The Mathematics of Belief
John Mighton on failure, creativity and logic
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Universities and the Work of Connection
Across higher education, we are entering a future defined by constant change and boundless possibility. It can sometimes feel as though the world is pulling apart, socially, politically, even personally. Yet that is exactly where universities matter most. They are places where students learn to listen across difference, to think critically and compassionately, and to respond to complexity with confidence and care. Every day, I see our students doing just that, in classrooms, research spaces and community life. It gives me great hope for the world they are helping to shape.
That spirit of thoughtful engagement is woven through our history. For generations, Vic U has been a place where tradition and transformation meet. We are a community that believes learning is both an intellectual and a human pursuit. As technology and global change continue to reshape our lives, our enduring strength lies in a commitment to education that is open and humane and where ideas are explored with rigour, but also with heart.
Our strategic planning process has offered an inspiring reminder of this role. This year, we embarked on the exciting work of developing a five-
year Strategic Plan, which will launch next summer. Together with students, faculty, librarians, staff and alumni, we have reflected on what makes Vic U special and where we want to go next. Across these conversations, pride in our culture of care and curiosity has been unmistakable. Alumni recalled professors who changed how they think. Students spoke about friendships and mentorships that helped them find their voice. These exchanges remind us that learning is not only about ideas; it is also about relationships, trust and shared purpose.
Although our campus is small, the reach of our community is wide. The sense of collegiality and connection that defines Vic U continues to fuel our willingness to evolve, experiment and imagine new ways of learning and leading.
In a world that can feel divided, the university offers something rare: space for reflection, curiosity and genuine connection. That work has never been more needed, and Vic U is deeply committed to it.
As we approach the holiday season, I send my warmest wishes to all who enrich and inspire our extraordinary community.
Dr.
Rhonda N. McEwen President and
Vice-Chancellor,
Victoria University in the University of Toronto
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Q and A with Chief Librarian of Victoria University
Amy Furness became Chief Librarian of Victoria University in September. We spoke to her about the role of libraries and librarians and what drew her to an academic community.
Q. What inspired you to become a librarian?
A. It was the opportunity to work with rare collections and archival material. I think the really compelling aspect of the work of librarianship is in facilitating human connection and exchange across time. Books and documents are ways of encapsulating information, ideas and creative expression, and then the library’s job is to steward them and ensure they are discoverable by readers, now and into the future. So, these amazing, mediated conversations can happen on a timescale that would be impossible if not for libraries and librarians.
Q. What drew you to the role of chief librarian at Vic?
A. Vic U is an amazing academic community right in the heart of a city that I love, and its libraries clearly play a well-established, central role in teaching, academic exchange and knowledge creation. When I read the job posting I was excited by the clear vision of the librarian’s role in the university community and the prominence of words like collegial and collaborative. The fact that the role has responsibility for special collections, archives and the art collection feels like a great fit as well.
Q. What excites you about joining the Vic community and the academic world?
A. I’m excited about the students specifically, getting to know a student community in relation to their library. I’ve always had academic leanings and I’ve maintained a relationship for many years with the University of Toronto as an alumna of the Faculty of Information, including as a guest lecturer and practicum supervisor. I never want to stop learning.
Q. What are your immediate priorities?
A. I’m looking forward to getting to know the team. I want to understand what they’re excited about and what challenges they might be facing. I also want to observe and understand how students and faculty are engaging with the libraries as collections and as campus spaces, and how the library buildings are meeting current needs.
Q. You have a PhD in archival studies— what was your thesis topic?
A. Having worked with artists and their archives at the Art Gallery of Ontario for a number of years, I wanted to understand the nature of these collections better. I did a close study of the archives of Toronto artist Vera Frenkel, looking at how they functioned in her studio in relation to her artistic practice, and then how they were transformed by an archival institution’s processes of selection, arrangement and description.
Q. Who is your favourite author?
A. I have a hard time picking favourites, but I have read a lot of André Alexis. I love his humour, his blending of myth and realism, and the slight surreality he uses in his depictions of Toronto and southwestern Ontario.
