Holy Land (this is the third in five years) the “fifth gospel.” The students find it enlightening, he says. “They’re able to use their academic imaginations to put a context to what’s actually written in the Bible.” Though two other groups of Trinity students had travelled to the Middle East in previous years, this was the first time a trip to Jordan was added to the itinerary. Their stay in the ancient land included a sunset camel ride to a Bedouin camp and the chance to view artifacts of Lawrence of Arabia’s desert operations, among many other exciting experiences. Neelands’ favourite part of the trip was their time in Jerusalem. “There’s always so much to do and see there,” he says. “Especially during this trip, because the Orthodox Church was celebrating Easter. It was an exciting—albeit hectic—experience.” CO RRE A

Neelands says he is already planning a trip for 2015 and is thankful that C TA generous donors have continued to enable students to benefit from this rewarding experience at an affordable cost. BER HY: AP

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I should have done years ago,” he says. “I knew I wanted to share that experience.” PH

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Changing of the Board

As Carolyn Kearns ’72 completes a six-year term as a member of Trinity’s Board of Trustees, of which she served the past two years as Chair, she says she is thank- ful for the opportunity of volunteering, and for the committed and well-functioning team she has worked with. One member of that team is Vice-Chair Evan Howard. Formerly in private practice with a Bay Street law firm and currently a senior manager at a large Canadian pension fund, Howard ’90 has, over the past five years, served on Trinity’s board in a variety of capacities, including chairing a special task force to review the Board’s governance practices. He is looking forward to the challenge of taking over as Chair of the Trinity Board for the 2013/2014 academic year. “Serving on the Trinity Board is a privilege,” says Howard, who is particularly impressed with the calibre of the students, staff, fellows and faculty. And as the board announces a call for nominees, Kearns, who feels she gained at least as much as she contributed during her tenure, is confident that new members will enjoy an equally rich experience.

VOLUNTEER “GIVING” AT TRINITY COLLEGE The College is grateful to its many volunteers, who are part of the fabric of Trinity life. They collaborate on book sales, dinners, lectures, reunion events, confer- ING

ences, and committees that enhance and enrich the work of the College. If you K or someone you know is curious to learn more about volunteer opportunities at

the College, please call the Office of Development & Alumni Affairs at 416-978- ANDY HY: AP

2651 or send an email to [email protected]. GR OTO PH

Dr. Michael Ratcliffe as Provost Dr. Michael Ratclife, Professor of in 2001, Ratclife was responsible for Immunology at U of T and a Fellow of tremendous growth in the department. the College, has been appointed Interim In that same year, he also became senior Provost for Trinity College. He will scientist of Molecular and Cell Biology at assume the position on October 1, 2013. Sunnybrook Health and Sciences Centre, Te appointment will be efective until and despite a busy schedule, accepted June 30, 2014. regular speaking engagements at the In 2012, Ratclife was appointed to a annual meetings of the Canadian Society six-year term as Vice-Provost and Dean for Immunology and the International of Arts, a position in which he explored Congress of Immunology. HY: JEFF KIRK HY:

and developed new courses within the Ratclife earned his B.Sc. from the AP College’s Faculty of Arts and the Faculty Appointed Professor and Chair of the University of Glasgow and his PhD from GR OTO of Science at the . Department of Immunology at U of T the University of London. PH

6 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE Jill Levenson: Shakespeare in

Jill Levenson, Fellow Emeritus of the College and Professor Emeritus of English, U of T, is taking part in a project that will bring an inter- national Shakespeare conference to Shanghai in May 2014. “The conference will draw acting companies from all over the coun- try, as well as scholars from all over the world,” says Prof. Levenson, who has travelled to Shanghai twice over the past two years. During her last two trips to China, she attended conferences that LE O

succeeded in bringing Shakespeare in China into an international E V I N

forum. She and many other scholars were surprised to learn of the A H amount of work that Chinese scholars are doing on Shakespeare, AS and how little of that work is available in the West. This discovery S HY: AP made evident to many of the attendees the need for a more open GR OTO

dialogue between China and the West. PH The hope is that next year’s conference will be instrumental in On May 14, The Rev. Canon Mary Alice Bielesch Medcof (left) and Canon Robert L. Falby, QC, received honorary doctors of achieving that goal. divinity at the 2013 convocation of the Faculty of Divinity.

Divinity Conference Te theme of this year’s Trinity Divinity Alumni and Associates Conference was Trough Each Other’s Eyes: Anglican and Orthodox, a Mutual Fascination. Te event, held May 13 and 14 on campus, explored the relationship of churches from East to West. Knowledge- able speakers who contributed to the event included newly appointed Trinity professor Jesse Billett, who spoke about the infuence of the East on the Book of Common Prayer. Te end of the conference (and for some, their time at Trinity) was celebrated with a choral Eucharist and convocation for graduating students.

SUMMER 2013 7 a day in her shoes The Women in House program matches students with mentors on Parliament Hill

BY VANMALA SUBRAMANIAM ’09 “Can you believe that female representation in Canadian politics stands at only 25 per cent?” The question is posed by Tina Park, a passionate young PhD candidate in U of T’s Department of History. “In school we learn about why gen- der equity is important,” says the Trinity alumna ’09, “but nobody really tells you how to break into the system.” As one of the founders of the Women in House program at U of T, an initiative designed to expose young women to the inner workings of Parliament Hill — but from the perspective of a female politician — she is determined to change all that. “It is simple mentorship work, really. Female students are paired with a female MP or Senator whom they shadow for a whole day — they attend house meetings, caucus meetings, even Question Period. It’s a great experience for both sides.”

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TINA PARK

8 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE The Women in House program matches students with mentors on Parliament Hill

SUMMER 2013 9 Tis year’s Women in House is the frst of its kind at the Uni- Leah Nosal, an International Relations student who shadowed versity of Toronto. Participants came from two streams — the NDP MP Elaine Michaud (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier) says she university’s Peace, Confict and Justice program, and Trinity’s acquired an entirely new understanding of Parliament Hill and International Relations program. Te process of selecting 20 the day-to-day business of policymaking. participants was a competitive one, says Park. “Candidates were “My two days in Ottawa were incredibly thought-provoking,” chosen based on their interests and future career aspirations. We she says. “Canadian politics is immeasurably louder and more tried to make sure there was a good degree of diversity refected colourful than what we read in textbooks or newspaper headlines.” in the selection.” University College’s Hadear Shaheen echoes Nosal’s sentiment:

“Canadian politics is IMMEASURABLY LOUDER and MORE COLOURFUL

than what WE READ IN textbooks or NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.”

