The Root Fall 2020

Root THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

FALL 2020

LIGHTING THE WAY THROUGH CRISIS

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

Our Connections are Stronger than Ever In May 2013, I took on the role of UTS Alumni Association President, with no idea

Mark Opashinov ’88 PRESIDENT, UTSAA

I would continue for more than seven years to become the longest-serving UTSAA President ever.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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PRESIDENT

Aaron Dantowitz ’91

VICE PRESIDENT

Laura Money ’81

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Rosemary Evans

Aaron.Dantowitz@utschools.ca

Laura.Money@utschools.ca

PAST-PRESIDENT

TREASURER

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT

Sara.Son.Hing@utschools.ca

jpittlainsbury@utschools.ca

Mark Opashinov ’88

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Sara Son Hing ’97

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Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury

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Ian Speers ’98

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Phone: 416-978-3919 Fax: 416-971-2354 E-mail: alumni@utschools.ca

Jonathan Bitidis ’99

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Aaron Chan ’94

DIRECTORS

Peter Frost ’63

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Adarsh Gupta ’12

Avanti Ramachandran ’09

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Morgan Ring ’07

Web: www.utschools.ca/alumni

Aaron.Chan@utschools.ca

Facebook: www.fb.com/utschools

David.Dodds@utschools.ca

Oliver.Jerschow@utschools.ca

Tim.Sellers@utschools.ca

Twitter and Instagram: @utschools

Anne Fleming ’85

Peter Neilson ’71

Jessica Ware ’95

David Dodds ’73

Anne.Fleming@utschools.ca

Adarsh.Gupta@utschools.ca

Oliver Jerschow ’92

Peter.Neilson@utschools.ca

Bob Pampe ’63

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If you would like to receive your copy of The Root electronically, please contact alumni@utschools.ca or 416-978-3919.

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Tim Sellers ’78

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Five UTS alumni on the frontlines of pandemic leadership + COVID-19 Alumni News special.

Simi Atri ’08 and Sybil Sakle Thompson ’98 defend human rights in the community and courtroom.

LIGHTING THE WAY THROUGH CRISIS

SEEKING JUSTICE IN TURBULENT TIMES

REGULAR FEATURES UTS Board Report . . . . . 4 Principal’s Report. . . . . . 4 Giving Back. . . . . . . . . . . 5 In School and Black Lives Matter . . . . . 6 Construction Corner . . . 18 Alumni News. . . . . . . . . 20 Annual Donor Report. . 26

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Martha Drake

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Our many alumni who are stepping up to make a difference and light the way through this pandemic.

MANAGING EDITOR AND STAFF WRITER

PHOTOGRAPHY/ ILLUSTRATION

Kimberley Fehr EDITOR

Sumner & Lang

F1 (Grade 7) students Andrew Chen and Andrew Ma, Kimberley Fehr, Dahlia Katz, Emma Jenkin ’03, M4 (Grade 10) Abby Hunter

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Morgan Ring ’07

Colour Systems Inc.

ABOVE

Xenia Chen ’10 pivoted her company Threads to make masks.

CONTRIBUTORS

Our thanks to this issue’s contributors: Luigi Cifa; John Della Serra; Martha Drake; Rosemary Evans; Jim Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72; Emma Jenkin ’03; Mark Opashinov ’88; Karen Sumner and Warren Lang.

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

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

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

When times change, UTS adapts. In March, we all came together to transition to an

Rosemary Evans

online school virtually overnight. Over the summer, the UTS Leadership Team adapted to changing government directives on the fly as they planned for the return to school.

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

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

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

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

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

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A new and better school building for UTS was once just a dream, something we knew our school deserved: high-calibre facilities on par with the exceptional education students receive at UTS. Now, the renewed school is rising out of the ground at 371 Bloor, higher each day, transforming from a dream into an enduring, concrete foundation for the future.

Every day more vital connections are made as structural steel reaches for the sky: stairs connect floors, and walls connect with roofs, making a framework for the beautiful building this will become.

It is the strength of our connections that made this dream real: the way our community comes together and goes above and beyond for our school. Together, we raised over $60 million for the Building the Future campaign, because we understand the transformative power of a UTS education, and what it will mean for our future students, in this pandemic and beyond. The world needs what UTS brings to the table.

As construction progresses, the old and the new intertwine. Modern heritage-style windows are being installed on our historic façade, bringing in energy efficiency while preserving the romance of the historic building and everything it meant to over 100 years of UTS students. Beautiful new features, such as the atrium, bring natural light to all floors. Inside, the Learning Stairs will create an impressive public space where students and teachers can come together for those transformative moments in education: the pure magic of UTS. While the building takes shape, we are not resting on our laurels, but turning our gaze inwards. We will have the walls and the halls, but inside our students will need everything from weight and cardio equipment for the new fitness centre to 3-D printers for the maker lab, all to make this a high-performance building, inside and out.

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

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THE RIDLEY RIPPLE EFFECT The ripple effect of John Ridley ’16 is still being felt at UTS, nearly 110 years since he first crossed the threshold of 371 Bloor as a 13-year‑old student, 55 years after he became President of the UTS Old Boys Association, and 20 years after the opening of the Ridley Fitness Centre.

When John joined UTS in 1911, it was only the second year of the school’s existence. He graduated in 1916, with the school’s second full cohort, following in the footsteps of his brother, Charles Ridley ’12, who joined UTS on its very first day in 1910.

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

John served as a director for several years and, in 1965, became the association’s president.

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

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

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

Martha Drake

Executive Director, Advancement

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

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In School

IN SCHOOL

Last June, UTS had its first-ever online Expressive Arts show, with incredible drama, music, and visual arts creations.

“Creativity, innovation and resilience in the face of change and challenge is what the arts and artists know best,” says Sarah Shugarman, the Expressive Arts Department Coordinator, who oversaw the show. There were radioplays and musical performances, monologues and impressive works of art.

A special section for Black Lives Matter was dedicated to Toronto-based Black artists whose work inspires UTS teachers and artists, and is directly connected to anti-racism, identity, and/or institutional change. The show also included masterpiece recreations by staff and students. This one is from Kris Ewing, the UTS Wellness Supervisor and Department Coordinator for Health and Physical Education. Can you tell the difference?

Coach Garry Kollins reports 2019–20 was nothing short of a fantastic season last year for the UTS Senior Girls’ Volleyball team, which thankfully finished just before the pandemic hit in March.

They earned two silvers at tournaments, entered the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Championship as the number one seed, and won six games in a row to take home OFSAA Gold. Congratulations to the team, Blues Award winner Georgia SmeatonKatzenber ’20, MVP Hannah Joo ’20, assistant coach Mark Laidman, and trainer Shannon Clancy.

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

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

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

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

In School

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JOIN THE COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT Whatever challenges students face, there’s someone who’s been there before and can help. As part of its strategic initiatives and the UTS Action Steps Re: Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion, UTS has established a new Community of Support for Black and Indigenous students and their families to guide them through the admissions process, school life, and even beyond. “The goal is for students and prospective students to see themselves reflected in our community,” says Makeda Daley, Director, Outreach Programs and Community Engagement. “We want them to feel welcome, safe, and supported at UTS.” Black and Indigenous students who apply to UTS would be matched with a Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) volunteer member of our alumni or parent of alumni community, who can provide support. If they become a UTS student, the relationship would evolve into a mentorship, giving the student ongoing guidance at UTS, and beyond. UTS is hoping that alumni volunteers will also be able to bring more students to UTS from communities currently underrepresented at our school through their connections with community or networking groups.

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

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

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LIGHTING THE WAY THROUGH CRISIS UTS ALUMNI LEAD ON THE PANDEMIC FRONTLINES IN MEDICINE, RESEARCH, POLICY, AND BUSINESS

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

GOING OUT ON A LIMB FOR A CURE: DR. JORDAN FELD ’91 In the midst of it all, Dr. Jordan Feld and his wife had a baby.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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This makes a huge difference.

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

It means we’ll be able to complete

Suddenly, everyone everywhere needed masks.

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

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

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

the study.

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– Dr. Jordan Feld ’91

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

Threads, actually makes tights, addressing what she calls a near-universal “pain-point” for working women – tights are expensive and uncomfortable, and then there’s that run in your pantyhose.

Designed by a woman for women, Threads replaced the pain with the pleasure of comfort and convenience. By selling online and cutting out the middleman, her luxury tights go for a fraction of the usual department store price. Starting the business on the side of her private equity role in 2018, she quit her job in 2019, and kicked off 2020 with impressive traction.

Then the pandemic hit.

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

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

Her UTS education prepared her to pivot.

“You don’t really learn unless you fail,” she says.

She recalls times in UTS co-curriculars and as a director of SHOW when something went wrong and they needed a backup plan, fast. “Our teachers were there for us but let us do the driving and we came out stronger.”

In March, when her factory asked her if she wanted to use her capacity to manufacture masks, she hesitated. At the time, the Canadian government was still on the fence about recommending masks to stop the spread of COVID-19. “Now it seems so obvious,” she says, “but in early March it was like you were fearmongering. My thoughts before launching were: 10

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

Xenia went for it, selling “super-comfortable”, double-layered, white masks made from nylon and elastane. To date, they’ve shipped over 33,000.

Through their Threadshelps initiative, she lent her support to Margaret’s Housing and Community Services, which helps women with mental health challenges and homelessness. Clients can purchase masks to donate to women in need, and Threads matches the donations.

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

PROTECTING THE PANDEMIC HEROES: SUNIL JOHAL ’94 On the policy frontlines, decisions can have ripple effects that touch the lives of millions.

