The Root - Fall 2020

LIGHTING THE WAY THROUGH CRISIS

Mark Opashinov ’88 PRESIDENT, UTSAA

Our Connections are Stronger than Ever

In May 2013, I took on the role of UTS Alumni Association President, with no idea I would continue for more than seven years to become the longest-serving UTSAA President ever.

The time came to renew our school’s historic building at 371 Bloor and UTS Board Chair Jim Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 asked me to stay on until the Building the Future capital campaign goal had been achieved. I became excited about everything a renewed school would mean for the future of UTS and all that we could accomplish together.

UTSAA plays such a vital role in the larger UTS community, especially at a historic juncture like the renewal of our century-old building. Our momentum took on a life of its own over the course of the Building the Future campaign, with 1,260 alumni from 16 countries stepping up in a show of unprecedented support for our school.

That’s the pinnacle of our success together but it resides on a foundation of many other steps forward that made a stronger, more interconnected community of alumni.

Over the last seven years, we crystallized the mission and vision of our association to serve as guideposts pointing the way forward, even during uncertain times.

We increased the diversity of the UTSAA board to make it more representative of the UTS community, adding younger, more racially and geographically diverse directors.

We fostered stronger interconnections with our stakeholders, especially the school itself. With the launch of the Student Life committee and by strengthening programs where alumni support students, such as Don’s Den, the lives of alumni intertwined more with those of students.

Over the past several years, we broadened the scope of delivering alumni events to our members around the world. The recent online Alumni Trivia Night is an excellent example of how we can create novel and successful opportunities for connecting the alumni community, even in a pandemic.

In the same vein, we established UTS Connect online, as a modern virtual community for our alumni. I’m delighted that we now have more than 1,000 alumni on the platform.

As I hand the President’s role over to the extremely capable hands of my successor, Aaron Dantowitz ’91 , I wish to thank you all. UTSAA could do none of what it accomplishes without the efforts of its directors, volunteer committee members, and you, alumni far and wide.

Even in a pandemic, our UTS community remains stronger than ever – more connected, more vibrant, and more at the ready to step up and do what’s needed for the future of our school.

UTSAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

’91

Aaron.Dantowitz@utschools.ca

PAST-PRESIDENT

Mark Opashinov ’88

Mark.Opashinov@utschools.ca

Jonathan Bitidis ’99

Jonathan.Bitidis@utschools.ca

Aaron Chan ’94

Aaron.Chan@utschools.ca

David Dodds ’73

David.Dodds@utschools.ca

Anne Fleming ’85

Anne.Fleming@utschools.ca

VICE PRESIDENT

Laura Money ’81

Laura.Money@utschools.ca

TREASURER

Sara Son Hing ’97

Sara.Son.Hing@utschools.ca

SECRETARY

Ian Speers ’98

ian.speers@utschools.ca

DIRECTORS

Peter Frost ’63

Peter.Frost@utschools.ca

Adarsh Gupta ’12

Adarsh.Gupta@utschools.ca

Oliver Jerschow ’92

Oliver.Jerschow@utschools.ca

Peter Neilson ’71

Peter.Neilson@utschools.ca

Bob Pampe ’63

Bob.Pampe@utschools.ca

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Rosemary Evans REvans@utschools.ca

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT

Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury jpittlainsbury@utschools.ca

Avanti Ramachandran ’09

Avanti.Ramachandran@utschools.ca

Morgan Ring ’07 Morgan.Ring@utschools.ca

Tim Sellers ’78

Tim.Sellers@utschools.ca

Jessica Ware ’95 jessica.ware@utschools.ca

LIGHTING THE WAY THROUGH CRISIS

SEEKING JUSTICE IN TURBULENT TIMES

UTS

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

A new and better school building for UTS was once just a dream, something we knew our school deserved: high-calibre facilities on par with the exceptional education students receive at UTS.

Now, the renewed school is rising out of the ground at 371 Bloor, higher each day, transforming from a dream into an enduring, concrete foundation for the future. Every day more vital connections are made as structural steel reaches for the sky: stairs connect floors, and walls connect with roofs, making a framework for the beautiful building this will become.

It is the strength of our connections that made this dream real: the way our community comes together and goes above and beyond for our school. Together, we raised over $60 million for the Building the Future campaign, because we understand the transformative power of a UTS education, and what it will mean for our future students, in this pandemic and beyond. The world needs what UTS brings to the table. As construction progresses, the old and the new intertwine. Modern heritage-style windows are being installed on our historic façade, bringing in energy efficiency while preserving the romance of the historic building and everything it meant to over 100 years of UTS students. Beautiful new features, such as the atrium, bring natural light to all floors. Inside, the Learning Stairs will create an impressive public space where students and teachers can come together for those transformative moments in education: the pure magic of UTS.

While the building takes shape, we are not resting on our laurels, but turning our gaze inwards. We will have the walls and the halls, but inside our students will need everything from weight and cardio equipment for the new fitness centre to 3-D printers for the maker lab, all to make this a high-performance building, inside and out.

With this renewed school, UTS students will have that sense of pride evoked by the world’s great institutions, of walking in hallowed and storied halls, and learning in an environment conducive to greatness.

When times change , UTS adapts. In March, we all came together to transition to an online school virtually overnight. Over the summer, the UTS Leadership Team adapted to changing government directives on the fly as they planned for the return to school.

In September, it was so wonderful to see students once again in school at 30 Humbert and 371 Bloor (partially reopened to create space for physical distancing). We adopted a hybrid teaching model, with some students learning from home and others learning in the classroom. Teachers and students adjusted to five-hour classes, a trimester system, three-week schedules as well as an intensive focus on hand hygiene and two-metre distancing, wearing masks all the while.

Looking back over this time of change, I am amazed how everyone worked together to navigate the new landscape. In March, we learned to teach exclusively with Google Classroom, and connect through Google Meets. We were so fortunate that we were already a Google school, thanks to Steve Alizadeh ’77 and, since the spring, we are also grateful for extra support from alumni at Google: Will Monahan ’14 and Howard Trickey ’74.

Teachers became experts at tech tools like Padlet and Flipgrid, and this fall had all the new technology in place for the hybrid classroom, thanks to the leadership of Dr. Cresencia Fong , Head of Teacher Learning Technology and Research, and her Learning Innovation Through Library and Ed Tech Team: UTS Integration Teacher

Vernon Kee, Teacher-Librarian Susie Choi, and IT Teacher Support Andrew Masse

Our administration, especially Head of Academics Marc Brims and Vice Principal Garth Chalmers , devised and revised new schedules for the hybrid school, and Wellness Coordinator Kris Ewing helped us all take care of our students, each other, and ourselves.

UTS education has truly faced disruption, but has not been disrupted. Innovation is our new normal, and as the pandemic evolves, so will we, living our commitment to give students the transformative education that is so vital in these changing times.

Jim Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 Board Chair, UTS

Rosemary Evans Principal, UTS

THE RIDLEY RIPPLE EFFECT

The ripple effect of John Ridley ’16 is still being felt at UTS, nearly 110 years since he first crossed the threshold of 371 Bloor as a 13-year old student, 55 years after he became President of the UTS Old Boys Association, and 20 years after the opening of the Ridley Fitness Centre. When John joined UTS in 1911, it was only the second year of the school’s existence. He graduated in 1916, with the school’s second full cohort, following in the footsteps of his brother, Charles Ridley ’12 , who joined UTS on its very first day in 1910.

John’s “qualities of energy and integrity were much admired by other businessmen,” stated the UTS Alumni Association Newsletter in September 1984, “and he was warmly welcomed on the boards of many companies.” One of these boards was the UTS Old Boys Association (renamed the UTS Alumni Association when the school became co-ed). John served as a director for several years and, in 1965, became the association’s president.

John never forgot his alma mater and, following his death in 1982, the UTS Alumni Association received a charitable bequest in his name for UTS to expand its physical education facilities. Since the school had no immediate plans to do this, UTSAA invested the funds until they were needed. Just over 20 years ago, John’s widow, Norma Ridley cut the ribbon to Ridley Fitness Centre, described as “among the best in the city” by the Spring 2000 UTSAA Alumni Newsletter.

Thanks to UTSAA’s superb financial stewardship, the Ridley Fund continued to grow, and the Ridley ripple effect was felt by many of us at the school over the next 18 years. Cutting-edge exercise equipment was added to the Ridley Fitness Centre to help us build strength and agility. Padding was added to the walls of the UTS gym and the Upper FEUT gym, and now to the gym at our temporary school at 30 Humbert. Despite meeting the school’s requests, the fund kept growing.

Fast forward to today, one year before we are slated to return to a renewed UTS at 371 Bloor. UTSAA did such a stellar job of investing John Ridley’s gift that the UTSAA Board has donated almost $600,000 to the school to ensure the Ridley Fitness Centre lives on in the new UTS Athletic Centre, and staff and students will enjoy Ridley’s state-ofthe art facility for many years to come.

Martha Drake Executive Director, Advancement

Norma Ridley cuts the ribbon to the UTS Ridley Fitness Centre.

IN SCHOOL

Last June, UTS had its first-ever online Expressive Arts show, with incredible drama, music, and visual arts creations. “Creativity, innovation and resilience in the face of change and challenge is what the arts and artists know best,” says Sarah Shugarman, the Expressive Arts Department Coordinator, who oversaw the show. There were radioplays and musical performances, monologues and impressive works of art. A special section for Black Lives Matter was dedicated to Toronto-based Black artists whose work inspires UTS teachers and artists, and is directly connected to anti-racism, identity, and/or institutional change. The show also included masterpiece recreations by staff and students. This one is from Kris Ewing , the UTS Wellness Supervisor and Department Coordinator for Health and Physical Education. Can you tell the difference?

Grad was postponed due to the global pandemic, but UTS administrative staff decided the Class of 2020 deserved a special occasion to mark the end of their senior year. The UTS community, including the UTS Alumni Association (UTSAA) and the UTS Parents’ Association (UTSPA), came together to make it happen on June 17.

The day started with a surprise delivery of personalized graduation signs and a gift funded by UTSAA and UTSPA, and ended with a festive night at the 5 Drive-In Theatre in Oakville. The Class of 2020 were so excited to see each other in person for the first time in months.

Staff, teachers, and illustrious alumni far and wide shared their video messages of hope on the big screen.

“We feel for the Class of 2020,” says Garry Kollins, UTS Head of Student Life. “We couldn’t let them leave without giving them a very special send-off.”

Coach Garry Kollins reports 2019–20 was nothing short of a fantastic season last year for the UTS Senior Girls’ Volleyball team, which thankfully finished just before the pandemic hit in March. They earned two silvers at tournaments, entered the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Championship as the number one seed, and won six games in a row to take home OFSAA Gold. Congratulations to the team, Blues Award winner Georgia SmeatonKatzenber ’20, MVP Hannah Joo ’20, assistant coach Mark Laidman, and trainer Shannon Clancy

BLACK LIVES MATTER SPARKS CHANGE AT UTS

The Black Lives Matter movement and the senseless deaths of George Floyd and so many others became a catalyst for a challenging conversation that paved the way for what we hope is the beginning of systemic change at UTS. The conversation began in early June with an outpouring of messages of support for the movement within our community, starting with S5 (Grade 11) Daeja Sutherland and M3 (Grade 9) Leyat Tesfaye, the student leaders of the UTS Black Equity Committee, and Principal Rosemary Evans. Many more voices, including Vice Principal Garth Chalmers, UTS Parents Association (UTSPA) leaders, and UTS Captains and student leaders, also shared their support.

On June 10, the Black Equity Committee Executive Daeja and Leyat moderated the UTS Anti-Racism

panel with three young alumnae as guest speakers: Taylor Shirtliff-Hinds ’17 (a former UTS captain), Cindy Gao ’17, and Kyra Colbert ’16, all studying at Harvard University.

The conversation described incidents of systemic racism, revealing a stark reality: despite the best intentions, racism still happens here.

The event brought alumni together, with over 230 signing a letter to the UTS Administration on June 10, calling for action on several fronts, which included creating an Anti-Racism Policy, and a transparent anti-racism strategy to address the underrepresentation of Black people and other marginalized groups in our community. A similar letter signed by over 40 students expanded on the calls to action.

Over the summer, the conversation evolved through discussion with alumni, students, parents, and staff, into more concrete actions.

On September 8, UTS released the UTS Action Steps Re: Anti-Racism, Diversity and Inclusion to guide our school forward in improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at UTS. The steps outline actions we will take to support our students and train our community on anti-racism, as well as policies, curriculum, hiring practices, and the role of the Equity Committee.

Changing school culture, programs, and practices, is complex work which takes time and the efforts of our entire community. Together, we can make UTS a better place for everyone.

JOIN THE COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT

Whatever challenges students face, there’s someone who’s been there before and can help. As part of its strategic initiatives and the UTS Action Steps Re: Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion, UTS has established a new Community of Support for Black and Indigenous students and their families to guide them through the admissions process, school life, and even beyond. “The goal is for students and prospective students to see themselves reflected in our community,” says Makeda Daley, Director, Outreach Programs and Community Engagement. “We want them to feel welcome, safe, and supported at UTS.”

Black and Indigenous students who apply to UTS would be matched with a Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) volunteer member of our alumni or parent of alumni community, who can provide support. If they become a UTS student, the relationship would evolve into a mentorship, giving the student ongoing guidance at UTS, and beyond. UTS is hoping that alumni volunteers will also be able to bring more students to UTS from communities currently underrepresented at our school through their connections with community or networking groups.

Would you like to join the Community of Support? Join online utschools.ca/equity.

For more UTS news and views, check out our website at utschools.ca.

Chalk art by F1 (Grade 7) students Andrew Chen and Andrew Ma.

LIGHTING THE WAY THROUGH CRISIS

UTS ALUMNI LEAD ON THE PANDEMIC FRONTLINES IN MEDICINE, RESEARCH, POLICY, AND BUSINESS BY KIMBERLEY FEHR

During the pandemic, our UTS alumni are everywhere, shining a light in times of crisis with their incredible leadership and social conscience. So many have stepped up to immense challenges, thriving in the face of adversity, as they take the lead in helping society navigate our way through these unprecedented times. Here are five alumni seeking solutions in medicine, prevention, policy, long-term care, and business.

GOING OUT ON A LIMB FOR A CURE: DR. JORDAN FELD ’91

In the midst of it all, Dr. Jordan Feld and his wife had a baby.

