The Root - Fall 2019

Mark Opashinov ’88

PRESIDENT, UTSAA

Let’s be Generous to a Fault

In the Fall of 1982, I entered University of Toronto Schools to a raucous scene as students, new and experienced, were excitedly anticipating the start of the new school year. Now, almost four decades later, I often find myself walking past 371 Bloor Street West. It is rare when I do not take a moment to remember those first days, when I could only imagine where life would take me.

As an alumnus and president of the UTSAA, I am thrilled to see the progress that is being made to our school and for what it portends for future generations of UTS students and alumni. None of this progress would have been possible were it not for your generosity. Please take a few minutes to read the UTS Donor Report in this issue of The Root. These are the alumni, parents, staff and friends who view the kind of education offered at UTS as being so vital that they have decided to give to the best of their abilities. That generosity of spirit deserves our unreserved gratitude.

The Building the Future campaign is now in its final stretch. I am confident that we will find that extra reserve of energy to meet our goal. At the time of this writing, we are within $4.3 million of reaching our $60 million goal. I appreciate that this will be the most challenging part of our campaign. At the same time, I know that I have no reason to worry – UTS alumni have never had an issue meeting goals. That is what led us to UTS in the first place. With our collective commitment to the school, I know we are in good shape.

But I am also aware that $4.3 million is no small sum, and it will take a concerted effort by all of us to reach that goal.

As you will read elsewhere in this issue of The Root, Jim Fleck C.C. ’49 P ’72, UTS Board Chair, recently issued a challenge I would very much like to see us all take on, to the extent that we are each able. Jim asked us to consider increasing our previous donations and pledges by 25 per cent. If we are able to do so, we will reach – and surpass – our goal well ahead of schedule.

If you have had the opportunity to visit 371 Bloor for yourself recently, you have seen the transformative power of generosity. Scaffolding has gone up, and the work has started in earnest. The future Athletic Centre, Atrium, library and auditorium is currently a deep hole in the ground but by the end of the year, the digging will end and construction will begin. This is the moment we have been anticipating for years, when our plans, our hopes and our promises will be fulfilled. I am as excited by this as almost any major event in my near 40-year association with UTS.

I have always been proud of UTS. First as a student, then as an alumnus, now as your UTSAA president and Building the Future campaign donor. I am even prouder to know that, in some ways, my most significant contributions to UTS came long after I graduated. I have happily accepted Jim’s challenge and hope that you will consider doing so as well.

UTSAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ITARAMUS

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

PRESIDENT

Mark Opashinov ’88

Mark.Opashinov@utschools.ca

VICE PRESIDENT

Laura Money ’81

Laura.Money@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, P ’17

Anne.Fleming@utschools.ca

TREASURER

Tina Bates ’88, P ’22

Tina.Bates@utschools.ca

SECRETARY

Aaron Dantowitz ’91

Aaron.Dantowitz@utschools.ca

DIRECTORS

Peter Frost ’63

Peter.Frost@utschools.ca

Sara Son Hing ’97 sara.son.hing@utschools.ca

Oliver Jerschow ’92 Oliver.Jerschow@utschools.ca

Peter Neilson ’71 Peter.Neilson@utschools.ca

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Rosemary Evans

REvans@utschools.ca

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT

Nancy Dawe nancy.dawe@utschools.ca

Bob Pampe ’63 Bob.Pampe@utschools.ca

Morgan Ring ’07 Morgan.Ring@utschools.ca

Tim Sellers ’78 Tim.Sellers@utschools.ca

Ian Speers ’98 ian.speers@utschools.ca

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

As I write this, the Building the Future campaign has raised $55.7 million, or about 92 per cent of our $60-million goal. I believe it’s worth celebrating what we’ve done in just two years since the official launch of the campaign to renew and revitalize our unique school. We have seen tremendous participation from staff, enthusiastic initiatives from parents, phenomenal support from our alumni and even contributions from students. We also welcomed our 17th Founder – a designation given for gifts of $1 million or more. I couldn’t be more proud of the collective generosity and commitment from every corner of our community. We truly could not have come this far without you.

But we are not done yet.

Having been a part of many fundraising campaigns over the years, I am familiar with the way enthusiasm and momentum can ebb and flow. Although we are now only $4.3 million away from our goal, I know from experience that completing the last few kilometres to the finish line can be the most challenging part of the campaign marathon.

However, I am convinced that the UTS community will meet that challenge. I believe that the passion we all have for this school – which is home to some of our most cherished memories, has shaped so many of our local, national and global leaders, and prepared us so well for our own futures – will keep the momentum going strong for the Building the Future campaign. I believe we all want to provide the remarkable students at UTS the best possible educational environment for decades to come.

From the beginning of the campaign, I’ve urged donors to “give ‘til it feels good.” I’m encouraging those who have already made a gift to think of how good it will feel to give just a little bit more. I recently increased my own contribution by 25 per cent, and if everyone who has made a gift – of any size – is able to make the same commitment, we will achieve our goal and then some.

The Building the Future campaign, like any fundraising project, is a long-distance race. Let’s finish it together.

Last June, our faithful leader, Jim Fleck C.C., issued a challenge to the entire UTS community. As a graduate of the Class of 1949, parent of an alumnus, Chair of the UTS Board of Directors, Chair of the Project Steering Committee and Chair of the Building the Future campaign, Jim has a unique perspective on UTS and certainly a vested interest in the success of our school’s future.

Jim began his message by thanking us for everything that we have done towards the transformation of our UTS building. To put his gratitude into concrete terms, I wish to share that to date, 1,200 of us have made 3,536 donations which total $55.7 million towards our $60 million goal. Our collective support as a community is stunning, and I wish to express my gratitude to each and every one of you who jumped in to participate in this important campaign. After all, this effort is not just about the refurbishment of our physical plant; rather, it’s about continuation of our beloved school, as an affiliate of the University of Toronto, and at our home site at 371 Bloor Street West.

On to Jim’s challenge – Jim boldly stated that he is increasing his campaign contribution by 25 per cent and invited those of us who are able to join him to increase our own pledges. Jim’s experience in many major fundraising campaigns has taught him that the last stretch of a campaign is often the most challenging and declared that failure was not an option.

I have decided to accept Jim’s challenge to increase my commitment to the Building the Future campaign, because this school is too important for us to fall short. We are so close, with 93 per cent of our campaign goal achieved. One of my favourite campaign factoids is that over $3 million has been donated by those who have given less than $1,000. This serves to prove that it is about all of us coming together to do what we can for UTS. Please consider Jim’s challenge and join us. As our campaign slogan says, “This is the time!”

ADVANCEMENT REPORT

Martha Drake Executive Director, Advancement

UTS STAFF MODEL MEANINGFUL ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

The UTS Strategic Plan has as its purpose that UTS graduates will “love learning, take initiative and innovate as socially responsible global citizens.” It is important that students see role models for this lofty purpose and UTS staff are stepping up.

In April 2019, Environment and Climate Change Canada published Canada’s Changing Climate Report, which concluded that Canada’s climate is warming twice as fast as the global average. The report concluded that provincial curricula across Canada are inadequate for preparing students to understand the climate change crisis. Seth identifies the following as the six essential concepts which students must learn about climate change:

• Climate basics

• Temperatures are warming

• Climate change is mainly caused by humans

• There is significant scientific consensus about climate change

• Climate change is bad

• We can mitigate climate change.

At UTS, our staff are examining and strengthening the school’s curricula and striving to be role models for our students by taking personal action to mitigate climate change.

The staff committee presentation stated, “The average Canadian currently emits approximately 15 tonnes of carbon per year. It has been estimated that the global average for carbon emissions per capita would have to drop to 2.1 tonnes to stay within a threshold 1.5 degree increase in global average temperature.”

UTS staff can undertake “three of the highest-impact personal actions and strive to reduce our collective carbon footprint for all school-related activities” through the following proposal:

• order vegetarian options for all UTS staff events by default – other food requests (such as meat-based, vegan, gluten-free, etc…) can be made by request

• minimize our school-related flights by replacing flights, when possible, with motor coaches

• use more local events or video-conferences for professional learning.

I think of the words of Katherine Sorbey, a Mi’Kmaq Elder, teacher, poet and storyteller. She said “we absolutely must recognize here in Canada, as well as in the international community, the negative health and lifestyle impacts of climate change and act immediately to ameliorate these impacts in the interests of all peoples and our environment.”

As a whole school, we're looking forward to a year of continuing education about and action against climate change. We hope you join us in your own way in this important undertaking.

Rosemary Evans Principal, UTS

IN SCHOOL

For the sixth year, UTS represented Ontario as provincial Envirothon champions. Team members took the challenge to learn, synthesize and present information about the natural world, and earned the top prize in the highly competitive Ontario field. As a result, the team had the opportunity to travel to North Carolina this summer and take on the world at the International Envirothon competition. UTS placed in the top 25 teams.

UTS students continued to shine in athletic competition during the 2018–19 academic year, including several standout performances at Ontario Federation of Student Athletic Associations (OFSAA) competitions. For the second consecutive year, the Varsity Girls Volleyball team earned a provincial silver medal. The Varsity Badminton squad enjoyed a five-banner season, winning Toronto Catholic District Athletic Association (TDCAA) tournament titles at the Bantam, Junior, Senior and Overall levels, as well as the League Championship, before earning fourth-place honours at OFSAA. In Wrestling, team captain Jessica Link (S6/Grade 12) finished sixth in a field of 32 competitors. UTS athletes also reached the podium at the OFSAA Track and Field championships. In all, it was a year of remarkable results – and remarkable fun –for UTS athletes.

Every UTS Graduation is a special occasion, but for the Class of 2019, this year’s ceremony was truly historic. The latest UTS alumni are the first to complete their final year at the school’s QueenOssington location, the temporary space where UTS is based during construction at 371 Bloor Street West. As senior students, the members of this graduating class demonstrated leadership and a positive spirit that eased the transition to 30 Humbert Street for the entire UTS community. Congratulations to the Class of 2019 for everything they accomplished at UTS – and everything they will achieve in the future.

For

April was an exceptional month for student-led initiatives at UTS. In addition to the school’s annual Day of Pink celebrations, for which students took to the streets of the Queen-Ossington neighbourhood to show their support for the LGBTQ2+ community, the second edition of the Girls In Tech Conference brought young women from across Toronto to share their love of and aptitude for technology. Meanwhile, S6/ Grade 12 student Lian Lambert created the first-ever Rediscover UTS week, which invited students to engage in conversations about mental health, common challenges, the activities of student clubs and more.

UTS students have a strong track record at international STEM competitions, but 2019 was one of the most impressive years yet. In July, Howard Halim (S6/Grade 12) and David Tang (S5/Grade 11) comprised one-third of Team Canada and won silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the International Mathematical Olympiad in England, marking the first time two UTS students competed in the same IMO since 2007. Also in July, Eric Shen (M4/Grade 10) travelled to Israel for the International Physics Olympiad and three students – Raymond Lin (S6/Grade 12) and Andrew Marin and Jason Xiong (S5/ Grade 11) – competed for Canada’s bronzewinning team at the International Young Physicists’ Tournament in Poland. With Jerry Wang (S5 Grade 11) participating in the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Hungary in August, and Anna Krokhine (S5/Grade 11) visiting Ukraine for the European Girls Mathematical Olympiad in April, UTS students made a name for themselves on the global stage.

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Photo courtesy of Lawrence Hill

As the author of influential and internationally acclaimed novels such as The Book of Negroes (HarperCollins, 2007) and The Illegal (HarperCollins, 2015), LAWRENCE HILL ’75 is one of the brightest literary lights in UTS history. But his written work – which will soon include a new novel about AfricanAmerican soldiers from the Southern U.S. sent to Northern Canada to build the Alaska Highway – only partially accounts for the impact he has made around the world.

Prior to inaugurating the BTF Speaker Series in October, Lawrence discussed his life, his books, his volunteer work and his time at UTS with The Root magazine.

BY MATT SEMANSKY

When and how did you become aware of and interested in UTS?

In Grade 8, I heard about UTS from friends, who decided to take the exam. I was a competitive kid and thought that I would take the exam, but that I would never get in or attend the school. I just wanted to see how I would do on the exam.

I came to take the exams, perhaps in the spring of 1971, after running a road race in High Park. I showed up in my track stuff, armed with pens and pencils, and was struck by all the boys who were getting encouraged and coached by their parents as they moved toward the exam room. It seemed like a very serious place and a very white one too. But I was psyched and wanted to take that test! Later, when I received the offer of admission from the school, I was stunned and wondered if UTS had made a mistake. I told my parents that the game was up, and that I didn’t really want to attend. My father wasn’t having any of it. He said I had to go for one year, and that afterwards I could decide if I would continue. As you know, I attended and stayed!

What were your first impressions of the school as a student?

The school did have its downsides, but many of the students and teachers stimulated and challenged me to become a better thinker, a better writer and a more engaged global citizen, and I enjoyed running track and cross-country, and wrestling for the school as well. I also loved being part of school council and ended up serving as School Captain in my final year.

You attended during a transitional time at UTS . What was it like to be a student during this period?

UTS had two serious liabilities when I began to attend in 1971: there were no girls and very few students of colour. I missed both, very much. I personally do not believe that it is such a good thing for boys, generally, to study alone. I feel that most boys benefit from a co-educational environment and that a co-educational school would be far more stimulating and challenging intellectually, artistically and on all other fronts.

OPPOSITE: Lawrence Hill ’75 in Valencia, Spain in 2019.

TOP: A young Lawrence Hill ’75 (far right) while volunteering with Crossroads International in Niger in 1979.

BOTTOM: The author worked with a midwife named Aminata – a name shared by his Book of Negroes protagonist –in Mali in 1989.

So I felt it was a fabulous thing for the school that girls began to attend in Levels 1 and 2 (Grades 7 and 8) when I was entering my second-last year. It was too late for me to benefit personally from their presence, but it was a wonderful step for the school and I supported the change wholeheartedly.

How did UTS influence your life and career paths?

A significant number of the UTS students in the early 1970s planned to pursue careers in the professions: law, engineering, architecture, medicine, and so on. I had no interest in that sort of future, and in the school I performed at merely an average level in the maths and sciences.

Languages and writing excited me, however. I knew from well before my first year at UTS that I wanted to become a writer, and I was writing actively before I joined the school community. However, I kept writing intensely during my years

there and was warmly encouraged by many of the teachers. Some of my most significant and supportive teachers were Ken Prentice (Latin), Nora Maier (English), Don Gutteridge (English, and Principal), Lynda Duckworth (geography) and William Stickland (French and Spanish).