Carolyn Bennett, Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of “As a student of International Relations, I’ve always yearned for St. Paul’s, was a key fgure in the launching of this program at U of T. opportunities to put my theoretical knowledge to practical use. “Tina Park and I were chatting about how McGill University Te Women in House program provided me with the chance to had long been felding students for the Women in House pro- do just that,” says Shaheen, who shadowed NDP MP Charmaine gram over there. We thought it was a great idea and the next Borg (Terrebonne-Blainville) for a day. thing we knew it was all coming together.” In fact, Shaheen goes so far as to say that her trip to Ottawa Te need for such a program was clear to both. Female rep- “signifcantly renewed my faith in our political system.” resentation in Canadian politics still leaves much to be desired. For Trinity graduate Christine Lee, who shadowed Senator Currently, women occupy only a quarter of the 308 seats in the Yonah Martin — the frst Canadian of Korean descent to serve House of Commons. As of November 2011, Canada ranked 39th Canada — Women in House exposed her to more than just the internationally in women’s political participation. Despite nota- value of gender equity in Canadian politics. “For any 1.5 genera- ble gains in the most recent general election, Canada lags behind tion Korean-Canadian, Senator Martin is a role model,” she says. Europe, parts of Africa and Australia in terms of the number of “I was grateful to be able to meet her in person.” women in active politics. Although Park admits there were some planning and logistical Bennett, who calls the state of gender equity in Canadian hurdles along the way, she is grateful for all of the support she politics “awful,” says, “Tere’s theory, then there’s practice. Teor- has received, and expresses hope that the program will not only etically, we know what we need to do. On a practical level, we are continue, but expand. “Te issue, of course, is funding.” struggling to make it happen.” Ultimately, Park says, the program is aimed at opening doors According to Bennett, there are serious structural barriers in for bright young women and helping them realize how they can the progress of women in Canadian politics. “Te Women in make a meaningful diference on the federal political scene. House program tries to address that.” Showing young women And she certainly has votes from the Hill. “Irrespective of what working in a man’s world is like, and how various female party, we love this program,” says Bennett. “It’s such a positive, politicians have succeeded in overcoming barriers, are just two of refreshing breeze through this place to see the genuine interest of the program’s objectives. young Canadians in our country’s politics.”

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Orchard goes to Oxford Trinity bids a fond farewell to a beloved leader

BY LIZ ALLEMANG

When Andy Orchard was appointed Trinity College Provost in 2007 it was both an obvi- ous and an unorthodox choice. Obvious, in hindsight, at least, because he turned out to be precisely what Trinity would need: a breath of fresh air, a connection to the outside world, someone with a sense of humour and a sense of purpose, someone so easygoing it’s easy to forget the breadth of his scholastic achievement. A man who values the pursuit of his own interests and scholar- ship, but who has always taken great delight in entertaining his students, whether at his beloved Beer and Beowulf nights, or ofer- ing his “babies” life advice (and who better to give it than a man who speaks old English and whose bookshelves reveal language CDs including “Teach Yourself Danish” alongside a bottle of maple whiskey (a gif!), a Viking helmet, postcards of Elvis impersonators and snapshots from death-cheating treks across Iceland’s volcanically active terrain?).

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTOPHER WAHL

SUMMER 2013 13 he choice was unorthodox because he wasn’t, at the time, During Orchard’s time as Provost, Kearns was struck by the obvious choice. how immediately comfortable and natural he was in taking on “When Andy came in, he was from this obscure the role, developing a greater ease and certainty of direction medieval background and I remember thinking, ‘Oh my throughout his tenure. gosh. How is he going to do this?’ ” says Carolyn Kearns “He was someone with pretty big shoes to fll,” says Kearns, T’72, the outgoing Chair of the Trinity Board. “But he very quietly and efectively developed a reputation and It was partly a problem of the inevitable comparison. following of his own.” “Margaret MacMillan [’66] had a wonderful run as Provost, Tough his appointment may not have been expected, and many of us fretted about succession,” says University of Orchard was almost instantly embraced by the Trinity community Toronto President Dr. David Naylor. at all levels (rare is the man who can crack up the crowd at Cor- But with Orchard’s appointment, Trinity had not only “landed poration meetings). Tough he is a distinguished scholar in all another world-class scholar,” but one “with a unique personal style things Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, an astute administrator and an uncanny ability to connect with a wide range of people, and an adored professor, it is plain and simply “Andy” who will especially students,” says Dr. Naylor. be missed the most. Sure enough, it has been a magical six years. “Having that fun and welcoming presence certainly lessens the But world-class scholars are in hot demand and Orchard will be drudgery of academic work — it gives colour, vitality and a cer- returning to England to his alma mater, the tain charm to the collegiate experience,” says Sam Greene, ’13, who

“I feel GOOD about the POSITION I’M LEAVING to the NEXT PROVOST.”

where, come fall, he will take on the prestigious Rawlinson and worked closely with Orchard through his involvement in student Bosworth professorship of Anglo-Saxon. Te position, previously government, as head of College and on the Board of Trustees. held by J.R.R. Tolkien, among others, will take Orchard to Pembroke Greene remembers, with equal fondness, Orchard’s willingness College, with an ofce, he points out, in the tower where Samuel to support and advocate for the interests of Trinity’s students, no Johnson — of A Dictionary of the English Language fame — “used matter how contentious the issue (including recent disagreements to stink up the place.” about fnancial ties with the U of T Students’ Union), as well as his “Te criminal demands of my job will require me to teach 36 willingness to meet students at his favourite pub, Mullins, on Bay hours a year. So I’m supposed to have time to think beautiful Street, where there is a small shrine to Orchard. And if that’s not thoughts … hang out in pubs and rediscover the joys of Roast Ox the highlight of his legacy, it certainly numbers among them. crisps,” he says. As well as time to work on four yet-unfnished But the Orchard legacy raises an interesting question: How books — including one on Anglo- Saxon riddle traditions — and do you remember a provost who is a standout academic and hopefully, to hole up at La Chaumière, the house in Normandy that administrator, a standup leader, teacher and person? he shares with his siblings. It’s a place for writing; a place where he Part of his success is attributed to the fact that it didn’t change him. can start the day with 15- to 30-km country walks, accompanied by “He always is who he is,” says Kearns. “When you scratch “the joys of audiobooks” featuring characters such as James Bond, beneath the surface, he is still a modest, self-efacing guy.” written by Raymond Chandler, or anything set in “idyllic land- John Magee, director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, and scapes with people being shot” — and end the day with a gimlet. Orchard’s colleague of many years, notes that, “in the most positive “Tis will be my last move, I sincerely trust,” says Orchard. way,” the diference between “Andy, the academic” and “Andy, the And that’s a good thing. “Shifing all these books across the administrator” is very slight. Atlantic once was painful enough!” (His Trinity ofce houses “Te person you knew before was the person you knew afer- 14 packed-beyond-capacity bookcases. More are rumoured to ward; the priorities were the same: scholarship, teaching, above lurk in his second ofce at the Centre for Medieval Studies.) all else,” says Magee. Te Oxford appointment is, he says, the only job that could Troughout his administrative career, Orchard has continued to have tempted him away from Trinity. teach and supervise PhD students and, in fact, he has at least six

