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HireEducationWHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR RECENT GRADUATES?20.

Camilla Gibb FULL CIRCLE16.

William B. Davis SMOKE AND MIRRORS28.

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FOCUSAcclaimed novelist Camilla Gibb on herreturn to UC as writer-in-residenceBY CAMILLA GIBB

REPORTWhat are the prospects for recent bachelor’s graduates in this economy?BY CHRISTINE KRUPA & KIRK SIBBALD

SILHOUETTEVoluntourism entrepreneur David Berkal BY JENNIFER MCINTYRE

CONVERSATION The X-Files William B. Davis on his memoirand why he doesn’t believe in ghosts BY YVONNE PALKOWSKI

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CAMILLA GIBB (BA 1991 UC)Camilla Gibb is the author of four novels—Mouthing theWords, The Petty Details of So-and-so's Life, Sweetness in the Belly, and The Beauty ofHumanity Movement. She wasthe winner of the TrilliumBook Award in 2006, aScotiabank Giller Prize shortlist nominee in 2005, and winnerof the City of Toronto BookAward in 2000. Her books havebeen published in 18 countriesand translated into 14 languagesand she was named by the juryof the prestigious Orange Prizeas one of 21 writers to watch inthe new century. She served asBarker Fairley DistinguishedVisitor in Canadian Studies atUniversity College in fall 2011.


ContributorsVICTORIA HURLIHEY (BA 2000 UC)Victoria Hurlihey is thePresident of the UniversityCollege Alumni Association.Every morning, she bravespublic transportation to travelfrom her home near theScarborough Bluffs to work at the University of Toronto’sSchool of Graduate Studies,where she tries her best tohelp graduate students navigatetheir way through theirdegrees. When she’s not working or writing articles for UC Magazine, she is spending quality time with her two energetic Huskies,Yukon and Kiwi.

YVONNE PALKOWSKI (BA 2004UC)Born and raised in Toronto,Yvonne Palkowski studiedEnglish and French atUniversity College, U of T.Three days after convocation,she hopped on plane and spentsix months travelling independ-ently for a different kind ofeducation. Upon her reluctantreturn, she enrolled in RyersonUniversity’s publishing program. She works as thecommunications officer forUC and the editor of UCMagazine, a fine alternative to the figure skating career ofher childhood aspirations.

JENNIFER MCINTYREToronto writer and editor Jennifer McIntyre is much happier profilingothers, so turned to a trusted friend for her biography: “Jennifer’sactivities include running, cycling (once, memorably, with a brokenarm), yoga, and spin classes. She plays several instruments, speaks acouple of languages, and draws cartoons—all with the skill one wouldexpect from a member of MENSA, and marred only slightly by anuncontrollable tendency to pun everyone else under the table.”

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LAST FALL, A NEW AND REVITALIZED TEAM at UniversityCollege came together to tackle some big questions. What are the values that defineour community? What is the College’s mission and vision for the future? How can UC reconnect and engage with its 40,000 graduates around the world?

The subsequent conversations with alumni, students, and faculty have helped shape the newly redesigned UC Magazine. While the magazine continues to tell your stories, it endeavours to relate them to the issues of the day, and to present them in a style that is as visually sophisticated as its namesake, the magnificent University College.

The responses to our identity exercise had a common refrain: we are all proud of UC’s richheritage, but we mustn’t rest on our historic laurels. The new UC Magazine reflects this sentiment, and I truly hope you enjoy it.

EDITORYvonne Palkowski (BA 2004 UC)

The article “Hart Hanson: TV Writer’s StoryBegins at UC” (Fall 2011) erroneously stated thatPaul Shaffer graduated in 1970. In fact, Shaffergraduated in 1971.

Apologies to Rosalyn M. Verny, who was erroneously listed as deceased in “In Memoriam”(Fall 2011). Thanks to the anonymous friend who called to inform us that Ms. Verny is verymuch alive.

UC Magazine regrets the errors.

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THE FOLLOWING IS AN EDITED VERSION OF THEADDRESS GIVEN BY PROF. DONALD AINSLIE UPONHIS INSTALLATION AS THE SIXTEENTH PRINCIPALOF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. THE INSTALLATIONCEREMONY, HELD ON DECEMBER 1, 2011 IN UC’SEAST HALL, WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 200COLLEGE ALUMNI, FRIENDS, STUDENTS, AND FACULTY.

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NAVIGATING THE HALLWAYS OF UC is always some-thing of a challenge, but I hope thatsome of you reached the EastHall today using the stairs inthe centre of the east wing ofthe building. You’ll findthere a wooden staircasewith a carved beast atop thenewel. I call him a “beast”because, with the head of aneagle, the body of a lion, andthe tail of a lizard, no one isquite sure what the carvingrepresents. The stairs are oftencalled the “dragon staircase”though dragons normally have wingsand are not usually thought to be compositeanimals. A pamphlet produced by one of my

eminent predecessors as Principal, PeterRichardson, says that it’s a griffin,

and UC calls its sports teams “theGryphons.” But, while mytho-logical griffins have, like ourbeast, the head of an eagleand body of a lion, our beast’sreptilian hindquarters meanthat it’s no griffin. I think it isprobably best described as achimera—originally a mytho-logical three-headed fire-

breathing creature, part goat,part snake, and part lion, but

now used broadly to describe anycomposite animal, be it in contemporary

genetics or in poetry or prose.

AUTHORDonald Ainslie

PHOTOGRAPHERLisa Sakulensky




I dwell on our chimera because, not only is he aphysical symbol of our College, he also embodiesits spirit, and he does it in at least three ways.

First, the fact that we cannot seem to agree onwhat exactly our beast is speaks to the tradition of open inquiry that is at the heart of UniversityCollege and is thereby at the heart of U of T. For,after an intense period of political struggle inmid-nineteenth-century Toronto over the place of religion in higher education, UC was foundedas a nonsectarian College. In this wonderfulbuilding, generations of students have had theopportunity to pursue ideas, not needing toworry if those ideas might offend the powers thatbe, whether religious, ideological, or financial. Itwas this opportunity for free thought that attractedmy grandfather, Donald Stuart Ainslie, to UC inthe fall of 1911, one hundred years before Istarted my principalship. It is this spirit of openinquiry that has continued to attract the waves ofstudents to UC from an ever-diversifying Toronto,be they Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Muslim,Buddhist, Confucian, or atheist. Our chimera—our griffin, our dragon—welcomes any studentwho wants to be challenged to think creatively,learn expansively, and grow as a person.

Second, this beast also speaks to our perseveranceand constant reinvention. For he was not a residentof the building when it first opened its doors in1859. Rather he joined us when the College wasbrought back to life after the devastating fire onValentine’s Day, 1890. The students, faculty, andstaff, along with Toronto’s leading citizens, wantednot simply to rebuild the College but to add to itsalready significant aesthetic merits. I’m not sure

that our chimera was intended to be fire-breathinglike his ancient Greek predecessor, but he doesembody our recovery from the fire and the spiritof community support that has sustained UC forover a century and a half.

Other parts of the building have also beenrepurposed over our long history: the bedroomsof the cloisters wing are now offices for facultywho teach their students in our historic class-rooms and who engage in groundbreakingresearch in disciplines ranging from English,History, and Art, to Mathematics and Anthropology.The College kitchen has been partly incorporatedinto Bissell House, formerly the College steward’srooms and now the Principal’s residence, wheremy partner, Mike, and I moved in only a fewweeks ago. The original dining room is now theJunior Common Room, inscribed with the namesof executives from the Literary and AthleticSociety—“the Lit”—and the other organizationsthat eventually merged with it: the Women’sUndergraduate Association and the Women’sLiterary Society. You’ll see there, in gold, thenames of Ontario Premiers, Howard Ferguson,Bill Davis, and Bob Rae; of Supreme CourtJustices, Rosalie Abella, Lyman Duff, and BoraLaskin; and of many others, some of whom arehere today. These College leaders took what theylearned in these halls, and shared it with the largersociety, embodying the culture of leadership thathas come to define UC.




The walls of the Junior Common Room remind usthat, though the building itself seems unchangingin its Romanesque Revival splendour, the constantflux of students, staff, and faculty means that theCollege is never static. Just this year, we havelaunched a new suite of special courses for first-year students, UC One: Engaging Toronto, that takesits inspiration from the student leaders whosenames are printed on our walls. Students in UC Oneenrol in a small seminar that approaches the themeof civic engagement from an interdisciplinaryperspective grounded in one of the four programsthat the College sponsors: Drama, CanadianStudies, Health Studies, or Sexual DiversityStudies. UC One helps students acquire the skillsthey’ll need to succeed in whatever academicfield they ultimately choose to specialize in atthe same time as it equips them with the toolsthat will allow them to apply what they learn at U of T to the world around them.

My third reflection inspired by our beast concernsthe metaphorical use of “chimera:” somethingthat is a mere fantasy, something that doesn’t orcouldn’t exist. Our beast, in contrast, is irrefutablyreal. His hide has been worn smooth by tens ofthousands of students, faculty, and staff who havegiven him a rub as they climbed the stairs or walkeddown the east hallway. The accumulated impact ofall of these people is what makes UC the place it istoday: the students in residence, those commutingfrom their family home or sharing an apartmentdowntown with friends from the College; the staff who devote countless hours to ensuringthat the students have the best education thatwe can provide, both inside and outside of theclassroom; and the faculty, who have joined thisCollege because they want to learn from those indifferent disciplines and to connect with studentsin a robust and engaged intellectual community.

In my “other life,” I am a philosophy professor. My research focuses on British and EuropeanEnlightenment thought. It seems apt, then, toend my comments today by invoking the words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who in a letter to thegreat encyclopédiste d’Alembert, encouraged us“not [to] seek for the chimera of perfection but[instead for] the best possible according to thenature of man and the constitution of Society.” Itake our own UC chimera as a personal reminderto work as hard as I can to help make this Collegeinto the best it can be. As Rousseau reminds us,we must start with what we are given when tryingto improve an institution. University College’sgreat history and the legacy bequeathed to us byour alumni and friends over the past 158 yearshave put us in excellent stead already. We shouldn’tbe so naive as to aim for perfection, but ourpotential remains boundless. I look forward toworking with you all—faculty, staff, alumni,friends, and especially students—to fulfill thispotential over the next five years.

“In my‘other life,’ I am a philosophyprofessor.”

