Vic Report Autumn 2009

Following the Beat of

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The buzz in Burwash Dining Hall was subsiding near the end of lunch hour at the beginning of fall term as I made my way among four of the tables.

At the first, half-a-dozen young women, now the best of friends, were enthusiastically recounting their experience of meeting each other at orientation just a few days earlier. Next to them was a group of young men, all in the jazz program at the Faculty of Music. New friends, too, they responded well to the suggestion that they might think of mixing with the first table at their next meal. Only two students occupied table three: an engineering student and a second-year philosophy student who was arguing with him that science had not, in fact, settled the philosophical issue of the nature of time—I had to take her side. The lone occupant of the fourth table told me he was thinking of dropping to a lighter course load in order to run the business he started last year. The business turned out to be an online newspaper on international affairs, so I introduced him to the philosophy student, who also writes for the Strand.

These encounters reminded me that a great education happens in ways that are partly programmed, and partly coincidental. As a professor of philosophy, I tend to focus on the illumination of individual minds. The understanding in those minds, one by one, is what gets assessed and graded. However, as Vic’s late president A.B.B. Moore was fond of pointing out, education takes place in a community.

To create that community, we develop policies and practices that encourage social interactions, such as placing first-year residence students in double rooms. Vic welcomes students from other faculties, particularly Music, but also Engineering and Physical Education

and Health. Their presence enriches our lives, and they become valued members of the Victoria University Students’ Administrative Council and Victoria College’s on-campus student life— those jazz students told me they felt part of the community already. And of course, the most visible space for facilitating connections across ages, programs of study, and interests, is a student centre. For this reason, building the Goldring Student Centre is our current priority.

Many alumni confess, understandably, to more vivid memories of Wymilwood than of their classes. What transpires in welcoming spaces for lively conversation, quiet reading, good café food, group study, or checking email may make the difference between an unremarkable four years of classes and exams, and a life-changing education. The intersecting lines of friendships have been inscribed for 60 years across Wymilwood, and in fall 2011 the Goldring Student Centre will extend those lines for generations to come.

Our best efforts can create the conditions for connections, but what happens within the connections themselves can’t be programmed or predicted. Who knows what will come of lunchtime encounters about music, engineering and philosophy? Who knows what might happen when students from places as far apart as Winnipeg and Beijing meet each other?

As Al Moritz notes in this issue’s “Faculty Forum” (see page 10), coincidence is the substance of poetry and of life. It’s also the substance of education. In a multi-dimensioned web of connections, students may find themselves challenged by the unfamiliar and intrigued by the unexpected. Faced with those challenges, they also need to connect with their own inner resources, as Dennis Lee Vic 6T2 notes in his convocation address to Victoria College’s graduating class of 2009 (see pages 8 and 9). If we can help our students to put themselves in the way of serendipity and the gifts that it brings, Vic will truly be their alma mater.

Vic Connections That Clickby paul w. gooch

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Autumn 2009 Volume XXXVIII No. 1

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Cover: Dennis Lee Vic 6T2 in Queen’s Park by the statue of Canadian poet Al Purdy, which he helped commemorate at its unveiling in 2008. Photograph by Peg McCarthy.

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Victoria is just one year away from launching the celebrations that will mark 2010-2011 as its 175th

anniversary year. A special event on Charter Day, Oct. 13, 2010, will kick off the festivities.

“My hope is that alumni who attend any or all of the 175th anniversary events will enjoy them on many levels,” says Valerie (Naylor) Story Vic 7T0, president of the Alumni of Victoria College Executive and chair of the anniversary planning committee. “In all the planning that’s taking place, we’re looking to offer activities that will forge an understanding and appreciation of Vic’s remarkable history and Vic’s impact on so many of our alumni. We want to develop a sense of the bond that we, as alumni, have with our alma mater and, perhaps most importantly, renew friendships as we reminisce about our years at Vic.”

A lecture series committee, chaired by Linda MacRae Vic 6T7, is developing a series of talks inspired by themes that have emerged from Victoria’s academic history. The plan is to have some of Vic’s well-known and celebrated alumni lead the lectures.

The arts and entertainment committee, chaired by Susan (Allan) Gillmeister Vic 8T1, will coordinate numerous arts and entertainment activities during the anniversary year, including the Bob, a performing arts concert and visual arts competitions, such as a photography contest. A film-related event has also been proposed which will draw on the long list of Vic grads involved in the world of cinema.

Alumni can look forward to a variety of social events, including reunions and a family day, to be organized by the social events committee, chaired by Paul Haynes Vic 9T9. Current students will also recognize the 175th anniversary with a VUSAC-led event.

The gala committee, chaired by Dawn Marie Schlegel Vic 9T6, has begun preparations for a gala weekend, Oct. 14-16, that will conclude the anniversary celebrations in 2011. Plans include an on-campus event, a gala dinner and a special worship service, organized in co-operation with the Emmanuel College Alumni/ae Association.

Coming Soon: Vic’s 175th Anniversary CelebrationsYear-Round Activities Planned for 2010-2011

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An early architectural rendering of the Victoria College Building (Old Vic) to be built in Toronto.

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175 vic facts Watch for more well-known and little-known facts about Victoria University to be released as Vic’s 175th celebration year approaches.

vic fact #2Victoria University may have Sir John A. Macdonald to thank for its move from Cobourg, Ont., to Toronto.

It’s a little known fact that the Prime Minister of Canada was among the delegates at the 1886 General Conference of the Methodists of Upper Canada, where the issue of Victoria’s federation with the University of Toronto was debated for four days.

Macdonald joined the debate and is said to have “effectively met the argument of the perils of a great city for students, and concluded by pledging $25,000 to the College whether it should be in federation, which he preferred, or independent…” (C.B. Sissions, A History of Victoria University).

Victoria University federated with the University of Toronto in 1890.


Jason Hunter, who joined Victoria in 2001 as dean of students, was appointed the dean of students for Humber College

in July. In his new role, Hunter is responsible for all areas of student experience, including health and counselling, athletics and accessibility services, as well as residence and student life.

DeSouza holds a degree in employment relations from U of T, as well as certificates and diplomas from U of T, the University of Manitoba and Harvard. He succeeds David Keeling, who has retired after a long and distinguished career at Victoria University and the University of Toronto (see Vic Report, Summer 2009).

Over the past eight years Hunter helped Victoria make great strides in improving the quality of student life. He led the development of the Dean’s Experience Enhancement Fund, a program designed to provide seed funding for vital student projects; provided guidance and direction to the residence life program; and worked closely with student government on several important projects, including planning for the Goldring Student Centre.

“A lot of places talk about the value of student life and the importance of student experience, but Vic is one of the few places that I know of that really and truly puts the resources in place to support those goals and has people committed to seeing them accomplished,” said Hunter at the time of his departure. “I have to say that working with students has just been wonderful and I’ve been able to watch them do some exceptional things, like helping to make the Goldring Student Centre possible. I was involved with that project from the very beginning, and I’m disappointed that I won’t be able see it out, especially now that we’re so close to breaking ground.”

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New Bursar for Victoria Raymond deSouza Joins Senior Administration

Vic’s Dean of Students Departs Jason Hunter Moves to Humber College

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Ray deSouza’s first day on campus as bursar was Sept. 8, 2009.

Dean of Students Jason Hunter moved to Humber College this past summer.

Raymond deSouza, an accomplished university administrator, has been appointed Victoria’s bursar and

chief administrative officer.

Just prior to joining Victoria on September 8, deSouza completed a one-year contract with Abu Dhabi University as its vice-chancellor, financial and administrative affairs. “Ray deSouza is a skilled administrator with wide experience and significant accomplishments,” says President Paul Gooch. “He is deeply committed to the values of the University, and Victoria is fortunate to have him join our community.”

DeSouza began his administrative career at the University of British Columbia. In 1988, he was appointed administrative officer in the department of physics at the University of Toronto. From 1993 to 2004, he served as assistant dean and director of infrastructure and information technology in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts and Science, where he was responsible for planning, budget and finance, project management, facilities management and health and safety. DeSouza was appointed chief administrative officer of the University of Toronto Mississauga in 2004.


Penny Feng Vic 1T0 and Ioana Ivan Vic 1T1Penny Feng and Ioana Ivan had their summers all mapped out: Feng was going to volunteer in Costa Rica and Ivan had a job lined up as a software developer for Red Hat. Then the news came that they’d be taking part in a new internship exchange between the University of Toronto and Oxford University, and their plans changed in an instant.

Feng found herself in a hypoxia research lab at Oxford that studies oxygen-sensing pathways and responses in cells to oxygen deprivation. Her pathobiology studies were excellent preparation for her primary task, which was to investigate the behaviour of a protein known to be abundant in kidney, colon, gastric and many other types of cancers.

Ivan’s academic interests in bioinformatics and computational biology made her well-suited to work in an Oxford bio-imaging lab that examines abdominal tomography scans in order to identify and construct three-dimensional models and improve the presentation of data used by oncologists. Her assignment was to generate better models of tumour growth by working on image segmentation and organ identification, particularly in instances of renal cancer.

The experience moved Feng closer to her goal of becoming a clinician-scientist and confirmed Ivan’s desire to pursue graduate studies—now with the added hope of doing so at Oxford.

Craig Ruttan Vic 1T0Craig Ruttan’s summer began with learning about peace-building and ended with a discussion on global security. For a peace and conflict studies specialist, it doesn’t get any better.

Through the summer abroad course Conflict in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Responses, Ruttan travelled to Kenya, where he visited Nairobi, Mombasa and the wildlife reserve Masai Mara. In the span of one month, he met with officials from the Canadian High Commission and Institute for Security Studies, as well as a high-ranking military official at the International Peace Support Training Centre. The course was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, says Ruttan, and left him with a broader understanding of how to apply his studies after university.

Ruttan went on to England as a delegate at the weeklong Atlantic Youth Forum, where youth from Canada, the United States and Europe discussed global security, as well as matters of international relations and cooperation. The forum focused on global governance, which Ruttan says was the perfect complement to his earlier peace-building learning experience.