Before COVID-19, Sunil Johal ’94 was the City of Toronto’s Director of Business Growth Services.

When the pandemic made business growth an oxymoron, he suddenly found himself seconded in mid-March to a new role as Director of the City’s Economic Support and Recovery Team. Striving to set out strategies to help Toronto rebound in the era of COVID-19, he was also dealing with the realities of working from home with young children (he and his partner have four-year-old twins).

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

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

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

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

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

Even if we weren’t in the midst of a pandemic, he says, “We need policies that drive decent working conditions and wages going forward.

We must think about how we can value the dignity and decency of all people, independently of the kind of work they’re doing.”

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RESPECTING THE HUMANITY OF THOSE IN OUR CARE: DR. ANDREA IABONI ’94 At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Andrea Iaboni had that feeling of helplessness. Staff in long-term care homes didn’t have enough personal protective equipment. Many were still working in multiple facilities. Public health decisions couldn’t move fast enough to keep pace with COVID-19. Staff were getting sick and residents were dying.

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

“The idea that you actually can do this, that we can control this virus in long-term care,” she says, “made me feel more hopeful and less powerless.

When we had the right PPE, enough staff and enough testing, we brought it under control.

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

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– Sunil Johal ’94

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

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sticks with you.

– Dr. Andrea Iaboni ’94

It doesn’t have to be like it was at the beginning.

That was the turning point for me.”

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

“One woman was so insistent, she refused to stay in her room; staff were frustrated – they kept having to find her and take her back to her room.

It turned out she was looking for a telephone to call her son but wouldn’t confide that to the staff because they had really become her jailers,” says Andrea. “Once her need was understood and addressed, it wasn’t a problem anymore.”

This underscores the need for a personalized approach to care for our most vulnerable citizens.

“We can’t prioritize infection control over people’s humanity,” she says. “We have to find the balance.”

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

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

OPTIMISM IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY: DR. TIM EVANS ’78 COVID-19 is the silent killer, walking so invisibly among us, which makes it such a conundrum for our public health leaders: how do you stop a virus when many people spreading it don’t know they have it?

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

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

In April, when asked to lead the national Immunity Task Force, as part of a $1 billion national COVID-19 medical research strategy announced by Prime Minister Trudeau, he was ready and willing to accept the daunting challenge.

“It’s not often one has the opportunity to work with such an exceptionally talented and motivated group of experts from across the country.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

OUR ALUMNI ARE LIGHTING THE WAY: COVID-19 ALUMNI NEWS SPECIAL UTS alumni are on the frontlines of pandemic leadership, seeking solutions and leading the way forward in this time of crisis. From the medical profession to driving research and policy to stepping up and helping where help is needed, our alumni near and far are displaying incredible leadership, and shining in the media spotlight. Thank you all for your amazing efforts in this time of crisis.

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

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

As researchers around the world race to develop COVID-19 treatments, tracking where public funding and taxpayer-supported research and development initiatives take place can help support policies to ensure treatment is available to all.

University of British Columbia dental resident Dr. Jennifer Nguyen ’10 was one of the key authors/coordinators behind the creation of a global COVID-19 mapping tool that highlights the important role public funding plays in vaccine and treatment research.

LIGHTING THE WAY IN HEATH CARE Her work is more essential than ever in these challenging times. Jill Riley Hall ’80 was named a 2020 Trailblazer in Aging by the U.S. National Council on Aging. These awards recognize individuals and organizations who are working toward a just and caring society that allows all of us to age with dignity, purpose, and security.

Jill received the National Institute of Senior Centers’ Founders Award, which recognizes exemplary and long-standing service to the senior centre field.

When rural emergency rooms suffered staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Ben Chan ’82 volunteered for the job.

He also channeled his inner Corey Hart in an inspiring YouTube video cover of “Never Surrender” to salute health care providers fighting the coronavirus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES Harvard MBA student Rahim Noormohamed ’09 was featured in Forbes magazine for helping to found GIFTforward, a social tech venture started to support restaurants and small businesses through the COVID-19 crisis by selling gift cards.

Ilya Kreynin ’14 is also a founding member of the team.

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

If you have news to share not covered here, please share it on UTS Connect: utsconnect.ca.

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

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BY K AREN SUMNER

SIMA ATRI ’08 AND SYBIL SAKLE THOMPSON ’98 FIGHT OPPRESSION AND DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE COURTROOM.

“THIS IS THE TIME TO REIMAGINE SOME OF OUR MOST ENTRENCHED AND UNJUST SYSTEMS.” Social justice lawyer and organizer Sima Atri ’08 invites each of us to seize the opportunities presented by the growing movements of social and political unrest and ask ourselves: “How am I standing up to an unjust status quo and building a more equitable world?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

She invites members of the UTS community to use their privilege and access to power to fight inequality. “If you’re a doctor, how are you supporting your low-wage earning patients who need access to paid sick days to care for their health without worrying about paying their rent?

If you’re a politician, how are you using your leadership role to make bold and human-centred policies instead of supporting those least at risk with existing access to power and wealth?”

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

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

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

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

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

I had been in Egypt. I had also worked with a Canadian government organization called Rights

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

Looking back, Sybil’s career presents a straightthrough line from anthropology and international relations as an undergrad to human rights and refugee work as a litigator and then adjudicator.

But it didn’t feel that way as it unfolded.

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

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

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

“The precarity of living that life, of having no control over your situation, whether that’s owing to armed conflict or oppression, stayed with me.

My parents moved from Ghana to Canada for their education. That’s hard enough, but they had choice and control. The refugee experience is on an entirely different level. It’s hard to fathom, even with the work I do.”

Sybil approaches that work the same way she conducted the Red Cross interviews as a teenager.

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

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

“Speaking just for myself, if I am being asked to assess whether or not discrimination on the grounds of race or nationality rises to the level of persecution, then I have an obligation to ensure that anti-racist perspectives are a part of every level and aspect of the way the Board functions.

That includes anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism and a recognition of Canada’s colonial history. I also want us all to remember when our government forced its citizens of Japanese descent into the status of being exiles in their own country.”

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

“I would love UTS to graduate leaders who are as committed to building a just society as they are to excelling in their individual field,” says Sima.

“In part, that means being more intentional in addressing issues of racism, oppression, and social justice in classwork and school activities.”

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

“ I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT ANTI-RACIST PERSPECTIVES ARE A PART OF EVERY LEVEL AND ASPECT OF THE WAY THE BOARD FUNCTIONS.” - SYBIL SAKLE THOMPSON ’98

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

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

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

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

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

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so exciting to watch as our renewed school rises up from the construction site at 371 Bloor, becoming more complete every day.

Stairs connect floors, walls connect with roofs, and not that long into the future we’ll have a building we can be proud to call our own, thanks to the enduring support of our entire UTS community for the Building the Future campaign.

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

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

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

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

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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 / @rosemary_evans @utschools

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Laura Money ’81, P ’22

started a new role as Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer at Sun Life Canada in June, moving on from her previous role of SVP and CIO Corporate Centre Technology at CIBC. Author and Royal Canadian Military College professor Adam Chapnick ’94

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

Joshua Budman ’09 co-founded the

MedTech startup Tissue Analytics, a pioneer of automated mobile wound and skin imaging and predictive analytics solutions, which was recently acquired

by Net Health.

Angela Li ’20 won

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

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

ON STAGE AND VIDEO Louisa Zhu ’98 performed in Marjorie

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

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

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

The Atlantic writer and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum ’78

launched his new book, The Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy, decrying Trump’s leadership and institutionalization of “white ethnic chauvinism.”

Dr. John Stone ’85 recently discovered

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

a Shakespeare quarto in Salamanca, Spain, and was featured by the BBC, The Times, and more. He is the Serra Hunder

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

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

Lydia Millet ’86

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

Kevin Davis ’87

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

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

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

Dr. Jordan Feld ’91 and Andrea

Schaffer welcomed their son Nadav, on April 17, 2020.

He’s their third child.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ALUMNI TRIVIA NIGHT A global pandemic couldn’t keep alumni away from the UTSAA Trivia Night!

Always one of our most popular alumni events, this year the event went virtual with over 100 participants from Class of 1963 all the way to 2019, from as

far as Denmark and Brazil. Facing off in three rounds, teams battled for bragging rights. The evening was hosted

by UTSAA Director Jon Bitidis ’99 (also UTS Acting Head of Admissions) and questions were written by Oliver Weizel ’20, Jerry Wang ’20, Matthew Davidson ’21, Cameron MirandaRadbord ’21, William Szeto ’21, Sarah Yaffe ’99, Morgan Ring ’07 and UTS staff member Sean Hayto.

HALL OF FAME

Induction into the UTS Hall of Fame recognizes an outstanding achievement made by an individual or group, while attending UTS or teaching as a member of the staff. This year, the late Norm Fox ’48, P ’75 will join the UTS Hall of Fame.

Part of the UTS community for over 75 years, Norm was a student, alumnus, teacher, coach, mentor, parent (John Fox ’75), and donor. A dedicated and caring teacher, Norm devoted countless hours to the school where he inspired, guided, and nurtured generations of UTS students.

CRAWFORD AWARD This year, we are happy to honour Meg Graham ’89, Peter Ortved ’67, and Don Schmitt C.M. ’70, who have

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Frost ’63

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

Donald Ainslie ’84

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

Calum Tsang ’95

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

Johanna Pokorny ’04

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

Jake Brockman ’09

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

Jannis Mei ’13

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

Ariana Bradford P ’17, ’19, ’22

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

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IN MEMORIAM

GEORGE FIERHELLER C.M. ’51 1933–1920 A pioneer in computers, cable, cellphones, and public service, George Fierheller C.M. ’51 could never resist getting involved in a good cause. He lives on in our memories for his devotion to volunteering for the school he loved.