You were a journalist for several years . What inspired you to make the leap to fiction?

Journalism was only meant to be a stopgap measure. A way of earning a salary and gaining some professional writing experience after finishing my undergraduate studies. I loved working for The Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press, but by the time I was 27 I worried that I was getting old and had better quit my job and move into full-time writing before it was too late. So I quit my post as Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Winnipeg Free Press and moved to Spain. I stayed there just over a year and wrote around the clock. I wrote a dozen stories and felt ready to begin my first novel. I returned to Canada, but there was no looking back: I would do whatever I could to keep writing and to forge a career in publishing.

How did you maintain your confidence and perseverance in these early years?

The perseverance seemed to come easily, but I can’t say that I teemed with confidence. However, it was what I wanted to do with my life, so I just kept writing and showing my work to writers, agents and publishers and hoping that doors would

I knew from well before my first year at UTS that I wanted to become a writer, and I was writing actively before I joined the school community .

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Hill

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Hill

eventually open. Making a living, raising children and finding time to write was a big challenge. My first wife and I had three children. I decided to become a freelance speechwriter. It was less taxing than journalism, and I could drop in and out of the working market depending on my creative and financial needs. So for about 15 years, until the books finally began to sell, I wrote speeches for politicians (most of whom would never get my vote) and for senior bureaucrats in the Ontario government. I didn’t feel good about the paid work, but it helped develop my sense of voice, as a novelist. Writing speeches for politicians will do that for you, because one of the most important tasks is to write in the voice of the person who will deliver the speech.

Your career took a significant leap with The Book of Negroes . How did the impact of that book affect you?

I never had to write another speech! The Book of Negroes allowed me to focus on writing. I had been living by the skin of my teeth for some years and wondering how I would possibly be able to help my children financially when they went off to university. The book took off just as my eldest, Geneviève, was about to begin postsecondary

studies, so I felt extremely fortunate to be able to assist her and our four other children as they left home and began to study at universities around the country.

Your books exhibit a wide range of tones and styles . How and why do you avoid stylistic repetition?

I was attracted to a playful, vibrant narrative embracing multiple points of view in my first novel, Some Great Thing. And I used humour to explore painful things in it and in my second novel, Any Known Blood. But when I began to write The Book of Negroes, the humour and the multiple points of view flew out the window, and I found myself digging deep to write a long, sad but hopefully uplifting novel about an 18th century African woman and her physical and emotional resilience in the face of the most horrid insults to her humanity. The story did not present itself to me as funny, so I had to find other ways to engage the reader. After The Book of Negroes, I returned to a more effervescent, provocative, imaginative narrative with The Illegal. I try not to worry too much about what style I am embracing, but rather to develop the voice and narrative that serves my story.

L-R: Lawrence Hill ’75 with (L-R) daughter Caroline Hill, thenGovernor-General David Johnston, wife Miranda Hill and daughter Beatrice Freedman at Rideau Hall in 2017.

LEFT: The author addressing members of the Vuntut Gwichin First Nation in Old Crow, Yukon in 2018. RIGHT: Lawrence Hill ’75 outside the house where he resided for three months in Dawson City, Yukon in 2018.

You grew up in a household led by prominent civil rights activists and black historians, and this translates into so much of your work in terms of thematic focus on identity, history and injustice . What keeps you returning to these themes?

Identity, migration, loss, enslavement, freedom, racism, injustice, love, perseverance and the search for home: there is more than enough material in there to swim around for a lifetime of writing. Other writers, too, grab hold of their obsessions and explore them, hopefully in various and unique ways, in book after book. I don’t feel limited by the themes that excite me. On the contrary, they open up my heart and help me be more imaginative and compassionate in dreaming up stories.

What makes fiction an effective forum for exploring these topics?

I love journalism and well as scholarly and historical works, and have great respect for them, and could never have written my own books without standing on the shoulders of reporters, essays, scholars and others. However,

there is something about the imaginary world –individuals’ crisscrossing paths of striving, conflict and drama – that can excite and engage a reader. Who can fail to be moved by momentous personal struggle? Will she ever make it back home, or will she die trying? When you set such struggles against rich and fascinating political, social, racial, contemporary or historical backdrops, you have the possibility of drawing the reader into personal details and grand themes.

You have been an active member of the literary community as a teacher and volunteer . Why is this work important to you?

Editors and established writers have helped me so much on my own artistic and publishing journeys, and I find it satisfying to pass along their kindness by encouraging others. I want to be the best writer I can be, but it’s about much more than my own steps as an artist. A huge part of pleasure in life is watching other people develop and seeing their talents bloom. It feels good to be part of an artistic community and to add to its pulsing life.

Photo courtesy of Lawrence Hill

Photo by Miranda Hill

You are also a long-time advocate on behalf of marginalized people in Canada and around the world What motivates you to give your time to volunteering and activism?

I do it because it feels great and liberating to engage with people and support them in ambitions that have nothing to do with myself. It is hard to imagine a person returning from a few months or a year of volunteerism and saying, “I wish I hadn’t done that.” Most people I’ve met who have done volunteer work – whether it is in their back yard, somewhere else their own country or overseas – have felt profoundly enriched by the experience.

to take an unendingly punitive approach toward prisoners. But my feeling is that if you have any hope of rehabilitation and of seeing former prisoners reintegrate successfully into society, you have to look them in the eyes, acknowledge their humanity, and provide opportunities for incarcerated people to grow, reflect, learn, and to acquire skills, confidence and education.

Most recently, you’ve designed a memoirwriting course . What inspired this creation?

I have become involved as a volunteer with Walls to Bridges, which is run out of Wilfrid Laurier University and provides opportunities for university professors to teach courses inside prisons. Traditional university students and incarcerated people take the courses together, and the hope is that learning flows in many directions. I’m a professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph, where I teach undergraduate workshops in memoir writing and fiction writing. This fall, through Walls to Bridges, I will teach a third-year undergraduate memoir writing workshop at the Grand Valley Institution for Women, which is a federal penitentiary in Kitchener, ON.

Your relationship with Crossroads International spans at least 40 years, and you’re an Honorary Patron with the organization . What interests you about Crossroads?

I was drawn to Crossroads International, which is a non-religious, non-profit NGO that works to support grassroots community economic development projects serving girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa, because I thought that volunteering overseas would be a rich experience.

I also felt a great hunger – after growing up in the predominantly white suburb of Don Mills – to connect with African people and to assert and define my own sense of blackness.

Book Clubs for Inmates is another volunteer passion Can you describe the work you’ve done with this organization?

My role has been minor. I have visited various book clubs in federal penitentiaries in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia to meet with prisoners who were reading and discussing my books. Some people seem to want

There is currently much discussion about equity and inclusion, but simultaneously a ferocious backlash to creating a more equitable society . As an author, educator and an activist, how does this environment affect your work?

The rise of xenophobia, racism, Islamaphobia, sexism, homophobia and a hatred of migrants –embraced by certain political leaders who encourage such attitudes to take deeper roots in society – make me even more determined to do my own bit as an artist, professor and public intellectual to advance values of justice, equity, human rights and decency.

You are an Honorary Campaign Co-Chair for the Building the Future campaign

Why is it important to support this project?

UTS offers one of Canada’s most exciting and stimulating opportunities for learning, growth and the expansion of citizenship and public engagement. I support the Building the Future campaign because the school adds vitally to the fostering of great minds and engaged hearts in Canada. ■

It feels good to be part of an artistic community and to add to its pulsing life .

Rising to the Climate Change Challenge

BY KAREN SUMNER

UTS ALUMNI WORK TOWARD

A HEALTHIER PLANET.

the work Elizabeth does as a science advisor and for the effort she and her colleagues put into the Canada’s Changing Climate Report (CCCR), which tells Canadians how Canada’s climate has already changed and what changes might occur in the future.

With one graduate degree in biology and another in environmental studies, Elizabeth is well positioned to understand science information and communicate it clearly to inform the development of policy.

Meeting the central aim of the Paris Agreement, which is to keep the global temperature rise to well below two degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, requires a broad commitment at all levels of society. UTS graduates are doing their part as global citizens to tackle the challenge of climate change.

As scientists, educators, business leaders and activists, the six alumni profiled below come at the climate emergency from diverse perspectives. They also illustrate the power that each of us has to alter a dangerous course set by human activity.

Elizabeth Bush ’81 COMMUNICATES SCIENCE THAT INFORMS GOVERNMENT POLICY

Elizabeth Bush knew that she and her colleagues at Environment and Climate Change Canada had done their jobs well when the House of Commons voted this past June to declare a national climate emergency. While no crisis is good news, it was a moment of recognition for

“It’s fascinating to me that the science is always evolving,” she says. “And it’s rewarding to be involved in advancing other people’s understanding of the research. For example, I was glad to have been on the team that got greenhouse gases listed as ‘CEPA-toxic,’ which then gave our federal government the authority to regulate these gases under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. That kind of work is satisfying, even though the situation itself is serious.”

Indeed, the messages in the CCCR that Elizabeth led development of and partly authored are, in the main, dire. Warming in Canada is, on average, about double the magnitude of global warming. In the Arctic, it’s nearly three times the global rate. These patterns will roughly continue in the future. With our oceans becoming warmer, more acidic and less oxygenated, the health of our marine ecosystems is threatened. Sea ice, snow cover and ice on land are also declining, permafrost is thawing, coastal flooding is expected to increase, and some weather extremes will continue to intensify. These are some stark facts for Canadians.

“Canada is part of a global climate system,” explains Elizabeth. “Worldwide emissions are creating amplified warming here. We can only stop global warming by reducing carbon emissions worldwide to net zero and substantially reducing other greenhouse gas emissions. To hold global warming to well below two degrees Celsius after the mid-century, as in the Paris Agreement, we need to do this soon.”

illustration:

Elizabeth Bush ’81, a member of the Canadian delegation at the 50th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in August 2019.

Is Elizabeth hopeful? “Well, I’m not despairing. That’s not productive. I focus on what I can do personally to make a difference and on working toward effective climate policy.”

Camille Li ‘92

CREATES CLIMATE PROJECTIONS BASED ON LARGE-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS

It’s not easy work, but it involves a lot of physics, which is one reason Camille Li loves it. Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Bergen and the Global Climate Research Leader at the Bjerkness Centre for Climate Research (BCCR), Camille has established a career in Norway partly because there is greater funding for climate science in Europe than in North America.

“Bergen is the birthplace of modern meteorology, which is basically using computer models to predict weather,” she says. “So scientifically, it’s amazing to work here. Plus, Norway is an interesting place: it’s one of the world’s largest exporters of oil but also a global leader in domestic clean energy. Its oil profits fund its environmental efforts, while its oil activities contribute to climate change.”

Despite this contradiction – or perhaps because of it – Norway has become a leader in climate science. The BCCR is one of the largest climate research institutions in Europe, with over 200 researchers from 37 countries, and has provided the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with simulations on climate developments. This is precisely the work that Camille does.

“I look at observational data of what has happened in the past and what is happening now, as well as model data, to determine the likelihood of future climate changes under various emission scenarios for greenhouse gases. There’s a lot of

uncertainty because the atmosphere is a chaotic system, making it hard to predict specific outcomes for specific regions. Our current global warming of 1 degree Celsius doesn’t always speak loudly to people, because it doesn’t say what’s happening where they live.”

That’s what Camille wants to tackle next: more accurate regionally-based information. Such projections would help countries to develop the policies they need to protect their environment and their citizens.

“The more specific we can be, the better. Reducing uncertainties in regional projections is the next big challenge.”

Kai Chan ’93

MAKES IT EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE

“My primary role is to frame climate change as a much broader problem of a frontier economy in which we view our natural world as an unlimited resource and pollution as a minor side effect,” says Kai Chan, Professor at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia (UBC). “We have engineered our economies to be unsustainable, and we need an alliance between climate change communities and biodiversity communities to find solutions.”

Kai leads the Connecting Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Lab at UBC, which conducts analysis and modelling of social-ecological systems. He is also co-founder of CoSphere, a soon-to-be-launched “community of small-planet heroes.” CoSphere has a citizen side, offering nonpartisan, science-based analysis of policy, and a consumer side, offering concrete interventions in the economy that will safeguard the environment.

“You can’t really simplify the problem of climate change, because any one problem is connected to a complex web of issues. For example, increased flooding is caused in part by land use change, deforestation, and wetlands being paved over as cities expand. Add in more extreme weather events, warmer air that carries and dumps more water, and rapid snow and ice melting, and there’s nowhere for the water to go. This is a multifaceted issue that requires collaboration to address.”

ABOVE: Kai Chan ’93.

LEFT: Camille Li ’92, with Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment of Norway, at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Bergen.

Despite that complexity, Kai believes it is possible to simplify solutions at the citizen level. Canadians have said that they want to take action, but they don’t always know how.

“There is so much information out there – the cognitive load of navigating through it toward a more sustainable practice is too high. CoSphere makes it simpler to mitigate our impact on the environment. I believe it should be both easy and enjoyable to live in a more sustainable way.”

Gavin Pitchford ’76

“Some remarkable collaborations have come out of this – new relationships that carry on after the Summit and new initiatives between and within organizations.”

On Earth Day, one hundred Clean50 honourees published an open letter in The Globe and Mail urging Canadians to make climate the top priority in upcoming elections. This was the largest group from diverse industries and occupations to come together in this way, and it made news across Canada.

“The Clean50 provides a structure that genuinely connects these leaders,” says Gavin. “They are more powerful and more effective at driving necessary change by knowing each other and working together.”

Celesa Horvath ’85 and Don Schmitt ’70 are amongst past Clean50 Honourees. UTS itself won a 2013 Clean50 Top Project Award for the Maximum City summer program.

Celesa Horvath ’85

How do you get Canada’s leaders in industry, finance, energy, academia and government to make meaningful connections across their diverse fields and collaborate on climate change solutions? If you’re Gavin Pitchford, CEO and Founder of Delta Management, you establish the Clean50 Summit and Clean50 Awards. With Delta already positioned as a leading search firm for sustainability and clean tech professionals, Gavin was well placed to build a community of leaders who have advanced sustainability, clean tech and clean capitalism in Canada.

