Crescent School Past & Present Magazine - Summer 2020

A Magazine for the Alumni of Crescent School

Summer 2020

Stepping Up to Serve Our special COVID-19 issue features Dr. Michael Warner ’96 and other Crescent community members who are leading with character during the pandemic.

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Special Issue

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Unprecedented.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed just about everything this spring, including our approach to this issue of Past & Present. During this extraordinary time, we’ve been heartened by the many stories of Crescent community members who responded to the crisis by reaching out to help others. Now we are proud to share their stories with you. Whether you’ve been working on the front lines or staying home to keep other people safe, enjoy the read.

Remi Ojo ’08

Fraser Chapman ’93

George Gleeson ’08

Tyler Hagan ’99

Ryan Bell ’98

Dr. Kieran Quinn ’01

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Nicholas Oprescu-Havriliuc ’18

D.J. Lynde ’03 Alex Karayannopoulos ’14

Naveen Gupta ’15

Cody Smith ’15

Basil Demeroutis ’87

Philip Lloyd ’09

Jamie Coulter ’87, P’21

Lincoln Mak ’10

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Words from the Alumni Chair

Stronger Together, Apart.

Mark Twain said “Be good and you will be lonesome.” He was never more right than in this time of physical distancing. As I write this, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected every facet of our lives and will continue to do so for months more. Like all crises, however, it has highlighted what is truly important. For Crescent School and the alumni, what has always been important is the people, not the place. And the people are good.

As a member of the Board of Governors, I’ve witnessed Crescent’s response throughout this crisis. Headmaster Fellin and his team designed Crescent’s Virtual Learning Program, providing a seamless transition to home learning after the March Break. At the Alumni Executive, we postponed our spring events, including the Dentonia Luncheon, Alumni Reunion and Friday Night Lights. And while the Class of 2020 graduation ceremony is postponed, we have come together to find special ways to welcome the Grads to the Alumni.

This issue of Past & Present highlights the significant contributions that many Crescent Alumni are making to help us all get through this unprecedented time. We’ve tried to capture as many stories as possible, so that we can all take pride in how our community is making a difference.

By the time you read this, I hope we are approaching a “normal life” again. I’m looking forward to the day when we can meet in person. Until then, I hope you and your loved ones are well and safe.

Tim Watson ’01 Chair, Crescent Alumni Executive

Past & Present is published twice a year

by Crescent School’s External Relations Department to help all alumni stay connected with the Crescent community.

Cover: Michael Warner ’96 by Melinda Josie

Editor: Leigh Bowser Editorial Committee: Leigh Bowser, Kathryn Foster, Leslie Pringle, Lynda Torneck Editorial Board: David Bruser ’95, Bert Fielding ’13, Philip Lloyd ’09, Dean Perlman ’15, Myles Slocombe ’92

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Art Direction & Design: Aegis Design Inc. Senior Designer: Sabrina Xiang Writers: Leigh Bowser, Warren Lang ’88 Illustrator: Melinda Josie Photographer: Betty-Ann Armstrong

Comments and suggestions about Past & Present are always welcome. Reach us at: Alumni Relations Office, Crescent School 2365 Bayview Avenue, Toronto ON M2L 1A2 e: alumni@crescentschool.org t: 416.449.2556 ext. 260

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Upfront / Experiences Home Schooling, Crescent Style

The pandemic was no match for our school spirit.

COVID-19 closed the campus, but it didn’t halt the boys’ education.

Crescent’s Virtual Learning Program kept students connected with their teachers, friends and schoolwork.

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Past / 2013 Crescent’s Team 610 conquered the world in 2013, winning the FIRST Robotics World Championship.

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OFSAA Silver for Senior Basketball In one of the last school athletics events before the COVID-19 closures, Crescent’s Senior D1 Basketball team played against the best of the best in the OFSAA “AA” Basketball Championship. The Coyotes reached the finals on March 11 and played with heart, but the final 47-41 victory went to Kingston’s Frontenac Secondary School. We’re proud of our boys for bringing home the silver medal.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY: WILLIAM KERR

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Saying Farewell to Retirees We extend best wishes to three long-serving Crescent staff who retired at the end of June.

Students Reach Out to Help Here are some ways Crescent boys responded to the COVID-19 crisis:

Greg Michalski joined Crescent’s faculty in 1993 and has shared his passion for science ever since.

He began teaching Grade 7 science and then moved to the Upper School faculty.

His Grade 11 Physics classes inspired many students to embark on careers in engineering and science, and he leaves an exemplary legacy as a mentor, coach, trip leader and supportive colleague.

Betty-Ann Armstrong was hired in 2001, initially to help build Crescent’s very first website.

In addition to web designer, she was also responsible for graphic design for Crescent’s Marketing & Communications team, and for several years she served as a U12 Hockey coach.

However, Ms. Armstrong may be best remembered in her role as school photographer, documenting life at Crescent for almost 20 years.

Back on Campus: Leonard Chan and George Reinblatt Class of ’95 alumni Leonard Chan and George Reinblatt were the special guest judges at Crescent’s Middle School public speaking competition in February. When not critiquing speeches by Grade 7 and 8 boys, George writes for top-level Hollywood comedians and Leonard is making a name for himself on the Canadian stand-up comedy circuit. It was good to have them back on campus!

Since 1987, Anne Fraser Burke has mentored the musical education of thousands of students through her work coordinating Crescent’s private music lessons program and teaching Lower School music. She accompanied the Crescent School Choir on several overseas excursions and supported many school plays and concerts as a conductor and accompanist.