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

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

After his time at UTS, George graduated from Trinity College at the University of Toronto with an Honours Degree in Political Science and Economics in 1955, and began his career with IBM. A long-time cable executive, he was the first CEO of what is now Rogers

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Wireless. During 1983, George led the team that was successful in winning the mobile cellular radio licences for Cantel, and was the Founding President and CEO of Cantel Inc. His career took him to Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto.

Wherever he went, he became actively involved in his community, serving as Chairman of United Way campaigns in all three cites, on university boards, and a multitude of arts organizations and hospitals. A President of the Toronto Board of Trade, he also lent his expertise to many corporate boards.

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

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

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

JIM MCCARTNEY Q.C. ’56, P ’84 1937–2020 A caring UTS community member, Jim McCartney Q.C. ’56, P ’84 stepped up in so many ways for UTS. As a student, he was School Captain. As a UTS parent (of Michael McCartney ’84), he served as a UTS Parents’ Association Grade Rep. When UTS’ operations became independent from the University of Toronto, Jim helped craft the affiliation agreement, and when it came time to build a renewed school, he stepped up as a dedicated member of the Building the Future Campaign Cabinet and a loyal donor. Jim was a familiar and warm presence at many UTS events,

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

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

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

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

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

ARTHUR SCACE C.M. ’56 1938–2020 The UTS community lost a true champion, with the sad news of the passing of esteemed UTS Board Director Arthur Scace C.M. ’56, on May 3 in Toronto at age 81.

Arthur’s legacy and commitment to University of Toronto Schools is vast.

At UTS, he was involved in student leadership as a Form Captain, a treasurer, and a member of the dance committee; he also worked with the Twig and played football and hockey.

“Arthur and I started Grade 9 at UTS on the same day in 1951, almost 70 years ago, and were friends for the rest of our lives. We both went to U of T and we both became lawyers at McCarthy Tétrault.

Arthur was a major contributor to the community all of his life,” says Jim C.

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

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

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

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

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

What will you do?

To designate UTS in your will or as a designation for memorial gifts, please contact Martha Drake, Executive Director, Advancement.

416-946-0097 mdrake@utschools.ca

McCartney Q.C. ’56, P ’84.

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ANNUAL DONOR REPORT

This was a year in UTS giving unlike any other, illuminating all the more the strength and power of our UTS community. Great things happen when we come together for our school. In April, we celebrated our tremendous accomplishment of raising over $60 million for our renewed building through the Building the Future campaign. Everything our school means and stands for will live on for generations of UTS students, empowered by a school building of the same calibre as the transformational education that students receive at UTS. From the campaign, we pivoted as a community to address an emerging need. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the livelihoods of several UTS families, increasing the need for bursaries. In response, UTS launched the COVID-19 Emergency Bursary Fund, to ensure all students would have the financial support they need to continue their education at UTS. The response of our community to this appeal was heartwarming. When our students needed you, you were there, ensuring the pandemic couldn’t and wouldn’t stand in the way of a UTS education.

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

— Rosemary Evans, Principal

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

The Abbott & Tuckey Families Donald C. Ainslie ’84 Mary Ainslie '83 Steven ’77 & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22 26

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David Allan ’78 Marianne Anderson & Andrew Clarke P ’17 Charles Baillie, Jr. O.C. & Marilyn Baillie P ’85 Paul L. Barnicke ’71

David Baskin & Joan Garson P ’04, ’07 Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson P ’22 Thomas Bauer ’77

Rikesh Bhogal & Rimmy Kaur P ’21 Monica Biringer ’78 Bill Blundell O.C. ’45 J. Nicholas Boland ’79

Annual Donor Report

H. Don Borthwick ’54

The Peter & Shelagh Godsoe Family Foundation

Scott & Amy Jackson P ’20 J. Peter Jarrett ’71

Audrey 1978 & Leslie 1976 Marton

Oliver Jerschow ’92

Dena McCallum ’82

The Jha Family

David McCarthy ’77

Jessica R. Goldberg ’90

Zhaohui Jia & Hongying Zhang P ’24

James C. McCartney ’56, P ’84

William Burnfield & Harry Wiebe P ’23, ’24

Goldman Sachs

John Kelk ’63

John M. Goodings ’54

C. Stuart Kent ’79

Tom McCurdy & Rosamund Woodhouse P ’06

Christopher Burton ’90

Google Inc.

Vivek Kesarwani ’09

Peter Buzzi 1977

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

Ramandeep Khattra & Ravinder Khattra P ’24

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

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Laurie Graham C.M. ’78

Kenneth Kirsh ’78

Donald McMaster ’62

Margaret Graham ’89

Carrie Ku (Fung) ’85

Jannis Mei ’13

David S. Grant ’72

Barnet Kussner ’82

Phillip Chan & Lilian Chan P ’78, ’82

Vanessa Grant ’80 & Philip Street

Geoffrey Kwitko ’77

Derek Menezes & Rita Sachdeva P ’23, ’26

Matthew Chapman & Danielle Paterson P ’24

Dr. Dale Gray P ’04

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

Kun Gu & Wenge Zhang P ’25

Felicia Y. Chiu ’96

Larry Guo & Brenda Liu P ’24

Richard J. G. Boxer ’67 Douglas Bradley & Mary Killoran P ’01, ’08 Michael Broadhurst ’88 & Victoria Shen ’93

Jessica Carn ’94 John Carruthers ’53 John ’51 & Margaret Catto P ’82 Michael Ling & Karen Chan ’91, P’ 22, ’24

James S. Coatsworth ’69 William J. Corcoran ’51 Jim Cornell ’64 Kenneth Culver ’53 Douglas Davis ’58 & Janet Davis P ’87 Joseph de Pencier ’73 Martha Drake John L. Duerdoth ’56 David & Urve Earthy P ’99 Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot Rosemary Evans Peter A. Ewens ’79 Albert P. Fell ’48 Fraser M. Fell C.M. Q.C. ’46, P ’73

Peter Godsoe ’56 Ian Goldberg ’91

James H. Grout ’74

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

Andrew Kwong ’98 Fergus Kyle ’48 Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys P ’06 J. David ’70 & Sally Lang P ’99

Bernie McGarva ’72, P ’03 Titan Research Group Supply - Rob R McGregor P ’18, ’20 J.A. (Sandy) McIntyre ’71

Kosta Michalopoulos 1984 Microsoft Foundation Laura Money ’81 & Marcus Macrae P ’22 Estate of William R. Hammond Montgomery

Terence S. W. Lee ’59

Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya P ’23

Ann Lee-Sing P ’84, GP ’11, ’15

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Susan (Black) Lawson ’78

The LeGresley Family Foundation

David H. Morgan ’63

The Leith Family

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

Iris Leung ’98

Neuberger Berman

Robert W. Hoke ’66

Qiang Lin & Bing Xia P ’23

Newton Foundation

Anthony Hollenberg ’79

Mark Livschitz 2008

Rodney Northey ’78

Victor Holysh ’76

Robert ’58 and Patricia Lord

Mark Noskiewicz ’77

Andre Hidi ’77 & Jocelyn Hidi James Hinds & Susan Weedon

J. Desmond Horan ’45 & Lois Horan Celesa Horvath ’85 Henry ’86 & Albina Huang P ’19

David LeGresley 1977

Loyalty Foundation Antony T. F. Lundy ’79 & Janet Looker James I. MacDougall ’54

Malcolm Nourse ’60 Harriet Nowell-Smith ’87 O’Neil Leger Family Foundation Government of Ontario

John & Michelle Hull P ’16

Tom MacMillan ’67

Janet M. Hunter

Anand Mahadevan Katherine & Paul Manley ’61

G. Alan Fleming ’54

Richard S. Ingram ’61 & Satoko Shibata

Four Quarters Ltd.

Richard Isaac ’63

Jon ’82 & Robin Martin ’82

John Gardner ’55 & Encarnita Gardner P ’83

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

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

OSSTF District 34-University of Toronto Schools

Sherry A. Glied ’78

The Henry N.R.Jackman Foundation

Robert Martin ’74

Robert Pampe, M.D. ’63

Michael ’84 & Suzanne Martin ’84

Ripal Patel & Kruti Patel P ’25

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 Anne Fleming ’85, P ’17

Neil & Natasha Glossop P ’18

John Jackson ’74

Manulife Financial

Kathryn Opekar ’89 Susan E. Opler ’79 & Paul F. Monahan P ’14 & Will Monahan ’14

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York & Nancy Pei P ’17 & ’20 James Penturn & Kathleen Crook P ’07 Reginald L. Perkin ’48 Mark & Peri Peters P ’16, ’19 Joshua Phillips ’79 David Potter ’86 Stephen Raymond & Natasha Vandenhoven P ’16, ’19

Hedy & Tim ’78 Sellers The Family of Christina Shao ’21 Ilya Shapiro ’95 John N. Shaw ’50 Peter & Jackie Shaw P ’17, ’19 Qiang Shen & Yuefang He P ’20

The Estate of George Hudson Stowe 1948, GP ’18 Wenqing Su P ’23 Allan Sutherland ’44 George Swift ’64 & Judith Swift Wayne D. Thornbrough ’62 Murray E. Treloar ’68