On April 17, 2020, Jordan was waiting in the delivery room, counting down the moments until the birth of their third child, finalizing Health Canada submissions to get the go-ahead for his phase II drug trial for a potential COVID-19 treatment, while his wife Andrea Schaffer was sleeping. It wasn’t the best time in his life for the senior scientist at Toronto General Research Institute to launch a major research study, but COVID-19 wouldn’t wait. Jordan wasn’t even an infectious diseases expert – he was a liver specialist and an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine. His main research focus was viral hepatitis B and C, which meant that he and his team knew a lot about interferons, which are typically used in treating hepatitis C liver infections, but are also a promising treatment in the fight against COVID-19.

“Part of the reason you feel lousy when you get a flu is your body produces interferons to fight the virus,” says Jordan, explaining that interferons are hormones the body normally makes to fight off a viral infection, that often come with a lot of side effects.

“We learn what the body normally does and then try to copy and augment it,” says Jordan, whose team is testing the drug peginterferon lambda. Safe for humans, it has already been used by 3,000 people for other infections; animal studies show it may be safer than other interferons for respiratory viral infections; and animal and cell cultures found it was active against COVID-19 –all positive signs.

While other interferon drugs are generalized, peginterferon lambda is capable of giving a targeted antiviral response in the lungs, without as many side effects, he adds.

Typically, getting a treatment study activated takes nine months to a year: they launched this

one in less than six weeks, with his team working all hours. Initial funding came from U of T’s COVID-19 Fund and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, but that wasn’t enough.

They went out on a limb. “Normally you have an idea, you get the funding, and then you start the study,” Jordan said. “Because of the speed of the COVID situation, we had to trust our idea was reasonable and move ahead. We couldn’t wait for funding decisions.”

The study looks at COVID-19 patients in the hospital but not intensive care, and those at home in isolation, to see if the drug prevents them from getting worse, clears up the virus faster, and cuts down isolation time.

A friend from UTS also donated funding and others are cheering him on – “One calls every few days to find out how many study participants we’ve recruited!”

On July 27, his team exhaled a collective sigh of relief when they received funding from the Ontario COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund.

“This makes a huge difference,” he says. “It means we’ll be able to complete the study.”

PIVOTING ON THE FLY TO MAKE MASKS: XENIA CHEN ’10

Suddenly, everyone everywhere needed masks. UTS alum Xenia Chen ’10 shipped masks from her company Threads in April, and some customers received them – three weeks later! She was struggling to get answers from Canada Post, which was reporting Christmas-level volumes due to the pandemic online shopping surge.

“The fact that all these people are depending on you to get this very important piece of clothing they need to go outside or go to work was really tough on me mentally,” she says, so she switched carriers to Canpar Express and UPS, more expensive and more reliable.

Just another example of Xenia’s extraordinary ability to pivot in times of crisis. Her company,

“This makes a huge difference. It means we’ll be able to complete the study. ”

– Dr. Jordan Feld ’91

Threads, actually makes tights, addressing what she calls a near-universal “pain-point” for working women – tights are expensive and uncomfortable, and then there’s that run in your pantyhose. Designed by a woman for women, Threads replaced the pain with the pleasure of comfort and convenience. By selling online and cutting out the middleman, her luxury tights go for a fraction of the usual department store price. Starting the business on the side of her private equity role in 2018, she quit her job in 2019, and kicked off 2020 with impressive traction.

Then the pandemic hit.

Her factory is in Italy, so she had an early window on what was coming. A few of her styles went out of stock in February. “We talked to our factory pretty much every day trying to figure out what was happening, and then the Italian government shut down all non-essential production.”

That included tights. Also, she says, “When women started isolating and working at home, they definitely weren’t wearing tights.”

Her UTS education prepared her to pivot. “You don’t really learn unless you fail,” she says. She recalls times in UTS co-curriculars and as a director of SHOW when something went wrong and they needed a backup plan, fast. “Our teachers were there for us but let us do the driving and we came out stronger.”

In March, when her factory asked her if she wanted to use her capacity to manufacture masks, she hesitated. At the time, the Canadian government was still on the fence about recommending masks to stop the spread of COVID-19. “Now it seems so obvious,” she says, “but in early March it was like you were fearmongering. My thoughts before launching were:

‘Are we overreacting? Is this going to reflect badly on the brand?’”

Xenia went for it, selling “super-comfortable”, double-layered, white masks made from nylon and elastane. To date, they’ve shipped over 33,000. Through their Threadshelps initiative, she lent her support to Margaret’s Housing and Community Services, which helps women with mental health challenges and homelessness. Clients can purchase masks to donate to women in need, and Threads matches the donations.

Her mask business peaked in April and has been steady ever since, leaving Xenia grateful that she didn’t have to lay off any employees. “I feel really lucky we didn’t have to do that because I know many other businesses weren’t so lucky.”

PROTECTING THE PANDEMIC HEROES: SUNIL JOHAL ’94

On the policy frontlines, decisions can have ripple effects that touch the lives of millions. Before COVID-19, Sunil Johal ’94 was the City of Toronto’s Director of Business Growth Services. When the pandemic made business growth an oxymoron, he suddenly found himself seconded in mid-March to a new role as Director of the City’s Economic Support and Recovery Team. Striving to set out strategies to help Toronto rebound in the era of COVID-19, he was also dealing with the realities of working from home with young children (he and his partner have four-year-old twins).

The burning question, as COVID-19 exacerbates some the long-standing inequities in this city, is: “What are the key steps we need to take to ensure the city’s economy is put on a strong footing again?”

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. Jordan Feld ’91, Xenia Chen ’10, Sunil Johal ’94, Dr. Andrea Iaboni ’94 , Dr. Tim Evans '78

His mandate evolved through spring and summer to include leading the business component of the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild’s work. For Sunil, it has been a wide-ranging role with a multitude of conversations to gauge the way forward. On any given day, he might be advocating with other levels of government for the supports that sustain people and business, like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) that gives financial support to employed and self employed people, or federal government business loans.

At the outset of the pandemic, Sunil penned an article on the First Policy Response website, which described how “delivery drivers, cleaners and grocery store workers have gone from overlooked and under-appreciated to critical parts of our pared-down way of life” and called for supporting gig workers with better wages, benefits, and protections. The former Policy Director at the University of Toronto’s Mowat Centre, he is a Fellow at two think tanks, the Brookfield Institute and the Public Policy Forum. At the latter, he recently authored a report, The Future is Now: Creating Decent Work Post-Pandemic , which explores the economic and labour market impacts of COVID-19 and built upon his work chairing the federal government’s Expert Panel on Modern Labour Standards in 2019.

“Our economic and social foundation was showing cracks pre-COVID and those cracks have just become bigger,” he says, as the pandemic seems likely to accelerate trends such as rapid digitization and corporate concentration to create an even more precarious and unsettled labour market. Sunil’s report advocates for a more resilient and inclusive economy by updating labour standards, reforming employment insurance, and improving skills training.

UTS positioned him well for a policy career, where you need to make decisions quickly with incomplete information in challenging situations, by pushing his boundaries and exposing him to different disciplines and ways of thinking.

Even if we weren’t in the midst of a pandemic, he says, “We need policies that drive decent working conditions and wages going forward. We must think about how we can value the dignity and decency of all people, independently of the kind of work they’re doing.”

RESPECTING THE HUMANITY OF THOSE IN OUR CARE: DR. ANDREA IABONI ’94

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Andrea Iaboni had that feeling of helplessness. Staff in long-term care homes didn’t have enough personal protective equipment. Many were still working in multiple facilities. Public health decisions couldn’t move fast enough to keep pace with COVID-19. Staff were getting sick and residents were dying.

Then one of the long-term care homes she was supporting (virtually) through an outbreak in her role as the medical lead of the Specialized Dementia Unit at the University Health Network’s Toronto Rehabilitation Institute did what seemed almost impossible. After several deaths, they brought their outbreak under control.

“The idea that you actually can do this, that we can control this virus in long-term care,” she says, “made me feel more hopeful and less powerless. When we had the right PPE, enough staff and enough testing, we brought it under control.

“Our economic and social foundation was showing cracks pre-COVID and those cracks have just become bigger.”

– Sunil Johal

– Dr. Andrea Iaboni

It doesn’t have to be like it was at the beginning. That was the turning point for me.”

The challenges of isolation are compounded for people living with dementia because people can be infected with COVID-19 and not have symptoms, and might not remember or understand what is happening.

“One woman was so insistent, she refused to stay in her room; staff were frustrated – they kept having to find her and take her back to her room. It turned out she was looking for a telephone to call her son but wouldn’t confide that to the staff because they had really become her jailers,” says Andrea. “Once her need was understood and addressed, it wasn’t a problem anymore.”

This underscores the need for a personalized approach to care for our most vulnerable citizens. “We can’t prioritize infection control over people’s humanity,” she says. “We have to find the balance.”

In July, Andrea and her team at the University Health Network’s KITE Research Institute received funding from the Ontario COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund to develop a Dementia Isolation Toolkit to guide long-term care homes in creating personalized and compassionate isolation care plans for people with dementia, supported by technology that facilitates communication with family members.

When COVID-19 struck, Andrea became a voice speaking up on behalf of long-term care homes: the staff, residents, and families. Her time at UTS prepared for her the immense pressure, to do what needed to be done: “We were all anxious, but the ability to put that aside and persevere is a resilience that that you develop from the challenging academic environment at UTS, and that sticks with you.”

OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY: DR. TIM EVANS ’78

COVID-19 is the silent killer, walking so invisibly among us, which makes it such a conundrum for our public health leaders: how do you stop a virus when many people spreading it don’t know they have it?

Thankfully, Dr. Tim Evans ’78, head of Canada’s national COVID-19 Immunity Task Force launched in April by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, thrives on tackling such challenges, a mindset he honed during his years at UTS.

Now he’s also a Director and Associate Dean of the School of Population and Global Health at McGill’s Faculty of Medicine, but at UTS he preferred sports to academics, playing on every team “that required neither tryouts nor talent.”

He recalls: “While championships were elusive, and the NHL or CFL draft a short-lived pipe dream, my appetite for taking on long shots has not diminished, recognizing that failure has provided me a disproportionately rich source of learning.”

In April, when asked to lead the national Immunity Task Force, as part of a $1 billion national COVID-19 medical research strategy announced by Prime Minister Trudeau, he was ready and willing to accept the daunting challenge. “It’s not often one has the opportunity to work with such an exceptionally talented and motivated group of experts from across the country.”

As the Task Force’s Executive Director, Evans is guided by this national team, but also draws on his extensive international experience battling Ebola, Zika, and H1N1 as a Global Director at the World Bank and Assistant Director General at the World Health Organization.

The Task Force is funding and analyzing studies across Canada to understand the levels and trends in infection and immunity in our country, especially in COVID-19 hot spots such as longterm care facilities.

Initial COVID-19 antibody studies reveal very low levels of infection in Canada and make it clear we are a long way from herd immunity, he says.

“Most of our assumptions regarding COVID-19 are being challenged daily as new evidence emerges: this virus keeps humbling us in ways that place a premium on learning more, faster, about immunity and steering away from herd mentality.”

In the face of adversity, Evans remains optimistic. “With the prospect of one, or more, COVID-19 vaccines in 2021, the Task Force is working to establish systems to monitor their effectiveness and safety.” In the interim, Evans says, “time-tested basics like hand washing, wearing masks and physical distancing are critical to our collective success in controlling the pandemic. Everyone, everywhere needs to recognize they are vital members of the team.”

There are so many more UTS alumni who displayed incredible leadership and adaptability during the pandemic. Thank you all for your commitment and dedication during these challenging times. ■

We were all anxious, but the ability to put that aside and persevere is a resilience that that you develop from the challenging academic environment at UTS, and that sticks with you.”

OUR ALUMNI ARE LIGHTING THE WAY: COVID-19 ALUMNI NEWS SPECIAL

UTS alumni are on the frontlines of pandemic leadership, seeking solutions and leading the way forward in this time of crisis. From the medical profession to driving research and policy to stepping up and helping where help is needed, our alumni near and far are displaying incredible leadership, and shining in the media spotlight. Thank you all for your amazing efforts in this time of crisis.

DRIVING RESEARCH AND POLICY

Society needs rapid and cost-effective testing strategies, and Dr. Myron Cybulsky ’76 , a Senior Scientist at Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, is leading research at the University Health Network to evaluate various methods of diagnosing COVID-19 that are adaptable to nasal swab, saliva, and saline gargle testing. In July, he received a grant from the Ontario COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund.

Fighting the good fight: Dr. Natasha Crowcroft ’79, P ’11 runs the centre for vaccine-preventable diseases at the University of Toronto and was described in a Toronto Star column as “someone who fought for Ontario public health for years.”

As researchers around the world race to develop COVID-19 treatments, tracking where public funding and taxpayer-supported research and development initiatives take place can help support policies to ensure treatment is available to all. University of British Columbia dental resident Dr. Jennifer Nguyen ’10 was one of the key authors/coordinators behind the creation of a global COVID-19 mapping tool that highlights the important role public funding plays in vaccine and treatment research.

LIGHTING THE WAY IN HEATH CARE

Her work is more essential than ever in these challenging times. Jill Riley Hall ’80 was named a 2020 Trailblazer in Aging by the U.S. National Council on Aging. These awards recognize individuals and organizations who are working toward a just and caring society that allows all of us to age with dignity, purpose, and security. Jill received the National Institute of Senior Centers’ Founders Award, which recognizes exemplary and long-standing service to the senior centre field.

When rural emergency rooms suffered staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Ben Chan ’82 volunteered for the job. He also channeled his inner Corey Hart in an inspiring YouTube video cover of “Never Surrender” to salute health care providers fighting the coronavirus.

James Downar ’94, a palliative-care specialist at the Ottawa Hospital, co-wrote a Canadian Medical Association Journal article in April warning that we need to prepare for surging palliative care needs, stockpile supplies, and be ready for the difficult decisions to come.

Keep leveraging technology to stay connected to loved ones, implored Sinai Health geriatrician and UTS alumni Dr. Nathan Stall ’04 in an April CTV News article. On CBC News he called the crisis in long-term care homes “unsurprising but tragic” given the foresight Canada had from watching the pandemic unfold in Europe.