Grade 11 students JT Zhang, Matton Xia and Timothy Wang raised over $14,000 for protective equipment for Scarborough Health Network.

Christian Alloway (Grade 10) 3D-printed protective visors for Project Northern Lights.

Yusef Lum (Grade 8) raised money to make protective visors for Michael Garron Hospital.

Tristan Sharma (Grade 12) raised $7,000 to buy groceries for families who live in subsidized housing.

Connor MacMillan (Grade 8) collected toiletries for Seaton House shelter.

Crescent’s Student Outreach Council members delivered food to downtown shelters.

Upper School students launched the Marathon For Medics fundraiser for Sunnybrook Hospital.

CRESCENT THEN

In 1985, Crescent staged the hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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Celebrating Outstanding Men of Character Congratulations to the newest recipients of the Alumni Recognition Awards. The awards honour Men of Character for their exceptional achievements and service to the community.

“From the Raptors to the Supreme Court to robotics, this year’s award winners are making their own unique mark in the world. And yet together, they share a drive and passion that is inspiring to us all.

Congratulations Eric, Gerald and Michael!”

—Philip Lloyd ’09, Chair, Alumni Recognition Awards Committee

Alumni Excellence Award

Young Alumni Excellence Award

Alumni Community Leadership Award

Gerald Chan ’99 won Osgoode Law School’s 2002 Alumni Gold Key as “One to Watch” and he has lived up to that promise. He’s now a partner with Stockwoods LLP, representing clients in criminal, constitutional and regulatory litigation. He served as counsel on 19 Supreme Court of Canada cases and co-edited and co-authored law texts.

Chan’s professional leadership includes serving as President of the Board for the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, as an Advocates’ Society faculty speaker, and as member of the Ontario Inmate Appeal Duty Counsel Program. In 2019, he was a Canadian Lawyer magazine Top 25 Most influential Award Winner.

Eric Khoury ’06 went from a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering and a master’s degree in experimental fluid dynamics to an NBA Championship ring. Recognizing that his work tracking particles overlapped with the NBA’s work tracking players on the court, Eric reached out to the data analytics director for the Toronto Raptors. That led to a one-year internship, which flourished into Eric’s 10-year career with the Raptors, where he is now an Assistant Coach and Director of Analytics. He’s always happy to share his passion for the game and enjoyed coming back to Crescent to work with the Senior D1 Basketball team this year.

Michael Yan ’05 was one of the original robotics Team 610 members, and he has been a leader in Team 610’s mentorship program ever since completing his Master of Engineering degree in 2003. Along with other alumni, Michael regularly provides advice and support to the Crescent students preparing for robotics competitions. He is a tremendous role model, ensuring that hard work, ingenuity, enthusiasm and fun are always found in the robotics lab.

And as a founder of Heliolytics, Michael also led the way in providing internship opportunities to Team 610 members and encouraging other mentors to do the same.

CRESCENT NOW

A new generation of Crescent students wowed audiences again with Joseph in 2020.

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Robots and Relationships— Celebrating 20 Years of Team 610

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After two decades, the Team 610 family has a lot of stories to tell. Fortunately, we were able to gather to share them at the 20th anniversary celebration held at Crescent School on February 22.

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“The robot is just the vehicle.

After all the technical stuff is stripped away, it is about the relationships, the self-discovery, the collaboration, the creativity and the resilience the boys develop.”

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—David Grant P’14, Dean of Academics and Team 610 founder

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04 Team 610 members past and present at the February 22 anniversary event 05 Team 610 members signed commemorative pictures presented at the anniversary event 06 2015/2016 Team 610 members

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“Thank you to all the alumni who provided the foundation that this year’s Team 610 stands on. We’re sure you will be impressed with how they represent Crescent and the 610 legacy.”

— Don Morrison, Director of Robotics

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Upfront / Faculty Focus

Taking the Crescent Experience Online

Crescent began 2020 faced with an unprecedented challenge: the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic would require a shift to online education while still maintaining what makes the Crescent experience unique. The outcome was the Virtual Learning Program, which has been widely praised for its delivery of high-level learning while also extending the relational approach that sets Crescent apart.

Michael Fellin, Headmaster

Nick Kovacs, Deputy Headmaster and Head of Upper School

Four days prior to the WHO declaring a global health emergency in January, Crescent activated its Health Response Team, which was commissioned to lead the school’s pandemic response.

On March 19, Crescent announced its Virtual Learning Program (VLP), which had been developed through a rapid design process.

The Health Response Team was formed to give Crescent an agile response capability to ensure the ongoing health and safety of our community. From the moment it was activated, the HRT laid the foundation for what we believed was inevitable: the unprecedented step of moving into emergency remote mode. That was the genesis of our Virtual Learning Program.”

We established three guiding principles for the VLP: Continuity, Flexibility and Community. Continuity reflected our commitment to deliver a meaningful education—no matter what—so the boys could finish the academic year on schedule.

Flexibility drove our phased approach and set the psychological safety, health and wellbeing of all stakeholders as our foremost priority. Community guided us toward maintaining the relationships and shared moments that are at the core of the Crescent experience. Right from the start, mentor meetings, assemblies and hallway conversations were as much on our minds as the classroom experience. If we didn’t have that, it wasn’t going to be Crescent School.”