14 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE at U of T whom he will supervise from Oxford (“I’m not going to “I’m very, very happy with the people I’m leaving behind,” abandon my babies!”). He will also continue to serve on the inter- says Orchard. “Tere’s youth, energy and deep commitment, national advisory board for the Dictionary of Old English, a posi- but at the same time you’ve got people who have been around a tion that entails answering such questions as “is our defnition of long time to keep a lid on things. I feel good about the position ‘hyge-wlanc’ tenable?” (Te usual defnition is “proud,” explains I’m leaving to the next Provost.” Orchard, but it can also mean “lascivious” or “wanton.” “Tey’re Dr. Michael Ratclife, Dean of Arts and Vice-Provost and trying to go for a fairly risqué defnition, which I thoroughly soon-to-be Interim Provost, says, “It really is remarkable how approve of!”) well this group of people work together. We don’t feel we have Orchard has always understood his pivotal role in ensuring the to do each other’s jobs because we trust each other, and that’s evolution of the College for its future, as well as its present students. to Andy’s great credit. He managed to bring together a diverse “One thing that’s surprised me is his efectiveness as a fundraiser,” says Kearns, citing Orchard-driven funding coups for the archives, the Trinity One Program Ray- mond Pryke Chair, and, most recently, the gif to the Centre for Contemporary International History from Trinity Chancellor Bill Graham and his wife, Cathy. Orchard’s gif of being able to connect with people —

“I feel GOOD about the POSITION I’M LEAVING to the NEXT PROVOST.”

whether the multimillion-dollar donor or the 17-year- old undergraduate student — has helped shape his success as Provost. “Andy has been a terrifc Provost,” says Derek Allen ’69, Philosophy professor and former Dean of Arts and Vice Provost at Trinity. “He led a wide-ranging strategic planning exercise for the College, secured key donations and strongly supported an excellent academic appoint- ment in the College’s Faculty of Divinity. He also oversaw a thorough restoration of Strachan Hall — something alumni, staf and students have been very pleased with.” When asked, Orchard says the students are what he’ll likely group of individuals who are actively involved and engaged and miss most about Trinity. “It’s a fairly standard answer to give, whose judgment he respects.” but the best thing about being Provost of Trinity is all of Without a doubt, Orchard will be missed. But he certainly the A-type students. And the worst thing is all of the A-type won’t be forgotten. students,” he quips. “Trinity is a college with strong traditions, a proud and tight- Allen admires Orchard’s rapport with students, his ability to knit alumni group, and a remarkable record of high academic connect with them in an informal way but at the same time to take achievement,” says Dr. Naylor. “Andy nurtured those traditions strict positions when called for, without damaging that rapport. and ties, celebrated and upheld Trinity’s very high academic He notes also Orchard’s light touch in day-to-day relations with standards — but in my view, he brought something else to the his senior staf — of particular signifcance given the turnover in Provost’s role. Trinity can be a pretty intense place, and Andy the team’s membership: one of Orchard’s greatest contributions somehow helped everyone unbutton a little bit while raising their was fnding replacements for eight senior positions at Trinity, aspirations even higher. Tat’s a rare leadership accomplishment including registrar, dean of students, and dean of arts. – and a wonderful legacy.”

SUMMER 2013 15 bringing history to life Bill and Cathy Graham enrich their legacy at Trinity and the Centre for Contemporary International History with a $5 million gift

BY CYNTHIA MACDONALD PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTOPHER WAHL

SUMMER 2013 17 ike any undergraduate student of mod- ern history, the Hon. Bill Graham ’61; LLB ’64 spent a great deal of time in the library. But his studies weren’t limited to the written page: At Trinity, young L Graham also had access to people who were liv- ing witnesses to the events he was learning about. Tese men enlivened his school days in ways he has never forgotten. “We had a very rich department,” he recalls. “And a lot of the people there, as was true everywhere in those days, had served in the war. Tey were very familiar with the military and what took place dur- ing those years – they’d all been players in it!” Graham remembers talking with Charles Allan Ashley, a political economist who had visited China during the 1920s and known the wives of statesmen Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek. He also dined with Archibald Paton Tornton, a historian who had previously served as the lieutenant-colonel of a regiment responsible for liberating a concentra- tion camp. “His description was pretty graphic, and brought everyone to life,” says Graham. Such vivid accounts made him realize that “history was not just a theoretical business.” Since that time, Graham has certainly made his- tory himself. Afer practising and teaching law in Toronto, the Vancouver native went on to represent Toronto Centre-Rosedale as an MP from 1993 to “I knew that SADDAM had NOTHING 2007. During that time, he chaired the Standing Committee on Foreign Afairs and International TO DO with September 11.” Trade, and served as both Minister of Foreign Afairs and Minister of National Defence. In 2006, – FORMER PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRÉTIEN he was appointed Leader of the Ofcial Opposition, ON HIS DECISION NOT TO JOIN IN a position he held until his retirement from public THE 2003 INVASION OF . life and return to Trinity — this time as Chancellor. Since becoming Chancellor, Graham has never forgotten how important living witnesses are to anyone wishing to study world events. He regularly invites guest speakers to the course he teaches (with Professor John English and Dr. Jack Cunningham) on international contemporary

history. In addition, his popular “Conversations A KEM P

with the Chancellor” series has attracted such E J diverse guests as former Mexican foreign minister REG T Jorge Castañeda, former German Vice-Chancel- G IEN: T lor Joschka Fischer, and international war crimes É

