The Root Fall 2023

THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

FALL 2023

Celebrating 50 Years of Co‑education at UTS

A HALF-CENTURY OF SOMA

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Aaron Dantowitz ’91 PRESIDENT, UTSAA

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Great strides in gender equity Like most of the Class of 1991, I turned 50 this year. Naturally, my classmates and I consider 1973 to be a very good vintage. But it is not all about us: 1973 also marked a birth of sorts for UTS. It was 50 years ago that the original vision of the “Schools” as an educator of both boys and girls finally came to fruition, and the first co‑educational class entered the doors of 371 Bloor Street West, along with the school’s first female faculty.

Ambitions were initially modest. Principal Don Gutteridge told the Toronto Star, “I think the boys and girls will help each other in the maturing process.” Other milestones followed. UTS entered the high school girls’ sports scene. In 1986, students elected a female school captain for the first time. Three inspiring women in a row have served as principal (please extend a warm welcome to new UTS Principal Dr. Leanne Foster!). And over the years, the ranks of alumnae have steadily grown, representing UTS in countless fields of endeavour, from genetics research to diplomacy to education to filmmaking to information technology.

This year, we rightly celebrate 50 years of strides that UTS has made in the area of gender equity. It is not the last frontier, however.

The removal of other barriers to a UTS education remains a goal, and a challenge. Enhancing the school’s bursary program is one priority.

Fifty years from now, when the centenarians of the Class of 1991 look back on what more our community has achieved, let them rejoice again. ■

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOLS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 371 Bloor Street West, Room 250 Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R7

UTSAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

Aaron Dantowitz ’91

Aaron.Dantowitz@utschools.ca

VICE PRESIDENT

Laura Money ’81

Web: www.utschools.ca/alumni

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Dr. Leanne Foster

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SECRETARY

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT

Adarsh Gupta ’12

Laura.Money@utschools.ca

Adarsh.Gupta@utschools.ca

Jonathan Bitidis ’99

Geoffrey Hung ’93

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TREASURER

Peter Frost ’63

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Garry Kollins

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DIRECTORS Jonathan.Bitidis@utschools.ca

Geoffrey.Hung@utschools.ca

Aaron Chan ’94

Mark Opashinov ’88

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Instagram: @utschools

Hana.Dhanji@utschools.ca

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Anne.Fleming@utschools.ca

Hana Dhanji ’05

Anne Fleming ’85

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Bob Pampe ’63

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Julia Pomerantz ’12

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Avanti Ramachandran ’09 Avanti.Ramachandran@utschools.ca

Morgan Ring ’07

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Tim Sellers ’78

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Jessica Ware ’95

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UTS acknowledges we are situated on the traditional territory of many Indigenous nations including the Anishnabeg peoples – the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Chippewa – as well as the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, which is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that the land is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. We are grateful to honour this land through our dedication to learning and ongoing commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.

CONTENTS 8

A BOLDNESS OF SPIRIT Celebrating 50 years of co-education at UTS

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COMING FULL CIRCLE AT SOMA Fifty years of diplomatic solutions created by globally-minded teens

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DR. LEANNE FOSTER New UTS principal

REGULAR FEATURES UTS Board Report . . . . . . . . 4

In School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Principal’s Report. . . . . . . . . 4

Alumni News. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Giving Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Donor Report . . . . . . . . . . . 30

PUBLISHER

PHOTOGRAPHY/ILLUSTRATION

ON THE COVER

Martha Drake

Martha Drake, Kimberley Fehr, Emma Jenkin ’03, Dahlia Katz, Kara Lysne‑Paris, S6 (grade 12) Moineau, Doug Nicholson– Sunnybrook Hospital, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto

UTS alumnae featured in the cover story, colour photos clockwise from top right: Leslie Allen ’78, Marina Jimenez ’82, Shereen Ladha ’06, Victoria Shen ’93, Meg Graham ’89, P ’27 and Cari Whyne ’87, P ’24.

MANAGING EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER

Kimberley Fehr PROOFREADER

Morgan Ring ’07 DESIGN

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Dr. Leanne Foster, the new principal of UTS. CONTRIBUTORS

Our thanks to this issue’s contributors: Peter Buzzi ’77, Martha Drake, Dr. Leanne Foster, Marina Jimenez ’82, David LeGresley ’77, University of Toronto Department of Philosophy.

Published spring and fall, The Root is available to all alumni, parents and friends of UTS. The Root is also available at: www.utschools.ca/root. Contact us at alumni@utschools.ca or 416-978-3919 to update your address or to receive your copy electronically.

UTS BOARD REPORT

Peter Buzzi ’77

Board Chair, UTS

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dr. Leanne Foster Principal, UTS

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The Class of 2023 threw their blue caps skyward in the Fleck Atrium, marking another first for our school – the inaugural graduation of students held at our renewed home in the state-of-the-art Withrow Auditorium. Our grads stood poised on the verge of their futures, with the power to have an impact in our challenging, everchanging world, thanks to the exceptional education they received at UTS. UTS is the kind of school that stays with you. For my classmates and me, our experience meant so much to us that we banded together to make the Class of 1977 an official UTS Founder of our renewed school, because we believe it is vital to give back to the places that shape you. I am also grateful for the support of the UTS Bursary Program that made it possible for me to attend. Today, as UTS continues our purpose of graduating students who will take initiative and lead as socially-responsible global citizens, our admissions ethos remains firmly based on academic merit and potential, but with a sharp lens on greater diversity and inclusion.

With the success of the new building, the strategy of the Board now is striving to ensure a wider pool of exceptional students seek out and are able to access a UTS education, regardless of their financial means. This is integral to our efforts on antiracism, equity, diversity and inclusion, which include fostering economic diversity among our students.

We’ve come far in the last few years, and are excited to have new UTS Principal Dr. Leanne Foster to drive the momentum forward. As head of school at Trafalgar Castle School, she championed equity while developing a robust academic program to prepare students for our rapidly-changing world. Her doctoral research on school improvement and educational change management bodes well for our future. Together, we will take bold strides forward to bring our strategy to life, enhancing the unique and important institution that is UTS to better serve the needs of all our students. ■

Anything feels possible. We are both privileged and challenged to live at a time in history when the confluence of societal, environmental and scientific changes will create great difficulties and extraordinary opportunities. An eternal optimist – I always see the glass as half full – I view this as a time where a UTS education matters more than ever.

As the new principal, this fall gave me a whirlwind introduction to the extraordinary tradition of excellence in education that is UTS. Thank you to everyone for being so welcoming, including the Board of Directors, outgoing principal Rosemary Evans and the entire UTS community. Getting to know our students is such a joy – they are so young, precocious and excited about learning. Our alumni are an inspiration, in your lives and achievements and how you remain truly dedicated to our school, some even half a century or more after graduation! Our thriving affiliation with the University of Toronto connects our school to one of the best universities in the world, providing a home on campus for our iconic renewed school.

What we do together within these walls creates the potential for transformation. I’m excited to build upon our school’s efforts to move towards fostering a greater culture of belonging and inclusion for all of our students. Belonging is not the same as “fitting in” – changing to exist in ways that deny the uniqueness of who we are. Belonging is showing up as our true authentic selves and feeling safe enough within our community to be present, known and seen.

Belonging frees our students to delve deeper into intellectual exploration and think more creatively, and is essential to allowing excellence to thrive.

In time, incremental changes add up to real change, a sea change in our perspectives and understanding. These are the ways we build the future together, with kindness, empathy and brave conversations, and I look ahead to finding the way forward with you. ■

BACK TO BURSARY If the philanthropic evidence from this past year is any indication, the time has come for UTS to get back to bursary.

When you see the donor report within these pages, you will notice that our community’s generous support of financial aid last year was the strongest since the mid-1990s, when the loss of provincial funding sent UTS into crisis mode. Thankfully, we are not in crisis today but instead in a position to forge our future.

The year 2023 was an exceptionally happy one for UTS. Back in our home at 371 Bloor Street West, we celebrated our milestone events in our beautiful renewed school. The final space to be completed, the Withrow Auditorium, served as a majestic venue for graduation this past June and also for the first assembly of the school year this September, where we welcomed our new principal, Dr. Leanne Foster, and our students and staff.

With the school building and perhaps, more importantly, our affiliation with the University of Toronto in good stead, the time has come to refocus our attention on bursary. This is because meritocracy and accessibility are the very essence of UTS and cannot exist without a robust bursary program for our students.

A UTS alum recently described the differentiator and significance of a UTS education as a trajectory. While all students who enter UTS are extraordinarily capable and would likely thrive in any academic environment, UTS launches students on a trajectory that helps them excel in their post-UTS academic careers and indeed, in life. This comment resonated with me as I hope it does with you. It is the case for having sufficient financial support so that every student who should be at UTS can attend and receive that lift for their success, and realize their best selves as global citizens. In our ideal school, students should be admitted to UTS without facing the financial barrier imposed by tuition.

Thank you most sincerely to all of you who chose to designate UTS with your philanthropic support. Your donations make a vital difference to the school and to the trajectory of the lives of our students. I hope you agree the time has come to get back to bursary and that you will eagerly join us on this journey to ensure all students who are admitted to UTS receive the financial support they need to attend.

$2M 14%

will go to students who need bursary support this school year. of UTS students receive bursary support.

Martha Drake

Executive Director, Advancement

Our community is scaling up access to a UTS education inch by inch through bursary support.

Make your gift today at utschools.ca/donate

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IN SCHOOL

For the first time in recent history, UTS hosted the Graduation Ceremony in our own school, in the new state-of-the-art Withrow Auditorium, with ample room for all of the Class of 2023 and their families.

“My hope for each and every one of the graduates, is that when you need help, you can call upon each other and the school to assist you,” said outgoing principal Rosemary Evans.

“And when others call for help, you will be there for them. I have already seen that spirit in your class.”

There were also calls for kindness and authenticity from the valedictorians.

“You’ve got to make decisions that lead to you being the most ‘you’ version of yourself.

The only person who needs to accept you is yourself,” said Arjun Mehta ’23, who was co‑valedictorian with Kat Dou ’23.

Blue-footed boobies, marine iguanas, giant tortoises, manta rays and so much more – Isabella Liu, the UTS Science Department coordinator, learned firsthand about the wonders of the Galápagos Islands this summer as a 2023 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow with Lindblad Expeditions and the National Geographic Society. “Once you make eye contact with a sea turtle in the wild, it really puts things into perspective,” says Isabella, who was one of 50 educators selected as a Fellow. “Every single sea turtle that I saw was significantly older than me. I feel like they have so much wisdom to survive so long.”

Travelling on board the National Geographic Endeavour II, she had the opportunity to tour her namesake island, the seahorse-shaped Isabela Island, by Zodiac. She also performed citizen science, collecting water samples for Water Rangers, a non-profit organization.

This summer, about 60 Black students going into grades 5 to 7 came from across the Greater Toronto Area for a week of UTS camps focused on STEM, drama and world issues. UTS partnered with community organizations the Nubian Book Club, Parents of Black Children, African-Canadian Christian Network and Lifelong Learning Institute to invite students for the camps.

“The thoughtfulness and inclusivity behind offering the camps exclusively to students who self-identify as Black demonstrates your commitment to fostering diversity and providing equal opportunities for all,” wrote mothers Pauline Patterson and Pauletta Frater. “This gesture not only empowered our daughters but also instilled a sense of pride in their heritage.”

The goal of UTS Outreach camps is to provide more students in Black communities with the opportunity to get to know UTS, in hopes of ultimately attracting more Black students to our school.

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In School

We learn so much from each other. Our research partnership with the Nahomi Institute for the Learning Sciences’ Consortium for Renovating Education of the Future team came to life in June as we hosted Japanese researchers and educators Dr. Hajime Shirouzu, director of the Nahomi Institute for the Learning Sciences; Dr. Moegi Saito, associate professor at Kyoritsu Women’s University; Dr. Shinya Iikubo, chief researcher at the Nahomi Institute for the Learning Sciences; and Sonoko Ogawa, teacher‑educator at Saitama University. Along with UTS staff, we were also joined by two University of Toronto guests: Principal Emerita Elizabeth Morley from the Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School and Dr. Rie Kijima P ’27 from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

UTS staff and our Japanese guests shared ideas, learned about each other’s educational systems and worked towards forming a codesigned research project. The educators were in Canada for a conference in Montreal, where they also met UTS donors, Richard Ingram ’61 and Satoko Shibata, who funded the Eureka! Research Institute @ UTS, instigated this collaboration and hosted a dinner with our research collaboration group and Jun Saito, the consul general of Japan at the time.

In the midst of equity work, it’s sometimes hard to see progress, says Dr. Kimberley Tavares, UTS coordinating vice principal, anti‑racism, equity, inclusion, access and program innovation, but there are signs of change taking root at UTS. Equity starts in the relationships, she says, through the way we stand up for each other and with each other. It takes root as we do the work. Last year, every department set goals and drafted implementation plans to light our way forward. From Math Department lessons about teaching rooted in different cultural understandings, to visual arts students using a visit to the Kent Monkman art exhibit to understand Cree-Settler relations and much more, the UTS curriculum is evolving to be more inclusive for all students. “Sometimes, the challenge is to hold differing opinions in tension, maintaining the vital respect that upholds people’s humanity and dignity," says Kimberley.

Can therapy dogs encourage F1 (grade 7) students to access mental health services?

A new research collaboration with One Health Partners and its therapy dogs, founded by Heidi Libesman P ’27, aims to determine if small group therapy dog sessions can increase the likelihood that F1 students will use mental health services at UTS. “The dogs are an icebreaker to demystify who we are and what we do, getting students more comfortable with us so that they access services when they need to,” says School Nurse Adi Sood, who is overseeing the project with UTS Social Worker Marleen Constantin.

The project is supported by the Eureka! Institute @ UTS, which funds research at the school.

The therapy dogs also come for optional visits with students and staff.

Student Life Officer Neuton Watson with Lily.

Paw‑some!

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

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A BOLDNESS OF SPIRIT

By Marina Jimenez ’82

Celebrating 50 years of co‑education at UTS This September marked the 50th anniversary of co‑education at UTS. When I started grade 7 back in the seventies, the upper two grades were all boys. I felt immensely privileged to be given a place at this school for “high-achievers” that was founded in 1910 and had so recently opened its doors to girls. But as a shy 11-year-old – being a December baby I was younger than most of my peers – it all seemed a bit overwhelming. There were so many new challenges: taking a bus and two TTC trains to get to Bloor and Spadina; attending assemblies in a cavernous auditorium, with trophies from athletes and scholars past on full display; stumbling over the pronunciation of the word “Colosseum” in Romance of Antiquity and more.