“Nine years ago, we noticed there was a lack of cross-sectoral conversations,” he says. “And yet, we all recognize that there is a clear and present need for immediate action and for cross-sectoral collaboration when it comes to climate change. The Clean50 initiative is designed to bring together and recognize Canada’s leaders in sustainability and bridge the gaps between sectors. The format makes it possible to build collaborations that will move us closer to a sustainable future.”

The Clean50 Summit uses a workshop structure, putting Clean50 Award recipients in different small groups over the course of the day with different problems to solve. The active, hands-on, team-based approach is designed to build trust and relationships between participants.

HELPS CORPORATE CLIENTS ADOPT RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES

Celesa Horvath just wrapped up a project that has been her entire focus for the past two years. Its aim: to move more goods by rail and fewer by long-haul trucking, potentially leading to a 75 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions related to the movement of goods.

“Helping clients with these kinds of projects is how I contribute to more sustainable development in Canada,” she says. “My goal is for client

CONNECTS LEADERS ACROSS SECTORS TO COLLABORATE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

projects to have fewer negative environmental outcomes.”

Over her three-decade career as a consultant, with the last 15 years as owner and principal of Ventus Development Services, Celesa has been involved in projects in Canada and around the world for clients in the energy, mining, infrastructure, transportation and government sectors. She helps companies understand and navigate the environmental assessment and review processes. What does the law require? What scientific studies are needed? What community studies?

“Many of my clients want to do things differently. They want better and cleaner outcomes. I help with crafting sustainable corporate policies and strategies, and I help with implementation.”

At this stage in her career, Celesa works more with renewable energy projects and less with oil and gas: “I have the luxury of choice, and I exercise it.” But her focus is not entirely on government and corporations. A self-described urban refugee, Celesa moved from Toronto to a small rural community and adopts sustainable practices on a personal scale.

“I want all of us to think in a more collaborative and holistic way about our role and impact. Before we look to corporations to make change, let’s look at our own life choices. Our environment is a reflection of our individual decisions. My hope is that we use our power and focus less on past decisions and more on future options.”

Matthew Lie-Paehlke ’98

EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME ADVOCATES FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

Matthew Lie-Paehlke wants to know if you’ve taken the pledge – specifically, the climate pledge. A PhD student in urban planning at the University of Toronto with a focus on climate organizing, Matt is the founder of Climate Pledge Collective, an open-ended, decentralized movement to reduce our collective carbon consumption.

The climate pledge sheet offered by the Collective makes taking action simple. Under the categories of food, home efficiency, consumer goods, daily transport, air travel and civics, the sheet lists about 45 lifestyle changes (such as taking public transit, limiting meat consumption and switching to green natural gas) that benefit

the environment. Each item earns a different point score based on its impact. In addition, the pledgee is asked to choose a sponsor to help them stay on track.

“I call this a tiny climate organization,” says Matt. “It basically started with my own choices, like living without a car and giving up flying. I really believe in the role of the individual and the influence we have on our friends, family and colleagues. I wanted to offer a way for people to design their own pathway to a low-carbon future and work at the neighbourhood level too.”

As one of its projects, the Collective offers a how-to for organizing a climate picnic, where small groups get together, make climate organizing visible, and plan for future actions. It has also run climate crisis subway ads and encourages simple activities like “ALLemailsALL,” which entails sending a personal message about climate change to everyone in your address book.

“We know there is no single solution to climate change. It requires engagement at every level and scale. We’re working at the grassroots level to encourage people to take action in the ways that best fit their lives.” ■

UTS Takes Action

In one example of sustainability education at UTS, M3/Grade 9 geography students work throughout the year to prepare for a cli mate change conference. They are responsible for understanding an individual province’s or territory’s current climate change risk and proposing a plan to mitigate that risk, which they then present at a First Ministers’ Meeting.

“The entire course is framed around this project,” says geogra phy teacher Katherine Joyce ’06. “We want students to understand the complexity of climate change. Can their solutions actu ally work? Can they acquire the tools and resources they need? They learn a lot about government policy development and how to advocate for change.”

Teachers in science and civics make cross curricular connec tions throughout the year to deepen and extend student learning. “The feedback is really positive,” says Katherine. “Students feel better informed and more capable of leading change by the end of the year.”

Matthew Lie-Paehlke ’98

CONSTRUCTION CORNER

Last December, UTS celebrated the beginning of construction on a revitalized building with a Groundbreaking Ceremony that united the school community. Since that memorable moment, it has been remarkable to see the progress that has been made towards the transformation of UTS into a learning facility that can further harness the talent and potential of our students.

As of publication, many of the early stages of construction have been completed. Among the highlights are the demolition of the University of Toronto-owned building at 713 Spadina Road to create a wider laneway for vehicles at the building’s west entrance, the removal of the south staircase on the Huron side of 371 Bloor – which revealed several animated characters painted on the inner walls – and the reconstruction of the HuronWashington parkette playground on the southwest side of that intersection.

Several other elements of the construction project are well underway. For example, cleaning and restoration of the Huron-facing heritage side has been completed and has continued on the Bloor-facing section of the building. Perhaps most clear from a site walk-around is the excavation and foundation work taking place in the southwest

corner – where new additions such as a doublegym will one day be situated.

Progress is also visible on the inside of the building, where the east wing has been cordoned off for construction. Much of the abatement work has been completed, and early steps have been taken on the installation of new mechanical and plumbing systems.

It is truly amazing what has happened on the 371 Bloor construction site in less than a year. With the project still on schedule, it is even more amazing to imagine what the historic home of UTS will look like when the school community returns in September 2021. ■

ALUMNI NEWS

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

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More than three decades ago, Miguel Bruned came to Toronto and to UTS as part of an exchange program with Kenny Handelman ’89 that sent the latter to Miguel’s home country of Spain. The exchange was the beginning of a lifelong friendship between the two. “It was a great life experience, living in a new country and learning a language through immersion,” Kenny says. “I was very fortunate to be partnered up with Miguel and his warm and welcoming family.”

T his year, Miguel’s daughter Elena will visit the school as part of her own exchange program – a remarkable example of a UTS connection spanning oceans, cultures and generations.

Don Schmitt O.C. ’70

Donald Schmitt C.M. ’70 is the latest UTS alumnus to be named a member of the Order of Canada. Don, who is Principal at the internationally renowned firm Diamond Schmitt Architects (DSAI), was recognized for the leadership and innovation he has brought to the profession.

Known for his design brilliance and his vision for sustainable development, Don’s projects have included the Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, the National Arts Centre and the Senate Building of Canada.

Within the UTS community, Don is perhaps best known for his exciting design for a revitalized school building at 371 Bloor Street West. Already a central figure in the future of UTS, Don has now been recognized with one of the top civilian honours in Canada.

Thinking back to his own time spent at UTS, Miguel is confident that his daughter will benefit in the same ways he

// As one of the stars of the CBC sitcom Kim’s Convenience, Simu Liu ’07 is one of Canada’s most successful thespians. And now, he’s a certified superhero. Over the summer, Marvel Studios announced that Simu would be the titular star of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

The film will mark the debut of Marvel’s first Chinese superhero and first film with an Asian actor in the leading role. As Shang-Chi, Simu will not only reach a massive milestone in his own career and make Canada proud, he’ll also make history for arguably the most influential studio in Hollywood.

did. “I am certain that the experience will be great, and I am very happy that she will have the chance to enjoy the kind of opportunity I had.”

Kenny Handelman ’89 (left) and Miguel Bruned

When Jack Roe ’72 announced his retirement from a 45-year broadcasting career, a certain well-known classmate made sure to share in the celebration. In April, His Worship Toronto Mayor John Tory ’72 came by the 680 News studio to give his best to Jack, a news anchor for the station, on behalf of City Council. In his illustrious career, Jack also spent time as a talk show host, program director, news director and correspondent. Although his broadcasting days are behind him, Jack –who is also an accomplished stage actor – will continue to teach Communications at Peterborough’s Fleming College.

Peter Frost ’63 is a 2019 inductee into the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame. Peter was inducted in the Builder category in recognition of the influential role he has played in the development of the game in Canada and beyond. As a member of the Squash Ontario Board of Directors, he served as Vice President and then President and played a key role in the development of legislation that mandated eye protection for junior-age players – a regulation that was adopted by Squash Canada and the World Squash Federation. He was later a director and Vice President of Squash Canada, chaired the national ranking committee and several national championship

events, and strengthened the relationship between Canadian and American squash organizations. Peter has spent the last 25 years as a successful youth coach.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Jessica Ware ’95 has earned one of the highest honours given by the United States government to researchers in STEM fields. As the recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), Jessica was recognized for demonstrating both significant potential and significant leadership in the early phase of her independent research career. Her laboratory, the Rutgers Universitybased Jessica L. Ware Lab, examines the relationship between insect species and the role of evolution in the diversification and development of their behaviour.

Benjamin Lin ’95 has been elected to new leadership positions at the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Dr. Lin will serve as Vice President for the organization in 2019–20, as well as Chair of its Finance, Property and Administration Committee. He will

also be a member of its Executive and International Trade Committees.

Online privacy is a hot button issue in the 21st century, and Ian Goldberg ’91 is one of the leading researchers in the field. A professor at the University of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science, Ian was recently named a Canada Research Chair in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. The prestigious honour includes $1.4-million in funding over a seven-year period from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

This past spring was awards season for Rick Kuperman ’07 and Jeff Kuperman ’08 . The brothers won the top prize for Outstanding Choreography at the Lucille Lortel Awards, a program that recognizes excellence in off-Broadway productions. The duo was also nominated in the Outstanding Choreography category at the Drama Desk Awards. Both programs recognized Rick and Jeff for their work on the New York production Alice

By Heart

Toronto Mayor John Tory ’72 (left) with classmate Jack Roe ’72

Anne Smith of the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame (left) with inductee Peter Frost ’63

Jeff Kuperman ’08 (left) and Ricky Kuperman ’07

Photo by Lawrence Lerner

Sunil Johal ’94 has joined the City of Toronto to lead its economic development team. Sunil spent the previous seven years as Policy Director at the Mowat Centre, an independent think tank based at the University of Toronto. Having advised governments in Canada and abroad about regulatory issues, including the impact of technology, Sunil says he will now work towards “attracting investment, generating inclusive growth and making Toronto a more dynamic place to work and live.”

LITERARY NEWS

Hilary Davidson ’90 has released a new novel, One Small Sacrifice (Thomas & Mercer, 2019), to rave reviews. A police procedural centred on a strong female detective, the book is the latest work of fiction from Hilary, the prolific, award-winning author of the Lily Moore mystery series and much more, including 18 nonfiction books.

University of North Carolina professor Michael Morgan ’97 has published a compelling, in-depth account of one of the most important diplomatic milestones

of the Cold War. The Final Act (Princeton University Press, 2018) explores the negotiations that led to the Helsinki Final Act and the ultimate impact of the 1975 accord signed by 35 European and North American leaders. Helsinki played a critical role in opening the door for the former Soviet Union to embrace liberal democratic ideals, and Michael’s research in multiple countries and languages shines a light on the geopolitical circumstances and influential players that brought about the agreement.

Terry Keenleyside ’58 uses the backdrops of Toronto and Ontario’s cottage country for his new novel about the shifting foundations of friendship. All The Way (Borealis Press, 2019) focuses on friendships that endure for 60 years, through conflicts ranging from the professional to the personal, with an entertaining blend of drama and humour.

With her debut The Changeling of Fenlen Forest (Great Plains, 2019), Katherine Magyarody ’06 has joined the ranks of UTS alumni novelists. A young adult-oriented book in the fantasy genre, Changeling follows a young girl

deeper into a forest land full of surprises, secrets and challenges. Katherine, a mentor in the UTS Branching Out program, is proud of her first novel – but the book is not the only recent debut in the Magyarody family, which also includes Nora Magyarody ’04. Katherine and her partner Iliya Sigal also welcomed their son, Aaron, last November.

REUNIONS

The Class of 1955 and their spouses got together in April for a night of great food and great company at Le Paradis restaurant in Toronto. Ten alumni were in attendance, and the classmates have already begun to plan another reunion to celebrate their 65th anniversary of UTS graduation in 2020.

“The bar was dark and the people were dingy,” says Jamie Coatsworth ’69, affectionately, of the reunion he and his classmates held at Toronto’s Quail & Firkin pub in May. It was the first of two planned events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Class of 1969 this year, including the Annual Alumni Dinner in November.

Interested in joining the Branching Out program to mentor senior UTS students? Contact Rebecca Harrison for more details: rebecca.harrison@utschools.ca.

Members of the Class of 1969 strum a tune.

CRAWFORD AWARD

H Donald Borthwick ’54 is the winner of the H.J. Crawford Award for 2019. Named after the first headmaster of the school, the honour is given annually in recognition of individuals who have contributed to the advancement of UTS and the broader community.

As a student at UTS, Don was a star athlete and leader. Dedicated to UTS, he joined the Alumni Board in 1993 and served as President from 1995 to 1999. He then took on the critically important role of Executive Director of the UTS Alumni Association until 2008. From his days as a student leader through to his work as the Executive Director of UTSAA, Don always has the good of the school and of alumni in mind and has always gone the extra mile for the UTS community.

Don Borthwick ’54

HALL OF FAME

The 2019 inductees into the UTS Hall of Fame have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to advancing education and fostering a love of learning. Each has served in a prestigious leadership role as the president of a Canadian university. This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are: James Cassels ’73 , President, University of Victoria; John Evans ’46 , President Emeritus, University of Toronto; Peter George C . M . ’58 , President Emeritus, McMaster University; Terence Grier ’53 , President Emeritus, Ryerson University; Peter Stoicheff ’74 , President, University of Saskatchewan, and Thomas Symons C C ’47, Founding President, Trent University.

HEARTWOOD AWARDS

Created in 2016 to celebrate members of the UTS community who make a difference at the school through their volunteer actions, the Heartwood Award for Volunteer Service has been given to 23 individuals this year.

The 2019 recipients are:

Dr George A Fierheller ’51 George is a devoted UTS volunteer, having served on all three major fundraising campaigns for UTS. From the mid-1990s to 2003, George volunteered for both the Preserving the Opportunity campaign to establish the UTS bursary fund and the Building Opportunities campaign, and he is currently serving

as a Campaign Cabinet member of the Building the Future campaign.

Dr . Julie Hwang ’06

Julie has been a dedicated UTS volunteer for the past four years. As an assistant coach for the Girls Soccer team, Julie has devoted her skills, knowledge and passion to our student-athletes.

Dr . David Kreindler ’84

David’s devotion to, and promotion of, mental health and wellness within the UTS community is truly outstanding.

