VELUT ÆVO ARBOR Published by the University of Toronto Department of Geography & Program in Planning and SPRING 2003 The University of Toronto Association of Geography Alumni (UTAGA) Circulation: 4,950 Honouring Ken Hare Jock Galloway Ken Hare died at 83, peacefully at Ministry of Transport to run a weather distinction for members of Toronto’s his home in Oakville on September 3rd station. Ken became Dean of Arts and faculty. 2002 after a long and productive life. Ken Science in 1962 but then made a decision I first met Ken Hare in September was without doubt one of the most in 1964 in which sentiment must have of 1956. I had just arrived at McGill. distinguished geographers of his played a large part. During the registration period I went to generation and was awarded numerous his office at the Geography Department, honorary degrees, medals and prizes. The introduced myself and said I wished to Presidency of the Royal Meteorological become a geographer. “Well, then”, came Society from 1967-68, is one honour the reply, “come on in”. I suppose I have which he must particularly have been inside even since. I went to Knob appreciated. He always found time for Lake for two summers (if this word is students and was a splendid teacher of appropriate for that place), to relieve undergraduates and graduates alike. Yet graduate students from their observing all was not work: he was a gardener, he duties. The weather was dreadful - I had a passion for music and was a member recorded snowfalls in both July and August of choirs. Colleagues and friends, inside continued on page 2 and outside academia, as well as his former students will remember him. Our Note: The Department of Geography, Institute sympathies go to Helen, his wife of 49 of Environmental Studies and Trinity College years, and their family. are working to establish a scholarship in Ken He was born in Wylye in rural Hare's name. For more information please contact Prof. Joe Desloges at 416-978-1843. Wiltshire in 1919 and brought up in the western suburbs of London. In 1935 he began attending King’s College, part of In this issue . the University of London. There and at the neighbouring L.S.E. he studied with He returned to Britain to take up Regulars the likes of S.W. Wooldridge and Dudley Wooldridge’s chair at King’s College. He Honouring Ken Hare 1 Stamp. Ken was forever grateful to King’s moved on quickly to be Master of Department News 4 for providing him with the education and Birkbeck College in the University of Alumni Bulletin Board 5 opportunities to pursue the career he did. London and then back to Canada in 1968 Cool websites 8 During WW2 he was also provided with to serve briefly as President of the another opportunity: to work as a University of British Columbia. He Features meteorologist. arrived at UBC in the middle of very Dick Baine 2 In 1945 he joined the new difficult political times and he realized the Wallking tour 3 Department of Geography at McGill; in job was not for him. UBC’s loss was Books 4 1950, at the age of 31, he became Toronto’s gain. Lloyd Reeds 4 chairman. Axel Heiberg and the McGill Ken came to the University of Cecil Houston 5 Subarctic Research Station at Knob Lake Toronto late in his career in 1969 to serve UTAGA Awards Night 2002 6 (Schefferville) in the heart of Quebec- as Director of the Institute of Bill Deans Travel Tales 8 Labrador were the result largely of Ken’s Environmental Studies and later as Provost Canada's "Hidden History" 9 initiative in seizing opportunities. Knob, of Trinity College. In 1976 Ken was Surf, Sun, Sand and . Geography? 10 Lake, was financed in part through a named a University Professor, a rare Friends of Planning Dollars at work 10 contract Ken had signed with the federal GEOPLAN / SPRING 2003 PAGE 1 Scholarship A Tremendous Contribution Opportunity By Susan Werden, B.A. 8T8 After a decade of exceptional and dedicated service, Dick Baine, UTAGA’s Extended founding President has retired from the Association’s Executive. In 1992 discussions between Dick, Professor Emeritus Don Kerr and then The deadline for donation to the Ontario Departmental Chair, Professor Joe Whitney, led to the formation of an ad hoc steering Graduate Scholarship program has been committee whose mandate was to improve and formalize relations between the extended to December 31, 2004. OGS department and its alumni. This committee held its first event, an Open House and scholarships are awarded to students Annual General Meeting on November 6, 1993. Over 100 alumni, faculty and students who maintain an A- average over the last attended. UTAGA was born and the ad hoc committee became the UTAGA Executive. two years of their study. Attracting top Dick’s contributions to UTAGA have been numerous and varied. He served as graduate students to the University is an President until 1994, as Past-President