trinityTRINITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE spring 2014
remembering the great war
Plus: Reunion 2014 • Introducing our new Provost provost’smessage
A season of change Honouring the past and looking boldly to the future
It is spring (at last!) at Trinity. Just the other day I was heart- Rather than writing multiple-choice exams, these students ened to find a snowdrop in my garden. By the time you read this will be nurtured and coached to develop not only their critical the campus will be in full bud and bloom. thinking but the writing that will help them to communicate This spring brings with it exciting changes for the College. We those thoughts. Creative writing may seem a counterintuitive recently announced that Mayo Moran, Dean of the Faculty of Law, skill for a scientist, but it is an essential one. The world will lis- will become Trinity’s 15th Provost. Dean Moran and I are already ten to those scientists who lead not only in their research, but working together to ensure a smooth transition for everyone, and I who can convey that research through persuasive argument. am utterly confident that Trinity will be in good hands. As with the existing Trinity One streams, we will be bringing in Our new Provost will be supported by a team of some of the today’s leading thinkers on the sciences side, in some cases, build- finest educators and administrators I’ve had the honour to work ing bridges across streams in areas of common interest — global health, for example — and helping us to turn out the well-rounded Trinity graduates who will truly make a dif- “It is difficult to convey how exciting it is to see ference in the world. I will be teaching a second-year the Trinity One science programs come to life.” course to this new cohort of Trinity One students in fall 2015. But before that, I’ll be taking a long-overdue with. My heartfelt thanks go to each member of the Trinity sabbatical to reconnect with my immunological research roots, team who has made my time as Interim Provost such a pleasure. spending four months in Cambridge, U.K., four months in Mel- For my part, I am proud to have played a part in many initia- bourne, Australia, and four months in Sao Paolo, Brazil. My tives during my tenure in the provost’s office. Chief among them wife and I are calling it “our year without snow.” is the successful launch of the Bill Graham Centre for Contem- I will be sorry to miss the First World War commemorative porary International History (BGCCIH). The Centre has already event being held in July by the BGCCIH at Varsity Stadium. proven itself to be a vital link between Trinity and U of T, particu- My own family, like yours, was touched by the events of 1914. larly for our International Relations program, and the calibre of My grandfather, Jack Cook, was one of the first members of the speakers and the depth of conversations that are happening at the Royal Flying Corps (the predecessor of the Royal Air Force). He BGCCIH are rightfully gaining global attention. enlisted in Scotland at the age of 15 by changing his birthdate.
I am perhaps most excited about the launch this September of We, along with the rest of the Trinity family, remember his con- A ndy K i ng P h otog r a ph y: our Trinity One science streams. When I was recruited as Trin- tributions, and those of so many others. ity’s Dean of Arts, I noted what to me was a significant gap in Until September 2015, all my best. our programming. After two years of planning, it is difficult to convey how thrilling it is to see the science programs come to life. Rather than sitting in typical first-year classes of 1,500 stu- dents, 50 science students (who will be chosen from the more than 200 applicants to the program so far) will have the oppor- tunity to work one-on-one with their professors, in one of two Dr. Michael Ratcliffe streams: biomedical health, and health science and society. Interim Provost
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Features 8 Up close & personal Authors Michael Ignatieff and 18 Graeme Smith visit Trinity One By John Duncan 12 T he next chapter Mayo Moran to be Trinity’s 15th Provost By Jennifer Matthews
14 R eunion 2014 Reminiscing and investing in the College’s future By Cynthia Macdonald
18 Trinity remembers Looking back as we mark the 100th anniversary of the start of The Great War By Haley Cullingham
Armistice Day, November 11, 1918: When word reached the Trinity campus that The Great War was over, students rented this truck and drove all over Toronto in celebration.
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4 Nota bene Dispatches from campus ph oto c ou r 26 Alumni at large
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spring 2014 3 notabene dispatches from Campus
R2P Remembers Rwandan Genocide
The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (BGCCIH) in gal i - Rwanda. conjunction with The Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (CCR2P) and Trinity’s International Relations program, marked the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide this spring with a campaign, “From the Rwandan Genocide to the Responsibility to Protect: Journey of Lessons Learned.” The campaign began with a full-day conference on March 29 featuring keynote speaker Dr. Jennifer Welsh, the UN Secretary-General’s representa- tive on R2P. Other highlights included a student panel discussion with Dr. Madeleine Albright (former U.S. Secretary of State) and Dr. Lloyd Axworthy (former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada), a film festival titled “Eyes on Genocide,” a publication project with the Canadian International Councils’ Opencanada.org called “Canadian Voices on R2P,” and an educational pro- gram that involved outreach to 10 high schools in the Greater Toronto Area. The CCR2P is a non-profit organization focused on research, scholarship and political promotion of the R2P principle (which refers to the responsibility of the international community to protect the people of sovereign states from genocide or other mass tragedies when their own government is unwilling or unable to do so). Based at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, which also jointly hosts the BGCCIH, the Centre’s focus is contem- porary international history and engaging undergraduates in the International Relations program through lectures, visiting professors, workshops and confer-
y: A da m Jones, P h . D , otog r a ph s of G eno ci de Vic t im - Me o ri al Cente K i P h otog r a ph y: ences. Tina Jiwon Park ’09 is the Centre’s executive director.
Patrick Quinton-Brown receives John H. Moss Scholarship Fourth-year Trinity Inter- versity and eventually work for an organi- “We have a responsibility as the next national Relations student zation such as the United Nations or as a generation of scholars and activists and Patrick Quinton-Brown consultant for public sector agencies. commentators and writers. A lot of us was recently awarded the “If we are to uphold our promise to want to become foreign-service officers 2014 John H. Moss Schol- never again stand by in the face of mass and I suppose R2P is going to be one of arship in recognition of his achievement murder in the form of genocide, then our tasks in the future.” as an outstanding student leader. we must think seriously about the future The John H. Moss Scholarship, Quinton-Brown, co-founder and presi- of sovereignty and intervention,” says which is now classified as an Award dent of both the Student Voice Initiative Quinton-Brown. “With the support of of Excellence, was first awarded to a an Wicki a m and Syria Watch, has also been president the Moss Scholarship, I hope to invest my student in 1921 and recognizes of the International Relations Society. In greatest energies in doing exactly that.” academic achievement, community the future, he hopes to complete an MPhil As a panelist at the Albright R2P lecture involvement and overall enhancement y: V P h otog r a ph y: in International Relations at Oxford Uni- (see story above), Quinton-Brown said, of the student experience.
4 trinity alumni magazine In Memoriam: Archbishop Alumni Visits Over the winter months, alumni in John Charles Bothwell Vancouver and Ottawa were reunit- ed at events in January and March, Archbishop John Charles Bothwell, eighth bishop of Niagara, 13th Metropolitan respectively, hosted by members of (Archbishop) of Ontario, and 10th Chancellor of Trinity College, died January 28 in the Trinity Alumni Office. Burlington, Ont., at the age of 87. “In both cases, it was wonderful Born in Toronto, Archbishop Bothwell graduated in Arts and Divinity at Trinity to catch up with our ‘out-of-town’ College (BA ’48, Div ’50) and was ordained deacon (1951) and priest (1952) in the friends and share updates on life diocese of Toronto. After a curacy at St. James Cathedral, Toronto, and an appoint- at the College, upcoming projects ment as assistant priest at Christ Church and student successes,” says Alana Cathedral in Vancouver, he served suc- Silverman, Executive Director of cessively as rector of St. Aiden’s Church Development and Alumni Affairs at in Oakville, Ont., rector of St. James in Trinity. “Keep an eye on the website Dundas, Ont., and Canon Missioner of the for more events in the coming year.” diocese of Niagara, where he acquired a reputation for innovative leadership. That reputation continued with his appointment in 1969 as national director Murder in the Cathedral of programme of the Anglican Church of In February, the Trinity College Canada, based in the national office in Dramatic Society presented T.S Toronto. He was consecrated coadjutor Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral in bishop of Niagara in 1971 and installed the Trinity College Chapel. The play as diocesan bishop in 1973 and metropolitan (with the title of Archbishop of Niagara) was first performed at the College in 1985. He received honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from Trinity in 1972 and in 1959 and then again in 1990. Wycliffe and Huron Colleges in 1989. Murder in the Cathedral tells the Upon his retirement from the active episcopate in 1991, Archbishop Bothwell story of Saint Thomas Becket. Set was appointed Chancellor of Trinity College, a position he held for 12 years until his in Canterbury in 1170, the produc- resignation in 2003. He continued to serve as a volunteer with many organizations, tion featured a stunning set and a including the Hamilton Social Planning and Research Council, the United Way, the remarkable choir enhanced by the YWCA and the Hamilton Community Foundation. chapel’s excellent acoustics. Archbishop Bothwell made a mark on the diocese of Niagara and the Anglican Making his directing debut this Church of Canada as an innovative risk-taker with a deep commitment to social jus- year was third-year Trinity student tice, the ministry of laity and ordained women, liturgical and institutional change, and Thomas Slabon, who credits a engagement with the world. This clerical and episcopal response to the 1960s caused creative and dedicated production some to regard him as an enemy of tradition, a disapproval that he bore with equa- team and cast for the success of this nimity. The Canadian Church, the Anglican Communion and Trinity College were the year’s performance. better and more creative for his ministry. Subsequent developments in the Anglican “I don’t think I’ve ever felt Church of Canada owe much to the foundation that Archbishop Bothwell laid. prouder than I did on opening He is survived by Jean, his wife of 62 years; daughters Anne and Nancy; sons night,” he says. “The cast and crew Michael, Tim and Douglas; brother William (BA ’44, DD Hon. ’63) and their families. were phenomenal — and that night, His funeral took place at Christ’s Church Cathedral, Hamilton, on February 3. Trinity I realized that together we had cre- College was represented by the Dean of Divinity and other Divinity faculty members. ated something beautiful.”