The Shulman Family

Gregory G. Turnbull Q.C. 1973

Donald & Nita Reed P ’92

Mark Shuper ’88

Timothy Turnbull ’74

Maolin Ren & Qing Chen P ’24

Olga Shuper P ’88

Elizabeth Turner ’83 Edward Unger

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

Thirumeny Sivaganeshan & Thanuja Karunamoorthy P ’23

Barbara Ritchie P ’80

Robert Sladek ’77

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

Susan Slattery ’78

John A. Rose ’78 and Susie Rose Kenneth Rotenberg ’40 Richard ’47 & Joan Sadleir Hon. William J. Saunderson FCA ’52 & Meredith Saunderson

John ’59 & Madelyn Sloane P ’86 Chris Smith ’54 A. Michael Spence ’62 James M. Spence ’58, P ’88 Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw P ’23

Arthur Scace C.M. 1956

David G. Stinson ’70

Donald Schmitt ’70

William Stinson 1951

Guy W. Upjohn ’51 UTS Alumni Association UTS Parents Association Chris Van Loan & Jessica Monk P ’20 Mark van Zanden & Rachel Talbot P ’21

Yansheng Wang & Kezhi Jin P ’22 Doug Ward C.M. ’57 Christopher Watson ’92 Garry & Nancy Watson P ’92, GP ’16, ’19 Matthew A. Weatherbie ’63 Ran Wei ’06 Roger Wei & Carol Zhang P ’24 Robert S. Weiss ’62 John Wilkinson ’78 Peter and Joanne Willson P ’21 J. Fraser Wilson ’63 David H. Wishart ’46 Leon Wong 1989 Pamela Y. W. Wong ’98 & Gabriel Woo David L. Wright ’89

Robert Vokes & Jane Edwards P ’24

Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran P ’13

Robert Waddell ’57

Graham ’76 & Constance Yost

Jian Wang & Nan Weng P ’24 Jun Hao Wang & Xiao Xing Zheng P ’15, ’20

Yanfeng Zhang & Hong Liu P ’25 Anonymous (9)

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

Ajay Agrawal & Gina Buonaguro P ’23

D. Peter Best ’67

Garth Chalmers

Robert Darling ’57

Tracy A. Betel ’86

Benjamin Chan ’82

Kevin Davis ’87

Arjun Ahuja ’68

Zain Bhamjee and Iram Bhatti P ’20

Yijun Chen & Yao Fu P ’25

Noor Dewji P ’08, ’11

Scott Cheng & Fiona Cai P ’21, ’24

Michael Disney ’69

Alec Clute ’76

James Domm ’55

Julia Cochrane ’87

Brian Eden ’79

Maria Collier

Carolyn Ellis ’80

George Comlosan & Alexandra Comlosan-Pop P ’20

James Ian Fairbanks ’77

Riichiro Akazaki & Amanda Kreidié-Akazaki P ’17, ’20 Derek Allen ’65 Athletic Edge Sports Medicine Samuel Barkin ’83 Katherine Basi ’87 Derek A. Bate ’71, P ’16 C. Derek S. Bate ’44, P ’71, ’73, ’75, GP ’16

Anuj Bhatia & Parul Agarwal P ’25 Ben & Rumki Bhattacharya P ’18 R. Brendan Bissell ’89 & Heidi Clark P ’22, ’24 Bruce Bone ’46 John Bowden ’48 & Lois Bowden P ’79 Dory S. Boyer ’91

Nina Coutinho ’04 & Darnel Leader ’04 David G. Crookston ’76

David R. Dodds (5Y) ’73

Yuntao Fan & Na Zhang P ’25 Myran Faust & Julianna Ahn P ’18, ’21

Marcel Behr ’81

Ian K. Bradley ’01

Dan Berbecel ’08

Suzanne Bradshaw P ’80

Dmytro Berbeka & Lesya Berbeka P ’21

Charles Bragg ’64

Michael Curtis ’67

Anthony Brown & Catherine Sim P ’18

Myron Cybulsky ’76

Paul Fieguth ’86 & Betty Pries

Makeda Daley

Alan S. Fisher ’71

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Dubravka Cunningham ’89

Sid Feldman & Karen Weyman P ’13, ’17

Annual Donor Report

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

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

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

1940–1946

Rev. Dr. Ian Wishart ’48

$382,540

Barry Smythe ’52

Desmond O’Rorke

Bruce Stewart ’52

William Redrupp

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

John S. Rodway

Kenneth Rotenberg ’40

1949–1950

Cal Wilson ’42

$1,201,098

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

William Angus ’49

Allan Sutherland ’44

Richard Clee ’49

Bill Blundell O.C. ’45 ★

Donald Dainty ’49

J. Desmond ’45 & Lois Horan

James Fleck C.C. ’49, P ’72 ★

John Polanyi ’45

Robert E. Logan ’49 & Luella R. Logan

Kenneth Culver ★

Bruce Bone ’46 ★ Fraser Fell C.M. ’46, P ’73

Richard D. Tafel ’49

Robert Labbett

P. Kingsley Smith ’46

Gilbert “Bud” Alexander ’50

William P. Lett ★

Roger G. Crawford ’50, P ’82

Charles Mayer

John Gardner & Encarnita Gardner P ’83 ★

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

Alan E. Morson P ’79 ★

William Hunter ★

William E. Rogan

Martin Jerry ★

John Shaw ’50 ★

Robert E. Saunders ★

C. Anthony Keith

Gordon Weese ’50

David Wainwright

Robert K. Metcalf

Anonymous ’50

Douglas R. Wilson

Alan Mills

1951–1952

1954

David G. Watson ’46 David H. Wishart ’46 ★ Anonymous ’46

1947–1948 $401,420 Michael Fair ’47 Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82 Donald ’47 & Lorraine Lawson

Donald K. Avery ’49

$104,433

Anonymous (4)

1953 $15,887 John Carruthers Terence Grier

James C. Mainprize

$19,888

Gordon R. Sellery Chris Smith John H. Wait ★ Gabriel I. Warren Roger Watson George E. Whyte Q.C.

1955 $11,302 Harold Atwood ★ James Domm

Anthony Morrison ★ H. Thomas Sanderson ★ Anonymous

Tracy Lloyd ’47 ★

John Catto ’51, P ’82 ★

David K. Bernhardt ★

Richard ’47 & Joan Sadleir

William J. Corcoran ’51 ★

W. G. Black, C.A.

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

John Crawford ’51

H. Don Borthwick ★

J. Alexander Lowden ’51 ★

Douglas G. Brewer

Hugh Anson-Cartwright ’48

Peter H. Russell O.C., ’51 ♥

Glenn Clark

John L. Duerdoth ★

Philip Arrowsmith ’48 ★

William W. Stinson ’51 ★

W. Gordon Duncan

David M. Flint ★

Guy W. Upjohn ’51

John S. Elder

Peter Godsone ★ Ryan Kidd

John A. Bowden ’48, P ’79 ★

1956 $215,209 Gerald Dickinson

Anonymous ’51

G. Alan Flemin ♥ ★

Meredith Coates ’48

Gerald Crawford ’52

John M. Goodings

Stephens B. Lowden

Albert P. Fell ’48

John Frankel ’52

Robert L. Joynt

Fergus Kyle ’48 ★

Ronald Garlick ’52

James Lowden

James C. McCartney P ’84 ★

Alexander Mills

James MacDougall ♥

Arthur Scace C.M. ★

Reginald L. Perkin ’48

Gordon G. Goodfellow ’52 ★

Gordon MacRae

John V. Snell

Michael V. Spence ’48

Leslie Lawrence ’52

D. Keith Millar ★

Charles F. T. Snelling

John W. Thomson ’48

Roger S. McCullough ’52

John D. Murray ★

Peter F. Stanley ★

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1957 $10,795 Robert Darling ♥ ★ Robert A. Gardner ★ Bruce Henderson J. David Howe David W. Kerr Michael Locke Ian Rutherford David Scroggie Robert Waddell ★ J. Douglas Ward C.M. ★ Anonymous

1958 $61,506 Charles Baillie, Jr O.C. & Marilyn Baillie P ’85 George M. Carrick ★ Douglas ’58 & Janet Davis P ’87 ★ Arthur D. Elliott

John R.D. Fowell ’60 ★

1962

David H. Morgan

Richard Farr

$109,506

Robert Pampe, M.D. ★

Bruce E. Houser ★

Robert P. Jacob ’60, P ’88 ★ J. Paul Mills ’60

Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot

Michael M. Parmenter

Terry Keenleyside

John Fauquier

Matthew Weatherbie

Mark Gerecke

J. Fraser Wilson

John Hetherington

Anonymous ♥ ★

Robert E. Lord ★ James R. Mills ★ Kit Moore ★ Douglas G. Peter ★

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

Lane Prentice

Kirby Keyser Donald A. Laing ★

1964

David Legge

$5,426,771

$7,297

Donald McMaster ★

John C. Coleman ★

J. David Beattie P ’00, ’02

David S. Milne ★

Charles Bragg

Norman Flett

Gord Park

Ronald G. Chapman

David J. Holdsworth ★

Michael A. Peterman

Jim Cornell

1959–1960

Richard Ingram

A. Michael Spence

Collin M. Craig ★

$14,810

Jon R. Johnson

Wayne D. Thornbrough ★

Robert Isbister

Donald G. Bell ’59 ♥ ★

John Laskin

Robert S. Weiss ★

William R. Jones ★

Anonymous ★

Jeffrey R. Rose & Sandra Black P ’03

1963

Michael Ross

$46,246

Peter Snell ♥ ★

W. Paul Bates

George & Judith Swift ★

James Fowell ★

Joe Vaughan

James M. Spence P ’88 Peter Strachan Barry N. Wilson ★ John Wood Anonymous

Peter Boothroyd ’59 Alexander Furness ’59

1961

Peter B. MacKinnon

W. L. Mackenzie King ’59 ★

Katherine & Paul Manley ♥ ★

Terence S. W. Lee ’59 ♥

Michael Schwartz

John ’59 & Madelyn Sloane P ’86 ★

James E. Shaw ★

Jim Stronach ’59 ★

Michael Tinkler

Ian C. Sturdee ’59 ★

C. Robert Vernon

Richard Isaac

1965–1966

Donald Woodside ’59

David M. Ward ♥

John Kelk ★

$23,540

Anonymous ’59

John R. Wright

Gregor McGregor ♥

Derek Allen ’65

Peter H. Frost ★

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John Floras & Anita Elaine Karrys-Floras Stephen Hart Richard Hill ♥ ★ J. Peter Jarrett J.A. (Sandy) McIntyre ★ William O. Menzel Glen Morris Peter G. Neilson ★ Timothy Owen Warren G. Ralph ★ Adrian Shubert ♥ R.D. Roy Stewart ★ Tony Storey ♥ ★