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Upfront / Faculty Focus

“At school, my teachers would remind us if we need to be somewhere. With VLP, I have to remember what classes I have, and I am constantly looking at the clock to check the time. What works really well are the many Zoom meetings throughout the day. We have Zoom meetings in the morning for Home Form and French. We can also Zoom together for group work.” — Lucas Wong, Grade 5

“Adjusting to the new VLP schedule took the most time. Having quick 30-minute lessons versus 80-minute lessons was the biggest change from normal school. But having the flexibility to work anytime in the afternoon has allowed me to do many activities that I normally would not do during this time of year. I exercise daily, get enough sleep, and can spend time with family.” —Andrew Guo, Grade 10

Martha Miller, Director of Innovation and Technology

Isabelle Moore, Head of Modern Languages

As the COVID-19 situation evolved at breakneck speed, Crescent’s leadership, IT team and teachers hunkered down during March Break to sort out the technical details of making a seamless transition to the VLP.

On March 20, Headmaster Fellin held a full staff meeting to begin the transition to the Virtual Learning Program.

The first Zoom Mentor Group session with students took place on March 25 and Phase 1 of the VLP launched the next day.

Crescent’s preexisting culture of grassroots innovation meant we were well positioned to design and implement the VLP. We already had the tools in place for online learning, a critical mass of educators who have explored a variety of virtual learning modes, and a close-knit faculty who are incredibly supportive of each other. The VLP launch went smoothly because our teachers care so much about their craft and their students.

Even though this really threw them, because it meant completely reinventing how they deliver the curriculum, they buckled down and got to work figuring out the best way forward.”

A core premise of educating boys is that if they understand the expectations and feel like they can be successful, they will do the work. The effort students have put into the VLP shows that this idea of trusting boys is equally valid in an online context. We talk at length about how boys are relational learners. The fact that strategies I use in my classroom still work in an online setting tells me what we’re doing is real.”

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Present / April 2020 With the campus closed due to COVID-19, Crescent moved from classrooms to Zoom, including for Mentor Groups like this one.

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Perspective from the Headmaster

An Unprecedented Moment of Character

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s the COVID-19 outbreak took hold, accounts began to pour in of Crescent alumni and community members leaning into this moment of adversity in service of others.

These men and women of character were the inspiration for this special issue of Past & Present. Their stories speak to the many ways that Crescent is part of the larger narrative of the city and country. They illustrate how our alumni and community members are carrying our mission into the world.

In part, Crescent is about preparing boys to be men of service. We want them to learn to lead by exerting social impact and influence rather than striving for command and control. When our boys ask themselves “What is my legacy?”, we are inviting them to think about the lives they have impacted by helping others.

In the end, we educate boys because we believe that they can individually and collectively shape and support the larger community. And that’s exactly what our alumni, faculty, staff and community members have modelled during this unprecedented moment of character.

Veritate Stamus et Crescimus.

Michael Fellin P’24 Headmaster, Crescent School

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STEPPING FORW TO SERVE

Dr. Eileen de Villa P’19, ’21 is Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health and a member of Crescent School’s Board of Governors.

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Brian Saunderson ’80 is Mayor of Collingwood, Ontario.

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NG RWARD VE Dr. Michael Warner ’96 is Director of Critical Care at Michael Garron Hospital in east Toronto.

Thomas Herring ’16 is a computer and electrical engineering student at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

ADING WITH TER IN THE CRISIS. During the coronavirus outbreak, Crescent alumni and community members exemplified the kind of leadership that is woven into the school’s fabric. Not leadership for its own sake. Not leadership for promotion or paycheque. Leadership as an act of service. Here are some of their stories.

As told to Warren Lang ’88

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SITUATION CRITICAL

ILLUSTRATION BY: MELINDA JOSIE

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Dr. Michael Warner ’96 is Director of Critical Care at Michael Garron Hospital in east Toronto.

He led one of the earliest personal protective equipment (PPE) donation drives.

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s an ICU physician, I monitor public health issues pretty closely. On March 12th, when news broke about the situation in Italy, I saw that Canada was headed for a similar fate if we didn’t respond immediately. I composed an email to everyone I know—personally and professionally —imploring them to engage in maximal social distancing right away and to shut down all businesses, communal areas and social activities.

The next day, I got an email from Kelly Crowe, a healthcare reporter from CBC News. Someone had posted my email on Facebook, and Crowe was calling it an open letter.

I was so passionate about the issue I was happy to talk with her.

But I had no idea what would happen next. After Crowe’s article went live, I went from 400 Twitter followers to 2,700. Since then, I have done close to 100 media appearances, including being interviewed by Evan Solomon ’87 on CTV’s Power Play.

I’ve never had any media training, but I discovered that I have a skill set that parlays well to radio and television.

As an ICU physician, I have to be able to explain complex medical circumstances to families in everyday language so they can make what are often life and death decisions.

I didn’t intend to become a voice of the pandemic response, but I’m happy to share a perspective from the front lines. It’s valuable for people to understand

“If I had one message for the boys at Crescent, I would say that if you are a leader, you start something, you inspire people, and then they take it on. Their success is your success. You don’t have to own it the whole way. You just have to inspire people to take your idea and run with it.”

– Dr. Michael Warner ’96

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how the virus impacts patients, families and staff in an ICU, which is ultimately what matters most. More than anything, this experience reminded me that the best part of my job isn’t the medicine. It has everything to do with the people.

COVID-19’s impact on the ICU experience is intense. Patients requiring a ventilator can be dehumanized because they are under a general anesthetic and in a temporary coma to avoid permanent damage to their lungs. Families who normally stay in the ICU day and night can now only connect with ICU staff over the phone or videoconference. And for staff who are nervous and anxious about their exposure to COVID-19, being six feet apart while wearing a mask and shield makes it difficult for us to reassure each other.