Katarzyna Swica Vic 1T1Whether she was interviewing legendary scientists or pitching story ideas to television producers, Katarzyna Swica made the most of her time as a researcher for the Discovery Channel this past summer.

Swica landed a coveted internship with the TV show Daily Planet, where she drew on her unique skill set as a human biology and ecology and evolutionary biology double-major with a minor in English. This knowledge foundation, combined with her journalism experience as a Strand writer, gave her an edge when it came time to translate scientific articles into accessible story ideas and, in one instance, interview people in Finland about the country’s rally car technology.

One of the highlights of her stint at the show was attending several interviews with world-class scientists, including one with Josef Penninger, a U of T professor and geneticist known for identifying the key osteoporosis gene. The meeting inspired Swica to pursue more rigorous courses in genetics and chemistry, all the while keeping her options open for a future as a researcher, physician or journalist.

Summer Vacations with Global ImpactVic Students Work in England, Kenya and All Around the Planet

Penny Feng conducted research related to kidney, colon and gastric cancers.

Ioana Ivan’s work on tumour growth will help oncologists.

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Craig Ruttan explored the wildlife reserve Masai Mara as part of his studies in Kenya.

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Katarzyna Swica researched stories and conducted preliminary interviews for the TV show Daily Planet.

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Following the Beat of Dennis Lee By Jennifer Pugsley Vic 0T1

FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS

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When honorary degree recipient Dennis Lee Vic 6T2 addressed Victoria College’s graduating class last June,

he suggested they listen to the voice inside them, to what he calls a dim sense that something is beckoning. “It’s funny how you can be claimed by something,” he says, “whether you’re a willing participant or not.”

Listening to that something within him led Lee to co-found the House of Anansi Press in 1967, today one of the most influential presses in Canada’s literary history. It led him to publish numerous collections of thoughtful verse—from Civil Elegies and Other Poems (1972) to Yesno (2007)—that have captured the evolution of a nation’s existence and the possibilities for its future. And it led him to write the collection of poetry Alligator Pie (1974), one of the most cherished books in children’s literature, as well as collaborate with puppeteer Jim Henson in the 1980s, writing lyrics for the TV show Fraggle Rock and working on the scripts of the classic fantasy films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.

What if Lee had not listened to the nagging hunch that he should make writing his craft? The profession’s low profile as he was growing up definitely gave him pause. “There was a time when the idea of being a full-time writer in Canada wasn’t even controversial. It was off the grid,” says Lee, who received an honorary doctorate of sacred letters from Victoria University in 2002 and was Canada’s nominee that year for the Hans Christian Andersen Award (nicknamed the ‘little Nobel’). Being a full-time poet was an even more radical proposition. “Economically speaking, it was the suicide sector. It still is…I can’t say I strode with heroic confidence. I really did back in to every part of it.”

He kept trying to do other things, he says, entering university with the intention of becoming a minister. He also gave serious thought to pursuing psychiatry as a profession before choosing to teach English at Victoria College from 1963 to 1967.

Lee talks of writing desperately bad fiction during that time, along with awkward attempts at playwriting, where making something actually happen on stage seemed beyond him. Then he saw that, in fact, he had already made up his mind. “Eventually, I realized that whatever else I did, I kept coming back and scribbling—what was actually quite bad poetry— on blank pieces of paper. And I also realized I could end up on my retirement day from the academy saying, ‘I really wanted to give a shot at writing worthwhile poetry.’”

Lee sank his teeth into the work of Canadian poet Al Purdy, struck by Purdy’s “technical savvy in moving words along on the page.” Then there was German poet Friedrich Hölderin, whose work stirred a deep music within Lee that he claims he couldn’t get anywhere near in his own poems for years. More recently, another German poet, Paul Celan, opened Lee up to different kinds of music in poetry. “What a writer learns from another writer is much more subliminal than just saying I can make myself sound like that person,” he says. Even abstract expressionist painting, such as that of Jackson Pollock, proved inspirational. “With Pollock there’s a tremendous flow and aliveness all over the canvas. I ask myself, ‘How can I do something like this in words?’”

Lee says that, for him, finding the right words is a bit like groping in the dark. “What I have to do to start [writing] is to really hear something. Something that usually doesn’t have any particular definition. I’m trying to follow something and let it metamorphose in directions for which I have no expectations.”

Lee’s first steps into the world of children’s poetry were equally serendipitous. “I thought writing poetry meant writing serious doom-and-gloom adult things, but when my kids came along, I started making verses for them,” he says. “I thought if I was going to be taken seriously as a sweaty, furrow-browed poet, I couldn’t possibly let this stuff out or other poets would see it and no one would take me seriously. Of course, when it came out…I had been completely wrong.”

The publishing industry has undergone a transformation since Lee’s early days as a professional writer. It seems to operate under a series of contradictions: less opportunity as the established publishing houses become more threatened, yet more opportunity with a booming entrepreneurial spirit among writers to start their own small presses.

The focus on writing, however, remains the same. “It’s the quality of what you’re putting on paper that’s the centre of gravity,” says Lee, offering advice for new writers coming up through the ranks. “There has been an emphasis in the last 20 years on learning the professional ropes within the publishing world. On the one hand, I think that’s valuable, but if learning all the right steps to take in a writing career is what made you a terrific writer, then we’d have hundreds of thousands of terrific writers roaming the streets.”

Lee’s recent achievements include an appointment as Toronto’s first poet laureate. The major project of his term (2001-2004) was the establishment of the Legacy Project, which he describes as “an attempt to remember in the fabric of the cityscape all the great artists, of whatever discipline, and thinkers and scientists who’ve been linked with Toronto.” The renaming of the Toronto-Dominion Centre Courtyard in 2004 for musician Oscar Peterson was the first example of this initiative. Future plans include placing historical plaques on buildings associated with such individuals.

Lee is relaxed about his own success and the works that have resonated most in the public’s consciousness. “For me, the most important poetry is either what I’m working on right now or trying to sniff and see what’s waiting to be written,” he says. “The Dennis Lee that had some degree of profile with Alligator Pie or Civil Elegies, that’s some other guy from the past.

“I don’t want to start thinking of myself as someone who’s gotten a particular collection of honours and awards. What I’ve tried to learn to do is savour it for a day or a week. Be grateful for it. Take pleasure in what it signifies. Then squeeze the sponge and go back to being Mr. Nobody, sitting with a blank piece of paper.”

See the following pages of Vic Report for Intuition, Dennis Lee’s convocation address to the Victoria College Class of 2009.

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Chancellor Peterson, Provost Misak, graduates-to-be, ladies and gentlemen:

There are 550 men and women from Vic graduating today. Which means there are 550 separate life-stories in play. Each one is unique, though they all converge in this moment at Convocation Hall. Whatever your story, I congratulate you on everything you’ve done to get here.

Now: what shall we talk about? Since times are tough, I could crank out an inspirational thingamajig, urging you to treat the current crisis as an opportunity, not a hindrance. But I don’t want to burden you with easy uplift, or pretend I have some formula to make the difficulties less difficult.

Rather, what haunts me is the sense that my words today are meant for a particular person. I don’t know who you

are, or where you’re sitting. But I want to speak to you directly, because I do know this. You are harbouring a hunch you need to honour, a live possibility which has your name on it. It doesn’t present itself as a clear-cut choice—like, “What job should I go for?” or “Should I do graduate work?” Questions like that are important, and you’ll decide them as you decide them. But this is something deeper and less defined: an itch, an inkling, a dim sense that something is beckoning you. Only, what is it?

I’ll tell you. It’s the thing you can’t imagine living your life without having explored. But that’s scary—because when will you pay attention to this deeper rendezvous? Could you wake up, decades from now, and say to yourself, “I never went for it. I let the most important thing go by”?

You could. And that’s the scariest of all. So you must take the summons seriously. But if all you have is this vague itch, how can you get a handle on it?

Here’s something surprising: you already have the resources to respond. Which is what I want to talk about. What governs the path we take in our lives?

There are things we can’t control, like the parents we’re born to. And beyond that, we can chart the path we take by careful planning. As indeed we should. But there’s a further way of steering our lives, which doesn’t get as much airtime. That way is intuition.

Intuition is hard to talk about, because it operates outside our conscious control. But it’s just as down-to-earth a faculty as sight or hearing. And it’s the part of you that feels this indefinable tug.

I think of intuition as a kind of homing apparatus. It hovers and mooches and scans, the way an insect’s antennae do, or those little feelers on a vine. Groping about till it latches onto something it can sense, but which we haven’t spotted yet. When you feel this obscure sense of something beckoning you, it’s almost certainly your intuitive faculty trying to get your attention.

So how do you connect with your intuitive resources? Let me suggest a modest way to begin.

First of all, you need to slow down. Go away for a few days. Putter in the garden. Get in a car and drive mindlessly. You need to turn off your everyday preoccupations, and just mooch.

Second: think as little as possible about whatever is most urgently on your mind. You’re not trying to Solve a Problem. You’re trying to tune out the noise, centre down, enter a zone of attending.

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Dennis Lee Vic 6T2 autographed Alligator Pie for University of Toronto vice-president and provost Cheryl Misak before receiving an honorary degree from U of T on June 11, 2009.

Intuition by dennis lee vic 6t2

On June 11, 2009, Dennis Lee received an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Toronto, and delivered the address Intuition in Convocation Hall during the graduation ceremony of the Victoria College Class of 2009. Below, Intuition appears in print for the first time.

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Third: you may get a kind of nudge at the edge of your consciousness—almost a body sense. Some people call it a leading, or an opening. If something like that starts to surface, don’t be surprised if it’s the last thing on earth you expected.

And finally, be prepared for things to come one step at a time. It’s possible that you’ll experience some large, life-changing recognition: “I should change careers,” or “I’m about to marry the wrong person.” But it’s more likely that you’ll get one piddling little hunch, that nags at you faintly—and nothing more. Like, “It’s time to get in touch with my friend from years ago.” Or even, “I wouldn’t mind doing more of this gardening.” If so, that’s your homework for now. The next step will appear only when you proceed with this one. And if things don’t unfold in a hup-hup, straight-line fashion—well, you’re not the boss here. You’re being led.