1972 $15,555 Robert L.H. Fowler David S. Grant ★ Richard Kennedy John Cleworth ’65

Richard N. Donaldson

Peter Kizoff ’69

Bernie McGarva P ’03 ★

Robert A. Cumming ’65 ★

John J. L. Hunter ★

Nicholas Le Pan ’69 ♥ ★

Jan Ondrich

Leland J. Davies ’65

Stephen Kauffman

David Gordon White ’69

Howard Scrimgeour

James Hayes ’65 ★

Gordon E. Legge

Anonymous ’69

David Hetherington ’65

Tom MacMillan

Christopher D. Woodbury ★

Christopher D. Hicks ’65

Bruce McKelvey

Robert Hustwitt ’65

1970

Jeffrey Simpson O.C.

$214,964

Peter MacEwen ’65 Anthony J. Reid ’65

1968–1969

David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01

$21,778

Jeffrey R. Stutz ’65 ★ S. Bruce Blain ’66 Tim ’66 & Christine Halderson

Arjun Ahuja ’68 John Collins ’68 Wayne Maddever ’68 ♥ James A. Russell ’68

Robert W. Hoke ’66

Murray Treloar ’68

William A. MacKay ’66

John Bohnen ’69 ★

John S. Rogers ’66 ★

William J. Bowden ’69

Dave Sanderson ’66

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

Doug Donald ★

1973 $37,600 John Bertram

Ray Kinoshita

J. Christopher Boland

J. David Lang P ’99

Donald Clarke

Rolland Leader

Geoffrey Clayton

Peter Martin

Joseph de Pencier

Douglas E. McIntyre

David Dick

Stephen Perry

David R. Dodds (5Y)

Tim Rance

Sean Dunnigan

Donald Schmitt

David Fallis P ’02

David G. Stinson ★

Ian Ferguson

Paul Wright

Peter Halsall

Anonymous

Alvin Iu ♥ ★

1967

Michael Disney ’69

$199,946

Stephen C. Farris ’69 ★

David Amos

Daniel Gautreau ’69

1971

Roger Martin P ’99, ’01, ’03, ’05

Donald Ball

David Gibson ’69

$121,783

Steven Morris

Eric Haldenby ’69

Paul L. Barnicke ★

Richard Morrow

George B. Boddington ★

Frederick R. E. Heath ’69

Derek A. Bate P ’16

Miles Obradovich

Richard J. G. Boxer ★

Robert J. Herman ’69 ★

Paul Brace P ’12 ★

David Plant

Michael Curtis

George Hughes ’69

Alan S. Fisher

Jaak Reichmann

D. Peter Best

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John G. Kivlichan ★

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1981

1982

Michael De Jesus ♥

Cameron A. Matthew ★

$14,034

$17,405

Elizabeth Derbecker

Patrick McPhee ♥

Debra Bailey

Anne Bonnycastle

John A. Hass

Kosta Michalopoulos ★

Marcel Behr ♥

Sheila Catto

Stephen Kilburn

Rebecca E. Nagel

Benjamin Chan ★

Karen Landmann ♥

Jennifer Pullen

Suzanne Campbell

Robert Dmytryshyn P ’15 ’18

Karen M. Mandel ★

David Colbert

C. Elizabeth Stefan

Melissa Fox-Revett

1985

Paul Eisen

Earl Stuart ★

Lisa Jeffrey ♥ ★

$47,576

Andrew Tremayne

Isi Caulder ♥

Christopher Francis

Marina Jimenez

Elizabeth Turner

Jill Copeland P ’20 ’22

Tom Friedland ★

Barnet Kussner ♥

Daniel Yoon

Anne Fleming P ’17

Bruce Grant ♥

Marie-Armelle LaFaury

Anonymous

P. Diane Hamilton ★

Thomas Hicks

Jon Martin

Justin Bur

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

Celesa Horvath

Robin Martin

1984

Dena McCallum

Carrie Ku (Fung) ★

$14,285

Lisa Naftolin

Kerstin Lack ★

Donald C. Ainslie ♥ ★

Susan Tough

Grant Lum ★

Scott Anderson

Mardi Witzel

Carson Schutze ★

Nicholas G. Evans

Anonymous

Paul Tough

Edward A. Griffith ♥ ★

Adrian M. Yip ★

1983

Melanie Hare ♥

$32,449

Felicia Knaul & Julio Frenk P ’15

William Robertson

Mary Ainslie

David Kreindler ♥

Martin Schreiber P ’15

Samuel Barkin

Suzanne Martin P ’11, ’15 ♥ ★

Eugene Siklos

Robin Bloomfield

Michael Martin P ’11, ’15 ♥ ★

Jeffrey J. Nankivell

1986 $9,710 Tracy A. Betel ♥ Wendy Drukier Paul Fieguth & Betty Pries Sandra Flow Henry Huang P ’19 Judith Kramer Eleanor Latta ♥ Dianne B. Morris Mark D. Phillips P ’24 David Potter Jacquelyn Sloane Siklos

1987 $24,831 Thomas Barnes Katherine Basi John R. Caldwell ★ Julia Cochrane ♥ ★ Kevin Davis ★ Ronald Dicke Andrew Fawcett Lisa Freeman Michael Gans Katherine Hammond P ’20 34

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Richard Nathanson P ’20 Sascha Hastings Daryn Jeffries Ian Lee Elissa A. McBride Shane Miskin Gundars E. Roze Cari Whyne P ’24 Thomas Wilk Anonymous (4)

1988 $95,430 Jennifer Andersen Koppe ♥ ★ Kristina Bates P ’22 Michael Broadhurst Sujit Choudhry Eugene Ho Michol Hoffman Rubina Khan Mark Opashinov ★ Mark Shuper

1989 $1,883,972 R. Brendan Bissell P ’22, ’24 Suzanne Cheng Dubravka Cunningham ♥ Lesleigh Cushing ♥ Barbara Fleisig Margaret Graham ★ Kenneth Handelman Ursula Holland

Greg Shron

Mark Ho

Husein Moloo

David L. Wright

Jennie E. Jung

Ian Richler ♥

Carmen M. Young

Roland Lee

Samuel Robinson

Anonymous

Ruth Lim

Richard Roze

1990

1991–1992

$18,140

$14,729

Christopher Burton ★

Elizabeth (Allan) Wilson ’91

Hilary Davidson

Rapido Trains ♥ Jason E. Shron ♥ ★ Justin Tan Scott A. Thompson ♥

Sayeed Karim Abdulla ’92 ★

Cindy Wan ♥

Oliver Jerschow ’92 ★

Veronica C. Yeung

Henry J.P. White ♥

Anna Lim ’92

Anonymous (2) ♥

Anonymous

Graham Mayeda ’92 ♥

Jessica R. Goldberg Anuradha Iyer ♥ Nusha Keyghobadi

David Wolf ♥

Patrick Ip

Christina Teow ’92, P ’26

Larry Kline

1991

Christopher Watson ’92

Kevin Levere

$12,707

Michael Lower

Dory S. Boyer

1993

Molly E. McCarron

Rebecca Caldwell ♥

$73,885

Nerissa Moray

Karen Chan P’ 22, ’24

Victoria Shen

Kathryn Opekar

Sandra Chong ♥ ★

Kai Chan ♥

Jennifer A. Orange

Aaron Dantowitz ♥ ★

Sarah Dryden-Peterson

Jonathan Poplack

Patrick Feng

Baldwin Hum

Raymond C. Fung

Angela S. Punnett

Audrey M. Fried P ’19, ’22

Geoffrey Hung ♥

Trudy Goold

Alycia Rossiter

Jeffrey Gans

Alex Hutchinson ♥

Andrea Iaboni ♥

Colin Rowat

Ian Goldberg

Jocelyn Kinnear

Ian C. Mitchell

David Shaw

Dan Guttman

T. Justin Lou

Rachel Spitzer ★

1994 $4,460 Jessica Carn ♥ Aaron Chan ★ Adam Chapnick ★ Catherine Cheung Jennifer Couzin

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2003–2007 $9,941 Andrew Chau ’03 Allison Chow ’03 ♥ ★ Emma Jenkin ’03 ♥ Jonathan Lung ’04 Jeremy Opolsky ’04 ♥ Nina Coutinho ’04 ♥ Darnel Leader ’04 ♥ Alyssa Mackenzie ’04 Hayley A. Silberg ’04 ♥ Anonymous ’04 ♥ Katie Greenberg ’05 Mitchell Wong ’05 ♥ J. Cameron Howieson ’06 Ran Wei ’06 Kate Gerster ’07 Martin Ho ’07 ♥ Morgan Ring ’07 ♥ Lyndon Shopsowitz ’07