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How JUMP Math Founder John Mighton Found Purpose in Failure
By Sally Szuster
Whenever John Mighton Vic 7T8 discovers he’s not good at something— nearly flunking math, for instance— he doesn’t retreat. He doubles down. Then he emerges, improbably, as a master. As a recipient of a Victoria College Distinguished Alumni Award, failure isn’t a stop sign— it’s a springboard.
As a young undergraduate at Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Mighton didn’t seem destined for national accolades. A self-described procrastinator, he spent his early years at Vic “having a good time.” His math grades were shaky, and though drawn to poetry and playwriting, he doubted his talent.
His creative writing course earned him the lowest mark of his early academic career.
“I loved the professor, but I think the mark accurately reflected my ability at the time,” he said with a characteristic self-effacing laugh.
Still, that professor’s lectures— “symphonies,” Mighton called them—inspired him.
“I’d never had such rigorous teaching before my time at Vic.”
Mighton committed to learning how to write, spending long hours reading Sylvia Plath.
“I followed her prescription for training yourself,” he said.
Mighton didn’t become a serious student until third year, thanks in part to his friend Dave Beck. Beck’s passion for philosophy challenged Mighton’s laid-back approach and introduced him to deeper ways of thinking. Raised in a practical household—his parents were a doctor and a nurse—Mighton was
steeped in logic and pragmatism. But through his friendship with Beck, he discovered a love for philosophical thought and he later earned a master's degree in philosophy.
When Beck tragically died of cancer, Mighton formed a close bond with Beck’s roommate, Alan Taylor. They grieved together and continued the conversations that had first brought them together, about art, ideas, and meaning. Taylor would go on to direct The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Sex and the City and major films, and receive an honorary degree from the University of Toronto in 2025. Mighton, undeterred by early doubts, pursued playwriting. The two remain close friends.
Mighton’s play Possible Worlds became a landmark work, blending science and emotion. He won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, as well as the Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Dora Mavor Moore Award. The Globe and Mail called Mighton “One of Canadian theatre's most original voices” and called his play The Little Years “a meditation on lost potential,” a consistent theme in Mighton’s life work.
Other plays—Scientific Americans, A Short History of Night and Half Life —reflected a mind drawn to patterns, always searching for the poetic within the logical. The Times of London said “a new play by John Mighton is an event… His work has a kind of precision where every nuance is weighted in the balance…”
At the height of his playwriting success, another part of his mind kept drawing Mighton toward mathematics. At 32, Mighton returned to school at U of T to earn a PhD in math. For him, this wasn’t a pivot—it was a natural extension of his creative life.
Photo: Courtesy of JUMP Math
John Mighton Vic 7T8 (centre) with Alan Vic 8T1 (left) Chancellor Saul Vic 9T0 at the Burwash Dinner during Alumni Reunion June 2025.
Mighton (centre) Taylor (left) and Chancellor Nick 9T0 (right) Burwash during the Reunion in 2025.
“Math and creative writing are similar,” he explained. “You’re always looking for analogies and connections.”
When Mighton began tutoring kids in math informally, he noticed a troubling pattern. Students weren’t struggling with math because they weren’t smart. They struggled because they lacked confidence and proper support. That led him to start JUMP Math (Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies) as a grassroots tutoring initiative. In the early days, he recruited fellow artists—actors, directors, playwrights—as volunteer tutors.
What began as a modest service soon grew into an internationally respected non-profit. JUMP Math aims to remove psychological barriers to learning and teach math with joy, structure and compassion. The program, grounded in cognitive science, now is used in classrooms across Canada and beyond, reaching more than 2.8 million students since its inception in 2002. A study by SickKids Hospital and the University of Toronto found that JUMP students made significantly more progress in problem solving compared to those using another widely used program.
Mighton remains deeply involved in JUMP Math, focusing on partnerships, program development and fundraising.
“I didn't set out to build an organization,” he said. “I’m a bit of a hermit, so I would happily spend my days doing math and writing plays. But I saw the remarkable
potential in children the education system wasn’t tapping into.”
