ARC News ARC’s Bi-Monthly Newsletter • Volume 3, Issue 5 • August 2012

Celebrating our 2011-2012 Retirees n total, 181 individuals are retiring from U of T in 2011-2012.

When The Bulletin was a paper publication, the issue at the end of June each year I always featured a spread of that year’s retirees. Now that only electronic newsletters are issued, a video format has been adopted for honouring retiring faculty and staff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaJfLtXGqww&feature=youtu.be Produced by Strategic Communications’ Anjum Nayyar (Internal Communica tio ns Correspondent) and John Guatto (Graphic Designer), the video was posted on June 27th by universitytoronto. A still from the video is shown at left. U of T celebrated its 2011-2012 retirees on June 26th. Vice- President, Human Resources & Equity, Angela Hildyard welcomed the ‘Class of 2011- 2012’ and thanked the group for their commitment and contribution to the University. David Peterson, in one of his last official duties as Chancellor, presented honorees with certificates.

Access the article and the link to a complete list of 2011-2012 retirees at: http://www.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/about-hr-equity/news/news/news2012/co2r.htm.

COMING EVENTS → Friday, September 21, 1:30-3:30pm: Meet The Artist Sewell Russell, Hot Shot Photos art exhibit. All are welcome! Please RSVP online at: http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/arc/events/RSVP_Meet_The_Artist_21sept12.htm → Thursday, October 4, 12noon-2pm: New Retiree Welcome lunch with keynote speaker Jean Edward Smith, John Marshall Professor of Political Science, Marshall University. Invitatio ns will be issued to recently retired faculty, librarians and senior administrators; RSVP will be requested.

IN THIS ISSUE:

MoMA Century of the Child ...... 2 Knox College Summer Program ...... 3 Senior’s Research Project: Call for Participants ...... 3 In Memoriam ...... 4 The Last Harvest: Paintings by Rabindranath Tagore ...... 4 U of T’s Senior College a Model to Emulate ...... 5 Senior College ...... 6 Ontario Regional CURAC Conference Planned...... 7

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MoMA Century of the Child: Growing By Design 1900-2000 July 29–November 5, 2012 The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor

ork in of Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, RCA (Former Dean and Professor at U of T’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design) is W included in the exhibition “Century of the Child” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which opened in July 2012. Pictured above, the nursery school and playground on the “toît terrace” of the Unité´d'Hab ita tio n in was designed by Blanche Lemco van Ginkel in the atelier of LeCorbusier.

About the show MoMA’s ambitious survey of 20th century design for children is the first large-scale overview of the modernist preoccupation with children and childhood as a paradigm for progressive design thinking. The exhibition will bring together areas underrepresented in design history and often considered separately, including school architecture, clothing, playgrounds, toys and games, children’s hospitals and safety equipment, nurseries, furniture, and books.

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Knox College Summer Program Two week-long program sessions featuring two 1-1/2 hour lectures daily are offered. The day begins with a 9:00am lecture followed by a ½ hour break. The second lecture begins at 11:00am. Lunch at 12:30pm is optional.

Program for the week of August 13-17: • The War on Cancer: The Present and Future of Cancer Medicine. Lecturer: Dr. Emma Ito and Fellow Researchers. • Filming Literature. Lecturer Ian Balfour.

Program for the week of August 20-24: • Dante and the Christian Imagination. Lecturer: Domenico Pietropaolo. • Northrop Frye: Einstein of the Verbal Universe. Lecturer: Nicholas Willia m Graham

For more information, contact Eleanor Burke, Coordinator, at 416-946-8425 or 416-978- 4500, email: [email protected].

Register Online at https://www.netdirectories.com/~knox/oler1.cgi

All participants will be provided with a Senior’s Research laptop computer which they may keep Project: Call for when the study is completed providing they attended at least 27 of the 30 Participants sessions. Training will be available for Are You Over 55? Are You those who are not computer friendly. Experienc ing Some Diffic ulty Testing will be carried out prior to the Remembering, Paying Attention, start of the study and repeated at the mid Solving Problems, Thinking Quickly or point and again after completion of the Flexibly? study.

If you can answer YES to any of these Swansea Town Hall questions, you may be interested in 95 Lavinia Ave. being part of a research project which , ON M6S 3H9 may arrest or improve this natural cognitive decline. Roy Hintsa - MBSR mindfulness Dr. Norman Farb - Rotman Research Thirty-four volunteers are needed in 2 Institute testing groups A24 and B10. Group A will meet Doug Nettleton- Canadian Tai Chi Monday, Wednesday and Friday Academy afternoons at Swansea Town Hall from Christopher Mayell - Computers 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. for 10 weeks starting Brain Training - Lumosity October 1, 2012. Included will be tai chi, Coherence - Heart Math mindfulness practice and computer activities. Group B will work If you wish to participate, contact Roy independently at home on computer Hintsa at (905) 851-5853 or activities and a regular walking routine. [email protected].. Groups will be chosen by lottery.