spring 2014 5 notabene Dispatches from campus
McBride-Haley Aga Khan awarded Lectureship Dr. Walter Deller has been appointed Honorary Degree Trinity’s first-ever McBride-Haley Lecturer in Church Management, At a special convocation on November 25, Trinity awarded His Highness Prince effective July 1. The lectureship Karim Aga Khan an honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Letters. The convoca- was funded by The Hon. Donna tion was presided over by Chancellor The Hon. William C. Graham ’61 and was Haley ’51, a Trinity graduate and attended by some of the most distinguished members of the Trinity community, long-time friend of the College. including Interim Provost and Vice-Chancellor Michael Ratcliffe, former Provost “The Lectureship in Church Man- Andy Orchard and Archbishop Colin Johnson (MDiv ’77). agement will fill a gap in theologi- The Aga Khan became Imam (spiritual leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims in cal education and will enhance the 1957 at the age of 20, succeeding his grandfather as the 49th hereditary Imam. ability of ministers to manage matters He is chair and founder of the Aga Khan Development Network, which unites various in their own congregations,” says development agencies, institutions and programs in helping people in impoverished David Neelands (’65, MDiv ’78, DTh regions of Asia and Africa. ’88), Dean of the Faculty of Divinity. This honorary doctorate recognizes the Aga Khan’s significant contribution to “Management is important, congre- the improvement of health, education and self-reliance (regardless of faith, origin gations are important, and Dr. Deller or gender), especially in the lives of millions of people in developing countries. is well-qualified in both areas.” His Highness became From 2001 to 2008, Dr. Deller an honorary Canadian served as the principal, vice-chan- citizen in 2010 and was cellor and professor of Old Testa- responsible for establish- ment and Congregational Life at the ing the Global Centre College of Emmanuel & St. Chad in for Pluralism in Ottawa Saskatoon. Prior to that, he spent 10 (in partnership with the years at the Diocese of Toronto as Government of Canada), coordinator of the Logos Institute and the Ismaili Centre in Van- later, director of Program Resources. couver, and the upcom- Dr. Deller holds a Masters of Di- ing Ismaili Centre, Aga vinity (’82), Doctor of Theology (’89) Khan Museum and their and an Honorary Doctor of Divin- Park in Toronto. ity (’10) from Trinity. He recently The Right Honour- completed the manuscript of a book, able Adrienne Clarkson Death and Life in the Wilderness: A ’60, who has known and Theological Exploration of Congrega- worked with the Aga Khan for many years, addressed the convocation, saying, “I tional Life and Leadership, and will feel that all Trinity graduates will be delighted that he is accepting this honour to hold the McBride-Haley lectureship acknowledge the work he is doing in Canada and internationally.” for the next two years. But Neelands Chancellor Graham also addressed the crowd, noting the value of diversity. says the impact of the endowment “Trinity College’s Divinity faculty graduates priests in the Anglican tradition. This will be boundless: “Donna Haley’s honorary degree, granted to the Aga Khan in the presence of the Archbishop of gift will allow us to do something of Toronto, symbolizes the importance of interfaith dialogue that is a cornerstone of our benefit for Anglican ministers for faiths,” he said. “No one has done more to further the cause of diversity, inclusion years to come.” and sharing than this remarkable leader and human being.”
6 trinity alumni magazine Honorary Degree for Frederic (Eric) Jackman
Distinguished Trinity alumnus Frederic (Eric) Jackman was awarded a degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa by the University of Toronto during the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education convocation on June 20, 2013. Jackman earned a BA in Economics from Trinity in 1957, and an MA in Psychol- ogy, graduating from the University of Toronto in 1962. After successfully obtaining his Ph.D from the University of Chicago in human development and psychology, he went on to win a myriad of awards for his work in clinical psychology in the United States and Canada. Currently, Jackman is president of Invicta Investments ULC and chair of the Trinity Cabaret Jackman Foundation. He is also the founding chair and a trustee of The Psychol- On February 1, alumni, students, ogy Foundation of Canada and the founder of the Canadian Journalism Foundation. friends and family came together Formerly, Jackman served as the chancellor of the for a gourmet dinner and a rich University of Windsor and the president of the Art Gal- variety of performances in Seeley lery of Ontario. Hall. Guests at this year’s Cabaret In 2010, Jackman made a $5-million donation, the enjoyed their meals while listen- largest gift in Canadian history in support of research for ing to a house band. Toward the early child development, to the University of Toronto’s end of the meal there was a special Institute of Child Study (which is now known as the Dr. surprise — a fashion show featur- Eric Jackman Institute for Child Study at OISE). Estab- ing Trinity students modelling lished in 1997, the Jackman Scholarships in Psychology, vintage College apparel, curated by which support both a scholarship and a graduation award, were the first awards at Trin- Trinity’s Rolph-Bell Archivist Sylvia ity College designated specifically for students studying science. Lassam. Guests were then treated During the convocation, Dr. Jackman offered graduates three life lessons, to inspiring musical performances telling them that travel is an education in itself, that they should follow their organized by student Sebastian fascinations, and that life consists of exchanging time for experience. “Education Sallans and highlighting a variety changes how you view the world,” says Dr. Jackman. “What you learn and remem- of musical talents, including vocal, ber are with you for your lifetime.” guitar and piano selections.
Arthur Lampman poetry reading Trinity’s 15th annual Archibald Lamp- Trinity alumni such as Maureen Scott Hodder Fellowship at Princeton and the man Poetry Reading took place on Janu- Harris ’67, John Allemang ’74, and Diana Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford. ary 21. The series was first established Fitzgerald Bryden ’84. This year’s distin- His poems have appeared in numerous in 1999 by the John W. Graham Library guished poet is James Arthur ’98. publications: The Fiddlehead, The New to commemorate 1882 Trinity graduate The son of Professor James Arthur ’66, Yorker and The New Republic. His first Archibald Lampman, Trinity’s first major Fellow of Trinity College, Arthur has volume of poetry, Charms Against poet. In the past, the Lampman reading earned countless fellowships and awards Lightning, was published in 2012 by has been given by esteemed poets and throughout his career, including the Canyon press.
spring 2014 7 up close personal
Authors Michael Ignatieff and Graeme Smith visit Trinity One
by John Duncan
Michael Ignatieff and Graeme Smith visited the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One program on separate occasions during the 2013-14 academic year to discuss their new books, both published by Random House in late 2013. Each author addressed the Trinity One community over lunch in the Combination Room. After- ward, they were interviewed by Trinity One Interim Director John Duncan.