Remember too, you don’t just get a leading and tear off into action—not if it’s major, at least. There’s a stage that’s sometimes called “discernment.” It comes when you test your leading. Live with it for a while. If it’s something really important, go talk with someone you trust. Not so they can tell you what to do, but so your leading can breathe a while in their company. Because not every hunch is trustworthy, at least not in the version you first perceive. What you’re looking for is a little ping of rightness, perhaps just a smudge of inner confirmation.

Sometimes, of course, you have to make a practical decision when there’s still no ping. Which reminds you: intuition isn’t something you can control. … So what do you do? You make the best decision you can. Sometimes you just have to leap.

One of the weird things about our civilisation is that it has cut itself off so drastically from the lore of intuition. Which may account for the appeal of even the dippiest versions—like channelling, or taking direction from crystals. In a civilisation as impoverished as ours, anyone who talks about this dimension of our lives can claim authority, no matter how goofy or predatory they may be. But once you start to experiment with your own intuition, you’ll be able to assess other people’s credibility for yourself.

My own conviction is that exploring the intuitive path is not for gullible souls. The more hard-headed you are about it, the less inclined to surrender your native wit and sense of humour, the more solid the discoveries you’ll make. This is not a casual hobby, after all. It’s your one and only life.

Will openness to intuition lead you to the thing we spoke about—the thing you must explore before you die? The rendezvous that has your name on it— whether it’s as grand as initiating a great public cause, or as private as reconnecting with a grandparent?

It will.

Not today. Probably not tomorrow. But if you continue to sharpen your

intuitive faculty, the journeys it takes you on are already a way of dwelling in that deep place. Until you explore this way of knowing, however, you’ll be like a bird trying to fly on one wing. Don’t put off the exploration too long.

Let me read you a poem, which I dedicate to the single person I’m speaking to. I wrote it for a child, so it’s in that language. But I think you’ll recognize what it’s saying.

The Secret Place

There’s a place I go inside myself, Where nobody else can be,And none of my friends can tell it’s there— Nobody knows but me.

It’s hard to explain the way it feels, Or even where I go.It isn’t a place in time or space, But once I’m there, I know.

It’s tiny, it’s shiny, it can’t be seen, But it’s big as the sky at night …I try to explain and it hurts my brain, But once I’m there, it’s right.

There’s a place I know, inside myself, And it’s neither big nor small,And whenever I go, it feels as though I never left at all.

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There are many coincidences in the fact that I now teach at Vic, and as a poet I love them, since coincidence is the

substance of poetry. We usually think of it as just a chance resemblance in events worth a passing smile or shake of the head. But “coincidence” is the noun for the verb “coincide,” which means, etymologically, “to occur with,” and which we use to mean “to be similar to, even identical to.”

Many things are always “occurring with” each other although they don’t seem to be, since they happen in widely separated regions of space, time, or our minds, and they seem very different. Nonetheless, they do occur together. You might say it’s the poem’s business to show this is so, or sometimes even to make it so. You might more truly say that the very nature of the poem is to be a place where the way things coincide plays and displays itself in the light: somewhat the way a pod of whales may suddenly surface and we realize that a great being was always present though unseen, right next to us. And in fact it was a whole community of unseen beings—like us, like our community—with all its interactions: a coincidence of coincidences.

I have an office and use a classroom in Victoria’s Northrop Frye Hall. Born an American, I was studying at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with no thought of Canada, when my love of William Blake’s poetry spurred me to read Northrop Frye’s Fearful Symmetry. I was swept away. For about six exhilarating months in 1967, I actually thought Frye was more passionate and visionary than Blake himself. In 1971, still in Milwaukee, I had the profound experience of simultaneously reading Frye’s The Anatomy of Criticism and an equally remarkable book, The Bow and the Lyre: The Poem, The Poetic Revelation, Poetry and History, by one of the four or five greatest authors of our times, the Mexican poet Octavio Paz. The two books helped form my mature conception of poetry. But more than either of them, it is the polyphony that has sounded in me ever since, owing to the “coincidence” of reading them both at once.

When I finished my PhD, I came to Toronto so that my wife, Theresa, a scholar of late medieval literature and spirituality, could do her doctorate at the U of T’s Centre for Medieval Studies. That’s the reason we consciously had, but was it the only reason? The move to Toronto, and even the neighborhood we chose, brought us onto the home ground of Northrop Frye. There’s a joke people love to repeat: “Coincidence? I think not.” I’ll say the opposite: “Coincidence? I think so!”

At the time (1974) I had no desire to teach and went back into the “real world”, advertising and marketing, while concentrating on poetry. But I’d often be on the Mt. Pleasant

bus from St. Clair station with Professor Frye. Or I’d see him from the bus window, walking along seemingly lost in thought, carrying home a couple of white plastic bags of groceries. Years later, after Professor Frye (whom I was never lucky or brave enough to meet) had died, I read a published list of the contents of his library: it had contained two of my books of poems.

Frye was a critic who was a poet in his prose. He held that the idea of the poet as a critic of life and society was a partial notion, and that in fact poetry brings essential fire to the individual and the communal spirit—brings not just criticism but liberation, and the new. Like Octavio Paz, he belonged to the tradition of inspiration, which digs up and exalts the deepest passion, the rebel passion, empathy—another face of “coincidence”. He brought this unfashionable and liberating vision right into the teeth of today’s arid tendencies toward over-abstraction, structuralist explaining-away, and reductionism. He showed that ultimately there should be no barrier between intellection and creativity, and this is my faith too.

Now I get to work in a community of students, alumni, teachers, scholars, and writers he helped form and confirm in that faith: that insight. This is my place to stand now, where I can keep trying to construct my lever long enough to move the earth in the direction of poetry, which Frye helped assure me of: the direction of proper development of the powers, passions and pleasures of each and all.

So was it a coincidence I wound up here, in Northrop Frye Hall room 206? I think so! The coincidence of the poem of life.

Albert Moritz is an instructor in the Northrop Frye stream of Vic One. He is the Canadian winner of the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Life’s Poetic Coincidences by professor albert f. moritz

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Maureen (Diaz) Adams Vic 4T9, a puppeteer for more than half a century, was recognized as Brampton’s Arts Person of the Year in 2006.

John Borovilos Vic 7T0 received an Ontario Volunteer Service Award in June for work and leadership as a docent and gallery interpreter at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Rosalind (Murray) Bradford Vic 5T7 completed her doctorate on the art and archaeology of early medieval China in May at the University of Pennsylvania.

James Brien Vic 7T1 retired from teaching in June 2008 after 35 years at St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School in North Bay, Ont.

John Calabro Vic 7T7 has published his second novella, The Cousin (Quattro Books,

2009), the story of a journey that evolves from going somewhere, in this case Sicily, to ending up somewhere else, in this case inside the body of a transvestite named Simone.

Arlene (Lumb) Chan Vic 7T2 has published Paddles Up! Dragon Boat Racing in Canada (Dundurn Press, June 2009), an in-depth look at dragon boating from its beginnings in ancient China to its modern day prominence in Canada.

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Melissa Lui Vic 0T7 started her own company, reBUILD, this past summer. She designs and builds one-of-a-kind furniture made of reclaimed materials.

Anne Rochon Ford Vic 8T3 recently published The Push to Prescribe: Women and Canadian Drug Policy (Women’s Press/Canadian Scholar’s Press), a book about women and pharmaceuticals.

Beverley (Armstrong) Rodman Vic 5T7 has published three murder mysteries: Murder is a Family Matter, Baa Baa Black Death and I’ll Be Killing You, which take place in Niagara Falls, Muskoka, and Florida, respectively.

D. Paul Schafer Vic 6T1 has published Revolution or Renaissance: Making the

Transition from an Economic Age to a Cultural Age (University of Ottawa Press), which makes the case that culture is the key to economic viability, environmental sustainability, global harmony and human well-being in the future.

Wayne Sumner Vic 6T2 has won the 2009 Molson Prize in social sciences and humanities. Sumner is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Toronto, with teaching and research interests in ethical theory, bioethics, political philosophy and philosophy of law. He is presently working on a book on assisted death.

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Desi Di Nardo Vic 9T6 recently published the book of poems The Plural of Some Things

(Guernica Editions, 2008). Di Nardo’s work has appeared in Poetry on the Way on the Toronto Transit Commission, in the official residences of Canada and on Starbucks cups. Read about Di Nardo at www.desidinardo.com.

James Evans Vic 5T2 has published his first novel, Death in Pozzuoli (Trafford Publishers), which tells the adventures of a group of summer school students who have gathered at an old palazzo on the Bay of Naples to study the art and archaeology of southern Italy.

Dev Khanna Vic 0T1 wrote, directed and produced A Hindu’s Indictment of Heaven, which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. This was Khanna’s second official selection at TIFF, as he also directed and produced Terry Southern’s Plums and Prunes in 2007.

Lauren Kirshner Vic 0T5 published her first novel, Where We Have to Go (McClelland & Stewart), this past June. The novel is set in Toronto and has been reviewed by the Globe and Mail, Now, Quill & Quire and Winnipeg Free Press, among other publications.

Hilka Klinkenberg Vic 6T8 recently received a master of public policy and administration, with a concentration in international economic policy and management, from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York.


Graduates Christmas Luncheon

2009 Griffen Poetry Prize winner Professor Albert Moritz, an instructor in the Northrop Frye stream of Vic One, will be the luncheon speaker (see p. 10).

Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, 12 Noon, Alumni Hall, Old Vic, $25 per person

Contact the Victoria Alumni Office at [email protected] or 416-585-4500 to register.

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Osman Anwer Vic 0T1 and Jennifer Buktaw Vic 0T1 married on June 20, 2009, in Toronto.

Ron Borkovsky Vic 9T8 and Julia Rabinovich married on June 1, 2009, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Jennifer Gurbin Vic 0T3 and Zenon Harley Vic 0T5 married on July 18, 2009, in Stratford, Ont.

Leslie-Anne Weeks Vic 0T5 and Christopher Anderson Vic 0T2 married on Aug. 30, 2008, in Toronto.

To Kerry Clare Vic 0T2 and Stuart Lawler, a daughter, Harriet Joy Clare, on May 26, 2009, in Toronto.