prosecutor Louise Arbour. N CHR A

PhD candidate Jennifer Levin Bonder says that F JE O H

Graham has “a really great and welcoming per- AP

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his class, she says, “you’re not just learning from a PH textbook – you get living textbooks.” Graham has also been closely involved with the college’s Centre out of the park. It was a very entertaining event.” Future plans for Contemporary International History since its inception two include a conference on nuclear disarmament and next year, an years ago. Te Centre is tied to Trinity’s fagship International event to mark 100 years since the start of . Relations program and complements the Munk School of Global Which invites an interesting question.“People have been asking Afairs. It, too, brings history alive through conferences, publica- me, what is contemporary history?” says Graham. “A conference tions, and visits from (so far) no fewer than four former Canadian about the outbreak of World War I is perhaps getting a little less prime ministers. contemporary. But it ties in with a new book by [former Trinity In addition to his knowledge and expertise, Graham has also Provost] Margaret MacMillan [’66], whose previous book, Paris provided generous fnancial support. Because of his recent $5 mil- 1919, a best-seller about the war’s closure, revealed how many bat- lion donation to the Centre, says director John English, “we’ll be tles currently being fought in the world actually had their genesis involved in research projects, international collaborations, and a century ago. “We’re going to talk about what impact the war has work within the university that we didn’t have the opportunity had, and how it shaped the world we live in today,” says English. to do before. It gives us assurance of a future course that we can Sitting in his Bloor Street ofce, Graham is surrounded by now plot for ourselves.” In recognition, the Centre will henceforth mementos from his travels: prints and sculptures from India be known as the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary Inter- and China, as well as autographed photos from G8 meetings. He national History. stresses the importance of keepsakes, including the maintenance In giving back to Trinity, Graham says he is paying tribute of proper historical records. But that, he says, is becoming more to the place where his political ideas were frst shaped and nur- and more difcult in a digitized world. tured; a place he and his wife, Cathy Graham ’63, have never really In the past, historical fgures lef reams of letters and writ- lef. Cathy met and married her husband at Trinity, where the ten work. “But what are you going to do with my emails?” he couple’s own daughter Katy would be married some three decades asks.“Historians are very worried – what’s going to be the source later. “We both have a great fondness for the college, and I’m for our records, 20 years from now?” Graham emphasizes that it strongly supportive of Bill’s contributions to the Centre,” she says. will be important to capture the Centre’s work on flm, blogs, and Mrs. Graham has retained links to Trinity — not only through whatever other methods modern media afords. fnancial support and lifelong friendships (“the federated col- Certainly, publications will be a part of the Centre’s legacy, as lege system makes it particularly easy to form those bonds”), but books are being planned to emanate from each conference. But

“HISTORY is NOT just a THEORETICAL BUSINESS ... I’m hoping our CONFERENCES and our WORK will be available on MODERN MEDIA, such as streaming video.” – BILL GRAHAM

through volunteerism: Most notably, she’s one of four graduates Graham hopes his fnancial support will enable the Centre to do who started the renowned Trinity College Book Sale. even more. “One of the things I’m hoping is that our conferences “Jean Elliott [’61] got us all together. It’s a great initiative and and our work will be available on modern media, such as stream- I’m very proud of it. I was involved in it for many years, and still ing video,” he says. “I’ve had some wonderful Conversations with sell tickets for opening night, though I no longer drag and haul the Chancellor where just 150 people who were there have seen it. all the books!” But it’s been a loss for anybody else because we haven’t recorded it.” Among their many contributions, it’s the Bill Graham Centre Among Graham’s many personal projects is a memoir, to be for Contemporary International History that will fgure most fnished at an unspecifed date (“I wouldn’t make any predic- prominently in the Grahams’ legacy at Trinity College. So far, the tions,” he smiles). Afer it’s completed, “I’ll be leaving all my work Centre has hosted conferences on topics as diverse as the Arc- to the Trinity archives, so students will be able to read my papers tic, Afghanistan and the 50th anniversary of Lester B. Pearson’s and say, Oh! Tat’s why this or that was done.” assumption of power. Trinity Provost Andy Orchard says that by In the meantime, they’ll be able to reap the beneft of personal all accounts the latter was both educational and diverting. “Te conversations with the writer himself. As Bill Graham discovered visit by [former Prime Minister] Jean Chrétien was everybody’s himself over half a century ago, that’s an experience for which highlight,” he says. “Bill set him up, and Chrétien just hit the balls there really is no substitute.

SUMMER 2013 19 the greening of trinity Staff, students, faculty and alumni strike a balance between tradition and a forward-thinking approach to the sustainability of their beloved College

BY ASHLEIGH GAUL ILLUSTRATION BY JÉRÔME MIREAULT

When exams are over at the end of April, the buildings of Trin- is largely empty. It used to be that when just one of these areas ity power down for two months until the summer program gets was being used, many systems, such as the air conditioning, underway. Except for the Graham Library, the George Ignatief were running campus-wide, costing money, wasting energy and Teatre, the chapel and the administrative ofces, the College enlarging Trinity’s environmental footprint.

SUMMER 2013 21 ot anymore. Trough active management and selective investment, energy is supplied to only those areas that need it. Unnecessary lighting and machinery are turned of. Kitchen fridges are emp- HENDERSON’S tied and unplugged. A new, central-air-condition- N ing plant is designed to run in stages to meet specifc needs. SWEET ADDITION Meanwhile, with students of to summer jobs, 252 solar panels Since local apiarists Peter Kok and Brian on the roof of the Larkin building quietly continue to generate Hamlin first installed two beehives on the top money for scholarships and bursaries — approximately $24,000 of Henderson Tower, more than 200 staff, annually. Te solar panel project is part of a “greening” move- students and community volunteers have ment at Trinity that has seen its frst roofop garden, beehives been involved with the project. Though the on the top of Henderson Tower, and $4 million in efciency hives (there are now three) are open from May upgrades in Strachan Hall and the main kitchen. Te students, to September, their main purpose is educa- staf and faculty who have been working on these upgrades are tional, and harvesting takes place in the last well on their way to achieving their mission: to become “the two months. “We don’t make any profit from greenest college in Canada.” the hives,” says Seaborn. “But every once in Trinity Bursar Geofrey Seaborn remembers the month the a while, the College is offered a jar of honey, College became seriously committed to going green. It was and that’s pretty nice too.” March 2007 when the student body voted to allocate $250,000 of student funds to a solar power project. It was a challenge and an opportunity that the College administration could not ignore. Planning got underway, and soon more ideas surfaced. In mid-January 2008, three students who were running the Trinity Environment Club (TEC) approached him with a plan to build a green roof at St. Hilda’s. Seaborn realized that the alumni class of ’58 was due for its 50th reunion, and that there happened to be “several very green-minded graduates” among them, so he put the two groups in touch. Tis resulted in a mutual challenge to raise funds, with the students and the class of ’58 each contributing $50,000 to the project and working closely on the design. Collaboration grew. Michael de Pencier ’58 resurrected the dormant Environmental Protection Committee — an advisory group on sustainability comprising students, alumni, staf and faculty — to generate more ideas and push forward the solar panel project. Te newly released provincial feed-in tarif program (where energy producers are paid a high rate of 71 cents per kilowatt-hour for sustainably produced electricity) and an interest-free loan of $262,000 from the City of Toronto made the project viable. Panels were installed in late 2010 and started generating green power in March 2011 (live energy production can be viewed online at http://live.deckmonitor- ing.com/?id=trinity_college). In keeping with the intent of the original student contribution, money lef over afer loan repay- ments to the City is used for student awards and subsidized Metropasses. “So the students are receiving a well-deserved return on their green investment,” says Seaborn. He adds that prospective students are becoming more aware of the College’s ING commitment to sustainable strategies — in some cases deciding K to attend Trinity mainly for that reason. HY: ANDY HY:

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22 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE Statement of Action, an individual commitment to reduce and monitor environmental impacts on campus. Trinity has made great strides – energy consumption is down about 30 per cent in the past fve years. According to Beth Savan, current chair of the St. George Campus Sustainability Advisory Committee, Trinity is also doing something else that’s “very unusual”: inspiring the cam- pus. Talk to anyone involved with “greening” Trinity and the enthusiasm is palpable. Building Manager Tim Connelly’s list of potential upgrades around the College takes 20 minutes to recite. Ask Seaborn for an example of his plans for next year and he ofers 10 projects in the works. But Savan says what is most impressive is the degree to which students and alumni have worked together. Many of the students who participated in the Trinity Environment Club, including those who approached Seaborn about the green roof, remain in close contact with alumni who helped them envision their plans. Naomi Jehlicka ’10, who worked on climate change policy with the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture afer graduation, met Nancy Graham ’58

TRINITY’S BEEHIVES BY THE Trinity has made great strides – NUMBERS energy consumption is down about 30 per cent in the past five years. 3 What is most impressive, though, beehives kept on Henderson Tower is the degree to which students and alumni have worked together. 3,000 TO cont’d on page 24 while working on the roofop garden project. Graham later intro- 5,000 duced Jehlicka to the woman who would become her mentor. “It bees in each hive was a connection I would never have made had I not been involved with the project,” says Jehlicka. “Tat multi-generational approach really paves the way to the future,” says Savan. “It’s hard sometimes for young people to be optimistic about climate change. But involving young people in 100 M all the measures that Trinity is undertaking is really important in 500g jars of honey CO produced each year by building hope.” Te concrete results are there for all to see. GENE.

A the average Toronto hive L Working on the green roof, beehives and solar panel pro- CO , T ject wasn’t only about talking business and fundraising strategy, UL A says Jehlicka, recalling some “awesome stories” the alumni told about what life was like at Trinity when they were there in the ÉRÔME MIRE J ’50s. “Tere’s a thread that unites all the generations,” she says. N: O I 0 “It really does speak to how Trinity is a place where traditions

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Aside from garnering the College a better eco-conscience, participating in the provin- cial feed-in tariff program has created a hefty side-benefit for Trinity — cash. Since the solar panels on the roof of the Larkin Build- ing started generating a profit nearly two years ago, 70 students have received schol- arships or bursaries totalling $46,300.

HOW THE SUM WAS DIVIDED:

To commuting students demonstrating financial need: METROPASS STRACHAN HALL’S 54 BURSARIES THOUGHTFUL UPGRADES valued at $700 each. Total: $37,800 In line with Trinity’s commitment to climate change action, Stra- chan Hall and the main kitchen recently underwent a $4-mil- lion restoration. Here are some of the challenges of upgrading a To fund academic travel and 70-year-old building to 2013 environmental standards, and how experiential opportunities, such Trinity Building Manager Tim Connelly overcame them: as research trips or conferences: Challenge: “We didn’t want to change the look of the original AWARDS building in any way. If anything, we wanted to return it as closely 12 as possible to its original state.” each at $300-$500. Total: $5,500 Solution: “Sylvia Lassam, the College archivist, dug up some old photos of Strachan Hall, and then we invited an alumnus – [retired architect] Bill Greer, who arrived as a student shortly afer Strachan Hall was built – to come in and review the plans for the redesign. Greer remembered everything about the original building, right To a first-year student who has demonstrated “an active interest and commitment to issues down to the colour of the lenses on the hall lights.” pertaining to the environment through co-curricular involvement on campus”: Challenge: “Strachan Hall never had air conditioning. We had to IN-COURSE fnd a way to cool it that didn’t increase energy consumption.” Solution: “We decided to put in ceiling fans to circulate the air in the $2,000 AWARD large hall. We shopped around and found some high-volume, low- rpm fans that ft in with the style of the building. Te real trick was hiding the wires, but we found a way to bury them behind the walls.” C

Challenge: IE To one commuting student deeply involved “Kitchens are notorious gobblers of energy. How could OW in the College community and another who we renovate and yet keep energy consumption under control?” shows commitment to sustainability issues: Solution: “We used state-of-the-art lighting. We insisted that every UL CHMIEL possible appliance carry the Energy Star rating. And since the kitchen A

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needs a supply of fresh air all through the winter, we capture the heat AP AWARDS coming of the massive cooking exhaust to warm the incoming air GR 2 OTO each valued at $500. Total: $1,000 instead of using a separate source of energy to heat it.” PH

24 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY TRINITY COLLEGE

TH ANNUAL BOOK SALE OCT. 24–28, 2013

$5 admission on Thursday; 38 free all other days Organized into over 100 categories Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue, Large collection of Seeley Hall and the Board Room rare books on the second floor Many books in mint condition For sale hours or more information, Stock replenished daily please call 416-978-6750; e-mail [email protected]; Sale proceeds support the or visit www.trinity.utoronto.ca/booksale John W. Graham Library

#!3(s#(%15%s$%")4#!2$s!-%8s-!34%2#!2$s6)3! alumni@large YOUR VOICES, YOUR STORIES

Lessons in Losing The highs and lows of Olympic competition

Pre-Olympic training camp with my doubles partner Kevin Kowalyk (right) in Erba, Italy.