1995–1996

1998

David Kuperman

$9,236

$16,850

Dalia Rotstein

Rashaad Bhyat ’95

Laura Bogomolny

Maida Sit

Robert Duncan ’95

Clarence Cheng ★

Jeffrey So

Reesa Grushka ’95

Judy Kwok ★

James Steele

Robin Rix ’95

Andrew Kwong

Albert K. Tang

Ilya Shapiro ’95 ★

Sharon Lee ♥

Mark Varma

Denise Tam ’95

Iris Leung

Alex Wall

Anonymous ’95

Karen Ng

Derek Chiang ’96

Noel Semple

2000–2002

Eric Sherkin

$6,737

Ian Speers

Michelle Jennings ’00

Warren Tang

Vivek Kesarwani ’09

Ian Bradley ’01

Pamela Y. W. Wong ♥

Avanti Ramachandran ’09

Alexander Gorka ’01

John J. Nicholas Stark ’09

Linus Yung ♥

Emily Stover ’01

Jonathan Talmi ’09

Anonymous

Elisha L. Muskat ’01

Han Yan ’09

Stephen Cheng

Diana Chisholm Skrzydlo ’01

Emma Barrett ’10

1999

Geoffrey Gittins

$3,460

Andrea Wang ’01

Samuel Levy ’10

Jeffrey Hall-Martin

Kristin Ali

Sidney Chiu ’02

Michael Olijnyk ’10

Michael Morgan ♥

Jonathan Bitidis ♥

Lea Epstein ’02 ♥

Veena Mosur

Yan Kiu Chan

Liang Hong ’02 ♥ ★

2011–2019

Ian Randall

Michelle Cheng

Evan A. Roberts ’02

$7,573

Michael Shenkman ★

Aileen Daley

Samuel Siah ’02

Adam Martin ’11 ♥

Saraswati Son Hing

Daron Earthy ♥

C. Luke Stark ’02 ♥ ★

Cassandra Douglas ’12

Jennifer Stulberg P ’25

Brenton Huffman

Julian Tam ’02

Alexander Fung ’12

Anonymous

David Kolin

Amy Wang ’02

Adarsh Gupta ’12

Felicia Chiu ’96 ★ Christine Rogers ’96 Amanda Ross-White ’96 ♥ ★ Warren Shih ’96

1997 $42,994

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Lisa Hui ’10

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Kristina Bates ’88 & Harris Davidson P ’22

Kun Gu & Wenge Zhang P ’25

Ramandeep Khattra & Ravinder Khattra P ’24

Todd & Jennifer Davidson P ’17, ’21

Yaariv Khaykin & Yana Shamiss P ’24

Zhen Yu Deng & Mable Shi P ’26

Revenna Sudheendra Guluru & Suchetha Sudheendra Hosaholalu Ranganath P ’21

Richard Derham & Qing Li P ’22, ’26

Larry Guo & Brenda Liu P ’24

Emma Miloff ’ 15

Yuntao Fan & Na Zhang P ’25

Jingyi Hao & Nan Liu P ’26

Margaret Fei ’16

Nick Fan & Crystal Ji P ’25

Cameron Linhares-Huang ’19

Myran Faust & Julianna Ahn P ’18, ’21

Karen Morenz ’12 Isabella Chiu ’13 ♥ Jannis Mei ’13 Gong Fan Bao ’14 William Monahan Aaron Shafton ’14 Adam Waitzer ’14 Hannah Knaul ’15

PARENTS and GR ANDPARENTS OF CURRENT STUDENTS Ajay Agrawal & Gina Buonaguro P ’23 Steven & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22 ★

Sasan HosseiniMoghaddam & Nazanin Aghel P ’23 ♥ Cindy Hsu P ’24

David & Jane Kruse P ’22 Andrew Leung & Wan Wu P ’23 Zhen Li & Yun Ling Zhao P ’22 Haijun Li & Li Mi P ’20, ’22 Jie Lian & Xiaoyun Wu P ’24 BaoWei Lian & Jennifer Chen P ’23

James & Anne Feehely P ’23

Zhigang Huang & I Hsuan Chen P ’22

Qiang Lin & Bing Xia P ’23

Robert Francis & Ming Wu P ’15, ’22

Wenguo Huang & Wenwei Deng P ’21

Xing Hua Liu & Yanping Chen P ’25

Audrey M. Fried P ’19, ’22

Junhua Huang & Mingmin Zhu P ’24

En Liu & Lucy Song P’ 25 ♥

Xiaodong Fu & Farong Chen P ’24

Frank & Erika Ientile P ’23

Fang Liu P ’25

Jason Liu ’25 Bo Liu & Ting Liu P ’22

Chris & Claudia Bauer P ’23

Ganpan Gao & Xiaoan Zhang P ’24

Chris Javornik & Linda Weber P ’22

Dmytro Berbeka & Lesya Berbeka P ’21 ♥

David Gladish & Eva Gladish P ’22

Soo Jeon & Eun Young Eom P ’25

Nelson Mah & Bonnie Li P ’22

Waldemar Goleszny & Estella Tong P ’19, ’23

Changhai Ji & Jienan Wang P ’23

Art & Angela Mandalas P ’26

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

Zhaohui Jia & Hongying Zhang P ’24

Saul Mandelbaum & Melissa Nutik P ’23, ’26

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

Xiaomin Jiao & Xiaona Zhu P ’26

Sean Mason & Christine Wong P ’25

Anuj Bhatia & Parul Agarwal P ’25 Rikesh Bhogal & Rimmy Kaur P ’21 Carmen Young 1989 & John Bifolchi P ’24 R. Brendan Bissell ’89 & Heidi Clark P ’22, ’24

Laura Money ’81 & Marcus Macrae P ’22

William Burnfield & Harry Wiebe P ’23, ’24 Nancy Castillo P ’26 Michael Ling & Karen Chan ’91, P’ 22, ’24 Paul Chang & Betty Tseng P ’19, ’21 Matthew Chapman & Danielle Paterson P ’24 Sheldon Szeto & Flora Chen P ’21, ’23, ’26 ♥ Yijun Chen & Yao Fu P ’25 ♥ Wang Dong & Xuan Chen P ’12, ’21 Scott Cheng & Fiona Cai P ’21, ’24 Sujit Choudhry ’88 & Ira Parghi P ’23 Olivia Soyoung Chung ’21 John Court GP ’21 Dan Cui & Bin Xu P ’25 THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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Qing Zou & Yunong Xia P ’21 Anonymous ♥ Anonymous (11)

PARENTS and GR ANDPARENTS OF ALUMNI The Abbott & Tuckey Families Riichiro Akazaki & Amanda Kreidié-Akazaki P ’17, ’20 ★ Peter & Elizabeth Alberti P ’80, ’82, ’86 Marianne Anderson & Andrew Clarke P ’17 Harun Nida & Berna Gulmisal Aricibasi P ’20 Kailash Bahadur & Maria Miller P ’02 Sam Mathi P ’18, ’20, ’22 ♥ Alec Melkonian & Krista Semotiuk P ’24 Derek Menezes & Rita Sachdeva P ’23, ’26 Nicanor Cesar Bruno Montoya & Melinda Montoya P ’23 Jimmy Mui & Amelia Ng P ’22 ♥ Sumit Oberai & Marcia Mclean P ’23

Hongjun Shou & Yanting Li P ’24

Yansheng Wang & Kezhi Jin P ’22

Thirumeny Sivaganeshan & Thanuja Karunamoorthy P ’23

Jian Wang & Nan Weng P ’24

Charles Baillie, Jr. O.C. & Marilyn Baillie P ’85 David Baskin & Joan Garson P ’04, ’07 C. Derek S. Bate P ’71, ’73, ’75, GP ’16 ★

Jackie Song P ’24

Roger Wei & Carol Zhang P ’24 ♥

Catherine & Bohdan Stasiw P ’23

Peter & Joanne Willson P ’21

J. David Beattie ’64, P ’00, ’02

Sophia Wong P ’24

Michael & Sandra Bernick P ’16

Frank & Adrienne Staudohar P ’21 Nancy Steinhauer P ’21 ♥

Michelle Hu & Peter Wu P ’23 Yan Qing Wu & Xiu Ping Han P ’21

Derek A. Bate P ’16

Zain Bhamjee & Iram Bhatti P ’20

Kevin O’Neill & Archana Sridhar P ’26

Christopher Stewart & Tracey Bochner P ’23

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

Wenqing Su P ’23

Howard Xian & Frances Zhang P ’23, ’26

Krishan Suntharalingam and Ananthi Kalvalairajan P ’24

Jian Xiao & Grace Xu P ’22

Michael Tang & Cindy Fong P ’24 ♥

Huaxia Xu & Ling Zhang P ’25

John A. Bowden ’48, P ’79 ★

Christina Teow ’92 & Derry Smith P ’26

Yan Xu & Weirong Zhao P ’25

Michael Boyd & Sherylan Young P ’14, ’17

Gan Tian & Wen Zhang P ’24

Chao Yang & He Cao P ’22, ’25

Paul Brace P ’12 ★

Yisong Tian & Yufeng Wang P ’22

Song Yang & Xin Liu P ’25

Douglas Bradley & Mary Killoran P ’01, ’08

Ripal Patel & Kruti Patel P ’25 Christy Bain & Ross Petersmeyer P ’25 Mark D. Phillips ’86 & Esther Benzie P ’24 Cari Whyne ’87 & James Pringle P ’24 Michael & Connie Pun P ’23, ’26 Maolin Ren & Qing Chen P ’24