Michael Ignatieff is a prominent broadcaster, author, academic, and former leader of the Liberal Party and the Official Oppo- sition. Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics recounts his run for the office of prime minister between 2005 and 2011. con’t on page 9
Graeme Smith covered Afghanistan for the Globe and Mail, spending more time in southern Afghanistan than any other Western journalist between 2005 and 2011. He won the 2013 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust non-fiction award for The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War In Afghanistan. con’t on page 10
8 trinity alumni magazine John Duncan: As a successful Harvard academic you had an impact, for example in the development of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, an emerging international norm designed to stop mass atrocities. You left that to enter Canadian politics, and toward the end of your book you say that political life can drive intellectual curiosity out of your system. Is there some kind of incommensurability between academic ideas and politics? Michael Ignatieff: Ideas are immensely important in politics: to differentiate yourself from the competition, to define yourself as a political actor and to inspire your followers. I had a few ideas in politics: the idea that we should recognize the national identity of Quebeckers, the idea that we should eliminate all remaining obsta- cles to postsecondary education (‘if you get the grades you get to go’), the idea of a national home-care payment to ensure that fami- lies aren’t crushed by the burden of looking after loved ones; and quite a few more—but these were policy ideas, not academic ideas. A politician’s job is to translate good ideas into effective ones, and I don’t think there’s any incommensurability between aca- demic and political thinking in principle: The issue is to create par- ties smart enough and open enough to welcome academic ideas. JD: The book portrays challenges unique to the political arena, for which the study of politics is insufficient preparation, including how to navigate the tug of war between authenticity and dissimulation. MI: Yes, studies of great politicians—Roosevelt, Lincoln, Lau- rier—show that concealing your hand is essential to successful political strategy, yet too much dissimulation erodes the trust “The greatest hope for a more you need in order to win power and govern successfully. Every politician has to navigate that fine line. But nothing in my edu- civil politics lies in the next cation prepared me for the adversarial character of politics or generation, in their for the need to become strategic and armoured. There are some things—politics for example—that can be learned, but they refusal to play the old games can’t be taught. JD: Amid the dissimulation, the public apathy, the attack ads, the and in their capacity to data monkeys, and the dumpster bills you describe, where do you see the greatest possibilities for a more civil politics in Canada? imagine a better politics MI: I wanted to write a book that would inspire young people to go into politics while at the same time showing them exactly than we’ve seen.” t what it feels like. The two purposes are in some tension: you have – Michael Ignatieff to have ideals if you’re going into politics and you have to be extremely realistic. The greatest hope for a more civil politics lies r t h a S tewa in the next generation, in their refusal to play the old games and the ring, a politics that fights fair and abides by results even when in their capacity to imagine a better politics. I mean a politics that they go against you, above all a politics willing to listen and engage works from the recognition of the distinction between enemies with those we disagree with, a politics that brings into the arena, y: Ma r P h otog r a ph y: and adversaries, and that accepts the right of opponents to be in finally, those who are disenchanted, disillusioned or excluded.
About the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One program
Since 2005, the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One program has offered intimate, discussion-based classes. Its five distinct streams—Public Policy, Ethics, International Relations, Biomedical Health, and Health Science and Society—are supplemented by generous endowments that support both co-curricular events such as the Ignatieff and Smith visits, and the Raymond Pryke Chair, an academic appointment dedicated to the program.
spring 2014 9 overwhelmed by memory and the task of condensing the awful chaos into book chapters. What you get is a collection of stories that, hopefully, provide an intuitive sense of that strange time when NATO, the greatest military alliance in history, screwed up its biggest mission outside of its own territory. JD: An arc of the book runs from untutored hopes to an experi- ence-based skepticism. What is your sense of learning curves in the intervention? GS: Afghanistan made me deeply interested in the various ways the international community learns — or, more often, fails to learn. You had this collection of multilateral agencies, donor countries, military organizations, intelligence groups, private actors — the whole circus — failing to think clearly about what was happening. Information did not percolate from the ground up to the deci- sion-makers; major organizations failed to reach consensus about basic facts. As we speak, more than a dozen years into the interven- tion, the Pentagon and the UN have published divergent assess- ments of the 2013 fighting season. The Pentagon says fighting cooled down, and the UN says it heated up. These should not be matters of debate. We should be able to count how many things go ‘bang,’ how many explosions, assassinations, attacks. Personally, after extensive field research in 2013, I’m convinced the Pentagon is wrong. This war is escalating. You can label me a skeptic, but I would suggest that such labels also represent shoddy thinking. “Canadians need to know Should we be optimistic about the Afghan forces’ ability to stand on their own, and pull out all the international troops? Should we that their soldiers, diplomats, be pessimistic about corruption in the Government and cut off and other personnel worked the supply of aid funding? I’d say ‘no’ to both questions. This false dichotomy between optimism and pessimism, between pro- and very hard in Afghanistan anti-war camps, has clouded our ability to figure out what’s best for Afghanistan. We need to be clear in our understanding that the and did their best to salvage situation has gotten worse in the last several years and think about ways of mitigating the problems. a good outcome from JD: What is the most important thing you would tell Canadians about Afghanistan? a difficult situation ... GS: Canadians need to know that their soldiers, and other per- we gave it everything.” sonnel generally worked very hard in Afghanistan and did their best to salvage a good outcome from a difficult situation. That’s – Graeme Smith part of why the whole thing is so heartbreaking. Blood, sweat, tears, millions of dollars — we gave it everything. JD: Why did you leave the Globe and Mail, and what is it like to John Duncan: Your book is a moving collection of stories about work for the International Crisis Group in Afghanistan? events in Afghanistan that gives readers an intimate view of a GS: I quit my dream job with a great newspaper because I distant and complex struggle. How did you select and document wanted a front-row seat as Afghanistan went through the troop events, and craft the stories? withdrawals of 2014. I was offered a job in Kabul and I leaped Graeme Smith: You give me too much credit with the delicate at the opportunity. I’m still a writer, except now my writing has phrase, ‘select and document events,’ because in reality I spent footnotes, which, surprisingly, are fun. Wouldn’t it be great if a few years in southern Afghanistan as a journalist, recording newspapers had footnotes? audio: interviews, conversations, sometimes whole days of battle. Life in the wealthy heart of Kabul remains mostly safe—a Then I sat down in cafés from Toronto to Delhi, plugged in my world apart from the rest of Afghanistan. My girlfriend and I take
headphones, and leafed through my stacks of notebooks. Some- yoga and salsa classes. I like to cook, which makes up for the lack Jeong May P h otog r a ph y: times I sat there and stared into space with glassy eyes, completely of great restaurants.
10 trinity alumni magazine “There are so many ways to give back to Trinity, and every little bit helps. For me, giving to the Trinity Fund might mean forgoing a few trips to Starbucks or a dinner out each month, but I like the idea that I’m helping the College provide the same opportunities for other students.”
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Mayo Moran to be Trinity’s 15th Provost
By Jennifer Matthews
Starting July 1, there will be new faces in the Provost’s Lodge. students, and publishes extensively. Since 2007, she has chaired Following an exhaustive international search and a unanimous the Independent Assessment Process Oversight Committee that vote of the Trinity College Board of Trustees, Professor Mayo assists in the implementation of the Indian Residential Schools Moran was appointed the 15th Provost Agreement. In 2013, she was appointed of Trinity College on February 24. to lead a review of Ontario’s Accessibility Moran, formerly Dean of U of T’s Fac- for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, which ulty of Law, will take the next step in what includes public consultations through- has been an impressive career when she out the spring. She has already begun becomes Trinity’s Provost. working closely with Interim Provost Dr. Moran joined the U of T Law faculty in Michael Ratcliffe (who will return to his 1995, becoming Dean in 2006. As Dean, role as Trinity’s Dean of Arts in 2015 fol- she led the redesign of many aspects of lowing a one-year sabbatical) to ensure a the Law program, from recruitment and smooth transition of leadership. admissions to curriculum and wellness Life is full to overflowing at the programs, all with the goal of enhancing moment, acknowledges Moran, but one the student experience. In the process, gets the distinct impression that that’s U of T Law has gained international rec- exactly the way she likes it. Next up: A ognition as one of the world’s five best law hiatus (she hasn’t taken time off in several schools (BrainTrack). years) to recharge, travel, write and muse Under Moran’s leadership, the Faculty about the class she will teach in addition to of Law has created many new programs leading the College. “I love the freshness and centres, including the David Asper Energetic and excitement of students,” she says. Centre for Constitutional Rights (the only and engaging, And come July 1, Moran and her family Canadian Centre that brings constitu- — partner Stuart, teenaged son Aidan and tional law research, policy, advocacy and Moran is equally 10-year-old dachshund Alfie (“I don’t know teaching together under one roof), the how he’ll manage the stairs, but he’s pretty Centre for the Legal Profession, the Inter- popular with students, spry!” she quips) will settle in to the Pro- nationally Trained Lawyers Program and alumni and faculty. vost’s Lodge on the Trinity campus to begin a new professional Masters program, the her next chapter — and Trinity’s. Global Professional Masters in Law. It will be a new experience living on Energetic and engaging, Moran is campus, says Moran, but one that makes equally popular with students, alumni and faculty. Those strong sense: “As Trinity’s next Provost, I feel that my work and my pri- relationships led to Moran’s successful leadership of a $53-mil- vate life will be closely connected,” she says, “and I’m looking for- lion campaign that included the design and construction of a ward to the short walk to the office!” new building (the Jackman Law Building) for the Faculty of Law, which broke ground in 2013. “I’m glad I’ll be close by so I Stay tuned to our Fall 2014 issue for an in-depth conversation with can see that project come to completion,” she says with a smile. our new Provost. Do you have questions you’d like to see answered y: ANDY K i ng P h otog r a ph y: Moran teaches private and public law, supervises graduate in the interview? Send them to [email protected]!