To Jennifer (McCartney) Jakob Vic 0T0 and Eric Jakob, a third son, Ezra Alexander Mosiah, on March 1, 2009, in Ottawa. A brother for Konrad and Anders.

To Lisa (Famularo) Lawson Vic 9T3 and Roger Montgomery Lawson, twins Miles and Ava, on June 29, 2009, in Kitchener, Ont.

To Carol (Collins) Wiens Vic 6T8 and Robert Wiens, a first grandchild, Isobel Caroline Dymond, on June 9, 2009, in Toronto.

To Dory Cerny Vic 9T9 and Justin Antheunis, twins Marlowe Stella and Carter Jason, on April 26, 2009, in Toronto. A sister and brother for Remy and a niece and nephew for Marcelle Cerny Vic 9T5 and Peter Leventis Vic 9T4.

To Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims Vic 9T3 and Michael Sims, a son, Kian Jacob, through private adoption on April 7, 2009, in Burlington, Ont.

To James Ross Maltman Vic 0T0 and Monica Maltman, a son, Alexander Daniel Hongfu, on March 19, 2009, in Richmond Hill, Ont.

Barbara J. (Clarke) Carruthers Vic 5T1, in Toronto, Nov. 11, 2008.

George Christopher Vic 4T9, in Toronto, June 8, 2009.

James A. Colvin Vic 4T9, in London, Ont., June 17, 2009.

Gordon V. Cullingham Vic 5T0, in Ottawa, March 25, 2009.

John F. Flinn Vic 4T2, in Toronto, June 14, 2009.

Mary E. (Blackett) Garrett Vic 5T1, in Mississauga, Ont., June 6, 2009.

Clara M. Hatton Vic 4T7, in Toronto, March 23, 2009.

Ted R. Hoover Vic 4T3, in Burlington, Ont., June 19, 2009.

Charles C. James Vic 4T9, in Kingston, Ont., Aug. 10, 2008.

William F. Lumsden Vic 4T7, in Brookfield, Wis., May 19, 2009.

R. Jeffery Maybee Vic 6T5, in Sudbury, Ont., June 10, 2009.

H. Bruce McLeod Vic 4T6, in Markham, Ont., April 27, 2009.

Alison G. (Jones) McQuay Vic 4T0, in Kitchener, Ont., May 23, 2009.

Dorothy J. (Smith) Miller Vic 5T0, in Grimsby, Ont., Jan. 29, 2009.

Marjorie (Deans) Misener Vic 4T4, in Hamilton, Ont., May 17, 2009.

John H. Rodd Vic 4T8, member of the Alumni of Victoria College Executive from 1960 to 1969 and AVC president from 1961 to 1962, in Mississauga, Ont., June 10, 2009.

Ted P. Snider Vic 5T0, in Belleville, Ont., April 10, 2009.

Enid Beryl (Hiles) Wood Vic 5T4, in Toronto, May 31, 2009.

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Distinguished Alumni Award 2009 Nominations Deadline: Nov. 20, 2009

The Victoria College Distinguished Alumni Award is presented annually to a Victoria College Alumna/us who has distinguished her or himself through extraordinary contribution to society at large, including social, business, political, educational, cultural or religious life. The award is in recognition of recent or lifetime achievement and the scope of one’s contribution to society can be at the local, national or international level.

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Alumni Support Vic’s Tradition of Excellence

The economy may have weakened this past year, but the generosity of Victoria graduates remained strong. With

the loyal support of 2,437 alumni who contributed $5,575,786 in 2008-2009, Vic students will continue to benefit from the many advantages of being a member of the Vic community: a generous scholarship and bursary fund, superb libraries, support for extracurricular activities and a physical setting that is maintained with love and care.

This donor report recognizes everyone who contributed $100 or more to Victoria College or Emmanuel College between May 1, 2008, and April 30, 2009. Only gifts to Victoria College or Emmanuel College are included. While all donations are appreciated, space limitations preclude the listing of all

Chancellor’s Council/Presidents’ Circle

$5,000 or more

1946 C. Douglas and Ruth (Crooker) Jay V

1947 Freda M. Eickmeyer V1949 Isabel (Overton) and

Alfred Bader V Keith and Dorothy Davey V Norman Jewison V1950 J. Michael G. Scott* V1951 Molly (Patterson) and

Bill Macdonald1952 Graeme and Phyllis

Ferguson V Richard Iorweth

Thorman V1953 The Hon. Henry N. R.

Jackman1957 Alastair McD and

Jennifer Murray1959 David P. Silcox and

Linda Intaschi V1960 Carol Diane Nunn V Paul D. Warner1961 Murray A. and

Katherine Corlett V William Wright1963 Gillian C. M. Hildebrand1964 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady V1965 Jeffrey M. Heath1971 Wendy M. Cecil V1972 David M. Gilmour1977 Marnie Kinsley V1978 John C. Field V1987 Susanne E. VanderLugt2000 John and Gail

MacNaughton V

$2,500 – $4,999

1944 Goldwin French V1949 Ruth (Hunt) Clarke V Anne and James*

Nethercott V

Marion (Irwin) O’Donnell V

1950 Patricia and Alan Marchment V

Robert and Jacquelin Trimble V

1956 Robert A. Burrows1959 Anne (Foote) Liphardt V1961 Alexandra F. Johnston V1962 Robert E. Lord V1966 Peter and Joan Wyatt V1968 Elizabeth (Eastlake)

Vosburgh V1970 Valerie (Naylor) Story V1973 Shirley Hoy1974 Marilyn J. Legge Margaret and Andrew

Stephens V J. Michael and Naomi

Tomczak1976 Stephen W. Bowman V2007 Robert McGavin

$1,827 – $2,499

1950 Robert C. Dowsett V1953 Larry Lundy and

Elizabeth (Langford) Julian V

1954 Edgar F. File V J. Douglas Ross V1956 Doug and Jackie

(Wickware) Philp V1957 Kenneth W. Inkster V1958 Peter and Jean Ferguson1961 Thomas G. Bastedo V1966 John Patterson Edward B. White1967 Harvey Botting1968 Frank and Patricia Mills James M. Parks V1970 Gillian (Smiley) Bartlett V1971 Kenneth Bartlett V1972 Garth M. Girvan V1974 Stephen R. Coxford

1975 Larry F. Chapman Richard and Sue

(Hanbidge) Harris V Roger C. Hutchinson V Charles A. Webster V1992 J. Matthew Wood2001 Stephanie A. Corbet VPrincipal’s Circle $1,000 – $1,826

1933 Ruth D. Hebb V1938 Arthur C. Dayfoot V1939 William O. and Jean

(Birkenshaw) Fennell V1940 T. H. Glynn Michael V Doris (Brown) Stokes V1941 Alexander D. Mackay V1942 John F. Flinn* V1943 Ruth M. Bentley V Ruth Bolt V Barbara M. Good1945 E. Marion (Cooper)

Brancaccio V

Muriel C. (Brown) Milne V1946 William C. Wonders V1947 David W. Pretty V1948 William G. Chapin Dorothy M. Horwood V Isobel (Morgan) Mentall S. M. Parkhouse V Erik J. Spicer V Isabella (Alexander)

Troop V1949 Margaret Jean Kitchen Ethel (Upton) Lapp V Dorothy J. Madge V Daphne Brooke

O’Sullivan Ellen J. Timbrell1950 G. William Bahen M. Lorne Bell V Donald B. Dodds V

Dorothy A. (Ross) Geiger Joan M. Neilson V Charles Rathé V Pauline and Newton

Reed V1951 Lois (Sutherland)

Fleming Walter Buleychuk V Robert W. Worthy V1953 A. Phelps and Judy

(McGill) Bell V Marjorie E. (Greer)

Bowman Wallace and Elizabeth

McLeod V Nancy (Jamieson) and

Walter Pridham V1956 Barbara E. (Schultz)

Phelps V1957 Donald G. M. Coxe

annual giving

V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to VictoriaV 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria

VUSAC president Catherine Brown (at right) led campus tours for alumni during Spring Reunion 2009. Here they overlook the Lester B. Pearson Garden for Peace and Understanding.

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Patricia J. Hughes V Richard and Florence

(Emerson) Newman V1958 Florence E. B. Scroggie1959 Laurence Hebb J. Clark Leith V Garfield and Janet

(Macrae) MacInnis V Robert A. Taylor1960 Robert and Marilyn

(Daly) Beamish1962 Philip and Mary

McDougall Maude V1963 Robert C. Wong V1964 Brian R. L. Gadsby Bruce H. Miller V MacGregor David

Sinclair V1966 Harold Dixon Bridge V Barbara J. McGregor V Carolyn Jean (Werry)

Sinclair V Paul Reginald Stott1968 Solomon A. Nigosian1970 D. Eleanor Westney1971 David Eugene Clark V1972 Terence Dalgleish V1974 Mary M. Ward1978 Douglas K. Davey Sharon L. Todd1979 Alison M Schofield1980 Jane Field and H. Dore Jeffrey C. Shin V1981 Paul and Judith Huyer1983 John D. Grant V1984 Gary S. Love V1987 Benjamin Chan V1991 Nancy Fijan2000 Murray A. and

Katherine Corlett V2002 Mary Lee Laing V

Cornerstone Circle

$500 – $999

1927 Dorothy E. Nicholson V1935 Anne (Richardson)

MacNeil* V

1936 MacFeeters Family V Margaret Moon* V1938 Margaret G. Chambers V1939 John Edwin Hodgetts* V Melba F. Munholland V1941 Gretta Riddell-Dixon V1942 Phyllis (Hulse) Harper1943 Jeanie C. and Rodger S.

Bishop1944 Norma June (Routliffe)

Taylor V Edgar B. Thomson V1945 Shirley A.

Darrach-Pearse V1946 Paul H. Morris V1947 Paul M. Deighton V M. Carolyn O. Neal John B. Vickery V1948 Helen E. and John D.