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Calendar

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOGUITAR ENSEMBLEMarch 28, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.Directed by Jeffrey McFaddenU of T Art Centre, northeastcorner of UC.For info: (416) 978-1838 orwww.utac.utoronto.ca

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MARKS OF EXISTENCE &MASTER OF VISUAL STUDIESExhibition Opening ReceptionsMarch 29, 2012 at 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., respectivelyStudent exhibitions opening atthe U of T Art Centre, north-east corner of UC.For info: (416) 978-1838 orwww.utac.utoronto.ca

U OF T BAROQUE ENSEMBLEApril 3, 2012 at 12:00 p.m.Lunchtime concert at theU of T Art Centre, northeast corner of UC.Directed by Ivan Taurins.For info: (416) 978-1838 orwww.utac.utoronto.ca

TON BEAU QUARTETApril 4, 2012 at 12:00 p.m.Lunchtime concert at the U of T Art Centre, northeast corner of UC.For info: (416) 978-1838 orwww.utac.utoronto.ca

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DRAMA PROGRAM ANNUAL END-OF-YEARCABARETApril 10, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.Helen Gardiner PhelanPlayhouse,79 St. George Street.For info: (416) 978-8099 [email protected]

UNSEEN TORONTO: THESHADOW WORLDS OF GIRLSFALL DOWNApril 26, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Dr. Andrew Lesk lectures onMaggie Helwig’s Girls Fall Down,selected by the Toronto PublicLibrary as the novel for the cityto read in the month of April as part of One Book Toronto. University College, Room 179.For info: (416) 978-8083 orwww.uc.utoronto.ca

PUBLICExhibitionApril 28 to June 30, 2012Opening ReceptionMay 1, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Framing issues and events central to current social andpolitical discourse, the U of TArt Centre and the Museum ofContemporary Canadian Artpresent Public as the focal pointof the Scotiabank CONTACTPhotography Festival 2012.Ranging from images that capture synchronicity to ones that depict conflict, this international group show explores photography as a key nexus in the public performance of identity andcivic expression of authority. U of T Art Centre, northeast corner of UC.For info: (416) 978-1838 orwww.utac.utoronto.caIMAGE 01.Courtesy of the U of T Art Centre

IMAGE 02.Girls Fall DownCourtesy of Coach HouseBooks

IMAGE 03.Sabine Bitter /Helmut Weber,Templeton FiveAffair, March 1967,2010.

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PHOTOGRAPHERSRobert Giard Christopher DewJason Krygier-Baum

IMAGE 04Robert Giard(American, 1939-2002)Mary Meigs, 1992gelatin silver print onpaper, printed 199940.64 x 50.80 cmGift of Jonathan Silin,2010 — UniversityCollege Collection 761

IMAGE 05Robert Giard(American, 1939-2002)Beth Brant, 1990gelatin silver print onpaper, printed 199240.64 x 50.80 cmGift of Jonathan Silin,2010 — UniversityCollege Collection 765

IMAGE 06Robert Giard(American, 1939-2002)Daryl Hine, 1993gelatin silver print onpaper, printed 199740.64 x 50.80 cmGift of Jonathan Silin,2010 — UniversityCollege Collection 768

ROBERT GIARD Exhibition Opening Reception and PanelMay 4, 2012 time TBAA panel of psychoanalysts discuss Robert Giard’s photo-graphs in conjunction with anexhibition of his works.Presented in collaboration withthe Mark S. Bonham Centre forSexual Diversity Studies.U of T Art Centre, northeastcorner of UC.For info: (416) 978-1838 orwww.utac.utoronto.ca

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGECONVOCATION June 18, 2012 at 4:30 p.m.Reception for UC graduates and their guests. UC Quadrangle.For info: (416) 978-7416 [email protected]

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34TH ANNUAL UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE BOOK SALE October 12 to 16, 2012Proceeds support students and UC’s Laidlaw Library.University College, East and West Halls.For info: (416) 978-0372 orwww.uc.utoronto.ca/booksale

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In MyBackpackA RANDOM SURVEY OF WHAT UC PEOPLE ARE READING SHOWS THERE ISNO CORRELATION BETWEEN AREA OFSTUDY AND GENRE SELECTION.

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01.NATALIE BAMFORD THIRD-YEAR STUDENT IN BIOCHEMISTRY

A Game of Thronesby George R. R. Martin

“I’ve only just started it, but I’veheard it’s really good. HBO hascreated a show based on theseries of books.”

02.EMILY GILBERT PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHYAND DIRECTOR, CANADIANSTUDIES

Half- Blood Bluesby Esi Edugyan

“The novel offers a fascinatingexploration of the Nazi racismendured by Black jazz musiciansin WWII France and Germany.Edugyan’s writing is crisp andpoetic. There are so manyinsights in the novel and beautiful turns of phrase that I am already reading it for a second time. It’s easy tounderstand why it is winning lots of awards.”

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403.OSMAN YUSUFFOURTH-YEAR STUDENT IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Selected Poems of E.E. Cummingsedited by Richard Kennedy

“I love it. I’ve actually read this collection before.I went to a friend’s house the other night, saw thison the shelf and had to borrow it.”

04.RITA EZEAKONOBIFIRST-YEAR STUDENT

uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto edited by Alana Wilcox & Jason McBride

“There’s an article in uTOpia entitled ‘StrippingAway Stereotypes: Toronto’s Retail Plazas.’ It’sbrilliantly written… Torontonians can enjoy theirethnic foods because retailers can afford the lowrents in these old plaza buildings, allowing themto serve their diverse communities.”

PHOTOGRAPHERSJason Krygier-BaumDiana TyszkoJason Krygier-BaumChristopher Dew

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AUTHORCamilla Gibb

PHOTOGRAPHERJason Krygier-Baum

I HAD NO RELATIONSHIP TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE when I was anundergraduate here, from 1987 to 1991. I didn’tlive in residence, but in a one-bedroom atticapartment with my boyfriend on BrunswickAvenue. I worked at Robarts rather than Laidlaw,and I had the majority of my classes not in UC,but Sid Smith. I made one friend at UC; the firstand only person I spoke to during a line-up fororientation. Not being a joiner, my orientationonly lasted a day.

Who knew, then, that the College would subsequently be the site of so many life-changingexperiences?

I took a year off after my undergraduate in order to make money so that I could afford to go tograduate school. The brave then-director of theUC Alumni Office, Cynthia Langille, hired me as amaternity leave replacement for the office assistant.I was not the office assistant type. Something aboutthe Doc Martens and the nose ring. I borrowed ajacket from my mother for the interview. I got thejob, ironically, because Cynthia was looking forsomeone who wouldn’t be an admin lifer. I wasn’tconvinced I could even manage a year.

“IT’S AMAZING TO ME TO LOOK ATWHO WE WERE AT TWENTY, WHO WEWERE THEN AS STUDENTS AT UC, ANDSEE THE INEVITABILITY OF OUR RESPECTIVE JOURNEYS.”

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And yet I more than managed. I thrived. I discovered I had a work ethic (I had had mydoubts), and developed a number of enduringfriendships with older alumni involved in theBook Sale. We had immigrated to Canada when I was a child; I didn’t have grandparents or olderrelatives here. These alumni—Ross Morrow, MaryLouise Gaby, Betty Mustard, Janet Fitzgerald, AnitaWilson, Genevieve Cowgill, Kay and Allan Bruce-Robertson, and the younger Shelagh Hewitt-Karedaamong them—taught me much and offered me a great deal of support as I embarked on an academic, then later a writing career.

I made enduring friendships with faculty membersand students too. Among the latter, Tashi Rabgey,then Lit president, and her sister Losang, twoinspiring and incredible young women who nowrun a school for students on the Tibetan plateauthrough their organization, Machik. I went tograduate school the following year with Tashi and lived beside her in residence at Oxford.Her parents helped her move in and took careof both of us during those first few weeks—cooking for us both and ironing the crumpledclothes in my suitcase. This past Christmas,almost twenty years later, I went to visit them all in Lindsay, Ontario. They are beautiful people who are changing the world.

I also met Agitu Ruda that year in the AlumniOffice, a student refugee from Ethiopia whoworked with us part-time and who came to theCollege through the student-sponsored WorldUniversity Service Program. She introduced me to some of the complexities of her country, aworld beyond the media stereotypes of famineand refugees. She changed my perspective of thecity and indeed, of the world beyond. As a graduatestudent I went to Ethiopia to do fieldwork as aresult of meeting her. I later wrote a novel, I dedicated, in part, to her. Agitu now lives inCalifornia where she is the mother of two beautifulgirls and a social worker who uses her own experience and training to counsel refugees and new immigrants.

It’s amazing to me to look at who we were attwenty, who we were then as students at UC, andsee the inevitability of our respective journeys. At UC, they had just begun. I committed myselfto the idea of an academic career early. By my second year, I knew that I would embark on a PhDin social anthropology. And yet, I had anotherpassion—writing fiction. My first published storyappeared in the UC Review. I had been madeaware in high school that being a writer wasn’tsomething to dream about. It was unrealistic,punishing in its rejection, bound to make me miserable and poor. I focused on my academicwork, pushed the fiction aside. But once the PhDwas done, the desire came roaring back. I wroteand I wrote and the more I wrote, the moreuncomfortable I became with the prospect of an academic career.

I sat in the quad at UC, where I was once againworking part-time, and contemplated my dilemma.A man I knew, a friend of a faculty member whofrequently dropped by UC to visit, sat downbeside me one day and asked me why I looked so unhappy. I confessed to him my feverish secretdesire. He asked me what was standing in my way.Expectation, time, money. The fact that I loved towrite but who knew if I was any good at it. Thefact that it was lunacy to even fantasize about it. I was writing in my spare time and the rejectionletters were piling up. What would it take to know

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if you were any good? He asked me. I thought that if I had six months to dedicate exclusively to writing I’d know, or the world would tell me.How much money would you need to live for six months?

A week later he gave me six thousand dollars incash in a box. My anonymous benefactor gave methe means and the permission to try. I didn’tsquander a second or a dollar. I have neverlooked back.

Now here I am back at UC fourteen years later as the Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor inCanadian Studies. My life has come full circle. I am a writer-in-residence offering feedback toaspiring writers like the one I once was. I had noone to talk to about process and mechanics andinspiration and publication. I had never met awriter, never had a conversation about writingwith anyone, never taken a creative writing class,never shared my work when I sat down to writefor six months. I hope, beyond any practicaladvice I might be able to offer, that I can offerencouragement. It is possible, though everythingin your life will conspire against you, to makethat dream come true.

The fact that I meet students who are writing on the side in addition to all their academic workmeans I am meeting students who are alreadymaking the time to write. Like me, Tashi, Losang,Agitu, the evidence of who they are, will be, willbecome, is already there.

Camilla Gibb is the author of four novels—Mouthing the Words, The Petty Details of So-and-so’s Life, Sweetnessin the Belly, and The Beauty of Humanity Movement.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MACHIK’S WORK IN TIBET, VISIT WWW.MACHIK.ORG

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DESPITE A LEAN JOB MARKET, RECENT UCGRADS ARE FINDING THEIR WAY




“It’s kind of atrade-offbetween careerdevelopmentand paying the bills.”AUTHORChristine Krupa &Kirk Sibbald

ILLUSTRATIONChristian Northeast

D.J. Sison (BSc 2011 UC) is doing exactly whathe wants to do... part time, at least.