David has volunteered as a speaker at events with students and staff, providing valuable resources to our community to improve and maintain mental well-being. In addition, David has served as a mentor in our Branching Out mentoring program and has participated in our admissions interviews.

James C . McCartney ’56, P ’84

An active volunteer with UTS for over 20 years, Jim served as a Director for the UTS Alumni Association and in the UTS Parents’ Association as a

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Grade Representative. Jim was part of the volunteer team that created the original affiliation agreement with the University of Toronto to secure our future. He currently volunteers as a Building the Future Campaign Cabinet member and continues to work tirelessly to inspire others to give back to the school.

Helen Sava P ’18, ’20

Helen’s volunteerism as a UTS parent has spanned several years. During her tenure as Chair of the UTS Parents’ Association, Helen created and spearheaded the Summer Experiential Program (formerly the UTS Internship Program), in which M4 and S5 students gain valuable work experience with members of the parent and alumni community. This unique program engaged parents and alumni in a new form of volunteerism and created an exceptional opportunity for students to learn and grow. Helen also served as a Parent Challenge Champion in the Spring of 2018.

Parent Challenge Champions

By engaging fellow parents to support our students and our future through participation in the Building the Future campaign, our 19 Champions led an increase in parent giving of over 250 per cent and inspired 218 first-time gifts from families. We are grateful to Gita Alizadeh, Fiona Cai, Ellen Chao, Flora Chen, Nita Chen, Ruilei Chen, Katherine Clark, Jenny Gao, Samira Gillani, Albina Huang, Colette Léger, Qing Li, Jessica Monk, Sarah Moosavi, Helen Sava, Bill Tang, Alice Xia, Ming Xiong and Maggie Zhang for their enthusiasm and leadership.

IN MEMORIAM

DARCY TURNER

DINGLE

1938–2019

Peacefully, in his 82nd year, Darcy Turner Dingle ’56 of Huntsville, Ontario, died of cancer at Algonquin

Grace Hospice on May 30, 2019.

Darcy was born in Toronto to Darcy ’24 and Isabel (Turner) Dingle in 1938, attending Bedford Park Public School, then UTS. He studied Engineering Physics at the University of Toronto, then felt the calling to ministry through the United Church of Canada, receiving a Bachelor of Divinity from Harvard University. During his time at Harvard, he became involved with the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States.

He eventually felt a calling to return to teaching, first in Newmarket and then at UTS, this time as a teacher of physics.

“The last of the UTS students to be hired at his old school by [UTS Principal] Mr. MacMurray, Darcy Dingle ’56 . . . learned his high school physics from Derek Bate, who learned his from George Cline. In carrying on this reliable continuum of teaching, Mr. Dingle allowed into his classes a new breeze of informality, thereby delighting and rewarding the students. To explain harmonic vibrations, Mr. Dingle turned beyond the textbook and the chalkboard to the strings of the guitar. His students could relate. They felt freshly enlightened, which was always Mr. Dingle’s point . . . .”

– Excerpt from University of Toronto Schools 1910–2010 by Jack Batten

In 1978, at the behest of UTS Principal Don Gutteridge, Darcy started publication of the Cuspidor. In the early 1980s, Darcy took over the F1 and F2 Winter program previously under Bill Simons and Joe Stulac. Darcy moved the program to Camp Tawingo, where it ran for 20 years. Some of his out-ofschool interests included astronomy, birdwatching and sailing, especially at the family cottage in the Muskoka region.

In retirement, he was an avid photographer of wildlife and an active member of the Huntsville Probus

Club and the Muskoka Music Men barbershop quartet.

He is survived by his beloved wife Carol Rhodes (Reynolds), daughter Trish (Wendell), stepson Jim, brother James ’60 and many granddaughters, nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by daughter Eleanor Rae Dingle.

– Paul Moore

NORM FOX 1929–2019

Norman Dekin Fox ’48 passed away peacefully in his 90th year on July 14, 2019. Norm was part of the UTS fraternity for over 75 years, as a student, alumni, teacher, coach, mentor, parent and supporter. As a student at UTS, Norm had the honour of serving as School Captain and UTS Athlete of the Year in his graduating year for his accomplishments and leadership both on and off the ice.

He went on to complete a Bachelor of Commerce at University of Toronto before deciding to pursue his passion for teaching. In 1968, he was extremely pleased to be offered a teaching position at his alma mater. Norm excelled as a math teacher, administrator, coach, chaperone and mentor over his twenty-three years of teaching at UTS. He believed in broadening students’ perspectives and shared with them his love of travel. During school breaks, accompanied by his wife Mary, he would travel the world with students, leaving them with unforgettable experiences and memories.

During his teaching career at UTS, Norm was involved in and helped implement some of the most dramatic changes in the school’s history including the relaxation of the dress code, elimination of Grade 13, and admission of female students in 1973. Norm was an enthusiastic and compassionate teacher who dedicated countless hours to his work, which he never considered a job. He inspired, guided and nurtured his students to be the best they could be.

Since his retirement from UTS in

1991, Norm continued to be a dedicated supporter of the school. He was a member of a small group from the Class of 1948 who have been strong supporters of the Alumni Association and active participants in Alumni events. Norm loved to golf and, at the age of 77, was the winner of the Hargraft trophy for low gross at the annual UTS Alumni golf tournament.

Norm left behind a legacy that will live on through his family, friends and students. He will be deeply missed by all whose lives he touched.

– John Fox

MATTHEW SHULMAN 1969–2019

All who knew Matthew Shulman ’87 were deeply saddened by his suicide on March 22, 2019. A vibrant intellectual, he buzzed with excitement in conversation and keen analysis punctuated with wry humour. At the piano, his fingers flew over the keys, head bent in concentration, smiling at the joy of playing.

Matthew was part of a group of students which included his brother, Nicholas ’90, who helped each other learn to code at UTS. He continued on his own at Harvard University, studying physics and chemistry, graduating Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1991. Despite never taking a course in computer science, he worked at Microsoft and Google before taking early retirement in 2014.

The invention of IntelliSense, Matthew’s most impressive programming patent, began while visiting his sister Laura, President of Integrated Statistics.  “Matt needed a programming project in Visual Basic (VB). My client needed a program to measure the speed and location of marine mammals, like dolphins. Once he started, Matt realized VB needed statement completion.”

Friend and co-inventor David Sobeski, former Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of The Walt Disney Company, continues the story. “We were

working on VB. Matt was working on the compiler when he tells me he has the symbol table and a lot of data which we can use to predict what people should type next. In a weekend, he and Martin Cibulka created a prototype. Then we created what nerds call statement completion but marketing named IntelliSense. We showed Bill Gates. He was floored. Matt fundamentally changed how developers wrote code.”

“It’s so extraordinary that I remember the very first time I saw it,” explains Shane Miskin ’87, Owner/Head of Product, CampBrain. “It’s hard to overstate the impact of Matthew’s invention. Without exaggeration, it makes millions of programmers the world over faster and more accurate, every day, hundreds of times a day.”

For all his professional accomplishments, it is Matthew’s gentle and caring presence that is most missed. His generous compassion and love for all those in his orbit was a gift to experience. While his ability to engage with life waned in the years before his death, our memories of his wonderful qualities have not dimmed. Matthew is deeply missed.

– Sonnia H. Kim ’87

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ANNUAL DONOR REPORT

There is a simple aphorism I favour: the greatest journey begins with the first step. When we launched the Building the Future campaign, we certainly imagined that one day we would reach our goal. Now that it is within sight, that first step seems all the more momentous and we could not be more delighted. We have been so fortunate to have overwhelming buy-in from all of our stakeholders, from Class and Parent Challenges to the First Girls Initiative, staff, and a number of other community partners who recognize the value of UTS. The generosity you have shown has confirmed what we believed when we launched this campaign – that UTS offers something wonderful, something worth investing in. Our community has reaffirmed once again that UTS offers a value above and beyond providing quality education, as an institution that adds value to all of our communities.

This 2019 donor report tells the stories of 1,200 donors who have provided more than $15 million to our community this fiscal year. This includes members of the Arbor Society, who have made deferred gifts to support future generations of UTS students. On their behalf, I offer you my humble thanks.

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.

Nicole V. Agnew ’95

Rustam Ahmed & Vanessa Leung, P ’24

Mary Ainslie ’83

Steven ’77 & Gita Alizadeh, P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22