But soon, something clicked. I realized I was hungry for the academic rigour and stimulation of UTS – and I appreciated the eclectic, some would say eccentric, culture. I made friends with some amazing classmates (it helped

Book club friends visiting the old UTS before construction began: Laura Money ’81, Marina Jimenez ’82, Karen O’Connor ’81 and Marina's sister, Amalia Jimenez ’81.

that my older sister, Amalia ’81, also attended the school, along with the three Bush sisters, Catherine ’79, Elizabeth ’81 and Jennifer ’82 , from our neighbourhood). I realized that, if I worked hard, I could keep up. I also learned to speak up. Boys or no boys.

UTS fostered a tremendous sense of curiousity and boldness of spirit – traits that served me well in my later career as a journalist and editorial writer. I wasn’t called “Intrepid” for nothing.

As Melissa Fox-Revett ’82 , my UTS classmate and friend, reflected: “At UTS, I never EVER felt like girls couldn’t do everything boys could do.”

No surprise she became a kick-ass lawyer, and then, a successful restaurateur.

Instead of feeling intimidated, we were bonded by the incredible experience that UTS offered, in everything from arts and maths to languages and extra-curriculars. The girls were quick to realize that yes, we could do this. “It was a comfort to be able to compete with boys, and knowing you could hold your own. Even when some of the boys/men were world-class mathematicians or debaters,” recalls Laura Money ’81, a UTS alum and friend who is a triathlete and the executive vice president, chief information and technology innovation officer of Sun Life.

While everyone has vivid high school memories (thanks to the intensity of adolescence), I believe this is especially true for UTS graduates.

Who can ever forget Doc Monty (Dr. William Montgomery), the venerable philosophy teacher, drawing a perfect circle on the blackboard when a student’s answer missed the mark? Pulling an all-nighter in your final year to submit The Twig, the UTS yearbook, to the printers on deadline?

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UTS “Many graduates still count their classmates among their closest chums.

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Field hockey at Robert Street Field; the 12-minute run around Varsity Stadium; memorizing the poem Abou Ben Adhem and slogging through the venerable Cry, the Beloved Country?

The name of the main character, Theophilus Msimangu, a heroic priest named for an Ancient Greek, practically begged to be re-purposed as your own when student teachers came into the classroom, all in good fun.

UTS set us up well for university, graduate school and the working world, where we would need to get along with a wide variety of colleagues from a variety of backgrounds, some with idiosyncratic pools of knowledge (as a newspaper editor once said about journalists) and others of a more phlegmatic nature.

The networks we developed proved indestructible. Many UTS graduates still count their classmates among their closest chums. That’s a gift for life. It’s true for me, with a book club populated by UTS friends (and fantastic new ones) that has lasted for more than two decades.

A school filled with so many memorable teachers and students with an intense thirst for knowledge never quite leaves you. When you meet a fellow UTS grad out in the real world, you can spot them right away. It’s the light in their eyes.

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OPPOSITE (clockwise from top left): Marina Jimenez ’82 on assignment in the Arctic for Canadian Geographic magazine.

Victoria Shen ’93 with her husband, Michael Broadhurst ’88.

Shereen Ladha ’06 films a video at the Aga Khan Museum in North York.

Leslie Allen ’78 in African Kente cloth, which is traditional Ashanti garb, while visiting Ghana earlier this year – she hopes to relocate there and do mobile dentistry in rural areas.

Cari Whyne ’87, P ’24 at work as a senior scientist and the director of the Holland Joint and Bone Research Program at Sunnybrook Hospital.

Architect Meg Graham ’89, P ’27 (left) on a Superkül construction site with colleagues.

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The onset of co-education opened the doors to half a century of remarkable women. I had the pleasure of speaking to five of them about what UTS meant for them and how their experiences resonated in their future lives. Here are their stories, in their own words.

SHEREEN L ADHA ’06 When I was in grade 6, I knew I wanted to go to UTS. It appealed to my competitive nature. UTS had such an interesting dynamic for a high school.

Unlike other high schools, the path to popularity was about getting involved, and that’s exactly what

I did. I was on executive of the Dance Committee deejaying our school dances, the Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly (SOMA), dance club and the culture show.

Since the age of four I had been training as a dancer. I continued to dance at UTS and started doing it professionally. I did it through my bachelor of commerce at McGill University and through my master of business administration at the Schulich School of Business. I always had these parallel tracks. I was a finalist on Canada’s Got Talent, and was cast for dance roles in Hollywood and Bollywood films. I’ve put on exhibits for the Toronto International Film Festival and Nuit Blanche. I’ve toured stage productions, all while pursuing the other professional side of my life in brand and business strategy. I just took a new role as vice president, creative strategy at Hill+Knowlton. But amongst UTS grads, I am not unusual. Every grad I know is doing extraordinary things. I really found my people there (my best friend to this day is fellow UTS grad, Hital Patel ’06) and many of us remain in touch.

UTS wasn’t a place that made me hyper-aware of my gender. That was something I started to experience as I grew older. As a woman of colour, I am now hyper-aware of it. At UTS, I had wonderful people in my cohort, and we related to one another based on our many mutual interests. The moment at UTS when I began to really pay attention to gender equality was during a trip to Zambia, co-organized by Doctors without Borders and the National Film Board. We lived in a school outside of Lusaka for two weeks to film a documentary about the feminization of AIDS in Africa. I still think about that trip and the Zambian girls I met.

It gave a greater dimension to my understanding of gender equality.

VICTORIA SHEN ’93 By the time I came to UTS, co-education was the norm. But more than that, I never felt I was

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think the most “Ilife-changing aspect of UTS had to be growing and learning in the company of your fellow students.

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somehow less or unequal due to my gender. When I reflect on the work I did later in my life, in gender equality and human rights, it was obvious to me that people should be treated with dignity and respect, and succeed based on skill and merit because that was the norm at UTS. Some of the early organizations that I worked with, such as Planned Parenthood and my appointment to the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Special Session on Women 2000, focused on issues and interests that I developed during my time at the school. It instilled in me a sense of public service, broadened my imagination for what is possible for myself and equipped me with the tools to pursue my aspirations.

I think the most life-changing aspect of UTS had to be growing and learning in the company of your fellow students, the smartest, most talented and extraordinary group of people. So many students had mind-blowing intelligence and skill, not just in academics, but also music, art and athletics. The students were also incredibly diverse and sometimes quite odd. But the school is a haven for the gifted, so they can be intellectually curious and develop into their own quirky selves. Adolescence can be cruel – I am grateful for the safety and acceptance that I had at UTS and the community of alumni who continue to be extraordinary adults.

I had to work incredibly hard to keep up and that strong work ethic prepared me for the future.

I won awards and scholarships at University of Toronto and McGill Law School. Finally, I have co-education to thank for my husband, Michael Broadhurst ’88, a UTS graduate. Our time at the school overlapped, but we didn’t know each other until we were introduced years later. I definitely have to thank UTS for that.

MEG GR AHAM ’89, P ’27 For me, UTS was an environment that nurtured my curiosity and developed my self-confidence.

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respected. It was a beautiful nest for me. I was one of those kids who couldn’t figure out what I was good at so I took additional English and (I think!) all the maths and sciences in my final years. It turned out being a generalist was good for what I went on to study, which was architecture.

I completed a bachelor’s at Waterloo and a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University.

In high school, you learn to work with people.

Nobody is a solo act. I do remember being photo editor of The Twig, our yearbook. We had so much fun learning about using the darkroom from Mr. Don Boutros. It was the first large group project I had ever done. Architecture is similarly a collaborative process where you design together.

The Twig was my first experience with that, which was formative. Through my time and experiences at UTS, I learned to become more competitive with myself, rather than with my classmates, and to reach higher and navigate challenges, intellectually and otherwise. At UTS, the slogan was “the pursuit of excellence.” I remember wondering what that meant. In the end, for me, it was about putting in my best effort, all while thinking critically about my actions and their impact.

Today, I am proud to be a partner at Superkül, an award-winning architectural firm, with my husband. We are a great team with respective strengths, my foresight and instinct, and his calm demeanour. Our class was pretty tight and I am still in touch and close with a number of my UTS friends. We lead different lives but are bound by our time at UTS and the experiences we had together; my feeling is that we share a deep sense of responsibility to our communities, and the capacity to think critically and push beyond our comfort zones.

CARI WHYNE ’87, P ’24 I was lucky because I found my passion early at UTS. I really loved math and took three math courses in my final year, all taught by Mr. Al Fleming ’54. I was surprised at how few girls

took three maths and even less took the mathbased physics course. I also really enjoyed art, Spanish and philosophy and at UTS, there was an opportunity to explore so many different areas of study. I played a lot of sports: tennis, girls’ softball, basketball and track. I went on an exchange program in grade 12 to an all-girls convent school in Madrid taught by nuns. It was an amazing experience, but it was also interesting that the main educational approach was rote learning, copying things out of an encyclopedia. That was not what we were doing at UTS. UTS taught me how to solve problems, to come up with solutions and ideas, and justify and rationalize them. We were encouraged to ask questions and speak out. It’s a gift to be encouraged to have a strong voice, and I took that with me. It served me well in my undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at Queen’s University and the University of California in Berkeley and San Francisco where I earned my PhD in bioengineering. I have been working at Sunnybrook for 23 years, where I am a senior scientist and the director of the Holland Joint and Bone Research Program. My own orthopaedic biomechanics lab is focused on clinically translational bioengineering research.

Co-education is very important to me. In our world, we have to work together, not just men and women, but a whole spectrum of people with distinct identities. It is critical to understand different perspectives and the diversity of our world in order to find real workable solutions.

I was never bored at UTS. I was motivated.

I loved learning and that the teachers were so engaged. My son now goes to UTS and he never comes home and says ‘school is boring.’

LESLIE ALLEN ’78 UTS offered me a great education and prepared me well for university. The classes were smaller and you didn’t feel lost. You learned to communicate what you needed. But socially and mentally, it was a challenge. I started in level 2 (grade 10)

and I was the first Black women in the school to graduate. That was a big deal. At the time, most people at the school had not been around people of other ethnicities. There were racial slurs and a lot of talk about my hair. It was degrading, humiliating and upsetting. Fortunately, most of the teachers were open and welcoming. Mr. Don Gutteridge for one. He was great. I remember Ornella Barrett, the gym teacher, Al Fleming ’54 in math and Nora Maier. I liked that she walked with a certain grace. She had a presence about her.

She always commented on how nicely I dressed.

I wasn’t allowed to wear jeans. My parents were educators from Jamaica and they had aspirations for me and my sister. We were going to be doctors, no ifs, ands or buts. And we both became dentists.

At UTS, despite the challenges, certain people really had an impact. They helped me find my voice and stand up for myself. And that helped set me up for success in higher education and in life.

Some of the students were great too. I remember certain people fondly. Before she retired, former principal Rosemary Evans reached out and we talked about the issues around diversity at UTS. I had an opportunity to speak with some Black students via Zoom and support them. Students of colour have each other today and I applaud them.

UTS has definitely allowed women to flourish, no matter what their race. I decided I am going to go to my forty-fifth UTS reunion this year.

This is the first time I am seeing my classmates since I graduated in 1978. It is part of my mental healing. A chance to go full circle. ■

taught me “ UTS how to solve problems, to come up with solutions and ideas, and justify and rationalize them.

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Students from UTS' first co-educational Spanish class on their grade 12 graduation day: Ann Louise Keenan, David Bernstein, Leslie Allen, Teacher William Stickland, Monica Biringer and Shelly Tepperman.

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Coming Full Circle at 50 years of SOMA diplomatic solutions created by globallyminded teens

By Kimberley Fehr

Times may have changed since the inception of the Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly (SOMA), but the tradition of diplomacy is stronger than ever. This spring, UTS students hosted SOMA L, the fiftieth-anniversary edition of the event. After three years of COVID interference, SOMA 2023 provided cause for celebration with the return to a fully in-person event, held at the University of Toronto and UTS. For keynote speaker, David Morley C.M. ’73, president and CEO of UNICEF Canada, it was like coming full circle.

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BELOW: David Morley C.M. ’73 delivering the keynote at SOMA 2023.

Jeff Nankivell ’81 as the consul general of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao.

Half a century ago, he was just like the 450 students in the audience before him in the Withrow Auditorium, eager to delve into the issues of the day with like-minded peers as a member of the Toronto Model Plenary, the predecessor of SOMA. Now, he’s on the stage speaking to SOMA delegates as a world-renowned expert, delivering a crucial UNICEF message on a goal that he says will have a ripple effect throughout communities and nations: preventing needless deaths for children under the age of five.

“The best way to increase preventable deaths amongst the world’s marginalized people is through primary health care services delivered at the community level,” David told SOMA delegates. “As more children survive, parents increasingly advocate for more and better

education. Focusing on these services not only helps children but women as well, because the primary deliverers of those services are women.

It becomes a virtuous cycle.”

Making Their Mark David, who retired from UNICEF in June, is just one on a long list of UTS alumni who honed their diplomatic mettle through SOMA and its previous incarnations, and made their mark on the world at large in diplomacy, international relations, law, politics and business. There’s Chris Alexander ’85, who served as Canada’s ambassador to Afghanistan, the minister of Citizenship, Immigration and an MP for Ajax— Pickering, and Sheila Coutts ’83 who worked as a diplomat in Europe and also on the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking.

Another SOMA alum, Matthew Kronby ’81, served as a high-profile trade diplomat before becoming a partner at BLG, specializing in international trade and investment law.

There’s Bill Robson ’77, president and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, Ian Brodie ’85 who served as chief of staff in Stephen Harper’s Prime Minister’s Office, Madame Justice Jill Presser ’87 and Pericles Lewis ’86, the dean of Yale College, and so many more it is impossible to list them all.

For some, SOMA set their life direction, but perhaps none more so than Jeff Nankivell ’81, who not only went on to enjoy a career in diplomacy, but also met the love of his life.

Vigorous Expression of Partisan Views Flashback 1981: it was the height of the Cold War, the heyday of Thatcherism and a young Jeff Nankivell was part of the United Kingdom delegation at SOMA, an event which had been co-produced by students from UTS and Port Credit Secondary School since its inception.