Seventy-plus applications and two months into his job search, Sison was thrilled to finally land ajob in the fundraising and member services depart-ment at Greenpeace last fall. After uncovering hispassion for ecology and environmental biologywhile studying at University College, Sison wassimply happy finding employment—part time orotherwise—in his chosen field.

Considering only one other interview materializedfrom those mounds of applications Sison sent out, he can hardly be blamed for jumping at theopportunity Greenpeace offered, even if it meansthat he has to also work at Starbucks to makeends meet. Sison hasn’t allowed a lean job marketto dampen his enthusiasm

“It’s kind of a trade-off between career develop-ment and paying the bills,” he explained.

Sison is one of thousands of undergraduatesacross the country who were busy earning theirdegrees when the 2008 recession hit, markedlyeroding their post-graduation job prospects.Sison’s “trade-off” is a microcosm of a nationwidetrend, with increasingly more Canadians beingforced to take on part-time and temporary jobs in lieu of the full-time and permanent ones thatare in short supply.

Aldeli Alban Reyna (BA 2010 UC) is another casein point. A women and gender studies graduate,Alban Reyna recently accepted a contract positionwith the YWCA. Working as a receptionist andbilingual administrative assistant, she is happy toat least be working for an organization whose mission aligns with her personal values. As for herexperience navigating the job market, however, itwas hardly smooth sailing.

“I didn’t realize to what extent I would be scaredabout the market out there until I started lookingfor jobs,” she said.

EMPLOYING PERSEVERANCEThe international economic meltdown has left its mark on nearly every age group throughoutNorth America. Many baby boomers have beenforced to rejig retirement plans, Generation Xershave watched once stable careers become fragile,and for many students attending university… well,the future suddenly doesn’t look so bright.

According to several experts, however, universityeducation, even in the oft-scrutinized “liberalarts,” remains a worthwhile investment of bothtime and money.

“In times like these, the question often ariseswhether students are wise to do degrees in the liberal arts. I think it is still a wise choice, ”




says Joseph Heath, a professor in theDepartment of Philosophy and the School of Public Policy and Governance, director of the Centre for Ethics, and author of Filthy Lucre:Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism, whichaddresses some of the popular misconceptionsthat surround economic debates.

Speaking from experience, Heath—who graduatedinto the recession of the early 1990s with a degreein philosophy—says he saw many of his liberalarts peers struggle initially. “But once they got ajob, they typically moved up very quickly,” he said.

In his opinion, this was due largely to the skillsthey gained in the course of their studies, such asstrong writing, effective communication, leader-ship, and time management. Heath notes that,while those skills might not net graduates theirdream job fresh out of university, they generallypay dividends in time.

“The right time to judge the value of what you’veacquired is not within a year of graduation. It’s 10years later or further down the road,” heexplained.

Rick Salutin, UC professor and a political and media columnist for The Toronto Star, alsolauds the diverse skill set many students acquire at university.

“The students I see are really astute. They’ve gotterrific communications skills, and are very goodat presenting themselves and their opinions,” said Salutin, who teaches a capstone seminar forfourth-year Canadian Studies students.

They’re also skilled in “the things that reallymatter,” such as the ability to assess situations,social skills, and problem-solving abilities, all ofwhich bring value in a range of situations.

“Their level of skills is much higher than it’s ever been, in my experience,” says Salutin. “Butwhere are they going to market them? That’s the difficult paradox.”

In the field of media and communications, forexample, Salutin touches on the role social mediahas in driving down the job market. While knowingone’s way around the social media stratosphere iscertainly a marketable skill, many people out thereare willing to do the work for free.

“Employers have little incentive to hire,” hepoints out, “so how do you make a living at it?”

This is also part of the problem with internships,Salutin adds, a phenomenon he finds demoralizing.Not only does it eliminate jobs from the market-place, but, “everything (for the intern) is deferredfor the promise of a better future which may notarrive or may arrive in very sparse form.”

Others, however, stress that sometimes studentshave to be willing to start on the ground floor andwork their way up, particularly during a recession.James Dunne (BA 1996 UC), a wealth advisor forhigh-end clients at Scotia McLeod, says that,while university grads are still highly attractiveto employers, few students—now or ever—landtheir dream job directly out of school.

“The recession is what you make of it…Sometimes you have to put in your time at the entry level and work your way up,” he said.“There is a growing divide between people withand without skills. The compensation gapbetween these types of workers is growing, which is why post-secondary education is increasingly important.”

‘KNOW YOURSELF’A common refrain from the experts these days is for university grads to employ the three P’s:patience, persistence, and perseverance. Ed Clark(BA 1969 UC), Group President and ChiefExecutive Officer of TD Bank Group, says that if you start with an end goal in mind and are willing to be flexible along the way, the detailsoften take care of themselves.

“Know yourself. What kind of impact do you want to make? How do you want to be known?Make choices that allow you to pursue the paththat fulfills you. Look for opportunities to work




with people and organizations that share your values,” he says. “It may be challenging out there,but you can benefit from being resourceful, open-minded, and persistent. Build a network and tellyour story. If a particular job doesn’t open up toyou, seek alternative ways of doing what interestsyou. At the end of the day, be passionate, workhard, and have fun.”

Annie Dang (BA 2012 UC) is a fourth-year student who personifies the resilience and creativity that experts like Clark espouse.

“It’s not like we’re reaching the end of the world,”she quipped. “There are always opportunities out there.”

She should know. Dang started her own businessat 14, organizing birthday parties for children ofexpat families in her native Vietnam.

Attending an international school for childrenfrom kindergarten to grade 12, many of Dang’speers were children of diplomats, corporateexecutives, and otherwise affluent individuals.However, because most of her classmates’ parentsdidn’t speak Vietnamese or know where to gowhen it came to organizing birthday parties, Dangsensed a business opportunity and ran with it.

Her birthday party planning business caught on quickly and ran for five successful years untilDang moved to Canada to attend university.

“I learned a lot about sales and marketingfrom it, and the experience confirmed my passion for business,” says Dang, who began her studies in commerce before switching toeconomics and sociology.

Asked whether she has any words of wisdom topass onto recent grads struggling to find a job,Dang’s message is simple.

“If you search for what you love doing and you doit well, there will be opportunities there for you,”she said. “And if you can’t find someone to hireyou, then you can always be innovative and createsomething new yourself.”

“The righttime to judgethe value ofwhat you’veacquired isnot within ayear of gradu-ation. It’s tenyears later orfurther downthe road.”


IMAGE 01.David Berkal at the OperationGroundswell officein Toronto.

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JUST TWENTY-THREE, Berkal already has an impressiveCV: he is currently the Executive Director ofOperation Groundswell, a not-for-profit volunteertravel company, and Program Director ofCanadian Roots, an exchange program that builds relationships between Canada’s aboriginaland non-aboriginal communities.

His hands-on experience with social justice issues,however, goes back to his teenage years andbeyond. As president of North York’s William LyonMacKenzie high school, Berkal helped organizeone of the first major Darfur rallies in Toronto in2006. “I was really fascinated by what was goingon,” recalls Berkal. “It was just unfolding, the wordgenocide was just being used for the first time, and I wanted to do something in my school.”

AMERICAN SATIRIST ANDPHILOSOPHER ELBERT HUBBARD ONCE SAID,"THE MAN WHO SAYS ITCAN'T BE DONE IS GENER-ALLY INTERRUPTED BYSOMEONE DOING IT”—A MOTTO THAT APTLYDESCRIBES YOUNGTORONTO ENTREPRENEURAND ACTIVIST DAVIDBERKAL (BA 2010 UC).

AUTHORJennifer McIntyre

PHOTOGRAPHERJason Krygier-Baum

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“That grew into connecting with student councilpresidents of other schools, and we built some-thing that was much bigger than a school assembly.It was a real city-wide rally in front of Queen’s Park;we had politicians from every party, national mediacoverage. That was my first foray into wider issues.”

After graduation, Berkal decided to take a gapyear and volunteer overseas. His parents, both ofwhom are passionate about social justice issuesthemselves—his mother is a public health nurseand his father, Harvey, worked for many years asan investigative reporter for CBC’s Marketplace—were supportive of his plans.

However, Berkal soon found himself frustrated bythe limited opportunities offered by “faceless” for-profit organizations who demanded thousands ofdollars from students wanting to volunteer over-seas. “I was pretty disappointed with that,” he says.

Serendipitously, however, his friend JonahBrotman (now Operation Groundswell’s Co-Executive Director), had just returned from asummer internship at a radio station in Ghana.“We got talking and we decided we could putsomething together ourselves,” says Berkal. Despite having “not much, just a few contacts,”Berkal headed off to Ghana alone in 2006. Hespent several months there, networking with“amazing locals” to establish financial partner-ships, and laying the foundations for what wouldeventually become Operation Groundswell.

Brotman, meanwhile, did the groundwork andoutreach in Canada, and in May of the followingyear the fledgling organization conducted its firsttrip. “We had an overwhelming response to andinterest in our program,” says Berkal. “There were11 university-age students [on the initial trip],and we kept rolling from there.”

Now in its sixth year, Operation Groundswell hasgrown to encompass “a whole range of work,”

including a program called Big Kids, consisting of shorter projects for adults looking to “traveland make an impact.”

Also on the menu are “themed programs targetingengineers, educators, people interested in publichealth, for example,” says Berkal. “We get peoplewho are interested in global health, say, but aren’tnecessarily trained. Then [we find] partners onthe ground, usually local NGOs, who need agroup of short-term passionate volunteers. We’vebeen working with most of our partners for a couple of years already, and we build on thoserelationships every year.”

Meanwhile, in 2009, during an Aboriginal Studies course that was part of his undergraduatework in Peace and Conflict Studies at UniversityCollege, Berkal began wondering about creating a program similar to Operation Groundswell toreach out to Canada’s native communities.

“It was a pretty natural progression,” says Berkal.“We’d been running Operation Groundswell for afew years at that point, [but] you always think aboutthe struggles back home, as well, so I met with acolleague of mine about [starting] Canadian Roots.We were very interested in engaging withAboriginal issues in Canada in some capacity,although we didn’t really know what.”

The two approached their professor, CynthiaWesley-Esquimaux, about running an exchangeprogram during reading week. “We said, ‘How do you feel about getting together a group of students, half native, half non-native? We’ll go out to a couple of reserves and find out about the issues for ourselves.’”

“She loved the idea,” Berkal recalls. “No hesitation.She’s kind of a firecracker,” he adds, grinning. “Shewas a champion in putting that program together.It turned out to be a much bigger undertaking

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than we had thought—we brought 20 students asopposed to 10. But it was a wonderful experience;we rented a bus, went to six communities acrossOntario, and got really positive feedback. Over thenext few years we ran exchanges from BritishColumbia to Newfoundland, and up in northernOntario. We’re planning one for the NorthwestTerritories right now.”