He compares math to “travelling the universe with your imagination, offering glimpses of incredible vistas and structures that transcend the human imagination.” He believes every child deserves that experience.
“We’d think it was tragic if kids couldn’t see the beauty in mountains or stars,” he said, his voice gentle but edged with quiet urgency. “But we accept that many graduate without any appreciation of the invisible beauty of math.”
Mighton continues to bridge the worlds of math and the arts.
He had an acting role in the movie Good Will Hunting. An unproduced theatre script sits in his desk drawer, waiting for the day he can return to writing. He teaches in the education stream of Vic One and co-teaches a new online Coursera course, Making Math Click, with learning expert Dr. Barbara Oakley, aimed at helping students build stronger math skills.
Congratulations to John Mighton Vic 7T8 and Vickery Bowles Vic 8T0, this year’s recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award, and to Jean-Paul Bevilacqua Vic 0T9 and Hyacinth Gawne Vic 1T4, the recipients of the 2024 Emerging Leader Award. Read profiles of Bowles and the emerging leaders
“I am deeply honoured to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from Victoria College,” Mighton said. “Vic nurtured my early interests in both mathematics and the humanities, and I’m grateful to be acknowledged by a community that has shaped so much of my life and work. This recognition inspires me to continue expanding JUMP Math's mission to support every student by ensuring equitable access to quality math education.” Mighton became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010. The young man who nearly flunked math now helps millions succeed in it. The doubting young writer is now a voice in Canada’s theatrical canon. And the Vic student who once relied on his professors for inspiration has become a teacher to the world—showing that failure isn’t the end. It’s just the beginning of the next act.
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John Mighton Vic 7T8 (centre) with Alan Taylor Vic 8T1 (left) and Chancellor Nick Saul Vic 9T0 (right) at the Burwash Dinner during the Alumni Reunion in June 2025.
REIMAGINED
Birge-Carnegie: A New Hub for the Vic U Community
By Leslie Shepherd
Victoria University is building something it’s never had before: a true campus hub.
When renovations to the BirgeCarnegie Building are finished, it will be more than an architectural treasure. It will be a daily destination for students, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors to work, study, meet and celebrate.
“This is a dynamic and inclusive model that blends essential services with opportunities for outreach, collaboration and engagement across the campus community,” said Calvin Brook, principal architect on the project.
“Even though it has such a prominent location at the intersection of Queen’s Park Crescent and Charles Street West, Birge-Carnegie has been underused for many years. Through its renewal,
which combines essential campus services with amenities and study spaces, it will serve as a welcoming gateway to the campus—a hub for serendipitous encounters and collaborations between students, Vic U’s leadership, faculty, staff, alumni and visitors.”
In addition to housing the President’s Office and a state-ofthe-art classroom, the building also includes the iconic Reading Room. To be known as the Goldring Reading Room, it will be restored to its original grandeur and is intended for use as a multipurpose space.
“The restoration and accentuation of the heritage features of the building are a key element of the project and speak to continued beauty and functionality,” said Jennifer Ankrett, Vic U’s bursar
and chief administrative officer. “Almost every space in the building will be able to be used for multiple purposes, including work, teaching, studying, relaxing or events.”
New renderings have been released showing how beautiful the building will look when finished.
Mayes Rihani, associate director for major capital project management, said substantial completion is expected by the end of 2026, with move-in around late spring 2027.
One of the most striking changes to the building will be the reintroduction of natural light. A central skylight, long obscured by infill construction, has been reopened, allowing daylight to cascade through the building from the roof to the main lobby.
Rendering: Courtesy of Brook McIlroy
Goldring Reading Room
In the lightwell in the main foyer, a two-storey feature wall made of white oak wood will tell the story of the Victoria University crest and its four symbols. The oil lamp, associated with wisdom and learning, is deliberately located at the base of the building, with its illumination spreading upward. The sphinx, owl and phoenix will rise above the lamp’s light.
“The symbol of the lamp light is literally illuminated by actual sunlight spreading down the wall from the skylight above, at once providing the building’s occupants with the benefits of natural light while symbolically reinforcing the concept of enlightenment and education,” Brook said.