Physical distancing causes emotional distance. All the ways that people normally connect have been taken away.

During a shift on March 21st, it clicked for me that the ICU team had another problem.

With my hospital’s burn rate for personal

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protective equipment, I realized we were going to run out of some items in a week. We could have all the ventilators in the world, but if no one can safely go in a room to turn on the machine, monitor a patient’s progress or even clean, the ICU couldn’t function.

I knew that PPE like gloves and surgical masks were common items on construction sites, at nail salons and tattoo parlours, and for non-essential healthcare services like cosmetic surgeons. We needed a PPE drive, and we needed it right away.

That night, a buddy of mine and I bought the URL “theppedrive.com” and pulled an all-nighter building a website.

The next day, we got to work sorting out the details of the drive, like getting clearance from my hospital to collect all the PPE. We launched on March 23rd.

“This crisis has shown us all that we truly are in this together.

We have to take care of each other. And we need to remember that society is built on the shoulders of people who make $15 an hour.”

– Dr. Michael Warner ’96

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The response was unbelievable. It spread rapidly to other hospitals, and PPE drop-off sites starting popping up all over Ontario.

People leapt into action. And our website became a hub for other COVID-19 response activities like restaurants feeding front-line staff, distilleries making hand sanitizer, people sewing masks, and companies with 3D printers generating face shields.

This experience has been an incredible reminder that when you start something, you never know what it’s going to turn into.

If I had one message for the boys at Crescent, I would say that if you are a leader, you start something, you inspire people, and then they take it on. Their success is your success. You don’t have to own it the whole way. You just have to inspire people to take your idea and run with it.

I hope we can all learn the main lesson of this pandemic. We truly are in this together. We have to take care of each other.

And we all need to remember that our society is built on the shoulders of people who make $15 an hour: the people who stock the shelves, drive the bus, clean floors.

The world comes to a grinding halt if these people can’t do their job. We need to value their essential work and respect them.

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A HEALTHY DOSE OF HONESTY Dr. Eileen de Villa P’19, ’21 is Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health and a member of Crescent School’s Board of Governors.

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FAMILY SUPPORT Aidan de Villa-Choi ’19 just completed his first year at the University of Waterloo in geomatics.

Nicholas de Villa-Choi ’21 recently finished Grade 11 at Crescent. They had a front-row view as their mother, Dr. Eileen de Villa, led Toronto’s pandemic response.

We are used to Mom being busy, but this situation is certainly nothing we have ever experienced before. There has never been anything to this extent in her work.

During the height of the crisis, sometimes one of us would call her when we were going to bed at midnight and say, “Hopefully your day’s wrapping up,” and she’d say, “I’ve actually got three more hours on my plate.” You could hear how tired she was, but she was always positive and upbeat. We just try to support her to the best of our ability, knowing that it must be really

hard for her to go through all of this.

We are definitely confident that she can handle things. She’s incredibly capable. We definitely have some worry when we hear how tired she is and that she’s working sometimes more than 18 hours a day. We worry about how she will maintain that pace over a long period of time. But she always seems to be taking it in stride. When we talk to her or see her on TV or in clips on Twitter, she has an air of confidence that makes you feel like everything is going to be all right.

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s Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, I am in a doctor-patient relationship with three million people.

My job is to deliver the best possible care for them, which begins with having the best available evidence. The challenge with COVID-19 is that the science is not established. We don’t have the same knowledge as with other coronaviruses like SARS and MERS. And asymptomatic infections are a relatively new phenomenon we are just beginning to understand.

Given the uncertainties and risks associated with COVID-19, ongoing communication has been essential. People need to hear something several times before it makes sense for them, so I have used all available channels to communicate as often as possible.

“At the end of the day, I’m serving the public. This is a doctor-patient relationship. I’m going to tell it like it is. I’m also going to make sure my patients know I care about them.”

– Dr. Eileen de Villa P’19, ’21

I’m accountable to my three million patients to offer the best possible assessment, diagnosis and treatment plan. I want everyone to know what to expect, including the potential benefits and downsides. That’s where honesty is crucial. I always tell it like it is. I don’t hide. I view being completely honest as a form of care. People need to know that I care about them. And they need me to be upfront with them that it’s going to be hard. I can’t count the number of times I said in my press briefings, “This is difficult.

It’s challenging.”

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ILLUSTRATION BY: MELINDA JOSIE

Sometimes, I had to be really hard on the public, as I did at a news conference that one of my colleagues called my “social distancing smackdown.” At the time, there wasn’t enough adherence to the distancing guidelines we had prescribed. I had to make it clear that getting your kids together for a play date is not social distancing. Having your friends over for a dinner party is not social distancing. That’s like only taking half of a course of antibiotics—it undermines the effectiveness of the treatment protocol.

Ultimately, the people of Toronto are to be commended for their commitment to following the guidelines. I know it has been very hard, especially for particular segments of the population. But by following the guidelines, we worked together to dramatically alter the course of the virus. We did everything possible to keep people safe and healthy.

At some point in the foreseeable future, the virus will abate, and we will move ahead into a new normal. When we do, my sincere hope is that we have a fresh perspective on the underlying public health challenges in our city. We have all experienced how easily something like a virus can take away everything we hold dear. We have an obligation to use that knowledge to change how we do things.

In particular, I hope we emerge with a renewed understanding of the link between public health and the standard of living of our most vulnerable populations. To move toward a healthier, more resilient world, we need to move toward a more equitable world.