Berkal’s activities garnered him U of T’s Facultyof Arts and Science Dean’s Student LeadershipAward, and in 2010 he was named one of TheNext 36 by Canada’s Entrepreneurial LeadershipInitiative. “It’s an incubator program designed todevelop high-impact entrepreneurs,” explainsBerkal, who was (not surprisingly) selected by hispeers as Valedictorian at the program’s graduationlast summer.

Currently, he is applying to MBA programs at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia.

Characteristically, he is taking nothing for granted in terms of being accepted, as “US schools are usually looking for more full-time work experience.”

“It’s certainly been a very thoughtful period,weighing my options,” he says. “One option is tokeep on doing what I’m doing and eventually …work for another company where I could learna lot.”

“Grad school, if I’m accepted, would mean taking on more of an advisory role in OperationGroundswell and Canadian Roots. The programsare much more stable now that we’ve had a fewyears of experience, and Operation Groundswellnow has paid staff and office space.”

And long-term?

“I’m not sure,” says Berkal. “I guess I want to have a big impact in the world somewhere. I’mpassionate about working in developing countries,and I love being an entrepreneur. “It’ll be a mixof all those things.”

IMAGE 02.The OperationGroundswell team. Top row (L-R):David Berkal, Eyal Rosenblum, Jo Sorrentino, Taha Tabish. Bottom row (L-R):Kari Alvarado, Kali Burnell. Absent:Jonah Brotman.

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CONVERSATIONSmoke and Mirrors



AUTHORYvonne Palkowski

PHOTOGRAPHERKevin Clark

WILLIAM B. DAVIS TELLS ALL IN NEW MEMOIR

BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING A CHAIN-SMOKING VILLAIN on the ‘90s TV phenomenon The X-Files, actor and director William B. Davis (BA 1959 UC) recountshis life story—and in so doing, the history of Canadian theatre—in hismemoir Where There’s Smoke: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man(ECW Press, 2011). From performing in CBC radio dramas as a child, to stage directing in England and across Canada, Davis’ take on hisremarkable career is candid and measured—all mirrors, no smoke (sorry,conspiracy theorists). He discussed the book with UC Magazine editorYvonne Palkowski from his home in Vancouver.

When you were a child, a theatre company used to rehearse in yourparent’s basement. Is it fair to say you fell into show business?

Pretty much. The actors rehearsed in our basement, they hung around ourliving room, they used our telephone, in our city home and at the cottage.I just grew up with it.




And stuck with it, clearly.

Yes. There was a time in university when I thought I should make a serious, intelligent decisionabout my future. I interviewed people in variousprofessions so I could make a rational decisionabout what I was going to do with my life, and as I often say, I haven’t yet made that decision.

People know you as the actor who played the mysterious Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files. Lesser known are your directorialcredentials. Do you prefer to be behind thescenes or in the limelight?

In some ways, I think of myself as a theatre directorbecause that’s where my roots are, that’s what I didin my most formative years. And I still love to do itwhen I have an opportunity. I started acting as achild so that’s pretty innate as well. I spent a lot of time teaching acting, studying acting, trying tounderstand what acting is. The only real answerI have to the question is it depends on the opportunity. To direct a wonderful play with wonderful actors is an amazing experience. To act in a lousy movie with terrible lines and not very good directors is not such a great experience. But you can reverse that as well.

They’re both extraordinary experiences but quitedifferent. When you’re directing a play, you’re ‘on’the whole time. When you act in a movie or in TV,even if you’re playing a major role, you spent a lotof time waiting. There’s a saying among actors thatthey pay us for the waiting. The acting is the funpart. It’s a very different rhythm of work. I likethem both so I’m glad I don’t have to choose.

What is your advice to young actors and directors?

To both I would say the most important thing is to do it, take every opportunity you can to actuallydo it. See a lot of theatre and film, get goodtraining. It’s serious work so learn how to do it.What so often happens now is people think that ifthey do an audition class, then they can auditionfor a movie, then they can become a star, and it’sas simple as that. Very few people become starsand celebrities, and if that’s your goal, I thinkmaybe you should just buy a lottery ticket. But ifyou want to work as an artist, that’s what youshould be doing. If that leads you to stardom,

so much the better, but hopefully you will find aproductive life doing the work you want to do.

The X-Files is all about paranormal activity andconspiracy. But you are an outspoken sceptic.How did you reconcile your work on the showand your beliefs?

The show is fiction and, hopefully, it’s understoodto be so. It’s a complicated issue, because RichardDawkins, who was my hero in science, started quiteactively speaking against The X-Files, accusing it of promoting pseudoscience and paranormal thinking, denying critical thought and so on. Thiswas a little bit of a matter of conscience for mebecause my career was just beginning to take off onthis series that my hero was condemning. So whatshould I do as a matter of conscience? Perhaps I should withdraw from the series. Some peoplesaid if you do that, someone else is going to do it anyway. But that’s not really a good excuse forbetraying your beliefs, so I couldn’t get out if it that way.

Then I realized that Dawkins had no evidence forwhat he was saying. He said the show promotespseudoscience since, on each episode, a rationalsolution is proposed and a pseudoscientific solutionis proposed, and the latter always wins. But you canturn that one on its head with The X-Files becauseevery time a solution was proposed, a man said itwas this, and a woman said it was that. And everytime the man, Mulder, is right, and the woman,Scully, is wrong. So you could accuse the show of being sexist just as easily as you can accuse it of being pseudoscientific. And nobody ever complained about the show being sexist. In fact, Scully became a heroine to many women.

It’s interesting, I’ve become involved with various organizations for sceptics, and they’re full of X-Files fans.

So what do you make of the story that UC ishaunted by the ghost of Ivan Reznikoff, a stonemason who was allegedly murdered during theconstruction of the building?

Ghost stories may make nice fiction, but there’sabsolutely no possibility in my worldview that such a ghost could exist. Among my undergraduate companions at the time, I don’t remember anyof us ever discussing ghosts or believing in ghosts,or thinking there could be ghosts in the College.




That’s weird; this is a university. Do people seriously believe there’s a ghost in the university?

You would be surprised.

Then perhaps they should go to university andlearn something! There is no scientific possibilityfor the existence of spirits independent of the body.

What is your next project?

A movie about parallel universes. After that, I’mdoing a role in a television pilot that has to do withtime-shifting.

Do these themes fall into the realm of physicsor science fiction as far as you’re concerned?

The topics are interesting for me because I playedNiels Bohr in Copenhagen, so I’m somewhat familiarwith quantum theory. It’s always fascinating tostretch one’s mind to try and imagine it, so I’m looking forward to getting back into thosequestions of theoretical physics. What they’re doingin the film is extrapolating the microscopic into themacroscopic. I don’t know if real science will allowthat, but it’s a good fiction story.

THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT FROMWhereThere’s Smoke: Musings of aCigarette Smoking Man HAS BEEN

REPRODUCED WITH THE KIND PERMISSION

OF THE AUTHOR AND THE PUBLISHER.

The Sir Daniel Wilson Residence at UniversityCollege, one of the four arts colleges in 1955making up the University of Toronto, was a modernyellow brick building on St. George Street at whatwas then the western edge of the campus, and wasto be my home for the next four years. Prior to itsopening in 1954, University College men lived intwo residential houses. Of course, men and womenwere not in the same residences. After all, they haddifferent needs and rules. The men needed maidservice and were free to come and go at all hours.The women made their own beds in Whitney Halland had an 11:00 p.m. curfew on weeknights. Noone seemed to find these arrangements strange at the time.

The college clung to other traditions perhaps notfully appreciated by the students. Dinner at SirDan was intended to be a formal affair with ahigh table, the saying of grace, and waiter service.The students all arrived at 6:15 p.m. wearing theprescribed academic gowns and ties and enteredthe hall together. But what actually is a tie? Does a shoelace around the neck count as a tie? We followed the letter of that rule far more than thespirit. And sad to say, the quality of food seldommatched the pretension of the occasion. It was notunusual to finish dinner, return to the house, ditchthe gown and tie, and head across the road to thelocal greasy spoon for an edible meal. This was inthe days before McDonald’s and Burger King, whenyou could still buy a decent meal at a low price in afamily run local restaurant. Paradoxically the localgreasy spoon was named McDonald’s.

The students from the old 5 Wilcox residence had all moved into Jeanneret House, one of the six houses of the Sir Daniel Wilson Residence. Theybrought with them a sense of community and anintellectual curiosity that I was fortunate to share.Each student had a private room. It was the common room on the ground floor that provided a focus for the house. I think I learned almost asmuch in the common room as I did in the collegenext door. If you had to watch television there wasone in the basement. No one did, except duringthe World Series.

… Many years later, in the heyday of The X-Files, I did speaking tours of North American universities.I was astonished and distressed to see how universities and university life had changed. For one thing, no one studied what we studied:English, philosophy, history, mathematics, science. I would ask students what subjects they were taking. Communications, women’sstudies, air conditioning—subjects that didn’t exist in our day.

… We couldn’t care less about preparing for a job market; we were there to learn, to think, to be “better people.” It’s not for me to say whetheruniversities have improved in the interveningdecades, but they certainly have changed. Doesanyone still say, “They were the best years of my life?”

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Diversions

A UNIQUE DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN THEUNIVERSITY COLLEGE QUAD LAST FALL DURING THE COURSE OF RENOVATIONS.EXCAVATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WATER-PROOFING WORK UNCOVERED NOT ONLYTHE COLLEGE’S FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO AN OLD WELL.

To shed light on the discovery, AnthropologyProfessor Ted Banning was called to the location.Banning speculates that the well may be up to fiftyfeet deep, and made of the same material as themain UC building. “The well was likely constructed

ROBERT HUDEK (BSC 1969 UC)

SEAN CONNERY

Congratulations to Margot Almond (BA 1981 UC),Rick Clow (BSc 1974 UC), and Linda Rothman (BA1981 UC), winners of the fall 2011 ArchitectureChallenge, who correctly identified that this photowas taken at Reznikoff’s Pub. A fixture of UCcampus life in the early 1980s, the pub operatedout of the Refectory in the lower level of theLaidlaw wing. The space is now part of theUniversity of Toronto Art Centre.

Separated at Birth

ALANA CLARKE(BA 2008 UC)

KRISTEN DUNST

Have you ever been told you look like someonefamous? Are you ready for your close-up? Send yourphoto and the name of your famous doppelgangerto [email protected] and appear in thenext Separated at Birth.

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when the College was built,” he says, noting that there is a pipe leading from the well into the building and the water may have been usedby the residents. “Wells are extremely interestingto archeologists as they contain many artifactsthat the original residents may have thrown in,”he explains.

As it is a safety hazard, the well has now been covered once again. Further investigation andgreater resources are required if the College community is to learn what lies beneath.

