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The Next Chapter Uc Alumni of Influence a Brief History of University College, Abridged Fall 2013 + THE NEXT CHAPTER RESTORING UC INTO THE FUTURE 16. UC ALUMNI OF INFLUENCE 2013 EDITION 36. A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, ABRIDGED 12. uc.utoronto.ca/alumni AWARDS DINNER AND GALA DISTINGUISHEDJOIN US IN CELEBRATING UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ALUMNI FROM TODAY AND YESTERDAY AT THE SECOND ANNUAL ALUMNI OF INFLUENCE AWARDS DINNER AND GALA Thursday, November 14, 2013 Distillery District Individual tickets $150 Fermenting Cellar 28 Distillery Lane, Toronto Table of 8 $1150 Reception at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m. Formal Dress For accommodation in Toronto, please Host Bar contact the InterContinental Hotel Toronto - Yorkville at (416) 960-5200 and quote code EO3 Kosher and vegetarian for a preferred rate by October 15 options available upon request If you would like to sponsor a student seat or table, please call (416) 978-2968 UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 4 CONTENTS FALL 2013 featuresFeatures uc.utoronto.ca/alumni KEYNOTE 08. Principal's message CLASS NOTES 12. 16. 50. TIMELINE FOCUS News from alumni A Brief History of University Restoring UC into the future College, Abridged BY YVONNE PALKOWSKI NOTA BENE 52. Campus news 26. 30. REPORT PERSPECTIVES What will define the incoming Alumni on special places at UC class of 2017? BY ELIZABETH RAYMER 36. ALUMNI OF INFLUENCE Celebrating the winners of the 2013 UC 04 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE Alumni of Influence awards UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 5 CONTENTS FALL 2013 MASTHEAD Departments uc.utoronto.ca/alumni Volume 39, No. 1 EDITOR Yvonne Palkowski (BA 2004 UC) SPECIAL THANKS Donald Ainslie Alana Clarke (BA 2008 UC) Keenan Dixon (BA 2011 UC) Naomi Hood Jim Lawson Lori MacIntyre COVER PHOTOGRAPH University College at Night by Christopher Dew ART DIRECTION & DESIGN www.typotherapy.com PRINTING Flash Reproductions CORRESPONDENCE AND UNDELIVERABLE COPIES TO: University College Advancement Office 10. 15 King’s College Circle 01. Toronto, ON, M5S 3H7 University College Alumni Magazine departments is published twice a year by the University College Advancement Office and is circulated to 25,000 alumni and friends of University IMAGE 01. 07. Lutz Dille, untitled BRIEFLY College, University of Toronto. [Two women at the Editor’s note Orangemen's Parade], PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT 1964, BW silver gelatin 10. 40041311 photographic print, fibre-based print CALENDAR What’s on at UC IMAGE 02. Tantalus presented to 46. Sir Henry Holmes Croft CAMPUS by the officers of the A bird’s-eye view of UC second Battalion of the Queen’s Own Riles on 48. July 1, 1867 02. IMPRESSIONS Alumni poetry 54. IN MEMORIAM Alumni passed UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 05 UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:53 PM Page 6 CONTENTS FALL 2013 Contributors uc.utoronto.ca/alumni Contributors CHRISTOPHER DEW NOËL NANTON notices something new and Toronto-based photographer Noël Nanton founded enchanting about it nearly every and designer Christopher Dew his graphic design studio, day. Her favourite things about equally enjoys shooting People, TYPOTHERAPY, in 2002. Since University College are the Places, and Things. His archi- then he has been recognized in colourful, mosaic floor tiles in tectural, interior, and editorial numerous international design the foyer and the winding, photo work has been widely anthologies. Noel has also lec- southeast staircase. She enjoyed published in Canadian and tured on design and exhibited paying a visit to the UC vault to international magazines. To his work on many occasions. His document its treasures for this his surprise, he became known typographically led designs were issue, and kind of wishes she as a specialist in photographing celebrated at the Type Directors could borrow the Principal’s shopping centres in Europe, Club of Toronto, the type sym- signet ring to wear, just for a North and South America posium at the Design Exchange, little while. despite an allergy to food and his latest solo exhibition, courts. His travels have led to MyType. Constantly working ELIZABETH RAYMER shooting resort locations across for diverse clients, this award- (BA 1986 UC) the Caribbean and his work at winning graphic designer is Elizabeth Raymer is a home includes garden, product, known for his love of type, his communicator, editor, and and corporate assignments. He unique typographical style and writer, whose subject matters enjoys photographing the life modern design. He is responsible have ranged from travel deals of People, Places, and Things at for the redesign of UC Magazine. for the Olympic Games to the University College, though dur- Humble and just a bit shy, Noel enforceability of Islamic mar- ing his many