Biographies of the Members of the Governing Council, 2004 - 2005 Vivienne Poy .................................................................................................... 3 Rose M. Patten ................................................................................................ 4 John F. (Jack) Petch ........................................................................................ 5 Robert M. Bennett ........................................................................................... 5 Holly Andrews-Taylor....................................................................................... 6 Mary Beattie .................................................................................................... 6 Philip H. Byer ................................................................................................... 7 Pamela Catton ................................................................................................. 7 John Challis ..................................................................................................... 8 Shaun Chen ..................................................................................................... 9 PC Choo ........................................................................................................ 10 Brian Corman ................................................................................................ 11 W. Raymond Cummins .................................................................................. 11 Brian Davis .................................................................................................... 12 Claude S. Davis ............................................................................................. 12 The Honourable William G. Davis .................................................................. 12 Alice Dong ..................................................................................................... 13 Susan Eng ..................................................................................................... 14 Shari Graham Fell ......................................................................................... 14 Paul V. Godfrey ............................................................................................. 14 Vivek Goel ..................................................................................................... 15 Gerald Halbert ............................................................................................... 16 Shalia Kibria .................................................................................................. 18 Joel Kirsh ....................................................................................................... 18 Françoise Ko ................................................................................................. 19 Ari Kopolovic .................................................................................................. 20 Joseph Mapa ................................................................................................. 21 Michael Marrus .............................................................................................. 22 Ian R. McDonald ............................................................................................ 22 George E. Myhal ............................................................................................ 23 Stephan Neata ............................................................................................... 23 John Nestor ................................................................................................... 24 Jacqueline C. Orange .................................................................................... 24 The Honourable David R. Peterson ............................................................... 25 Andrew Pinto ................................................................................................. 26 Tim Reid ........................................................................................................ 26 Marvi Ricker ................................................................................................... 27 Arthur Ripstein ............................................................................................... 28 Reference Manual for the Governing Council of the University of Toronto Biographies of the Members of the Governing Council, 2004-2005 1 of 32 For the most up-to-date version, see http://www.utoronto.ca/govcncl/tgc/refman.htm July 26, 2004 Barbara Sherwood Lollar ............................................................................. 211 Stephen Smith ............................................................................................... 29 Maureen Somerville ....................................................................................... 29 Jake J. Thiessen ............................................................................................ 30 Oriel Varga .................................................................................................... 30 John H. Wedge .............................................................................................. 31 Robert S. Weiss ............................................................................................. 31 W. David Wilson ............................................................................................ 31 Reference Manual for the Governing Council of the University of Toronto Biographies of the Members of the Governing Council, 2004-2005 2 of 32 For the most up-to-date version, see http://www.utoronto.ca/govcncl/tgc/refman.htm July 26, 2004 Vivienne Poy Constituency: ex officio Appointed: July 1st, 2003 University Education: Honours B.A., McGill University Diploma (Fashion Arts), Seneca College M.A., University of Toronto Ph.D., University of Toronto Notes: International Women's Day Award, 1996;Arbor Award, University of Toronto, 1997 Nominated as Woman of the Year, American Biographical Institute, 1998 Queen’s Jubilee Award, 2002 Officer in the Order of St. John., 2003 ;WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100, Trailblazer category, 2003 ; Honorary Ph.D in Political Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea, 2003 ; Honorary Professor, Yanbian University of Science and Technology, Yanji, Jilin, China, 2003; Canadian Multicultural Council, Asians in Ontario: Outstanding Asian Canadian, 2004 ; Chancellor, University of Toronto, 2003-; Chairwoman, Lee Tak Wai Holdings Limited; President, Vivienne Poy Enterprises Limited; President, Calyan Publishing Limited (1994-2003); Proprietor, Vivienne Poy Beauty Products; (1990- 2001); President and Designer, Vivienne Poy Mode (1981-1995); member; The Senate of Canada, 1998-; member, The National Liberal Task Force on Youth Entrepreneurship, 1999; Vice-President, Canada-Brazil Parliamentary Group, 1999-; member, Canada-Hong Kong Friendship Group, 1999-; member, Friendship Group of Parliamentarians for UNESCO, 1999-; member, Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association, 1999-; Vice-Chair, Canada-China Legislative Association, 2001-; member, Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, 1999-; member, Canada-France Parliamentary Association, 1999-; member, Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group, 1999-; member, Canada-United Kingdom Parliamentary Association, 1999-; member, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2000-; member, NATO, 2000-; member, the Canada-Germany Parliamentary Association, 2000-; member, the Canada-Israel Parliamentary Association, 2001-; member, the Canada-Cuba Parliamentary Association, 2001-; member, the Canada- Greece Friendship Group, 2001-; member, the Canada-Taiwan Parliamentary Association, 2001-; member, the Canada-Syria Parliamentary Association, 2001-; member, Parliamentary Group on Human Rights, 2001-; member, the Canada-Armenia Parliamentary; Association, 2001-; member, the Canada-Lebanon Parliamentary Association, 2001-; member, the Canada-Italy Parliamentary Association, 2001-; member, the Canada-Belgium Interparliamentary; Group, 2001-; member, Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population & Development; member, Canadian Committee on Women, Peace and Security, 2001-; member, the MP/Senator Zimbabwe; Twinning Initiative; member, External Profile Roundtable Group, 2004-; Director: The Bank of East Asia (Canada), 1991-; governor, McGill ; University, 1997-2000; member, Board of Visitors, Faculty of Arts, McGill ; University, 1998-; member, Advisory Board of the Tianyige Library Project (Ningbo, China) with McGill University Libraries, 1998-; member, McGill Ontario Region Advisory Board, 1998-; member, Advisory Board of the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, 1995-; Convener of the Committee Reference Manual for the Governing Council of the University of Toronto Biographies of the Members of the Governing Council, 2004-2005 3 of 32 For the most up-to-date version, see http://www.utoronto.ca/govcncl/tgc/refman.htm July 26, 2004 for the Support of Higher Education, 1997-; member, Advisory Board of the Canada-Hong Kong Resource Centre, Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto - York University, 1997-2003; member, Advisory Council of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, 1999-; member, Seneca College Fashion Resource Centre, 1994-; member, the Advisory Board of the Canada-DPR Korea Association, 2002-; member,; Chairman's Advisory Board for Harbourfront Centre, 2000-; Honourary Patron, Chinese Cultural