—VICTORIA HURLIHEY

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IMPRESSIONSAlumni Art and Fiction



ImpressionsAll Night FungWhen you wish upon a Ruffle,Watch your language.Hang onto your yellow highlighter(The one with the velvet pants)While you're shuffling through your cards, You should take some ADD for that Ritalin.Feel a little sneezy and glare at the talkers, With premonitions of your favourite number, "A-"Setting back the circadian clock with Pizza Pops and Body Smarts, I'd sell my soul for concentration.

DANIEL JAMES (BSc 2005 UC) (BA 2008 UC)I wrote this poem while studying (more probably procrastinat-ing) in Howard Ferguson Dining Hall for exams back in 2001.

Conference, Troy, NYRed banner black letters a pale bamboo staff“It reads Global Silk Road in Chinese” says the portlyProfessor from Scotland who carries it with himA slim Taipei woman concurs: it is soBut a Scotsman in China? Why, it’s our business schoolThat opened up there, the proud Scotsman explains

The German from Taiwan concurs: it is soThe Dane from Hong Kong agrees: where we goIs no longer restrained by the names in our passports

The Global Silk Road now exists, and for tradeIn cultural information it’s madeNot just goods that we give for the cash or past contracts

A boy from East London concurs: it is trueA hundred acquaintances new we can makeIn a single short meeting; from which we may take

Back impressions, conclusions of how things can be;As the Scotsman professor from China repeats,“It says Global Silk Road in Chinese”.

LANCE NIZAMI (BSc. 1982 UC)This poem describes a conference I actually attended in 2010.

Filial CosmologyI sense the truthof the big bang theory,as my filial mattermoves outward and away,glittering stars in their firmament, distant and cold lights,relentless in the pathof their own evolution;Follow the tracingsin the nocturnal sky,for there is origin revealed, of you from I.

GERALD S. SWINKIN (BA 1974 UC)

AviaryI keep my dreams small, with clipped wings. There’s not enough space in my apartment or the corrugated chambers of my cardboard heart to release anything larger or more flight-hungry than a birth-wet, fumbling wren.

I’m skeptical of others’ dreams, the way they gulp oxygen,penetrate layers of groundfog and low-lying clouds and burst into some higher realm – unknown to me – that’s drenched in sunlight and close enough to God that some divine stamp

seems to keep them aloft or at least free from the fears of Icarus’ father. No need for wax or stolen wings;others’ dreams combine the visions of eagles with the tenacity of an idiot robin in spring.

I don’t have grand wishes for my dreams.I don’t need them to reflect the brilliance of a thousand white egrets settling in to roost in the setting sun, nor flash with a peacock’s absurd vainglory.

I’m not looking for my dreams to carry the sagacity of owls, nor even hoping they lay claim (oh you larks, you nightingales, you turtledoves) to a voice that bleeds hearts.

All I hope for is hope sustained – that the canary that has been conscripted to keep watch in my coal-dark depths keeps gleaming yellow-gold each time I check for signs of life.

ORA NITKIN-KANER (BA 2005 UC)

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CLASS NOTESAlumni News



Class Notes

Professor ISAAC ABELLA (BA1957 UC) has retired from the University of Chicago’sDepartment of Physics after 46 years of service.

BENJAMIN BATHGATE (BA 2001UC) has been admitted to thepartnership of McMillan LLP in its Toronto office. Ben is acommercial litigator with a wide range of experience and a diverse client base, with a specialization in real estate disputes, commercial fraud, andfranchise disputes. He served aspresident of the UC Lit in 2000.

JEAN RAE BAXTER (BA 1955UC) published Scattered Light(Seraphim Editions, 2011), her

second collection of short storiesand fifth book since retiringfrom her career in education sixteen years ago.

Professor Emeritus of EnglishWILLIAM BLISSETT, who taughtat University College from 1965to 1987, has published Inward of Poetry: The Letters of GeorgeJohnston and William Blissett(Porcupine’s Quill, 2011).The book presents fifty years of letters between the poetJohnston and Blissett, his goodfriend and frequent editor.Blissett’s publishers and the co-founders of Porcupine’s Quillare TIM INKSTER (BA 1971 UC)and wife ELKE INKSTER (BA1970 UC), who were awarded

the Order of Canada in 2008for their contributions toCanadian publishing.

LEAH BOBET (BA 2008 UC) haspublished her first novel, ABOVE(Arthur A. Levine Books, 2012).

Former UC faculty memberProfessor STEPHEN CLARKSONwas appointed to the Order ofCanada on June 30, 2010.

ELIZABETH CLIFFORD (BA 1990UC) has co-authored Immigrationand Women: Understanding theAmerican Experience (New YorkUniversity Press, 2011). She isprofessor of Sociology at TowsonUniversity in Maryland.

Professor JOSEF EISINGER (BA1947 UC) published Einstein onthe Road (Prometheus Books,2011), an annotated narrativebased on the travel diariesEinstein kept during his far-flung voyages from 1922 to 1933.

Award-winning artist MARGARETLINDSAY HOLTON (BA 1979UC) has published CANADADA:A Painter’s Nature (Acorn Press ofCanada, 2011) a limited-edition,fine art book which details her evolution as a home-grownCanadian painter of interna-tional stature.

IMAGE 01.Agnes Singleton,daughter of AndreaIaboni and AntonySingleton

IMAGE 02.Joan and MichaelKing at SeniorCitizens of the Year Gala

IMAGE 03.Jim Williamson (L)and GovernorGeneral DavidJohnston at theMichener AwardsGala

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After three years with theNational Bank of Canada, CARI HOWARD (BA 2008 UC)is in Pemba, Mozambique, on a fellowship with the Aga KhanFoundation working to developFirst MicroBank, S.A., a micro-finance institution.

ANDREA IABONI (BSc 1998 UC)and Antony Singleton welcomedtheir first child, Agnes Singleton,on September 23, 2011.

PATRICK M.A. JAMES (BSc 2002UC) completed his PhD at U of T’s Faculty of Forestry in 2009, and has attained atenure-track position at theUniversité de Montréal.

JOAN LANGLOIS KING (BA 1951UC) and Dr. Michael R. Kingwere named Senior Citizens ofthe Year by the Town ofEnglehart, Ontario, at a galareception in June 2011. Theywere presented with a framedplaque signed by the LieutenantGovernor of Ontario, theOntario Minister for Seniors,and the Mayor of Englehart.“Englehart in the beautifulDistrict of Temiskaming hasbeen our home for 55 years, saysJoan. “We felt very honoured bythis recognition.”

Lost Passport: The Life and Times ofEdward Lacey (Bookland Press,2011) is a new book aboutEDWARD ALLAN LACEY (BA1959 UC). Author FraserSutherland describes Lacey,who died in 1995, as “a trav-eller and misadventurer onfive continents; translatorfrom French, Spanish, andPortuguese; and Canada’s first explicitly gay poet.”

Journalist and activist MICHELELANDSBERG (BA 1962 UC) pub-lished Writing the Revolution(Second Story Press, 2011), acollection of columns she wrotefor The Toronto Star from 1978to 2005.

RICHARD LEBLANC (BSc 1984UC), a Professor of Governance,Law and Ethics at YorkUniversity, was awarded aTeaching Award from theOntario Confederation ofUniversity Faculty Associations inrecognition of his outstandingcontributions to teaching. Hewas also named among theNational Association ofCorporate Directors “Directorship100: People to Watch.”

SOPHIE MALEK (BA 2007 UC)and MICHAEL WARNER (BA2007 UC) were married onSeptember 24, 2011 in Toronto.The couple met at Whitney Hallin 2003.

Poet and novelist SHARONMARCUS (BA 1955 UC) hasreleased The Sound of Darkness(The Sufi Press, 2011), herfourth book of poetry andeleventh book.

ALEXANDRA MARSH (BA 2008UC) and Peter Jamieson havemarried. Alexandra recentlycompleted an MA in theatre atMiami University, while Peterholds a doctorate in engineeringfrom U of T.

Architectural historianJENNIFER MCKENDRY (BA1968 UC) co-authored Kingstonand the Islands: Then and Now(John McQuarrie Photography,2011) with Peter Milliken andArthur Milnes.

After a 35-year career withCanada’s Foreign Service, diplo-mat PAUL MEYER (BA 1974 UC)has joined the Simon FraserUniversity Centre for Dialogueas a Fellow in InternationalSecurity, and as a Senior Fellowwith The Simons Foundation.He is currently teaching a

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course entitled “MultilateralDiplomacy: A Practitioner’sPerspective” for SFU’s Schoolof International Studies.

On September 2, 2012, VIARA MILEVA (BSc 2004 UC)trekked 30 kilometres, from the University of Toronto’sMississauga campus to the St. George campus in down-town Toronto, to raise moneyfor people living in drought-stricken Horn of Africa. Shecompleted the journey in 10hours with her six-month-oldson, Raynor, in tow.

Writer, editor, and social com-mentator HAL NIEDZVIECKI (BA1994 UC) published Look Down,This is Where it Must HaveHappened (City Light Books,2011), a collection of short stories. A former arts editor forUC’s The Gargoyle, Niedzviecki isthe co-founder of Broken Pencil, amagazine about zine culture andindependent art and music, aswell as the author Hello: I’mSpecial: How Individuality Becamethe New Conformity (2006) andThe Peep Diaries (2009), amongother books.

ANNA NYBURG (BA 1972 UC)received a PhD in Exile Studiesfrom the University of London.She is now teaching at ImperialCollege London.

Renowned Canadian artistCHARLES PACHTER (BA 1964UC) was appointed to the Order of Canada.

Attorney STEVEN PEPA (BA1996 UC) runs his own law firmin south eastern Europe, whichspecializes in emerging marketmergers and acquisitions, banking, finance, and energy.He has practiced in the regionsince 2004 and now lives inBucharest, Romania. Pepa andeconomist Olga Osadcii weremarried on September 2, 2011.

STEPHANIE PROVATO (BA 2011UC) has founded The Q Project,which raises funds to distributeQ Drums to needy communitiesin developing countries. The QDrum is a donut-shaped watercontainer that makes collectingand transporting water easierand more efficient.

ROBIN RIX (BA 1999 UC)married fellow lawyer LindseyHaig in Toronto on May 14,2011. A former president andspeaker of the UC Lit, he nowworks in strategy and policy at theUN climate change secretariatin Bonn, Germany.

BOBBIE RUBEN (BSc 1963 UC)moved to New York in 1967 after teaching for several years in Toronto. She married WalterZweifler in 1969 and they havetwo sons, David and Jonathan,and two grandchildren, Ella and Ronan. She has had threecareers, the first as a teacher, the second as a financial analyst, and the third as aDirector of Development in the nonprofit world.

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MILDRED A. SCHWARTZ (BA1954 UC) is a Professor Emeritaat the University of Illinois atChicago and a Visiting Scholarat New York University. At the2011 annual meeting of theAmerican Political ScienceAssociation, she was awarded the Seymour Martin Lipset BestBook Award for Party Movementsin the United States and Canada(Rowman and Littlefield, 2006).