Brook said his architecture firm, Brook McIlroy, Inc., has worked closely with Victoria University to develop a vision that reflects the university’s values: openness, inclusion and lifelong learning. Transparency is a guiding principle. Heritage doors are being retrofitted with glazing, to enhance visibility and introduce more light.
“We’ve been strategic in deferring to the building’s character and history where needed, but we’ve also geared its function to effective informal and tech-enabled collaboration, a key factor in both
the contemporary learning and work environments,” Brook said.
At the heart of the renovation is the Goldring Reading Room, a soaring, light-filled space that will be restored to its original grandeur thanks to a $1.5 million gift from Judy Goldring Vic 8T7 and her brother Blake Goldring Vic 8T1.
The reading room’s two-storey windows, once covered by storm inserts, are being carefully restored, many with the original glass, to ensure they are airtight. The appearance and conditions of the windows are improved from a heritage perspective, and the clarity of light is also better.
Wainscoting around the room will hide HVAC infrastructure and power outlets. The original library tables will be reinstalled, complete with intimate desk lamps that were also part of the original BirgeCarnegie building.
A mezzanine lounge overlooking the reading room will become a retreat space for staff. Acoustic treatments will ensure a quiet atmosphere, while soft furniture will invite informal work and relaxation.
The building will house a stateof-the-art classroom, designed for flexibility and collaboration, and flooded with natural light from 16 windows. An exterior stairway
will connect the classroom directly to the front lawn on Charles Street West, enabling it to be used for events that span indoor and outdoor spaces.
The classroom will support team-based learning, Indigenous sharing circles, and presentations, with AV panels on multiple walls and movable tables powered by integrated battery packs.
Although not a Vic alum, Brook has a personal connection to the university. He took literature courses every semester at Vic while studying at the University of Toronto’s School of Architecture.
“It’s what kept me sane for those five years I was studying architecture,” he said, with a smile. “I adopted Vic as my home.”
Renderings: Courtesy of Brook McIlroy
Light Well
Birge-Carnegie Classroom
Mystery Solved: Missing Methodist Cane Found at Vic U
By Leslie Shepherd
Construction workers preparing for renovations were cleaning out a wooden cabinet in what was once the office of the librarian of the BirgeCarnegie Library when they found an old wooden stick decorated with the names of Methodist Church leaders from eastern Ontario.
“It was carefully wrapped in bubble wrap so we thought it might be something important,” said Ronnie Darroch, the site superintendent for Urbacon.
It was indeed important to the United Church of Canada, which had been searching for more than 15 years for the “President’s Cane of the Bay of Quinte Conference.”
The cane was carved from wood from the Old Hay Bay Church in Adolphustown, Ont., the oldest surviving Methodist church in Canada. It was presented to the Bay of Quinte Conference, an administrative region for the Methodist Church, in 1892.
The Conference engraved the names of its presidents on the staff and used it in ceremonies to install conference presidents at annual meetings until 1924, the year before the Methodist Church joined with Presbyterian and Congregationalist denominations to form the United Church of Canada.
Somehow, the cane arrived at the United Church of Canada archives, which were housed in the Birge-Carnegie Library at Victoria University until 2008. Victoria University is home to Emmanuel College, the largest theological school associated with the United Church of Canada.
The Bay of Quinte Conference borrowed the cane for its annual meeting in Peterborough, Ont., in 2005. But by 2010, it had vanished, until being found at Vic U earlier this year.
The cane has been returned to the United Church, where it is being stored in an archivalquality container in a climate-controlled vault.
The United Church of Canada, Bay of Quinte Conference, 1893. The cane is being held by the second conference president, William Johnston.
Photo: Ordination Class of Bay of Quinte Conference, 1893, 1992. 141P/55, F1314 – Bridge Street United Church (Belleville, Ont.) fonds, The United Church of Canada Archives, Toronto.
Ronnie Darroch, site superintendent for Urbacon Ltd., and Mayes Rihani, associate director, major capital project management and planning.
Photo: Leslie Shepherd
Photo: Mayes Rihani
Photo: Archives of The United Church of Canada
TWO CENTURIES ON…
Jane Austen still knows how to throw a party!