Last summer I raced for Canada at the I distinctly remember trying to fg- incredibly vibrant and it felt as if every- London Olympics. My partner and I fn- ure out what the diference was midway one forgot about real life for those 17 days ished 12th in the world in the men’s double through our frst race. For one thing, I fg- and really embraced the Olympic experi- sculls. Tis sounds like a pretty fantastic ured out that if you want to do well at the ence. Tis, according to Londoners, was achievement, right? Olympics, you really need to ignore the in stark contrast to the way the city usu- Here’s the rub: We beat only one of the distractions happening all around you. I ally operates. As I learned from strangers 13 crews entered in our event. Te sole learned this the hard way, on the grandest who would strike up a conversation with boat we managed to vanquish was com- stage there is in our sport. At the end of me on the tube (being decked out in Can- posed of two teenaged Estonians, one of the day, we did our best and we learned a ada gear and having to wear my accredi- whom we spotted throwing up fve min- lot — but we didn’t do well. tation around my neck at all times was a utes before the race. Te Olympics, though — the whole dead giveaway), no one in London ever “But it’s the Olympics!” Tis was the line spectacle of what we witnessed, especially talks to a stranger on the tube. But with LI people most frequently invoked to reassure away from the water at Eton — was amaz- the Olympics in town, people seemed to A N C me that I shouldn’t care about where we ing! We were fortunate to fnish our rac- come out from under the rain cloud that O ND placed. Te reality for me, unfortunately, is ing early in the program, which meant usually followed them around. A R. BR that a race is a race. Sure, there aren’t always that we had two weeks to enjoy the city Te other sentiment that kept coming D HY: HY:

going to be 70,000 people lining the fnal and take in the rest of the Games. up was a nagging dread that consumed AP 750 metres of the two-kilometre course. But Tere’s a special energy that takes these Londoners: of, inevitably, having GR OTO otherwise it was just another regatta. Sort of. over an Olympic host city. London was to go back to the way it was. Tis was PH

26 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE my frst time in London, and I observed pursue my goals. For that I am extremely making him the first Canadian to ever earn a that the local citizens are a pretty friendly grateful. My time in Toronto paved medal in that event. He went on to receive the bunch, though they insisted, repeatedly, the way for all the amazing breaks I’ve Hanlan-Keller Award and the International that this wasn’t really the case. received since. Looking towards the next Achievement Award from Rowing Canada. In I also got to enjoy the nightlife, and Olympics, I’m going to do everything in 2010 he was captain of the U of T rowing received VIP treatment for the frst (and my power to make sure we really do well — team, was named the Canadian University possibly last) time in my life. by which I mean beating even those crews Rowing Oarsman of the Year, and claimed Te most rewarding aspect of the Games who aren’t throwing up at the start line. bronze in the men’s single sculls event at the for me, however, was being able to share the And the party in Rio probably won’t be World University Games. Michael made his experience with my friends and family back half bad, either. See you there? Olympic debut in 2012 in the men’s double home. I received tremendous support dur- sculls event, finishing 12th in the competition ing the lead-up and throughout the compe- Michael Braithwaite ’09 earned a bronze with partner Kevin Kowalyk. He is currently tition – probably more cheerleading than I medal in the men’s single sculls event at the accepting speaking engagements and training will ever again be the object of. For instance, Under-23 World Championships in 2009, for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. I know that dozens of people, including a party of my closest Trinity friends, stayed up until fve in the morning to cheer on my “... I received VIP treatment for the first frst race — only to watch CTV switch its feed, at the last minute, from my monu- (and possibly last) time in my life.” mental television debut to an insignifcant Michael Phelps heat. Meanwhile, a famous journalist named Andrew Braithwaite wrote an article for the Te Globe & Mail titled, “My Brother is Competing in the Olympics.” Yes, we’re related. Facebook was another terrifc plat- form of support. Te “Team Braithwaite” Facebook group fnished just shy of 150 members, many of whom donned their red Team Braithwaite merchandise and recorded video messages. Not only did this make me feel amazing, but I could really see how much excitement they all got by just being able to watch me race in the Olympics. Tey didn’t care that we weren’t winning. Or so they insisted. When I was asked to write this piece, I couldn’t help but recall the role Trinity played in supporting me and carrying me to where I am today. I thought of all the workouts in the Trin gym (on a rowing machine that the Trinity College Athletic Association generously purchased while I was there). I thought about the bufet in Strachan Hall that probably lost money in that great war of attrition — meeting my dietary needs. But the biggest support of all came from the top. Rowing for U of T was expensive, and the Trinity administra- tion, especially Provost Orchard, was always willing to give me a little bit here and there to ensure that I was free to

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Clendenning worked with NATO’s “If you really want to know a Music: Theological Explorations book it! secret Economic Directorate people, start by looking inside through the Music of John and Harvard’s Russian Research their bedrooms,” says El Feki. Coltrane. In a series of inter- If you have published a book Center to monitor the crumbling The Economist lauded the book views with musicians, theo- within the past six months or of the Soviet Union. as “a fascinating survey of sex logians, and jazz writers and have one coming out in the that is rich in detail.” critics, Howison draws the near future, please e-mail worlds of theology and jazz the editor a high-resolution into a vibrant conversation on jpg of the cover, along with a Coltrane’s life and music. 50-word-or-less description of the book and its publica- tion date. magazine@trinity. utoronto.ca

BARBARA BURNABY ’65 is honoured in A Celebration of Qualitative Research: A Fest- schrift for Dr. Barbara Burnaby, published and distributed as a free, open-access electronic MAIRI COWAN ’97 has released book through Lulu Press. Death, Life, and Religious MAUREEN SCOTT HARRIS ’66 Change in Scottish Towns recently released her third c. 1350-1560 (Manchester book of poems, Slow Curve MARTIN HUNTER ’55 has University Press). Inspired by an Out, a meditative collection published Still Hunting, a look at inscription on a bell installed in extolling sensory engagement life in Toronto in the ’60s. an Edinburgh church during the with human and nonhuman Picking up where his first 15th century, this book looks worlds, and between inner memoir, Young Hunting, left off, at religious culture in Scottish and outer worlds. Hunter writes of his return to towns between the Black Death Toronto just as the swinging ’60s and the Protestant Reformation, arrived in the city. Still Hunting and examines the relationship takes readers on his adventures between the living and the dead. in Europe and the Middle East,

SHEREEN EL FEKI ’91 spent PHIL CLENDENNING ’65 has five years travelling across the published Soviet Observer: My Arab region talking to people Very Small Role in the Collapse about sex for her new book, Sex of the Soviet Union (Newtonville, and the Citadel: Intimate Life in 2013), a memoir of his journey a Changing Arab World (Double- into the exciting Cold War world day 2013), which explores the of economic espionage. Following intersection of sexuality, politics his undergraduate years at Trinity and economics, religion and and a PhD at Cambridge Univer- tradition, gender and genera- JAMIE HOWISON DIV ’87 has sity’s Queens’ College in England, tions, in a time of transition. published God’s Mind in That