David Allan ’78

Gregory Ambrose ’89

Marianne Anderson & Andrew Clarke, P ’17 Preet Aulakh & Nandi Bhatia, P ’19

Graham & Carolyn Badun, P ’19

Charles Baillie, Jr., O.C. ’58, P ’85

Paul L. Barnicke ’71

Gordon M. Barratt ’49

David Baskin & Joan Garson, P ’04, ’07

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

Heidi Bates, P ’85, ’88, GP ’22

Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson, P ’22

Donald G. Bell ’59

Leif Bergsagel ’77

David K. Bernhardt ’54

Vinny & Jagmohan Bhathal, P ’19

Monica Biringer ’78

William R. C. Blundell, O.C. ’45

Karla Bobadilla ’89

Robert G. Boeckner, GP ’18

Chris Boland ’73

John ’48 & Lois Bowden, P ’79

Richard J. G. Boxer ’67

Winsome S. Brown ’90

William Burnfield & Harry Wiebe, P ’23, ’24

Christopher Burton ’90

Peter L. Buzzi ’77

John Carruthers ’53

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

Voon Loong Chan & Penny Chan, P ’93

Wally Chiu & Sarah Chow, P ’15

Felicia Y Chiu ’ 9 6

Priscilla Chong P ’ 9 8

Vinc a Chow ’03

William J Corcoran ’5 1

Collin M Craig ’6 4

Andrey V Cybulsk y ’74

Peter K Czegle dy ’ 82

Douglas A C Davis ’ 5 8 & Janet Davis , P ’ 87 Christine Deja

Wendy Deng , P ’ 2 1 M ar tha Drake

Lynda S D uck wor th

Ar thur D. Elliot t ’ 5 8

G ay Evans , P ’78 , ’75

Rosemar y Evans

Peter A Ewens ’79

Jingping Fan & Susan Wang , P ’ 1 9

Alber t Fell ’4 8

Fraser Fell, C M ’4 6 , P ’73

Kelly Fergusson ’ 8 0

James Fleck C C ’49, P ’72

Anne Fleming ’ 8 5 & Michael Piaskoski, P ’ 17 G Alan Fleming ’ 5 4

The Late N orman D Fox ’4 8 & M ar y Fox, P ’75

Alexander Furness ’ 59

Simon Git tins ’ 93

Sherr y A G lie d ’78 N eil & N atasha G lossop, P ’ 1 8

Peter O.C ’ 5 6 & Shelagh G odsoe

J essic a R G oldberg ’ 9 0

Jim & Katherine G racie , P ’0 9, ’ 12, ’ 1 5

Vanessa G rant ’ 8 0

David S G rant ’72

James H G rout ’74

Larr y G uo & B renda Liu , P ’ 24

Donald G ut teridge & Anne Millar

Dale G ray, P ’0 4

B & B H amilton Fund at Toronto Foundation

Kun J oo H an & J ungah Park , P ’ 20

H ugh H anson ’ 5 3 M elanie H are ’ 8 4

Keith H arradence & Susan O rmiston , P ’ 1 5

Louise H arris ’0 6

Andre Hidi ’7 7 & J ocelyn Hidi

Karim Hirji & Riyana B abul Hirji, P ’ 1 8

Rober t W H oke ’6 6

U rsula H olland ’ 8 9

Ramsay H olmes ’60

Victor H olysh ’76

J Desmond H oran ’45 & Lois H oran

N eil H orner ’ 9 8

H enr y ’ 8 6 & Albina H uang , P ’ 1 9 & C ameron Linhares H uang ’ 1 9

Zhigang H uang and I Hsuan Chen , P ’ 2 2

J ohn & Michelle H ull, P ’ 1 6

Oak t & Theresa H um , P ’ 93

Janet M H unter

I B M C anada Limite d

Richard S Ingram ’6 1

The H onourable H enr y N R Jackman , O.C ’ 5 0

The H enr y N R Jackman Foundation

Scot t & Amy Jackson , P ’ 20

Rober t P Jacob ’60, P ’ 8 8

The J ha Family

Zhaohui Jia & H ongying Zhang , P ’ 24

Jason J ones ’ 91

J ohn R V Kelk ’6 3

Paul Kenne dy ’62

C Stuar t Kent ’79

J ocelyn Kinnear ’ 93

Kenneth Kirsh ’78

Susan Kitchell, P ’01

Dennis & Wincy Ko, P ’ 2 2 Michael Ko & Regina Ko, P ’ 24

James Kof man ’74 C arrie Ku (Fung) ’ 8 5

B arnet Kussner ’ 82

Ron Lalonde & Jane H umphreys , P ’0 6

Paul Lam & Verna N g , P ’ 14 , ’ 1 8

Susan (B lack) Lawson ’78

Donald Lawson ’47 & Lorraine Lawson

B alfour Le G resley, P ’7 7

The Le G resley Family Foundation

Nicholas Le Pan ’69

Anthony Le e ’ 8 6

Chyang & G loria Lee , P ’ 87, ’ 91 , G P ’ 2 2, ’ 24

David Leith & Jacqueline Spayne , P ’ 1 1

Iris Le ung ’ 9 8

Jillian Lewis ’ 8 0

Christopher Li & M elissa Tai, P ’ 1 6 & ’ 1 9

Donald Livingstone ’73

Rober t E Logan ’49 & Luella R Logan

Rober t E Lord ’ 5 8

Stephens B Lowden ’ 5 6

James Lowden ’ 5 4

Antony T F Lundy ’79 & Janet Looker B in Luo & Xiaomei Li, P ’ 23

Grant Lum ’85

J ennifer Luong ’0 6 & Christopher Yau ’0 6

James I M acDougall ’ 5 4

Peter M acEwen ’65 E state of W B ruce M acLean

Tom M acMillan ’67

Anand M ahadevan

Katherine & Paul M anley ’6 1

M anulife Financial

Paul M arks

Rober t M ar tin ’74

Robin ’ 82 & J on M ar tin ’ 82

Suzanne ’ 8 4 & Michael M ar tin ’ 8 4 , P ’ 1 1 , ’ 1 5

Leslie ’76 & Audrey M ar ton ’78

David M cC ar thy ’7 7 James C. McCartney ’56, P ’84

Rober t M cCulloch ’6 8

B ernie M cG ar va ’72, P ’03

Titan Research G roup

Supply – Rob R M cG regor, P ’ 1 8 , ’ 20

S andy M cInt yre ’7 1

James M cKellar & Clelia Iori, P ’ 2 1

The M cLean Foundation

Donald M cM aster ’62

Kosta Michalopoulos ’ 8 4

Alan Mills ’ 5 5

N oella Milne

Laura M oney ’ 8 1 & M arcus M acrae , P ’ 2 2

E state of William R H ammond M ontgomer y

G ordon and B et t y M oore Foundation

David and J ulie M oos , P ’ 20

David H M organ ’6 3

Andrew M unn ’ 8 0

N e uberger B erman

N ew ton Foundation

Nasir Noormohamed & Tazmin Merali, P ’09, ’ 10, ’ 14

M ark N oskiewicz ’7 7

M alcolm N ourse ’6 0

Roman Olijnyk & Elaine Lehto, P ’ 1 0

O’ N eil Leger Family Foundation

Shannon O’ N eill ’ 1 9

G overnment of O ntario

M ark O pashinov ’ 8 8

Susan E O pler ’79 & Paul F M onahan , P ’ 14 & Will M onahan ’ 14

Niels O r t ve d ’6 3

Ot sason Family

Ijay Palansk y ’ 9 0

Rober t Pampe , M D ’6 3

Wen Tang Pan & J enny G ao, P ’ 1 9

Alan B Perkin ’ 57

Stephen Perr y ’70

Kim R Persk y ’ 8 0

M ark & Peri Peters , P ’ 1 6 , ’ 1 9

Feng Q iu , P ’ 2 1

Stephen Raymond & N atasha Vandenhoven , P ’ 1 6 , ’ 1 9

William Re drupp ’ 5 4

Donald & Nita Re e d , P ’ 92

B arbara Ritchie , P ’ 8 0

William ’7 7 & H elen Robson , P ’0 6 , ’0 8 , ’0 9

J ohn S Rodway ’ 5 4

J ohn A Rose ’78 & Susie Rose

Kenneth Rotenberg ’4 0

Ilana Rubel ’ 9 0

Richard H S adleir ’47

G len S anderson

H on William J S aunderson ’ 52

Ar thur R Sc ace , C M ’ 5 6

H e dy & Tim ’78 Sellers

The Family of Christina Shao ’ 2 1

Ian A Shaw ’ 59

J ohn N Shaw ’ 5 0

Q iang Shen & Yuefang H e , P ’ 20

H ongjun Shou & Yanting Li, P ’ 24

Nicholas Smith ’6 3

Andrew G Spence ’ 8 8

Nicholas Stark ’74

C atherine & B ohdan Stasiw, P ’ 23

William Stinson ’ 5 1

David G Stinson ’70

Ian G Stock ’7 7, P ’0 9

Tony Storey ’7 1

Allan Sutherland ’4 4

G e orge Swif t ’6 4

Sheldon Szeto & Flora Chen , P ’ 2 1 , ’ 23

Jason Tam ’ 9 5

J ohn W Thomson ’4 8 M arian L Thomson Wayne D Thornbrough ’62

Rongqing Tian & B aomei Shi, P ’ 1 8

PRINCIPAL’ S CIRCLE

Allan G Toguri ’62

M urray E Treloar ’6 8

G e orge Trusler ’4 4

G regor y G Turnbull ’73

Timothy Turnbull ’74 Shuzo U eno, P ’ 9 9

Ann C U nger G uy W U pjohn ’ 5 1

UTS Alumni A ssociation

UTS Parent s A ssociation

Laura Vallis ’ 9 8

Chris Van Loan & J essic a M onk , P ’ 20

M ark van Zanden & Rachel Talbot, P ’ 2 1

Edward Waitzer ’72, P ’02, ’ 14 & Waitzer Family Fund at Toronto Foundation

David Walker ’ 8 4 Eric Walsh ’ 9 0

J un H ao Wang & Xiao Xing Zheng , P ’ 1 5 , ’ 20

Doug Ward C M ’ 57

M at thew Weatherbie ’6 3

Ran Wei ’0 6

Alexandru & Michaela Weiner, P ’01

David Weishuhn ’75

Rober t S Weiss ’62

The H enr y White Kinnear Foundation

J ohn Wilkinson ’78

Peter and J oanne Willson , P ’ 2 1

Donald K Wilson ’ 59

David H Wishar t ’4 6

Michael & M uriel Wissell, P ’ 14

Pamela Y W Wong ’ 9 8

Rober t J Wright, Q C ’5 1 Roger Zheng & Sharon Xu , P ’ 17, ’ 23

Yan Zheng & Lily H an , P ’ 2 1 Anonymous ( 17 )

O ur thanks to the members of the UTS communit y who contribute d bet we en $ 1 ,00 0 and $ 1 , 9 0 9

Ajay Agrawal & Gina B uonaguro, P ’ 23

Donald C Ainslie ’ 8 4

Derek Allen ’65

Donald K Aver y ’49 Rachel B arney ’ 8 3

Paul B ar tha ’ 82 & Patricia B ar tha ’ 82 M arcel B ehr ’ 8 1 Dmy tro & Lesya Berbeka, P ’21

Michael B ichan ’ 9 9 B ruce B one ’4 6

Paul Brace '71, P '12

Ian K B radley ’01

Anthony B rown & C atherine Sim , P ’ 1 8

Eugen B ulboac a & G abriela M ate escu

G len C ampbell ’76

J essic a C arn ’ 9 4 G ar th Chalmers & J ennifer Wareham

Kai Chan ’ 93

Paul & Loret ta Chan , P ’ 9 8 M at thew Chapman & Danielle Paterson , P ’ 24 Clarence Cheng ’ 9 8

Scot t Cheng & Fiona C ai, P ’ 2 1 , ’ 24

Felicia Y Chiu ’ 9 6 G erald Chung & April Chung , P ’0 4 , ’0 9

Alec Clute ’76

James S Coat swor th ’69 Leslie Coleman ’4 4

Jill Copeland ’ 8 5 & B ill Parish , P ’ 20 ’ 2 2

Jim Cornell ’6 4

David G Crookston ’76

Kenneth Culver ’ 5 3

Myron Cybulsk y ’76 M ake da Daley

Aaron Dantowitz ’ 91

Rober t Darling ’ 57

Todd & J ennifer Davidson , P ’ 17, ’ 2 1

Kevin Davis ’ 87

G regor y Deacon ’74 Kathy Dimas Chris & Lise D’ Iorio Fournier, P ’ 20

Paul Druckman ’ 5 5

David & U r ve Ear thy, P ’ 9 9 B rian Eden ’79

Janice Fair weather

David Fallis ’73 , P ’02

Ramin R Farnood and Ning Yan , P ’ 2 1 , ’ 23

Myran Faust & J ulianna Ahn , P ’ 1 8 , ’ 2 1

James and Anne Fe ehely, P ’ 23

The Late David Fenwick ’49

Ian Ferguson ’73

Paul Fieguth ’ 8 6 & B et t y Pries

Alan S Fisher ’7 1

James Fisher ’6 0 S andra Flow ’ 8 6

Thomas A Frie dland ’ 8 1

J ohn R G ardner ’ 5 5

J Alan Gibson ’ 59

David G ladish and Eva G ladish , P ’ 2 2

J ohn M G oodings ’ 5 4

J ohn & N ancy G ossling , P ’ 1 8 , ’ 20, ’ 23 , ’ 25

M argaret G raham ’ 8 9

Sheldon G re en ’ 8 0

H Donald G uthrie ’4 6

Penelope A H arbin ’78

R Allan H ar t ’ 5 5 & G e orgia H ar t

Fre derick R E H eath ’69

Christopher D Hicks ’65

Zulfikar Hirji & Ruba Kana’an , P ’ 20

Eugene H o ’ 8 8

Michol Hoffman ’88

David J. Holdsworth ’61

John Holt ’59

Liang Hong ’02

Sasan HosseiniMoghaddam & Nazanin Aghel, P ’23

Bruce E. Houser ’58

Junhua Huang & Mingmin Zhu, P ’24

William Hunter ’55

John Hurlburt ’52

Alvin C. Iu ’73

Martin Jerry ’55

Oliver Jerschow ’92

Linda Ann Jewell

Kathryn Jones ’83

Jennie E. Jung ’91

Judith Kay

Harrison F. Keenan ’94

W. L. Mackenzie King ’59

Maria & Tibor Kokai, P ’02

Judith Kramer ’86

David Kreindler ’84

David & Jane Kruse, P ’22

Robert Labbett ’53

Donald A. Laing ’62

J. Alan Landsberg ’56 Rolland Leader ’70

Terence S. W. Lee ’59

Raymond Lee Brian Lee ’06

Gordon E. Legge ’67

David Legge ’62

Robert & Patricia Levy, P ’10, ’13, ’15

Pericles Lewis ’86

Zhen Li & Yun Ling Zhao, P ’22

Benjamin Lin ’95

Qiang Lin & Bing Xia, P ’23

Shujie Lin and Jingjing Chen, P ’19

James & Margo Longwell, P ’15

T. Justin Lou ’93

Mary Lynch

David J. MacMillan ’72 Robert MacMillan ’69

Thomas Magyarody & Christa Jeney, P ’04, ’06

Peter W. C. Markle ’62

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

Graham Mayeda ’92

Thomas F. McIlwraith ’59 & Duane C. McIlwraith Bruce McKelvey ’67 William McMaster ’72

Chris Medwell ’76

Jannis Mei ’13 Timothy H. Mitchell ’82 Darren Mo ’11

Ivan Mo & Ming Xiong, P ’23 Kit Moore ’58 W. Scott Morgan ’67 Bruce Moyle ’60

Jimmy Mui & Amelia Ng, P ’22

Benjamin Na & Donna Lee, P ’22

Peter G. Neilson ’71

Sumit Oberai & Marcia Mclean, P ’23

Clare Pace

Gladys Page, P ’79

Stan Pearl GP ’21, ’23

Douglas G. Peter ’58

Joshua Phillips ’79

Gavin Pitchford ’76

Jonathan Poplack ’89

Jennifer Pullen ’84

Rapido Trains

Stephen F. Reed ’92

David Reese & Amanda Cook-Reese, P ’19

David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01

James A. Russell ’68

H. Thomas Sanderson ’55

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

Michael Schwartz ’61

D. Malcolm Seath ’58

Ilya Shapiro ’95

Michael Shenkman ’97

Jason E. Shron ’93

Lynn & Skip Sigel ’55

Robert Sladek ’77

John ’59 & Madelyn Sloane, P ’86

Michael V. Spence ’48

Peter F. Stanley ’56

Frank and Adrienne Staudohar, P ’21

Nancy Steinhauer, P ’21

R.D. Roy Stewart ’71 Elizabeth Straszynski & Chris Wilson

Earl Stuart ’83

Krishan Suntharalingam, P ’24

Paul Szaszkiewicz & Peggy Theodore, P ’19

William H. Taylor ’55

Ian M. Thompson ’59

Yu Yang Tian ’12

E. Monica Uddin ’89

Chae Ho Lee & Yunejin Cho, P ’19, ’20

Walter Vogl ’73

Robert Waddell ’57

Richard Walker ’58

David Ward ’59

John Weaver ’48

George E. Whyte, Q.C. ’54

Douglas Wilson ’53

Mardi Witzel ’82

Ian Worland ’86 & Caroline Richardson

John R. Wright ’61

Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran, P ’13

Chiu & Elaine Yip, P ’18, ’23

Graham J. Yost ’76

Joanne Yu ’93

Matthew Yu ’07

Carole Zamroutian

Robert Zimmerman ’73

Anonymous (6)

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1938–1945

Total: $103,035

John A. Rhind ’38, P ’68, ★

Kenneth Rotenberg ’40

J. B. Seaborn, C.M. ’41 C.Derek S. Bate ’44, P ’71, ’73, ’75, GP ’16 ★

Leslie Coleman ’44

Allan Sutherland ’44 George Trusler ’44 William R. C. Blundell, O.C. ’45 ★

Michael K. Hicks ’45 J.Desmond Horan ’45 & Lois Horan

1946–1947

Total: $17,983

Bruce Bone ’46 ★

Fraser Fell, C.M. ’46, P ’73

The Late H. Donald Guthrie ’46 ★ David G. Watson ’46 ★ David H. Wishart ’46 ★

Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82

Donald ’47 & Lorraine Lawson

Tracy Lloyd ’47 ★ Richard ’47 & Joan Sadleir ★ 1948

Total: $55,156

Philip Arrowsmith ★

John A. Bowden, P ’79 ★ Meredith Coates Albert Fell ★

The Late Norman Fox, P ’75 ★

William Hanley ★ Michael K. Ireland ★ Reginald L. Perkin Michael V. Spence John W. Thomson ★ John Weaver Rev. Dr. Ian Wishart

★ D onors who have given for ten or more consecutive years

D onors who have given between five and nine consecutive years ♥ M onthly donors

1949–1950

Total: $1,113,775

William Angus ’49

Donald Avery ’49

Gordon Barratt ’49 ★ Richard Clee ’49

The Late David Fenwick ’49

James Fleck C.C., P ’72 ★

Robert E. Logan ’49 & Luella R. Logan

Richard D. Tafel ’49 ★

Anonymous ’49

Gilbert Alexander ’50 ★ Roger G. Crawford ’50, P ’82 ★

The Honourable Henry N. R.Jackman, O.C. ’50 John Shaw ’50 ★

1951–1952

Total: $56,240

David Barker ’51 William J. Corcoran ’51 ★ Bill Cumming ’51

J.Alexander Lowden ’51 ★

Peter H. Russell, O.C. ’51 ★ ♥

William W. Stinson ’51 ★ Guy W. Upjohn ’51 ★

Robert J. Wright, Q.C. ’51 Anonymous ’51

Ronald Garlick ’52

Gordon G. Goodfellow ’52 ★ John Hurlburt ’52

William J. Saunderson ’52 ★ Anonymous ’52

1953 Total: $12,218

John Carruthers

Kenneth Culver ★ Hugh Hanson Robert Labbett William P. Lett ★ James C. Mainprize ★ Alan E. Morson, P ’79 ★ William E. Rogan ★ Robert E. Saunders Douglas R. Wilson ★

1954

Total: $42,700

David K. Bernhardt ★ W. G. Black, C.A. H.Donald Borthwick ★

Douglas Brewer G.Alan Fleming ★ ♥ J ohn M. Goodings ★ James Lowden

James MacDougall ♥ D.Keith Millar ★ John D. Murray ★ J.Richard Parsons William Redrupp ★ John S. Rodway ★ Gordon R. Sellery ★ John H. Wait ★

Gabriel I. Warren George E. Whyte, Q.C.