“Some of my best UTS friends and I had a lot of fun, vigorously expressing the partisan views of Margaret Thatcher’s government while putting the pro-American Cold War case forward, tossing around references to the U.K. as the home of capitalism and the mother of parliament, with a lot of cultural arrogance,” he says.

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close friend of Jeff’s who was revered at UTS for his public speaking, legendary wit and diplomacy.

Alison and Jeff went to U of T and then when they both planned independently to get their master’s at the London School of Economics, John and many of their friends were urging them to connect. By the time they left London, they were engaged.

Today, they’ve shared their lives together, raised two sons and enjoyed international careers. Jeff, who is now president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, had a 33-year career in Canada’s Foreign Service, including deputy head of mission in China, and consul general of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao. Alison Nankivell is senior vice president, fund investments and global scaling at BDC Capital.

During his career, Jeff had the opportunity to experience the Economic and Social Council at the real United Nations. “Seeing a UN committee in real life, SOMA was a pretty accurate simulation of what those meetings are actually like. In my career, I was involved in other international negotiations and SOMA was very relevant for that too.”

A couple of years ago in storage, Jeff found a framed “Award for Best Delegate to Jeff Nankivell,” signed by Alison Pipa. The next time their names appeared together on a document, it was a marriage certificate. Just goes to show one never knows where SOMA will lead.

As of 1982, UTS students became the sole organizers of SOMA.

The World Thrown Open Flash forward to 1990. The Tiananmen Square protests had taken place the previous year, the Berlin Wall had come down and with it, Eastern Bloc countries were transforming to democracy, and the Soviet Union was on the verge of unravelling.

“All of the things that had been certainties throughout my high school life were suddenly being thrown open,” recalls Eric Walsh ’90. ”It looked like we were headed into a golden era of peace and security. As the bipolar world changed, SOMA became about how can we get things done that need to get done on issues like nuclear disarmament, the environment and human rights.”

He and two UTS friends represented Libya in the SOMA General Assembly. Taking their roleplaying seriously, they took the secretary-general hostage to make their demands. “Now I see that was stereotyping nationality based on images

in Western culture, but the entire experience of SOMA opened my eyes to the possibilities of representing Canada in real life.”

In 1995, he joined the Foreign Service and now he’s served our country for close to 30 years and is currently the high commissioner for Canada in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Previously he served as ambassador to the Republic of Korea from 2015 to 2018, revelling in all of the pomp and ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, one of the most exciting times of his career.

Eric Walsh holds the torch at the 2018 Winter Olympics as the Ambassador to the Republic of Korea.

Creating Historic Change Another highlight came early in his career – the chance of a lifetime to be part of a historic diplomatic effort that has had profound implications for people living in conflict zones around the world. As a young diplomat, Eric travelled to Europe, Southeast Asia and even Turkmenistan helping to negotiate the landmark Ottawa Treaty aimed at banning anti-personnel landmines around the world. “What started off with a handful of countries trying this new, audacious way to negotiate disarmament outside of the United Nations ended up with over 120 countries signing on to the Treaty in December 1997, establishing that norm that anti-personnel mines are not legitimate weapons of war. It was a wonderful experience for me to see what diplomacy can achieve when we put our minds to it.”

Like David, Eric has returned to SOMA to share his experiences, speaking virtually to delegates in 2022 at hybrid SOMA. “Russia had just invaded, the international system was in flux,” he says.

“The uncertainty raised a lot of questions about the future of the world. I told SOMA delegates that where there are challenges, there are going to be a lot of opportunities. Their voices need to be heard.”

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ABOVE: Hana Dhanji ’05; Rachel Park ’11 BELOW: Mathew Davidson ’21 is now just down the street at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

Invaluable Leadership Experience

The International Day of the Girl

For SOMA organizers, managing the event gives rise to a diplomatic empowerment that can resonate throughout their lives. The skills Hana Dhanji ’05 honed as secretary-general served her well as a Wall Street lawyer and in her previous role as a business development manager at the Rotman School of Management. They also come into play today in her work as a board director on the UTS Alumni Association, and in her own businesses, as an executive coach, and most recently as founder of The Law School Edge, a coaching program designed to help law students develop professional skills and land their dream jobs at top-tier corporate firms in Canada and New York City.

“I was 18 years old, managing a budget of $60,000 and planning an event attended by hundreds of delegates from across southern Ontario,” she says. “It was the first time I’d ever had to do that kind of event management, oversee the assets and be accountable. To be able to pull that off and see the fruits of that labour was very, very satisfying.”

The best part of all: the first day of the event where she was able to bang the gavel down with a resounding thud in front of hundreds of delegates to mark the opening of the conference.

For Rachel Park ’11, serving as secretary-general became an “all-consuming” endeavor, and she loved it. Her SOMA experiences also came full circle while she was still a UTS student. At age 16, she joined Plan Canada’s Because I am a Girl campaign, leading honest conversations with young Canadian women about gender equity and what it means to be a girl in our society.

In 2011, she joined a panel of 12 girls in New York City at the UN Commission on the Status of Women to help advocate for the creation of the International Day of the Girl, where she met “incredible” teens who’d tackled immeasurable challenges in their countries that translated into legislative social change.

“While world leaders drafted the legislation, our panel created a Girls’ Working Statement,” she recalls. “I was one of the two lead writers which was so wild, because this type of resolution is exactly what I did at SOMA, only this had real‑world implications.”

She was interviewed on CTV along with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, and in December 2011, the UN passed the resolution to establish the Day of the Girl, which takes place annually on October 11.

Global Citizenship for Our Connected World The diplomacy and global citizenship Rachel learned at SOMA continued to develop at Harvard University, where she joined Harvard Model United Nations, and still play out today in her work in cybersecurity as director of product marketing at SentinelOne and previously as a global product marketing lead at Microsoft.

“Cybersecurity is not respective of state lines,” says Rachel. “With customers facing global threats, you need to adopt a worldwide perspective to understand how international incidents translate to cybersecurity issues that impact your customers.” There are also the less tangible aspects, such as: “Recognizing your customers come from incredibly different backgrounds. I have calls around the world every day – a global perspective is critical and you always have to approach from a place of empathy.”

Rachel marvels at what SOMA delegates accomplish in three short days. “Teenagers working together, tethered by the national interests of the countries they represent, are able to draft resolutions that are practical solutions to tangible issues. If teenagers can come up with

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these solutions, clearly consensus is possible. The onus is on adults and decision-makers to step up. You walk away from SOMA believing that it is possible to solve the problems facing our world.”

World Issues and SOMA Collide PHOTO: S6 (grade 12) Moineau

In March 2020, SOMA organizers were gearing up for the event when COVID-19 brought the world to a standstill. At first, organizers thought they’d have SOMA later in the school year when things got back to normal, but back to normal never came.

“We didn’t know how long the pandemic would last,” recalls Matthew Davidson ’21, secretary-general for SOMA in 2021. “By September 2020, we were determined that the next SOMA would happen, and it would be online.”

When world issues and SOMA collide, the remarkable happens.

The Secretariat began putting the infrastructure in place to make an online conference work, choosing Zoom as the platform for committee sessions, and Slack as a way for delegates to communicate in real-time. COVID disrupted the mail service so they instituted an online system for registration and payment. “We made it up as we went along with the IT and Student Life departments at UTS,” says Matthew. “There were a lot of IT issues that we had never dealt with before. The level of technical work was like 10 times that of a normal conference.”

In February, a mock SOMA provided a trial run, and in April they ended up with about 450 registrants, with the online format allowing U.S. delegates from as far away as Illinois and California.

Due to the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) became the hottest committee of them all, and the keynote speaker was Dr. Peter Singer, who served as special advisor to the director-general of the WHO, and spoke about global public policy on vaccine distribution.

“At the end, I was just so happy that it worked out,” Matthew recalls. “I became a little emotional giving my closing ceremony speech. It doesn’t seem very dramatic to hit the close button on a Zoom call, but for me it was. We put so much work into it, it was a relief that we pulled it off and also a sense of pride at what we had done.”

Now, Matthew is continuing to learn about international affairs at U of T’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, which became a SOMA partner in 2022, with Munk students giving delegates a primer on key global issues at the start of the conference. This partnership continued in 2023 for the fiftieth anniversary of SOMA.

It takes a team to SOMA — Evelyn Fallah ’23 (centre) and the Secretariat for the 50th anniversary edition of SOMA.

A Celebration of 50 Years Like many students, Evelyn Fallah ’23 fell in love with SOMA and the opportunity to collaborate, research and discuss world issues while truly adopting the perspective of another country.

As secretary-general of SOMA L, she says, “The fiftieth-anniversary milestone gave us a purview to really push the boundaries and honour 50 years of tradition while also improving upon that to make it even better.”

Not only did they secure David Morley as the keynote speaker, but they transformed the annual gala from a sit-down banquet to a party with show dancers, mocktails and opportunities to mingle.

SOMA L was a great success, and while Evelyn was sad when it ended, her work with SOMA already had her presenting to the real UN over Zoom in fall 2022 about how Model UN provides a gateway for students to learn about global challenges. “It was so unreal to be talking about Model UN to the United Nations General Assembly,” she says, “That was a huge full-circle moment for me.”

As for the future, Evelyn says, “I hope that SOMA can continue innovating for the next 50 years because it’s been such an integral part of my high school experience. I want SOMA to be available so others can fall in love with Model UN as much as I have.” ■ THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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DEEP OPTIMISM AND THE JOY OF LEARNING New UTS Principal Dr. Leanne Foster

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r. Leanne Foster is driven by a deeply optimistic sense that educators really do make a difference, and comes to her new role as UTS principal committed to furthering our school’s work to create a greater culture of inclusion and belonging.

“As educators, we never give up,” says Leanne. “When a student has challenges, or struggles with a sense of belonging, it’s our job as educators to figure out what’s going on and find that spark to foster a stronger connection.”

Her career in education stems from seeing how school didn’t support her younger sister who faced a significant learning disability. “I always wonder what would have happened if someone had said, ‘You belong here. Let’s focus on where your strengths are. Let’s figure out how to help.’”

Leanne always wanted to become a teacher, but at the time she graduated university the teaching job market was weak so she worked in publishing for nearly a decade before earning her bachelor’s at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). She began her career as a kindergarten teacher, and then became a special education consultant at the Toronto District School Board, a role she held for eight years. Leanne also continued to further her education, earning a master’s from OISE and a PhD from the University of Toronto. Her independent schools career trajectory progressed through roles at Branksome Hall and St. Clement’s School to rise to head of school at Trafalgar Castle School in Whitby.

In eight years there, she established a robust academics program focused on future-ready competencies, and a partnership with Ontario Tech University. Like UTS, Trafalgar underwent its own soul-searching with an equity audit and incorporated feedback into all aspects of student life.

Leanne grew up thriving in the vibrant diversity of Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood with the Salvation Army Church as a defining influence.

She has a tight-knit family, with her husband Dan Hill, daughter Olivia, 28, their dogs and her sister’s family.

A battle with breast cancer changed how Leanne sees the world. “All of the little things that I thought I had to control floated away and the only things I cared about were my family, my health, the people close to me and showing up to do a good job.”

At UTS, Leanne looks forward to the opportunity to further our equity work. “I am committed to anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion, and plan to work with students to make our school an even more warm and welcoming place with a vibrant school spirit. Coming back from COVID has been hard for schools, and I am hoping as the year progresses we find the opportunity to rediscover the everyday moments that bring us joy.” ■ THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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

There are plenty of ways to stay in touch! www.utsconnect.ca alumni@utschools.ca @utschools @utschools University of Toronto Schools

In recognition of his extraordinary record of international humanitarianism, visionary leadership and focused wisdom, David Morley C.M. ’73 was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws degree by the University of British Columbia this June. He also retired from his role as president and CEO of PHOTO: University of British Columbia

// Midnight at the Paradise, a romantic drama feature film written and produced

by Bill Robertson ’81 (third from left), sold out at both its world premiere at the Whistler Film Festival, and Toronto premiere earlier this year. Praised

by POV Magazine as: “A perfect movie for movie lovers,” this feature film is a cinematic love letter to the city of Toronto and was shot on location in Bloorcourt Village’s Paradise Theatre. The movie starred Liane Balaban and the late Kenneth Welsh in an ensemble cast. UTS was out in fine form in Whistler, with fellow members of the Class of 1981: Jeff Nankivell (left) (also appearing in this issue’s feature story about Coming Full Circle at SOMA), UTS Alumni Association Vice President Laura Money (second from left) and Michael Joy (pictured right) supporting their friend.

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UNICEF Canada, after 12 years there.

The citation honoured him for dedicating over four decades to humanitarian work, international development and promoting children’s rights. “He is a champion for the universality of the UN’s Convention of the Rights of the Child, the most ratified human rights treaty in the world,” it said, also noting that as the executive director of Doctors without Borders Canada from 1998 until 2005, David contributed meaningfully to the organization’s 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.

David obtained a master of education degree from UBC in 2008 and has been increasingly involved in educating and inspiring young people to become future

leaders in humanitarian work. He is pictured with his wife, Principal Emerita Elizabeth Morley from the Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School.

Grant Vingoe ’76

was selected as the first dedicated chief executive officer of the Ontario Securities Commission earlier this year, by the Ontario Ministry of Finance. “As CEO, I am committed to ensuring that our key investor protection reforms achieve their promise while fostering conditions enabling businesses to create growth and prosperity in our province,” he said. He was already on the Commission’s Board of Directors, holding the role of chair and CEO since April 2020, and the role of vice-chair since 2015. In the newly created role, Grant continues to serve on the Commission’s Board of Directors.

The Honourable Monica Biringer ’78, a judge of the Tax Court of Canada, was appointed as a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal in June.

She joined the Tax Court of Canada in 2021 and is recognized as a leader in tax law by various international and domestic tax organizations and for her accomplishments in supporting the advancement of women in the legal profession.

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COVID proved to be the perfect storm for

Truc Nguyen ’01

wrote about the vivid turquoise waters, Maori cultural experiences and vibrant cities in New Zealand, as well as the benefits of longer stay travel enabled by remote and flexible work in the summer issue of CAA Magazine.

She’s also a marketing communications manager and freelance fashion and lifestyle editor.

Kath Hammond ’87, P ’20, general counsel

at Greater Toronto Airports Authority, as the bottom fell out financially at Pearson. She rose to the challenge and Canadian Lawyer featured her story and experience in their magazine. She also had a similar experience serving as a director on the UTS Board, helping see our school through the pandemic.