By Leslie Shepherd
In Jane Austen’s world, a dance was never just a dance.
Victoria College Principal Alex Hernandez’s students learned that first-hand when they stepped into the shoes of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy during a country ball held to mark Austen’s 250th birthday.
Austen’s birthday isn’t until December 16, but Prof. Hernandez used a break between novels in his third-year English course Austen and her Contemporaries to give his students some experiential learning.
For a few hours, Alumni Hall became a Regency ballroom, and the students became characters in motion. Under the dimmed lights and (electric) candelabras, they learned some of the English country dances that Austen and her characters would have
performed, and snacked on some of the same sweet treats common in the Regency Era at the turn of the 19th century.
“One of the ways I like to bring an author’s work to life is to have an experience,” Hernandez said. “There are certain things you can only understand if you steep yourself in the world of her novels.”
Dances played a prominent role in Austen’s novels and life as they were one of the few socially sanctioned places where young men and women could interact—and touch—for any length of time.
Hernandez said that by dancing, his students quickly grasped the layered social dynamics at play in Austen’s novels—especially the scene in Pride and Prejudice where two of her best-known characters, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy,
engage in a sustained debate during just one dance.
“People spent a considerable amount of time together at dances, talking, looking into one another’s eyes and possibly holding hands,” Hernandez said. “The experience brought home what would have been intuitive to Austen’s readers— well of course they could have a debate when the dance lasts for 20 minutes.”
Henry Tilney, the leading male character in Northanger Abbey, describes dancing as an emblem for marriage: men have a duty and right to ask a young lady to dance, yet women have only the power of refusal.
Hernandez’s students emphasized how participating in the ball under the gentle guidance of English Country
Photo: Neil Gaikwad
Dance instructor Karen Millyard helped them to grasp Austen’s world in a more tangible way.
Many, like Arianne Rodriguez, reflected on the rigid gender norms of Austen’s time, and how grateful they were to not be restricted by gender roles for this experiential learning activity, because same-sex dancing was not proper in Austen’s time.
“According to the conventions of Jane Austen’s time, they would have had to sit out if there weren’t enough men,” said Rodriguez, a third-year student studying English, drama and education & society.
“It helps clarify moments when Catherine Morland (the heroine of Northanger Abbey) sat by herself, and it made me a little sad to think that she couldn’t have enjoyed a fun evening of dancing due to a lack of men. I thoroughly enjoyed dancing with my female friends all night and it pains me to think that girls, historically, have not had the same opportunities. “
The students also noted how Austen’s commentary on human nature and societal pressures still resonate today. Long before game theory was formally developed, Jane Austen was already crafting narratives that revolved around strategic thinking and decisionmaking.
“Austen resonates with readers more than 200 years later because she writes about aspects of the
human experience that are universal—finding love, dealing with difficult family members, embarrassing yourself in a social setting,” said student Emma Ward, who was named after the eponymous character in Emma and grew up reading Austen and watching movies of her novels.
“Despite these experiences taking place in the Regency era, making many of the details time period specific, modern readers
still relate to the emotions of Austen’s characters, said Ward, a fourth-year English specialist with a book and media studies major.
Hernandez agreed.
“I think so much of what we consider romantic comedy, coming-of-age drama, owes so much to Austen,” he said. “Her influence is much more expansive than literature because she was thinking alongside the big thinkers of her time.”
Louise Yearwood, executive director of Alumni Affairs & Advancement at Victoria University, was president of the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Toronto region chapter for 25 years. Here are her suggestions for ways to celebrate Austen’s 250th birthday.
1. Attend (or host) a Regency ball. BYOB (bring your own bonnet).
2. Binge watch your favourite Jane Austen movies. (Yearwood’s favourite is Clueless, tied with Persuasion, the version with Amanda Root as Anne Elliott and Ciarán Hinds as Capt. Frederick Wentworth).