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In Memoriam and Joe had approached McMichael, but due to renovations and an impending July 9, 2012 Trevor Anthony Gray, change of directors, the request had been Associate Professor, Neurologist, turned down. Last December, Joe Founder and Director of the Multiple approached the McMichael again and Sclerosis Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital was able to speak with the new Executive Director, Victoria Dickenson. July 4, 2012 Rodney White, Professor Fortunately, she was aware of the Emeritus, Department of Geography School of the Environment Tagore / Group of Seven connection and with Joe’s help managed something of a Details are posted on the ARC website: miracle in cutting through the http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/arc/In_M bureaucracy and practicalities to bring emoriam.htm. the exhibit up from Chicago.

The Last Harvest: Our Visit Our tour of the exhibit began at Paintings by 11:00am under the guidance of Rabindranath curator Chris Flynn. From his instructive review of the Tagore paintings, we learned that the submitted by Joe title The Last Harvest referred to Whitney the fact that Tagore began his Some Background serious painting when he was n June 21, a already seventy years old and group of some continued until his death at twenty-three eighty, producing over 2,000 O canvases. Many of these Senior College Fellows, friends and associates originated as “doodles” scribbled visited the McMichael in the margins of poems and Gallery at Kleinburg to view paintings other literary works and later by Rabindranath Tagore, the 1913 Nobel transformed into full-scale paintings. Prize winner for Literature.

Kathleen O’Connell, along with her late husband, Joe, were instrumental in persuading the Indian Government to send the exhibition to Canada after it had been shown in Europe, New York and Chicago in commemoration of Tagore’s 150th birthday anniversary. After much negotiation with Santiniketan University (founded by Tagore) and the Indian

Government, it was agreed that the Pike Ruth Gregor, Sandy Indian Ministry of Culture would We also learned of the important sponsor the exhibit in Canada. influence that Tagore had on the Group Another formidable task was to find a of Seven, especially on Fred Varley and venue to display the work in Canada. Lawren Harris who, in attempting to Initially, a few years before, Kathleen incorporate theosophical philosophy into

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1929. Varley’s portrait of Mrs. E (1921) We want to express our deep thanks to was described as an attempt to Kathleen O’Connell for her assistance in incorporate Eastern philosophy into a making our visit possible and for western representation of a woman – in drawing up a very fine programme for fact, Varley’s muse. the day.

After a delightful lunch in SEVEN, the http://mcmichael.com/exhibitions/tagore Gallery’s restaurant, we assembled for a /info.cfm talk by Katerina Atanassova, Chief Curator of the McMichael Gallery and author of F.H. Varley. We were much indebted to Katerina, who had interrupted her research leave in to participate in our visit. She dedicated her presentation to the memory of the late Joseph O’Connell who had worked so tirelessly to bring the Tagore exhibit to McMichael. Katerina elaborated on the “Tagorean” influence on the Group of Seven, and particularly on Fred Varley and his portraits of, and relationship with, Mrs. Some key players at the Tagore E. During the discussion that followed, exhibit opening ceremony valuable comments were added by May 23, 2012 Kathleen O’Connell. L to R: Sangita Gairila, Secretary of the The visit concluded with the showing of Ministry of Culture, Government of India; a documentary film on Tagore by Kathleen O’Connell, ; Victoria Dickenson, Executive Director, Mujibar Rahman with fascinating scenes McMichael Canadian Art Collection. of his childhood and the creation of a

U of T’s Senior College a Model to Emulate

Geoff Whitty, the former director of the University of Institute of Education, commenting in a Times of London “Inside Higher Education” article on a study documenting the aging of the professoriate in the UK, suggests that universities there need to create more “exit routes” for older academics wishing to retire but keen to remain within the academic fold.

He goes on to suggest: “Establishing a “senior college” similar to the one created by the University of Toronto would allow retired academics to retain an “emeritus ” status within an institution and pursue research interests ....”

Read the article at: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/02/study-finds-professoriate-england-aging

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Senior College

FALL 2012 PROGRAM The University of Toronto’s Senior TUESDAY MORNINGS, 10AM-NOON College supports and fosters the THE FACULTY CLUB scholarly, professional and creative • Sept. 25, 2012 Vitamin D: Gateway to activities of retired faculty, librarians Healthy Longevity John David Stewart and senior administrators. Its mission is • Oct. 2, 2012 The First English Detectives: to serve as a beacon for intellectual Policing London Before the Bobbies John exchange, academic and cultural Beattie activities for collegial interaction among • Oct. 9, 2012 Political Obstacles to Making members of the university’s retiree Trial Courts More Effective Carl Baar community. Senior College accepts • Oct. 16, 2012 Writing and Reading membership applications in two (preliminary title) David Olsen categories: (1) Fellow or (2) Registered • Oct. 23, 2012 A Message of Hope: Member. The membership year begins in Biological Approaches to Arresting Global January. Climate Deterioration Rowan Sage • Oct. 30, 2012 Trudeau Transformed: The Senior College currently has about 100 Shaping of a Statesman Max and Monique Fellows and Registered Members and Nemni has just finis hed its third year of weekly • Nov. 6, 2012 How a Contemporary Canadian programs. Please check the websites for Artist Learned to Survive and Thrive in more details: Canada Charles Pachter http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/arc/college.htm • Nov. 13, 2012 From Commodity to National or Emblem: Shifting Stories About the Origins http://sites.google.com/site/seniorcollegecommunications/ of Croissants, Camembert and Champagne David Clandfield A program for the 2012-2013 fall term • Nov. 20, 2012 Post-USA Election Analysis has now been announced. Please note (preliminary title) Larry LeDuc that reminders for each talk will be • Nov. 27, 2012 War Crimes and the Law: The emailed directly to all Senior College Case of Simeon Petliura 1926 Orest Rudzik Fellows and Registered Members, and RSVPs will be requested about a week in advance of the event.