In a thriving, international, developed city like Toronto, there is no reason for 8,000 people to be living on the streets. It didn’t use to be this way. And it doesn’t have to be in the future. We just have to maintain the conviction that drove our pandemic response and use it to address pervasive social and economic inequalities.

“I hope we emerge with a renewed understanding of the link between public health and the standard of living of our most vulnerable populations.

To move toward a healthier, more resilient world, we need to move toward a more equitable world.”

– Dr. Eileen de Villa P’19, ’21

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Jonathan Norris ’07 is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Taplytics.

Together, they founded COVID Box.

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avid: On March 25th, my wife Dana, who’s on maternity leave from her role as an ER physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, showed me images of a plexiglass “aerosol” box made by a doctor in Taiwan. The shield protects healthcare workers when they intubate a patient who has COVID-19. Dana told me her colleagues would love to have one just like it.

When I discovered that the box plans were open source, I began thinking back to my experiences bending plastic in Mr. David Grant’s Grade 9 tech class. One thing led to another, and I had a hand-built prototype to share with Dana’s colleagues at Sunnybrook.

The design was well received, and the clinicians asked when I would be able to deliver several more. Knowing I needed help to scale the operation, I reached out to some Crescent contacts who had pursued careers in science and engineering. That led me to Michael Yan ’05, who put me in touch with Jonathan.

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onathan: When the COVID-19 situation was exploding, Gloria Cheung, Head of Finance at Taplytics, approached me with an opportunity.

She explained that some of her ER doctor friends were looking for someone to build them a version of the Taiwan box.

I got to work on CAD drawings of a new box design while also figuring out how to build a prototype.

I reached out to contacts I made through my ongoing involvement in Crescent robotics. It turned out that a company called Eventscape, which specializes in building architectural models, had already pivoted to COVID-related work, so the box project was a good fit. We began iterating on a prototype by gathering feedback from Gloria’s ER contacts.

Around that time, Michael suggested David and I get together. It was a great fit.

David focused his business acumen on building a website, securing funding and sorting out distribution channels. Meanwhile, I kept refining our design. In particular, I added a feature that ended up being a key differentiator—making the box flat packable like IKEA furniture. That would enable us to easily ship a box anywhere in the world.

“David and I are very proud to have done our part to keep front-line healthcare providers safe. It seems like a very Crescent thing to do.”

– Jonathan Norris ’07

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On March 30th, our COVIDbox.org website went live, and we were on our way to raising $20,000 through a GoFundMe campaign. Since then, we have connected with over 100 hospitals across North America and made our box design open source. People around the world are using our plans to build COVID Boxes for their local hospitals. Our flat-packable design has also made our box an in-demand option in remote areas that lack resources. We have shipped to places as far away as Fort McMurray, Georgia and California.

David and I are very proud to have done our part to keep front-line healthcare providers safe. It seems like a very Crescent thing to do.

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THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON PROTECTING Michael Carrier ’08 is founder and CEO of custom apparel company Charitees. During the COVID-19 response, he repurposed his supply chain to launch giveamask.ca.

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CAMPFIRE SESSIONS

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hen COVID-19 hit, I realized I could leverage my existing network of stitching operations to manufacture non-surgical masks at scale in Ontario.

Doing so would not only address a need for masks, it would also provide employment for companies that had been shuttered due to a lack of demand.

While I was contacting suppliers and prototyping a new mask, I mapped out a sustainable business model that would enable customers to donate masks to vulnerable populations whenever they bought one for themselves. That concept led to GiveAMask and also to partnerships with the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto and Feed the Need in Durham.

Based on my research, I learned that while non-surgical masks do not protect the wearer against the virus, they dramatically reduce the potential for the wearer to spread it.

Both the possibility of asymptomatic infection and the need for certified PPE to be reserved for front-line healthcare staff mean that we need a steady supply of non-surgical masks.

“This initiative has been a way for me to do my part. I had the existing knowledge and networks. I just had to repurpose them.”

01 Michael Carrier ’08 models one of his masks

– Michael Carrier ’08

Initially, organizations like the WHO and CDC didn’t encourage wearing non-surgical masks, but that quickly changed. At a news conference on April 6, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer explained that the special advisory committee on COVID-19 had come to a consensus that wearing a non-medical mask was beneficial in situations where physical distancing is difficult.

This initiative has been a way for me to do my part. I had the knowledge and networks.

I just had to repurpose them. It seemed like the least I could do to help keep people safe.

Charlie Mills ’99 teaches in Crescent’s Middle School.

He found a new audience for his music during home isolation.

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My band was rehearsing for a gig to launch our new record, Unorganized North. The rehearsals sounded great and over a hundred people had committed to attend. Then the COVID-19 situation ramped up, and I made the call to cancel the show.

I heard from several friends that parenting during home isolation was a struggle. I decided to put on a show for kids. I called it the Little People Concert.

I streamed it over Instagram Live via @charliemillsmusicgram.

It was a half hour of me playing from my balcony. Eighty-five people watched and there was lots of positive feedback.

That same week, I put on a Big People Campfire for adults.

I projected a campfire on my wall, lit candles and wore my camp clothes. People loved the weird manufactured camp setting.

It really felt like we were just hanging out. Audience members commented how nice it was to reconnect with friends they hadn’t seen in a while. Lots of individual video chats popped up throughout the night.

Both concerts were such a success that I moved them to YouTube. I’ve kept the concerts going. It’s been a really cool experience.