3. Re-read your favourite Austen novels for the umpteenth time. (Her favourite is Persuasion).
4. Fancy a trip to England? Visit Winchester Cathedral, where Austen is buried, and the British Museum in London, which has her writing desk. Go to Steventon, where she spent her childhood and early adulthood, and Chawton Cottage where she spent her most prolific period of creativity.
5. Try to be as observant of the human condition as was Jane Austen herself. Who do you know who reminds you of Lady Catherine de Bourgh?
Photos: Neil Gaikwad, Alumni Affairs & Advancement
Hernandez said it was “soulsustaining” to see how much his students enjoyed the event, which was co-sponsored by Victoria College and the UofT English Department.
In addition to the dancing, the students sampled Rout Cakes, small, sweet biscuits with currants named after routs, or parties. There was also gingerbread made from the recipe belonging to Austen’s good friend and sister-inlaw, Martha Lloyd, and lemonade infused with orange blossom water.
Emma Ward said if she could tell Jane Austen one thing, it would be thank you.
“She forever changed the landscape of female writers and is still such an inspiration to so many young women today. Her wit and intellect stand out across decades of writers, and her stories have become so beloved that there are new interpretations or “versions” of them coming to the screen or in print every single year. I’d like to thank her for her monumental contributions to literature and culture.”
Prof. Hernandez was installed as the 12th principal of Victoria College, one of two colleges making up Victoria University in the University of Toronto, in 2024. He specializes in 18th- and early 19th-century literature and culture.
We asked Victoria College Principal Dr. Alex Hernandez, who is teaching the third-year English course Austen and Her Contemporaries this semester, why Jane Austen appeals to such a broad audience, even today?
I think there’s a common misconception that Austen’s novels are these capsule love stories, self-contained, even petty little dramas. They are romances, of course, but her work touched on so many of the key issues of her time—and her time was so tumultuous. She was born right before the American Revolution erupted into violence and spent her formative teenage years as the French Revolution played out. Her adult life barely outlasted the Napoleonic Wars, a period which also saw flowering of Enlightenment and Romantic reaction to it, to say nothing of rapid industrialization, the rise of empire and debates over the slave trade. In various ways, her work is steeped in these ideas and cultural upheavals. She’s thinking through philosophy, politics, aesthetics, history, what it means to love and be human, and so much more, all in this utterly pleasurable forum, which is the novel.
In Northanger Abbey, written at the end of the 1790s, but published posthumously, Austen’s narrator chastizes those who denigrate the novel as a literary form.
“I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel-writers, of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances, to the number of which they are themselves adding,” she notes, since ultimately novels are “work[s] in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.”
Photos: Neil Gaikwad
STORIES SET IN STONE
Where every name tells a story—and there’s room for yours
By Leslie Shepherd
The pathway between Victoria and Emmanuel Colleges has always been a place of movement— students rushing to class, alumni pausing to remember, visitors admiring the ivy on Old Vic. Now it’s also a place to honour legacies and own a small part of Victoria University.
Alumni Affairs & Advancement has launched Pave Your Way, a campaign inviting alumni and friends to buy hexagonal pavers on the walkway engraved with a name, a memory or a message.
“It’s an opportunity for everyone in the Vic U community to be a part of something very special,” said Louise Yearwood, executive director of AA&A. “The pathway is right in the heart of the campus, with old Vic on one side and Emmanuel on the other, making it a perfect place to honour a member of our Vic U community.”
For Dr. Patricia Wright, buying a paver was an opportunity to honour her late husband, Dr. William Wright Vic 6T1 Emm 6T4, whose mother and grandmother were also Vic grads.
“Through William I came to value the history of Vic and Emmanuel and appreciate the lifelong friendships and professional associations that Vic grads maintain,” Dr. Wright said.
Her husband served for 20 years as the official organist for Victoria University and taught History of Music at Emmanuel for 10 years. Vic U gave him an honorary doctor of divinity degree in 2009 for his work in church music.
“I hope that students will be inspired when they see the many names and years—current and past— of people who have meant so much to Vic,” she said.
Polina Kargapolova Vic 2T2 said that as a firstgeneration immigrant from Russia, her time at Vic U “truly marked the beginning of my academic and professional journey in Canada.”