PHOTO: Doublespace photography

“The Birdhouse,” a lakeside cottage with 3,000 square-feet of floor space in the Kawarthas region of Ontario, designed by Meg Graham ’89, P ’27, a partner at Superkül architectural firm, was featured in The Globe and Mail for its sophistication, simple materials and harmonious situation in the natural environment. “We wanted to create a house that felt demure,” she told the Globe, “There’s a sense of majesty to the building, but it’s a quiet majesty.”

GPTZero cofounders Alex Cui ’16 and Edward Tian ’18 were named to Forbes magazine’s list of Top 30 Under 30 in Toronto for their app that reveals whether text was written by a human or AI. The magazine reported that they’d raised $3.5 million in funding and the team has grown by 12 people in the last half year.

PHOTO: ABC

// Nobel Laureate Michael Spence ’62 got together with two friends – Gordon Brown, former U.K. prime minister, and Mohamed A. El-Erian, president of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge – with a common goal: to devise achievable solutions to our global state of permacrisis.

The result is the book Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix our Fractured World. Increasing nationalism, the escalating climate emergency, surging inflation and other pressing world problems inspired the three men to collectively examine our broken approaches to the economy and come up with this playbook to change the world. Written also with Reid Lidow, assistant to the mayor of Los Angeles, the book aims to help people prevent crisis and manage the future to create a fairer, more equitable world.

THEATRE AND MUSIC Two UTS alumni came together in the production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Canadian Stage’s Dream in High Park. Richard Feren ’85 designed the sound and composition for the production – it’s his fifth year with Dream in High Park, and he has been composing music and sound designs for theatre productions for more than 30 years. “Working with the cast and the crew is a bit like summer camp,” he says, “but with an audience of hundreds each night!”

Louisa Zhu ’08 played both Titania and Hippolyta. “Working in High Park was truly magical. It is very special to be able to share the energy of live theatre to 700+ people every night, many of whom were experiencing Shakespeare live for the first time.”

Photo by Dahlia Katz, set and costume design

by Jackie Chau, lighting design by Logan Raju Cracknell.

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Wildwoman, a viciously bold and sexy comedy by Kat Sandler ’04, made its debut at Soulpepper Theatre this fall. Based on the shocking true story that inspired Beauty and the Beast, Wildwoman explores cyclical notions of gender, class and power through the lives of three very different women as they wrestle for survival and legacy in the 16th century French court of King Henry II.

The Kuperman Brothers – dancers, choreographers and directors Rick Kuperman ’07 (right) and Jeff Kuperman ’08 (left)– are heading for their Broadway debut, choreographing a musical adaptation of The Outsiders, based on the novel by S.E. Hinton, and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film.

Angelina Jolie has joined the project as the lead producer. Look for it in spring 2024!

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Here Alastair Thorburn-Vitols ’22 sings Mykola Lysenko’s Het’many in Ukrainian, describing a 1768 Cossack rebellion against Polish rule, in the Royal Conservatory of Music Temerty Theatre’s sold-out finale for the Ukrainian Art Song Summer Institute. He was one of nine vocalists accepted into the week-long summer program, which trains singers in dramatic analysis of Ukrainian poetry and music. “I appreciate being exposed to the extensive repertoire of Ukrainian art songs, and learning the skills necessary to perform this excellent but often overlooked musical tradition,” he says.

LITERARY NEWS Art can be a form of resistance in the face of humanitarian crises.

University of Toronto medical student Vikita Metha ’19 (right) teamed up with her friend Inaya Yousaf to publish We Have Also Survived: Poetry as a Tool for Resistance in Humanitarian Crises Around the World. This book explores how people across the world refuse to be silenced by human rights violations and share their perspectives through ideas, poetry and art. They interviewed 16 activists, politicians and poets from East Turkistan, Yemen, Nigeria and Canadian Indigenous communities.

Sales are being donated to high-impact humanitarian organizations.

UTS IN GERMANY On a recent Maximum City exchange trip with UTS to Frankfurt, German teacher Nicola Townend took the opportunity to catch up over lunch in Frankfurt this summer with four UTS alumni who are now living there: Imogen Jenkins ’11, John Lai ’12, Jessica Link ’19 and Della Alderson ’20.

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Pictured are Della, Nicola and Imogen next to a Ugo Rondinone statue in the garden of the Städel Museum. Della, who is studying community development with a minor in German at Acadia University, was there on a year-long exchange studying German at the University of Freiburg, where she played for the Freiburg Pumas Lacrosse Team and hiked extensively in the Black Forest. John

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moved to Berlin to pursue sculpture, after finishing his studies in architecture in New York. He is now head of projects at a large artist’s studio, helping to manage a team of architects, artists and artisans to design and produce public sculpture, as well as smaller scale works for private collections and museums around the world. Jessica was studying science and engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Imogen has lived in Germany on-and-off since graduating UTS in 2011, completing her bachelor’s degree at the University of Munich. She moved back to Berlin at the beginning of 2019, and now works for the German government where she is responsible for overseeing a German language exam for high school students within Germany, the Deutsches Sprachdiplom, an officially recognized German exam used around the world.

She also teaches English.

HEARTWOOD AWARDS Created in 2016 to celebrate exceptional volunteer service by members of the UTS community, this year the Heartwood Award for Volunteer Service was awarded to six dedicated volunteers.

Jamie Coatsworth, C.A. ’69

Jamie’s dedication and diligence have been instrumental in ensuring that the school’s finances are managed effectively and transparently. He has devoted countless hours to meticulously reviewing the school’s financial records and has gone above and beyond to account for every detail.

Laura Money ’81, P ’22

Laura demonstrated unwavering dedication to alumni engagement. Since 2013, she has been an active volunteer, serving as UTSAA director and then as the UTSAA vice president. Laura is a year representative for her class and has also been an incredible support to current students at school events.

Avanti Ramachandran ’09

As a UTSAA director, chair of the Alumni Engagement Committee, and a member of alumni focus groups, Avanti has played an instrumental role in helping UTS connect meaningfully with alumni. Avanti also served as a Branching Out mentor and Girls in Tech speaker.

Zahra Mohamed P ’25

Zahra’s strategic work to promote equity and inclusion within the school has made a significant impact on the UTS community. As UTSPA co-president and equity, diversity and inclusion coordinator, she has supported Community Connections events and new UTS families.

UTS VISITOR In 2016, Ian Burns ’16 volunteered as a student facilitator for the Bright Lights in the Lab camp at UTS, and he’s come back every year since as a facilitator or guest speaker to pay it forward. He spoke about his experiences as a SickKids pediatric resident, run in partnership with the Firefly Foundation and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, which lends EEG headsets to campers so they can measure brainwaves.

Serena Lai P ’23, ’25

As a grade representative, general meeting coordinator and member of the Parent Volunteer Group, Serena coordinated the school’s first in-person Graduation reception following the lockdowns, ensuring a happy experience for grads and their families.

Catherine Stasiw P ’23

Catherine shows unwavering dedication and reliability as a dedicated grade representative, parent volunteer group member and general meeting coordinator. She has been instrumental in ensuring that UTSPA General Meetings run seamlessly and that everyone receives the support they need.

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REUNIONS AN EPIC FAREWELL FOR ROSEMARY EVANS It was a good-bye of epic proportions to celebrate the retirement of our most extraordinary principal, Rosemary Evans. On June 27, nearly 300 members of our community gathered for a reception and presentation to honour her 12-year legacy as principal. There were many wonderful moments from the resounding boom of Taiko drums welcoming guests into the Withrow Auditorium, to well wishes, laughter and hugs shared with alumni, parents, students, staff and community members. Rosemary’s husband Mike Evans and their daughter, Heather, sat in the front row as many people took to the podium to pay tribute to Rosemary, including University of Toronto luminaries such as Professor Scott Mabury, vicepresident, operations and real estate partnerships and vice-provost, academic operations. The name of our library was finally revealed – the Rosemary Evans Library, thanks to UTS Board Director Tony Lundy ’79 and Janet Looker for their generous donation in honour of Rosemary.

Mark Opashinov ’88 (pictured below), past president of UTSAA, spoke about Rosemary’s commitment to connecting alumni, before revealing the official portrait of Rosemary for our school hall. The school captains presented Rosemary with a very special edition of the yearbook – the Rosemary Twig. The evening ended with a serenade, from Lucas D’Iorio Fournier ’20 and F1 (grade 7) Caitlynn singing A Million Dreams, with full accompaniment from the UTS Music Department, and a standing ovation for Rosemary, the principal who did it all.

The legacy of Rosemary Evans will live on at UTS. Over $350,000 was raised in her honour for the Rosemary Evans Bursary, which will increase access for a diverse student community for generations to come.

What a wonderful reunion for the Class of 1955 – a beautiful backyard gathering on an August Saturday in the Willowdale home of John Gardner ’55, P ’83, complete with a Spanish-themed meal of gazpacho and a giant paella.

This was the first reunion attended by new UTS Principal, Dr. Leanne Foster, along with her husband Dan Hill, who both had a marvelous time getting to know everyone and learning about the storied history of our school.

In June, the Class of 1971 reconvened once again at 371 Bloor Street West, holding a hybrid reunion in the Boardroom with 14 class members attending in person and five remotely.

The outgoing UTS principal Rosemary Evans, Executive Director, Advancement Martha Drake, and UTS Co-captains Kat Dou ’23 and Harry Cheng ’23 made remarks about the first full school year in our new home. After the reunion, students led the class on a guided tour of our beautiful new building.

Ten members of the Class of 1980 held an impromptu West Coast reunion at Nomi Morris’ home in Ojai, California last winter, where they celebrated everyone’s sixtieth birthdays. What better way to celebrate your sixtieth than with great friends from high school and a blue and white UTS birthday cake!

Only five years have passed since the Class of 2018 graduation, and yet they were eager to come back to UTS this July. What an impressive turnout for a five-year reunion! They enjoyed a tour of our renewed school, followed by a lively gathering at the Madison Pub. It was a joy to see 10 old friends reconnecting and reminiscing, along with Rosemary Evans and Martha Drake, at the annual Retired Staff Luncheon in July. Rosemary shared an update on school life at UTS today, and how the renewed building supports the pursuits of our students.

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EVENTS Fifteen alumni and staff came out in May for the UTS Alumni Association (UTSAA) tour of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Chinese collection led by renowned Asian art expert Anthony Lee ’86, who owns the consulting firm, Asian Art Research.

With decades of experience and study in Asian art history and cultures, Anthony

led the group ranging from the classes of 1966 to 2021 on a fascinating exploration of China’s rich cultural heritage.

Afterwards, the group adjourned to the Duke of York for refreshments.

Branch events are back in person, postCOVID! In June, nearly 30 alumni, ranging from the classes of 1978 to 2018,

were excited to attend the first New York Branch Event. Along with Rosemary Evans and Martha Drake, they gathered in the heart of Manhattan at Stella 34 Trattoria in Macy’s Herald Square, with many of them taking the opportunity to thank Rosemary for all that she has done for our school, and congratulate her on her retirement.

Class of 1955

Retired Staff Luncheon

Class of 1971

Class of 1980

Anthony Lee ’86

Class of 2018

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Nearly 30 alumni from the classes of 1958 to 1978 participated in the UTSAA Golf Tournament at Glen Eagle Golf Club. Congratulations to the Class of 1978 , who won the D.R. Jolley Memorial Trophy, given to the UTS class whose gross score was the lowest on a best ball basis for 18 holes without handicap.

Tim Turnbull ’74 won both the Hargraft Trophy for lowest gross overall and the UTSAA President’s Trophy, presented to alumni in their 40th to 49th anniversary years with the lowest gross. George Boddington ’67 took home the Don Borthwick Trophy, given to the lowest gross for alumni in anniversary years 50th and over, while Bob Jacob ’60 won the Don Kerr Most Honest Golfer Trophy.

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IN MEMORIAM

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER BALLYN ’51 1932-2023 Christopher Ballyn firmly believed that life was an adventure that was to be lived to the fullest. His life was a testament to this belief, from his days as a UTS student to his profession as a renowned architect to his retirement, when he could be seen dashing around Langley, B.C. in his black modified Cadillac, which he affectionately called the “Queen Mary.”

Born and raised in Toronto, Christopher grew up amongst a closeknit family. After UTS, he earned his degree at the University of Toronto’s prestigious School of Architecture and in 1960 became a member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Early in his career, he joined the prominent Toronto-based architecture firm Webb Zerafa Menkes Housdon Partnership (now WZMH Architects) and eventually headed up the firm’s offices in Calgary and Vancouver. His design won an architectural competition for Calgary’s Municipal Building, built in the mid-eighties.

Christopher owned homes in Calgary and North Vancouver, and after retirement, lived in South Langley, taking pride in renovating his home and enjoying his beautiful property, especially his rhododendrons in the expansive gardens.

A man of many interests, he was an active member of the Langley Rhododendron Society, fond of classical music, wildlife and nature.

A very kind and caring person, he inspired outstanding kindness and thoughtfulness from his Langley friends and neighbours who made valiant efforts to be there for him in his later years. He is greatly missed by his many friends in Greater Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Toronto and Florida. He valued giving back to his community, which included UTS, the arts and other charities.

Christopher will be fondly remembered for his sociable, magnetic, warm and charming personality.

DEREK ALLEN ’65 1947-2023 Esteemed educator, imaginative and lively thinker Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Derek Allen ’65 made an indelible mark on University of Toronto academia. A deeply committed administrator, daring scholar and loyal friend, he gave 42 years of distinguished and influential service to the University, which included serving as Trinity College’s dean of arts and vice‑provost from 1996 to 2012.

From an early age, Derek’s life was intricately interwoven with U of T, and especially Trinity, which he loved.

After UTS, he graduated from Trinity with an honours bachelor’s degree in philosophy and history, receiving a Rhodes Scholarship and a Governor General’s Award for the highest standing in the humanities in his graduating class. Studying first at the University of Oxford and then completing his master’s at U of T, he began lecturing at Trinity in 1973 while earning his doctor of philosophy from Oxford. In 1995, he became a full professor.

As a scholar, Derek specialized in informal logic and Marxist philosophy – colleague and friend Professor Emeritus Danny Goldstick remembers Allen’s “daring assertion – in print in the Journal of Philosophy in 1974 – that Marx was an ethical utilitarian.”

As a professor, he taught for the students, receiving numerous accolades

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and teaching awards for his efforts.