from 1994 to 2000 and most recently as a important part of keeping the University member-at-large and committee co-chair. Passionate about geographic education, of Toronto as the one of the most Dick was the driving force behind the preparation of UTAGA’s 1994 position paper on productive and respected institutions in the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training publication The Common Curriculum: the country. Grades 1-9, which was submitted to the Minister of Education. He was also responsible The University has developed a for the creation and implementation of “The UTAGA Geography Competition” a matching program to maximize the pilot project run in selected Toronto high schools during the 1997-98 school year. number of OGS awards in the social As co-chair of UTAGA’s History of the Department Committee with Don Kerr, sciences and humanities. A donation of Dick has been particularly busy over the last four years. During this time this committee $50,000 will be matched by the oversaw the publication of two books: Down to Earth: A Biography of Geographer Donald Fulton Putnam by Robert Putnam and Marie Sanderson in 2000 and The Art university on a dollar-for-dollar basis, of Geography: The life and teaching of George Tatham by John Warkentin in 2002, creating a $100,000 endowment. The as well as the creation of graduate scholarship awards associated with each publication. endowment will disburse a minimum of For both book projects, Dick volunteered countless hours in project development as $5,000 per year in perpetuity. The well as in providing editing and proofreading services. Government of Ontario will contribute In addition to his committee work, Dick was also involved in the publication of $10,000 annually, resulting in a $15,000 GEOPLAN—writing articles as well as providing editorial and proofreading assistance, scholarship. The effect is a five-to-one and over the years he helped to organize and run countless UTAGA events and activities. match. Always willing to help, Dick has not only given freely and generously of his time, but The University of Toronto and also of his insight, wisdom and expertise. The Department of Geography and Although retired from the Executive and from his post as co-chair of the History Planning can be proud to have some of of the Department Committee, Dick will continue to serve on the History of the the top graduate students in the country Department Committee under its current Chair Marie Sanderson. Undoubtedly the and indeed the world. Scholarship Association will continue to benefit from Dick’s tremendous contributions. dollars allow the University to attract these scholars and further, gives the students and opportunity to attend one Honoring Ken Hare continued from page 1 of the top rated schools in North - and there was a greater density of black flies per square metre than any other place America. Please consider contributing I have ever visited, but the company was good and I enjoyed the frontier spirit. to this exciting opportunity! Climatology, however, was not for me. A summer at Bellairs gave me a lasting interest A pledge form can be found on page 11 in the human geography of the tropics. I was only one of many students who found careers in geography through those research stations. Ken’s letters helped me obtain scholarships and acceptance by the graduate schools of my choice, and, for all I know, UTAGA HomePage helped with my appointment to the University of Toronto. He wrote me notes of congratulation on the publication of papers and on promotions. This sort of We are currently working to encouragement and continuing interest was typical of Ken. I last saw him shortly update our UTAGA web site. before he died. He had made a remarkable recovery from a cardiac arrest. He was frail and complained of loss of short term memory but our conversation resumed In the next month you will see a new look including access to all where we had left off. GeoPlans, articles, up coming I have a copy of his book, The Restless Atmosphere, which, from a note I events and more! wrote inside the cover, tells me I bought it in Montreal in October 1958. I intend to continue to keep it as I have long kept it for sentimental reasons. I will take it home http://www.geog.utoronto.ca/ with me from my office when I retire. webutaga/ PAGE 2 GEOPLAN / SPRING 2003 Walking Tour: Toronto, September 2002 Professor Jim Lemon As usual, incoming graduate students students. As was common in the 19th South of Dundas is the Alexandra and new faculty learned something of century, the wide range of residential Park Housing complex, one of five post- Toronto’s past through a walk from building meant that rich, upper middle, 1949 public housing projects in the older Sidney Smith Hall to Queen Street West lower middle and working classes lived areas of the city.