spring 2014 13 reunion2014 Trinity alumni gather to remember war, hippies, and time-honoured Trin traditions
By Cynthia Macdonald
Class reunions are wonderful, extended parties: They present a “I was the editor of The Review one year. I don’t think I was a chance for alumni to reunite with old friends with whom they once terribly good one,” she says with a laugh, “but I wouldn’t have dined in gowns, attended their first black tie balls and navigated the done it if some of the men on the committee hadn’t joined up sun-dappled footpaths of the Quad. At Trinity, this year’s Spring and left. That occurred in a lot of cases — I even found myself Reunion (which takes place from May 30 to June 1) promises to be representing Trinity in skiing! Well I did ski, but I wasn’t really especially festive, as hundreds revisit the university to share memo- an athletic type.” ries of a beloved place that, in some ways, hasn’t changed at all. Twenty years later, the times were changing entirely. Janet The honoured years this time around all end in 4 or 9. And Hunter, now an artist in Toronto, remembers the Trinity of 1964 while the Trinity of 1944 bears some resemblance to the school as a ground-breaking era. “We of the early ’60s began to break of today, the graduates being celebrated have collectively wit- down rigid social barriers with regard to religion in particular, nessed extraordinary changes, both on campus and beyond. and in some instances race,” she recalls. But Toronto then was Perhaps most importantly, reunions provide a space to share not yet a progressive and accepting environment. “A few of us memories — and the memories of these grads testify to a dizzy- experienced this when we dated across the colour barrier and ing pace of change over the course of this century and the one were refused service in Yorkville coffee houses and restaurants.” that preceded it. Indeed, speaking with them is a bit like turning But 50 years ago, Trinity was still an exciting place to be, the pages of a fascinating history book. Hunter affirms: Even though the “feminist wave” had not quite Penny Welch and the small group of her classmates she antici- hit yet, a revolution in social mores seemed to be on the hori- pates will attend (“at our age, there may not be more than half zon. Initially dismayed that she had to take a compulsory course a dozen of us”) graduated 70 years ago. At the time, the Second in Religious Knowledge, Hunter was pleasantly surprised at the World War was raging overseas; the relative shortage of men on program’s unusual sensitivity and fairness to all religions. It was campus provided fine art student Welch and her fellow female “a powerful opening up of the mind,” she says, and “went a long students with opportunities they might not have had otherwise. way toward influencing us in life choices.”
14 trinity alumni magazine M.M. Kirkwood, Principal of St. Hilda’s from 1936 to 1959 and Dean of Women during some of that period, known for her ever-watchful eye. “She couldn’t understand why we stayed outside, parked in cars, when we would be so much better off asleep in our beds,” laughs Penny Welch ’44. This portrait was painted by Charles Comfort, a well-known artist and occasional guest at Trinity’s well-known formal dinners during the 1940s.
Ten years on, “it was the end of the swinging ’60s and the beginning of the more sober ’70s,” says Ann Wilton, now a lawyer in Toronto. She recalls her class as exemplifying more old-fashioned values than some others who had graduated in the interim. “The emphasis on Trinity alumnus ‘consciousness raising,’ a form of political activism touted by students just a year or two ahead of us, was not readily accepted by our year,” Norm Fraser one that held a “more conservative and insular outlook,” she recalls. raises the bar In fact, the Trinity graduates of 1974 did mount one interest- ing protest of note. “One of the biggest issues at the university was for classmates undergraduate access to Fort Book [Robarts Library], which origi- nally was planned as a graduate students’ library only. Imagine stu- Spring Reunion 2014 may be just around dents fighting to get into a library!” Wilton exclaims. “Happily, the the corner, but one generous alumnus is undergraduate students, many from Trinity, won.” looking to the future – next year, when he You might not think that Katie Noble, who graduated a mere five and his classmates of 1965 celebrate the years ago, would be nearly as historically minded as fellow alumni 50th anniversary of their graduation. who have been around longer. But that isn’t so. The Toronto busi- To honour this milestone event, retired ness development consultant says that for the class of ’09 history Toronto investment banker Norman Fra- — and rituals — really defined Trinity. This year, they want to com- ser has made a special gesture. “I feel memorate that. that reunions are a wonderful time for “For our reunion, we’ve been inspired by Trinity traditions,” people to think back about great expe- some of which have regrettably fallen by the wayside, she says. riences at the College,” he says. “And y: Ari stea R i za k os P h otog r a ph y: From the Lit debates to Conversat to student politics or putting up hopefully to translate that into financial Reunion 2014 con’t Norm Fraser con’t a volleyball net in the Quad — this is the Trinity Noble and her cohorts gifts to the College to sustain it going for- remember. “I know university is about getting a proper undergrad ward. I’ll match whatever my classmates degree,” she remarks with a laugh, “but a lot of us went to Trinity to give, up to $50,000.” experience life outside the classroom too.” The recipient of a 2010 Arbor Award, Spring Reunion is also a time to remember Trinity grads who couldn’t Fraser has long been a significant volun- attend, but whose fond memories resonate with their contemporaries teer in the Trinity community. In addition nonetheless. Evenings at the Provost’s Lodge often evoke special recol- to serving as a member of the Trinity Cor- lections for many — Noble says the time she and her classmates spent poration for more than 25 years, he was casually shooting the breeze in the company of Andy Orchard was illu- a central contributor to two very impor- minating. For Penny Welch, formal dinners at Trinity in the 1940s were tant fundraising campaigns — Spirit of something more: a chance to learn social graces (under the stern, watchful Leadership in the 1990s, and Strength to eye of St. Hilda’s Principal Mossie May Kirkwood), while meeting notable Strength, which ended in December 2009. people of the time. His professional background in private sec- tor financial management proved to be dis- tinctly helpful: “I came to the party with The memories of these a little more experience than many folks, because I did this every week.” grads testify to a dizzying The first campaign was an exciting chal- lenge, he says: “We were doing some pretty pace of change over the unexciting things like having to comply with safety codes. That can be difficult to raise course of this century and money for, because there’s no glamour in it ... filling the cracks in broken cement isn’t the one that preceded it. nearly as glamorous as setting up an inter- national studies program. But it all needs to be done, and unrestricted gifts can be very “I can remember sitting beside Sir Ernest MacMillan [then conductor useful to the College.” of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra] at one dinner,” she says, adding that For Fraser — a Vancouver Island native Canadian painter Charles Comfort came to another. “We were taught who confesses to having been “over- how to speak to them,” she says, likening the St. Hilda’s of the day to a whelmed” by the campus when he first finishing school, in some respects. “Speak to the diner on your left and arrived as a young commerce student — the diner on your right — it was very useful in later life, if you had any Spring Reunion 2015 promises to be the position in society.” most special of all the others he’s had the Of course, dinner (and lunch) parties are always a big part of any pleasure of attending. The sharing of great reunion plan. In this respect, alumni invariably enjoy going back to trea- memories, such as watching the Beatles’ sured old haunts of the day, often situated slightly off campus. first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show Ann Wilton and her group will be kicking off their reunion weekend in the lodge of the (“rather dour and cere- with a gathering at Yorkville’s Pilot Tavern on May 30. On that night, Janet bral”) Provost are, in his mind, the week- Hunter’s class of ’64 will enjoy a dinner and Gold Spoons ceremony at end’s very essence. He hopes fellow alumni Strachan Hall. Katie Noble’s gang will be repairing to Supermarket on feel the same way. Augusta Street, with dim sum on Sunday. For Penny Welch’s group, activ- “Fairly early, I recognized that we stu- ity will be more minimal — a ceremony at Convocation Hall, followed by dents of the day were standing on the a luncheon on May 30, with both Interim Provost Dr. Michael Ratcliffe shoulders of past students and staff who and Incoming Provost Mayo Moran in attendance. had worked together to create the institu- There will be other reunion gatherings as well, such as the annual gar- tion that we were privileged to attend. That den party, and a martini night at the Provost’s Lodge for young alumni. feeling continues to this day, and it’s what Whatever the events, they will take on the character of the special people, motivates me to support the College.” and the remarkable times, that shaped them. Not to mention that of the school where it all started. “I have peers who have gone to university elsewhere, and there’s noth- ing quite like Trinity,” Katie Noble says, noting that her father, Gerry ’81, is also an alumnus. “It’s a very special place.”