Tom Hurka ’71 , now a U of T professor and Jackman distinguished chair in philosophical studies, was a student in a Hegel and Marx seminar during Derek’s first year lecturing and remembers an “astute, inspiring and meticulously prepared teacher” who “had the right degree of tolerance for our sometimes feeble jokes.”

Another colleague, Professor Donald Ainslie ’84, recalls: “I was stunned to see that, in a class of approximately 100 students, every single student gave Derek the highest possible rating...”

A generous and respected mentor, Derek provided vital advice and guidance when Donald took on the role of chair of the Department of Philosophy.

Derek’s quiet assuredness, care and deep commitment to higher education served him well in his role as a university administrator. Professor Emeritus Wayne Sumner ’58 speaks of Derek’s “serious commitment to Trinity,” as well as “his manner: quiet, understated, gentle, with a sense of humor both sly and dry. He was, as we say, a class act.”

Derek received U of T’s Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award in 2013, and

Trinity College bestowed Derek with its highest tribute, an Honorary Fellowship, in 2019. This fall, he was also inducted into the UTS Hall of Fame for being a Rhodes Scholar.

Derek leaves behind his wife Margaret, his family and friends, and all the students whose lives he touched.

- University of Toronto Philosophy Department BALFOUR LE GRESLEY P ’77 1929-2023 It is with deep sadness that my family and I said goodbye to my father, former science and chemistry teacher Balfour “Bubbles” LeGresley. A fixture in UTS science and chemistry labs for 20 years, Balfour was also a proud supporter of UTS during the recent Building the Future campaign.

He frequently joked, “I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up,” and he indeed led many lives: dairy farmer, photographer, teacher, private pilot, Mason (grand master), horticulturalist (Le Gresley violets),

swim coach, historian, opera buff and music collector.

Initially a professional photographer, Balfour went on to teach science and chemistry to many young Ontarians at Etobicoke Collegiate, White Oaks Secondary and then University of Toronto Schools, where he spent most of his teaching career, from 1969-89.

To this day, people comment on their memorable times in his chemistry lab blowing up beakers and experimenting with things that would probably be verboten these days. He encouraged students to experiment frequently, mostly with predictable results. Thankfully the Fire Department was only called in a few times each year. He was always proud of his many students and it is without doubt that he left an indelible mark on many prominent Canadians.

Outside the classroom, Balfour took pride in coaching the UTS Swim Team for almost 20 years and it had many years of success despite competing against schools with much larger student bodies. When he wasn’t coaching he would often be out flying his Cessna and offering both staff and students airplane rides after school.

Always a social and entertaining person, his memory was slipping recently and the pandemic was difficult for him.

Balfour was interested and active until near the end and knew that he had led a good life.

– David LeGresley ’77

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ANNUAL DONOR REPORT This report recognizes gifts to UTS for the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of information. If you find an error or wish to have your name recognized differently, please contact the Office of Advancement: call 416‑978-3919 or email alumni@utschools.ca.

Joining the UTS community as principal, I’m inspired by the strength of our school community. Thank you to the 1,073 alumni, parents, staff, students and friends who collectively donated over $4 million dollars this year to support UTS students. For the first time in UTS history, donations to the annual appeal alone topped $1 million and $1.4 million was donated in support of our Bursary Fund. Thank you for your generous philanthropy shown to UTS this year and also to our UTS Arbor Society members who have shown their foresight and commitment with a legacy gift to the school. All of your gifts resonate every day in the individual lives of our students. They help us as we work towards becoming an even better version of UTS: a community of belonging, where we are kind and brave and supportive to each other as we learn and grow together.

– UTS Principal Dr. Leanne Foster

★ Donors who have given for ten or more consecutive years Donors who have given between five and nine consecutive years ♥ Monthly Donors

THE DOUBLE BLUE & WHITE CIRCLE Our thanks to the members of the UTS community who contributed $5,000 or more. This recognition circle honours and celebrates the school colours and spirit and these generous donors.

Nicole V. Agnew ’95

Peter L. Buzzi ’77

Howard Eckler ’60

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

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Peter A. Ewens ’79

Frederick & May Au P ’08

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

Sharon Au ’08 & Jonathan Bright ’04

Rob and Betty Farquharson P ’10 James Fisher ’60

Priscilla Chong P ’98

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72

Anne Christy GP ’21, ’23 Bruce Couchman ’67

Charles Geng & Vicky Chai P ’27

P. Timothy Birnie ’77

Katharine E. Davidson OBE ’80

Vanessa Grant ’80 & Philip Street

John Hamilton ’55 & Barbara Hamilton P ’82, ’85

Christopher Burton ’90

Ronald Davies ’70

P. Diane Hamilton ’85

Andre ’77 & Jocelyn Hidi

B & B Hamilton Fund, Toronto Foundation Xiang Han Max Bai ’16

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Frederick Hixon & Melinda Rogers P ’25 Robert W. Hoke ’66 The Honourable Henry N. R. Jackman O.C. ’50 Robert P. Jacob ’60, P ’88, ’90 The Jha Family C. Stuart Kent ’79 Kenneth Kirsh ’78 The Le Gresley Family Foundation Nicholas Le Pan ’69 David Leith & Jacqueline Spayne P ’11 Brian Livingston ’72 Robert ’58 and Patricia Lord J. Alexander Lowden ’51 Antony T. F. Lundy ’79 & Janet M. Looker Michael Martin ’84 & Suzanne Martin ’84, P ’11, ’15 Volker & Vandra Masemann P ’89, ’90, ’95, ’02 Susan McCloy

J.A. (Sandy) McIntyre ’71 Nasir Noormohamed & Tazmin Merali P ’09, ’10, ’14

Maolin Ren & Qing Chen P ’24 Donald Schmitt C.M. ’70

Mark Noskiewicz ’77

John N. Shaw ’50

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

Mark Shuper ’88

James Penturn ’77 & Kathleen Crook, P ’07 Kim R. Persky ’80 Mark & Peri Peters P ’16, ’19 Donald & Nita Reed P ’92 Bob Reeves & Carolyn Blaine P ’27

Dean F. Tudor ’62 The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation Michael & Muriel Wissell P ’14

A. Michael Spence ’62

Pamela Y. W. Wong ’98 & Gabriel Woo, P ’28

Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw P ’23

Yanfeng Zhang & Hong Liu P ’25

William W. Stinson ’51 Allan Sutherland ’44

Yushen Zhu & Allison Liu P ’27

Allan G. Toguri ’62

Anonymous (2)

John H. Tory OOnt ’72

THE 1910 CLUB Our thanks to the members of the UTS community who contributed between $1,910 and $4,999. This recognition honours and celebrates the year the school was founded and these generous donors.

Kristin Ali ’99 & Alex Wall ’99

Michael Broadhurst ’88 & Victoria Shen ’93

Derek Allen ’65

Cade Foundation

Marianne Anderson P ’17

Joan Cavers

Philip Arrowsmith ’48

Dickson Chan & Lisa Chan P ’27

James Barr ’91

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

Jim Cornell ’64

Anne Fleming ’85 & Michael Piaskoski, P ’17

Kenneth Culver ’53

G. Alan Fleming ’54

Aaron Dantowitz ’91

Philipp Frei & Cynthia Eldridge P ’28

William J. Corcoran ’51

Douglas Davis ’58 & Janet Davis, P ’87

Tom Friedland ’81

Kevin Davis ’87

Jeffrey Gans ’91

Vincent de Grandpré & Sandra Nishikawa P ’26

Ajay Garg and Tian Zhou P ’23

Richard N. Donaldson ’67

Rajesh Garg

Felicia Chiu ’96

Martha Drake

William Chow & Anita Lo P ’26

Rupert ’83 & Holly Duchesne, P ’25

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

D.A. Jonathan Boulton ’65

The Christoffersen Family

John S. Elder ’54

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

John A. Bowden ’48, P ’79

Alec Clute ’76

Rosemary Evans

David S. Grant ’72

Dory S. Boyer ’91

James S. Coatsworth ’69

Jordan Feld ’91

Dan Guttman ’91

Andrew Brack ’90

David Colbert ’81

Firefly Foundation

Jingyi Hao & Ellen Liu P ’26

Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson, P ’22 Anthony Berger ’92 Rikesh Bhogal & Rimmy Kaur P ’21 Monica Biringer ’78 J. Nicholas Boland ’79

Paul & Loretta Chan P ’98 Matthew Chapman & Danielle Paterson P ’24

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Annual Donor Report

Elizabeth Straszynski & Chris Wilson Earl Stuart ’83 Tao Sun & Julia Zhang P ’26 Weiwei Sun & Qian Wang P ’26 Richard D. Tafel ’49 William H. Taylor ’55 Wayne D. Thornbrough ’62 Gan Tian & Wen Zhang P ’24, ’29 Susan Tough ’82 Keith Harradence & Susan Ormiston P ’15

Danielle LiChong P ’16, ’18, ’20

Simon Palmer & Hua Lin P ’25

Anthony Hollenberg ’79

Fang Liu P ’25

Reg Perkin ’48

Oliver Jerschow ’92

Gavin Pitchford ’76

Edward Jhu ’91

James & Margo Longwell P ’15

Xiaoyi Ji & Chen Qu P ’27

Stephens B. Lowden ’56

Harrison F. Keenan ’94

Peter MacEwen ’65

Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82

Jon ’82 & Robin Martin ’82

Ray Kinoshita ’70

Sean Mason & Christine Wong P ’25

Carrie (Fung) Ku ’85 Regine & Alex Kuperman P ’07, ’08

Robert Martin ’74

Donald McMaster ’62

Peter Kyle

Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya P ’23

Michael Leckie ’91

David and Julie Moos P ’20

Chyang & Gloria Lee P ’87, ’91, GP ’22, ’23, ’24, ’27

David H. Morgan ’63

J. Fergus Kyle ’48

Gordon E. Legge ’67

Jimmy Mui & Amelia Ng P ’22

Michael & Connie Pun P ’23, ’26 John A. Rose ’78 David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01

Murray E. Treloar ’68 Aman Verjee ’91 David Walker ’84 Matthew Weatherbie ’63 David & Alla Weintraub P ’18, ’24 Robert S. Weiss ’62 John Wilkinson ’78

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

J. Fraser Wilson ’63

Susan Scace

Chunlei Wu & Yaling Yin P ’25

Howard Schneider & Aliye Keskin-Schneider P ’09, ’13 Hedy & Tim ’78 Sellers Ying Shen P ’29 Jeff Singer ’76 & Maureen Whitley

Alexander Wolfson ’91 Bill Wu & Julie Wu P ’26

John Wu & Yin Mei Wong P ’28 Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran P ’13

Nicholas Smith ’63

Zhaosheng Zhang & Wei Wei P ’28

David Ouchterlony ’58

David G. Stinson ’70

Anonymous (8)

1944-1948

John A. Bowden ’48, P ’79 ★ J. Fergus Kyle ’48

Gilbert “Bud” Alexander ’50

J. Alexander Lowden ’51

$249,732 Allan Sutherland ’44

Reg Perkin ’48

J. Michael Gee Q.C. ’50

William W. Stinson ’51 ★

Rev. Dr. Ian Wishart ’48

Gerald Crawford ’52

Bruce Bone ’46 ★

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

Charles Diltz ’46

1949-1950

Jack Moorfield ’50

Iris Leung ’98 Bowen Lew & Susan Song P ’27

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

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George Trusler ’44

P. Kingsley Smith ’46 Michael Fair ’47 Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82 ★

$1,293,460 Donald Avery ’49 James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 ★

Philip Arrowsmith ’48

Richard D. Tafel ’49 ★

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John Frankel ’52 Leslie Lawrence ’52

Anonymous

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

1951-1953

Kenneth Culver ’53

$22,396 William J. Corcoran ’51 ★

William P. Lett ’53 ★

Richard Clee ’49

Tracy H Lloyd ’47 ★

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John Shaw ’50 ★

Peter H. Russell C.C. ’51 ♥ ★

Alan E. Morson ’53, P ’79 ★

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William Rogan ’53 ★

1957-1958

Peter B. MacKinnon ’61

Peter M. Currer

Robert E. Saunders ’53

$17,492 Robert Darling ’57 ♥ ★

Katherine & Paul Manley ’61 ♥ ★

Lawrence DeRocher

Robert A. Gardner ’57 ★

Michael Schwartz ’61

James Fowell ★

James Graham ’57

Dr. James E. Shaw ’61 ★

Peter H. Frost ★

Bruce Henderson

Michael Tinkler ’61

David H. Morgan

$10,550 W. G. Black, C.A.

Michael Locke ’57

David M. Ward ’61 ♥

Robert Pampe, M.D. ★

H. Don Borthwick ★

John Sayers ’57

1962

Doug Brewer ★

Robert Waddell ’57 ★

$27,200 John Fauquier

Douglas R. Wilson ’53 ★ Anonymous

1954

Glenn Clark

Ian Rutherford ’57

J. Douglas Ward C.M. ’57 Charles Baillie, Jr. O.C. ’58 & Marilyn Baillie C.M., P ’85

Geoffrey French

John M. Goodings ★

Douglas Davis ’58 & Janet Davis, P ’87 ★

Kirby Keyser

James Lowden

Arthur D. Elliott ’58 ★

James MacDougall

Richard Farr ’58

D. Keith Millar ★

Robert ’58 & Patricia Lord ★

John S. Elder G. Alan Fleming ♥ ★

John D. Murray ★ Desmond O’Rorke William Redrupp ★ Gordon R. Sellery ★ Gabriel Warren George E. Whyte Q.C.

1955-1956 $37,600 Harold Atwood ’55 ★ Lorne K. Brown ’55 John Gardner ’55, P ’83 ★ John Hamilton ’55 & Barbara Hamilton, P ’82, ’85 William Hunter ’55 ★ Alan Mills ’55 Anthony Morrison ’55 ★ H. Thomas Sanderson ’55 ♥ ★

Peter Mackechnie ’58 James R. Mills ’58 ★ Kit Moore ’58 David Ouchterlony ’58 ♥ James M. Spence ’58, P ’88 Barry N. Wilson ’58 ★ Anonymous

1959-1961 $26,377 Donald G. Bell ’59 ♥ ★ Alexander Furness ’59

Anonymous ♥ ★ Anonymous

1964

Donald McMaster

$6,896 J. David Beattie P ’00, ’02 ♥

David S. Milne ★

Jim Cornell ★

Gord Park

Collin M. Craig

Michael A. Peterman

Paul T. Fisher

Bryce Taylor C.M.