Kargapolova, a new member of the alumni association of Victoria College, had her name, degree and graduation year engraved on the stone.
“It was a steppingstone—both literally and symbolically—in building the life I have today. I wanted the paver to reflect that foundation.”
For Bonette Valdez, donations and database coordinator for AA&A, “It was Victoria University itself that inspired me to purchase a paver, as this institution has been like a home to me for more than two decades.”
Her paver bears her name and those of her daughters.
“It’s a quiet yet enduring reminder that we were here, that we belonged, and that our legacy continues through our presence alone,” she said. “I think it’s important for others to take part in the paver campaign because it meaningfully marks your connection to Victoria University while linking you with the students, alumni, faculty, staff, friends and families whose names and stories are set alongside yours in the same path. Every time someone passes by, your presence is acknowledged as part of that collective story, and you, in turn, are linked with theirs.”
For a gift of $1,000, your customized paver will become a permanent part of Vic’s historic landscape. Your message will inspire countless students and alumni as they walk this historic path between Old Vic and Emmanuel College. This visible tribute becomes part of a living legacy, weaving together the stories of all who have called Vic U home—strengthening the enduring connections that span generations. To reserve your paver or learn more:
• Visit UofT.me/PaveYourWayatVic
• Or contact Aimee Esparaz, associate director of philanthropy, at aimee.esparaz@utoronto.ca
Photos: Neil Gaikwad
Compassionate counselling now closer to home for Vic students
By Sally Szuster
When university students need mental health support, finding timely care in the community can be difficult. Wait times are often long and many hesitate to seek help. At Victoria College, a new initiative is making it easier for students to access compassionate care on campus when they need it most.
Recognizing this growing need, Victoria and Emmanuel Colleges, the two colleges that form Victoria University in the University of Toronto, collaborated to expand mental health supports. Since September 2023, graduate students in Emmanuel’s Master of Psychospiritual Studies program have provided supervised counselling to Victoria College
undergraduates through a wellness initiative called Vic Well.
“Psychospiritual care is about tending to the whole person,” said Dr. Pamela McCarroll, acting principal of Emmanuel College.
“It is not only about addressing clinical needs or spiritual needs in isolation but also about integrating the two so that people can find healing and resilience in all dimensions of life.”
The MPS program includes a certificate in spiritual care and psychotherapy, recognized by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Counselling interns provide students with supportive care, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused techniques and
are supervised by a registered psychotherapist and social worker.
“It has added a whole new level of support to our undergraduate students to have Emmanuel counselling interns here on campus,” said Dean of Students Kelley Castle. “They help students with a variety of needs, including academic anxiety, grief, isolation, personal identity, depression and general concerns about the transition into and out of university. Their ability to weave spiritual care into it is an added layer that many students really seek out. We have expanded the service because it was such a success and this allows for access to counselling with little to no wait time—a terrific, timely, local addition to the services they already get from U of T.”
Photo: Shawn Kazubowski Houston
Michael Burtt Emm 2T5 provided psychospiritual support to Victoria College students during the 2024–25 academic year. This photo was taken at an unrelated Emmanuel College gathering.
For Blair Niblett, a part-time MPS student who also works full time as a professor at Trent University, participating as one of the counselling interns in the Vic Well program was both formative and meaningful.
“There were a handful of students who I saw on a regular basis over the months that I was there, and I was able to build supportive relationships. I could tell that there was value in what we were doing.”
Michael Burtt, who graduated from Emmanuel last year and now works in private practice, said the program was formative.
“Within the counselling intern program, which is entirely secular, I would work with undergraduate students who immediately recognized that I was religiousfriendly,” he said. “One student in particular really felt he could discuss things with me that he was not entirely comfortable discussing with his religious leader, but he was still seeking someone who understood his inner spiritual life. Students told
me they really appreciated having the counselling interns easily accessible in the Goldring Student Centre. It was often the first time that they were in counselling and it was comforting for them to know there wasn’t anything they couldn’t talk about.”