16 trinity alumni magazine g a l l l l i n g r a C a d s Reunion is coming! Mark your calendar now and plan to attend Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1, 2014
Honoured years end in 4 and 9, but ALL alumni are welcome. The weekend of celebration will include:
• Year parties organized by class members • St. Hilda’s Alumnae Luncheon with guest speaker • The Great Garden Party • Library and Archives displays • Evensong in the Chapel • A luncheon for our most senior grads • Come Back to the Classroom lecture • Cocktails with the Provost for ’04 and ’09 • Alumni Association annual meeting
Keep checking the Trinity website for the most up-to-date list of events: www.trinity.utoronto.ca. For information or to volunteer, contact Julia Paris: 416-978-2707; [email protected]
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Margaret & John Catto, John B. Lawson, Gordon Watson, George Fierheller and Jack Whiteside remembers In August 2014, the world will mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. It was a war that would trigger unimaginable losses and unprecedented social change. The world – and Trinity College — would never be the same. A century later, Trinity students, alumni, faculty and staff are helping to ensure, in myriad ways, that the legacy of The Great War is one of respect, understanding and learning what history has to teach us.
By Haley Cullingham Illustration by Katy lemay
Ethel Ridley ’95 (centre) leaving Buckingham Palace in 1919 after her investiture as a Commander, Order of the British Empire. All photos courtesy of Trinity College Archives.
spring 2014 19 “The testimonials to Wilkins (back row, far left) and Matheson (third row, third from right) by their peers are among the most heart-wrenching tributes paid in The Review to Trinity’s war dead,” says Trinity’s Rolph-Bell Archivist Sylvia Lassam. “They are described in the most achingly eloquent way as the brightest and best, princes among men. One was to become a doctor, the other a lawyer, and their lives were cut short in the last few months of the war.”
A changing campus received military honours. All those who were fortunate enough Reginald Prinsep Wilkins and Gordon McMichael Matheson met to return were forever changed. in their freshman year at Trinity. They played football together, “For many veterans, the war was a paradoxical experience,” and were members of the Glee Club. But both were eager to says Jack Cunningham, program coordinator of The Bill Gra- enlist, and in 1916, they started their training together as officers ham Centre for Contemporary International History. “It was in the same battalion. In the summer of 1917, they were deployed characterized by fear, danger and discomfort, but it was also the to France. It was here that their lives would, unpredictably and most intense experience of their lives, and with profound bonds inalterably, diverge. Members of different companies, they were emerging among those who shared it.” sent their separate ways. Matheson fell on August 11, 1917, and Wilkins on September 27 of the same year. Women at home and on the front lines Wilkins’ and Matheson’s photos would later appear in the By the third year of the war and for the first time in Trinity’s Trinity College Memorial Volume with small daggers beside their history, more women graduated from the College than men. In names — like those of all Trinity students who served in The 1917, Trinity had only one male graduate. The massive shift in Great War but did not return home. demographics meant new responsibilities and opportunities for A total of 543 Trinity men travelled abroad to fight, joined by women on campus, who took on key roles at the College, as women of St. Hilda’s, who served as physicians, nurses, ambu- teachers and leaders. lance drivers and administrators. Of the Trinity men who left for Among the first female lecturers were Christine Kammerer, the war, 57 never returned — 56 were killed in action, and one who played on the St. Hilda’s hockey team before graduating in was missing. Of the Trinity survivors, 86 were wounded, and 149 1908 and becoming a popular house manager at the College, and
20 trinity alumni magazine Mossie May Waddington ’11 (later M.M. Kirkwood), who would go on to serve as the third Prinicipal Emeritus of St. Hilda’s, an honour bestowed by the students upon greatly loved teachers. She was also the Dean of Women during some of her 17 years of teaching in Trinity’s English department.
Brave healer preserving Elsewhere, Trinity alumni were making significant contribu- tions to the war effort. One notable example was Ethel Ridley. our past Ridley entered St. Hilda’s College in 1891 and graduated with a BA in 1895. By 1897 she was a registered nurse and in 1898 In Sylvia Lassam’s office, you can look into the and 1899 she served as nurse attached to the U.S. Army in the eyes of young men bound for war. Lined up on Spanish-American War. From October 1914 to December 1918, the fields of Trinity, they stare from a large pho- she served at military hospitals in England and France, including tograph, so detailed that one imagines the feel field hospitals that underwent shelling and bombardment, dur- of the air on their skin, the rough fabric of their ing which many of Ridley’s colleagues were killed. She was made uniforms, the sensation of a heel digging into the Matron, Principal Matron, and Matron-in-Chief, and received mud as they stand at attention. many decorations and medals, including a Star (1914), Royal As Trinity remembers the centenary of the First Red Cross (1916), and various British Service medals. In 1918, World War, Rolph-Bell Archivist Lassam would Ridley was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire. have loved to mount an exhibition of pieces — from a sword carried in battle to medals won on the field to scrapbooks pieced together by those at home — that tell the story of the College’s war A total of 543 Trinity men years. But she lacks the proper space for such a comprehensive retrospective. Until the relo- travelled abroad to fight, cated, expanded and modernized archive project is completed, these pieces remain tucked away joined by women in her office — in the same basement room that of St. Hilda’s, has housed the collection since Trinity’s archives were founded in 1963. who served as The hope is that the new archives, the con- struction of which will begin in summer 2015, physicians, nurses, will be complete in time for Lassam to mark the ambulance drivers anniversary of the end of the war in 2018. But more funds are still needed to realize the vision and administrators. of a complete archives. This wealth of history deserves an accessible home, so that all who visit the College can look into the eyes of those who served, and remember both The Great War and the great change it heralded.
spring 2014 21 “When war broke out in 1914, Parker was put in charge of the efforts at Wellington House; history remembers him as the most effective propaganda man in residence.”