During the pandemic, frontline healthcare and social services workers were pushed to the limit. Ananya Tandon-Verma ’10 worked with Feed the Frontlines Toronto to tirelessly bring hot meals to support these workers, delivering 30,000 meals to 29 hospitals, social service centres and long-term care facilities, and supporting nine restaurants. Since May, it has pivoted to support families in Rexdale experiencing food insecurity due to the pandemic.

When Wellesley Central Place, a long-term care home, became short-staffed during the spring due to a COVID-19 outbreak, medical student Ajay Shah ’14 stepped up to volunteer through the University Health Network, and was featured on CBC’s The National

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Dr. Myron Cybulsky ’76; Dr. Natasha Crowcroft ’79, P ’11; Dr. Jennifer Nguyen ’10; Jill Riley Hall ’80; Dr. Ben Chan ’82; James Downar ’94; Dr. Nathan Stall ’04; Ananya Tandon-Verma ’10; Ajay Shah ’14

Caring for those who are caring for us: Daniel Lee ’15 joined forces with three other University of Toronto medical students to organize 200 of their peers to provide child care and other support to health-care workers and support staff, and was featured on CBC’s The Current.

Data scientist Benjamin Levy ’15 wrote an article on his personal blog called “How to think about COVID-19 like a statistician.” He’s pursuing his Master’s of Data Science at Harvard University.

Strict COVID-19 no-visitor policies meant many hospital patients suffered alone. Emmy Luo ’17 co-founded Frontline Connect, a physician-run initiative to provide donated smartphones and tablets to help patients and physicians communicate with families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

LEADING THE CALL TO ACTION Prof. Emeritus Peter H. Russell O.C. ’51 spoke on Sovereignty, the USA and the Pandemic at the Faculty Club of University of Toronto, which is the epilogue to his forthcoming book on sovereignty to be published by U of T Press next year.

Social distancing is merely the first step in the strategy against COVID-19, wrote Nobel laureate in economics Michael Spence ’62 on the Project Syndicate website in April. He called for building capacity for testing, contract tracing, isolation, and treatment as an “urgent economic priority.”

Society can seize the opportunities presented by the pandemic for the environment, urged Kai Chan ’93 , a professor at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. “Perhaps the upheaval of COVID-19 can inspire us to take much-needed preventive action for the climate, the biosphere, and humanity,” he wrote on Globalnews.ca.

The impossible predicament: Joanna Slater ’93 co-writes in The Washington Post, as India Bureau

Chief, that the coronavirus lockdown to save lives also endangers millions in India without safety nets as they lose their livelihoods.

Call to action: Danielle Goldfarb ’93, P ’26 co-wrote an article in Maclean’s magazine that society needs to quickly begin monitoring not just the public health aspects of the pandemic, but also the mental health, economic, and social fallout.

Sharing strategies to mitigate the losses to children from the education disruption: Sarah DrydenPeterson ’93 wrote an article for the Useable Knowledge blog at Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she is an associate professor and leads the REACH (Research, Education, and Action to create Change and Hope) program.

Anti-Asian racism spiked due to the coronavirus, and actor Simu Liu ’07, who is playing Marvel Comics’ first Asian superhero Shang-Chi, spoke out. “What we need now in this time more than anything else is just more compassion, more caring, stepping up for each other, stepping up for our communities, for frontline health-care workers and supporting in any way that we can, right?” he told CBC Radio.

STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES

Harvard MBA student Rahim Noormohamed  ’09 was featured in Forbes magazine for helping to found GIFTforward, a social tech venture started to support restaurants and small businesses through the COVID-19 crisis by selling gift cards. Ilya Kreynin ’14 is also a founding member of the team.

Small, family-run businesses at the St. Lawrence Market were feeling the brunt of COVID-19 closures. Natalie Ngo ’15 co-launched Shop Local Markets, an online shopping and delivery service to support these businesses and make it safe and easy to access their products. ■

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FROM TOP TO BOTTOM RIGHT: Daniel Lee ’15; Benjamin Levy ’15; Emmy Luo ’17; Peter H. Russell O.C. ’51; Michael Spence ’62; Kai Chan ’93; Joanna Slater ’93; Danielle Goldfarb ’93, P ’26; Sarah Dryden-Peterson ’93; Simu Liu ’07; Rahim Noormohamed ’09; Ilya Kreynin ’14; Natalie Ngo ’15

SEEKING

JUSTICE

BY KAREN SUMNER SEEKING JUSTICE

AND DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS

Social justice lawyer and organizer Sima Atri ’08 invites each of us to seize the opportunities presented by the growing movements of social and political unrest and ask ourselves: “How am I standing up to an unjust status quo and building a more equitable world?”

The Harvard Law School graduate, who is committed to providing legal support to groups and communities that organize against oppression, recently co-founded the Community Justice Collective (cjclaw.org) in Toronto to provide “movement lawyering” to organizing groups, with funding from a grant and a two-year Harvard Law School fellowship.

Rooted in the idea that legal work alone cannot win meaningful change, the Collective recognizes that transformative change comes from organizing and strategy led by the people who are most impacted by injustice.

It’s work that by nature involves confrontation, and she puts herself on the line. In September, Sima provided legal support to neighbours participating in a blockade who successfully prevented a COVID-19-related eviction in East York.

From helping homeless people living in encampments understand their rights, to partnering with tenants’ unions, her anti-eviction work also seeks political solutions to the larger housing crisis in Toronto, such as decriminalizing homelessness and de-commodifying housing.

While her Iranian immigrant father and Québécoise mother worked in the medical field and hoped Sima would become a doctor, she channeled her commitment to human rights in a different direction to earn her bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto in Peace, Conflict and Justice Studies, “with an emphasis on the peace part.” While studying law

“THIS IS THE TIME TO REIMAGINE SOME OF OUR MOST ENTRENCHED AND UNJUST SYSTEMS.”

Sima Atri '08 (third from right) provided legal support to neighbours participating in a blockade who successfully prevented a COVID-19-related eviction in East York.

at Harvard University, she worked at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee, and Community Housing clinics, as well as the Boston Community Services Clinic, and earned a student award for her commitment to justice, human dignity, and compassion.

“I saw law school as a place to gain valuable skills and tools which I could then bring to justice movements and human rights support,” says Sima. “The legal system often entrenches injustice, but there is a role for lawyers to play in supporting people in crisis. People facing eviction or deportation. People in prison to promote their rights. And using these tools to challenge the unjust systems, like a criminal and legal system that results in Black and Indigenous people being disproportionately charged, arrested, and harmed by the police.”

After graduation, Sima supported groups organizing against the criminalization and deportation of the local undocumented Latin American community as a staff attorney and campaign strategist at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. Next, she engaged in civil rights litigation targeting unconstitutional practices within the court systems, policing and jails, with the ArchCity Defenders in St. Louis, Missouri. Moving back home to Canada, she worked at Falconers LLP and with Legal Aid in Toronto on a range of Indigenous law, criminal defence, and human rights cases.

Now, she is focused on bringing the Collective to life, leveraging her insider status to politicize and make change within her profession, and supporting those on the frontlines of pro-justice movements.

“I want to get more lawyers involved in the work against systemic injustice,” says Sima. “There are many areas of need, including bringing a justice lens to transformative changes we need to win during this pandemic and economic recovery period. Members of the Collective can support what they are most passionate about in partnership with organized communities.”

She invites members of the UTS community to use their privilege and access to power to fight inequality. “If you’re a doctor, how are you supporting your low-wage earning patients who need access to paid sick days to care for their health without worrying about paying their rent? If you’re a politician, how are you using your leadership role to make bold and human-centred policies instead of supporting those least at risk with existing access to power and wealth?”

It’s important to put pressure on institutions stuck in the status quo to make a better world, she adds.

Another UTS alum, Sybil Sakle Thompson ’98 , grew inspired to help build that better world as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, volunteering for the Canadian Red Cross Society to create a video project on adults who were child refugees.

“One woman from Afghanistan spoke very eloquently about the things that she had experienced, terrible things,” says Sybil. “I still remember every detail. At the time, I was struck by the trust she showed in talking to me. I felt her vulnerability and also my responsibility in hearing her story. Her unique experience and the whole idea of falling into the condition of being a refugee – which can be very easy to enter –had a profound impact on me.”

The project provided Sybil with an international perspective on human rights and humanitarian law and a few years later, while earning her master’s in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, Sybil decided to pursue refugee work as a career. Studying at McGill’s Faculty of Law, she took part in the faculty’s Human Rights Internship Program, working in a legal aid clinic for refugees in Cairo, Egypt.

“When I walked across the stage at McGill to get my diploma, everyone I knew was headed into a job at a fancy law firm,” she says. “They had spent their summers working on Bay Street or in New York or London. I hadn’t done that. I had been in Egypt. I had also worked with a Canadian government organization called Rights

and Democracy. I didn’t have a job lined up and I didn’t have any money. I didn’t know where I was going.”

Looking back, Sybil’s career presents a straightthrough line from anthropology and international relations as an undergrad to human rights and refugee work as a litigator and then adjudicator. But it didn’t feel that way as it unfolded.

While finding her path, Sybil applied for another internship, this time at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. She worked there six months, her stack of bills mounting while her student line of credit dwindled. When she landed the interview that led to a job at the Department of Justice, her parents had to pay for a flight home.

It was in part her refugee advocacy work that helped Sybil land a position at the Department of Justice and eventually move to the Immigration Law Division. From there, she became a member of the Refugee Protection Division at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, where she adjudicated refugee claims. Today, after completing her Master of Laws at Osgoode Hall Law School, she is a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada’s Refugee Appeal Division, where she adjudicates appeals of decisions made by the Refugee Protection Division.

While her destination felt uncertain at times, Sybil is clear about the starting point of her human rights and refugee work: the woman she met from Afghanistan.

“The precarity of living that life, of having no control over your situation, whether that’s owing to armed conflict or oppression, stayed with me. My parents moved from Ghana to Canada for their education. That’s hard enough, but they had choice and control. The refugee experience is on an entirely different level. It’s hard to fathom, even with the work I do.”

Sybil approaches that work the same way she conducted the Red Cross interviews as a teenager. “You always understand that this is a human being across from you. This is a person trusting you with their story. Cultivating trust is absolutely essential to do the work of refugee status determination and adjudicating claims of human rights. You have to assure people you are listening attentively and that you know communicating their experience is hard. While you are fitting their narrative into a legal framework, you never lose sight of this person sharing the intimate details of their experience.”

Like Sima, Sybil also works within the system to change the system. She is a member of a new grassroots anti-racism working group at the Immigration and Refugee Board.

“Speaking just for myself, if I am being asked to assess whether or not discrimination on the grounds of race or nationality rises to the level of persecution, then I have an obligation to ensure that anti-racist perspectives are a part of every level and aspect of the way the Board functions. That includes anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism and a recognition of Canada’s colonial history. I also want us all to remember when our government forced its citizens of Japanese descent into the status of being exiles in their own country.”

Both women credit UTS for its exceptional learning environment that encouraged and supported their interests. But they agree there is room for growth when it comes to diversity and inclusion. As one of very few Black students at the school, Sybil would like to see a more diverse student body and more people of colour holding positions of trust and authority, in particular as teachers. Sima would also like the school to apply a social justice lens more broadly throughout the academic program.

“I would love UTS to graduate leaders who are as committed to building a just society as they are to excelling in their individual field,” says Sima. “In part, that means being more intentional in addressing issues of racism, oppression, and social justice in classwork and school activities.”

Sybil describes individual responsibility in creating a more inclusive and equitable society by sharing the words of Rabbi Tarfon: “It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.”

- SYBIL SAKLE THOMPSON 98

“ I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT ANTI-RACIST PERSPECTIVES ARE A PART OF EVERY LEVEL AND ASPECT OF THE WAY THE BOARD FUNCTIONS.”

A Steel: Structural steel continues to reach higher to the sky between the Bloor and Huron wings, creating support for what will eventually be classrooms.

B Grand Central Staircase: This staircase in the central atrium connects with the Learning Stairs below, allowing students to reach their classrooms.

C Gym Roof Structural Steel:

A 500-tonne mobile crane carefully manoeuvers the first structural steel beam – weighing in at 28,000 pounds – into place on the gym roof.

D Waiting for New Windows:

The facade awaits installation of new heritage-style windows that will bring modern energy efficiency while preserving the architectural integrity of our historic building.

E Auditorium Walls: Structural steel for the auditorium walls began to take shape in September. Someday not so far away, this will be home to great performances and even greater achievements.

CONSTRUCTION CORNER

IT’S so exciting to watch as our renewed school rises up from the construction site at 371 Bloor, becoming more complete every day. Stairs connect floors, walls connect with roofs, and not that long into the future we’ll have a building we can be proud to call our own, thanks to the enduring support of our entire UTS community for the Building the Future campaign.

Through the summer and the fall, the site of our renewed school has been undergoing an incredible structural steel transformation. At this time of writing, the steel that will support the auditorium is making major gains, with completion expected by late-November. In July, in a marvel of engineering that took just a few hours, the crew carefully manoeuvred a total of 11 steel beams into place to support the roof of the double gym.

The learning stairs and grand central staircase are in place, connecting four storeys through the central atrium.

Throughout it all, crews have made up for time lost in the spring due to the four-week shutdown for COVID-19, required by the government.

Come November 2021, we expect the doors will be open and students will begin the next stage of our school’s storied history, in a beautiful, renewed building that epitomizes everything UTS stands for. ■

ALUMNI NEWS

Notes on the milestones and achievements in the lives of our alumni.

There are plenty of ways to stay in touch!

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Laura Money ’81, P ’22 started a new role as Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer at Sun Life Canada in June, moving on from her previous role of SVP and CIO Corporate Centre Technology at CIBC.

Author and Royal Canadian Military College professor

Adam Chapnick ’94 was quoted widely on Canada’s failed bid for a seat on the UN Security Council, by the BBC, CTV, the National Post and more.

Joshua Budman ’09 co-founded the MedTech startup Tissue Analytics, a pioneer of automated mobile wound and skin imaging and predictive analytics solutions, which was recently acquired by Net Health.

Angela Li ’20 won the first-ever online World Schools Debating Championship with Team Canada. “The more I debate, the less opinionated I actually become, because I realize there is so

much more I need to understand and learn about the world,” she told the National Post.