PETER SINGER (MD 1984 UC),a Professor in the Faculty ofMedicine at U of T and Directorof the McLaughlin-RotmanCentre for Global Health, was named to the Order ofCanada in recognition of hiscontributions to healthresearch and bioethics.

STEVEN SKURKA (BA 1978 UC)has published Tilted: The Trials ofConrad Black, Second Edition(Dundurn, 2011).

HEIDI STOCK (BA 1993 UC)is currently working as a free-lance prospect researcher andgrant writer. She is the creator of the Aspiring Canadian PoetsContest, which invites unpub-lished poets to submit their work for a chance to win online mentoring sessionswith contest judge and poetCatherine Graham.Submissions are accepted atwww.aspiringpoetscontest.orgthrough June 1, 2012.

ROBIN TAUB (BCom 1987 UC)published A Parent’s Guide toRaising Money-Smart Kids(Canadian Institute of CharteredAccountants, 2011).

“I was delighted to fly fromVancouver to attend the 2011spring reunion for the fiftiethanniversary of my graduation.God has given my wife, Bernace,and me very good health—our50 years comes in August— andI’m finally retired after pastoringthree Presbyterian churches, andthen two hospital chaplaincies. Inow serve as the non-stipendiaryStated Clerk of Western CanadaPresbytery, and my wife and Ihave had fun over a number of

years giving English conversationclasses at a beach resort inMazatlan, Mexico, in return for meals at their all-inclusiverestaurants.” - PAUL WALKER(BA 1961 UC)

A passage from SYLVIAMAULTASH WARSH’S (BA 1968 UC) book The Queen ofUnforgetting has been featured on a plaque in Midland,Ontario’s Little Lake Park as part of Project BookmarkCanada. The organizationinstalls plaques marking thephysical settings described inCanadian literature. The firstplaque was raised on Toronto’sBloor viaduct in 2009, withtext from MICHAEL ONDAATJE’S(BA 1965 UC) In the Skin of a Lion.

JIM WILLIAMSON (BA 1982 UC)was awarded the MichenerAward for meritorious publicservice journalism for his workas executive producer on CBC'sThe Fifth Estate.

05.IMAGE 04.Stephanie Provatoand the Q Drum

IMAGE 05.Paul Walker inMexico

IMAGE 06.Sophie Malek andMichael Warner ontheir wedding day

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DonationsTHE STUDENTS, FACULTY,AND STAFF AT UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE THANK YOU FORYOUR SUPPORT.

If you would like to join fellow alumni in making a gift to UniversityCollege, please visit https://donate.utoronto.ca/uc.

Donors listed made contributions to University College between January 1 and December 31, 2011. If you have any questions regardingthe list, please contact [email protected] or (416) 978-2968.

ESTATESC. L. Burton TrustsJanet E. CampbellKenneth B. ConnMadeleine EllisJane Anne IsraeliantzLillian LeranbaumEvelyn Henderson McAndrewMarion E. MeadowsWilliam C. Michell

PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE ($100,000 - $999,999)Rudolph Peter BrattyFrances and Edmund ClarkThe Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren of William and Sheila Cowan

Anonymous (1)

UC PATRONS($25,000 - $99,000)University College Literary and Athletic Society

The Langar Foundation

UC BUILDERS($10,000 - $24,000)The Langar FoundationMichael ProdanouAnonymous (1)

UC BENEFACTORS ($5,000 - $9,999)Michael B. Cruickshank

William C. and Catherine Graham

David RaysideRose WolfeAnonymous (2)

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($1,827 - $4,999)Philip AnismanSylvia BashevkinLawrence BennettMark S. BonhamRobert and Wendy BrownChristine M. ClementRobert CookJames DunneTom FriedlandLillian Renee GlowinskyBrian H. GreenspanJohn Guttag and Olga Puchmajerova-Guttag

Hart and Brigitte HansonThe Hermant Family Foundation

Mark JohnstonHorace KreverJonathan Arlen LevinH. Ian MacdonaldJean MannMargaret Jean LeppingtonSpyridon MavrikisRobert and Toni MorrisonWilliam J. H. OstranderJocelyn PalmMargaret R. Procter

Nona RobinsonLee TaylorPeter James WaiteAnonymous (2)

CLOISTER SOCIETY ($500 - $1,826)Donald AinslieJohn AndersonPaul AustinIrving and Esther BashevkinBetty and Chris Wansbrough Family Foundation at the Toronto Community Foundation

Alan BowkerPerry BowkerPaul Robert Francis BowserJames T. Bratton and Andrew Tait

Maurice H. BrushBarry R. CampbellBlair R. CarbertCFUW - Leaside/East YorkVera and John ChauBasil R. CheesemanJohn H. C. ClarryJean M. ConyersBrenda CossmanMalcolm CouttsFrances L. CrandallD. Aleck DadsonDonna DaskoRolph A. Davis

Linda Silver DranoffJoanna M. EverittCatherine A. FallisRuth L. FarquharMichael B. FraleighGraham B. FraserAnn L. GloverBarbara GoldringKlaus GoldschlagGreen & ChercoverEdward L. GreenspanJean GriffithsRobert B. and Jean M. Hadgraft

Kathleen S. M. HanlyPaul T. HellyerFlorence HertzmanCharles C. HillMike HlinkaMary E. HumphriesVictoria HurliheyLorraine KaakeKathleen and William Davis Scholarship Fund

Miriam Kaufman and Roberta Benson

Diana C. KingCarol D. KirshJudith F. KirshNora J. LangleyMarcus LawJoel LexchinJoseph W. LorimerStephens B. Lowden




David G. LoweMacFeeters FamilyLjubo MajhanovichFrederick MarkerLorna R. MarsdenMartha McCainChristopher McCullochJohn A. McGinnisMargaret E. (Peg) McKelveyGuy W. MillsHenry L. MolotAlice MoultonPaul and Nancy NickleLeslie A. NobleLinda C. O’LearyMarion OrserHelen M. OstovichPaul and Jacqueline PerronSue PolanyiThe Honourable Vivienne Poy

Ursula Koehnke QuinElinor A. RacineRuth RedelmeierRobert Kaplan Fund at theJewish Foundation of Greater Toronto

Jeannelle SavonaBeverly and Fred SchaefferWilliam Phillip Adam SchlarbRuth ScolnikStuart N. SeigelRobert D. SloanRosemary E. J. SpeirsLorna C. StaplesElaine and Joseph SteinerE. Ann StevensSwayze Family FoundationRichard P. TaylorLorne TeppermanWilliam Nathaniel Tepperman

Vivian I. TreacyVernon G. TurnerMichael UkasKenneth A. ValvurJohn Van SetersEleanor S. WalkerIsabel B. WardPeter WarrianP. Jane WestonJames W. WhaleyThomas A. WilsonEdward Y. C. WongJason WongSunny S. YuAnonymous (11)

RED AND WHITE SOCIETY($100 - $499)Isaac AbellaElia Abi-jaoudeHoward AbramsE. Joy AlexanderPhyllis M. AllinLillias C. AllwardMargot M. AlmondRobert M. AndersonSherri M. AppellMary C. ArmstrongDylan Mark AsterRobert W. AtkinsonChung Lun AuKen AucoinMary Isabel AustinPaul M. AustinGeorge P. Baird and Elizabeth Baird

Carol L. BakerSharon B. BakerMark BankDiana J. BarnardBernard BassettJohn BeattieDorothy K. BeckelJohn Beckwith and Kathleen McMorrow

Thelma Rosen BerrisRobert G. BlackburnKatherine M. BladenHarry BlaierWillis L. BlairCaesar R. BlakeRobert G. BoecknerPeter BoosEdward BorinsSarah P. BosomworthPhyllis BradtAnna L. BranscombeAlbert BregmanBernhard G. M. BuetowJustin B. BurAdrian C. ByramHelen A. CampbellJohn C. CarrD. Anne CarruthersMargaret Starr CaseyDomenico CasuscelliClayton W. CaverlyDonald ChapinFanshawe ChengBeverley ChernosBernt ChouT. Hung ChowChristabel ChuCarmine Circelli

Arthur H. ClairmanDorothy R. ClarkeJudith L. ClausCaroline CohenGail ColeBarbara M. ColleyBarbara A. ConwayJane CouchmanJ. Douglas CowanPhilip CowanRobert CrambGwenythe M. CrosdaleMarie K. CuthbertGeorge CybenkoCatherine E. DalrympleBruce George DancyGregory William Danylchenko

Sheila Rand DavenportDorothy and Keith DaveyRobin G. D. Davidson-ArnottGordon F. DaviesH. Chandler DavisEric S. De GrootBeverley J. DesLauriersDiana Dhaskali and Will Rutherdale

Sara DiamondGerald P. DimnikMarilyn Jeanne DohertyHoward DolmanB. Victereene DraperHarry DrexlerMichilynn E. DubeauChristopher DunnJeremy Andrew DuttonMorton I. EisenRobert D. EisenbergRichard J. EllisE. Jane Emond-BonneauMildred EnglishMichael A. EnnamoratoJohn P. EvansAnn B. EwanKathryn FeldmanJudy E. FergusonNona P. and Lorne M. Fienberg

Robert S. FineJudith A. FinlaysonMichael G. FinlaysonAlice F. S. FischelStanley G. FisherMeyer FlorenceW. D. FouldsRivi M. FrankleG. H. FraserBarbara and Karl Freeman

Harriet Zivia Pass Freidenreich

Pamela M. FrickSheldon and Doreen Friedland

Jacqueline FriedmanLennie C. FurseShelley S. GaffeSally GallingerDouglas T. Gardner and Maria G. French

John GeddesSybil GellerDouglas S. GeorgeAnn Judith GibsonEmily GilbertFrances GilbertArthur D. A. GillespieSusan and Garth GoddardNorman S. GodfreyMarvin A. and Helen Goldberg

Leslie GordDwane A. GossaiJudith Skelton GrantClare Ann M. GrecoSusan L. GreenbloomRudy R. GreeneJoel S. GreenspanGary G. GreigStanley I. GriffinHoward GrossCynthia J. GuznerCharlotte G. HaldenbyMarjorie J. HalePaul HamelJohn P. HamiltonJohn D. HarbronAlan HarnumDorothy Joan HarrisElaine HarrisLynn Hasher and David Goldstein

Matthew C. HaydayHelen L. HaymanToni and Robin HealeyMarian Dingman HebbSheila R. HeckerJohan HellebustPaul W. HellenHelios HernandezAlexander P. HewlittLuther M. HinesEmily E. Fairs HobsonMargaret I. HoffmanMarianne R. Holford