Pearse V1949 R. Blake Ashforth Richard B. Batten Fred C. Farr Mary (Pearson) and

C. Roy Horney V Harold C. Knight Heather McCallum V Alan Rodgman V1950 Douglas G. Gardner Thomas H. Inglis V Mary E. Robertson Margaret S. Veall V Arthur Waters1951 Malcolm S. Archibald V Donald C. Dique V Patricia J. Hames1952 H. Bernice (Copson) Bell V Charles Elliott V Sheila Frances

Robertson Dorothy I. Wilson V1953 Thora B. Edwards V Keith C. Laking Marion G. (Barker)

Langford Roy E. Schatz V1954 Ronald J. L. and Shirley

(Couke) Cornfield

Dick Cousland V David A. Creighton J. Alexander Langford Diana M. Schatz V Anne Weldon Tait1955 John Becker and

Gwenne Becker Sheila K. Seymour1956 Kenneth Brian Burnham V Paul C. Harris Stewart E. and Peggy

Kingstone Ross Robins and Doreen

(Johnson) Robins R. Bruce Scott Donald West Stevenson V Lars H. Thompson John Roy and Catherine

Inez Edith Wilson V1957 Elaine (Barrett) Billings V1958 Cameron D. E. Tolton1959 Gwen M. Farrow J. Clair Peacock V James Douglas Sharples V Donald J. Steadman1960 David A. Lemmon V1961 Alan and Judy

(Caldecott) Fleming Ann L. Haag Judy A. Hunter Roy Shoji Oiye V1962 James M. Babcock1963 Heather (Bourne) Millar1964 Carolyn B. Bowker1965 Margaret (Duffett) and

John Coleman V1966 Frank A. Fraser Donna Rae (Mason)

Hames William D. G. Rose V Mary L. Tigert V1968 Mary L. (Jex) Rankine1969 Dawn C. Maruno1971 George W. Bell Christine M. A. Deja V Mary (Ballachey) Hobbs Mary Jane T. Sinclair1972 Marlene C. Auspitz V

P. Diane (Hoar) Bond1973 C. Michael Harpur V1974 David Allan Harris V David Holton Young1976 John D. Denisavitch1978 Paul D. Damp Michael E. McCulloch1979 Emily F. Braun Milan Rupic1980 Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng V Mary L. Spalding1981 Brian K Johnston1982 Robert Farquharson1983 Andrew J. Graham Elaine M. Ishibashi and

Keith P. Smithers V1985 Ali Rezaizadeh1986 Martin Hubbes Paul J. Masterson1991 Bradley T. Morrison V1992 Clive Thompson1997 Alison (Massie)

Broadworth V2001 Jennifer Elizabeth

Pugsley2002 Coral (Boardman)

Martin V

Purple and Gold Circle,Scarlet and Gold Circle

$100 – $499

1932 Jane (Brien) Bateman V1935 Helen S. Wadge V1937 R. Alfred Best William D. Howison C. May Nott1938 Mildred I. (Lloyd)

Brockie V L. Eveleigh Smith V Florence H. (Lugsdin)

Walker V1939 Frances E. Abel V Genevieve F. (Taylor)

Carder V1940 E. Patricia Andrews C. Lenore (Wilson) Baker Philip D. Carman V A. M. Carter V Isobel M. Cork Mary M. Joyce Ruth L.M. (Smith)

Lonergan Alison G. McQuay V Donald G. Ray V David Woodsworth V1941 Enid M. Ewart Arthur M. Fox Margaret Eagleson

Gould Anne H. Jones Betty I. McLean V1942 Melville H. Anderson V Noreen M. Clark V Jean S. (Walwin) Collins Edgar G. Cowan* Yvonne L. Froud Isabelle E. Hoffman Alan E. Roffey V Jean H. Stevenson V1943 George N. Ball* V Barbara E. Cass

John R. Coleman Harold F. Cunningham Mary E. Griffith Gwendolyn A. Hopper V Edithe K. (McGeachy)

Lewis V Catharine G. MacKenzie A. M. Manson Agnes E. Masters V Charles F. Scott V L. Margaret Tansley Charles W. Taylor Dorothy M. Valliant V J. Robert Watt V William B. Waugh V1944 M. Isabell Asselstine V Doreen H. Coulter M. Jane Coulter Helge O. Hongisto Edward R. Hoover* J. T. Horricks W. Geoffrey Julian V Mary Keyes V Elizabeth G. Lenehan V Helen R. MacLachlan M. Jewitt Parr V Barton and Orpha

Teasdale V Gwendolyn S. Young1945 Mildred S. Barrie V Kenneth Charles and

Ruth Brown Mary E. Brown V Rosalind Cartwright June A. Currie Jean M. (Nicholls) Dunn Richard Jeanes Margaret M. Knittl Barbara (Jones)

Michasiw V M. Barbara Rooke V Pauline M. Scott V1946 Eleanor C. Breuls Mona L. Creer Thurza (Swinnerton)

Dawkins V Marion L. Gordon V Donald E. C. McLean V Margaret A. (Fawcett)

Parker Doris E. Pearce V Mary E. Robinson Grace A. Wardlaw1947 James M. Austin V Katherine Balmer Ruth E. Balmer V Albert W. Bowron Jean C. Brown William Carmichael V Dorothy J. Cooke Helen Dunlop V Betsie (Ewing) Gerber V Colleen O. Gildner V Joan A. Gould V Mary Hintzman E. Margaret Jackman V Robert L. Marwick Betty McCamus Helen I. McNeil V Jean E. Moore V Jack Pearse

annual giving

Vic Ambassadors Flavia Lui Vic 0T9, assistant chair, and Laura Ashley Gallaugher Vic 0T9, chair, celebrated their graduation during Vic’s annual Convocation Luncheon in June.

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Donald William Reed V Douglas T. Sloan V A. Douglas and

M. Helen Small V Louella M. Sturdy Ruth G. D. Todd Margaret Jean Turnbull1948 Paul Chester James H. Clarke V Mary E. Cook V Robert H. Crawford V Andrew J. Crook Doris J. (Black)

Davidson V Elizabeth A. Engell Wilma J. Friend Gwendolyn J. Gardner V Edward J. Glover Mary Frances and Keith

Hendrick Edward T. Hill V Robert St Clair Hurlbut Joyce M. Ireland Marion (Zoellner)

Johnston V Ralph E. King V Mary W. Laurence Joan (Peck) McDonald V M. Joan McNabb Kenneth L. Morrison Jean Mullin Elizabeth F. (Purdie)

Pepper Mary E. Pleasance Nancy Jane (Boyd) Reid Margaret J. Riches V Lois Y. Smyth V J. Douglas Snedden Dorothy I. Stirling D. Graham Tipple V William E. Toye V A. Ruth Watt V L. Jean Webb Jennie I. (Ballantyne)

Wildridge V Kenneth F. Wormald V1949 Jean I. Aceti John F. Anderson V Thomas A. Beckett C. Marie Brickenden Vernon Browne June E. Cranston Leonard Cummings V John L. Cummins Eleanor M. David V Harold W. Davies Russell W. Eastmure Marjorie L. Ewing Albert H. Fast V James C. Gardner V G. Patrick Gough Jean E. Gray Thora J. Harvey V Helen W. Inglis M. Margaret Irvine V Nancy E. P. Kimberley W. Ross Kingdon June V. Malabar G. Murray Maxwell R. Warden McKimm Gordon and Claire

McLellan V

Margaret Eleanor Moir Eleanor T. Morgan Helen J. Nighswander William D. Powrie John F. Ronald Agnes (Johnston) Ruhl Raymond S. Sharpe Patricia (Mills) Shield Jean A. Smith Margaret E. Stafford V Anna M. Strike Carolyn S. Sugden A. E. John Thompson V Dawn W. Wanless V Bruce W. Whitehouse V Leonard G. Wilson Isabel C. Young Margaret R. Zavitz1950 Ruth (Manning)

Alexander V M. Patricia Boe M. Elizabeth Chapman V Phoebe C. Cleverley James Cruise C. Isobel Davey Harry M. Denning V Elizbeth (Coulter)

Dodds V Shirley Farlinger Michael H. Finnell Harold Goss Alan F. Gregory R. Alison Hall V John L. Harvey V Beth Holt Elizabeth A. Johnson Margaret Ann Lorimer V John P. MacGregor Carlton L. Mateer William C. McClure V Thomas A. Milburn V Donald B. Montgomery Alfred L. Nelson David W. Pogue S. W. Porteous Robert Donald Ralph Anna J. Rundle Helen B. Sing V Robert M. Sutherland Mary S. Thorne Betty Mary Tudor Bernice Ujjainwalla1951 Rosemary A. (Willard)

Ambrose V Joan M. Barnes Bruce Charles Bone V Aileen A. C. (Fritz)

Bowyer V Joan F. Brent V Charles R. Catto Bonney G. (White) Clark W. Charles Dean Ronald M. Farquhar Dorothy I. Forbes V Peggy (Locke) Fry G. Ellen Hall Joyce E. Hall J. Douglas Head V Agnes Gillies Hendry Barbara Anne Holt V Richard V. Howson

J. W. Huckle* Margaret I. J. (Malcolm)

Jackson John and Inna

MacDougall V William MacLennan V Eleanor Mae McLaren Ivan R. Pike V Ronald A. Spalding Bruce H. Weppler V Margaret R. Whebell Josephine A. Willsie1952 Mildred A. (Finlayson)

Alexander Joan M. (Heagle) Boothe H. Bruce Brown Jean Gordon (Murray)

Campbell V Jean E. Cawkwell Donald E. Erling Ardath M. (Matheson)

Francis V Joan D. M. Gullen V Walter W. Kuz V Catherine E. J. Lawson Arthur J. Lepper V Kenneth and Mary

(Harvey) Lund V Carol F. McDermott Donald Douglas

Mooney V Margaret H. Parker Barbara R. Reid V Elizabeth Rochester Dorothy M. Russell Mary E. Sarjeant V J. Kenneth Stevens V Patricia K. (Grandy)

Stewart V John Sturgess Keith L. Sumner V1953 Herbert A. Batstone V Allison A. Burbidge* V Anne G. Burnett Helen (Shemilt)

Channen Gordon B. Coll V Virginia Cresswell-Jones

John A. Good V Carolyn M. D. Gooding E. Leone Graydon Donald W. Hall Wm Dennis Harper Stanley E. Hunt V Kenneth K. Irizawa Fred F. Langford V Douglas G. MacLeod John B. McBride Duggan Melhuish Rena M. Mingay Melvin Moyer Hugh L. Nugent V Allen E. Robinson V Patricia A. Rose Ralph and Joyce Scane V J. Annette Smith Margaret L. Waddington W. Douglas Waite V1954 Jeanine C. Avigdor Diana Bacon Philip B. Cooke Donald J. Donahue Eleanor L. Ellins V Thomas E. Evans* Clare and Peggy Geddes George H. Gregg Olga T. Griffin V John C. and Nettie I. J.