ON STAGE AND VIDEO

Louisa Zhu ’98 performed in Marjorie Chan’s play Lady Sunrise at the Factory Theatre in Toronto, from February 15 to March 8. A professional actor and performance combat artist, she is a professor at George Brown College’s Arts, Design and Information Technology Centre.

UTS alumna and Toronto playwright and Director Kat Sandler ’04 earned a well-deserved Dora Mavor Moore award nomination for Outstanding New Play for Yaga , her retelling of the story of fairy tale which Baba Yaga.

UTS alumna Cynthia Smithers ’06 performed as a vocalist and narrator at The Indigo Project Tafelmusik concert in Toronto from February 27 to March 3, which was created by Alison Mackay P ’02, mother of John Mackay ’02.

Sarina Wong ’18 was featured as the Wushu fighter in Toronto spoken word poet Patrick de Belen’s new video Butterfly Knife, a connection that formed when the poet visited Julie Stoyka’s M4 (Grade 10) English class.

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LITERARY NEWS

Author Lawrence Hill ’75 shared his thoughts on racism in Canada and the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death, and what can be done to stop racial injustice in a powerful message on CBC News. In another piece, the CBC says Hill’s The Book of Negroes is more relevant than ever now as the fight for Black rights takes centre stage.

The Atlantic writer and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum ’78 launched his new book, The Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy, decrying Trump’s leadership and institutionalization of “white ethnic chauvinism.”

Dr. John Stone ’85 recently discovered a Shakespeare quarto in Salamanca, Spain, and was featured by the BBC, The Times, and more. He is the Serra Hunder

Dr. John Stone ’85, courtesy of Royal Scots College, Salamanca

Fellow and Program Director of English Literature at the University of Barcelona.

Lydia Millet ’86 released her new climate change novel, A Children’s Bible, which was hailed by the Washington Post as “a blistering classic” and “a shattering vision of our apocalyptic future.”

Kevin Davis ’87 recently published Between Impunity and Imperialism: The Regulation of Transnational Bribery (Oxford University Press, 2019). The Beller Family Professor of Business Law at the New York University School of Law, he lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

// The Class of 1955 celebrated their 65th anniversary with 17 members at a virtual reunion in September. So many wonderful memories! UTS Principal Rosemary Evans attended with well-wishes and news from the school.

birth of their son Gabriel in February 2020. Happy family members include his brother, Aaron, and his aunt, Nora Magyarody ’04.

Dr. Jordan Feld ’91 and Andrea Schaffer welcomed their son Nadav, on April 17, 2020. He’s their third child.

BRANCHING OUT

Branching Out went virtual this fall, with senior students participating in online panel discussions with alumni. The first session in September focused on applying to U.S. and U.K. universities. This switch to virtual mentoring occurred following a successful year with 28 alumni mentors working with senior students. In November, the next session will focus on applying to Canadian universities.

A WEDDING

Summerwood/Winterwood by Elaine Chen ’94 and The Changeling of Fenlen Forest by Katherine Magyarody ’06 were longlisted in the Young Adult Division of the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.

Ilya Shapiro ’95 launched his new book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court, very timely in the wake of the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

BIRTHS

Katherine Magyarody ’06 and Iliya Sigal are delighted to announce the

On September 7, 2019, Vivien Ku ’08 and Terrence Chin ’08 celebrated their marriage in Toronto, with an intimate ceremony and reception at Canoe officiated by Jim Robson ’08 . Members of the bridal party included S abrina Nurmohamed ’08, Michael Mai ’08, Ian Li ’08, Matthew Li ’08 , and Jon Chiang ’08 . Also in attendance were Maggie Siu ’08, Stephanie Young ’08, Sima Atri ’08, Scott Ma ’08, Victor Tsang ’08, and Anthony Yu ’08

Interested in joining the Branching Out program to mentor senior UTS students?

Contact Rebecca Harrison for more details: rebecca.harrison@utschools.ca.

“The Branching Out program helped me become comfortable with growing up!,” says one student mentee. “I’ve become less stressed about making big decisions and gained clarity on what I really care about and know I’ll be happy wherever I land!”

THE G7 PROJECT

To help the Class of 2020 with the transition to university during COVID-19, the G7 Project was established to give advice on university

and life afterwards. Andrea Ho ’16 and Rachel Lee ’16 coordinated the project, leading young UTS alumni to participate in a variety of virtual panel discussions with recent graduates over the summer.

ALUMNI TRIVIA NIGHT

A global pandemic couldn’t keep alumni away from the UTSAA Trivia Night! Always one of our most popular alumni events, this year the event went virtual with over 100 participants from Class of 1963 all the way to 2019, from as

far as Denmark and Brazil. Facing off in three rounds, teams battled for bragging rights. The evening was hosted by UTSAA Director Jon Bitidis ’99 (also UTS Acting Head of Admissions) and questions were written by Oliver Weizel ’20, Jerry Wang ’20, Matthew Davidson ’21, Cameron MirandaRadbord ’21, William Szeto ’21, Sarah Yaffe ’99, Morgan Ring ’07 and UTS staff member Sean Hayto.

HALL OF FAME

Induction into the UTS Hall of Fame recognizes an outstanding achievement made by an individual or group, while attending UTS or teaching as a member of the staff. This year, the late Norm Fox ’48, P ’75 will join the UTS Hall of Fame. Part of the UTS community for over 75 years, Norm was a student, alumnus, teacher, coach, mentor, parent (John Fox ’75), and donor. A dedicated and caring teacher, Norm devoted countless hours to the school where he inspired, guided, and nurtured generations of UTS students.

CRAWFORD AWARD

This year, we are happy to honour Meg Graham ’89, Peter Ortved ’67, and Don Schmitt C.M. ’70, who have been vital to the success of our building project, as the 2020 winners of the H.J. Crawford Award. They stepped

UTSAA Trivia Night

up to help UTS at a critical juncture and have been guiding our building project to success.

This award recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of UTS by an individual or group through commitment, dedication, and volunteerism, as well as a lifetime of significant contributions to the greater society.

Meg, a principal of architecture and design practice, superkül, has been an active member of the UTS Board of Directors since 2015 and Project Steering Committee since 2017.

Peter, principal at the award-winning CS&P Architects for the past 26 years, has been a member of the Project Steering Committee since its inception in 2017, volunteers widely, and was instrumental in securing our temporary home at 30 Humbert Street.

Don is principal and co-founder of the world-renowned Diamond Schmitt Architects, which has won over 300 design awards. Don has played an integral role in building the future of UTS by re-designing our new home at 371 Bloor Street West.

HEARTWOOD AWARDS

Created in 2016 to celebrate exceptional volunteer service by members of the UTS community, this year the Heartwood Award for Volunteer Service has been awarded to seven dedicated volunteers.

Peter Frost ’63

Peter is honoured for his commitment to UTS alumni engagement, serving on the UTS Alumni Association Board for nearly two decades, championing hockey and golf events, and helping to connect graduates back to the school.

Donald Ainslie ’84

From serving as a director of the UTS Alumni Association to mentoring students for scholarship interviews to supporting our many events, Don has done it all for UTS, time and time again.

Calum Tsang ’95

If there’s a Career Day at UTS, Calum will likely be there. He’s come to more career days than any other volunteer. Also a Branching Out mentor, he is a vital supporter of UTS students’ growth and development.

Johanna Pokorny ’04 Johanna brings UTS art to life with her tireless dedication as the co-curator of the UTS Keys Gallery, delivering the commitment that helps celebrate the artistic achievements of the UTS community.

Jake Brockman ’09

Jake has been Branching Out for many years, mentoring UTS students to take on life at university, but that’s

Don Schmitt C.M. ’70 at the UTS Alumni Dinner in 2018.

not all he does! A diligent Admissions Entrance interviewer, his volunteerism for Young Alumni Focus Groups and strategic planning supports the wider community.

Jannis Mei ’13

Jannis’ dedicated presence makes a difference in so many ways: at the Branching Out mentorship program, Don’s Den, Admissions interviews to focus groups, on the Advancement Committee, and by establishing the Yin Bai Award for UTS students.

Ariana Bradford P ’17, ’19, ’22

Ariana forged meaningful partnerships that helped UTS meet its requirement to contribute to U of T’s mission. Her work facilitating the Medicine by Design and Global Ideas programs contributed greatly to innovative learning and development for UTS students.

IN MEMORIAM GEORGE FIERHELLER C.M. ’51 1933–1920

A pioneer in computers, cable, cellphones, and public service, George Fierheller C.M. ’51 could never resist getting involved in a good cause. He lives on in our memories for his devotion to volunteering for the school he loved.

From 1998 to 2003, George volunteered for the Building Opportunities campaign as a member

of the Campaign Advisory and in recent years, he became very involved with the Building the Future campaign, serving as member of the Campaign Cabinet. In 2019, UTS honoured him with a Heartwood award for volunteer excellence.

After his time at UTS, George graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with an Honours Degree in Political Science and Economics in 1955, and began his career with IBM.

A long-time cable executive, he was the first CEO of what is now Rogers

Wireless. During 1983, George led the team that was successful in winning the mobile cellular radio licences for Cantel, and was the Founding President and CEO of Cantel Inc. His career took him to Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto. Wherever he went, he became actively involved in his community, serving as Chairman of United Way campaigns in all three cites, on university boards, and a multitude of arts organizations and hospitals. A President of the Toronto Board of Trade, he also lent his expertise to many corporate boards.

In July 2000, George was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada, adding to his many other awards, including Toronto’s highest honour, the Award of Merit; the United Way of Canada’s Andre Mailhot Award; and the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto.

George leaves a wonderful family, Glenna, his wife of 63 years, his daughter Lori Wittemeier, son-in-law Jürgen, and grandchildren Christian and Caitlin Wittemeier. His eldest daughter, Vicki, passed away in March 2019.

He will be remembered in our halls for the extraordinary leadership he brought to our campaigns, and for how he could never resist the opportunity to get involved and lend his extraordinary expertise to a good cause.

JIM MCCARTNEY Q.C. ’56, P ’84 1937–2020

A caring UTS community member, Jim McCartney Q.C. ’56, P ’84 stepped up in so many ways for UTS. As a student, he was School Captain. As a UTS parent (of Michael McCartney ’84), he served as a UTS Parents’ Association Grade Rep. When UTS’ operations became independent from the University of Toronto, Jim helped craft the affiliation agreement, and when it came time to build a renewed school, he stepped up as a dedicated member of the Building the Future Campaign Cabinet and a loyal donor. Jim was a familiar and warm presence at many UTS events,

including Annual Dinners, donor and volunteer appreciation events, and the Groundbreaking Ceremony for our renewed building. In 2019, Jim received a UTS Heartwood Award for volunteer excellence.

Praised for his kindness and integrity, Jim’s legacy as past chairman of McCarthy Tétrault includes playing a significant role in developing it into Canada’s first nationwide law firm.

A dedicated student who grew up in northern Ontario, Jim graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto in 1960. He went on to graduate from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1964 and was called to the bar in 1966. In 2005, he was a recipient of U of T’s Arbor Award.

He will be sadly missed by his beloved wife Helen P ’84, his life partner for 60 years, as well his children, Michael ’84 , Tim and Kate, and five grandchildren.

The Globe and Mail said: “He will be remembered for his quiet sense of humour, infectious smile and twinkling eyes.” All those who knew Jim would agree.

ARTHUR SCACE C.M. ’56 1938–2020

The UTS community lost a true champion, with the sad news of the passing of esteemed UTS Board Director Arthur Scace C.M. ’56 , on May 3 in Toronto at age 81.

Arthur’s legacy and commitment to University of Toronto Schools is vast. At UTS, he was involved in student leadership as a Form Captain, a treasurer, and a member of the dance committee; he also worked with the Twig and played football and hockey.

“Arthur and I started Grade 9 at UTS on the same day in 1951, almost 70 years ago, and were friends for the rest of our lives. We both went to U of T and we both became lawyers at McCarthy Tétrault. Arthur was a major contributor to the community all of his life,” says Jim C. McCartney Q.C. ’56, P ’84.

He became one of the lead funders of the Class of 1956 project for the UTS Building the Future campaign, and lent his considerable talents as a member of the Building the Future Campaign Cabinet.

After his time as a student at UTS, he went on to collect an impressive list of academic credentials, earning Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Toronto (Trinity College) and the University of Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar), a Master of Arts from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, as well as a number of Honorary Doctorates.

A Member of the Order of Canada, Art garnered a national reputation for his work in income tax law, as the former Partner and Chair of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Barristers and Solicitors, and co-author of The Income Tax Law of Canada (Law Society of Upper Canada, 1972).

His significant influence included serving on many prominent corporate boards and as Chairman of the Canadian Opera Company, as well as working extensively with Rhodes Scholarships in Canada.

He leaves behind his loving wife Susan, and their children and grandchildren, and many friends.

ANNUAL DONOR REPORT

This was a year in UTS giving unlike any other, illuminating all the more the strength and power of our UTS community. Great things happen when we come together for our school. In April, we celebrated our tremendous accomplishment of raising over $60 million for our renewed building through the Building the Future campaign. Everything our school means and stands for will live on for generations of UTS students, empowered by a school building of the same calibre as the transformational education that students receive at UTS.

From the campaign, we pivoted as a community to address an emerging need. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the livelihoods of several UTS families, increasing the need for bursaries. In response, UTS launched the COVID-19 Emergency Bursary Fund, to ensure all students would have the financial support they need to continue their education at UTS. The response of our community to this appeal was heartwarming. When our students needed you, you were there, ensuring the pandemic couldn’t and wouldn’t stand in the way of a UTS education.

It is that power of a UTS education that the world needs now: people who can lead the way, stay strong though crisis, help the world weather the storm and come out the other side, stronger for it. This year over 1,100 donors, including legacy gifts, gave over $15 million to benefit UTS students. Thank you for all that you give to keep our community strong. Your support makes all the difference in the world, and to the world.

— Rosemary Evans, Principal

THE 1910 CLUB

Our thanks to the members of the UTS community who contributed $1,910 or more. This recognition honours and celebrates the year the school was founded and these generous donors.