DonationsBeatrix R. HornChaviva HosekCarol M. HuddartMatt HughesJames N. P. HumeSarah J. HunterMichael and Linda HutcheonElisabeth A. JoczAndrew O. JohnsonHeather JonesElizabeth S. JoyMaryon KantaroffJane Kanya-ForstnerNicholas P. KasirerSheila M. KatzCynthia J. KemererAnna C. KennedyMargaret A. KennedyMary C. KentCynthia KerrThomas Tek KeymerKong E. KhooJee Hyun KimPeter C.H. KimJoan Langlois KingHermann J. KircherRobert D. KligmanWendy KoslowJacqueline D. KrikorianJoe and Doreen KronickAlice M. LaiJohn C. LaidlawJohn Beresford LanawayAnne and Ian LancashireLand O’Lakes FoundationR. Brian LandDavid H. LatnerCheuk Kin LauSusan LauStephen LauzonWilliam C. and Jean K. Lawrence

Jim LawsonMargaret Elizabeth LearnJames W. LebansRichard Borshay LeeAlexander M. and Anna Leggatt

Elizabeth M. LeggeRoss W. LeighDonald A. LeitchJeffrey S. Leon

Rhea LeungJeff L. LevittTania LiRalph G. LindseySarah Ellen LinesDonald L. LoveDiane Lowens AdamJohn M. LowndesJ. Bruce MacDonaldJanine MacDonaldGeorge S. MacDonellCaroline W. MacFarlaneGerald MachtingerLori MacIntyreAnthony J. MacKaySuzanne E. MajhanovichCatherine A. M. MaloneJames K. MannMargaret Mary MansellHarold MarglesDennis MarshallGeorge T. MarshallGail MartinMary Willan MasonMuriel A. MassonIrving L. MatlowMarian C. MaynardLinda McBurneyDena McCallumBarbara A. McClaryMary V. McCullamJohn M. McDiarmidNola E. McDonaldAllan H. McKellarDonald R. McKillicanS. Brian McLeanRowland D. McMasterChristine M. C. McMillanBijalpita Julie B. MehtaSolveiga MiezitisDorothy Milburn-SmithThe Miriam and Harold Green Family Foundation

Karen MockBrian J. MooreColin A. MorleyGillian MorrisonRoss E. MorrowGeorge K. MortonFlorence P. T. MossSylvia MuredduDavid MurphyDorothea D. MurrayH. NabbePatricia Louise NaylorWing Han Stella NgMichael John NicholsonAvtar Nijjar

Erik P. NilssonShelagh R. NortheyKristina NouNiamh C. O’LaoghaireGerald A. OhashiHarry OkadaDavid N. OrensteinCharles S. PachterPhilip H. PalterKathleen M. PatchetHenry Edward Antony PateyDavid G. PatonMargaret A. PattisonJoanne L. PaullRuth W. PeckoverValerie A. PercivalPaul M. PfalznerJerrold PlotnickEsta PomotovEva K. PoonUri M. PossenNancy J. PostJoanna B. PragerRobert PriceAnthony B. QuarringtonJan M. RaczyckiJudith RamirezLola RasminskyMichael RasminskyBarry and Margaret RayterCharles RebickBodo A. ReichenbachLois ReimerJohn L. RennickDorothee M. RetterathPeter RichardsonNina S. RichmondJohn RiderM. Monica RobertsonRobin RogerWendy L. RolphSarah Claudia RomeiroSue RopchanPatricia C. RosebrughGeorge T. RosensteelGlenna M. RossMichael J. RossAbraham RotsteinColeman M. RotsteinNancy-Gay RotsteinE. Ann SaddlemyerChester SadowskiNicholas R. Sajatovic




Rick E. SalutinEzra and Ann SchabasEstelle R. SchipperHoney and Norman SchipperDan and Nicoletta ScrimgerMarion C. ShawDorothy M. S. ShepherdGilda ShindmanJudith A. ShindmanMartin and Julia ShubikJudy A. SilverLaura SilverShoel D. SilverSteven SilverVivian SilverbergLeonard J. SimpsonPat and Pekka SinervoD. Annabel SissonsH. Peter SkaliksM. Helen SmallErnest SmithRobert H. SmithWiebke SmythePhilip SohmRaphael H. SolomonHoward SomersSally L. SomersJames M. SpenceJ. Daniel G. StapletonWilliam E. SteadmanBasil J. StevensonJohn T. StevensonJames D. StewartKrystyna StewartNeil StrausIsabelle R. StrongMalcah SufrinGerald S. Swinkin and Wendy Setterington

Donna J. M. TaiAlvin M. TaylorLeroy TaylorSherman J. TaylorMark F. TerrillKenneth S. ThompsonJohn W. ThowJanet Coutts TiemanTracy L. TiemanThomas TimuskRonald TomoskNikolaos TsimidisGerald TulchinskyArthur M. TurnerShauna Bell Van Praagh

Loren Dorothea Vanderlinden

Rein C. VasaraElizabeth F. WagschalEthel M. WakayamaMary E. WarnerGary WatersJames J. WattLee F. WebberGeorge WeiderMerike WeilerFlorence C. WeirElizabeth H. WellsWells Fargo Foundation Employee Matching Gift Program

Donald WelshRonald WenerBruce G. WestJanette H. WhiteJulie WhiteMary J. WhitfieldJane D. WhitmoreRobert M. WigleSally E. WilliamsPaul T. WillisKevin J. WilsonJohn W. L. WinderKyle Winters and Howard Rideout

Fiona M. WissbornBeatrice WittenbergBarry WolfishEdward K. WongAlexander B. WoodsideJeff WranaElizabeth R. WrightToby R. YanBurle YollesYork Heritage Management Ltd.

Robert B. YungblutSamuel ZaltzAnonymous (85)

DONATIONSU of T Art Centre



DonationsUNIVERSITY OF TORONTOART CENTRE

The following donors made contributions to the University of Toronto Art Centre between January 1 and December 31, 2011.

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE($1,827+)Peter AllenRichard J. BalfourDiana BennettJanet DewanJohn A. ForemanValerie Godsoe JenningsAl and Malka GreenLyndsay Green and Hank Intven

Jean GriffithsJanet E. Hutchison Foundation

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Mary Susanne LamontAllan LochheadBruce and Barbara MacGowan

Margaret E. (Peg) McKelveyDonald O’BornRuth RedelmeierNorm SandhamThe Scott Griffin FoundationMorden S. YollesJoyce and Fred ZemansAnonymous (1)

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($1,000 - $1,826)Christine F. BissellWalter M. and Lisa Balfour Bowen

Michael and Diane HasleyJim LawsonPaul and Nancy NickleNiamh C. O’LaoghaireEberhard and Jane ZeidlerAnonymous (1)

BENEFACTOR ($500-$999)Lorie E. CappeWilliam and Meredith Saunderson

Beverly and Fred SchaefferCatherine Ukas

CONTRIBUTOR($250 -$499)David G. Broadhurst Pamela EarleJohn A. FlemingWilliam R. McKeanDorothy E. OverallJoyce M. ReddochJack and Louise Zosky

SUPPORTER($125 - $249) Patricia J. Agnew Anna L. BurwashMargo ColemanRita DouglasKatherine Dumoulin and Adam Lauder

A. E. Nancy FosterRuth E. HoodRobert P. KaplanJune McLeanVernon G. TurnerAnonymous (1)

DONOR($25 - $124)Flora AgnewE. Joy AlexanderMichael S. and Toni J. AllenEsther-Rose AngelJulia AntonoffLeah BartlettJanal R. BechtholdStephen BulgerJane BuntingBetty CarterJohn H. C. ClarrySusan DuffJanice FarishMatthew J. FarishFreda FinleyGillian FlemingAbram Naz GreenspoonH. Donald GuthrieDianne E. HarrisonRobin J. HurstSasha KrsticCatherine J. LeakLawrence LeDucLori MacIntyreJoan MacRaeMary Willan MasonMalcolm McGrathYvonne PouporeJoan R. RandallAnne M. RobinsonWiebke SmytheKatherine E. SpencePatricia Anne StollJeff TallonMladen VranicMary WellsMary F. WilliamsonRobert W. WorthyAnonymous (7)

ENDOWED FUNDSThe Valerie Jean GriffithsStudent Exhibitions Fund inMemory of William, Elva,and Elizabeth

The Hutchison Endowment Fund

The Dr. Lillian MalcoveOrmos Endowment Fund

The OSOTF I and OSOTF IIStudent Award Funds established by Joy Alexander,Judith McErvel, Margaret E.(Peg) McKelvey, and WendyRebanks

The Joan Walwyn RandallEndowment Fund

GIFTS-IN-KINDJohn Hartman

DONATIONSU of T Art Centre



PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTED USWorks by some of the greatest names in photographywere recently featured in a celebrated exhibition at theUniversity of Toronto Art Centre at University College.“Photography Collected Us”: The Malcolmson Collectionbrought together 185 rare and beautiful photographsdating from the mid-nineteenth-century to the present,by photographers such as Gustave Le Gray, MargaretBourke White, May Ray, and Paul Strand.

The collection, which belongs to Ann and HarryMalcolmson (BA 1957 UC), has been called the mostimportant collection of historical photography in privatehands in Canada. The title of the exhibition is in fact aplay on the Malcolmson’s own admission that, “we didnot collect photography, photography collected us.”Curator Heather Diack selected the works shown inorder to consider the compelling relationships that arecreated between individuals and photographs andbetween individuals within photographs.

IMAGERobert Frank, Chattanooga,Tennessee, gelatin silver print, negative: 1956, print: 1970s. Collection of Ann and HarryMalcolmson.

DONATIONSHeritage Society



DonationsTHE UNIVERSITY COLLEGEHERITAGE SOCIETY

The University College Heritage Society is a special group of alumni andfriends who have included the College in their estate plans. If you would like to learn more about making a planned gift to UC, please contact Jim Lawson at (416) 978-0271 or [email protected].

Joy AlexanderLillias C. AllwardSherri M. AppellIvor ArnoldAnne BarchamPeter BartlettMark S. BonhamDouglas BoozRobert BrownKenneth (K.C.) CarruthersMark A. CheethamDennis H. ChittySheila M. CowanMary C. CrichtonJames DunneMargaret EmmersonDennis FindlayGeorge Graham FlintJohn A. ForemanDouglas GardnerMary Jane GeddesEdward GrantV. Jean GriffithsRick GuissoHelen GurneyJack HallamCrystal HawkMatt Hughes

Richard & Isaac JonesPaul & Rona MaynardLouisa KeithKathryn J. Korkis Jim LawsonMargaret D. LittlejohnEnrique J. B. Lopez de MesaNancy MainDonald McLeodJudith McErvelMargaret E. (Peg) McKelveyIsobel MoonElaine PenalaganJoan RandallDavid M. RaysideElizabeth Ruth RedelmeierMarjorie ReynoldsElizabeth RuchLeo SchenkerRobert SchottMildred SchwartzCaroline Seidl-FarrellCaroline M. ShawyerMarjorie E. SimondsAnn D. B. SuttonVincent TovellGerald WhyteLee WilsonKyle J. WintersNancy Fay WoodAnonymous (22)

STEP 4: Update Additional Information

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Please call me to discuss how to leave a gift for the College in my will.