28 TRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE and shares his stories of working 1906. These first-person 2013), which addresses the subject. A second edition is in the theatre, and of spirited narratives, taken together, vexed question of the presence expected this fall. friends and colleagues. provide a chronological account of “The Noble Savage” in of Kingston’s development for Dickens’s writings. Peters In The Critic, by MARTIN a period of 150 years. examines attitudes toward race HUNTER ’55, the artists, that she assesses as a product academics, diplomats, and both of imagination and of devel- other members of the Cana- oping scientific discourse, and dian cultural and social elite places Dickens’ writing in who populate the novel make the context of wider 19th- difficult choices in their quests century perceptions of race, to kindle passion, learning to humanity and empire. take in stride the hardships that often result, along with the Arahant Mahinda - Redactor of the Arahant Mahinda -

One is bound to learn a great deal of Redactor of the Buddhapåjàva occasional surprises that come the history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and the devotional aspect of the ritual in Sinhala Buddhism Buddhapåjàva. Sugunasiri’s treatment their way. of the subject objectively enhances the With Pali Text, Translation and Analysis value of this book. …

- Prof. Ananda W. P. Guruge, Dean Emeritus of Academic Affairs, University of the West, news California, USA

ROSE MURRAY ’63 has co- Buddhapåjàva Prof. Sugunasiri has herein pioneered a novel and effective methodology for Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri uncovering and bringing to light the authored, withauthors behind BuddhistElizabeth (and religious) Baird, Trinity College, University of Toronto Nalanda College of Buddhist Studies (Canada) 1950s texts, scriptures and rituals.

- Prof. Michael P. Berman Canada’s Favourite Brock University, St Catharines, Recipes . PHYLLIS CREIGHTON ’51, an

Author at the edge of the Arahant Suwanda H. J. Sugunasiri Ontario, Canada Mahinda cave, Mihintale, Sri Lanka The recipes are representative adjunct faculty member in the of how Canada’s multicultural Faculty of Divinity, has been population and relatively youth- awarded the Order of Ontario. ISBN 978-0-9867198-4-4 ful population, along with its JANET CURRY ’55 received climate and geography, have the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee contributed to a distinctive SUWANDA H.J. SUGUNASIRI Medal for her role as an active culinary landscape. ’72 has released Arahant volunteer at a local food bank, Mahinda: Redactor of the church, and the National Figure Dickens and Buddhapåjàva in Sinhala Bud- Skating Championship. dhism. The Buddhapåjàva is a ritual ceremony of Sinhala 1960s WILLIAM F.E. MORLEY ’52 has Buddhism (Sri Lanka). Two WENDY WEAVER ’60 was one published Conversations with LAURA years of research into the ritual of eight artists to be featured in PETERS race

My Cat, a collection of essays and itself revealed that it originated the Best of Eight exhibition at examining ways to develop not in India but in Sri Lanka, by the Campbell House Museum more intimate communication the Redactor Arahant Mahinda, in December. race and mutual understanding with who introduced Buddhism to Sri PETER ADAMSON ’69 continues domestic cats. Lanka in 247 BCE. in his role as professor and head of the Division of Facial Plastic

WILLIAM F.E. MORLEY ’52 has Dickens ANN WILTON ’74, of and Reconstructive Surgery in published Kingston Through the MacDonald & Partners, U of T’s Department of Otolaryn- Years, a compilation of personal LAURA PETERS ’87 has co-authored Family Law Arbi- gology – Head and Neck Surgery. descriptions of Kingston, Ont., published Dickens and Race tration in Canada (Carswell, In addition, his foundation, Face made by visitors from 1758 to (Manchester University Press, 2012), the first book on this the Future, has been leading