1955

Total: $18,925

Harold Atwood ★

Bruce Brewer

Lorne K. Brown

Barry Cutler Paul Druckman

John R. Gardner ★ W.Gary Goldthorpe R.Allan Hart & Georgia

Hart

William Hunter ★

Martin Jerry ★ H oward D. Kitchen

Alan Mills

Anthony Morrison ★ Ronald Raisman H.Thomas Sanderson ★ Lynn & Skip Sigel

William H. Taylor Anonymous

1956

Total: $288,093

Peter Brieger, P ’ 92 Dr. Paul B. Cavers

Gerald Dickinson

The Late Darcy Dingle ★ David M. Flint ★ Peter C. Godsoe, O.C. ★ R yan Kidd ★

J .Alan Landsberg Stephens B. Lowden ★ James C. McCartney, P ’ 84 ★

Arthur R. Scace, C.M. ★ Peter F. Stanley

The Late Douglas Towers

1957

Total: $11,670

The Late Robert M. Culbert ★

Robert Darling ★ ♥ Robert A. Gardner ★ James Graham

David W. Kerr

Alan B. Perkin

Ian Rutherford John Sayers Richard Stren Robert Waddell ★ J .Douglas Ward, C.M. ★ 1958

Total: $71,264

Charles Baillie, Jr., O.C., P ’85 George M. Carrick ★ D ouglas A. C. Davis, P ’ 87 ★ Arthur D. Elliott

Stephen Glogowski Brian Hayes Bruce E. Houser ★ Terence Keenleyside William G. Leggett Robert E. Lord ★ Kit Moore ★

David Ouchterlony

Douglas G. Peter ★ Donald W. Rutherford D.Malcolm Seath

Peter Strachan

D.Nico Swaan Richard H. Walker Barry N. Wilson

1959

Total: $35,050

Donald G. Bell ★ ♥ B rian Coleman Alexander Furness J.Alan Gibson

John Holt

George Howse William Hudgins W.L. Mackenzie King ★ Terence S. W. Lee ♥ Thomas F. McIlwraith Ian A. Shaw

John & Madelyn Sloane, P ’ 86 ★

James P. Stronach ★ Ian C. Sturdee ★ Tibor A. Szandtner Ian M. Thompson

David Ward Donald K. Wilson Anonymous

1960

Total: $46,531

David Beasley

Robert Boyce

Alfred C. W. Davis James Dingle Jock Ferguson

James Fisher

Ramsay Holmes

Robert P. Jacob, P ’88 ★

Neill McRae

Bruce Moyle

Peter C. Nicoll ★

Malcolm Nourse ★ Douglas Rutherford R. Dale Taylor Marshall Judd Tory Robert J. Tweedy ★ Paul Wilson Anonymous ★ Anonymous 1961

Total: $2,327,554

John C Coleman

David J. Holdsworth ★ Richard S. Ingram

Jon R Johnson

Peter B MacKinnon ★ Katherine & Paul Manley ★ ♥ Douglas McCutcheon Michael Schwartz James E. Shaw ★ David M. Ward ♥ John R. Wright

1962

Total: $78,127

Paul Kennedy Kirby Keyser Donald A. Laing H David Legge

Peter W. C. Markle Donald McMaster H David S. Milne H W.Douglas Newman Gord Park Michael A. Peterman Wayne D. Thornbrough H Allan G. Toguri H Robert S. Weiss H Anonymous H Anonymous

1963

Total: $118,080

Lawrence DeRocher

James Fowell H Peter H. Frost H Frank Hall

Nelson Hogg John R.V. Kelk H Gregor McGregor David H. Morgan

Murray Treloar ’68 Anonymous ’68

John Bohnen ’69

James S. Coatsworth ’69 John B. Deacon ’69

Stephen C. Farris ’69 H

Frederick R. E. Heath ’69 H Robert J. Herman ’69 H Nicholas Le Pan ’69 H Robert MacMillan ’69

Anonymous ’69

1970

Total: $10,498

Ronald Davies

Douglas Donald H Ray Kinoshita H

Niels Ortved H

Robert Pampe, M.D. H Lane Prentice

Nicholas Smith H Matthew Weatherbie J.Fraser Wilson

Anonymous H Anonymous (2)

1964–1966

Total: $34,829

J.David Beattie ’64, P ’00, ’02

Jim Cornell ’64 Collin M. Craig ’64 H ’03

Peter Snell ’64 H George Swift ’64 H Derek ’65 & Margaret Allen Robert A. Cumming ’65 H John Gray ’65

James Hayes ’65 H David Hetherington ’65 Christopher D. Hicks ’65

Robert W. Hustwitt ’65 Karl E. Lyon ’65

Peter MacEwen ’65 David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01

S.Bruce Blain ’66

H

Robert W. Hoke ’66 William A. MacKay ’66 John S. Rogers ’66 H Dave Sanderson ’66

1967

Total: $183,995

David Amos

Donald Ball

George B. Boddington Richard J. G. Boxer H Bruce Couchman

Michael Curtis H Richard N. Donaldson John J. L. Hunter H

Gordon E. Legge Tom MacMillan

Bruce McKelvey

Bruce Miller W.Scott Morgan H

1968–1969

Total: $23,337

J.Wayne W. Jones ’68 Robert McCulloch ’68

James A. Russell ’68

Rolland Leader Douglas E. McIntyre Stephen Perry

David G. Stinson H Anonymous

1971 Total: $3,280,466

Paul L. Barnicke H

Paul Brace P '12 H

Alan S. Fisher Richard Hill H Thomas M. Hurka Sandy McIntyre H William O. Menzel

Glen Morris

Peter G. Neilson H Timothy Owen Warren G. Ralph Adrian Shubert

R.D. Roy Stewart H Tony Storey H

1972

Total: $25,978

David S. Grant H David J. MacMillan

Bernie McGarva, P ’03 H William McMaster Bruce Sanders

Howard Scrimgeour H

Edward Waitzer, P ’02, ’14 Christopher D. Woodbury ★

Robert Wright

1973

Total: $54,996

J.Christopher Boland Donald Clarke David R. Dodds (5Y) David Fallis, P ’02 Ian Fe rguson Alvin Iu ★ ♥

John G. Kivlichan ★ Donald Livingstone Richard Outerbridge Edward S. Sennett John Sweet Gregory G. Turnbull Walter Vogl ★ William Wilkins ★ ♥ Robert Zimmerman ★ 1974

Total: $167,391

Donald Bunt

Andrey V. Cybulsky ★ Terence Davison Gregory P. Deacon ♥ James H. Grout James E. Kofman Robert Martin Nicholas Stark Timothy Turnbull Anonymous Anonymous ★

1975

Total: $7,600

Paul M. Anglin

I.Ross Bartlett ♥ Martin A. Chepesiuk, P ’10 Lawrence Hill, C.M. Kenneth J. McBey ★ David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye ♥ David Weishuhn Anonymous

1976

Total: $15,927

Glen Campbell Alec Clute ★

David G. Crookston

Myron Cybulsky ★ Donald Gordon ♥ Victor Holysh Leslie C. Marton Chris Medwell Gavin Pitchford Vincent J. Santamaura ★ Jeff Singer '76 & Maureen Whittley Gary S. A. Solway ★ Graham J. Yost ★ Anonymous

1977

Total: $217,029

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

Leif Bergsagel

Peter L. Buzzi ★

Andre Hidi ★ David Le Gresley David McCarthy, Jr. ♥ Mark Noskiewicz

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

Robert Sladek

Ian G. Stock, P ’09

Eric Tatrallyay

Sandy Tse Anonymous

1978

Total: $87,840

David Allan ★ ♥

Deborah Berlyne Monica Biringer ★ Steven Craig Irene Cybulsky

Susan Dance

Timothy Evans Sherry A. Glied Daniel Gordon Penelope A. Harbin ★ Kenneth Kirsh ★ Susan (Black) Lawson Allison MacDuffee Audrey Marton Laurie McLean Christina Medland, P ’10 Donald Redelmeier ’78 & Miriam Shuchman, P ’12, ’15 ★

Susan Reece-Eidlitz

John A. Rose ’78 & Susie Rose

Timothy Sellers ★

John Wilkinson ★

Anonymous ★ Anonymous 1979

Total: $858,696

John Burns

Brian Eden ♥

Pete r A. Ewens

Lisa Gordon ♥

Andrew H.K. Hainsworth Brian Imrie Jean C. Iu ★ ♥ C.Stuart Kent ★

Antony T. F. Lundy & Janet Looker

James MacFarlane Susan E. Opler & Paul F. Monahan, P ’14

Joshua S. Phillips Kevin Smith Daphne Woolf

1980

Total: $65,395

Andrew P. Alberti ★

Peter Bowen ★

Kevin G. Crowston

Christine Dowson H Carolyn Ellis

David Evans Kelly Fergusson

Vanessa Grant H Sheldon Green H Bernie Gropper H Eric Kert H Jillian Lewis Rick Marin Nomi Morris H Andrew Munn H Kim R. Persky Margaret Wheatstone Christine Wilson

1981

Total: $14,440

Marcel Behr

Justin Bur Elizabeth Bush Suzanne E. Campbell Thomas A. Friedland H B ruce Grant Thomas Hicks Barbara Liu Laura Money ’81 & Marcus Macrae, P ’22

Eugene N. Siklos

1982

Total: $13,785

Paul Bartha & Patricia Bartha

Benjamin Chan H

Peter K. Czegledy H

Robert Dmytryshyn ’82 & Natalie Lehkyj, P ’15 ’18 Melissa Fox-Revett H

Marina Jimenez Barnet Kussner

Jon Martin

Robin Martin Timothy H. Mitchell Mardi Witzel Anonymous (2) 1983

Total: $9,128 Mary Ainslie

Carolyn Anglin

Rachel Barney Robin Bloomfield Christopher P. Bogart Adrianne Brewer

J ohn A. Hass

Kathryn Jones

Karen Landmann Karen M. Mandel H

Debra Smith

C.Elizabeth Stefan Earl Stuart H

Elizabeth Turner Jean Wang 1984

Total: $17,426

Donald C. Ainslie H

Scott Anderson

Marion Dove Nicholas G. Evans H

Susan Hainsworth Melanie Hare

David Kreindler Suzanne Martin, P ’11, ’15 H

Michael Martin, P ’11, ’15 H Cameron A. Matthew H Patrick McPhee Kosta Michalopoulos H Rebecca Netley Jennifer Pullen

Chandragupta Sooran H David Walker, CFA H

1985

Total: $ 73 ,258

Isi Caulder

Jill Copeland ’85 & B ill Parish, P ’20 ’22

Anne Fleming ’85 & Michael Piaskoski, P ’17

Diane Hamilton Carrie Ku (Fung) H Kerstin Lack

Grant Lum H

James Markson Carson Schutze H Adrian M. Yip

1986

Total: $21,207

Tracy A. Betel Joanne Carter

Wendy Drukier Paul Fieguth & Betty Pries Sandra Flow

Henry & Albina Huang, P ’19 Judith Kramer Eleanor Latta Anthony Lee Pericles Lewis

Jennifer May Mark D. Phillips & Esther Benzie, P ’24

Jacquelyn Sloane Siklos Ian Worland & Caroline Richardson

1987

Total: $16,948

J ohn R. Caldwell

Julia Cochrane

Kevin Davis H

Douglas Davis

Katherine Hammond, P ’20 Monique Mackenzie

Elissa A. McBride

Richard Nathanson, P ’20 Thomas Wilk

Anonymous H

1988

Total: $13,960

Jennifer Andersen Koppe ★ ♥

Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson, P ’22

David Fenton

Michael Gallop

Eugene Ho Michol Hoffman Hilary Jacob Mark Opashinov Andrew G. Spence Cecilia Sun

1989

Total: $14,525

Gregory Ambrose Karla Bobadilla Cara Bogusz Dubravka Cunningham ♥ Lesleigh Cushing ♥ Barbara Fleisig Margaret Graham ★ Kenneth Handelman Ursula Holland Naomi Hume Katherine Klosa Molly E. McCarron E.Monica Uddin Anonymous Anonymous 1990

Total: $25,767

Asheesh Advani & Helen Rosenfeld

Winsome S. Brown Christopher Burton ★ Kevin J.K. Chan Philip A. Curry

Hilary Davidson

Jessica R. Goldberg

Sara Gray, P ’24 ★ Anuradha Iyer ♥

Kate P. Nowell-Smith

Ijay Palansky

Ilana Rubel Eric Walsh

Henry J.P. White ♥

1991–1992

Total: $14,590

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

Sandra Chong ’91 ★ ♥

Aaron Dantowitz ’91 ★ ♥ Audrey M. Fried ’91, P ’19, ’22

Anand Ghanekar ’91

Jason Jones ’91

Jennie E. Jung ’91 Warren Lee ’91 & Sylvia Quant, P ’22, ’24 Roland Lee ’91 Ruth Lim ’91

Alexander Wolfson ’91 Anonymous ’91 (2)

Sayeed Karim Abdulla ’92 ★

Lia R. Copeland ’92

Oliver Jerschow ’92 ★

Margaret Julian ’92 Graham Mayeda ’92 ♥

Stephen F. Reed ’92 1993

Total: $18,174

Roberta Ayles-Jackson

Kai Chan ★ ♥

Sarah Dryden-Peterson Simon Gittins

Baldwin Hum Geoffrey Hung ★ ♥ Alex Hutchinson ★ ♥

Jeffrey Jaskolka, P ’24 ★ Jocelyn Kinnear T.Justin Lou Husein Moloo Thuy-Linh Nguyen Ian Richler ♥

Richard Roze Jason E. Shron ★ ♥ Rapido Trains Inc ♥ J ustin W. Tan

Scott A. Thompson Ryhna Thompson ♥ Cindy W. Wan ♥

David Wolf ♥

Pauline Wong Veronica C. Yeung

Joanne Yu

Ranjith Zachariah Anonymous (3) Anonymous ♥

1994

Total: $6,612

Jessica Carn ♥

Aaron Chan ★ Adam Chapnick ★ Catherine Cheung Raymond C. Fung Andrea Iaboni ♥ Michael Jaskolka Harrison F. Keenan Ian C. Mitchell