Hoffman V Dennis and Sandra Lane Nancy J. (Bennett)

Lyons V Robert E. Macdonald Harold & Joyce Mackay Bruce and Donna

Mackey V Robert Charles Martin C. M. Moorfield V Mary Eleanor D Morris Elizabeth Myles Caryl J. Peterson

Marjorea K. Roblin V L. Jean Stewart V1955 Arnold T. Bailey V B. Allen Bentley Suzanne Cousland Lloyd N. Freel James Gaskin V Patricia A. Green V Geoffrey D. Johnston William Kennett Marion Laurena

Kirkwood V Sybil A. McEnteer Ria J. McMurtry V Margaret A. Pinkerton V Mary E. (Gibson) Polak V Allan T. Shaw V Patricia V. Simpson Margaret Stoicheff V R. K. Stokes M. Samuel Tokiwa D. R. (Rundle) Toller Nora R. Wilson William E. Wilson V1956 D. Carl Anderson V Joan M. Breukelman V Barbara J. Brush Barbara A. Burbidge V Eleanor J. Burton V Raymond G. Carl V John Crawford V Martha A. Dynna V Ronald B. Glenesk Colin Graham Gilbert E. Howey V Frederick G. Howlett V Lois I. Jempson Sandra Irene Lane Joan M. Lawson V Margaret M. Lewis V Gordon Neil

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Vic registrar Susan McDonald with daughter Julia DiCastri Vic 0T9 at the College’s annual Convocation Luncheon in June. DiCastri is now at Columbia University studying architecture.

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Joanne (Langdon) Morris V

Donald C. Morton V Shirley Ann Shortt Frank Shuttleworth V. Marilyn Turner V Mary Janet

van den Bergh V Jean Wright1957 Rosalind E. Bradford K. Allan Cuzen V R. James Elder R. Alan Harris Margaret R. Johnston John D. Lane Patricia (Pyne) Lane V Joan Lumsden Joyce A. McLean V Thomas Patrick

McQuillan V Johanna L. Metcalf V Margaret Munday V Ronald G. Ostic V Patricia Rodgers Robert E. Saunders Helen E. Shepherd Clarice Evans Siebens Robert G. Stevenson James L. Thomson Richard Verity V Charles T. Witherell V1958 Grace K. Arai Mary D. Ashby Margaret Baily David Bernhardt V Douglas G. Brewer Carol Dilks Stanley Nelson Farrow V Helen Virginia Finley Alan and Judy Fleming Donald K. Gordon Gerald and Georgia

Helleiner V Michael B. Hutchison Donald A. Johns V

C. T. Craig Kamcke V Elizabeth D. Lawson V H. Lavina Lickley Robert Frederick Lindsay H. Jean and

Stephen R. Long Dorothea Manson Frances Bond McElroy Olga McKellar V William and Elizabeth

Metcalfe V Alan and Louise Redway V Robert Remnant V Sheila Fern Beverly Roy R. Gary Seagrave V Donald R. Stadler V Sheila Summerhays Margot Wojciechowski1959 Audrey D. Armstrong Jean M. Bailey V Phyllis M. O’Brien James and Suzanne

Bradshaw V Gilbert Yip Chu Daryl L. Cook V David MacMurchy

Cullen V Jacqueline E. Davey Marjorie Marilyn Devine V Heather (Currie) and

Donald A. Elliott Hugh Gemmell V Don and Mimi Gillies V Patricia E. Grant Robert B. Gray Jill Guertin Donna M. Heyland John D Humphreys Ivan L. Hurlbut C. Frederick Johnston C. Kaye Kleine-Ahlbrandt Peter R. Lacey James B. Mable Barbara A. (Pinkham)

Manrique V Marilyn A McKervill

Janet E. Sheridan V Nancy Ann Evelyn

Smale Ronald B. Turner V M H Vandenbroucke1960 Margaret Jane Barnum Marilyn R.

Brewer-Patterson Thomas Charlton Fergus Clydesdale Michael Cross James W. Cruickshank V R. A. Francis V Thomas Gordon

Jamieson John Lazier James Maxwell V Murray A. McBride V Carol G. (Maedel)

McKinley Nancy H. Murphy V Daniel and Marilyn

Norman V H. K. Plant Gerald Pogue Derek W. Quin Mary C. Redekop1961 D. R. Allan Douglas H. and

Marylys Brown V J. Douglas Bryden V Margaret A. J. Cameron John R. Carbert V Jane E. (Bastedo)

Conner Judith A. Copeland Thomas Coulston Helen Eunice Devereux Frank Friesen V Elaine M. Godwin Marian Dingman Hebb V C. M. B. (Canelon)

Kuzeljevich Dorothy Landells V Maie Lees Marilyn L. Lytle Helen (Truscott) Mitchell Mary E. Neal Dorothea A. Sprung V

Michael G. Thorley Joan E. Tooke Marilyn Y. (Ramasra)

White1962 Janette H. (Lindsay)

Johnston V John and Catherine

Ambrose Elizabeth J. (Webb)

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Stephanie L. Charron Eileen E. Doner L. Diane Dyer V Beverley A. Edgecombe V M. Margaret Fisher V Lois M. Irvine James G. Matthews John A. McIntosh James Ralph Mills William Lee Morningstar Stanley F. B. Neal Iliff L. Peck John A. Rae V Shelagh M. J. Roberts V Brian C. Westlake V Florence C. White V Freda D. Wilson V Toshio Yamamoto V1963 Marion Adams M. Dianne Bird V Elizabeth J. Bliss Al Brereton V John Clipsham V Barbara Copp Catherine M. Davison Marilyn R. (Houslander)

Dippell Kenneth Fisher Sue Griggs David G. Hobbs David M. Horman Robert Lawson V William D. Lord V Audrey E. A. Matheson E Bruce Misener Helen S L Reid J. Barry Riddell V William R. Townsley V Ian G. Waddell Lorna J. Whitty1964 Sylvia J. Barta F. L. James Beal V Linda J. Clarke V Eleanor I. Currie V Janette M. MacDonald V Elizabeth A. Gerrie and

David Yeung Benjamin Johnson V Dave and Jan Ledson Pamelia E. Lock V Eva Z. L. Lypka Peter L. Mitchelson Edward F. Radke Judith A. Ramsay Bruce Taylor V Douglas Ward V George E. Waters Leonard A. Wilkinson V1965 Paul R. Dempsey V Judith and Peter Drake Shari E. Ezyk

Carol Finch Leslie David Foreman Lynda A. H. (Hughes)

Franklin V John Hall V David J. Holdsworth Phyllis Virginia Holmes V J. Kirk Howard John A. Hutchinson V Gary D. Kelly David Macleod Richard J. Maybee V Neill McRae V Wilfried Neidhardt V Robert Joel Rahn Brian Ridley V Daphne Rogers Nancy Sutherland Donald Waterfall V Ruth M. Young1966 Doris A. Arnold V John M. Baty E. Jane Braiden Eileen Conway Patricia E. (Gray) Fenton Robert K. Graham V M. Louise Howe Janet D. Jacobson V Garry Kushner C. Marilyn McCowan Clifford Allan Ottaway Donald G. Smith Dale F. Taylor Peter G. F. Young V1967 Jeremy E. B. Adamson Helena M. Bastedo V Charlotte Bouckley V Carole A. (Peacock)

Brenner V Katherine L. Ennis David K. Evans Elizabeth A. (Bindon)

Graham V Emile R. Kruzick Linda E. MacRae V Hugh B. McCaul N. Jane Pepino Gordon R. Richards Daisy R. Rickard Virginia R. Robeson Lawrence G. Young1968 Terry K. Anderson Lynn D. Bennett Peter Bennett V Joyce L. Campbell M. Ann (Taylor)Dewees John and Lynne Glenney James Gregory V John D. Gregory V Nancy E. Hardy V Margaret B. Jackson Phyllis L. Kurylo V Gwendolyn R. Lawrence Genevieve E. Leslie Grant E. Lewis Belle-Anne Luce Lorna E. McKendry Sandra L. Purchase Susan E. R. Rumsey Janet E. Webber V Catherine A. Williams

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Ten Victoria College students were honoured in 2009 for their outstanding voluntary service by receiving a Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award.

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Harry H. Wylde Patrick G. Young1969 J. Edwin F. Bryan Kennedy J. L. Coles Elspeth M. Deir George Fallis Calvert L. Francis Allan French John B. Geale Ada E. Jackson Donald A. Jackson D. George MacIntosh Joan H. Miles William Hugh Moebus Mary L. Reynolds Marlene (Solomcoe)

Robinson Charles F. Scott Linda A. Seath Marilyn J. Stonehouse1970 R. Michael Benton Aris Birze V J. Roger Giroux V Janet and Donald Karn Donald V. Macdougall Alexander E. MacKinnon Pamela McCallum Patricia O’Connor V Sheila Fallis Gerald S. Solursh Susan E. Vogl Blakelock Margot Young1971 George K. Boghossian Antoneta Bracer Dana R. Clarence D. Michael Fertile V Janis G. Fournier C. G. James Hewitt V Steven Hodder Robert James Michael A. Orr Anne F. B. Owen Susan S. Patterson John G. Richardson V

Elizabeth J. Shilton Anne M. Skabarnicki Nancy Elizabeth

Tully-Peever Mary Wylie1972 Bruce A. Avery V Joan D. Catterson V Thomas I. Elek Mary Ann Evans Dale A. Freed Susan L. Helwig V Bruce P. King Michael C Locke V A. Beth Moore V William J. H. Ostrander Sandra D. Pett V Patricia Young1973 Vincent D. Alfano Caroline D. Arcuri Bronwyn R. Best V Susanne Busse V Marilyn R. Christensen Lorraine J. Clark Nora Christine Clark V Cliff Dyke Barbara D. Forsyth Pauline J. Houlden V Terence E. Land Murray C. Lapp Susan Latremoille Heather MacDougall V James Mangar Brian G. McClellan V Clinton Mooney V John C. Morris V Nancy J. Ruhnke Ann Marie Sluga V R. Peter Tomczak Bunty Williams1974 Barbara J. Beach Elisabeth B. A. Braun Margaret E. Devitt V David L. Farrington V Jane C. Freed

Christopher John Hains V John W. Hart V Marguerite D. Locke Carole Linton

MacFarquhar Francis O. E. G.