The Abbott & Tuckey Families

Donald C. Ainslie ’84 Mary Ainslie '83 Steven ’77 & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22

David Allan ’78

Marianne Anderson & Andrew Clarke P ’17 Charles Baillie, Jr. O.C. & Marilyn Baillie P ’85

Paul L. Barnicke ’71

David Baskin & Joan Garson P ’04, ’07

Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson P ’22 Thomas Bauer ’77

Rikesh Bhogal & Rimmy Kaur P ’21

Monica Biringer ’78 Bill Blundell O.C. ’45 J. Nicholas Boland ’79

H. Don Borthwick ’54

Richard J. G. Boxer ’67

Douglas Bradley & Mary Killoran P ’01, ’08

Michael Broadhurst ’88 & Victoria Shen ’93

William Burnfield & Harry Wiebe P ’23, ’24

Christopher Burton ’90

Peter Buzzi 1977

Jessica Carn ’94

John Carruthers ’53

John ’51 & Margaret Catto P ’82

Michael Ling & Karen Chan ’91, P’ 22, ’24

Phillip Chan & Lilian Chan P ’78, ’82

Matthew Chapman & Danielle Paterson P ’24

Sheldon Szeto & Flora Chen P ’21, ’23, ’26

Felicia Y. Chiu ’96

James S. Coatsworth ’69

William J. Corcoran ’51

Jim Cornell ’64

Kenneth Culver ’53

Douglas Davis ’58 & Janet Davis P ’87

Joseph de Pencier ’73

Martha Drake

John L. Duerdoth ’56

David & Urve Earthy P ’99

Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot

Rosemary Evans

Peter A. Ewens ’79

Albert P. Fell ’48

Fraser M. Fell C.M. Q.C. ’46, P ’73

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72

Anne Fleming ’85, P ’17 G. Alan Fleming ’54

Four Quarters Ltd.

John Gardner ’55 & Encarnita Gardner P ’83

Sherry A. Glied ’78 Neil & Natasha Glossop P ’18

The Peter & Shelagh Godsoe Family Foundation

Peter Godsoe ’56

Ian Goldberg ’91

Jessica R. Goldberg ’90

Goldman Sachs

John M. Goodings ’54

Google Inc.

John & Nancy Gossling P ’18, ’20, ’23, ’25

Jim & Katherine Gracie P ’09, ’12, ’15

Laurie Graham C.M. ’78

Margaret Graham ’89

David S. Grant ’72

Vanessa Grant ’80 & Philip Street

Dr. Dale Gray P ’04 James H. Grout ’74

Kun Gu & Wenge Zhang P ’25

Larry Guo & Brenda Liu P ’24

B & B Hamilton Fund at Toronto Foundation P. Diane Hamilton ’85 William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

Andre Hidi ’77 & Jocelyn Hidi

James Hinds & Susan Weedon

Robert W. Hoke ’66

Anthony Hollenberg ’79

Victor Holysh ’76

J. Desmond Horan ’45 & Lois Horan

Celesa Horvath ’85

Henry ’86 & Albina Huang P ’19

John & Michelle Hull P ’16

Janet M. Hunter

Richard S. Ingram ’61 & Satoko Shibata

Richard Isaac ’63

The Honourable Henry N. R. Jackman O.C. ’50

The Henry N.R.Jackman Foundation

John Jackson ’74

Scott & Amy Jackson P ’20

J. Peter Jarrett ’71

Oliver Jerschow ’92

The Jha Family

Zhaohui Jia & Hongying Zhang P ’24

John Kelk ’63

C. Stuart Kent ’79

Vivek Kesarwani ’09

Ramandeep Khattra & Ravinder Khattra P ’24

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Kenneth Kirsh ’78

Carrie Ku (Fung) ’85

Barnet Kussner ’82

Geoffrey Kwitko ’77

Andrew Kwong ’98

Fergus Kyle ’48

Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys P ’06

J. David ’70 & Sally Lang P ’99

Susan (Black) Lawson ’78

Terence S. W. Lee ’59

Ann Lee-Sing P ’84, GP ’11, ’15

The LeGresley Family Foundation

David LeGresley 1977

The Leith Family

Iris Leung ’98

Qiang Lin & Bing Xia P ’23

Mark Livschitz 2008

Robert ’58 and Patricia Lord

Loyalty Foundation

Antony T. F. Lundy ’79 & Janet Looker

James I. MacDougall ’54

Tom MacMillan ’67

Anand Mahadevan

Katherine & Paul Manley ’61 Manulife Financial

Jon ’82 & Robin Martin ’82

Joseph Martin & Sally Martin P ’82, ’84, GP ’11, ’15

Robert Martin ’74 Michael ’84 & Suzanne Martin ’84

Audrey 1978 & Leslie 1976 Marton

Dena McCallum ’82

David McCarthy ’77

James C. McCartney ’56, P ’84

Tom McCurdy & Rosamund Woodhouse P ’06

Bernie McGarva ’72, P ’03

Titan Research Group

Supply - Rob R McGregor P ’18, ’20

J.A. (Sandy) McIntyre ’71

Donald McMaster ’62

Jannis Mei ’13

Derek Menezes & Rita Sachdeva P ’23, ’26

Kosta Michalopoulos 1984

Microsoft Foundation

Laura Money ’81 & Marcus Macrae P ’22

Estate of William R. Hammond Montgomery

Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya P ’23

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

David H. Morgan ’63

Katherine Hammond ’87 & Richard Nathanson ’87, P ’20

Neuberger Berman

Newton Foundation

Rodney Northey ’78

Mark Noskiewicz ’77

Malcolm Nourse ’60

Harriet Nowell-Smith ’87

O’Neil Leger Family Foundation

Government of Ontario

Kathryn Opekar ’89

Susan E. Opler ’79 & Paul F. Monahan P ’14 & Will Monahan ’14

OSSTF District

34-University of Toronto Schools

Robert Pampe, M.D. ’63

Ripal Patel & Kruti Patel P ’25

York & Nancy Pei P ’17 & ’20

James Penturn & Kathleen Crook P ’07

Reginald L. Perkin ’48 Mark & Peri Peters P ’16, ’19

Joshua Phillips ’79 David Potter ’86

Stephen Raymond & Natasha Vandenhoven P ’16, ’19

Donald & Nita Reed P ’92

Maolin Ren & Qing Chen P ’24

Ian Richmond & Danielle LiChong P ’16, ’18, ’20

Barbara Ritchie P ’80

William ’77 & Helen Robson P ’06, ’08, ’09

John A. Rose ’78 and Susie Rose

Kenneth Rotenberg ’40 Richard ’47 & Joan Sadleir

Hon. William J. Saunderson FCA ’52 & Meredith Saunderson

Arthur Scace C.M. 1956

Donald Schmitt ’70

Hedy & Tim ’78 Sellers

The Family of Christina Shao ’21

Ilya Shapiro ’95

John N. Shaw ’50

Peter & Jackie Shaw P ’17, ’19

Qiang Shen & Yuefang He P ’20

The Shulman Family

Mark Shuper ’88

Olga Shuper P ’88

Thirumeny Sivaganeshan & Thanuja Karunamoorthy P ’23

Robert Sladek ’77

Susan Slattery ’78

John ’59 & Madelyn Sloane P ’86

Chris Smith ’54

A. Michael Spence ’62

James M. Spence ’58, P ’88 Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw P ’23

David G. Stinson ’70 William Stinson 1951

PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE

The Estate of George Hudson Stowe 1948, GP ’18

Wenqing Su P ’23

Allan Sutherland ’44 George Swift ’64 & Judith Swift

Wayne D. Thornbrough ’62

Murray E. Treloar ’68 Gregory G. Turnbull Q.C. 1973

Timothy Turnbull ’74

Elizabeth Turner ’83

Edward Unger

Guy W. Upjohn ’51

UTS Alumni Association

UTS Parents Association

Chris Van Loan & Jessica Monk P ’20

Mark van Zanden & Rachel Talbot P ’21

Robert Vokes & Jane Edwards P ’24

Robert Waddell ’57 Jian Wang & Nan Weng P ’24

Jun Hao Wang & Xiao Xing Zheng P ’15, ’20

Yansheng Wang & Kezhi Jin P ’22

Doug Ward C.M. ’57

Christopher Watson ’92

Garry & Nancy Watson P ’92, GP ’16, ’19

Matthew A. Weatherbie ’63

Ran Wei ’06

Roger Wei & Carol Zhang P ’24

Robert S. Weiss ’62

John Wilkinson ’78

Peter and Joanne Willson P ’21

J. Fraser Wilson ’63

David H. Wishart ’46

Leon Wong 1989

Pamela Y. W. Wong ’98 & Gabriel Woo

David L. Wright ’89

Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran P ’13

Graham ’76 & Constance Yost

Yanfeng Zhang & Hong Liu P ’25

Anonymous (9)

Our thanks to the members of the UTS community who contributed between $1,000 and $1,909.

Ajay Agrawal & Gina Buonaguro P ’23

Arjun Ahuja ’68

Riichiro Akazaki & Amanda Kreidié-Akazaki P ’17, ’20

Derek Allen ’65

Athletic Edge Sports Medicine

Samuel Barkin ’83

Katherine Basi ’87

Derek A. Bate ’71, P ’16

C. Derek S. Bate ’44, P ’71, ’73, ’75, GP ’16

Marcel Behr ’81

Dan Berbecel ’08

Dmytro Berbeka & Lesya Berbeka P ’21

David K. Bernhardt ’54

D. Peter Best ’67

Tracy A. Betel ’86

Zain Bhamjee and Iram Bhatti P ’20

Anuj Bhatia & Parul Agarwal P ’25

Ben & Rumki Bhattacharya P ’18

R. Brendan Bissell ’89 & Heidi Clark P ’22, ’24

Bruce Bone ’46

John Bowden ’48 & Lois Bowden P ’79

Dory S. Boyer ’91

Ian K. Bradley ’01

Suzanne Bradshaw P ’80 Charles Bragg ’64

Anthony Brown & Catherine Sim P ’18

Garth Chalmers

Benjamin Chan ’82

Yijun Chen & Yao Fu P ’25

Scott Cheng & Fiona Cai P ’21, ’24

Alec Clute ’76

Julia Cochrane ’87

Maria Collier

George Comlosan & Alexandra Comlosan-Pop P ’20

Nina Coutinho ’04 & Darnel Leader ’04

David G. Crookston ’76

Dubravka Cunningham ’89

Michael Curtis ’67

Myron Cybulsky ’76

Makeda Daley

Robert Darling ’57

Kevin Davis ’87

Noor Dewji P ’08, ’11

Michael Disney ’69

David R. Dodds (5Y) ’73

James Domm ’55

Brian Eden ’79

Carolyn Ellis ’80

James Ian Fairbanks ’77

Yuntao Fan & Na Zhang P ’25

Myran Faust & Julianna Ahn P ’18, ’21

Sid Feldman & Karen Weyman P ’13, ’17

Paul Fieguth ’86 & Betty Pries

Alan S. Fisher ’71

This report recognizes gifts to UTS for the period from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of information. If you find an error or wish to have your name recognized differently, please contact the Office of Advancement: call 416-978-3919 or email alumni@utschools.ca.

★ Donors who have given for ten or more consecutive years

Donors who have given between five and nine consecutive years

♥ Monthly donors

Please note that photos where students are pictured together not wearing masks were taken before the pandemic began.

1940–1946

$382,540

Kenneth Rotenberg ’40

Cal Wilson ’42

C. Derek S. Bate P ’71, ’73, ’75, GP ’16

Allan Sutherland ’44

Bill Blundell O.C. ’45 ★

J. Desmond ’45 & Lois Horan

John Polanyi ’45

Bruce Bone ’46 ★

Fraser Fell C.M. ’46, P ’73

P. Kingsley Smith ’46

David G. Watson ’46

David H. Wishart ’46 ★

Anonymous ’46

1947–1948

$401,420

Michael Fair ’47

Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82

Donald ’47 & Lorraine Lawson

Tracy Lloyd ’47 ★ Richard ’47 & Joan Sadleir

The Estate of George Hudson Stowe ’47, GP ’18

Hugh Anson-Cartwright ’48

Philip Arrowsmith ’48 ★

John A. Bowden ’48, P ’79 ★

Meredith Coates ’48

Albert P. Fell ’48

Fergus Kyle ’48 ★

Alexander Mills

Reginald L. Perkin ’48

Michael V. Spence ’48

John W. Thomson ’48

Rev. Dr. Ian Wishart ’48

1949–1950

$1,201,098

William Angus ’49

Donald K. Avery ’49 Richard Clee ’49

Donald Dainty ’49

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 ★

Robert E. Logan ’49 & Luella R. Logan

Richard D. Tafel ’49

Gilbert “Bud” Alexander ’50

Roger G. Crawford ’50, P ’82

The Honourable Henry N. R. Jackman O.C. ’50

John Shaw ’50 ★ Gordon Weese ’50

Anonymous ’50

1951–1952

$104,433

John Catto ’51, P ’82 ★ William J. Corcoran ’51 ★ John Crawford ’51 J. Alexander Lowden ’51 ★

Peter H. Russell O.C., ’51 ♥ William W. Stinson ’51 ★

Guy W. Upjohn ’51

Anonymous ’51

Gerald Crawford ’52 John Frankel ’52 Ronald Garlick ’52

Gordon G. Goodfellow ’52 ★

Leslie Lawrence ’52 Roger S. McCullough ’52

Barry Smythe ’52

Bruce Stewart ’52 Hon. William J. Saunderson FCA ’52 & Meredith Saunderson ★ Anonymous (4) 1953 $15,887

John Carruthers

Kenneth Culver ★ Terence Grier Robert Labbett William P. Lett ★ James C. Mainprize Charles Mayer

Alan E. Morson P ’79 ★ William E. Rogan Robert E. Saunders ★ David Wainwright Douglas R. Wilson 1954 $19,888

David K. Bernhardt ★ W. G. Black, C.A. H. Don Borthwick ★ Douglas G. Brewer Glenn Clark W. Gordon Duncan John S. Elder G. Alan Flemin ♥ ★

John M. Goodings Robert L. Joynt James Lowden James MacDougall ♥ Gordon MacRae D. Keith Millar ★ John D. Murray ★

Desmond O’Rorke

William Redrupp

John S. Rodway

Gordon R. Sellery

Chris Smith

John H. Wait ★

Gabriel I. Warren

Roger Watson

George E. Whyte Q.C. 1955 $11,302

Harold Atwood ★

James Domm John Gardner & Encarnita Gardner P ’83 ★ William Hunter ★ Martin Jerry ★ C. Anthony Keith Robert K. Metcalf