assignments, the has also been a DJ and music riage contracts in Canada. occasional suggestion of an producer. When he is not She has worked as a staff writer honorary degree has, to date, designing he teaches fitness and editor for professional and fallen on deaf ears. A selection classes at the local YMCA. daily newspapers in Toronto. of his work can be viewed at See more of Noel’s work at Also a UC alumna, her own Christopher-Dew.com. typotherapy.com. favourite parts of the college include the façade—in particu- YVONNE PALKOWSKI lar the central tower’s whimsical (BA 2004 UC) lone turret—and the cloisters. Toronto native Yvonne Palkowski is the communications officer for University College and the editor of UC Magazine. As both a UC alumna and staff member, she is intimately familiar with the building and its charms, yet 06 — UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-13 4:43 PM Page 7 BRIEFLY FALL 2013 Editor’s Note uc.utoronto.ca/alumni Briefly Editor’s Note Letters WHEN IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS ISSUE OF UC MAGAZINE would focus on the historic University College build- ing at 15 King’s College Circle, Toronto, I sighed. It is a topic that has been covered exhaustively: see Martin Friedland’s The University of Toronto: A History; Douglas Richardson’s A Not Unsightly Building: University College and its History; and Larry Wayne Richards’ The Campus Guide: University of Toronto, just to name a few definitive sources—to each of which this issue is greatly indebted, I might add. In addition to writers, our building has inspired countless artists COUNTERFEIT CLOTHING MAY BE ILLEGAL, but the reasons to and photographers, and I wondered how we might abstain from buying it are not convincing in the present a fresh take on UC, the perennial favourite. article by Ashlee Froese (“Fashion Crimes,” Spring 2013). Does anyone really believe the economy is The answer was to share the exciting damaged by closing up dozens of small businesses restoration and renovation plans for University in Canada so that a few very expensive stores can College, unveiled this spring as part of Boundless: send millions of dollars to Europe, chiefly Italy and The Campaign for the University of Toronto. France? Does anyone believe that stopping the The planned improvements, which are of a scale sale of a counterfeit bag dramatically increases the not seen at UC for more than 35 years, are sale of the real one? Or does it just put a small brought into relief through exquisite, never- Canadian retailer out of business? I suggest that the before-seen sketches and watercolour renderings. retailers in Canada of fake goods pay their taxes, Unconventional photographs by Toronto archi- and that fake goods create more legal income for tectural photographer Christopher Dew depict the makers, Canadian sellers, and Canadian govern- our magnificent building in a brand new light. ments than does the income from the “real” thing. And stories about special places at UC contributed PHIL PALTER (BCOM 1963 UC) by fellow alumni tell of the myriad goings-on within these old walls. The end result will, I hope, move us all to help restore the physical fabric of our alma mater for generations of students Errata to come. YVONNE PALKOWSKI (BA 2004 UC) Apologies to Avie Bennett and Temi Odunlami, SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO [email protected] whose names were misspelled in the Spring 2013 LETTERS MAY BE EDITED FOR CLARITY AND LENGTH. issue. UC Magazine regrets the errors. UC ALUMNI MAGAZINE — 07 UC-MagFall2013-FINAL_Layout 1 2013-09-10 6:42 PM Page 8 KEYNOTE FALL 2013 Principal's Message uc.utoronto.ca/alumni Keynote AUTHOR Donald Ainslie PHOTOGRAPHER Christopher Dew IN MY FIRST FEW MONTHS AS PRINCIPAL, I wandered the halls from Mike Galang, President of the Lit that year of our main University College building with a about the key that is handed down from one master key, opening doors, and finding out what President to the next. It supposedly opens one exactly what was going on in our magnificent ‘special’ door of the College, though I’m not sure College home. Of course, the College is something if any recent Presidents have had success in finding of a maze, so for the first few weeks I was mostly the lock in question. Diana Bennett (BA 1965 UC) orienting myself. Then I started finding the hidden said that she has always revered UC’s architectural treasures of the building. heritage; she had an article in the 1964 Varsity, criticizing the then-recently-opened Laidlaw wing. Having been a professor at U of T since 1996 and Raymond (2004 UC) and Amy Shyr (BA 2004 a member of the College since 2001, I was already UC), who met at orientation in Amy’s first week well aware of some of the building’s glories: East at UC, told me about how there was simply and West Halls, Croft Chapter House, the Junior no question of where their wedding photos Common Room, and so on.
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