William R. Jones ♥ ★

Wayne D. Thornbrough

Jeffrey R. Rose P ’03★

Allan G. Toguri

Michael Ross

Dean Tudor

Peter Snell ♥ ★

Robert S. Weiss ★

George Swift ★

Anonymous ★

Anonymous

1963

1965

$15,550 John T. Bates ♥

$15,595 Derek Allen

David Legge

Ian C. Sturdee ’59 ★ Ian M. Thompson ’59 James Dingle ’60 Howard Eckler ’60 John R.D. Fowell ’60 ★

John L. Duerdoth ’56

Robert P. Jacob ’60, P ’88, ’90

Stephens B. Lowden ’56

J. Fraser Wilson

Jim Stronach ’59 ★

H. Rondeau Baker ’56

Ryan Kidd ’56 ★

Matthew Weatherbie

Ian A. Shaw ’59

James Fisher ’60

R. E. Graham ’56

Donald A. Laing

Nicholas Smith ★

Robert McMurtry C.M. ’59

William H. Taylor ’55

David M. Flint ’56 ★

John Hetherington

J. Stuart Donn

Bruce Moyle ’60 Douglas Rutherford ’60 R. Dale Taylor ’60

John Porter ’56

John ’61 & Margaret Coleman ★

Charles F. T. Snelling ’56

David J. Holdsworth ’61 ★

Peter F. Stanley ’56 ★

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Annual Donor Report

D.A. Jonathan Boulton Dorian Challoner Robert A. Cumming ★ Leland J. Davies George Fallis John Goddard Donald & Sandra Hayes David Hetherington

John S. Rogers ’66 & Sherrill M. Rogers

William J. Bowden ’69

Christopher Sears

James S. Coatsworth ’69 ★

Dave Sanderson ’66

Noah S. Shopsowitz P ’07

John B. Deacon ’69

John H. Tory OOnt ’72

Stephen C. Farris ’69 ★ Frederick R. E. Heath ’69 ★

Christopher D. Woodbury ★

Robert J. Herman ’69 ★

Robert Wright

David Amos ’67 Donald Ball ’67 Peter Best ’67 George B. Boddington ’67 Richard J. G. Boxer ’67 ★ Bruce Couchman ’67

Robert Hustwitt

Michael R. Curtis ’67 ★

Peter Kelk Keith Kennedy

Richard N. Donaldson ’67 ♥ ★

Karl E. Lyon

John J. L. Hunter ’67 ★

Peter MacEwen

Stephen Kauffman ’67

Jamie Paterson Brooke Pearson John Petch Anthony J. Reid David Rounthwaite P ’01 ★ Gabriel Somjen Jeffrey R. Stutz ★

Gordon E. Legge ’67 Tom MacMillan ’67 Bruce Miller ’67 W. Scott Morgan ’67 ♥ ★ Peter C. Ortved ’67

1968-1970 $374,864 Paul Burke ’68

1966-1967

John Collins ’68

$40,976

J. Wayne W. Jones ’68

Robert W. Hoke ’66

Murray Treloar ’68

William A. MacKay ’66 ★

John Bohnen ’69 ★

Nicholas Le Pan ’69 ♥ ★ David Gordon White ’69

1973

Doug Donald ’70 ★

$10,152 John Bate

Ray Kinoshita ’70 Brian D. Koffman ’70 Douglas E. McIntyre ’70 Donald Schmitt C.M. ’70 David G. Stinson ’70 ★

Joseph de Pencier David Dick David R. Dodds (5Y) ★ David Fallis P ’02 ★

A. Stodart ’70

Ian Ferguson

Thomas Taylor ’70

Alvin Iu ♥ ★

Anonymous

John G. Kivlichan David Morley C.M.

1971

Gregory G. Turnbull ★

$256,962 Derek A. Bate P ’16

Walter Vogl ★

Paul Brace P ’12

Robert Zimmerman ★

William Wilkins ♥ ★

William A. Fallis P ’15 Alan S. Fisher

1974

John Floras Richard Hill ♥ ★

$6,967 Lucian Brenner

Thomas M. Hurka

Donald Bunt

J. Peter Jarrett

Andrey V. Cybulsky ★

J.A. (Sandy) McIntyre ★

Gregory P. Deacon ★

Glen Morris

Thomas Klein

Peter G. Neilson ♥ ★

Robert Martin ★

Timothy Owen

Nicholas Stark

Warren G. Ralph ★

Howard Trickey

Adrian Shubert ♥

Timothy Turnbull

R.D. Roy Stewart ★

Anonymous ★

Tony Storey ♥ ★

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Michael Wolfish

1975-1976

H. Alexander Zimmerman

$12,597 I. Ross Bartlett ’75 ♥

1972

Graeme C. Bate, P.Eng. ’75

$266,452 Michael Daniher

Martin A. Chepesiuk ’75, P ’10 ★

David S. Grant ★

Alexander Rae-Grant ’75

Richard Kennedy

Alec Clute ’76 ★

Brian Livingston

David G. Crookston ’76

Bernie McGarva P ’03 ★

Myron Cybulsky ’76 ★

William McMaster

Donald Gordon ’76 ♥ ★

Howard Scrimgeour ★

Leslie Marton ’76 ★

Annual Donor Report

Gavin Pitchford ’76 Vincent Santamaura ’76 ★ Jeff Singer ’76 & Maureen Whitley Gary S. A. Solway ’76 & Jeilah Chan, P ’26 D. Grant Vingoe ’76 Graham J. Yost ’76 ★ Anonymous ★

1977 $116,636 Steven Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22 ★ Peter Allemang P. Timothy Birnie Peter Buzzi ★ Andre & Jocelyn Hidi ★ David Le Gresley Mark Noskiewicz James Penturn P ’07 Eric Tatrallyay Anonymous ★

1978 $20,030 David Allan ♥ ★ Monica Biringer Seana Evans-Renaud Sherry A. Glied ★ Daniel Gordon Penelope A. Harbin Kenneth Kirsh ★ Susan (Black) Lawson ★ Allison MacDuffee

Lisa Gordon ♥ ★

1981

1983

Anthony Hollenberg Jean C. Iu ♥ ★

$9,820 Marcel Behr ♥

$5,739 Robin Bloomfield

C. Stuart Kent ★

Suzanne Campbell

Carl Knutson

David Colbert

Rupert & Holly Duchesne P ’25

K.C. Laird Laundy

The Duffy Family

Antony T. F. Lundy ’79 & Janet M. Looker ★

Christopher Francis

Susan E. Opler P ’14

Bruce Grant ♥

Joshua S. Phillips

Robert Keedwell

1980 $35,012 Andrew P. Alberti ★

Audrey Marton

Peter Bowen ’80 & Alison Bowen ★

John Moffet

Kevin G. Crowston

Donald Redelmeier P ’12, ’15

Katharine E. Davidson OBE

John A. Rose

David Evans

Timothy Sellers ★

Vanessa Grant & Philip Street ★

John Wilkinson ★

Tom Friedland★

Laura Money P ’22 Jeffrey J. Nankivell Sudha Rajagopal Eugene Siklos

1982 $10,030 Martin I. Boyer Ben Chan ★ Brian Denega

John A. Hass ♥ Tomo Hattori Stephen Kilburn Karen M. Mandel ★ Earl Stuart Andrew Tremayne Elizabeth Turner ★

1984 $14,595 Donald C. Ainslie♥ ★ Scott Anderson Marion Dove Geoffrey Hall Catherine E. Ivkoff David Kreindler ♥ ★

Dr. Sheldon Green ★

Elizabeth Herz-MacInnis

1979

Bernie Gropper ★

Lisa Jeffrey ♥ ★

$52,643 J. Nicholas Boland

Eric Kert

Jon Martin ★

Michael R. Martin ’84 & Suzanne Martin ’84, P ’11, ’15 ♥ ★

Abba Lustgarten

Robin Martin ★

Cameron A. Matthew

John Burns ★

Rick Marin ★

Sheila Miller

Patrick McPhee ♥

Catherine Bush

Nomi Morris ★

Anita Tannis

Kosta Michalopoulos ★

Brian Eden ♥

Andrew Munn ★

Susan Tough

Chandragupta Sooran

Peter A. Ewens ★

Kim R. Persky

Mardi Witzel

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Annual Donor Report

1990

Alison Clegg ’93

$22,843 Asheesh Advani ’90 & Helen Rosenfeld

Jacob Eliosoff ’93

Andrew Brack Christopher Burton Kevin J.K. Chan Hilary Davidson Jessica R. Goldberg P ’27 Heather Kirkby ♥ Dera J. Nevin Henry J.P. White

1991 $28,608 James Barr

1985

John R. Caldwell

$50,018 Sarah Cannell ♥

Caroline Cathcart

Isi Caulder ♥ ★

Kevin Davis ★

Clare Crowston ’85 & Ali Banihashem Anne Fleming P ’17 ★ P. Diane Hamilton

Julia Cochrane ♥ ★ Lisa Freeman P ’27 Katherine Hammond ’87 & Richard Nathanson ’87, P ’20 ★

Dory S. Boyer Karen Chan P ’22, ’24 ★ Sandra Chong ♥ ★ Danny Chow Aaron Dantowitz ♥ ★ Jordan Feld Patrick Feng Dan Guttman

Sascha Hastings

Mark Ho

Grant Lum ★

Ian Lee P ’27

Edward Jhu

Paul Tough

Elissa A. McBride

Jason Jones

Adrian M. Yip

Jill Presser P ’21, ’17

Carrie (Fung) Ku ★

1986 $5,893 Tracy A. Betel ♥ Wendy Drukier Paul Fieguth ’86 & Betty Pries Sandra Flow Eleanor Latta Anthony Lee Arpita Maiti Mark D. Phillips ’86 & Esther Benzie, P ’24 Jacquelyn Sloane Siklos David S. Weiss P ’21 Ian Worland ’86 and Caroline Richardson ★

1987 $8,930 Katherine Basi 36

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Cari Whyne P ’24 ★ Thomas Wilk

Jennie E. Jung Rebecca Katzin Helen Lee Roland Lee Warren Lee P ’22, ’23, ’24

Geoffrey Hung ’93 ♥ ★ Alex Hutchinson ’93 ♥ ★ T. Justin Lou ’93 Ian Richler ’93 ♥ Samuel Robinson ’93 Victoria Shen ’93 Rapido Trains Inc. ♥ ★ Jason E. Shron ’93 ♥ ★ Justin Tan ’93 Scott A. Thompson ’93 ♥ Cindy Wan ’93 ♥ ★ Veronica C. Yeung ’93 Anonymous

1994 $7,067 Jessica Carn ♥ Aaron Chan ★ Adam Chapnick ★ Catherine Cheung Jennifer Couzin Raymond C. Fung Jennifer Hayward Andrea Iaboni ♥ Harrison F. Keenan Rachel Spitzer ★ Laura Weinrib

1995

$19,893 Jennifer Andersen Koppe ’88 ♥ ★

Ruth Lim

$15,917 Nicole V. Agnew

Julie Mak

Rashaad Bhyat

Mr. Peter Siwak

Diana Drappel

Kristina Bates ’88, P ’22 ★

Ms. Jacquelin Song

Aryeh Lesk

Michael Broadhurst ’88

Elizabeth (Allan) Wilson

Raphaela Neihausen

Sujit Choudhry ’88 & Ira Parghi, P ’23, ’26

Alexander Wolfson

Robin Rix

Anonymous (2)

Denise Tam P ’28

1988-1989

Mark Opashinov ’88★

Jessica Ware

Mark Shuper ’88

1992-1993

Jeremy Weinrib

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

$16,028 Sayeed Karim Abdulla ’92★

Tara Weinstein

Lesleigh Cushing ’89

Anthony Berger ’92

Kenneth Handelman ’89★

Oliver Jerschow ’92

David Shaw ’89

Anna Lim ’92

Greg Shron ’89

Graham Mayeda ’92 ♥

$12,794 Derek Chiang ’96

Anonymous

Kai Chan ’93 ♥ ★

Felicia Chiu ’96★

Anonymous

1996-1997

Annual Donor Report

Sarah Cooper-Weber ’96

Albert K. Tang ’99 ★

Paul Karanicolas ’96

Mark Varma ’99

Amanda Ross-White ’96 ♥ ★

Alex Wall ’99 ♥

Warren Shih ’96 Karin Prochazka-Bergeron ’97

2000-2001

Jennifer Chan ’97

$4,259 Judith Verseghy ’00

Emma Frow ’97

Sabrina Bandali ’01 ♥

Jeffrey Hall-Martin ’97 Michael Morgan ’97 ♥ ★ Veena Mosur ’97

Ian Bradley ’01 Alexander Gorka ’01

Michael Shenkman ’97★

Diana Chisholm Skrzydlo ’01

Adrienne Sum ’97

Emily Stover ’01

Anonymous (2)

Anonymous

1998-1999 $18,313 Clarence Cheng ’98 ★ Judy Kwok ’98 ★ Iris Leung ’98 Pamela Y. W. Wong ’98 & Gabriel Woo, P ’28 ♥ ★

2002-2004 $14,873 Lea Epstein ’02 ♥ Tammy Ho ’02 ♥ Liang Hong ’02 ♥ ★

Olivia Padiernos-Mapué ’04 ♥ Anonymous ♥ ★

2005-2008 $11,614 Hana Dhanji ’05

Ali Noormohamed ’10 Norman Yau ’10 Adam Martin ’11 ♥ Alexander Fung ’12 Adarsh Gupta ’12 Julia Pomerantz ’12

Mitchell Wong ’05 ♥ Morgan Ring ’07 ♥ Lyndon Shopsowitz ’07 Sharon Au ’08 Andrew Chan ’08 Daniel Lam ’08

GOLD Donors: Gr ads of the Last Decade $12,855 Isabella Chiu ’13 ♥

Jeremy Zung ’08 ♥

Jannis Mei ’13

Anonymous (2)