Please send me information on how to take advantage of tax savings for gift securities.

NOTE: Capital gains taxes have now been eliminated ongifts of securities and share options.

I prefer that my name not be included in donor listings.

STEP 5: Your Contact Information (required for tax receipt)

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City:

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Telephone:

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Corporate Matching Gift Program: if you are an employee, direc-tor, or retiree of a matching gift company, you can double or insome cases triple the size and impact of your gift. For more infor-mation: [email protected] or (416) 978-3810.

OUR PROMISE TO YOU:We will send you a tax receipt. University College at the University of Toronto respects your privacy. The informationon this form is collected and used for administration of the University’sadvancement activities undertaken pursuant to the University of TorontoAct, 1971. At all times it will be protected in accordance with the Freedomof Information and Protection of Privacy Act. If you have questions, please refer to www.utoronto.ca/privacy or contact the University’s Freedom ofInformation and Protection of Privacy Coordinator at (416) 946-7303,McMurrich Building, Room 201, 12 Queen’s Park Crescent West, Toronto,Ontario M5S 1A8.

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Thank you!

STEP 1: Gift Amount

I wish to make a gift of:$50 $100 $250 $500 Other $__________

I want to join the President’s Circle with my enclosed minimum gift of $1,827 or $152.25 per month.

Contributions totaling $1,827 or more per calendar year qualify for recognition in the President’s Circle. As part of the University of Toronto’s leadership giving recognition society, President’s Circle members enjoy attending a variety of special events. For more information, please visithttp://boundless.utoronto.ca/recognition/presidents-circle/ or call (416) 978-3910.

I want to make a continuous monthly gift of $______________ per month beginning ____/____/______

STEP 2: Designate Your Gift

Area of greatest need (0560002518)Student scholarships and financial aid (0560002544)Residence and building restoration (0560002508)Other __________________________________________

STEP 3: Select a Payment Option

CHEQUE (Payable to University College - U of T)

MONTHLY DIRECT DEBIT (void cheque is enclosed)

AUTOMATIC PAYROLL DEDUCTION (U of T faculty and staff)Personnel No: ___________________________________

• Gifts processed after the middle of the month will be deducted from next month’s payroll

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IN MEMORIAMAlumni Passed



In Memoriam1930sMrs. Joan C. (Roman) Birnie (BA 1937 UC) of London, ON; July 25, 2011Mrs. D. Jane (Patterson) Elliott (BA 1939 UC) of Winnipeg, MB; July 22, 2011Dr. Harold Fine (BA 1936 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 11, 2011Mrs. Noela M. Harvie (BA 1939 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug. 10, 2011Mrs. Margaret E. (Diggins) Hunter (BA 1933 UC) of London, ON; Nov. 14, 2011Mr. Bowden L. McLean (BA 1939 UC) of Etobicoke, ON; Sept. 19, 2011Mr. Leonard G. Newell (BA 1939 UC) of Sarnia, ON; Mar. 9, 2005The Rev. Harry Folinsbee Newman (BA 1937 UC) Pickering, ON; July 27, 2011Mrs. Evelyn M. Rahilly (BA 1939 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 8, 2011Mr. Louis Savlov (BA 1937 UC) of Toronto, ON; Nov. 29, 2010Mr. F. Bertram Schuch (BA 1933 UC) of Huntsville, ON; Aug, 11, 2011Dr. Albert J. Solway (BA 1937 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 22, 2011Mrs. Gwendolyn G. (Husband) Stockwell (BA 1939 UC) of Toronto, ON; Dec. 10, 2011

1940sMr. Joel W. Aldred (1949 UC) of Port Perry, ON; Oct. 12, 2011Miss Margaret L. T. Belcher (BA 1947 UC) of Mississauga, ON; Nov. 19, 2011Mrs. Elsie Bradford (1942 UC) of Etobicoke, ON; Oct. 12, 2011Mrs. Celia V. (Bojin) Busch (1948 UC) of Mount Albert, ON; Nov. 2, 2011Dr. Roy Cairns (BA 1949 UC) of St. Catharines, ON; Oct. 26, 2011Mrs. Jean C. Carrie (BA 1942 UC) of Etobicoke, ONMrs. Marion (Redfern) Cogdon (BA 1943 UC) of York, ON; Dec. 17, 2011Mr. Saul Cohen (BA 1944 UC) of Toronto, ON; Feb. 25, 2011Miss Edith Cox (BA 1949 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 4, 2011Mrs. Eileen M. (Taylor) Culham (BA 1945 UC) of Orillia, ON; Dec. 17, 2011Mr. Thomas C. Daly (BA 1940 UC) of Montréal, QB; Sept. 18, 2011Mrs. Rosanne C. (Richardson) Fedorkow (BA 1947 UC) of Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON; Sept. 20, 2011Mrs. Mary F. Fraser (BA UC 1942) of Burlington, ON; Dec. 23, 2011Mr. Andrew R. J. Gardner (BA 1948 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 29, 2011

Mrs. Mary F. P. (Eberhart) Gardner (BA 1944 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 13, 2011Mrs. Nancy A. (Neff) Gruetzner (BA 1946 UC) of Etobicoke, ON; Sept. 20, 2011Mrs. Barbara J. Gutsell (BA 1948 UC) of Guelph, ON; July 19, 2011Mr. John P. Hamilton (BA 1949 UC) of Toronto, ON; Dec. 11, 2011Mrs. Aileen M. D. Howes (1941 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 17, 2011Mr. Kenneth G. Inch (BA 1948 UC) of Guelph, ON; Nov. 17, 2011Mr. Solomon Kaiman (BA 1942 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Feb. 11, 2011Mrs. Gladys (Brenner) Lebow (BA 1944 UC) of Evanston, IL; Sept. 15. 2011Mrs. Marion L. (Belch) McCormick (BA 1942 UC) of Harrow, ON; Aug. 16, 2011Mrs. Edith M. (MacTavish) McFadzean (BA 1942 UC) of East York, ON: Nov. 11, 2011Mr. Donald William Mclarty (1946 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Aug. 24, 2011Mr. E. Stuart Miles (BCom 1942 UC) of Bracebridge, ON; Nov. 25, 2011Mrs. Mary G. (Manson) Ness (MSc 1945 UC) of Baie-D’urfe, QB; Dec. 22, 2011Mr. D. Craig S. Reid (BA 1948 UC) of Calgary, AB Mr. Donald M. Rogers (BA 1944 UC) of St. Catharines, ON; Dec. 14, 2011Mr. Wilfred W. Schreiber (BA 1949 UC) of Milton, ON; Dec. 8, 2011Dr. Harold O. Seigel (BA 1946 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 13, 2011Mrs. Marion Jenkins Seretis (BA 1943 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 24, 2011Mr. John C. Stodgell (BA 1948 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug. 24, 2011Mr. Irving David Temins (BA 1944 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug, 2, 2011Mr. Norval Eric Tooke (1947 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug, 19, 2011Mrs. Charlotte Mary Tully (BA 1944 UC) of Midland, ON; Aug. 23, 2011Mrs. Dorothy E. Watt (BA 1942 UC) of Peterborough, ON; July 6, 2011Mr. Charles E. Wilson (BA 1948 UC) of Weston, ON Mr. Elwy M. Yost (BA 1948 UC) of West Vancouver, BC; July 21, 2011

IN MEMORIAMAlumni Passed



1950sMr. Martin Stanley Alford (1951 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Sept. 23, 2011Mr. David Baum (BA 1954 UC) of Willowdale, ON Mrs. Patricia M. Beach (BA 1951 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Sept. 9, 2011Mr. Gerald Robert Burger (BA 1955 UC) of Kitchener, ON; May 5, 2011Mr. John C. Corkill (BCom 1952 UC) of Etobicoke, ON; July 22, 2011Mr. Cyrus W. Creighton (BCom 1950 UC) of Scarborough, ON; Dec. 21, 2010Miss Mary A. Fitz-Gibbon (BA 1950 UC) of Dorset, ON; 2010Mr. Donald R. Inch (BA 1950 UC) of Dwight, ON; Oct. 14, 2011The Honourable Julius Alexander Isaac, Q.C. (BA 1955 UC) of Ottawa, ON; July 16, 2011Mr. William Kasprow (BA 1955 UC) of Thornhill, ON; Oct. 30, 2011Dr. Kristjan R. Kristjanson (BA 1957 UC) of Edmonton, AB; Oct. 9, 2010Mr. Kenneth G. Macdonald (BA 1952 UC) of Brampton, ON; July 23, 2011Dr. Donald R. Muir (BA 1951 UC) of Calgary, AB; Oct. 19, 2011Ms. Margaret (Honderich) Penman (BA 1957 UC) of Toronto, ON; Dec. 22, 2010Mrs. D. Joanne (Stoddart) Philpott (BA 1951 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug. 3, 2011Mr. Robert G. Russell (BA 1954 UC) of Thorburn, NS; Nov. 3, 2010

Mrs. Audrey G. Scott (BA 1950 UC) of Sheffield, ON; July 26, 2011Dr. Ben Z. Shek (BA 1950 UC) of Toronto, ON; June 26, 2011Ms. R. J. Sky Sigal (BA 1955 UC) Lake Country, BC; Aug, 30, 2011Dr. Edgar B. Singer (BA 1950 UC) of Scarborough, ON; Oct. 9, 2011Ms. Patricia Walwyn (BA 1956 UC) of Collingwood, ON; Sept. 19, 2011Mr. Raymond L. Whaley (BA 1950 UC) of North York, ON; Nov. 25, 2011 Mr. Seymour L. Wigle (BCom 1950 UC) of Hamilton, ON; Oct. 25, 2011Prof. Saul Wolfe (BA 1954 UC) of Burnaby, BC; Aug. 9, 2011

1960sMrs. Myrna D. Crystal (BA 1960 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 20, 2011Mrs. Hilda (Morgenstern) Friedman (BSc 1964 UC) of Haifa, IsraelMs. Ruth Gelber (BA 1961 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 16, 2011Miss Maria R. Maniates (BA 1960 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 20, 2011 Mrs. Bina Rhoda Maser (BA 1966 UC) of Willowdale, ON; Aug. 14, 2011Mr. Mark Edgar Nichols (1961 UC) of Montreal, QB; Sept. 21, 2011Ms. Frances G. (Stoddard) Orr (BA 1964 UC) of Toronto, ON; June 28, 2011Mr. Terrance I. Wills (BCom 1960 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Dec. 3, 2011

1980sMr. William A. Bartolini (BCom 1982 UC) of Toronto, ON; May 5, 2011Dr. Jan M. Raczycki (BSc 1982 UC) of Clinton, ON; July 31, 2011

Notices of death published in this issue werereceived between July 7 and December 31, 2011,and list the date of death and last known residencewhere possible. Friends of the deceased can help bysending information to [email protected].

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