Rachel Spitzer ★ Darrell Tan Anonymous

1995

Total: $37,605

Nicole V. Agnew

Benjamin Lin Hilary Masemann Raphaela Neihausen Robin Rix ★

Patrick A. Robinson Ilya Shapiro ★

Jason Tam

Calum Tsang Jeremy Weinrib Fen Yik

Anonymous

1996–1997

Total: $18,032

Derek Chiang ’96

Felicia Chiu ’96 ★

Amanda Martyn ’96

Amanda Ross-White ’96 ★ ♥

Warren Shih ’96 Barton Egnal ’97 Emma Frow ’97

Jessica Gunderson ’97 Jeffrey Hall-Martin ’97 Michael D. Morgan ’97 ♥ Veena Mosur ’97

Michael Shenkman ’97 ★

Saraswati Son Hing ’97

Anonymous ’97

1998

Total: $15,707

Rebekah Balagtas ★

Clarence Cheng

Neil Horner

Judy Kwok ★

Sharon Lee ♥

Iris Leung

Noel Semple

Eric Sherkin

Ian Speers

M organ Ring ’07

Lyndon Shopsowitz ’07

Matthew Yu ’07

2008–2011

Total: $7,542

Amy Chow ’08

George Weekes ’08

Jeremy Zung ’08

Anonymous ’08

Judith Ma ’09

Rahim Noormohamed ’09

Jonathan Talmi ’09

Wilson Wai ’09

Natalie Geffen ’10

Lisa Hui ’10

Ali Noormohamed ’10

Connie Yu ’10

Adam Martin ’11

Eric Tang Laura Vallis Pamela Y. W. Wong Adrienne Wong Pamela Y. Wong Linus Yung ♥

1999–2001

Total: $4,363

Michael Bichan ’99

Jonathan Bitidis ’99 ♥ Daron Earthy ’99 ♥ B renton Huffman ’99 David Kuperman ’99

Albert K. Tang ’99 Mark Varma ’99

Adrienne Liang ’00

Simon Cheng & Jennifer Morawetz ’00

Anonymous ’00

Ian Bradley ’01

Brian Kitchell ’01

Diana Chisholm Skrzydlo ’01

Andrea Wang ’01 Anonymous ’01

2002–2004

Total: $12,775

Jocelyn Cheng ’02

Liang Hong ’02 ★

Allan Kostyniuk ’02 C.Luke Stark ’02 ★

Jonathan McPhedranWaitzer ’02

Karen Arcot ’03 Vinca Chow ’03 Allison Chow ’03

Emma Jenkin ’03 ♥

J eong-Bum Lee ’03 Jeremy Opolsky ’03 ♥ Nina Coutinho ’04

Darnel Leader ’04 ♥ Hayley A. Silberg ’04 ♥ Anonymous ’04

2005–2007

Total: $14,383

Jane Church ’05 Mitchell Wong ’05

Anonymous ’05 Jaclyn Chiang ’06

Louise Harris ’06 J.Cameron Howieson ’06 Brian Lee ’06

Jennifer Luong ’06

Ran Wei ’06 Christopher Yau ’06 Martin Ho ’07

Darren Mo ’11

2012–2014

Total: $18,610

Alexander Fung ’12

Tsz Chun Kwok ’12

Yu Yang Tian ’12

Isabella Chiu ’13

Olivia D. Maier ’13

Jannis Mei ’13

Yael Boyd ’14

Daniel Henke Tarnow ’14

William P. Monahan ’14

Ilya Motamedi ’14

Karim Noormohamed ’14 Emily Rea ’14

Adam Waitzer ’14

Ki-Sang Yi ’14

2015–2019

Total: $6,203

Emma Howard ’15

Cameron Martin ’15

Emma Miloff ’15

Jack Williams ’15

Anonymous ’15

Anonymous ’16 (2)

Michael Lam ’18

Edward Tian ’18

Anonymous ’18

Cameron Linhares-Huang ’19

PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS OF CURRENT STUDENTS

Ajay Agrawal & Gina Buonaguro, P ’23

Rustam Ahmed & Vanessa Leung, P ’24

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

Steven ’77 & Gita Alizadeh, P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22 ★

Harun Nida & Berna Gulmisal Aricibasi, P ’20

Richard Bai 2023

Levon Barker & Karen Cassie, P ’20

Heidi Bates, P ’85, ’88, GP ’22

Margaret Bawden, P ’20

Dmytro Berbeka & Lesya Berbeka, P ’21 ♥ Zain Bhamjee and Iram Bhatti, P ’20

Ian & Susan Binnie, P ’93, GP ’24

Eugen Bulboaca and Gabriela Mateescu

William Burnfield & Harry Wiebe, P ’23, ’24

Yue Cao & Jiayi Song, P ’24

Paul Chang & Betty Tseng, P ’19, ’21

Matthew Chapman & Danielle Paterson, P ’24

Wang Dong & Xuan Chen, P ’12, ’21

Leo Chen & Susie Wang, P ’23

Scott Cheng & Fiona Cai, P ’21, ’24

Andrew Chow & Yvonne Ho, P ’18, ’20

Michael & Ann Chung, P ’20, ’24, ’25

Christopher Coates and Katherine Romanov, P ’20 Meng Cui & Shuyan Liu, P ’24

Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson, P ’22

Todd & Jennifer Davidson, P ’17, ’21

Kapila & Olga de Lanerolle, P ’20

Richard Derham & Qing Li, P ’22

Chris & Lise D’Iorio Fournier, P ’20 ♥

Sean Egan & Catherine Wilson, P ’20

Ramin R. Farnood and Ning Yan, P ’21, ’23

Myran Faust & Julianna Ahn, P ’18, ’21

James and Anne Feehely, P ’23

Fiala Family

Audrey M. Fried ’91, P ’19, ’22

Michael & Natania Friesen, P ’20

Junbiao Fu & Grace Liu, P ’21

Xiaodong Fu & Farong Chen, P ’24

David Gladish and Eva Gladish, P ’22

Waldemar Goleszny & Estella Tong, P ’19, ’23

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

Larry Guo & Brenda Liu, P ’24

Kun Joo Han & Jungah Park, P ’20

Zulfikar Hirji & Ruba Kana’an, P ’20

Sasan HosseiniMoghaddam & Nazanin Aghel, P ’23 ♥

Davy Hu & Lin Mu, P ’20

Zhigang Huang and I Hsuan Chen, P ’22

Junhua Huang & Mingmin Zhu, P ’24

Hai Huang & Zhifen Jiao, P ’24

Sen Huo & Zhenjuan Liu, P ’24

Scott & Amy Jackson, P ’20

Jeffrey Jaskolka ’93 & Sara Gray ’90, P ’24 ★

Chris Javornik & Linda Weber, P ’22

The Jha Family

Zhaohui Jia & Hongying Zhang, P ’24

Helen Jin, P ’23

Juha Kemppi and Angela De Luca, P ’20

Dennis & Sook Hee Kim, P ’20

UTS Korean Parents Association

Dennis & Wincy Ko, P ’22

Michael Ko & Regina Ko, P ’24

Ethan Kohn & Gillian Roberts, P ’20

David & Jane Kruse, P ’22 John Kwong & Pauline Cheung

Sam & Wendy Lau, P ’20

Chyang & Gloria Lee, P ’87, ’91, GP ’ 22, ’24

Warren Lee ’91 & Sylvia Quant, P ’22, ’24

Haijun Li & Li Mi, P ’20, ’22

Grant Li and Linda Li, P ’20

Feng Li & Yingchun Han, P ’20

Qiang Lin & Bing Xia, P ’23

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

Bin Luo & Xiaomei Li, P ’23

Laura Money ’81 & Marcus Macrae, P ’22

Erdinc Makul & Juan Liu, P ’22

Saul Mandelbaum & Melissa Nutik, P ’23

Julian & Simona Marin, P ’18, ’20

Emil Markow, P ’24

D ONOR R EPORT

Andrew & Yu-Hsiang Marmash, P ’20

Sam Mathi, P ’18, ’20, ’22 ♥

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

James McKellar & Clelia Iori, P ’21

Ivan Mo & Ming Xiong, P ’23

David and Julie Moos, P ’20

Jimmy Mui & Amelia Ng, P ’22 ♥

Benjamin Na & Donna Lee, P ’22

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

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

Lucian & Larisa Neagu, P ’20 Gabriela Nova, P ’22

Sumit Oberai & Marcia Mclean, P ’23

Jill Copeland ’85 & Bill Parish, P ’20 ’22

Jai Parkash & Mamta Dhankhar, P ’20

Stan Pearl GP ’21, ’23 ★ York & Nancy Pei, P ’17 & ’20

Mark & Peri Peters, P ’16, ’19

Horatiu & Bianca Petrut, P ’17, ’24

Mark Phillips ’86 & Esther Benzie, P ’24

Anu & Shalini Rastogi, P ’20, ’23

Ali Razavi & Kathy Mastali, P ’20

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

Mark & Helen Sava, P ’18, ’20

Zhinong Shang and Xiaohui Liao, P ’23

The Family of Christina Shao ’21

Eli Shem-Tov & Phyllis Heller, P ’20

Qiang Shen & Yuefang He, P ’20

Hongjun Shou & Yanting Li, P ’24

Jimmy & Vivian Situ, P ’20

Victor Song & Vicky Chen, P ’20

Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw, P ’23

Frank and Adrienne Staudohar, P ’21

Nancy Steinhauer, P ’21 ♥

Pavlo Sugolov and Inna Golodniuk, P ’20

Krishan Suntharalingam, P ’24

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

Flora J. Chen

Michael Tang & Cindy Fong, P ’24 ♥

Michael Tanglao & Kathleen Niccols, P ’22

James Taylor, P ’23

Walter Tholen & Jane Cleve, P ’20

Gan Tian & Wen Zhang, P ’24

Dawna Treibicz, P ’20

UTS Korean Parents Association

Chris Van Loan & Jessica Monk, P ’20

Mark van Zanden & Rachel Talbot, P ’21

Wing Lok Wan & Winnie Chu, P ’21

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

Jian Wang & Nan Weng, P ’24

Guiming Wang & Huaizhao Liao, P ’20

Xiaoyun Wang, P ’24

Roger Wei & Carol Zhang, P ’24

Laurence & Wendy Weizel

Peter and Joanne Willson, P ’21

Sophia Wong, P ’24

Michelle Hu & Peter Wu, P ’23

Weixi Xing & Liya Yang, P ’21

Xiaoning Xu and Wuying Peng, P ’23, ’25

Chao Yang & He Cao, P ’22, ’25

Chiu & Elaine Yip, P ’18, ’23

Xiaohui Yu & Yanping Jia, P ’22

Yi Zhang & Ye Ding, P ’24

Liang Zhang and Guannan Ma, P ’22

Jie Zhao & Hua Cui, P ’20

Roger Zheng & Sharon Xu, P ’17, ’23

Yan Zheng & Lily Han, P ’21

Qing Zou and Yunong Xia, P ’21

Anonymous (20)