The propaganda man Not long before Ethel Ridley set sail for England in 1914, a secret meeting was held at Wellington House in London. Twenty-three of the most rec- ognized authors in British literature, including James Barrie, H.G. Wells and Thomas Hardy, had seats at the table. Rudyard Kipling and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sent regrets to the meeting but a pledge of support to the cause: The creation of works to engage American neutrality for, then support of, and eventually involvement in the Allied war against Germany. Counted among those brought into the fold was Sir Gilbert Parker. By then an internationally recognized author, Parker had taught elocution at Trinity College years earlier. He left his stud- ies due to the demand for his skill as a speaker, but was awarded Victory Bonds poster courtesy of J.E. Sampson, an honorary degree from Trinity in 1899 (to rousing cheers and Archives of Ontario War Poster Collection, C 233- rounds of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”). 2-0-1-296, Archives of Ontario. The Canadian Parker made his home in London, where he was elected to government sold Victory Bonds to Canadian citi- the House of Commons. He was knighted for his literary service zens, private corporations and various organiza- and listed, by the Montreal Gazette, alongside Sir Wilfrid Lau- tions in order to raise funds to pay for the war. The rier as one of the “greatest living Canadians.” When war broke bonds were a loan to the government that could be out in 1914, Parker was put in charge of the efforts at Wellington redeemed with interest after five, 10 or 20 years House; history remembers him as the most effective propaganda and were released during five different campaigns man in residence. between 1915 and 1919. Posters constantly urged Praised not only for his writing but for his strategic efforts to everyone to purchase bonds. Women in the home disseminate material in the United States, Parker studied the tem- put money aside from their housekeeping allow- perament of the press and university campuses and put together ance and children were encouraged to collect thrift a comprehensive dossier that detailed not just who should be stamps that could be accumulated until enough receiving material, but what kind of material would be the most had been saved to buy a Victory Bond. In 1915 effective. He established a unofficial network of 13,000 “influ- $100 million worth of Victory Bonds were issued ential” individuals (including senior reporters at the New York and quickly purchased. Times, a former Harvard president and Theodore Roosevelt)
22 trinity alumni magazine distributing written reviews, editorials, speeches, sermons and “magnificent” byThe Economist and others, and named an Edi- published books. “We have an organization extraordinarily wide- tor’s Choice of the New York Times, The War that Ended Peace spread in the United States,” he told cabinet in 1915, “but which begins in the early 19th century and ends with the assassination does not know it is an organization.” of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, uncovering the huge political and At the end of the war, most of the documents detailing the technological changes, national decisions, and just as important, activities at Wellington House were destroyed. The operation the small moments of human muddle and weakness that led remained a secret until 1935, when J.D. Squires published a book Europe from peace to disaster. detailing the British government’s work with the writers. But “The trouble with the First World War is that people think war even before Squires’ work, it was known that Parker had wielded was inevitable, but I don’t agree,” said MacMillan in an interview extraordinary influence on the American perception of the war. with the Globe and Mail. “If you look at the Cold War, you could Wrote Upton Sinclair in 1927, “I am one of the hundred and ten argue that a war was bound to happen between the Soviet Union million suckers who swallowed the hook of the British official and its allies and the United States and its allies, but it didn’t. propaganda, conducted by an eminent bourgeois novelist, Gil- That’s an interesting comparison — why did it happen in one bert Parker, who was afterwards knighted for what he did to me.” case when all the pressures were building up, and in the second case it didn’t? Even in peace time, there is always a potential for Recommended reading war, and of course during war, we’re always thinking about what Of all the Trinity voices — past and present — contributing peace might look like. Maintaining peace can be just as strenuous their perspectives on the First World War, one of the most elo- as winning a war. It doesn’t just happen. It takes statesmen and quent and thought-provoking is that of Margaret MacMillan public opinion to push for settling disputes peacefully.” ’66. Internationally renowned historian and a leading expert The Trinity campus was touched on many levels by the events on the causes and outcomes of the First World War, MacMillan of the First World War. One hundred years later, a number of was the 13th Provost of Trinity College from 2002-2007. Cur- staff, students, faculty and alumni are working to ensure that rently Warden of St. Antony’s College and a Professor of Inter- those events are not forgotten. They have, in fact, shaped the national History at the University of Oxford, MacMillan received Trinity of today in ways we may not even realize. international acclaim for her 2002 book Paris 1919: Six Months “One of the Great War’s positive legacies for Trinity College that Changed the World. In late 2013, she released The War that was the advent of International Relations as a distinct field of Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 (Random House). Heralded as study, first in Britain, by academics and others who were eager
“These epic events, brilliantly described by one of our era’s most talented historians, warn of the dangers that arise when we fail to anticipate the consequences of our actions. This is one of the finest books I have ever read on the causes of World War I.”
– Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state
spring 2014 23 to understand the events that had led up to the war,” says Mac- in memoriam Millan. Trinity’s own International Relations (IR) program was established in 1976, and combines the study of economics, his- tory and political science to equip students with the analytical event tools they need to understand the issues of international rela- tions: the origins of war and the maintenance of peace; the nature and exercise of power within the international system; and the Six hundred lives connected to the University of changing character of the state and non-state actors who partici- Toronto were claimed during the First World War. pate in international decision-making. But, says Jack Cunningham, program coordinator Students at Trinity today study IR through standard programs at The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary Inter- or through the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One program. Says national History, the war is remembered incom- MacMillan,“I believe that by educating Trinity’s students in the pletely. “We have vivid images of some aspects of complexities of international relations the College is helping to it, certainly of the trenches of the Western Front develop the thoughtful, insightful leaders of tomorrow — those and the misery of life in that environment. We who will understand that there is always a choice in the face of have less vivid images of the euphoria and hys- international crises, and who have the skills and the understand- teria of the early wartime climate of opinion,” he ing to negotiate for peaceful solutions.” says. In an attempt to explore a more comprehen- sive picture of the events of 1914-1918, The Bill Graham Centre is hosting a series of events that will continue throughout 2014. “Maintaining peace The season of remembering will include a look at the war through the eyes of Sigmund Freud, can be just as strenuous Bertrand Russell and Romain Rolland (May 8, Munk School of Global Affairs) and a two-day con- as winning a war. ference that explores how the war years shaped the second half of the century (July 30-31, Isabel It doesn’t just happen.” Bader Theatre). The events “will bring together some of the foremost scholars of the war, who – former Trinity Provost Margaret MacMillan have expertise in everything from strategy, diplo- macy, and the war’s ramifications for the geopoli- tics of the subsequent century, to the home-front here in Canada,” says Cunningham. On the evening of July 31, the sounds of regi- mental bands will fill Varsity Stadium as 5,000 veterans and civilians gather to acknowledge the centenary of the war. The public ceremony will feature military honour guards, and reflections on the events that changed not only the course of a generation but the course of the world. “In Memo- riam is designed to commemorate the sacrifices of those Canadians, those residents of Toronto, those members of the University community, who died in that war or came back irreparably damaged,” says Cunningham. “And it’s intended to do that without either glorifying or condemning war. It is a com- memorative event, not a polemical one.”
The 123rd Overseas Battalion, Royal Grenadiers, CEF, parading on the Trinity College grounds, May 12, 1916.
24 trinity alumni magazine the fallen 1914-18 Of the 543 Trinity men who went to war 57 never returned — 56 were killed in action, and one was missing.