Alan Mills Anthony Morrison ★ H. Thomas Sanderson ★ Anonymous 1956 $215,209

Gerald Dickinson

John L. Duerdoth ★ David M. Flint ★ Peter Godsone ★

Ryan Kidd

Stephens B. Lowden James C. McCartney P ’84 ★

Arthur Scace C.M. ★

John V. Snell Charles F. T. Snelling Peter F. Stanley ★

1957

$10,795

Robert Darling ♥ ★

Robert A. Gardner ★ Bruce Henderson

J. David Howe

David W. Kerr

Michael Locke Ian Rutherford David Scroggie Robert Waddell ★ J. Douglas Ward C.M. ★ Anonymous

1958 $61,506

Charles Baillie, Jr O.C. & Marilyn Baillie P ’85 George M. Carrick ★ Douglas ’58 & Janet Davis P ’87 ★

Arthur D. Elliott

Richard Farr Bruce E. Houser ★ Terry Keenleyside Robert E. Lord ★ James R. Mills ★ Kit Moore ★ Douglas G. Peter ★ James M. Spence P ’88 Peter Strachan Barry N. Wilson ★ John Wood

Anonymous 1959–1960

$14,810

Donald G. Bell ’59 ♥ ★ Peter Boothroyd ’59 Alexander Furness ’59

W. L. Mackenzie King ’59 ★ Terence S. W. Lee ’59 ♥ John ’59 & Madelyn Sloane P ’86 ★

Jim Stronach ’59 ★ Ian C. Sturdee ’59 ★ Donald Woodside ’59 Anonymous ’59

John R.D. Fowell ’60 ★ Robert P. Jacob ’60, P ’88 ★ J. Paul Mills ’60

Peter C. Nicoll ’60 ★ Malcolm Nourse ’60 ★ Robert J. Tweedy ’60 ★

1961

$5,426,771

John C. Coleman ★ Norman Flett David J. Holdsworth ★ Richard Ingram Jon R. Johnson John Laskin Peter B. MacKinnon

Katherine & Paul Manley ♥ ★ Michael Schwartz James E. Shaw ★

Michael Tinkler C. Robert Vernon David M. Ward ♥ John R. Wright

1962

$109,506

Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot

John Fauquier Mark Gerecke John Hetherington Kirby Keyser Donald A. Laing ★ David Legge Donald McMaster ★ David S. Milne ★ Gord Park Michael A. Peterman A. Michael Spence Wayne D. Thornbrough ★ Robert S. Weiss ★ Anonymous ★

1963

$46,246 W. Paul Bates James Fowell ★ Peter H. Frost ★ Richard Isaac John Kelk ★ Gregor McGregor ♥

David H. Morgan Robert Pampe, M.D. ★ Michael M. Parmenter Lane Prentice

Matthew Weatherbie J. Fraser Wilson Anonymous ♥ ★

1964

$7,297

J. David Beattie P ’00, ’02 Charles Bragg

Ronald G. Chapman Jim Cornell Collin M. Craig ★ Robert Isbister William R. Jones ★ Jeffrey R. Rose & Sandra Black P ’03

Michael Ross

Peter Snell ♥ ★ George & Judith Swift ★ Joe Vaughan

1965–1966

$23,540

Derek Allen ’65

John Cleworth ’65 Robert A. Cumming ’65 ★ Leland J. Davies ’65 James Hayes ’65 ★ David Hetherington ’65 Christopher D. Hicks ’65 Robert Hustwitt ’65 Peter MacEwen ’65 Anthony J. Reid ’65 David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01 Jeffrey R. Stutz ’65 ★ S. Bruce Blain ’66 Tim ’66 & Christine Halderson Robert W. Hoke ’66 William A. MacKay ’66 John S. Rogers ’66 ★ Dave Sanderson ’66

1967 $199,946

David Amos Donald Ball

D. Peter Best George B. Boddington ★ Richard J. G. Boxer ★ Michael Curtis

Richard N. Donaldson John J. L. Hunter ★ Stephen Kauffman Gordon E. Legge Tom MacMillan Bruce McKelvey Jeffrey Simpson O.C.

1968–1969

$21,778

Arjun Ahuja ’68 John Collins ’68 Wayne Maddever ’68 ♥ James A. Russell ’68 Murray Treloar ’68 John Bohnen ’69 ★ William J. Bowden ’69 James S. Coatsworth ’69 John B. Deacon ’69

Michael Disney ’69 Stephen C. Farris ’69 ★ Daniel Gautreau ’69 David Gibson ’69 Eric Haldenby ’69 Frederick R. E. Heath ’69 Robert J. Herman ’69 ★ George Hughes ’69

Peter Kizoff ’69 Nicholas Le Pan ’69 ♥ ★ David Gordon White ’69 Anonymous ’69

1970 $214,964

Doug Donald ★ Ray Kinoshita J. David Lang P ’99 Rolland Leader

Peter Martin Douglas E. McIntyre Stephen Perry Tim Rance Donald Schmitt David G. Stinson ★ Paul Wright Anonymous

1971 $121,783

Paul L. Barnicke ★

Derek A. Bate P ’16 Paul Brace P ’12 ★ Alan S. Fisher

John Floras & Anita Elaine Karrys-Floras

Stephen Hart

Richard Hill ♥

J. Peter Jarrett J.A. (Sandy) McIntyre ★ William O. Menzel

Glen Morris Peter G. Neilson ★ Timothy Owen Warren G. Ralph ★ Adrian Shubert ♥ R.D. Roy Stewart ★ Tony Storey

1972 $15,555

Robert L.H. Fowler David S. Grant ★ Richard Kennedy Bernie McGarva P ’03

Jan Ondrich Howard Scrimgeour Christopher D. Woodbury ★

1973 $37,600

John Bertram J. Christopher Boland Donald Clarke Geoffrey Clayton Joseph de Pencier David Dick David R. Dodds (5Y) Sean Dunnigan

David Fallis P ’02

Ian Ferguson Peter Halsall Alvin Iu ♥ ★

John G. Kivlichan ★

Roger Martin P ’99, ’01, ’03, ’05

Steven Morris

Richard Morrow Miles Obradovich David Plant Jaak Reichmann

$14,034

Debra Bailey

Marcel Behr

Justin Bur Suzanne Campbell David Colbert Paul Eisen Christopher Francis Tom Friedland ★ Bruce Grant

Thomas Hicks Amalia Jimenez Matthew Kronby Ping Lin Barbara Liu Ian MacKay Laura Money & Marcus Macrae P ’22

Jeffrey J. Nankivell William Robertson Martin Schreiber P ’15 Eugene Siklos

1982

$17,405

Anne Bonnycastle Sheila Catto

Benjamin Chan ★ Robert Dmytryshyn P ’15 ’18

Melissa Fox-Revett

Lisa Jeffrey

Marina Jimenez Barnet Kussner

Marie-Armelle LaFaury

Jon Martin

Robin Martin Dena McCallum Lisa Naftolin Susan Tough Mardi Witzel Anonymous 1983 $32,449 Mary Ainslie Samuel Barkin Robin Bloomfield

Michael De Jesus

Elizabeth Derbecker

John A. Hass Stephen Kilburn Karen Landmann

Karen M. Mandel

C. Elizabeth Stefan Earl Stuart ★ Andrew Tremayne Elizabeth Turner Daniel Yoon Anonymous

1984

$14,285

Donald C. Ainslie

Scott Anderson Nicholas G. Evans Edward A. Griffith

Melanie Hare

Felicia Knaul & Julio Frenk P ’15

David Kreindler

Suzanne Martin P ’11,

Michael Martin P ’11, ’15

Cameron A. Matthew

Patrick McPhee

Kosta Michalopoulos

Rebecca E. Nagel Jennifer Pullen 1985 $47,576

Isi Caulder

Jill Copeland P ’20 ’22 Anne Fleming P ’17 P. Diane Hamilton

Celesa Horvath Carrie Ku (Fung)

Kerstin Lack ★ Grant Lum

Carson Schutze ★ Paul Tough Adrian M. Yip

1986 $9,710 Tracy A. Betel

Wendy Drukier Paul Fieguth & Betty Pries Sandra Flow Henry Huang P ’19 Judith Kramer Eleanor Latta

Dianne B. Morris Mark D. Phillips P ’24 David Potter

Jacquelyn Sloane Siklos 1987 $24,831

Thomas Barnes Katherine Basi John R. Caldwell

Julia Cochrane

Kevin Davis

Ronald Dicke Andrew Fawcett Lisa Freeman Michael Gans Katherine Hammond P ’20

Richard Nathanson P ’20

Sascha Hastings Daryn Jeffries Ian Lee Elissa A. McBride Shane Miskin Gundars E. Roze Cari Whyne P ’24 Thomas Wilk Anonymous (4) 1988 $95,430

Jennifer Andersen Koppe

Kristina Bates P ’22 Michael Broadhurst Sujit Choudhry Eugene Ho Michol Hoffman Rubina Khan Mark Opashinov ★ Mark Shuper 1989 $1,883,972 R. Brendan Bissell P ’22, ’24 Suzanne Cheng Dubravka Cunningham ♥ Lesleigh Cushing

Barbara Fleisig Margaret Graham ★ Kenneth Handelman Ursula Holland Patrick Ip Larry Kline Kevin Levere Michael Lower Molly E. McCarron Nerissa Moray Kathryn Opekar Jennifer A. Orange Jonathan Poplack Angela S. Punnett Alycia Rossiter Colin Rowat David Shaw

Greg Shron David L. Wright Carmen M. Young Anonymous 1990 $18,140 Christopher Burton ★ Hilary Davidson Jessica R. Goldberg Anuradha Iyer

Nusha Keyghobadi Henry J.P. White

Anonymous 1991 $12,707 Dory S. Boyer Rebecca Caldwell

Karen Chan P’ 22, ’24 Sandra Chong

Aaron Dantowitz

Patrick Feng Audrey M. Fried P ’19, ’22 Jeffrey Gans Ian Goldberg Dan Guttman

Mark Ho Jennie E. Jung Roland Lee Ruth Lim 1991–1992 $14,729 Elizabeth (Allan) Wilson ’91

Sayeed Karim Abdulla ’92 ★ Oliver Jerschow ’92

Anna Lim ’92 Graham Mayeda ’92

Christina Teow ’92, P ’26 Christopher Watson ’92

1993 $73,885

Victoria Shen

Kai Chan

Sarah Dryden-Peterson Baldwin Hum Geoffrey Hung

Alex Hutchinson

Jocelyn Kinnear T. Justin Lou

Husein Moloo Ian Richler

Samuel Robinson Richard Roze Rapido Trains

Jason E. Shron

Justin Tan Scott A. Thompson

Cindy Wan

David Wolf

Veronica C. Yeung Anonymous (2)

1994

$4,460

Jessica Carn

Aaron Chan

Adam Chapnick ★ Catherine Cheung Jennifer Couzin Raymond C. Fung Trudy Goold

Andrea Iaboni

Ian C. Mitchell Rachel Spitzer ★

A

2003–2007 $9,941

Andrew Chau ’03

Allison Chow ’03

Emma Jenkin ’03

Jonathan Lung ’04

Jeremy Opolsky ’04

Nina Coutinho ’04

Darnel Leader ’04

Alyssa Mackenzie ’04 Hayley A. Silberg ’04

Anonymous ’04

Katie Greenberg ’05

Mitchell Wong ’05

J. Cameron Howieson ’06

Ran Wei ’06

Kate Gerster ’07

Martin Ho ’07

Morgan Ring ’07

Lyndon Shopsowitz ’07

1995–1996

$9,236

Rashaad Bhyat ’95 Robert Duncan ’95 Reesa Grushka ’95 Robin Rix ’95 Ilya Shapiro ’95 ★ Denise Tam ’95 Anonymous ’95 Derek Chiang ’96 Felicia Chiu ’96 ★ Christine Rogers ’96 Amanda Ross-White ’96 ♥ ★ Warren Shih ’96

1998 $16,850

Laura Bogomolny Clarence Cheng ★ Judy Kwok ★ Andrew Kwong Sharon Lee

Iris Leung Karen Ng Noel Semple Eric Sherkin Ian Speers Warren Tang Pamela Y. W. Wong

Linus Yung

$42,994

Stephen Cheng Geoffrey Gittins

Jeffrey Hall-Martin Michael Morgan

Veena Mosur Ian Randall Michael Shenkman ★

Saraswati Son Hing Jennifer Stulberg P ’25

Anonymous

Anonymous 1999 $3,460

Kristin Ali

Jonathan Bitidis

Yan Kiu Chan Michelle Cheng

Aileen Daley

Daron Earthy

Brenton Huffman David Kolin

David Kuperman Dalia Rotstein Maida Sit Jeffrey So James Steele Albert K. Tang Mark Varma Alex Wall 2000–2002 $6,737

Michelle Jennings ’00 Ian Bradley ’01 Alexander Gorka ’01 Emily Stover ’01 Elisha L. Muskat ’01

Diana Chisholm Skrzydlo ’01

Andrea Wang ’01 Sidney Chiu ’02

Lea Epstein ’02

Liang Hong ’02

Evan A. Roberts ’02

Samuel Siah ’02 C. Luke Stark ’02

Julian Tam ’02 Amy Wang ’02

2008–2010 $8,966

Dan Berbecel ’08

Andrew Chan ’08

Terrence Chin ’08 Vivien Ku ’08

Daniel Lam ’08 Ian Li ’08

Mark Livschitz ’08 Jeremy Zung ’08

Vivek Kesarwani ’09

Avanti Ramachandran ’09

John J. Nicholas Stark ’09

Jonathan Talmi ’09

Han Yan ’09

Emma Barrett ’10

Lisa Hui ’10

Samuel Levy ’10

Michael Olijnyk ’10

2011–2019 $7,573

Adam Martin ’11

Cassandra Douglas ’12

Alexander Fung ’12

Adarsh Gupta ’12

Karen Morenz ’12

Isabella Chiu ’13 ♥

Jannis Mei ’13

Gong Fan Bao ’14

William Monahan

Aaron Shafton ’14

Adam Waitzer ’14

Hannah Knaul ’15 Emma Miloff ’ 15

Margaret Fei ’16

Cameron Linhares-Huang ’19

PARENTS and GRANDPARENTS OF CURRENT STUDENTS

Ajay Agrawal & Gina Buonaguro P ’23

Steven & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22 ★

Chris & Claudia Bauer P ’23

Dmytro Berbeka & Lesya Berbeka P ’21 ♥

Anuj Bhatia & Parul Agarwal P ’25

Rikesh Bhogal & Rimmy Kaur P ’21

Carmen Young 1989 & John Bifolchi P ’24 R. Brendan Bissell ’89 & Heidi Clark P ’22, ’24