PARENTS & GRANDPARENTS OF ALUMNI

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

Marianne Anderson & Andrew Clarke, P ’17

Preet Aulakh & Nandi Bhatia, P ’19

Graham & Carolyn Badun, P ’19

David Baskin & Joan Garson, P ’04, ’07

Heidi Bates, P ’85, ’88, GP ’22

Ronald Beiner & Rebecca Kingston, P ’19

Vinny & Jagmohan Bhathal, P ’19

Ian & Susan Binnie, P ’93, GP ’24

Robert G. Boeckner GP ’18

Alma Brace, P ’71, GP ’12

Douglas Bradley & Mary Killoran, P ’01, ’08

Anthony Brown & Catherine Sim, P ’18

Nicholas Bugiel & Kathy Edgar, P ’13

Valentin & Camelia Burtea, P ’15

Ian Carlin, P ’14

Michael Carter & Linda Carter, P ’86

Voon Loong Chan & Penny Chan, P ’93

Paul & Loretta Chan, P ’98

Jing Chen & Jane Liu, P ’14

Wally Chiu & Sarah Chow, P ’15

Priscilla Chong P’ 98

Gerald Chung & April Chung, P ’04, ’09

Peter and Jennifer Church, P ’05

Stewart & Carmel Crampton, P ’96, ’98

Stanley & Phyllis Dantowitz, P ’91

Wendy Deng, P ’21

Ellen Drevnig, P ’07

Xiaowen Duan & Yue Dai, P ’16

David & Urve Earthy, P ’99

Mark & Claudia Eichhorn, P ’17

Sherali & Roshan Esmail, P ’04, ’07, ’10

Gay Evans, P ’78, ’75

Jingping Fan & Susan Wang, P ’19

Robert and Betty Farquharson, P ’10

David Farrant & Liliane Diaz, P ’14

Joshua Fogel & Joan Judge, P ’19

Michael Ford & Hilary Marsden, P ’19

Jennie Frow, P ’97, ’01

Stephen & Anne Georgas, P ’03, ’06

Neil & Natasha Glossop, P ’18

Nancy Epstein & David Goldbloom O.C., P ’05

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

Satish & Jany Gungabeesoon, P ’13

Tong Hahn & D. Smith, P ’16

James Hamilton & Dale Gray, P ’04

Keith Harradence & Susan Ormiston, P ’15

Judith Hashmall, P ’92 Jen Hassan, P ’10

Karim Hirji & Riyana BabulHirji, P ’18

Lianne Tile & Andrew Howard, P ’15, ’17

John & Michelle Hull, P ’16

Oakt & Theresa Hum, P ’93

George & Anne Hume, P ’89

Julian Ivanov & Michaela Tudor, P ’17

Anton Jerschow, P ’92

Susan Kitchell, P ’01

Maria & Tibor Kokai, P ’02

Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys, P ’06

Paul Lam & Verna Ng, P ’14, ’18

Balfour Le Gresley, P ’77

Chyang & Gloria Lee, P ’87, ’91, GP ’ 22, ’24

David Leith & Jacqueline Spayne, P ’11

Jack Leong & Jessica Li, P ’19

Robert & Patricia Levy, P ’10, ’13, ’15

Christopher Li & Melissa Tai, P ’16 & ’19

Shujie Lin and Jingjing Chen, P ’19

Jianming Liu & Maggie Xu, P ’15

Wendy Liu, P ’17, ’19

Michael Lo & Christine Chan, P ’18

James & Margo Longwell, P ’15

Thomas Magyarody & Christa Jeney, P ’04, ’06

Volker & Vandra

Masemann, P ’89, ’90, ’95 & ’02

Barbara Morgan, P ’97

Sara Mrosovsky, P ’94, ’96

Kayambu & Ramalakshmi Muthuramu, P ’08

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

Nasir Noormohamed & Tazmin Merali, P ’09, ’10, ’14

Michael O’Brien & Jennifer O’Brien, P ’19 Olijnyk Family

Steve O’Neil & Colette

Leger, P ’15, ’18

Shannon O’Neill ’19

Juri Otsason & Bernadine Morris, P ’12

Gladys Page, P ’79

Wen Tang Pan & Jenny Gao, P ’19

Mark & Peri Peters, P ’16, ’19

John Pfeffer & Josee Piche, P ’19

Feng Qiu, P ’21

Tomas & Alicia Quejada, P ’02

Dejan & Djurdjica Ratkov, P ’16

Stephen Raymond & Natasha Vandenhoven, P ’16, ’19

Donald and Nita Reed, P ’92

David Reese & Amanda Cook-Reese, P ’19

Barbara Ritchie, P ’80

Bruce Rowat, P ’89, ’95

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

Peter & Jackie Shaw, P ’17, ’19

Stephen Sibalis & Anne Ellis, P ’10, ’14

Philip Sohm & Janet Stanton, P ’02

Cyrus Sundar Singh & Vanessa Laufer, P ’19

Paul Szaszkiewicz & Peggy Theodore, P ’19 Eero Tamm, P ’84

Rongqing Tian & Baomei Shi, P ’18

The Late David L. Torrey GP ’17

Banh Tran and Samantha Cho, P ’19

Shuzo Ueno, P ’99

Alexandru & Michaela Weiner, P ’01

Chris Winter & Nancy Palardy, P ’19

Michael & Muriel Wissell, P ’14

S.K. & P.N. Wong, P ’06

Takahiro & Tomoko Yamanaka, P ’18

Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran, P ’13

Li Zhao & Michelle Wang, P ’19

Jim Zhao & Weijing Yuan, P ’16, ’19

Anonymous

CURRENT & FORMER STAFF

Brigitte Amiot Nandita Bajaj

Gillian Bartlett

Carole Bernicchia-Freeman Jeff Bernstein Marc Brims

Shawn Brooks

Adam Brown

Chris J. Carswell

Sarah Cescon

Garth Chalmers

Simon Cheng Maria Collier Richard Cook

David Cope

Makeda Daley

Vince Dannetta Dorothy Davis Nancy Dawe

Eugene T. Di Sante Michael Didier

Kathy Dimas Rose Dotten

Martha Drake

Lynda S. Duckworth Rosemary Evans

Michael Farley

Josh Fullan Daniel N. Genesee

Sherly Geronimo

Adam Gregson

Walter Guerra

Claude Guillemot

H. Donald Gutteridge & M. Anne Millar

Mary Hall

Rebecca Harrison & Stephen Colella

Sean Hayto

Jennifer Howell

Serguei Ianine Monica J. Judith Kay Jeff Kennedy

Rob Kennedy

Virginia Ki

Julie Klein Garrett Kollins

Mark Laidman

Dan & Diane Lang Raymond Lee

James Lemoire Rebecca Levere

Anand Mahadevan

Julie Martin

Andrew Masse Maureen McCarthy Lily McGregor

Ron Mintz Estate of W.Bruce Maclean Estate of William R. Hammond Montgomery Paul Moore

Clare Pace Stan Pearl GP ’21, ’23

Ana Maria Pereira-Castillo

Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury

Marie-Claire Recurt

Libby Reeves

Michaele M. Robertson & Barry Wansbrough

Ronald Royer

Amy Schindler

Forough Shafiee Negar Shayan Sarah Shugarman Janice Sirna Elizabeth Smyth Julie Stoyka

Elizabeth Straszynski & Chris Wilson

Laura Sun

Mark Sunderland Julia Thompson

Mark Timmins

Nicola Townend

Ann C. Unger ★ Marisca Vanderkamp Mary Vecchio

Manuela West

Justin Williams

Janet Williamson

Andrew Wilson

Carole (Geddes) Zamroutian ♥ Anonymous (5)

Anonymous (5)

Anonymous Anonymous (5)

FRIENDS OF UTS 1804876 Ontario Limited

Anne Avery James Avery Laura Jane Avery David Bates Bonita Davidson Christine Deja Janice Fairweather Google Inc.

Elena Gourlay Michael R. Graham & Nancy Elizabeth Graham B & B Hamilton Fund at Toronto Foundation The John Hamilton Cameron Clarry Alter Ego Trust

Horst & Marion Herbstreit

Janet M. Hunter

IBM Canada Limited Interguild

The Henry N.R.Jackman Foundation

Linda Ann Jewell

Jeffrey Kang Tim & Janet Kennish

Mary Lynch Margaret O. MacMillan Manulife Financial

Paul Marks

Biff & Sue Matthews

The McLean Foundation Julia Medland

Noella Milne

Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation

Neuberger Berman Newton Foundation Government of Ontario

OSSTF District 34-University of Toronto Schools

Rapido Trains

Rogers Communications Glen Sanderson

Birgit Siber

Donald & Shirley Steele

C. Elizabeth Stefan

Nancy Sutherland Switch VFX & Animation Symantec Dianne Thomas Marian L. Thomson

CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATING CLASS!

Toronto Area Custom Ford Dealers Inc

Margaret Tovell

UTS Alumni Association UTS Parents Association

Kemp Watson

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Andrea Williams Alice Yaciuk 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 area of greatest need, the Building Fund. We thank our families for giving the gift of a UTS education through donations totaling almost $100,000!

CLASS OF 2019

Preet Aulakh & Nandi Bhatia, P ’19 in honour of Arif Aulakh 2019

Graham & Carolyn Badun, P ’19 in honour of Madeleine Badun 2019

Ronald Beiner & Rebecca Kingston, P ’19 in honour of Gabriel Beiner 2019

Vinny & Jagmohan Bhathal, P ’19 in honour of Aekus Bhathal 2019

Paul Chang & Betty Tseng, P ’19, ’21 in honour of Kristen Chang 2019

David Choi & Suin Choi, P ’19 in honour of Michellie Choi 2019

Kyoungkuen Chung & Sungmin Park, P ’19, ’21 in honour of Janice Chung 2019

Rosemary Evans in honour of the Class of 2019 Jingping Fan & Susan Wang, P ’19 in honour of Catherine Fan 2019

Joshua Fogel & Joan Judge, P ’19 in honour of Avi Fogel 2019

Michael Ford & Hilary Marsden, P ’19 in honour of Samantha Ford 2019

Audrey Fried ’91, P ’19, ’22 in honour of Ellie Grushcow 2019

Waldemar Goleszny & Estella Tong, P ’19, ’23 in honour of Alexander Goleszny 2019

Sang Cheol Han & Mi Hye Kim, P ’19 in honour of Steven Han 2019

Henry Huang 1986 & Albina Huang, P ’19 in honour of Cameron Linhares-Huang 2019

Rhonda Lambert, P ’19 in honour of Lian Lambert 2019

Chae Ho Lee & Yunejin Cho, P ’19, ’20 in honour of Sungmin Lee 2019

Dae Sung Lee & Seung Mi Choi, P ’19 in honour of Kevin Lee 2019

Henry Lee & Hani Kim, P ’19 in honour of John Lee 2019

Jinwoo Lee & Yeongsook Kim, P ’19 in honour of Soo Yeon Lee 2019

Jack Leong & Jessica Li, P ’19 in honour of Sophia Leong 2019

Christopher Li & Melissa Tai, P ’16 & ’19 in honour of Nicholas Li 2019

Shujie Lin & Jingjing Chen, P ’19 in honour of Raymond Lin 2019

Peter Link & Johanne Lessard, P ’19 in honour of Jessica Link 2019

Wendy Liu, P ’17, ’19 in honour of Henry Yu 2019

Michael O’Brien & Jennifer O’Brien, P ’19 in honour of Patrick O’Brien 2019

George O’Neill & Shaolin Lu O’Neill, P ’19 in honour of Shannon O’Neill 2019

Wen Tang Pan & Jenny Gao, P ’19 in honour of Alisia Pan 2019

Mark & Peri Peters, P ’16, ’19 in honour of Bridget Peters 2019

John Pfeffer & Josee Piche, P ’19 in honour of Sara Pfeffer 2019

Stephen Raymond & Natasha Vandenhoven, P ’16, ’19 in honour of Karina Vandenhoven 2019

David Reese & Amanda Cook-Reese, P ’19 in honour of Dagny Reese 2019

Hemma Rumpl, P ’19 in honour of Anastasia Rumpl 2019

Senior VI Parents in honour of their Graduating Children

Peter & Jackie Shaw, P ’17, ’19 in honour of Claire Shaw 2019

Cyrus Sundar Singh & Vanessa Laufer, P ’19 in honour of Saskia Laufer 2019

Paul Szaszkiewicz & Peggy Theodore, P ’19 in honour of Zoe Szaszkiewicz 2019

Banh Tran & Samantha Cho, P ’19 in honour of Ethan Tran 2019

Chris Winter & Nancy Palardy, P ’19 in honour of Aran Winter 2019

Jim Zhao & Weijing Yuan, P ’16, ’19 in honour of Allison Zhao 2019

Li Zhao & Michelle Wang, P ’19 in honour of David Zhao 2019

Anonymous (3) in honour of their Graduating Children

TRIBUTE GIFTS

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

IN HONOUR OF:

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

Donald K. Avery 1949 Liam Barker 2020 Jacob Baskin 2004 Rebecca Baskin 2007 Veronika Berbeka 2021 Don Boutros

Sebastian Brown 2018 Joanne Carter 1986 Jessie Chen 2023 Stephanie Cheng 2024 Laura Chiu 2015

Cuebin Choi 2020

Class of 1957

Class of 2024

Lia Copeland 1992

John B. Deacon 1969

Francis Egan 2020 Jeremy Eichhorn 2017 Jim Fleck 1949, P ’72 Al Fleming 1954

Meredith Gladish 2022 Inaugural Class of AP Capstone Graduates Lily McGregor Kevin Guo 2024

Don Gutteridge

Michelle Han 2020 Dr. Robert Allan Hart 1955 Juncheng (Jacky) He 2020

Suzanne Hidi, P ’77

Ruqayya Hirji 2018 Seymour Hoffman, P ’88 Emma Howard 2015 Samantha Howard 2017 William Hu 2020 Isabella Huang 2022 Henry Huang 1986, P ’19

Lillian Binns & Bezaleel Hylton

Sarenna Iori McKellar 2021 Grace Ko 2024

Alexander Levy 2013 Benjamin Levy 2015

Samuel Levy 2010

Michael Liu 2015

Chloe Lo 2018 C. S. Loo and S. Wong

Allison Lou

Anand Mahadevan

Deniz Makul 2022 Junwen Jenny Mao 2012 Suzanne Martin 1984

Chuck Mayer 1953

Professor Charles S. Mayer 1953

Jessica Monk, P ’20

Patricia Launt & Rylie Moore

Ezra Moos 2020 Michael Olijnyk 2010

Loui & Mary Opashinov, P ’88

Stan Pearl John S. Rodway 1954

F. David Rounthwaite 1965 Tom Sanderson ’55

Lyndon Shopsowitz 2007

Archie Yuqi Shou 2024

Katherine Spence, P ’88

Liz Stratton

Stephen Tang 2024

Dale Taylor 1960

Edward J. Tian 2018

Eric Tu 2021

Eva & Jamal Uddin, P ’89 Ken Ueno 1999

Ann Unger

UTS Teachers & Staff

Yichuan Wang 2020

Daniel Wong

Brynne Yarranton 2013

Ashley Yip ’18 & Chloe Yip 2023

Jessica Yu 2022

David Zhao 2019 Alex Zhuang 2020 Sharon Zillmer

IN MEMORY OF:

Kenneth Ball 1937

Roger Beare 1963

David Bell 1969

Ernest Black 1928 John Brace 1944 Gary Canlett 1954 Douglas Carter 1970 John Clarry 1938 Karen Cossar 1982

Robert Dowsett 1946 Gordon Elliot 1962 Jack Ellis 1954

Margaret Fleck, P ’72

Andrew Frow 2001 Maria Luisa Gardner 1983

Shaun Gollish 1977

Roy & Joyce Grant, P ’80

Joseph Keller

T.C. Kinnear 1928

Kenneth C Legge 1930

Andy Lockhart

Chris Loukras 1949

The Luther Brothers

John Lynch 1959 W. Bruce MacLean

Robert Laidlaw MacMillan 1934

Harry Maynard

Cheryl McCulloch

John Michael McCulloch 1967

Ron McMaster

Jody Ortved 1969

Warren MacKay Page 1979 Paul Patterson 1959 Chris Probert 1969 Peter Ridout 1944 John Ringer 1969 William Stewart Rogers 1933

Sam Roweis 1990 Jack Rutherford 1929 Douglas E Sanders 1944

Don Sanderson 1943 Michael Shoemaker 1952

Ruth E.K. Smith (Medwell) P ’76, ’78

Eric So 2001

John Stewart 1928 Marika Tamm 1984

John Archibald Thomson 1944

THE UTS ARBOR SOCIETY FOR PLANNED GIVING

Kate Tiley

Margaret Rose Adair Turnbull

Sonya Van Veen 2001

Dr. Horst Vogl, P ’73 Alex Wilkens

Terry Wills 1956 Susanna Wog

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 Gordon M. Barratt ’49

C. Derek Bate ’44, P ’71, ’73, ’75, Former Teacher

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 Duckworth, Former Teacher

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 G. Alan Fleming ’54 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 1975

Thomas H. B. Symons, C.C. ’47

Murray E. Treloar ’68

Gregory G. Turnbull ’73 Walter Vogl ’73

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LOOKING BACK

The renewal of a 109-year-old building is always certain to reveal hidden treasures, and sure enough, construction at 371 Bloor Street has unearthed some fascinating pieces of UTS history . When the south staircase near Huron Street was removed, several works of art, including cartoon characters and a mural of the UTS crest, emerged from behind the brick (top left, top right) Meanwhile, the removal of the UTS trophy case from the main lobby allowed for a glimpse of the original middle doorway to the John & Margaret Withrow Hall Before there was a UTS auditorium, each of the three doors in this photo (right) led to a separate classroom

As it turns out, building the future of UTS means taking a trip through the school’s history .