Seizing the Chance for Change – The Spring 2021 issue of The Root, the University of Toronto Schools (UTS) alumni magazine, looks at how the disruption from the pandemic presents an opportunity to reinvent our world. The cover story features two visionary UTS alumni, environmentalist and A Children's Bible author Lydia Millet ’86, and JA Worldwide President and CEO Asheesh Advani ’90, discussing how we can take the best of what we are learning from this pandemic and carry it forward into the future: it begins with empathy.
Also in this issue: a feature on Tom Symons C.C., O Ont, FRSC ’47, the visionary educational leader who founded Trent University, seizing and creating opportunities for change that touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of Canadians.
As construction on our renewed building is entering the final stretch, this pandemic serves as a lesson for all of us to take pause and focus on what truly matters: our community and building a better world for everyone.