William Burnfield & Harry Wiebe P ’23, ’24

Nancy Castillo P ’26

Michael Ling & Karen Chan ’91, P’ 22, ’24

Paul Chang & Betty Tseng P ’19, ’21

Matthew Chapman & Danielle Paterson P ’24

Sheldon Szeto & Flora Chen P ’21, ’23, ’26 ♥

Yijun Chen & Yao Fu P ’25 ♥ Wang Dong & Xuan Chen P ’12, ’21

Scott Cheng & Fiona Cai P ’21, ’24

Sujit Choudhry ’88 & Ira Parghi P ’23

Olivia Soyoung Chung ’21 John Court GP ’21 Dan Cui & Bin Xu P ’25

Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson P ’22

Todd & Jennifer Davidson P ’17, ’21

Zhen Yu Deng & Mable Shi P ’26

Richard Derham & Qing Li P ’22, ’26

Yuntao Fan & Na Zhang P ’25

Nick Fan & Crystal Ji P ’25

Myran Faust & Julianna Ahn P ’18, ’21

James & Anne Feehely P ’23

Robert Francis & Ming Wu P ’15, ’22

Audrey M. Fried P ’19, ’22

Xiaodong Fu & Farong Chen P ’24

Ganpan Gao & Xiaoan Zhang P ’24

David Gladish & Eva Gladish P ’22

Waldemar Goleszny & Estella Tong P ’19, ’23

John & Nancy Gossling P ’18, ’20, ’23, ’25

Simon Grocott & Ariana Bradford P ’17, ’19, ’22

Kun Gu & Wenge Zhang P ’25

Revenna Sudheendra Guluru & Suchetha Sudheendra Hosaholalu Ranganath P ’21

Larry Guo & Brenda Liu P ’24

Jingyi Hao & Nan Liu P ’26 Sasan HosseiniMoghaddam & Nazanin Aghel P ’23 ♥ Cindy Hsu P ’24

Zhigang Huang & I Hsuan Chen P ’22

Wenguo Huang & Wenwei Deng P ’21

Junhua Huang & Mingmin Zhu P ’24

Frank & Erika Ientile P ’23

Chris Javornik & Linda Weber P ’22

Soo Jeon & Eun Young Eom P ’25

Changhai Ji & Jienan Wang P ’23

Zhaohui Jia & Hongying Zhang P ’24

Xiaomin Jiao & Xiaona Zhu P ’26

Ramandeep Khattra & Ravinder Khattra P ’24

Yaariv Khaykin & Yana Shamiss P ’24

David & Jane Kruse P ’22

Andrew Leung & Wan Wu P ’23

Zhen Li & Yun Ling Zhao P ’22

Haijun Li & Li Mi P ’20, ’22

Jie Lian & Xiaoyun Wu P ’24

BaoWei Lian & Jennifer Chen P ’23

Qiang Lin & Bing Xia P ’23

Fang Liu P ’25

Xing Hua Liu & Yanping Chen P ’25

En Liu & Lucy Song P’ 25 ♥

Jason Liu ’25

Bo Liu & Ting Liu P ’22

Laura Money ’81 & Marcus Macrae P ’22

Nelson Mah & Bonnie Li P ’22

Art & Angela Mandalas P ’26

Saul Mandelbaum & Melissa Nutik P ’23, ’26

Sean Mason & Christine Wong P ’25

Sam Mathi P ’18, ’20, ’22 ♥

Alec Melkonian & Krista Semotiuk P ’24

Derek Menezes & Rita Sachdeva P ’23, ’26

Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya P ’23

Jimmy Mui & Amelia Ng P ’22 ♥

Sumit Oberai & Marcia Mclean P ’23

Kevin O’Neill & Archana Sridhar P ’26

Jill Copeland ’85 & Bill Parish P ’20 ’22 Ripal Patel & Kruti Patel P ’25

Christy Bain & Ross Petersmeyer P ’25

Mark D. Phillips ’86 & Esther Benzie P ’24

Cari Whyne ’87 & James Pringle P ’24

Michael & Connie Pun P ’23, ’26

Maolin Ren & Qing Chen P ’24

Dipesh Shah & Falguni Bhatt P ’25

The Family of Christina Shao ’21

Qing Zou & Yunong Xia P ’21

Anonymous ♥ Anonymous (11)

PARENTS and GRANDPARENTS OF ALUMNI

The Abbott & Tuckey Families

Riichiro Akazaki & Amanda Kreidié-Akazaki P ’17, ’20 ★

Peter & Elizabeth Alberti P ’80, ’82, ’86

Marianne Anderson & Andrew Clarke P ’17

Harun Nida & Berna Gulmisal Aricibasi P ’20

Kailash Bahadur & Maria Miller P ’02

Hongjun Shou & Yanting Li P ’24

Thirumeny Sivaganeshan & Thanuja Karunamoorthy P ’23

Jackie Song P ’24

Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw P ’23

Frank & Adrienne Staudohar P ’21

Nancy Steinhauer P ’21 ♥ Christopher Stewart & Tracey Bochner P ’23 Wenqing Su P ’23

Krishan Suntharalingam and Ananthi Kalvalairajan P ’24

Michael Tang & Cindy Fong P ’24 ♥

Christina Teow ’92 & Derry Smith P ’26

Gan Tian & Wen Zhang P ’24

Yisong Tian & Yufeng Wang P ’22

Michael Tseng & Regina Liu P ’23

Mark van Zanden & Rachel Talbot P ’21

Wing Lok Wan & Winnie Chu P ’21

Yansheng Wang & Kezhi Jin P ’22

Jian Wang & Nan Weng P ’24

Roger Wei & Carol Zhang P ’24 ♥

Peter & Joanne Willson P ’21

Sophia Wong P ’24

Michelle Hu & Peter Wu P ’23

Yan Qing Wu & Xiu Ping Han P ’21

Howard Xian & Frances Zhang P ’23, ’26

Jian Xiao & Grace Xu P ’22

Huaxia Xu & Ling Zhang P ’25

Yan Xu & Weirong Zhao P ’25

Chao Yang & He Cao P ’22, ’25

Song Yang & Xin Liu P ’25

Rick Yeung & Serena Lai P ’23, ’25

Chiu & Elaine Yip P ’18, ’23

Tao Zhang & Xin Liu P ’25

Yanfeng Zhang & Hong Liu P ’25

John & Ping Zhu P ’21

Charles Baillie, Jr. O.C. & Marilyn Baillie P ’85

David Baskin & Joan Garson P ’04, ’07

C. Derek S. Bate P ’71, ’73, ’75, GP ’16 ★

Derek A. Bate P ’16

J. David Beattie ’64, P ’00, ’02

Michael & Sandra Bernick P ’16

Zain Bhamjee & Iram Bhatti P ’20

Ben & Rumki Bhattacharya P ’18

Ian & Susan Binnie P ’93, GP ’24

Robert G. Boeckner GP ’18

John A. Bowden ’48, P ’79 ★

Michael Boyd & Sherylan Young P ’14, ’17

Paul Brace P ’12 ★

Alma Brace P ’71, GP ’12

Douglas Bradley & Mary Killoran P ’01, ’08

Suzanne Bradshaw P ’80

Anthony Brown & Catherine Sim P ’18

Ian Carlin P ’14

Consuelo Castillo P ’92

John Catto P ’82 ★

Phillip Chan & Lilian Chan P ’78, ’82

Jian Han & Frank Cheng P ’19

Martin A. Chepesiuk P ’10

Cecilia Chiang P ’96, ’00

Wally Chiu & Sarah Chow P ’15

George Comlosan & Alexandra Comlosan-Pop P ’20

Roger G. Crawford ’50, P ’82

Meng Cui & Shuyan Liu P ’24

Stanley & Phyllis Dantowitz P ’91

Douglas Davis ’58 & Janet Davis P ’87 ★

Noor Dewji P ’08, ’11 Li Ding & Li Shi P ’17

Chris D’Iorio & Lise Fournier P ’20 ♥

Robert Dmytryshyn 1982 & Natalie Lehkyj P ’15 ’18

Ovidiu Domsa & Eniko Domsa P ’20

Hitesh & Sangita Doshi P ’10

Ellen Drevnig P ’07

Xiaowen Duan & Yue Dai P ’16

David & Urve Earthy P ’99

Anne Ellis P ’10, ’14

David Fallis ’73, P ’02

Robert & Betty Farquharson P ’10 ★

David Farrant & Liliane Diaz P ’14

Sid Feldman & Karen Weyman P ’13, ’17

Fraser Fell C.M. ’46, P ’73

Anne Fleming ’85 & Michael Piaskoski P ’17

Douglas & Christine Flood P ’93

Jennie Frow P ’97, ’01

Martin Geffen & Cathy Mallove P ’10

Stephen & Anne Georgas P ’03, ’06

Neil & Natasha Glossop P ’18

Jim & Katherine Gracie P ’09, ’12, ’15

Satish & Jany Gungabeesoon P ’13

Tong Hahn & D. Smith P ’16 ♥

James Hamilton & Dale Gray P ’04

Katherine Hammond ’87 & Richard Nathanson ’87, P ’20

Janet Hammond P ’87, ’91 Judith Hashmall P ’92

Mimi Hollenberg P ’79

Tao Hong & Bai Lan Zhang P ’02, ’08

Tiger Hu & Michelle Liu P ’20

Davy Hu & Lin Mu P ’20

Henry Huang 1986 & Albina Huang P ’19

Charles Huang & Luna Huang P ’10

John & Michelle Hull P ’16

George & Anne Hume P ’89 Brian Hwang & Janie Shin P ’14

Scott & Amy Jackson P ’20

Robert P. Jacob ’60, P ’88 ★

The Jha Family

Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82

Sigitas Keras & Laura Keras P ’20

UTS Korean Parents Association

Felicia Knaul ’84 & Julio Frenk P ’15

Ethan Kohn & Gillian Roberts P ’20

Maria & Tibor Kokai P ’02

Nestor & Catharine Kostyniuk P ’02

Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys P ’06

J. David Lang ’70, P ’99

Alan & Marti Latta P ’86 ★

Ann Lee-Sing P ’84, GP ’11, ’15

David Leith & Jacqueline Spayne P ’11

Feng Li & Yingchun Han P ’20

Jianming Liu & Maggie Xu P ’15

Michael Lo & Christine Chan P ’18 ♥

James & Margo Longwell P ’15

Kathy Moore & Jim Madigan P ’15 Thomas Magyarody & Christa Jeney P ’04, ’06 ♥

Julian & Simona Marin P ’18, ’20

Suzanne & Michael Martin P ’11, ’15 ♥ ★

Roger Martin ’73 & Virginia Martin P ’99, ’01, ’03, ’05

Joseph Martin & Sally Martin P ’82, ’84, GP ’11, ’15

Volker & Vandra Masemann P ’89, ’90, ’95 & ’02

James C. McCartney ’56, P ’84 ★

Tom McCurdy & Rosamund Woodhouse P ’06

Greg McElligott & Alex Pope P ’19

Bernie McGarva P ’03 ★

Titan Research Group Supply - Rob R McGregor P ’18, ’20 ♥

Alex & Anka Meadu P ’01 Paul & Claudia Miatello P ’20

Michael Miloff P ’15

Alan E. Morson ’53, P ’79 ★

Kayambu & Ramalakshmi Muthuramu P ’08

Martin & Sylvia Nathanson P ’85, ’87, GP ’20

Lucian & Larisa Neagu P ’20

Steve O’Neil & Colette Leger P ’15, ’18

Susan E. Opler ’79 & Paul F. Monahan P ’14

Gary & Marney Opolsky P ’03, ’09

Gladys Page P ’79

Wen Tang Pan & Jenny Gao P ’19

York & Nancy Pei P ’17 & ’20

James Penturn ’77 & Kathleen Crook P ’07

Mark & Peri Peters P ’16, ’19

John Pfeffer & Josee Piche P ’19

Marc Pope & Elena Pope P ’11, ’12

Patricia Porteous P ’05

Paul & Janet Raboud P ’11

Dejan & Djurdjica Ratkov P ’16

Stephen Raymond & Natasha Vandenhoven P ’16, ’19

Donald Redelmeier ’78 & Miriam Shuchman P ’12, ’15

Donald & Nita Reed P ’92 ★

David Reese & Amanda Cook-Reese P ’19 ♥

Ian Richmond & Danielle LiChong P ’16, ’18, ’20

Barbara Ritchie P ’80 ★

Richard & Jane Roberts P ’99, ’02, ’05

William ’77 & Helen Robson P ’06, ’08, ’09

Jeffrey R. Rose & Sandra Black P ’03

David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01

Jeff Ruch & Jennifer Kuzmyk Ruch P ’20

Naoyasu Sato P ’93

Howard Schneider & Aliye Keskin-Schneider P ’09, ’13

Martin Schreiber ’81, P ’15

Jason Sharpe & Tanya Bonus P ’19

Peter & Jackie Shaw P ’17, ’19

Qiang Shen & Yuefang He P ’20

Marc & Marguerite Shulman P ’87, ’91

Olga Shuper P ’88

Jimmy & Vivian Situ P ’20

John ’59 & Madelyn Sloane P ’86

Philip Sohm & Janet Stanton P ’02

Victor Song & Vicky Chen P ’20

James M. Spence ’58, P ’88

Leon Stef & Corina Stef P ’16

Shiming Tang & Lily Tan P ’20

Kenneth & Patti Thorlakson P ’18

Toan To P ’13, ’20

Tanya Lee & John Torrey P ’17

Dawna Treibicz P ’20

Chris Van Loan & Jessica Monk P ’20

Robert Vokes & Jane Edwards P ’24

Jun Hao Wang & Xiao Xing Zheng P ’15, ’20

Guiming Wang & Huaizhao Liao P ’20

Garry & Nancy Watson P ’92, GP ’16, ’19

Alexandru & Michaela Weiner P ’01

Laurence & Wendy Weizel

Jane Withey P ’11, ’14

Victor Wong P ’05

Samuel Wu & Grace Zhang P ’15

Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran P ’13

Mikhail Zaitsev & Nina Zaitseva P ’17

Anonymous (8)