Cole Jackes ’14 Will Monahan ’14

2009-2012

Karim Noormohamed ’17

$7,110 Sarah Coyne ’09

Mengting Qiu ’14

Melanie Dorval ’09 Jenny Gu ’09

Xiang Han Max Bai ’16 Alexander Cui ’16 Clodagh Peters ’16

Stephen Kwong ’02

Rahim Noormohamed ’09

Linus Yung ’98 ♥

Samuel Siah ’02

Avanti Ramachandran ’09

Kristin Ali ’99 ♥

C. Luke Stark ’02 ♥ ★

John J. Nicholas Stark ’09

Jonathan Bitidis ’99 ♥ ★

Julian Tam ’02

Jonathan Talmi ’09

Martine Duffy ’17

Daron Earthy ’99 ♥ ★

Allison Chow ’03 ♥ ★

Bianca Boldisteanu ’10

Georgia Laidlaw ’17

Brenton Huffman ’99

Jeremy Opolsky ’03 ♥ ★

Lisa Hui ’10

Simone Duffy ’22

Anand Srinivasan ’99

Jonathan Bright ’04

Samir Kulkarni ’10

Andrew Cheng ’22

Mr. Jonathan Zheng ’16 Anonymous ’16

PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF CURRENT STUDENTS Olawale Adelola & Joan Pengla P ’25, ’28 Ajay Agrawal & Gina Buonaguro P ’23, ’28 Mansour Alvi & Sarah Moosavi P ’21, ’23 Gillian Amber P ’28 Azza Azza & Nkiru Azza P ’28 David Bai & Yanli Zhao P ’28

Dmitry Brusilovsky & Svetlana Bogouslavski P ’27 Mark Bui & Melody Nguyen P ’29 Nancy Castillo P ’26 Dickson Chan & Lisa Chan P ’27 Kelvin Chan & Lisa Kwok P ’28

Richard Bai ’23

Kwong Chan & Tina Louie P ’28

Nathaniel Baum-Snow & Elnaz Alipour P ’28

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

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

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Bing Chen & Yehua Su P ’27 Chuan Chen & Yu Shi P ’24 Dezhong Chen & Xuping Zhang P ’27 ♥ Jia Chen & Qian Dou P ’28 Leo Chen & Susie Wang P ’23 Sheldon Szeto & Flora Chen P ’21, ’23, ’26 ♥ Xin Chen & Wei Cheng P ’25 Sujit Choudhry ’88 & Ira Parghi, P ’23, ’26 William Chow & Anita Lo Anne Christy GP ’21, ’23 Radu Craiu & Lei Sun P ’22, ’25

Mazyar Fallah & Heather Jordan P ’23

Kun Gu & Wenge Zhang P ’25

Chris Javornik & Linda Weber P ’22, ’24

Jin Fan & Li Zhao P ’23

Mrs. Berna Gulmisal P ’20, ’27

Changhai Ji & Jienan Wang P ’23

Enwei Guo & Yuhong Jia P ’27

Xiaoyi Ji & Chen Qu P ’27

Larry Guo & Brenda Liu P ’24

Minghao Jiang & Mingyan Yang P ’29

Yuntao Fan & Na Zhang, P ’25 Ramin R. Farnood & Ning Yan P ’21, ’23 Daniel Firka & Susan Doniz P ’28 Neil & Arlene Fitzgerald P ’23, ’26

Xin Guo & Jiangping Luo P ’26 Lin Han P ’23 Jian He & Jinghua Shen

Thomas Foucault & Jeanne Foucault

Benjamin Jung & Vivian Ching P ’26

Frederick Hixon & Melinda Rogers P ’25

Lisa Freeman ’87 & Ray Forzley, P ’27

Paul Karanicolas ’96 & Emelyn Bartlett, P ’24, ’28

Sasan HosseiniMoghaddam & Nazanin Aghel P ’23

Karmella Karmello P ’26

Philipp Frei & Cynthia Eldridge P ’28 Xiaodong Fu & Farong Chen P ’24

Yong Hu & Xiao Dan Jia P ’28

Ganpan Gao & Xiaoan Zhang P ’24

Hai Huang & Zhifen Jiao P ’24

Andrew Garrett & Belinda Longe P ’28

Jintong Huang & Li Yao P ’26

Charles Geng & Vicky Chai P ’27

Junhua Huang & Mingmin Zhu P ’24

Boris & Hanna Gernega P ’26 ♥

Tao Huang & Yanzhen Li P ’29 ♥

Peter Doucet & Marina Kim P ’25

Jessica R. Goldberg ’90 & James d’Ombrain, P ’27

Zhigang Huang & I Hsuan Chen P ’22, ’27

Kun Du & Yiling Zhang P ’28

Seth Goren P ’28

Morgan Hui & Maggie Tian P ’26

Vincent de Grandpré & Sandra Nishikawa P ’26 Zhen Yu Deng & Mable Shi P ’26 ♥ Richard Derham & Qing Li P ’22, ’26 Lijun Dou & Yukun Lu P ’18, ’23

Rupert ’83 & Holly Duchesne, P ’25 Erly Escueta P ’29

Jin Family

Jingyi Hao & Ellen Liu P ’26

Shuangzeng Hu & Yusheng Zhao P ’28

Jie Dai & Helen Bai P ’27

Xiaomin Jiao & Xiaona Zhu P ’26

David Fletcher & Rebecca Rose P ’28

Minyi Fu & Min Mao P ’26

Guanjun Cui & Yan Sun P ’27

Jun Jiang & Yingxin Li P ’24

John & Nancy Gossling P ’18, ’20, ’23, ’25 ★ Margaret Graham ’89, P ’27 ★

Ramandeep Khattra & Ravinder Khattra P ’24, ’28 Karim Khawaja & Farzana Karim Khawaja P ’27 Yaariv Khaykin & Yana Shamiss P ’24, ’29 Jun Kong & JingYu Xu P ’27 Ray Kong & Irene Bauer P ’24 Christophe L’Ahelec & Tomoko L’Ahelec P ’24 Aimin Lang & Ying Liu P ’26 Chyang & Gloria Lee P ’87, ’91, GP ’22, ’23, ’24, ’27 Ian Lee ’87, P ’27 Tammy Lee P ’28

Alan & Farida James P ’29

Warren Lee ’91 & Sarah Ramage Lee, P ’22, ’23, ’24

Robert Janson & Charlie Janson P ’29

Bowen Lew & Susan Song P ’27 Chun Li & Xiumei Jia P ’25 Kan Li & Iris Zhu P ’25 Ling Li P ’26 Wen Li & Vivienne Jiang P ’27 Victor Li P ’29 Xin Li & Hui Wang P ’27 Yongle Li & Yuewen Yi P ’27 BaoWei Lian & Jennifer (Ruihong) Chen P ’23 Jie Lian & Xiaoyun Wu P ’24 Ben Liang & Min Dong P ’28 Paul Liang & Pauline Lin P ’23 Qiang Lin & Bing Xia P ’23

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Zhen Lin & Yi Liu P ’25 Phillip Lipscy & Rie Kijima P ’27 Andy Liu & Yan Li P ’27 En Liu & Lucy Song P ’25 Fang Liu P ’25 Jason Liu ’25 Xing Hua Liu & Yanping Chen P ’25, ’27 Jinsong Lu & Jianmei Zhao P ’26 Wen Yi Lu & Jing Chen P ’28 Thomas Lundon & Thu Hong Ngo P ’27 Bin Luo & Xiaomei Li P ’23 Jon MacCall & Grace Sanchez MacCall P ’25 Saul Mandelbaum & Melissa Nutik P ’23, ’26

Mark D. Phillips ’86 & Esther Benzie, P ’24 Andrij Pilkiw & Maryna Pilkiw P ’25 Austin Pinto & Ruxandra Pinto P ’23 Michael & Connie Pun P ’23, ’26 Zhongren Qiu & Lianying Xu P ’26 Abhay Raman & Preeti Raman P ’25 Bob Reeves & Carolyn Blaine P ’27

Denise Tam ’95 & Michael Chen, P ’28

Gang Wu & Annie Wang P ’16, ’24

Junyan Ren & Kaixia Ma P ’28

Michael & Kate Taylor P ’23

John Wu & Yin Mei Wong P ’28

Maolin Ren & Qing Chen P ’24 Asgar Rishu & Gousia Dhhar P ’28

Besufekad Tesfaye & Adey Worku P ’23, ’28 Gan Tian & Wen Zhang P ’24, ’29

Michelle Hu & Peter Wu P ’23, ’27 Minhao Wu & Ying Huang P ’27

Elke Rubach P ’25, ’29

Bing Wang & Zheng Yao P ’26

Seyed Hadi Sadat Toussi & Mercedeh Arbab P ’26 ♥

Hongwei Wang & Xiaoyi Chen P ’24

Peterson Santos & Cecilia Luko P ’26

Jian Wang & Nan Weng P ’24

Heng Xu & Mei Chen P ’26 ♥

Paul Satura & Carol Chiu P ’27

Jin Hu Wang & Tian Hui Shi P ’28

Huaxia Xu & Ling Zhang P ’25

Dave Seglins & Bay Ryley P ’24

Jiqin Wang & Guangming Huang P ’26

Moges Yalew & Misrak Gizaw P ’27

Michael Seguin P ’25

Ke Wang & Haoying Ou P ’28

Chao Yang & He Cao P ’22, ’25

Ying Shen P ’29

Xun Wang & Hongxia Zhang P ’18, ’26

Frank Yang & Jenny Zheng P ’28

Hongjun Shou & Yanting Li P ’24

Yesheng Wang & Yan Sun P ’28

Jiang Ming Yang & Ping Zhang P ’26, ’28

Michael Ni & Becky Li P ’27

Mark Silverberg & Ayala Revah P ’24

Yunfu Wang & Qian He P ’28

Sheng Yang & Lixiang Xu P ’24

Sumit Oberai & Marcia Mclean P ’23

Gary S. A. Solway ’76 & Jeilah Chan, P ’26

Zhongwei Wang & Xing Hua Zheng P ’12, ’23

Song Yang & Xin Liu P ’25

Kevin O’Neill & Archana Sridhar P ’26

Victor Song & Vicky Chen P ’20, ’28

David & Alla Weintraub P ’18, ’24

Daming Yao & Li Luo P ’26

Nelson Ong & Joy Sun P ’28

Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw P ’23

Cari Whyne ’87 & James Pringle, P ’24 ★

Simon Palmer & Hua Lin P ’25

Alexander Sukhonos & Ping Guo P ’25

Peter & Joanne Willson P ’21

Randy Pang & Jun Li P ’26

Tao Sun & Julia Zhang P ’26

Andreas Park & Ekaterina Malinova P ’28

Weiwei Sun & Qian Wang P ’26

Pamela Y. W. Wong ’98, P ’28 ♥ ★

Chiu & Elaine Yip P ’18, ’23 Tao Yong & Tina Xu P ’27

Shashank Parkhi & Supriya Kulkarni P ’27

David Sutherland & Jennifer Holness P ’21, ’25

Grant Worden & Eleanor Colledge P ’23, ’25 Bill Wu & Julie Wu P ’26 ♥

Manish Patel & Maya Patel P ’26

Matt Syme & Liz Thorpe P ’24 ♥

Sze Wo Yu & Jing Wang P ’23

Sean Mason & Christine Wong P ’25 Elan Mastai & Samantha Morris Mastai P ’26 Virgiliu Matiu & Ileana Matiu P ’26 Andrew McElheran P ’29 Ivan Mo & Ming Xiong P ’23, ’25 Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya P ’23 Chuannan Mu & Fan Zhang P ’29 Rajesh Nagpal & Shweta Nagpal P ’28

Edgar Seiden & Monica O P ’24

Chunlei Wu & Yaling Yin P ’25

Howard Xian & Frances Zhang P ’23, ’26 Bo Xu & Yan Gao P ’23

Yuming Yang & Li Jin P ’25 Rick Yeung & Serena Lai P ’23, ’25 Robert & Amy Yeung P ’29 Song Yin & Wen Yan P ’29

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Eric Zhang & Maggie Chu P ’28

Leo Zhong & Cathy Luo P ’26

Hao Zhang & Xiwen Hou P ’26

Allen Zhou & Xin Raina Zhao P ’26

Jessica Zhang P ’26

Chen Zhou & Yun Ding P ’27

Peiliang Zhang & Xin Zhang P ’28 Qian Zhang & Ting Liu P ’27

Qiang Zhu & Susan Yin P ’25

Tim Zhang & Kathy Zhou P ’27

Yi An Zhu & Ying Yang P ’28

Yanfeng Zhang & Hong Liu P ’25

Yushen Zhu & Allison Liu P ’27

Zhaosheng Zhang & Wei Wei P ’28 Feng Zhao & Chen Liang P ’28 Qiang Yuan & Yanyan Zhang P ’25

Yongzhao Zhai & Wei Zhu P ’25

Zhi Gang Zhao & Chunxia Geng P ’27

Alan Zhuang & Tracy Cui P ’27 lin Zuo & Lei Zhang P ’28 Anonymous (2) ♥ Anonymous (38)

PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF ALUMNI Riichiro Akazaki & Amanda Kreidié-Akazaki P ’17, ’20

Paul & Loretta Chan P ’98

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

Phillip Chan & Lilian Chan P ’78, ’82

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

Consuelo Castillo P ’92

Hua Cheng and Ying Zhang P ’22, ’29

Frederick & May Au P ’08

Martin A. Chepesiuk ’75, P ’10 ★

Kailash Bahadur & Maria Miller P ’02

Parent of Derek Chiang ’96 & Michelle Chiang ’00 ★

Charles Baillie, Jr. O.C. ’58 & Marilyn Baillie C.M, P ’85

Priscilla Chong P ’98

Derek A. Bate ’71 & Elizabeth Beeler, P ’16 Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson, P ’22 ★ Margaret Bawden P ’20 J. David Beattie ’64, P ’00, ’02 ♥ Rikesh Bhogal & Rimmy Kaur P ’21 Ian & Susan Binnie P ’93, GP ’24 Robert G. Boeckner GP ’18 John Bowden ’48 & Lois Bowden, P ’79 ★

The Christoffersen Family Stewart & Carmel Crampton P ’96, ’98 Peter Currer ’63 & Ai Dong Chen, P ’23

Anne Fleming ’85 & Michael Piaskoski, P ’17

Lianne Tile & Andrew Howard P ’15, ’17

Douglas & Christine Flood P ’93

Tiger Hu & Michelle Liu P ’20

Alexander & Lucy Forcina P ’15 ♥

George & Anne Hume P ’89

Jennie Frow P ’97, ’01

Brian Hwang & Janie Shin P ’14

Ajay Garg and Tian Zhou P ’23 Martin Geffen & Cathy Mallove P ’10 Stephen Gittins & Linda Gittins P ’93, ’97 David Gladish & Eva Gladish P ’22

Julian Ivanov & Michaela Tudor P ’17 ♥ Bill Jackes & Liane Bedard P ’14 Robert P. Jacob ’60, P ’88, ’90 Anton Jerschow P ’92