McInerney Donald L. Richmond V Lesley J. Simpson Arlene L. Sosna Donald F. Thompson David J. Watt John D. Withrow V Dianne E. (Deguerre)

Woods1975 R. William Dunn V John E. Engeland V Berne V. Grush M Noel James V The Jarrett Family Julie Landeryou Harry Manning V E. McRae Eileen L. Hargan Mark W. Rosenberg Mary A. Spencer V Patricia A. Teterus Nicholas White1976 John W. Barrett David G. Cowper-Smith David A. Dennis Lesley Evans V Diane J. Hill V Robin M. A. MacKie V Zenobia Pendlebury Hanna V. Pilar Frederick M. Vettese Robert D. Wardlaw Katherine Willson1977 John C. Adams V Kathleen Sheffield

Anderson Suzanne Boggild Marek Dabrowski

Gordon D. Fulton V Constance J. Green Donald K. Johnston Stephen A. MacLachlan Brian C. Pel J. Greg Richards Allan J. Saunders William E. Steadman V Astrid L.Taim Ella T. Taylor-Walsh Marie A. Vaillant Adam J. Wadon Dorothy M. White1978 Wendy A. Board Rita A. Fabian David W. Fallis V Jeffrey Gollob V Gregory W. Hall Ian L. Johnston V Angela Kerr Riina S. Klaas Diane K. J. Oki V1979 John Cartwright Heather J. Conolly Robert A. Duncan Lawrence G. Gordon Carolyn V. E. Hitchman James Knowlton Sang Chul Lee V Hilde (Verbeek)

Nardone V Joy L. Rosen David K. Shearman V Flora M. Wardlaw Louise Sinclair C. W. Karen Tse1980 David G. Burgess V Sara J. Comerford Randolph W. Cousins

and Anne E. Condie V Celese Fletcher Shelly Jamieson Barbara Laing-Hiseler Patricia J. Low

Robert W. McFarland Geoffrey W. H. Vernon1981 Hilda (Fennema)

Buisman Paul K. Clarry Tony Fiorino Susan E. Gunton Susan Evelyn

(Broadbent) Hogan David W. Johnson David O. Jones Debra Loughlin Steven H. Paikin Cynthia E. (Vokes) Scott D. Alan Smith V Tamara (Morris) Smith V David E. Stanley1982 Elizabeth M. Anderson Kenneth C. Bahen Lenna M. Bradburn Douglas H. Brown V Brian E. G. Clarke Douglas C. Cornett Lorne E. Farr Christopher Glowienka Dayle E. Keys Stephen J. Lautens Elizabeth S. Marmura Martha A. Mingay Margaret A. Reid V Barbara A. Spottiswood Kimberly Ann Turner Elizabeth A. Yanow1983 Dan Camposano V Gillian M. Cummings V Munro J. Ferguson Karen E. Gordon Lampl Kent Ing Katherine A. (Horton)

Ives V Alexandra L. Jenkins Ian G. Johnston David Kotler Tiina I. Liivet

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Vic Class of 1984 in Burwash Dining Hall during Spring Reunion 2009.

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Carole McAfee-Wallace Lisa M. Miettinen Linda C. Phillips-Smith Hugh D. Reid Hamish Stewart V David Stinson K. Jane Watt Douglas Wright1984 David F. Barrows V B. Lynne Golding Alison M. Kelford Smith Cynthia G. Morton Scott C. Northey Valerie Scane V Norman P. Seurukas Robert G. Thompson Nada Tijanic1985 David A. Barker Mark V. Friedland Monica Hofmann R. Greg McKnight V John E. McLeod V B. Josephine Mewett Jacqueline Lea Raaflaub Margaret A. Rundle Amanda Walton1986 Taras W. Ciomyk V Jennifer Dewar Benjamin Hawkins Sandra L. Hilliard Morag I. McMurray1987 Paul A. Brundage V Nils F. N. Clarke Michael J. Cyrwus J. Michal Fairburn Marian Ollila V Catherine Somerville Kaaren Whitney1988 Steven Elder Wai K. Fung Joan McCalmont Lillian and John Perigoe J. Anthony Skuce1989 Janet E. Davison Jeannette A. Millar Wendy Louise Farey Sider Catherine A. Wells1990 Rachel K. Baker Mark J. Coombs Janice E. Franklin1991 Jason R. Farris Sascha Hastings Michelle L. Monie Murina L. Moriyama Christine I. (McLachlin)

Watkins1992 Connie E. Fennell Tad McIlwraith Ellen Grace

McIntosh-Green Heather D. (McLeod)

McPherson1993 Marc Johnstone and

Kristene Steed Michael Thomas Lower1994 Chiang-Su Chang Ton Bao Chuong

Nicolas Del Sorbo Nancy R. Forde Percival Fu-Kuen Ho Marilyn J. Leuty V Young-Joon Rhee V Angela Stoddart Dennis Wong V1995 Nelsona Constance

Dundas Edith Ann Fleming Anita L. Gower Philip W. Locke V1996 Margaret-Ann Keates V Susan Ho-Jung Lee Louise Estelle Sams Dawn Marie Schlegel Roger H. T. Wong1997 Don Lang R. Brian Rahn Elizabeth Sangster Arwen I. Tillman1998 Susan E Campbell Ariel Yakow Zeev Walsh1999 James Malcolm Finlay Kent Douglas James

Garrett V2000 Shawna Botelho Judith Campbell2002 Kristina J. Campbell Christina M. Ritza Matthew John Rizk2003 Michelle Elizabeth

Harshman Scott Edmond Jahnke Laurie Johnston Linda M. Maw V Robert Stephen Isaac

Mercer V Dale Robichaud2004 Jessica Ann

(Motherwell) Cottrell Dale Estey V Che Yan Jacqueline So Gregory P. Vermeulen2005 Pamela Tam2006 Paget Blaza Susan Cowan Linda Tung2007 Townsend Haines

Faculty, Friends and Corporations

$5,000 and more

David A. Blostein and Kerry DeanRobert C. Brandeis VFriends of Victoria University Library and Victoria College Book SalePaul W. Gooch and Pauline Thompson VSandra L. IrvingJackman Foundation VRobin and Heather JacksonThe Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation VDon McGeachy

Moira E Phillips and Gordon McMehenKathryn ModdleAlbert MoritzThe Alastair and Jennifer Murray FoundationNancy’s Very Own FoundationLorne S. ShieldsEarle ToppingsJennie and Frank TsuiVancouver Foundation VVictoria Women’s Association

$2,500 – $4,999

Paul Bouissac VC. William DillaneEva Kushner VRalph E. LeanToronto South Presbyterial United Church Women

$1,827 – $2,499

Coral and Bill Martin Family FoundationMary R. E. DaviesLarry and Colleen Kurtz VVictoria M. StuartRene Widner

$1,000 – $1,826

Martin CampbellChristian Reformed Church in North America Canada CorporationMarcel Danesi VLarry Davies VDufferin Peel PresbyterialJames M. Estes VCatherine A. Fallis VChristopher W. W. FieldHenry Alexander Elias FreemanDoris Galbraith VPeter D. Harris VIsles Foundation IncorporatedF.H. Kim KrenzJeffrey B. RintoulRio Tinto AlcanB. J. Romans VPatricia Romans VErika Rummel VThe William and Flora Hewlett FundToronto Conference Ethnic MinistriesAnne Urbancic

$500 – $999

Elizabeth Anne and Hugh Anson-CartwrightMarisa BarlasWilliam R. Bowen and Sandra J. GavinchukLeslie BuehnerMartha Drake VWilliam Edwards VPatrick HelpsDorothy Manson*Patricia McCainMount Hamilton UCWOlga L. Pugliese V

Stephen RigginsRoyal York Road United ChurchRobert ScottAnnita Wilson VCatherine P. WilsonJoyce M. Wilson

$100 – $499

Accenture Inc.Barbara AddiePhyllis and Matthew AirhartDorothy AmosMathur ArvindAurora United ChurchJean A. Ballinger VDavid P. BarrettW T Beckett VSuzanne BinstockKathleen BlackJosiah BlackmoreEllen and Murray Blankstein VBMO Financial Group VHelen BrisbinDavid BrownKathleen Bruce-RobertsonMarlene CarscallenCentennial Japanese United Church WomenLorna Goodison and Ted ChamberlinJohn and Vera ChauLorna ClarkRitchie ClarkRosemary Clark-BeattieE. Garvin CooperBrian CopelandJean D. P. CormackChristopher George CunninghamKatherine DalzielJennifer M. De SilvaMarie D’IorioJohn and Bettina DommisseAnne M. Langford and Peter DotsikasLaura E. DrakePeter D. DunganKonrad Eisenbichler VR. H. FarquharsonElizabeth FoxGeneral Reinsurance CorporationEdward and Joyce Gittings