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HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SOLUTION

ILLUSTRATION BY: MELINDA JOSIE

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Thomas Herring ’16 is a computer and electrical engineering student at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

He was part of a team that designed and built an automated ventilation device for COVID-19 patients.

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ver since I can remember, I’ve been interested in robotics and intelligent systems. It was one of the things that drew me to Crescent in the first place, along with the emphasis on building character as a basis for life.

In 2013, when I joined the robotics team, we went on to become World Champions.

It was a pivotal moment in my life that shifted me toward seriously considering robotics as a career. I ended up attending Rice University for my undergrad. While here, I’ve been working in a maker space called the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen. It’s like a turbocharged version of Crescent’s tech lab.

In early March, as I was adjusting to living in isolation in Houston, I got a text from Amy Kavalewitz, the Design Kitchen’s Project Director. She was putting a team together for an emergency project and needed someone to handle the coding. I jumped at the opportunity.

Amy and her team had been following the news about the shortage of mechanical ventilators in hospitals. They remembered that two years ago, an undergraduate team at Rice designed and built a prototype of a device that automatically squeezed a bag-valve mask ventilator.

Our mission was to take those plans, update them, and churn out an automatic device that could be used to treat a COVID-19 patient anywhere in the world.

“When we were mapping out our machine, we essentially solved it the same way you would design a solution for a robotics competition at Crescent. The principles and process are the same.”

– Thomas Herring ’16

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We started by making several critical decisions. We agreed to only use basic pro-totyping tools that would be widely available, in this case a 3D printer and laser cutter. We chose to use Arduino as the interface between the computer and the device. It’s an off-the-shelf electronics solution that attaches via a USB cable and can be purchased on Amazon.

We also decided to keep the mechanical components simple and cost-effective. We wanted it to be possible to build the device almost anywhere in the world. To do so, the complicated elements of the design would need to be in the intelligent control, which we could share by making the computer code open source along with the plans. That’s where I came in. As software lead, I was responsible for designing and programming the controls that run the machine.

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“The most complicated part of our project was trying to deliver a really intuitive design.”

– Thomas Herring ’16

The big challenge with this project was making the device intuitive enough that a clinician or nurse with no technical background—and little or no training— could use it.

We mapped out the problem in essentially the same fashion we used at Crescent for a robotics competition. Consulting with an ER physician from the Baylor College of Medicine named Dr. Rohith Malya, we asked questions like, “What settings would you like to have on a ventilator? What would the perfect solution look like for you?”

Dr. Malya explained the variables the device needed to control. First, the respiratory rate—how many breaths per minute the patient would take. Second, the tidal volume —how much air is being forced into the lungs with each compression of the bag. Finally, the inhale-exhale ratio—how long a patient spends breathing in versus breathing out.

We began iterating and prototyping, which meant I spent long hours tapping away on a keyboard. In the end, once the device was up and running, we ran it for 250 hours straight—one week—on an artificial lung.

It didn’t fault once.

With that proof of concept complete, we were ready to share the automated ventilator, called the ApolloBVM, with the world.

Rice gave us the green light to make the design, parts list and code open source.

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01 The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen team 02 An overhead shot of the ApolloBVM automated ventilator 03 The team’s engineers work on a mechanical prototype of the device 04 Thomas Herring ’16 speaks with a local printed circuit board manufacturer

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The university also issued a press release, which got picked up quickly by the local news and then by national outlets like MSNBC and The Wall Street Journal. We started to hear about teams all over the world using our specs. Meanwhile, we began the process of getting approval for it to be used on patients here in the United States.

This project was the culmination of my entire robotics education to date. It was also far and away the most applied and intense project I have ever worked on. I’ve had internships at Google X and with local companies, but nothing so pressing and immediately relevant.

It was an incredible experience, and I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to participate. I am also struck by the fact that what drew me to Crescent all those years ago—robotics and becoming a Man of Character—came together in my work with the ApolloBVM design team.

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SHELTER IN PLACE Hessam Ghadaki ’99 is General Counsel at Times Group, a GTA developer.

Andrew Boozary ’03 is The University Health Network’s Executive Director, Health and Social Policy, and co-lead of the Toronto region COVID-19 homelessness response.

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As children of refugees, we are both acutely aware of how important it is for a society to provide supports that help people get back on their feet. That knowledge fuels our sense of social purpose.

In mid-March, when most people were moving into self-isolation, that option was not available to the roughly 8,000 people living on Toronto’s streets. For anyone living in a shelter or encampment, there was no protection from the virus. That isn’t just an issue for those individuals. It is a public health issue for all of us.

When Hessam and I talked about the impossible living conditions facing our homeless population, he identified two Times Group buildings in midtown Toronto that were being vacated prior to demolition. We decided to explore making those buildings available temporarily as a shelter where individuals could self-isolate while transitioning to a long-term living arrangement.

Hessam: Several factors enabled the project to get up and running quickly. Andrew is a prominent figure in the effort to increase access to affordable and supportive housing in Toronto. As a public health leader, he has many relationships with the City and with health and social agencies. Additionally, Times Group was already a player in the shelter space. In 2018, we made a building at 5800 Yonge Street available as a 400-bed refugee centre. It’s now the Willowdale Welcome Centre, one of the largest shelter spaces of its kind in Canada.

Soon after the call with Andrew, I spoke to the partners at Times Group, including my uncle Ali Mesgarzadeh P’19, ’23, who immediately agreed to make the buildings

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available. While a Times Group construction team prepared the buildings for new residents, I got to work on an agreement for the City of Toronto to use the buildings for its Streets to Homes transitional program.