Chardelle Prevatt

Libby Reeves

Michaele M. Robertson & Barry Wansbrough

Ronald Royer & Kaye Royer Forough Shafiei Sarah Shugarman

Elizabeth Straszynski & Chris Wilson

Laura Sun

Julia Thompson

Mark Timmins

Nicola Townend

C. Ann Unger

Anonymous

Anonymous

CURRENT anD FORMER STAFF

Nandita Bajaj

Scott Baker

Gillian Bartlett Carole Bernicchia-Freeman

Jonathan Bitidis ’99

H. Don Borthwick ’54

Marc Brims

Shawn Brooks

Adam Brown

Chris J. Carswell

Sarah Cescon

Garth Chalmers

Maria Collier Jean Collins Richard Cook

Linda Coopman David Cope

Makeda Daley

Nancy Dawe

Eugene Di Sante Michael Didier

Rose Dotten

Martha Drake

Carolyn Ellis ’80

Rosemary Evans

Anonymous

Michael Farley

G. Alan Fleming

Josh Fullan Daniel N. Genesee

Sherly Geronimo

Adam Gregson

Claude Guillemot

H. Donald Gutteridge & M. Anne Millar

James Harrison

Rebecca Harrison & Stephen Colella

Sean Hayto

Heather Henricks Jennifer Howell

Judith Kay

Jennifer Kelly Jeff Kennedy

Rob Kennedy

Virginia Ki

Garrett Kollins

Ping Kong Lai & Shiu Ling Lai

Dan & Diane Lang Raymond Lee

Rebecca Levere

Anand Mahadevan

Julie Martin

Lily McGregor

Ron Mintz

Estate of Wm R. H. Montgomery

Lyris Pat Stan Pearl GP ’21, ’23

Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury

Manuela West

Justin Williams

Janet Williamson

Andrew Wilson

Carole (Geddes) Zamroutian

Anonymous (3) Anonymous (8)

(4)

FRIENDS OF UTS

Athletic Edge Sports Medicine Bell Canada Rob Bennett

Geeske Cruickshank Judith Cutler

The Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot 1962

Four Quarters Ltd. The Peter & Shelagh Godsoe Family Foundation

Goldman Sachs Google Inc. Elena Gourlay

B & B Hamilton Fund at the Toronto Foundation ★ Elizabeth Harris William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

James Hinds & Susan Weedon Janet M. Hunter

IBM Canada Limited

The Henry N.R.Jackman Foundation

Raymond James Canada

The LeGresley Family Foundation

Benjamin Lerer & Diane Shnier

The Lillico Family Barbara Lloyd-Tomlinson Loyalty Foundation Manulife Financial Microsoft

The Estate of William R. Hammond Montgomery Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Neuberger Berman Newton Foundation Karen Olinyk Government of Ontario OSSTF District 34-University of Toronto Schools

Qatalyst Partners LP

Rapido Trains ♥

Rogers Communications Birgit Siber

Claire Speed

The Estate of George Hudson Stowe 1948, GP ’18

TD Bank Financial Group

Telus Communications Inc. Toronto Foundtion

Toronto Area Custom Ford Dealers Inc

Desiree Tuitt

CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATING CLASS!

George and Mary Turnbull Family Foundation at the Toronto Foundation ★ Edward Unger

UTS Alumni Association ★ UTS Parents Association ★

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation April Wu Annie Zhang Anonymous ★ Anonymous Anonymous (5)

Since 2007, parents of graduating students have celebrated their children’s graduation from UTS by making a gift to the Grad Class Bursary Fund in honour of their children. The Grad Class Bursary is endowed with over $230,000 which provides approximately $10,000 annually in financial aid to current UTS students. This year, many of the gifts in honour of graduating students were directed to our Building Fund and to the COVID-19 Emergency Bursary Fund. We thank our families for giving the gift of a UTS education through donations totaling over $50,000!

CLASS OF 2020

Riichiro Akazaki & Amanda Kreidié-Akazaki P ’17, ’20 in honour of Alastair Kreidié-Akazaki ’20

Steven & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22 in honour of Ryan Alizadeh ’20 Harun Nida & Berna Gulmisal Aricibasi P ’20 in honour of Harry Aricibasi ’20 and the Class of 2020

Zain Bhamjee & Iram Bhatti P ’20 in honour of Anyka Bhamjee ’20

George Comlosan & Alexandra Comlosan-Pop P ’20 in honour of Andrei Comlosan-Pop ’20

Chris D’Iorio & Lise Fournier P ’20 in honour of Lucas D’Iorio Fournier ’20

Ovidiu Domsa & Eniko Domsa P ’20 in honour of Patrick Domsa ’20

John & Nancy Gossling P ’18, ’20, ’23, ’25 in honour of Flynne Gossling ’20

Davy Hu & Lin Mu P ’20 in honour of William Hu ’20

Tiger Hu & Michelle Liu P ’20 in honour of Jerry Hu ’20

Scott & Amy Jackson P ’20 in honour of Baker Jackson ’20

The Jha Family in honour of Vedika Jha ’20

Sigitas Keras & Laura Keras P ’20 in honour of Mathew Keras ’20

Dennis & Sook Hee Kim P ’20 in honour of Sarah Kim ’20

Ethan Kohn & Gillian Roberts P ’20 in honour of Henry Kohn ’20

Feng Li & Yingchun Han P ’20 in honour of William Li ’20

Haijun Li & Li Mi P ’20, ’22 in honour of Jeffrey Li ’20

Julian & Simona Marin P ’18, ’20 in honour of Andrew Marin ’20

Sam Mathi P ’18, ’20, ’22 in honour of Bradley Mathi ’20

Rob R McGregor & Helen Cheng P ’18, ’20 in honour of Jay McGregor ’20 Paul & Claudia Miatello P ’20 in honour of Audrey Miatello ’20

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Katherine Hammond ’87 & Richard Nathanson ’87, P ’20 in honour of Julia Nathanson ’20

Lucian & Larisa Neagu P ’20 in honour of Alexandra Neagu ’20

York & Nancy Pei P ’17 & ’20 in honour of Alex Pei ’20

Ian Richmond & Danielle LiChong P ’16, ’18, ’20 in honour of Mia Richmond ’20

Jeff Ruch & Jennifer Kuzmyk Ruch P ’20 in honour of Madigan Ruch ’20

Qiang Shen & Yuefang

He P ’20 in honour of Juncheng (Jacky) He ’20

Jimmy & Vivian Situ P ’20 in honour of Jessica Situ ’20

Victor Song & Vicky Chen P ’20 in honour of Vincent Song ’20

Shiming Tang & Lily Tan P ’20 in honour of David Tang ’20

Toan To P ’13, ’20 in honour of William To-Dang ’20

Dawna Treibicz P ’20 in honour of Raya Treibicz ’20

Chris Van Loan & Jessica Monk P ’20 in honour of Jonathan Van Loan ’20

Jun Hao Wang & Xiao Xing Zheng P ’15, ’20 in honour of Wendy Wang ’20

Guiming Wang & Huaizhao Liao P ’20 in honour of Yichuan (Jerry) Wang ’20

Laurence & Wendy Weizel in honour of Oliver Weizel ’20

Anonymous parents in honour of their graduating student

Thank you to everyone who gave in honour or in memory of dear friends and family.

IN HONOUR OF

Kirsten Abbott-West ’78

Amelia Agrawal ’23 Mary Ainslie ’83

Steven 1977 & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22

Scott Baker Jacob Baskin ’04 Rebecca Baskin ’07

Veronika Berbeka ’21

Jonathan Bitidis ’99 & Daron Earthy ’99

Don Boutros Mia Cadsby ’24

Edna Chan ’78

Laura Chiu ’15

Class of 1954

Class of 1991

Class of 2020

Lia Copeland ’92

Keith Dalglish ’48

Simin Dewji ’11

Sylvia Diane Karlins Douglas John Fautley Al Fleming ’54

Marvin and Debbie Gans P ’87, ’91, ’94

Natalie Geffen ’10

Daniel Grushcow ’22

Ellie Grushcow ’19

Don Gutteridge

Seymour Hoffman Julia Huang ’24

Wendy Huang ’21

Sara Hwang ’14

Lillian Binns & Bezaleel Hylton

Oliver Jerschow ’92

Evan Kanter ’19

Moshe Katz, Rafael Khaykin ’24

Ken Kirsh ’78

Zoe Lazaris ’19

Eleanor Vaughan ’08 & Pavle Levkovic ’04

Ethan Yichen Li ’25

Michael Liu ’15

Chloe Lo ’18

Chu Siang Loo & Swee Shien Wong P ’93

Allison Lou Sarah Madigan ’15

Audrey Marton ’78

Colleen McKeown ’07

Emma Miloff ’15

Nicanor Josemaria Montoya ’23

Leo Pang ’25

Jake Parsons ’19

Zachary Parsons ’16

Stan Pearl Julia Pei ’17

Sara Pfeffer ’19

Gavin Pitchford ’76

Joanna Radbord P ’21

Natasha Richmond ’16

Nicole Richmond ’18

John Rodway MD ’54

Emily Rong ’25

Kieran Sharma ’14

Claire Shaw ’19

Elizabeth Shaw ’17

Lyndon Shopsowitz ’07

Archie Shou ’24

Mask design by M4 (Grade 10) student Abby Hunter.

Sarah Ann Siller ’24 & her friends

Michael Su ’23

Stephen Tang ’24

Justice Julie Thorburn P ’15, ’17

Gabriel Tian ’24

Ann Unger

Current UTS Teachers & Staff

Ann Louise Vehovec 1978

Charline Wan ’12

Clement Wan ’15 George Wang ’22

Michael Peiwen Wei ’24 Gloria Wu ’15 Jenny Wu ’21

Ashley Yip ’18 Chloe Yip ’23 Dasha Zaitseva ’17

IN MEMORY OF C. Derek Bate ’44

Colin N. Brebner ’29

Anthony Burger ’63

Douglas Carter ’70

Edna Chan ’78

Fred B. Conron ’29

Karen Cossar ’82

George H. Cuthbertson ’46 Barry Cutler ’55

Jack B. Ellis ’54

Don Fawcett ’50 Fraser Fell ’46 Dr. Ross H Flett ’27 David Fry ’48

Joseph Gill Sr. Jim Henderson Richard Howe ’52

Elizabeth Evans Jackson

Dr. Diane Johnson P ’78 Bob Lightbody ’63

Connie MacDougall

Bruce MacLean

John R.A. Mayer ’52

Michael Milne ’57

Karen O’Connor ’81

Geoff Phippen ’76

J. Thomas Riley ’53

Dr. J.Douglas ’51 & Patricia Robertson P ’79, ’81

Campbell Russell ’48

Arthur Scace ’56

James Arthur Sharpe

THE UTS ARBOR SOCIETY FOR PLANNED GIVING

Eric W. Smythe ’48

George Watson Stephen ’40

Gord Stollery ’66

Douglas Towers ’56 Dr. Alex Vlahovich

Donald Fraser Wilson ’20 Hanmou Zhang Huijuan Zhou

UTS would like to thank the following individuals who have declared their intention to include UTS in their charitable giving plans. We also thank all those who wish to remain anonymous.

Donald K. Avery ’49

Scott Baker, Former Teacher

Christopher (Bill) Ballyn ’51 David K. Bernhardt ’54

Lois & John Bowden ’48, P ’79

Paul Brace ’71, P ’12

Peter L. Buzzi ’77

Benjamin T. B. Chan ’82

Class Member ’84

James S. Coatsworth ’69

Gillian (Davidson) Davies ’87

Matthew Dryer ’68

Lynda S. Duckworth, Former Teacher

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 G. Alan Fleming ’54, Former Principal John R.D. Fowell 1960

Stephen Gauer ’70 H. Donald Gutteridge, Former Principal, & M. Anne Millar

Arthur C. Hewitt ’49

Robert W. Hoke ’66

David J. Holdsworth ’61 Robert E. Lord ’58 James I. MacDougall ’54

Bernie McGarva ’72, P ’03 James A. (Sandy) McIntyre ’71

David Morgan ’63

J. Timothy Morgan ’87 John D. Murray ’54 Mark Opashinov ’88

Stan Pearl GP ’21, ’23, Former Principal Stephen Raymond & Natasha Vandenhoven P ’16, ’19

D. Kenneth Roberts ’70 P ’00, ’04

Michaele M. Robertson, Former Principal John N. Shaw ’50 David Sherman ’75

Thomas H. B. Symons C.C. ’47

Murray E. Treloar ’68 Gregory G. Turnbull ’73 Walter Vogl ’73 Anonymous (20)

We extend our heartfelt thanks to members of the UTS community whose testamentary gifts were received between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, creating their legacy at UTS:

Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot 1962

Estate of William R. H. Montgomery

Estate of George Hudson Stowe 1947, GP ’18

If you have made provisions for UTS in your will, or would like to receive information on planned giving, please contact Martha Drake, Executive Director, Advancement at mdrake@utschools.ca or 416-946-0097.

LOOKING BACK

Over 100 years ago, life at UTS was disrupted by another public health crisis — the 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as the Spanish flu.

The 1918–20 edition of the yearbook, then called the ANNALS, wrote: “When our last issue of the ANNALS was being published, the joy-bells of Armistice Day were still ringing in our ears, the Great War was practically at an end, and with sorrowful but grateful hearts we strove to put forth a brief but glorious record of the brave deeds and gallant deaths of former teachers and pupils. In our present number, while still rendering homage to their undying memory, we gladly turn to review the progress of our school during the last four years…

Four happy years also in the relationships existing between and among masters and students, with not only a marked absence of unpleasant friction, but with an ever-growing spirit of kindly fellowship in which all alike seem to share. The health of boys attending the school has been uniformly excellent with a very small average of absence through illness. We feel deeply grateful that even during the very trying times of the influenza epidemic, no deaths, as far as we know, occurred either of pupils or of masters. This absence of sickness, we believe to be due in great measure to the attention given to the physical development of boys through sports and games…”

This cartoon shows the different ways students back then grappled with being stuck indoors.