Michael Tseng & Regina Liu P ’23

Dipesh Shah & Falguni Bhatt P ’25

Mark van Zanden & Rachel Talbot P ’21

The Family of Christina Shao ’21

Wing Lok Wan & Winnie Chu P ’21

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Rick Yeung & Serena Lai P ’23, ’25 Chiu & Elaine Yip P ’18, ’23 Tao Zhang & Xin Liu P ’25

Ben & Rumki Bhattacharya P ’18 Ian & Susan Binnie P ’93, GP ’24 Robert G. Boeckner GP ’18

Alma Brace P ’71, GP ’12

Suzanne Bradshaw P ’80 Anthony Brown & Catherine Sim P ’18

Yanfeng Zhang & Hong Liu P ’25

Ian Carlin P ’14

John & Ping Zhu P ’21

John Catto P ’82 ★

Consuelo Castillo P ’92

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Phillip Chan & Lilian Chan P ’78, ’82

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

Feng Li & Yingchun Han P ’20

York & Nancy Pei P ’17 & ’20

Jian Han & Frank Cheng P ’19

Satish & Jany Gungabeesoon P ’13

Jianming Liu & Maggie Xu P ’15

James Penturn ’77 & Kathleen Crook P ’07

Martin A. Chepesiuk P ’10 Cecilia Chiang P ’96, ’00

Tong Hahn & D. Smith P ’16 ♥

Michael Lo & Christine Chan P ’18 ♥

Mark & Peri Peters P ’16, ’19

Wally Chiu & Sarah Chow P ’15

James Hamilton & Dale Gray P ’04

James & Margo Longwell P ’15

John Pfeffer & Josee Piche P ’19

George Comlosan & Alexandra Comlosan-Pop P ’20

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

Kathy Moore & Jim Madigan P ’15

Marc Pope & Elena Pope P ’11, ’12

Janet Hammond P ’87, ’91

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

Patricia Porteous P ’05

Roger G. Crawford ’50, P ’82 Meng Cui & Shuyan Liu P ’24

Mimi Hollenberg P ’79

Stanley & Phyllis Dantowitz P ’91

Judith Hashmall P ’92 Tao Hong & Bai Lan Zhang P ’02, ’08 Tiger Hu & Michelle Liu P ’20

Julian & Simona Marin P ’18, ’20 Suzanne & Michael Martin P ’11, ’15 ♥ ★

Paul & Janet Raboud P ’11 Dejan & Djurdjica Ratkov P ’16 Stephen Raymond & Natasha Vandenhoven P ’16, ’19

Davy Hu & Lin Mu P ’20

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

Li Ding & Li Shi P ’17

Henry Huang 1986 & Albina Huang P ’19

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

Chris D’Iorio & Lise Fournier P ’20 ♥

Charles Huang & Luna Huang P ’10

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

David Reese & Amanda Cook-Reese P ’19 ♥

Robert Dmytryshyn 1982 & Natalie Lehkyj P ’15 ’18

John & Michelle Hull P ’16

James C. McCartney ’56, P ’84 ★

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

Ovidiu Domsa & Eniko Domsa P ’20

Brian Hwang & Janie Shin P ’14

Tom McCurdy & Rosamund Woodhouse P ’06

Barbara Ritchie P ’80 ★

Hitesh & Sangita Doshi P ’10

Scott & Amy Jackson P ’20

Douglas Davis ’58 & Janet Davis P ’87 ★ Noor Dewji P ’08, ’11

Ellen Drevnig P ’07 Xiaowen Duan & Yue Dai P ’16 David & Urve Earthy P ’99 Anne Ellis P ’10, ’14 David Fallis ’73, P ’02 Robert & Betty Farquharson P ’10 ★ David Farrant & Liliane Diaz P ’14 Sid Feldman & Karen Weyman P ’13, ’17 Fraser Fell C.M. ’46, P ’73 Anne Fleming ’85 & Michael Piaskoski P ’17 Douglas & Christine Flood P ’93 Jennie Frow P ’97, ’01

George & Anne Hume P ’89

Robert P. Jacob ’60, P ’88 ★ The Jha Family

Greg McElligott & Alex Pope P ’19

Donald Redelmeier ’78 & Miriam Shuchman P ’12, ’15 Donald & Nita Reed P ’92 ★

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

Bernie McGarva P ’03 ★

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

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

Jeffrey R. Rose & Sandra Black P ’03

Alex & Anka Meadu P ’01

David Rounthwaite ’65, P ’01

Sigitas Keras & Laura Keras P ’20

Paul & Claudia Miatello P ’20

Jeff Ruch & Jennifer Kuzmyk Ruch P ’20

UTS Korean Parents Association

Michael Miloff P ’15

Naoyasu Sato P ’93

Alan E. Morson ’53, P ’79 ★

Felicia Knaul ’84 & Julio Frenk P ’15

Kayambu & Ramalakshmi Muthuramu P ’08

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

Ethan Kohn & Gillian Roberts P ’20

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

Maria & Tibor Kokai P ’02

Lucian & Larisa Neagu P ’20

Douglas Kent ’47, P ’73, ’79, ’82

Nestor & Catharine Kostyniuk P ’02 Ron Lalonde & Jane Humphreys P ’06

Martin Geffen & Cathy Mallove P ’10

J. David Lang ’70, P ’99

Stephen & Anne Georgas P ’03, ’06

Ann Lee-Sing P ’84, GP ’11, ’15

Neil & Natasha Glossop P ’18

David Leith & Jacqueline Spayne P ’11

Alan & Marti Latta P ’86 ★

Steve O’Neil & Colette Leger P ’15, ’18 Susan E. Opler ’79 & Paul F. Monahan P ’14 Gary & Marney Opolsky P ’03, ’09

Martin Schreiber ’81, P ’15 Jason Sharpe & Tanya Bonus P ’19 Peter & Jackie Shaw P ’17, ’19 Qiang Shen & Yuefang He P ’20 Marc & Marguerite Shulman P ’87, ’91 Olga Shuper P ’88

Gladys Page P ’79

Jimmy & Vivian Situ P ’20

Wen Tang Pan & Jenny Gao P ’19

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Chardelle Prevatt ♥ Libby Reeves ♥ Michaele M. Robertson & Barry Wansbrough ★ Ronald Royer & Kaye Royer Forough Shafiei Sarah Shugarman Elizabeth Straszynski & Chris Wilson ♥ Laura Sun ♥ Julia Thompson ♥ Mark Timmins ♥ Nicola Townend ♥ C. Ann Unger ★ Philip Sohm & Janet Stanton P ’02 Victor Song & Vicky Chen P ’20 James M. Spence ’58, P ’88 Leon Stef & Corina Stef P ’16

Anonymous (2)

G. Alan Fleming ’54 ♥ ★

Manuela West ♥

Anonymous ♥

Josh Fullan

Justin Williams ♥

Anonymous ★

Daniel N. Genesee ♥

Janet Williamson ♥

Sherly Geronimo ♥

Andrew Wilson ♥

Adam Gregson ♥

Carole (Geddes) Zamroutian ♥ ★

CURRENT anD FOR MER STAFF Nandita Bajaj ♥

Claude Guillemot ♥ H. Donald Gutteridge & M. Anne Millar ★

Anonymous (3)

Scott Baker Gillian Bartlett

James Harrison ♥

Anonymous (4) ♥

Carole Bernicchia-Freeman

Rebecca Harrison & Stephen Colella ♥

Jonathan Bitidis ’99 ★

FRIENDS OF UTS

Sean Hayto ♥

H. Don Borthwick ’54 ★

Heather Henricks

Athletic Edge Sports Medicine

Dawna Treibicz P ’20

Marc Brims ♥

Jennifer Howell ♥

Bell Canada

Chris Van Loan & Jessica Monk P ’20

Shawn Brooks ♥

Judith Kay ♥

Rob Bennett

Adam Brown ♥

Robert Vokes & Jane Edwards P ’24

Jennifer Kelly

Geeske Cruickshank

Chris J. Carswell ♥

Jeff Kennedy ♥

Judith Cutler

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

Sarah Cescon ♥

Rob Kennedy ♥

Garth Chalmers ♥ ★

Virginia Ki ♥

The Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot 1962

Garrett Kollins ♥

Four Quarters Ltd. The Peter & Shelagh Godsoe Family Foundation

Shiming Tang & Lily Tan P ’20 Kenneth & Patti Thorlakson P ’18 Toan To P ’13, ’20 Tanya Lee & John Torrey P ’17

Guiming Wang & Huaizhao Liao P ’20

Maria Collier Jean Collins

Anonymous (8) ♥

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

Richard Cook ♥

Ping Kong Lai & Shiu Ling Lai

Linda Coopman

Dan & Diane Lang

Alexandru & Michaela Weiner P ’01

David Cope ♥

Raymond Lee ♥

Makeda Daley ♥

Rebecca Levere ♥

Nancy Dawe ♥

Anand Mahadevan ♥

Eugene Di Sante

Julie Martin ♥

Michael Didier ♥

B & B Hamilton Fund at the Toronto Foundation ★

Lily McGregor ♥ ★

Rose Dotten ♥ ★

Elizabeth Harris

Ron Mintz ★

Martha Drake ♥ ★

William and Nona Heaslip Foundation

Carolyn Ellis ’80 ♥

Estate of Wm R. H. Montgomery

Mikhail Zaitsev & Nina Zaitseva P ’17

Rosemary Evans ♥ ★

Lyris Pat

James Hinds & Susan Weedon

Anonymous ♥

Stan Pearl GP ’21, ’23 ★

Janet M. Hunter

Anonymous (8)

Michael Farley ♥

Jennifer Pitt-Lainsbury ♥

IBM Canada Limited

Laurence & Wendy Weizel Jane Withey P ’11, ’14 Victor Wong P ’05 Samuel Wu & Grace Zhang P ’15 Mark Yarranton & Patricia Foran P ’13

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Goldman Sachs Google Inc. Elena Gourlay

Annual Donor Report

The Henry N.R.Jackman Foundation

The Estate of William R. Hammond Montgomery

Raymond James Canada

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

The LeGresley Family Foundation

Neuberger Berman

Benjamin Lerer & Diane Shnier

Karen Olinyk

The Lillico Family

Newton Foundation Government of Ontario

Rogers Communications Birgit Siber Claire Speed The Estate of George Hudson Stowe 1948, GP ’18

George and Mary Turnbull Family Foundation at the Toronto Foundation ★ Edward Unger UTS Alumni Association ★ UTS Parents Association ★

TD Bank Financial Group

The Henry White Kinnear Foundation

Telus Communications Inc.