The new shelter has 125 furnished apartments, each with independent kitchens and bathrooms. Clients receive three meals a day and have access to laundry and free WiFi. There is also ongoing screening for COVID-19 symptoms and enhanced infection prevention and control measures.

Clients receive 24/7 supports and case management to develop a plan to secure long-term housing while addressing immediate needs.

Andrew: Hessam led the way in designing an agreement for the City to rent each apartment for $55/night and for Times Group to donate the entirety of the $500,000 net proceeds to the Daily Bread Food Bank and Second Harvest. He also arranged for Times Group to make the donation before a single payment was received or any clients had moved into the facility.

We are proud to have participated in this project. We are also acutely aware that the problems facing our city are much larger than a single shelter. We must all do our part to coordinate across sectors to address pressing social, economic and health issues facing our vulnerable populations.

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care administrators, first responders at the OPP detachment, paramedic services and fire department, and the grocery store staff, transit workers and critical workers who keep life moving.

My role also put me at the heart of the challenges facing our community. A major concern was that very little of the initial provincial and federal funding was going to flow to our residents. Collingwood is known nationally as an entrepreneurial hub. Of our roughly 3,100 businesses, about 65% of them are unincorporated sole entrepreneurs. Those businesses don’t generally issue T4s, which meant they did not qualify for the business loans offered by higher levels of government.

Our Council coordinated effectively with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, which was working with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to find a solution. The impressive coordination between levels of government was inspiring.

Here at home, our Council struck an Economic Support and Recovery Task Force and allocated $2.5 million to a COVID-19 contingency fund to support our residents and businesses. We also put a 90-day property tax deferral program in place.

My experience during the crisis underscored what I have learned about leadership beginning with my days at Crescent.

Leadership is about action. You’re not out front. You are walking behind everyone and doing the heavy lifting. When things go well, the credit goes to the team. When they don’t go well, the buck stops with you.

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CIRCULAR ECONOMY OF CARE Brian Saunderson ’80 is Mayor of Collingwood, Ontario.

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espite the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 virus, being Mayor of Collingwood during the pandemic has been one of the most inspiring experiences of my life.

Municipal politics is the grassroots level of government. It’s an ongoing dialogue between residents and council. I’ve had an opportunity to see the grit in our community’s DNA firsthand.

Collingwood is unique because it has a circular economy. Sixty-six percent of our employed working-age residents have a job in town. Most communities our size don’t have that level of employment. People are deeply invested in this place. When the isolation orders came down, we were well positioned to support each other.

Our local distillers began producing hand sanitizer and a local toy company retooled one of its factories to make face masks. Other groups got together to make face shields and sew masks for the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital and for our half dozen senior residences.

The Town staff did an incredible job adapting our services by building a web portal called Collingwood Together Volunteer Database. It matches volunteers with services such as delivering medications or groceries to seniors. Town staff also launched Rally Point, which enables local fitness and yoga providers to deliver online programming for residents.

Of course, I was also privileged to interact with the incredible frontline workers who stepped up to keep us all healthy and safe.

Collingwood could not have carried on without the efforts of doctors, nurses, health-

“Leadership is about action. You’re not out front.

You are walking behind everyone and doing the heavy lifting.”

– Brian Saunderson, ’80

01 Touring the Collingwood General & Marine Hospital with CEO Norah Holder 02 Martin Oosterveld and Mayor Brian Saunderson ‘80 show off some of the face shields being made for local seniors’ homes and long-term care facilities 03 Mayor Brian Saunderson, Fire Chief Ross Parr, Inspector Mary Shannon (OPP) and Collingwood Optimist Club President Christopher Baines update local media via a videoconference that was also livestreamed on Youtube

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Life After Crescent

Milestones and Celebrations Have personal or career news to share? Send your Life After Crescent updates to alumni@crescentschool.org.

1980s & earlier Jamie Doolittle ’58 was elected President of PROBUS Canada, after serving on its Board of Directors for the past four years. PROBUS is an association for retired and semi-retired people.

Jamie lives with his wife Carol in Cobourg, Ontario.

They look forward to travelling across Canada when the pandemic crisis ends and hope to meet Crescent alumni on their travels.

1990s Arthur Wong ’93 and his wife Pauline welcomed their daughter, Kristen Abby Wong, on November 30.

Humza Teherany ’96 and Greg Athaide ’96 collaborated in January 2020 at an OntarioMD Board Strategy session in Toronto. Humza is currently the Chief Technology and Digital Officer at MLSE and the President of the CIO Association of Canada. Greg is the Chief of Ob/Gyn at Lakeridge Health and is on the Board of Directors of both OntarioMD and the Ontario Medical Association. Greg and Humza have remained close friends since graduation and look forward to enjoying shrimp with spicy salt at Rol San again together once the pandemic restrictions lift!

Jamie Coulter ’87 P’21 was promoted to EVP, Head of Wealth Management, Private Client Group at Raymond James in December 2019.

Christophe Beck ’87 composed the soundtrack to Disney’s Frozen II, released in November 2019.

Evan Solomon ’87 won a “Best Host, Talk Show or Entertainment News” Canadian Screen Award in May 2020 for his work hosting Question Period.

Steven Curtis ’95 is now a Key Account Executive at Google in Denver, Colorado.

2000s Karn Dev ’98 and Tom Dobson ’98 relived a Celine Dion concert experience when they saw her show with their wives in Toronto in December. The first time Karn and Tom saw Dion perform was when they attended her concert together 21 years ago, the year they graduated from Crescent.