Grey Presbyterial N.C.W.Frederick A. HelpsRuth W. HendersonAlan HorneLouise HucalHumbercrest United Church Women VIBM Canada LimitedRobin and Heather JacksonMary KilgourDavid N. KlausnerOlga LeeAlbert LinJanice M. LongRoberta A. LumChristopher MarkouSusan McDonaldTim McGuireLouise MoorhouseJacqueline MurrayMarilyn R MyhreAngela NuovoShirley PentlandDavid R. PetersonRichard Mackenzie and Alexandra RambuschGrant L. ReuberMartin RumscheidtMardi SaundersTracy and Bruce SimpsonCathy SinclairAlan SomersetSt Marys United Church WomenSt. Paul’s United Church Women VSt. Andrews United UCWSydenham Street United ChurchNicholas Terpstra VRon B. ThomsonToronto Conference UCW ExecutiveToronto Conference United Church WomenMark ToulouseTrinity United Church Women VAlison VannahMargaret E WagnerLeigh H. B. WalshGermaine Warkentin VWestminster United Church WomenDonald R. Wilson VEdgar N. Wright

2008-2009 Giving to VictoriaAnnual Fund $431,768.77

Restricted Purpose $2,736, 548.00

Endowment $2,407,469.29

Total $5,575,786. 06V 5 years or more of consecutive giving to VictoriaV 10 years or more of consecutive giving to Victoria


Phyllis D. Airhart Ruth M. (Manning) Alexander 5T0 E. Patricia Andrews 4T0 Wm. John and Barbara Armstrong 8T2 Doris A. (Jessinghouse) Arnold 6T6 Jeanine C. (MacDonald) Avigdor 5T4 G. William Bahen 5T0 Edward L. Baker 3T2 Gillian (Smiley) Bartlett 7T0 Kenneth R. Bartlett 7T1 Phelps Bell 5T3Bernice and Claude Bell 5T2 Ruth M. Bentley 4T3 David K. Bernhardt 5T8Dorothy I. M. Black 3T5 William R. Bowen and Sandra J. GavinchukKenneth Brian Burnham 5T6Eleanor J. Burton 5T6 Dan Camposano 8T3 Margaret G. Chambers 3T8 Ben Chan 8T7 Dick Cousland 5T4 Gwen Davenport 5T0 Larry Davies Marion (Chatterjee) Davies 5T5Margaret J. Davis 4T2 Robert C. Dowsett 5T0 Martha Drake Peggy Duhig 4T7 L. Diane Dyer 6T2 Freda M. Eickmeyer 4T7 Konrad Eisenbichler Lesley Evans 7T6 William O. Fennell 3T9 Jean (Birkenshaw) Fennell 4T8 Judy M. (Caldecott) Fleming 6T1 Goldwin French 4T4Douglas G. Gardner 5T0 Elaine (Westheuser) Godwin 6T1 Paul Gooch Ross E. Goudie 3T7 Fred Kimball Graham John Bryan Green 6T5 Wilfrid P. Gregory 3T3V. Jean Griffiths 6T8

Ruth F. (Andrew) Hammond 4T3 Patricia Lillian Hannah 5T0 Barbara M. (Harris) Hardy 5T0 Elaine M. (Hirtle) Hayden 5T4 Diana L. (Rieder) Heard 8T2 Robert Heard 8T3 Kim and Alex Heath 9T9 Glenn and Debby (Petrie) Hickling 7T7 R. M. Hill 4T4 Anna Alfreda Hillen 5T8 John C. Hoffman 5T4 Marian (Patterson) Holleman 4T5 Beth Holt 5T0 Gwendolyn Neal Hopper 4T3Dorothy (Flannery) Horwood 4T8 Gilbert E. Howey 5T6 Ian G. M. Howey J. Ruth Jackson 5T0 C. Douglas Jay 4T6, 5T0 Ruth H. (Crooker) Jay 4T5 Lynda L. Jenner 6T2 Alexandra F. Johnston 6T1 Craig T. Kamcke 5T8 Patricia Kennedy 6T9 F. H. Kim Krenz Eva Kushner Ethel (Upton) Lapp 4T9 Donald G. Lawson 5T1 Janet G. (Macrae) MacInnis 5T9Murdo MacKinnon 3T8 Barbara (Beath) MacLennan 5T5 Linda E. MacRae 6T7 Helen (Miscevich) Mandarich 4T0 Larry W. Marshall 7T6 Frances Bond McElroy 5T8 Gordon and Clair McLellan 4T9 Douglas Graham McTaggart Jane Millgate Sharon Gregory and Andrew Mitrovica 8T3Elizabeth (Holgate) Myles 5T4 H.E. Buzz Neal 4T8 Joan M. Neilson 5T0 Anne and James* Nethercott 5T0Paul W. Newman 5T7 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady 6T4

Maryleah (Bulloch) Otto 4T9W. Michael S. Philp 6T4 David W. Pretty 4T7 Eileen Prettyman 4T8 Nancy (Jamieson) Pridham 5T3Walter Pridham 5T3 Phyllis M. (Pope) Purves 5T3 Ann Saddlemyer Louise Schryver 3T6 C. Anderson SilberShirley Sims 5T3Miriam Anne Skey 5T9 Lilly (Offenbach) Strauss Nancy (Caldecott) Sutherland 6T5 Mary Elizabeth (Teskey) Sykes 4T7 Anne Weldon Tait 5T4Brian Tennyson 6T2 Pauline A. Thompson 6T3Irene A. Uchida 4T6 Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh 6T8 Germaine Warkentin Margaret W. Warner 3T9 Arthur and Ruby Waters 5T0 Dorothy (Joblin) Westney 3T9 Nora R. Wilson 5T5 Paula (Mitas) Zoubek 6T2 All those who wish to remain anonymous.

If you included Victoria in your will but do not see your name listed above, please contact Marisa Barlas at 416-813-4050, toll-free at 1-888-262-9775 or e-mail [email protected].

Shaping Vic’s Future

heritage donors

Where There’s a Will…Victoria University can be designated as a beneficiary in your will. Here’s an example of a suggested wording: I give and bequeath to the Board of Regents of Victoria University, Toronto, Ontario, the sum of $ ______ or ______ % of my estate. If you wish to designate a specific bequest (a scholarship, the library, etc.), please contact Larry Davies at 416-585-4501, toll free: 1-888-262-9775 or [email protected].

Become a Heritage DonorBy arranging a planned gift for Victoria, you automatically become a member of the Victoria Heritage Donor Society. Benefits include invitations to special Victoria and U of T campus events as well as recognition in annual donor listings.

Victoria University’s Heritage Donor Society includes over 150 alumni and friends. They join many others who, since Vic’s early years,

have planned for the future needs of the University and its students. The bequests Victoria receives help sustain student financial assistance, establish new avenues of study and build the places and spaces where interests are discovered and lifelong friends are found.

Victoria University recognizes with gratitude the following individuals who have declared their intention to include Victoria in their estate’s charitable giving plans.

Constance Mary Blewett Vic 3T6

Alice I. (Eedy) Boissonneau Vic 3T9

Teça P. (Court) Coles Vic 3T9

Paul W. Fox Vic 4T4

May S. (Lathe) Hambly Vic 3T2

John S. Heron Vic 4T0

Barbara and Edwin Kirkland Vic 4T2

Anne A. (Richardson) MacNeil Vic 3T5

Charles William McKenzie

Ronald J. C. McQueen Vic 4T8

Aileen and George Tidy Vic 3T8

Dorothy Anne Walter Vic 4T4

Harvey L. Ward Vic 3T8

Merle Irene Williams

The Board of Regents gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful bequests of the following

Vic alumni and friends whose gifts were received in the past year.

Edwin S. Kirkland Vic 4T2, class president, passed away in 2004. A very special friend to many of the staff in Vic’s alumni office, Kirkland supported numerous projects, including the renovations of Burwash Hall and E.J. Pratt Library, the performing arts endowment and the annual fund. A gift from his estate will establish the Edwin S. Kirkland Bursary.

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Alumni Calendar of Events

Making the Move to Birge-Carnegie

Vic’s student groups, as well as staff of the Office of the Dean of Students and Wymilwood Café, spent

the summer settling into their new accommodations in the Birge-Carnegie building at the corner of Charles Street West and Queen’s Park Crescent. The temporary relocation will allow for the construction of the Goldring Student Centre, a renovation and expansion of the current Wymilwood space. Wymilwood remains the home of the Cat’s Eye, Camera Club, Alumni Office and Records of Early English Drama until December 2009. Final approval of the Goldring Student Centre by the City of Toronto was delayed by a city workers strike this past summer. Victoria is currently waiting for the go-ahead and hopes to begin construction in early 2010.

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October 28VWA “Consolation at the Console: Some Experiences of an Organist” delivered by William Wright Vic 6T1, Emm 6T4. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

October 29Ottawa Alumni Reception A reception for Vic alumni in the Ottawa area with Victoria University president Paul W. Gooch. Rideau Hall, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

November 11 and 12 “Managing Your Wealth in Today’s Economy” a session on financial planning for alumni of Victoria University led by Sharon Paterson, director of wealth services, tax planning, and Marvi Ricker, vice-president and managing director of philanthropic services, of BMO Harris Private Banking. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, Nov. 11 from 2–4 p.m. or Nov. 12 from 8–10 a.m. FREE. To register, contact the Victoria Alumni Office at 416-585-4500 or [email protected].

November 20Vic Chorus Fall Concert An evening of classical choral works. Victoria College Chapel, Old Vic, 8 p.m.

November 25VWA “Seduced by Sugar: How the European Discovery of Sugar Changed the World” an illustrated talk with Jock Galloway, professor emeritus in the department of geography at U of T. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

December 5Graduates Christmas Luncheon 2009 Griffen Poetry Prize winner Professor Albert Moritz, an instructor in the Northrop Frye stream of Vic One, will be the luncheon speaker (see page 10). Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 12 p.m. $25 per person. To register, contact the Victoria Alumni Office at [email protected] or 416-585-4500.

December 7Friends of Victoria University Library Christmas carols and stories around the fireplace. Senior Common Room, Burwash Hall, 7 p.m.

January 27VWA “Vic Now” an illustrated talk with VUSAC president Catherine Brown, Professor Sheila Cook from the Vic One program, and director of alumni affairs and university advancement Larry Davies. Alumni Hall, Old Vic, 2 p.m.

To register and/or for more information of alumni events, call 416-585-4500 or visit www.vicu.utoronto.ca/alumni.

To subscribe to Vic’s e-newsletter, contact [email protected].

Vic Report Autumn 2009

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