Henry Harold Allen ’05 Roy Anderson Forsyth ’16 Gordon McMichael Matheson ’14 Thomas William Edward Allen ’11 Charles Randolph Gillan ’15 Henry Keble Merritt ’86 Gordon Stewart Andrews ’10 Henry Arthur Harding ’04 Richard Arthur Mitchell ’16 William George Henry Bates ’97 Webster Henry Fanning Harris ’11 Herbert Stanley Monkman ’06 David Benjamin Bentley ’91 John Hately ’13 John Ferguson Palling ’88 George Herbert Bowlby ’88 George Frederick Hayden Staff ’14-’16 Evan Edward Price ’19 Thomas Pattison Camelon ’90 Henry Stuart Hayes ’14 John Henry Ratz ’95 Duncan Frederic Campbell ’96 James Henderson ’02 Ronald E. Mackenzie Richards ’16 Robert Alexander Rankine Campbell ’14 William Anderson Henderson ’98 Federick William Rous ’10 Adam Peden Chalmers ’92 David Edwin Howes ’06 Jeffery Fielder Smith ’06 Paul Brooks Clarke ’18 James Hamilton Ingersoll ’17 Charles Ashbury Sparling ’04 Allen Charles Mackenzie Cleghorn ’92 George Leycester Ingles ’08 Frederick Ivanhoe Taylor ’17 Walter Henry T. Cooper ’88 Harry Alexander Taylor Kennedy ’16 Richard Henry Thomson ’18 Ernest Herbert Cox ’09 Cleveland Keyes ’15 Reginald Prinsep Wilkins ’14 James Philip Crawford ’06 Douglas Sherwood McCarter ’18 Matthew Maurice Wilson ’18 John Arthur Cullum ’05 Kenneth Ogilvie McEwen ’98 Philip Hamilton Wilson ’97 Basil Lancelot Cumpston ’15 John Dewar McMurrich ’95 O. B. Wordsworth Staff ’14-’15 Carl de Fallot ’05 Maurice Irving Machell ’12 Martin Cortlandt De Bude Young ’17 Robert John Gunn Dow ’05 Frederick John Strange Martin ’96 alumni@large your voices, Your stories
Civil Disobedience How my quiet protest became front-page news
Why did I refuse to fill in the 2011 census? he tried valiantly to keep us interested. We learned much from Dean Kirk- I did not make this decision out of the I recall the great pain of watching the wood. One by one, we were summoned blue — rather, it followed from a natural destruction in Hiroshima. However, we to Head Table for dinner. Some students evolution, over a lifetime, of concern about were told (in hope) that never again would dreaded this occasion. Others relished it the issues of peace and good government. an atomic bomb be detonated and never as a golden opportunity to participate in I am a veteran of the Second World again would there be a holocaust against a discussion about critical current issues. War, having left Trinity College after one the Jews or any other group. Dean Kirkwood drew us carefully into year to join the Women’s Royal Canadian Returning to St. Hilda’s after the war, discourse with each special guest, so that Naval Service. During my latter months I was overwhelmed by the wonderful no one was left out. We had to do our best in the Navy, our commanding Officer, welcome and dedicated efforts of Dean intellectually and socially, as it were, and who was responsible for our well-being Kirkwood to find me a place in residence. we did indeed grow as our vision was and our work at Jetty #5 at the Halifax An old friend, Diana Goldsborough, had broadened and our grasp of the courtesy waterfront, arranged to show us certain an extremely large room and graciously of including everyone in the conversation films — because as the end of the war app- invited me to stay with her, and we had was deepened. roached, there was little for us to do and a great year. After university, what was I to do? I had
26 trinity alumni magazine Photography: Get stock.com of refusingtocompletethe2011census Old CityHall,whereshewaseventuallyacquitted Audrey T mately five years. every weapons. To day approxi this meet they - faith eventual the elimination of nuclear stating that would they negotiate ingood liferation Treaty United inthe Nations, Nuclearthe — signed China Non-Pro- powers — U.S., Russia, U.K., France and did many, five in1968the when nuclear ment, here both and abroad. I rejoiced, as to keep abreasttried move of peace the - worked well for many years. was appropriate, given my degree, and it teacher of business-related subjects. This Eventually,no idea. school ahigh Ibecame No matter what Idid, else Ialways obias ’47and’48infrontofT oronto’s mode ofmode operation timeand time again.” star contract was put inplace. Thisthe is dollarsmillion to prime the minister, aTri- million-dollar ‘gift’ to Kodama and 1.7 Prime Minister, Tenneco. With aseven- Kotchianbetween and Japanese new the free. Kodama intermediary the became but U.S. the occupying authority him set num from areas conquered by Japan — charges such as looting diamond and plati- prison after World War II, for war crime put intouch with Yoshio Kodama. Kotchian, to Japan, where Kotchian was sent its President, Lockheed deal, the Carl craftwith Japan, around 1959. To effect contractmillion for its L-1011 Tristar air paraphrase his descriptions: Martin forup us beautifully. Lockheed I the Making of the Industrial Complex , opens in his Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and and pork barrel politics. William Hartung bribery, cost overruns, unsavoury dealings weapons manufacturer world, inthe using in 1916and to largest the hasbecome risen Canadian companies? high-tech for our census? Why ignore our capable ister acontract sign with such acompany I was appalled. Why would our prime min- movementto peace the for many so years, sus technology. Having dedicated myself Martin to handle our cen- chose Lockheed estly successful. build up armaments. we were Ithink - mod within United the Nations rather than we urged Ottawa to negotiate agreements Arms, where, of course, Ibelonged. Jointly, groups and Veterans Against Nuclear Women for Peace (VOW), countless youth Responsibility,Social Canadian Voice of cians Lawyers for Survival, Global across for Science Canada: Peace, Physi- national groups peace-activist sprang up culprit. worst neighbour,ern United the States, was the to develop nuclear weapons. south Our - I was shocked to witness arenewed push “Kodama hadspent three years in desperately a$130- “Lockheed needed Martin humbly began Lockheed enough Martin? Who is Lockheed In 2011,Prime Minister Stephen Harper Happily, in response, a variety of inter Yet only later, two decades 1980s, inthe - -
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Alison Frank ’03 Samantha Majic ’01 Jeannie Thomas Parker ’64
Neil Guthrie ’85 O.R. Melling ’77
possible for everyday items to little more than tag lines, the second-year macroeconomics, book it! take on multiple associations by book presents a clear sense of its the fifth edition of an intermedi- If you have published a book provoking the viewer’s imagina- healing role in a complex world. ate macroeconomics textbook within the past six months or tion. The surrealist object also is now available. Co-authored have one coming out in the near poses a challenge for filmmak- NEIL GUTHRIE ’85. The with Olivier Blanchard, Chief future, please e-mail the editor ers of feature-length narrative Material Culture of the Economist at the International a high-resolution jpg of the films seeking to apply surrealist Jacobites (Cambridge University Monetary Fund, it looks at recent cover, along with a 50-word-or- ideas and approaches in their Press), considers the wide array events in macroeconomics dur- less description of the book and own work. of “things of danger,” from pin ing the world economic crisis. its publication date. magazine@ cushions to glassware, produced trinity.utoronto.ca LAURETTA CONKLIN by and for the exiled Stuarts and SAMANTHA MAJIC ’01. Sex FREDERKING ’92. Reconstruct- their adherents. It explores legal Work Politics: From Protest to ALISON FRANK ’03. Reframing ing Social Justice (Routledge) and art history to discover the Service Provision (Penn Press). Reality: The Aesthetics of the carves out an intellectual and many complex reasons for the Professor Samantha Majic shows Surrealist Object in French and practical space for social justice enduring allure of Jacobitism. how the St. James Infirmary Czech Cinema (Intellect Ltd) that is distinct from political, and the California Prostitutes examines how certain French legal, and economic spheres. In DAVID JOHNSON ’78. Education Project — non- and Czech films reframe reality contrast with commonplace pro- Macroeconomics 5th Canadian profit concerns run by sex- in order to offer a new take nouncements of social justice, Edition (Pearson Education worker-rights advocates in San on surrealist film, making it which have increasingly become Canada). For all who loved Francisco — and other non-profit
28 trinity alumni magazine CHRIS SNYDER ’62. Be and humour, the history and Smart With Your Money: the texture of life in a lively, Using Emotional Intelligence close-knit, Victorian-era neigh- and Knowledge to Secure bourhood in the heart of a Your Financial Well-Being is vast metropolis. a comprehensive financial planning guide with practical, easy-to-understand advice for news all ages and stages, by veteran Six members of the Trinity financial advisor Chris Snyder, community were named to the co-founder and Chairman of newly established Order of the Todd Webb ’97 ECC Group Personal Financial Diocese of Toronto, created to Advisors (Toronto). honour outstanding laypeople in the church in the Diocese TODD WEBB ’97. Transatlantic of Toronto. The new members Methodists (McGill-Queen’s were honoured during a choral University Press) shows how evensong, following the Arch- the Methodist ministry and ishop’s annual levee on Jan. 1 Nancy Williams ’50 and Marie Scott-Baron ’57 laity in 19th-century Ontario at St. James Cathedral. Trinity and Quebec, whether British, congratulates Terry Grier ’58, American, or native-born, came William Humphries ’66, John to define themselves as trans- Lawer ’51, Elizabeth Loweth planted Britons and Wesleyans, (wife of Trinity Professor Gerald in response to their changing Loweth Div ’06), Dorothy Peers organizations negotiate their Publishers/Raincoast Publish- relationship with the Wesleyan (wife of Michael Peers ’59), and governmental obligations while ers). Olwen Mellory, a writer of Methodist Church