Ryan Austin ’04 was appointed as Chair of the Ontario Medical Association Section on Plastic Surgery in January.

He also became the Lead of the Next Generation Editors for the Aesthetic Surgery Journal and the Ethics Committee Representative for Canada for the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Ryan works as a plastic surgeon in Toronto.

Willy Chyr ’05 was listed by New Yorker magazine for creating one of the top video games in 2019: Manifold Garden.

Chris Penner ’05 co-founded a new coaching and professional training company called Sherpas, building on his career as a trained life and leadership coach.

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Life After Crescent

Blair Livingston ’07 married Jessica Simons on December 31 at the Hacienda Sarria in KitchenerWaterloo. Their celebration with family and close friends, including Crescent alumni Ted Livingston ’05, Michael Livingston ’02, Jerry Guo ’07 and Andrew Markham ’07, included a New Year’s Eve countdown with a balloon drop on the dance floor.

Nicholas Chiu ’12 is now a Resident Physician in Internal Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School.

Marko Popovic ’12 has been accepted to the Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology Program at Harvard University.

Matthew Corolis ’13 and Carter Smith ’13 received a special mention in the World Health Organization’s Health For All Film Festival for their documentary Cancer Divided.

Their film explores the staggering statistics about women living with cancer in Africa.

Kevin Carmichael ’07 and his wife Kayla welcomed their first baby, Eleanor Mildred Carmichael, on February 12.

Sam Davison ’14, Scott McFarland ’14 and Alex Reid ’14 all found out in January that they passed their CPA exams.

2010s George Gleeson ’08 married Emma Daccord on March 21 in Emma’s parents’ living room. Due to COVID-19, they are postponing a larger celebration until it is safe to do so, and then many Crescent alumni, including groomsmen Dan Moor ’08 and Matt Wolfe ’08, will be in attendance.

Matti Keskikyla ’10 was promoted in May to Director from Principal Consultant at Isaac Operations, a business consulting firm in Toronto.

Eric Anderson ’11 is now the Head of Business Operations at Gem, an online recruitment platform in San Francisco.

Naveen Gupta ’15 is entering his second year of medical school at Georgetown University in Washington. He is on the Georgetown hockey team and volunteers as the president of Georgetown’s arts and medicine section, which promotes and celebrates medical student creativity.

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Life After Crescent

Asher Weiss ’14 recently started a new role as Mobile Product Manager at the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. In this new role, Asher will be responsible for overseeing the Golden State Warriors + Chase Center mobile application, which allows fans to access and upgrade tickets, order food from their phone, buy parking in advance and virtually explore all that the newly built Chase Center has to offer. Given the current circumstances of COVID -19, the app is more integral than ever in engaging Warriors fans across the globe. Previously, he was employed as an Innovation Specialist at the Orlando Magic.

Ryley Henderson ’15 is working towards his Masters in Finance at the University College London. He completed his undergraduate degree in economics and management at the University of St Andrews.

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Go to crescentalumni.org to find mentoring opportunities, internship positions, reunions and networking events, news from your former classmates and ways to get involved at Crescent.

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Cody Smith ’15 graduated from Queen’s University in January and now works with Lawrence Park Asset Management as a Business Development Associate.

Jack Lougheed ’18 is in his second year of the Bachelor of Commerce Co-Op Program at Dalhousie University.

On his most recent co-op assignment, Jack worked on the trading floor for Equity Sales and Trading at RBC in Toronto.

In Memoriam Mark Lewis ’84 Mark Lewis passed away on April 21 at age 55 as the result of a heart attack. Mark will be best remembered for his kindness and generosity of spirit, having dedicated his life to helping others. For the last 10 years, Mark, in support of his wife Brenda who headed the program, taught children with disabilities to ski at the Track 3 Ski Association. In 2002, he dropped all that he was doing to help his brother Randy build his house in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Mark was an exceptional athlete with a deep passion for hockey. Teammates and opponents alike won’t forget the five years he captained the Crescent hockey team during high school. He continued playing twice a week until the time of his death. Mark was also passionate about the outdoors, dividing his weekend time between Muskoka, Christie Lake, and Thornbury where he enjoyed fly fishing, canoeing and skiing.

Mark started and successfully ran his own business for the last 15 years: Toronto Fire Protection Inc. Mark’s infectious smile and memorable laugh will be fondly remembered by all who knew him. He is deeply mourned by his wife Brenda Brooks, his parents Gordon Lewis and Gwen Heinke, his sisters Sue-Ann Lewis and Andrea Lewis, his brother Randy Lewis ’85 and a wide circle of extended family, friends and clients.

Michael Nedham P’96 Michael Nedham, who served as a Crescent Board of Governors Chair from 1996 to 1998, passed away peacefully in Kelowna on May 29, 2020 in his 80th year. Michael had a long business career and was the co-founder of Lancaster Financial, later acquired by TD Bank. He spent three years as Managing Director of TD Securities and in 2001, he co-founded Newport Partners. Michael leaves Carol, his wife of 53 years, his children Suzanne McBriar, Julie Slootweg, Scott ’96 and seven grandchildren. Michael and Carol were living in Kelowna, BC where they retired in 2010. John Tansey, who was Headmaster during Michael’s term as Chair, said, “Mike was a most supportive Chairman and we developed a strong friendship during our long time together. For me, he was one of the greats.” Crescent is very thankful for the generous Legacy Gift left to the School through Michael’s estate.

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