Senior College Encyclopedia (1) Becky Sigmon in conversation The Senior College Encyclopedia / with Frances Burton History group continues to collect memoirs documenting life at the (2) Betty Roots with Bruce Falls Part 1 – Part 2 University of Toronto and is now experimenting with recording peer-based (3) Ken Rea with Ed Safarian “conversations” between pairs of Anyone retirees. These live interviews are added Contribute your ideas! interested in suggesting someone they to the subjects’ Encyclopedia pages. Three have been created to date. Click would like to interview or be interviewed by should contact Sandy on the hyperlink text to open the sound recording. Gregor at [email protected].

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Ontario Regional CURAC

Conference Planned Over the past few months the ARC office has hosted several meetings of a committee planning an Ontario regional CURAC conference. The committee, UNIVERSITY OF chaired by Sandra Pyke of York TORONTO FACULTY University, includes members from Ryerson, the UofT, and the Ontario ASSOCIATION promoting the welfare of community college retiree organizations. current and retired faculty and librarians Three ARC regulars, Doug Creelman, at the University of Toronto, St. Michael’s College, Trinity College, and Victoria University Ken Rea, and Peter Russell serve on the and advancing the interests of teachers, researchers and librarians committee and will also serve as in Canadian universities facilitators at the one-day conference to VISIT US be held at Ryerson's Raymond Chang at www.utfa.org School on October 15. Information about for the latest on salaries · benefits · pensions · the conference is available online at new proposals for an expanded fair bargaining http://www.curacontario.blogspot.ca framework

Doug Creelman’s JOIN US as a retired member for only $50 a year and enjoy: • timely information about important events and developments in the faculty and librarian community • full voting rights at any General Meeting • a chance to represent Retired Members on UTFA Note: Doug will not be in Fridays in Council August, but back on duty in September. 720 Spadina Avenue, Suite 419, Toronto ON M5S 2T9 In addition to the Pension and Benefits tel (416) 978-3351 [email protected] help that the University offers for retirees (http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/arc/Pension _and_Benefits_Help_for_Retirees.htm), RALUT (Retired Academics and Librarians at the University of Toronto) are offering some one-on-one assistance. On Friday mornings, Doug Creelman, Vice-President and former RALUT Benefits Committe e Chair, will be available for helpful, confidential consultation. Come to the Academic Retiree Centre any Friday morning, 9:30 to noon, 256 McCaul Street, just south of College, Suite 412. Or call on a Friday morning (416-978-7553) to talk to Doug.

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Speakers ARC Board of Management Chair: Edith Hillan, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Bureau Academic Life The ARC Speakers Bureau is a branch of the Co-Chair: Peter Russell, University Professor Emeritus, Political Science retiree centre that is dedicated to giving back Tom Alloway, President, RALUT to the community. Interested retirees are asked to please contact ARC to volunteer or for more John Dirks, President and Scientific Director, The Gairdner Foundation; Professor Emeritus of infor matio n. Medicine http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/arc/Speakers.htm

Sara-Jane Finlay, Director, Faculty & Academic Credit Due Life

ARC operates with much community effort and Esme Fuller-Thomson, Professor, cross-appointed support, and gratefully acknowledges with to faculties of Social Work, Medicine and Nursing thanks:  RALUT for stocking the kitchen with coffee, Robin Healey, Librarian Emeritus, University of Toronto Library tea, sugar and milk on an ongoing basis.

Scott Prudham, President, University of Toronto About the Academic Faculty Association

Retiree Centre TBA x 2

ARC has comfortable Staff Pat Doherty, Administrator study carrels, secure lockers, Volunteers Henry Auster, Douglas Creelman, Cam Easto, Alexander Ma, and a lounge John David Stew art, Julia Yu-ying Su, Veronica Tagle, Mar y with kitchenette. Vohryzek, Silvia Wang, Peter Fanxun Zeng, Helena Yan Zheng. It’s a friendly and comfortable ARCNews Submissions space created for To submit items for publication in ARCNew s, forward to Pat Doherty, editor, at [email protected]. UofT retired academics, librarians, and senior ARCNew s is issued bimonthly: administrators. The Centre is open from 9am to • October 4pm daily with assistance from volunteers and • December Work-Study students. All are welcome to drop in • February • April any week day. Keep in touch by subscribing to • June the ARC listser v! Email • August [email protected] to request to be All issues of ARCNew s are available online at subscribed. http://www.faculty.utoronto.ca/arc.

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