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overseas surgical missions to and Qualified Mediator desig- ROCIO VILLALVAZO SANDOVAL: Nahabedian ’63. operate on children with facial nation of the ADR (Alternative a son, Sebastian Anthony Evans, NEAL: JOHN DIV ’58, Dec. 24, deformities since 1996. Its most Dispute Resolution) Institute of Jan. 26 in Toronto. 2012 in Kingston, Ont. recent mission was to Kigali, Canada, draws on over 10 years KARINA WALSH ’00 AND BEN NICKLIN: ELIZABETH (SISTER Rwanda where a team of 10 of condominium experience HARRISON ’96, twin daughters, BENEDETTA) ’82, Dec. 13, international experts operated on to focus exclusively on condo- Hilary Anne and Charlotte Brooke, 2012 in Hamilton, Ont. complex facial deformities. minium community disputes in Nov. 29, 2012 in Toronto. LOAT RICHARDSON: GLADYS his mediation practice with Elia MICHAEL BROWN ’88 AND (COOKE) ’38, July 12, 2012 in 1970s Associates, Ontario’s “condo- ANJA KATER, a daughter, St. Catharines, Ont. BRENDA WEBSTER ’79 shared centric” law firm. Georgia Angelika, Jan. 10 in LOCHEAD: ARTHUR J. ’50, the renovation of her Forest DARCEY R. LAZERTE ’94, DIV Toronto. Granddaughter for Sandy Oct.14, 2012 in London, Ont. Hill home in The Globe and ’96, has obtained his Doctor of (Stephenson) Brown ’60. LOCHEAD: JOAN S. (MCDER- Mail in March. Ministry from Trinity College. JOANNE BOYLE ’04 AND MOTT), July 24, 2012 in ISABEL PEDERSEN ’92 ANDREW MORGAN ’03, a Strathroy, Ont., wife of Arthur J. 1980s accepted a position as associate daughter, Kinley Ellen, March 29, Lochead ’50. NICHOLAS DILL ’86 was professor and Canada research 2012 in Toronto. PETERS: WALTER, Feb. 24 in consecrated in May as the new chair in digital life, media, and Orleans, Ont., father of Laura Anglican Bishop of Bermuda. culture at the University of Peters ’87. At 49, he is the youngest Ontario Institute of Technology deaths REID: JULYAN (FANCOTT), person ever to hold that post. in September 2012. CAMERON: IAN MAITLAND ’58, Dec. 30, 2012 in Toronto, Bishop Dill lists outreach to SHARON TOWNE DIV ’95 was March 19 in Toronto. wife of Tim Reid ’59, mother young people and operating the appointed Incumbent of St. CORBETT: WILLIAM ALLAN ’53, of Dylan Reid ’89, daughter- church’s nine parishes in a more Thomas’ Anglican Church in Jan. 13 in Toronto. in-law of Escott Reid ’27, co-ordinated way as a diocese Shanty Bay, Ont. in February. COTTER: MARGARET EVELYN cousin of Linda Reid ’64, among his top priorities. (EVA), April 2 in Warkworth, Ont., and sister-in-law of Patrick JOHN FLETCHER DIV ’87, arch- 2010s wife of Graham Cotter ’46. Reid ’53. deacon of the Anglican Military PHILIPPA (PIPPA) LESLIE VAN NOSTRAND: JAMES, April RICARD: KATHLEEN KELLY Ordinariate of the Canadian ’10, currently a member of the 15 in Abbotsford, B.C., son of (ROSS) ’67, April 27 in Montreal. Forces, has been appointed National Arts Centre’s English Janet Langdon van Nostrand ’58. RILEY: JOHN H. C. ’43, Aug. 22 chaplain general and will assume Theatre Company, performed in MASTERS: SUSAN DRAKE, Nov. in Santa Rosa, Calif., husband of command of the Chaplain a new adaptation of Pride and 11, 2012 in Brooklin, Ont., wife Mary Louise Riley ’48. Branch in Ottawa this fall. Prejudice in Calgary and Ottawa of Ian G. Masters, ’68. SEED: JACK ALFRED ’38, Dec. in fall 2012. MCNAUGHT: BEVERLEY EILEEN 11, 2012 in Toronto. 1990s (ARGUE) ’42, Feb. 25 in Clare- SMITHERS: DAVID ’69, March VANESSA PICK ’98, a recipient mont, Ont., mother of Christo- 28 in Port Moody, B.C. of the 2013 Prime Minister’s births pher McNaught ’68 and Allison STEWART: JANET BEVERLEY Award for Teaching Excellence LITZA SMIRNAKIS ’99 AND McNaught ’71. (HURTON) ’56, March 14, 2012 Certificate of Achievement, is cur- NICK ROUSTAS: a son, Jake MERRY: SUE (CARNEGIE) ’60, in Fergus, Ont., grandmother of rently a teacher at T.A. Blakelock Christopher, Oct. 24, 2012 Dec. 28, 2012 in Toronto. Kathryn Sullivan ’13. High School in Oakville, Ont. in Toronto. MUNK: LINDA (GUTTERSON) WATTERS MORLEY: BETH, Sept. MARC BHALLA ’99, holder of an ORLAGH O’KELLY ’07 AND ’59, April 16 in Toronto. Trinity 4, 2011 in Kingston, Ont., wife executive certificate in conflict PATRICK LENNOX: a son, Peadar Fellow Emerita. of William F.E. Morley ’52. management from the University Maghnus, April 7 in Ottawa. NAHABEDIAN: FRANCES, Jan. WILSON: MILTON THOMAS ’44, of Windsor’s Faculty of Law, CRAIG A. STEEVES ’93 AND 7 in Toronto, mother of Harold March 22 in Toronto.

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All events are free unless a fee Toronto and the Israeli Foreign Thursday, Oct. 24: in their estate plans. Hosted is specified, but please phone Ministry. Current projects include Corporation Annual Meeting by Interim Provost Dr. Michael us at 416-978-2651, or e-mail the New Mariinsky Theatre in St. For more information contact Ratcliffe and Jack Whiteside [email protected] to Petersburg, and a private Helen Yarish: 416-946-7611; ’63, Chairman of the Gerald confirm the time and location, residence in Switzerland. A two- [email protected]. The Larkin Society. By invitation or to reserve a space. part series. George Ignatieff George Ignatieff Theatre and only. Senior Common Room & Theatre, 8 p.m. The Buttery, noon. Combination Room, 11:30 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8: Provost’s lectures book sale family Leadership Tea Party Monday, Sept. 9: The Oct. 24-28: The 38th Sunday, Oct. 27: Leadership donors are invited to Margaret MacMillan Lecture Annual Book Sale Alumni Halloween Party afternoon tea before the annual in International Relations Seeley Hall. Opening night, Wear a costume and come Advent Lessons and Carols Presented by Margaret MacMillan Thurs. 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., admis- prepared for crafts, treats and service. By invitation only. ’66, Warden of St. Antony’s Col- sion $5; Fri. & Sat. 10 a.m. to entertainment. $5 per person for The Provost’s Lodge, 2:30 p.m. lege, Oxford and former Provost. 8 p.m.; Sun. noon to 8 p.m.; children, parents, grandparents George Ignatieff Theatre, 4 p.m. Mon. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. For and friends. The Buttery, 2 p.m. more information: 416-978- to 4 p.m. To reserve a spot con- divinity Monday, Oct. 24: 6750. Admission charge of $5 tact Julia Paris: 416-978-2707, Wednesday, Nov. 27: Mary White Lecture applies to opening night only. [email protected] Divinity Associates & Elizabeth Clark, John Carl- Student Forum isle Kilgo professor at Duke Divinity alumni, faculty and University, Department of choral donors students get together to Religion.”Rome” in the Thursday, Oct. 17: discuss interesting topics. Nineteenth-Century Protestant music Gerald Larkin Society Lunch This year’s subject still to Imaginary: American Professor, Sunday, Dec. 8: Advent For alumni and friends who be determined. Combination Ancient “Pagans,” and Early Lessons and Carols have included Trinity College Room, 3:30 p.m. Christianity. Combination John Tuttle, Organist and Room, 5 p.m. Director of Music and the Trinity College Chapel Choir. Trinity THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE Wednesday, Nov. 6 & College Chapel, 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7: Larkin- Stuart Lectures with NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Architect Jack Diamond college BE A PART OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING BOOK SALE Jack Diamond has practiced Wednesday, Sept. 4: ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CAMPUS! architecture since 1968 and is Fall Convocation & recognized for his astute interpre- Matriculation We are looking for people to work two- or three-hour sessions during tation of site and context across The College’s first-year stu- the sale in a variety of roles, seated and otherwise; drivers to pick up books during the year; someone to co-ordinate book pick-ups; in a wide range of award-winning dents are signed in. Honorary and as always, we welcome book donations – but please do not building types, from civic and degrees will be conferred upon bring them during the sale or in the month prior to it! residential to performing arts John Cruickshank ’76 , Seana To volunteer or for more info please call 416-978-6750, e-mail and academic projects. Previous McKenna ’79 and Ian Binnie. [email protected], or visit www.trinity.utoronto.ca/booksale work includes the Four Seasons MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen’s Centre for the Performing Arts in Park, 7:30 p.m.

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