in Britain. David Taylor ’57. maintaining their commitment fairy tales, is invited to a retreat to outreach and advocacy for on a remote Scottish island. NANCY WILLIAMS ’50 AND 1950s sex workers’ rights and broader Joining an international circle of MARIE SCOTT-BARON ’57 FREDERIC “ERIC” JACKMAN sociopolitical change. people, all with different stories, (editors; with assistance from ’57 was awarded an honorary she is introduced by day to mys- Joyce Sowby ’50). Recollec- degree (D.Sc. Hon.) from the ANNE (MCCORDICK) MCPHER- tical practices — but each night tions of a Neighbourhood: University of Toronto on June 20. SON ’54. The Hedge (Inanna). she experiences strange dreams Huron-Sussex from UTS to JOHN EVANS ’59 received an Set in early New England, this and visions until her sense of Stop Spadina (Words Indeed award of excellence from the book is the story of an intel- reality begins to blur. Publishing). This memoir of a Ontario Bar Association for his ligent young governor’s wife historic central-Toronto neigh- career in civil litigation. who is repressed by the severe JEANNIE THOMAS PARKER bourhood presents residents’ attitudes of the Puritans, to the ’64. The Mythic Chinese Uni- recollections of the special 1960s point where she withdraws from corn (Friesen Press) is the first moments of daily life and of PETER HAUGHLAND HOWDEN society and is considered to book in the English language their collective resistance in ’62 will retire in December 2014 have lost her mind. to explain how the myth of the the face of potential destruc- after 22 years on the bench of unicorn began in China, then tion. Enhanced by lavish the Superior Court of Ontario: O.R. MELLING ’77. People of gradually spread westward to illustrations and photographs, trials civil and criminal. He plans the Great Journey (Hay House other parts of Asia and Europe. the book reveals, with insight to do more writing, travel with
spring 2014 29 classnotes News from classmates near and far
his wife, Agnes, and spend more organization with its headquar- RUPINDER SAHSI ’97 AND Brenda Duchesne, Executive time with family and friends. ters in Halifax, N.S. FIONA JAMES ’98: Sept. 6, Assistant to the Provost. D. MICHAEL JACKSON ’62 2013 in Cambridge, Ont. Alumni CREW: MARY LELIA ’37, Trin- was installed as a canon of the 1980s in attendance included Navpreet ity Professor Emeritus, May 28, Diocese of Qu’Appelle in St. MICHAEL S. MCCAFFREY ’81 Sahsi ’04, Catriona James ’02, 2013 in Espanola, Ont. Paul’s Cathedral, Regina, in has been designated a Co-ordi- and Leslie James ’65. CURFOOT-MOLLINGTON: September 2013. nating Member (i.e. member CATHERINE MARGARET, Dec. JIM WALKER ’63, Professor manager) of the Refugee Pro- 24, 2013 in Ottawa, mother of of History at the University tection Division, Immigration births William Mark ’70. of Waterloo, was inducted as and Refugee Board of Canada. KEVYN ’85 AND DEBORAH IGNATIEFF: NICHOLAS ’62, a Fellow of the Royal Society NIGHTINGALE: twin daughters, Jan. 15 in Lammermoor, Ont., of Canada at its annual meeting, 1990s Regan and Meredith, Dec. 23, husband of Cecilia Ignatieff ’63. held in Banff in November. The LISA (ARONE) BENKARD ’92 2013 in Toronto. Judson: John MACKAY ’58, official citation refers to his has joined the Bay Area Lyme MICHAEL RUTHERFORD ’92 Jan. 16 in Toronto. internationally recognized contri- Foundation, an organization AND LISA ENNIS ARIA: a MacFadzean: James Alex- bution to scholarship on human devoted to putting an end to daughter, Clare Rutherford, ander Hamilton div ’93, rights and race relations. Lyme disease, as Marketing July 17, 2013 in Ottawa. Feb. 15 in Halifax. Husband BRUCE GRIFFITH ’68 was and Communications Director. Granddaughter for Joanne of Katherine McCallum, former made an honorary canon of the FAISAL BALOCH ’96, who prac- (Crawford) Ennis ’64. Trinity staff member. Cathedral of the Incarnation, tises in the areas of international VERA KAN ’99 AND RICHARD MATTHEWS: DOUGLAS COLTON Garden City, Diocese of Long capital markets and U.S. securi- DICE: a son, Magnus Arthur, ’46, Jan. 11 in Collingwood, Ont. Island, in November. Canon ties laws, has been promoted to Nov. 7, 2013 in Toronto. Brother of Thomas A. Matthews Griffith is Emeritus Rector of Counsel in the Hong Kong office BRAD ’01 AND KRISTYN ’49 and of Jane (Matthews) Christ Church, Oyster Bay, New of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. WARDEN: a daughter, Elizabeth Dobell ’50, and brother-in-law of York, and has served as a search Malorie, Jan. 30 in Oakville, Ont. Peter Dobell ’49. consultant in many parishes in 2000s DEREK TSANG ’07 AND LORI MURPHY: GREG Sept. 23, the Long Island Diocese. CHRISTOPHER SHULTZ ’03 WONG: a son, Elliot Tsang, 2013 in Toronto, brother of earned his LL.B. from the Univer- Nov. 18, 2013 in Toronto. Christopher M. Murphy ’80. 1970s sity of Exeter, England, in 2013. NudEll: ZoË ’03, Oct. 30, MARTHA F. (SHORT) BOWDEN 2013 in Hamilton, Ont. ’75 has received the Kennesaw 2010s deaths PETTEM: T.H. DOUGLAS ’52, State University Foundation IAN MCKINNON Div ’11, an ARNOLDI: JAMES “PETER” Jan. 15, husband of the late Distinguished Professor award instructor at Nova Scotia College ’52 Nov. 11, 2013 in Toronto, Margaret (Stilwell) ’52, son of for the 2013/2014 academic of Art and Design University, husband of Gwen (Ball) Arnoldi the late Rev. Harry Pettem ’16, year. She gave the commence- has been appointed Artist-in- ’51, father of Gwendolyn Fran- and father of Kate Pettem ’84 ment address at the KSU College Residence at St. Paul’s Anglican ces ’84, and brother of the late and Anne Pettem ’86. of Humanities and Social Sci- Church in Halifax. Mary Butler ’50. SWANSON: MARJORIE ’42, ences graduation in December. BOLTÉ: AUGUSTE ARMOUR Nov. 17, 2013 in Toronto, FRED KINGSTON ’78 was ’48, Feb 2 in Toronto. cousin of John Harrison ’76. appointed Executive Secretary of marriages BOYKO: LYNN PATRICIA TELFER: VIVIENNE GERTRUDE, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries CHRISTOPHER SHULTZ ’03 (SHAPLEY) ’75, Nov. 3, 2013 Sept. 26, 2013 in Gaspé, Qué., Organization (NAFO) starting AND STEPHANIE MARIE in Mississauga, Ont. wife of the late Scott Telfer ’49 Jan. 1. NAFO is an international KING: July 13, 2013 in Trinity BUCHANAN: KATHLEEN, March and mother of the Rev. Wendy regional fisheries management College Chapel. 30 in Sydney, N.S., mother of Telfer ’83, Div ’11.
30 trinity alumni magazine eventcalendar things to see, hear and do in the coming months
Please check the website at 2 p.m. and desserts. A chance for all at The Hospital for Sick www.trinity.utoronto.ca to Alumni Association Annual years to get together and to chat Children, Toronto; University confirm time and location and General Meeting and Come with Interim Provost Dr. Michael Professor, U of T; and Professor to reserve a space. For more Back to the Classroom “How Ratcliffe and Incoming Provost in the Departments of Molecular information: (416) 978-2651, to Survive the Next Plague.” Mayo Moran. Not to be missed! Genetics, Obstetrics/Gynaecol- or [email protected] Lecture by Dr. Michael J.H. $35/person. ogy and Paediatrics, U of T. Ratcliffe, Interim Provost & George Ignatieff Theatre, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor 5 p.m. Reception follows. book sale of Immunology. college Please call (416) 946-3346 Thursday, October 23 Thursday, October 23. to reserve seats. to Monday, October 27. 3-7 p.m. Annual Meeting of The 39th Annual Book Sale. Archives Exhibit Corporation. Seeley Hall. Opening night, Display of fascinating items George Ignatieff Theatre, noon. family Thursday, October 23, 4 p.m. to from The Great War drawn from Information: Helen Yarish, Sunday, October 26. 9 p.m., admission charge $5; the Trinity Archives. (416) 946-7611, Halloween Party for Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. to [email protected] Children. 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.; 3:45 p.m. Wear a costume and come Monday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Exhibit and Talk in the prepared for crafts, treats Information: (416) 978-6750. John W. Graham Library lectures and skits. $5 per person for Linda Corman, Nicholls Librar- Tuesday, November 18. children, parents, grandparents ian, presents an exhibit on Sir David Keys Memorial Lecture and friends. The Buttery and reunion Gilbert Parker: Trinity’s Man of with Dr. Janet Rossant. the George Ignatieff Theatre, Friday to Sunday, Letters in charge of “American Senior Scientist in the Develop- 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. To reserve: May 30 to June 1 Publicity” for the Secret WWI mental and Stem Cell Biology (416) 978-2707, or This year the honoured classes British Propaganda Project. program and Chief of Research [email protected] end in a 4 or 9. Many of the honoured classes are holding 4:15 p.m. special events. Rehearsal For Evensong ALL ALUMNI (not just the hon- John Tuttle, Director of Music, i n g a l l g oured years) are invited to attend invites anyone interested to take l l r a C a d s the following signature events: part in a rehearsal and then sing The 2014 for Evensong at 5:30 p.m. Meet Saturday, May 31, 2014 in the Chapel.
11:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Spring St. Hilda’s Alumnae Evensong in the Trinity College Reception and Luncheon Chapel. Special guest Dr. Mairi S. Reunion MacDonald, Director of Trinity 6-8:30 p.m. Visit springreunion.utoronto.ca College’s International Relations Dinner and Garden Party Program, will speak about “Lord This party gets rave reviews to book your events, Vivian’s Tears: The Moral Haz- every year. Fabulous buffet-style see who’s coming and check updates ards of Humanitarian Interven- food stations with international tion.” $35/person. hot and cold entrees, cheeses,
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