April Wu

Toronto Foundtion

Annie Zhang

Loyalty Foundation

OSSTF District 34-University of Toronto Schools Qatalyst Partners LP

Toronto Area Custom Ford Dealers Inc

Anonymous ★

Manulife Financial Microsoft

Rapido Trains ♥

Desiree Tuitt

Anonymous (5)

Barbara Lloyd-Tomlinson

Anonymous

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 $230,000 which provides approximately $10,000 annually in financial aid to current UTS students. This year, many of the gifts in honour of graduating students were directed to our Building Fund and to the COVID-19 Emergency Bursary Fund. We thank our families for giving the gift of a UTS education through donations totaling over $50,000!

CLASS OF 2020 Riichiro Akazaki & Amanda Kreidié-Akazaki P ’17, ’20 in honour of Alastair Kreidié-Akazaki ’20 Steven & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22 in honour of Ryan Alizadeh ’20

Tiger Hu & Michelle Liu P ’20 in honour of Jerry Hu ’20 Scott & Amy Jackson P ’20 in honour of Baker Jackson ’20

The Jha Family in honour of Vedika Jha ’20 Sigitas Keras & Laura Keras P ’20 in honour of Mathew Keras ’20

Dennis & Sook Hee Kim P ’20 in honour of Sarah Kim ’20 Ethan Kohn & Gillian Roberts P ’20 in honour of Henry Kohn ’20

Harun Nida & Berna Gulmisal Aricibasi P ’20 in honour of Harry Aricibasi ’20 and the Class of 2020 Zain Bhamjee & Iram Bhatti P ’20 in honour of Anyka Bhamjee ’20 George Comlosan & Alexandra Comlosan-Pop P ’20 in honour of Andrei Comlosan-Pop ’20 Chris D’Iorio & Lise Fournier P ’20 in honour of Lucas D’Iorio Fournier ’20 Ovidiu Domsa & Eniko Domsa P ’20 in honour of Patrick Domsa ’20 John & Nancy Gossling P ’18, ’20, ’23, ’25 in honour of Flynne Gossling ’20 Davy Hu & Lin Mu P ’20 in honour of William Hu ’20 THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

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Feng Li & Yingchun Han P ’20 in honour of William Li ’20 Haijun Li & Li Mi P ’20, ’22 in honour of Jeffrey Li ’20 Julian & Simona Marin P ’18, ’20 in honour of Andrew Marin ’20 Sam Mathi P ’18, ’20, ’22 in honour of Bradley Mathi ’20 Rob R McGregor & Helen Cheng P ’18, ’20 in honour of Jay McGregor ’20 Paul & Claudia Miatello P ’20 in honour of Audrey Miatello ’20

Katherine Hammond ’87 & Richard Nathanson ’87, P ’20 in honour of Julia Nathanson ’20 Lucian & Larisa Neagu P ’20 in honour of Alexandra Neagu ’20 York & Nancy Pei P ’17 & ’20 in honour of Alex Pei ’20 Ian Richmond & Danielle LiChong P ’16, ’18, ’20 in honour of Mia Richmond ’20 Jeff Ruch & Jennifer Kuzmyk Ruch P ’20 in honour of Madigan Ruch ’20

Qiang Shen & Yuefang He P ’20 in honour of Juncheng (Jacky) He ’20

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

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

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

Victor Song & Vicky Chen P ’20 in honour of Vincent Song ’20 Shiming Tang & Lily Tan P ’20 in honour of David Tang ’20

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

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

Laurence & Wendy Weizel in honour of Oliver Weizel ’20

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

Anonymous parents in honour of their graduating student

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

IN HONOUR OF

Veronika Berbeka ’21

Class of 2020

Michael Liu ’15

Kirsten Abbott-West ’78

Lia Copeland ’92

Chloe Lo ’18

Amelia Agrawal ’23

Jonathan Bitidis ’99 & Daron Earthy ’99 Don Boutros

Keith Dalglish ’48

Mary Ainslie ’83 Steven 1977 & Gita Alizadeh P ’15, ’17, ’20, ’22

Mia Cadsby ’24

Simin Dewji ’11

Chu Siang Loo & Swee Shien Wong P ’93

Sylvia Diane Karlins Douglas

Allison Lou

Edna Chan ’78

Scott Baker

Laura Chiu ’15

John Fautley

Audrey Marton ’78

Jacob Baskin ’04

Class of 1954

Al Fleming ’54

Colleen McKeown ’07

Rebecca Baskin ’07

Class of 1991

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

Emma Miloff ’15

Natalie Geffen ’10

Nicanor Josemaria Montoya ’23

Daniel Grushcow ’22

Leo Pang ’25

Ellie Grushcow ’19

Jake Parsons ’19

Don Gutteridge

Zachary Parsons ’16

Seymour Hoffman

Stan Pearl

Julia Huang ’24

Julia Pei ’17

Wendy Huang ’21

Sara Pfeffer ’19

Sara Hwang ’14

Gavin Pitchford ’76

Lillian Binns & Bezaleel Hylton

Joanna Radbord P ’21

Oliver Jerschow ’92 Evan Kanter ’19 Moshe Katz, Rafael Khaykin ’24 Ken Kirsh ’78

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Sarah Madigan ’15

Natasha Richmond ’16 Nicole Richmond ’18 John Rodway MD ’54 Emily Rong ’25 Kieran Sharma ’14

Zoe Lazaris ’19

Claire Shaw ’19

Eleanor Vaughan ’08 & Pavle Levkovic ’04

Elizabeth Shaw ’17

Ethan Yichen Li ’25

Archie Shou ’24

Lyndon Shopsowitz ’07

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Sarah Ann Siller ’24 & her friends

Colin N. Brebner ’29

Michael Su ’23

Douglas Carter ’70

Stephen Tang ’24 Justice Julie Thorburn P ’15, ’17 Gabriel Tian ’24 Ann Unger Current UTS Teachers & Staff

Anthony Burger ’63 Edna Chan ’78 Fred B. Conron ’29 Karen Cossar ’82 George H. Cuthbertson ’46 Barry Cutler ’55 Jack B. Ellis ’54

Ann Louise Vehovec 1978

Don Fawcett ’50

Charline Wan ’12

Fraser Fell ’46

Clement Wan ’15

Dr. Ross H Flett ’27

George Wang ’22

David Fry ’48

Michael Peiwen Wei ’24

Joseph Gill Sr.

Gloria Wu ’15

Jim Henderson

Jenny Wu ’21

Richard Howe ’52

Ashley Yip ’18

Elizabeth Evans Jackson

Chloe Yip ’23

Dr. Diane Johnson P ’78

Dasha Zaitseva ’17

Michael Milne ’57

Eric W. Smythe ’48

Karen O’Connor ’81 Geoff Phippen ’76

George Watson Stephen ’40

J. Thomas Riley ’53

Gord Stollery ’66 Douglas Towers ’56

Bob Lightbody ’63

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

Connie MacDougall

Campbell Russell ’48

Donald Fraser Wilson ’20

IN MEMORY OF

Bruce MacLean

Arthur Scace ’56

Hanmou Zhang

C. Derek Bate ’44

John R.A. Mayer ’52

James Arthur Sharpe

Huijuan Zhou

Dr. Alex Vlahovich

THE UTS ARBOR SOCIETY FOR PLANNED 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.

Donald K. Avery ’49

Stephen Gauer ’70

Scott Baker, Former Teacher Christopher (Bill) Ballyn ’51

H. Donald Gutteridge, Former Principal, & M. Anne Millar

David K. Bernhardt ’54

D. Kenneth Roberts ’70 P ’00, ’04

Thomas H. B. Symons C.C. ’47

Michaele M. Robertson, Former Principal

Murray E. Treloar ’68

Arthur C. Hewitt ’49

John N. Shaw ’50

Walter Vogl ’73

Lois & John Bowden ’48, P ’79

Robert W. Hoke ’66

David Sherman ’75

Anonymous (20)

Paul Brace ’71, P ’12

Robert E. Lord ’58

Peter L. Buzzi ’77

James I. MacDougall ’54

Benjamin T. B. Chan ’82

Bernie McGarva ’72, P ’03

Class Member ’84

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

James A. (Sandy) McIntyre ’71

Estate of Gordon Ralph Elliot 1962

James S. Coatsworth ’69

David J. Holdsworth ’61

Gillian (Davidson) Davies ’87

David Morgan ’63

Matthew Dryer ’68

John D. Murray ’54

Lynda S. Duckworth, Former Teacher

Mark Opashinov ’88

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

Gregory G. Turnbull ’73

J. Timothy Morgan ’87

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

Estate of William R. H. Montgomery Estate of George Hudson Stowe 1947, GP ’18

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

THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE

43

LOOKING BACK

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

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

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

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