Murray Gold & Helen Kersley P ’14

Noor Dewji P ’08, ’11

Nasir Jetha & Samira Gillani P ’18

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

The Jha Family ★

Chris D’Iorio & Lise Fournier P ’20 Ellen Drevnig P ’07 Anne Ellis P ’10, ’14 Margaret Elmarson P ’87 David Fallis ’73, P ’02 ★

Paul Brace ’71, P ’12 ★ Douglas Bradley & Mary Killoran P ’01, ’08

Rob and Betty Farquharson P ’10 ★

Valentin & Camelia Burtea P ’15

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

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Douglas Davis ’58 & Janet Davis, P ’87 ★

William A. Fallis ’71 & Johann Cooper, P ’15

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James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 ★

Marty Graham P ’73, ’76, ’78 Simon Grocott & Ariana Bradford P ’17, ’19, ’22 Tong Hahn & D. Smith P ’16 ♥ ★ John Hamilton ’55 & Barbara Hamilton P ’82, ’85 Katherine Hammond ’87 & Richard Nathanson ’87, P ’20 ★

Dylan Jones & Madeleine Rothberg P ’18 Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82 Susan Kitchell P ’01 Nestor & Catharine Kostyniuk P ’02 David & Jane Kruse P ’22 Regine & Alex Kuperman P ’07, ’08 Paul Lam & Verna Ng P ’14, ’18

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Chyang & Gloria Lee P ’87, ’91, GP ’22, ’23, ’24, ’27

James McKellar & Clelia Iori P ’21

Mark & Peri Peters P ’16, ’19 ★

Steven & Xiao Ping Tso P ’94

David Leith & Jacqueline Spayne P ’11

Alex & Anka Meadu P ’01

Jill Presser ’87, P ’17, ’21

Laura Money ’81 & Marcus Macrae, P ’22

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

Mark van Zanden & Rachel Talbot P ’21

David and Julie Moos P ’20

Donald & Nita Reed P ’92 ★

Alberts Vitols & Maria Thorburn P ’22

Barbara Morgan P ’97

Jeffrey R. Rose ’64 & Sandra Black, P ’03 ★

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

David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01 ★

David S. Weiss P ’21

Simon & Audrey Li P ’09 Zhen Li & Yun Ling Zhao P ’22 Danielle LiChong P ’16, ’18, ’20 Bill Liu & Winnie Liu P ’22

Alan E. Morson ’53, P ’79 ★ Jimmy Mui & Amelia Ng, P ’22 ♥

Michael & Muriel Wissell P ’14

Zhu Liu & Karen Chen P ’19

Kayambu & Ramalakshmi Muthuramu P ’08

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

James & Margo Longwell P ’15

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

Jason Sharpe & Tanya Bonus P ’19

Samuel Wu & Grace Zhang P ’15

Kathy Moore & Jim Madigan P ’15

Steve O’Neil & Colette Léger P ’15, ’18 ★

Peter & Jackie Shaw P ’17, ’19

Nelson Mah & Bonnie Li P ’22

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

Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran P ’13

Geoff & Carol ShirtliffHinds P ’16, ’17, ’20

Michael R. Martin ’84 & Suzanne Martin ’84, P ’11, ’15 ♥ ★

Opolsky Family

Quan-Gen Zhou & Hui Song P ’09, ’16

Noah S. Shopsowitz P ’07

Gladys Page P ’79

James M. Spence ’58, P ’88

Anonymous ♥

Wen Tang Pan & Jenny Gao P ’19

Stanley & Marcy Tepner P ’17

James Penturn ’77 & Kathleen Crook, P ’07

Tanya Lee & John Torrey P ’17

Anonymous (2) ★

Bo Liu & Ting Liu P ’22

Greg McElligott & Alex Pope P ’19 Bernie McGarva ’72, P ’03 ★

Jane Withey P ’11, ’14

Anonymous ♥ Anonymous Anonymous (11)

CURRENT & FORMER STAFF Scott Baker

John Fautley

Jack Moorfield ’50

Gillian Bartlett

G. Alan Fleming ’54 ♥ ★

Barbara Morgan P ’97

Elizabeth Straszynski & Chris Wilson ♥

Sarah Behl ♥

Carrie Flood

Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury ♥ ★

C. Ann Unger ♥ ★

Carole Bernicchia-Freeman ★

Cresencia Fong

Marie-Claire Recurt ★

David S. Weiss ’86, P ’21 ♥

Adam Gregson

Janet Williamson ♥

Jonathan Bitidis ’99 ♥ ★

H. Donald Gutteridge ★

Michaele M. Robertson & Barry Wansbrough

H. Don Borthwick ’54 ★

Mary Hall

Forough Shafiei

Carole (Geddes) Zamroutian ★

Rebecca Broderick

Rebecca Harrison & Stephen Colella

Sarah Shugarman ♥

Anonymous (2)

Elizabeth Smyth

Anonymous (4)

Sean Hayto ♥ ★

Stephanie Stavro-Pearce

Anonymous (4) ★

Shawn Brooks Adam Brown Chris J. Carswell ♥ Sarah Cescon Garth Chalmers ♥ ★

Judith Kay ♥ ★ Jennifer Kelly Virginia Ki

Jean Collins

Ping Kong Lai & Shiu Ling Lai

Nancy Dawe

Dan & Diane Lang ★

Sandra Della Maestra

Raymond Lee ♥ ★

Michael Didier ♥

Rebecca Levere, ♥ ★

Kathy Dimas

Kara Lysne-Paris ♥

Rose Dotten ♥ ★

Julie Martin

Martha Drake ♥ ★

Mary McBride

Lynda S. Duckworth ★

Lily McGregor ♥ ★

Rosemary Evans ♥ ★

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FRIENDS OF UTS Joy Abramson

Les Éclaireurs

Peter T. Kyle

Reis Informatica

Maryam Arshi

Janice Fairweather

R. Walter Ridley

B & B Hamilton Fund at Toronto Foundation ★

Firefly Foundation

The Le Gresley Family Foundation

Rajesh Garg

Xi Li

Royal Bank of Canada

Mehrnoosh Barari

David Garth

Manulife Financial

Olga Rubino

BMO Employee Charitable Foundation

The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

Susan McCloy

Susan M. Scace

Faye Mishna

Sun Life Financial

The Branksome Ladies

IBM Canada Limited

Joan Cavers

The Henry N.R. Jackman Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation ★

Lianxiang Tang

Cade Foundation

Ernest Ng

Toronto Foundation ★

Frances Clee

Nancy E. Jacobi

Emeka Okongwu

UTS Alumni Association ★

Computer Animation Studios of Ontario

Dimple Jayachandran

UTS Parents’ Association ★

Rahul Dave

Kartik Kanakasabesan

OSSTF District 34-University of Toronto Schools Polaris Intelligence Inc.

Anonymous (4)

Rapido Trains ♥ ★

Anonymous ★

Alessia Dawes Maryam Dorri

Linda Ann Jewell Kuperman Family Foundation

Rogers Communications

Travelers Canada

Yunhao Zhang Debbie Zhou

CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATING CLASS! 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 $235,000 which provides approximately $10,000 annually in financial aid to current UTS students. This year, many of the gifts in honour of graduating students were directed to our Building Fund and to the Rosemary Evans Bursary Fund. We thank our families for giving the gift of a UTS education through donations totaling over $28,000!

CLASS OF 2023 Ajay Agrawal & Gina Buonaguro P ’23 in honour of Amelia Agrawal ’23

Sachin & Gunjan Chandrashekar P ’23 in honour of Kunaal Chandrashekar ’23

Liang Bai & Lihua Jia P ’23 in honour of Richard Bai ’23

Leo Chen & Susie Wang P ’23 in honour of Jessie Chen ’23

Besufekad Tesfaye & Adey Worku P ’23, ’28 in honour of Leyat Besufekad Tesfaye ’23

Lin Han P ’23 in honour of Harry Cheng ’23 Sujit Choudhry ’88 & Ira Parghi, P ’23, ’26 in honour of Jaya Choudhry ’23

Lijun Dou & Yukun Lu P ’18, ’23 in honour of Kathryn Dou ’23

BaoWei Lian & Jennifer (Ruihong) Chen P ’23 in honour of Daniel Lian ’23

Mazyar Fallah & Heather Jordan P ’23 in honour of Evelyn Fallah ’23

Paul Liang & Pauline Lin P ’23 in honour of Thomas Liang ’23

Jin Fan & Li Zhao P ’23 in honour of Nicole Fan ’23

Qiang Lin & Bing Xia P ’23 in honour of Rally Lin ’23

Ramin R. Farnood & Ning Yan P ’21, ’23 in honour of Eila Farnood ’23

Bin Luo & Xiaomei Li P ’23 in honour of Royce Luo ’23

Neil & Arlene Fitzgerald P ’23, ’26 in honour of Maya Fitzgerald ’23 John & Nancy Gossling, P ’18, ’20, ’23, ’25 in honour of Reed Gossling ’23 Sasan HosseiniMoghaddam & Nazanin Aghel P ’23 in honour of Sam HosseiniMoghaddam ’23 Changhai Ji & Jienan Wang P ’23 in honour of Angela Ji ’23

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Saul Mandelbaum & Melissa Nutik P ’23, ’26 in honour of Elijah Mandelbaum ’23 Qiang Mei & Hongmei Shi P ’23 in honour of Selina Mei ’23 Ivan Mo & Ming Xiong, P ’23, P ’25 in honour of Aidan Mo ’23 Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya P ’23 in honour of Mari Montoya ’23 Sumit Oberai & Marcia Mclean P ’23 in honour of Kiran Oberai ’23

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Austin Pinto & Ruxandra Pinto P ’23 in honour of Daniel Pinto ’23

Sheldon Szeto & Flora Chen P ’21, ’23, ’26 in honour of Isabelle Szeto ’23

Michelle Hu & Peter Wu P ’23, ’27 in honour of Yvonne Wu ’23

Michael & Connie Pun P ’23, ’26 in honour of Emily Pun ’23

Michael & Kate Taylor P ’23 in honour of James Taylor ’23

Howard Xian & Frances Zhang P ’23, ’26 in honour of Tiffany Xian ’23

Zhongwei Wang & Xing Hua Zheng P ’12, ’23 in honour of Benjamin Wang ’23

Bo Xu & Yan Gao P ’23 in honour of Emily Xu ’23

Warren Lee ’91 & Sarah Ramage Lee, P ’22, ’23, ’24 in honour of Max Ramage Lee ’23 Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw P ’23 in honour of Matthew Stasiw ’23

Andrew Currie & Mary Anne Waterhouse P ’23 in honour of Nicholas Waterhouse-Currie ’23

Wei Xu & Qingling Zheng P ’23 in honour of Maria Xu ’23 Rick Yeung & Serena Lai P ’23, ’25 in honour of Curtis Yeung ’23

Chiu & Elaine Yip P ’18, ’23 in honour of Chloe YiP ’23 Sze Wo Yu & Jing Wang P ’23 in honour of Emily Yu ’23 Qiang Yu & Vivian Tu P ’23 in honour of Winston Yu ’23 Rong Zhang & Qing Li P ’23 in honour of Helena Zhang ’23 Many S6 Parents in honour of Rosemary Evans

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

IN HONOUR OF: Class of 1957 Simin Dewji ’11 Rosemary Evans James D. Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 Barry Graham ’59, P ’89, ’92, GP ’27

IN MEMORY OF: Derek P. Allen ’65

Hugh Hanson ’53

Stan Pearl GP ’21, ’23

Natalie Kuzmich

John Perrin ’81

Danyal Bhyat

Balfour Le Gresley P ’77

Douglas G. Peter ’58

George M. Carrick ’58

Richard B. Lewis ’56

Gordon A. Richardson ’37

David Decker ’70

Peter J. Luhse ’78

Barbara Ritchie P ’80

John R. Duffy ’81

Norah E. Maier

Michael A. Elmarson ’87

W. Bruce MacLean

David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye ’75

Donald F. Fawcett ’50

M. Anne Millar

Joseph Starr ’58 Kate M. Tiley

Keva Garg ’23

Joshua Miller

H. Donald Gutteridge

Roy Grant

Peter G. Neilson ’71

Edgar Ware P ’95

UTS Teachers & Staff

Lisa Haberman

Clare Pace

John Wood ’58

THE UTS ARBOR SOCIETY FOR LEGACY GIVING 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.

James A. (Sandy) McIntyre ’71

D. Kenneth Roberts ’70, P ’00, ’04

David Morgan ’63 J. Timothy Morgan ’87

Michaele M. Robertson, Former Principal

John D. Murray ’54

John N. Shaw ’50

Mark Opashinov ’88

David Sherman ’75 Murray E. Treloar ’68

Robert W. Hoke ’66

Stephen Raymond & Natasha vandenHoven P ’16, ’19

James S. Coatsworth ’69

David J. Holdsworth ’61

William Redrupp ’54

Anonymous (19)

Gillian (Davidson) Davies ’87

Robert E. Lord ’58

Donald K. Avery ’49

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72

Scott Baker, Former Teacher

G. Alan Fleming ’54, Former Principal

Lois & John Bowden ’48, P ’79

John R.D. Fowell ’60

Paul Brace ’71, P ’12

Stephen Gauer ’70

Peter L. Buzzi ’77 Ben Chan ’82

H. Donald Gutteridge, Former Principal

Class Member ’84

Matthew Dryer ’68 Lynda S. Duckworth, Former Teacher

Antony T.F. Lundy ’79 James I. MacDougall ’54 Bernie McGarva ’72, P ’03

Gregory G. Turnbull ’73 Walter Vogl ’73

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

THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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LOOKING BACK

More than half a century has passed and it still feels like yesterday – the memories are that strong.

UTS coaches from the sixties and seventies are the stuff of legends, paving the way for excellence in coaching and sport which continues to this day. To commemorate that special period in our school history, Bernie McGarva ’72 gave a very special football to UTS for posterity, autographed by his outstanding coaches: Don Fawcett ’50, Nick Volpe, Chuck Weir, Andy Szandtner, Derek Bate ’44, P ’71, ’73, ’75, GP ’16 and Jim McElroy. Each coach noted the years they coached beside their signatures. This inspired Bernie to further the project with the creation of the UTS Coaches Bursary and a Coaches Celebration of the sixties and seventies with Ron Wakelin and Ornella Barrett representing the end of that era and the beginning of co-education. While sport is a glorious part of UTS history, the spirit of camaraderie and love for athletics lives on in our students today.