Hannah Athanasiadis, who is pursuing both a Master of Divinity and the Master of Psychospiritual Studies, brings another perspective. “Students who I’ve worked with tell me that it feels good to have someone to talk to and process their thoughts and feelings. In the therapeutic space, students can share what’s on their minds and hearts without fear of judgment, learn new tools and strategies to help cope with various stressors, and be empowered as they navigate university life. Students also get a sense that they are not alone in their struggles and that there is someone listening and validating their experiences.”
Emmanuel’s training model is multifaith and distinctive. Enrolment has tripled in the past
decade, according to Andrew Aitchison, admissions adviser and strategic recruiter. “It shows us that the wider community recognizes the importance of psychospiritual care” he said.
Having Emmanuel College students serve Victoria College undergraduates “is a powerful example of learning in action,” McCarroll said.
“It not only prepares them for their professional vocations, but also it expands access to care for young people who might otherwise wait too long or go without support,” she said.
As Vic Well continues and expands, the benefits are clear: faster access to care for undergraduates and a real-world clinic for graduate learners.
“Psychospiritual care used to be a hidden gem in theological education,” McCarroll said. “Now it is clear that this is the future of integrated care, and Emmanuel is proud to be leading the way and serving Victoria College students.”
Last year’s renovations to the Goldring Student Centre included dedicated space for student wellness services on the second floor. Part of that work was funded by a generous $500,000 donation from Sandy McIntyre Vic 7T4, a member of Victoria University’s Defy Gravity campaign cabinet.
Photos: Michael Burtt, Neil Gaikwad
Blair Niblett
Michael Burtt
Hannah Athanasiadis
Milestones
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William Humber Vic 7T2, published Old Ontario at Bat: Baseball’s Unheralded Ancestry (Centre for Canadian Baseball Research, 2024). The book challenges the belief that baseball was purely an American invention and shows how 19thcentury Canadians played an important role in its early development.
Victor Lotto Vic 5T8, was named an honorary lifetime member of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. This recognition highlights his 30 years of commitment as a donor and active member of the gallery, including support of key gallery programs and events.
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Grace Ji-Sun Kim Vic 9T2 published Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice (Orbis Books, 2025). Earthbound draws from Christian theology and ecological insights to address climate catastrophe. It points to pathways of healing, hope and responsibility to one another, to all living systems and to the web of life that sustains us.
Yujia Zhu Vic 1T8, founder and executive director of the non-profit platform FASSLING.AI. received two honours at the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Her company won Silver for New Service of the Year—Cloud Services and Bronze in Healthcare Technology. FASSLING.AI offers free, unlimited emotional and life coaching support, 24/7, in more than 95 languages.
Kerry Clare Vic 0T2, will publish her fifth book, Definitely Thriving, with House of Anansi Press on March 17, 2026. The novel is a heartening and hilarious story of a woman who doesn’t have it all figured out just yet.
Victoria University Annual Fund
Thank you to our alumni, friends, faculty and corporations who have made a donation to Victoria University’s Annual Fund in support of student success and well-being, outstanding academic offerings, beautification of the campus, and signature learning experiences.
The following donor listing recognizes donors who have contributed $100 or more to Victoria College or to Emmanuel College between May 1, 2024, and April 30, 2025. The University would like to thank its many anonymous donors at this time. The red V after each name indicates 10 years or more of cumulative giving to the University. An asterisk (*) following a name indicates that the donor has passed away subsequent to making their donation.
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Chancellor’s Council/ Presidents’ Circle
$5,000 or more
1955 Arnold T. Bailey V
1957 Elaine (Barrett) Billings V
1957 Alastair McD* and Jennifer Murray V
1958 Beverly J. McKerrow V
1961 Elaine M. Godwin V
1961 Judy A. Hunter V
1962 L. Diane Dyer V
1962 Robert E. Lord V
1963 Gail and Bob Farquharson V
1963 Mary McDougall Maude V
1964 Susan M. Armitage V
1965 Jeffrey M. Heath V
1966 Barbara J. Thompson V
1967 Harvey Botting V
1971 Julie Y. Lee
1972 P. Diane Bond V
1972 Joan D. Catterson V
1972 Garth M. Girvan V
1972 J. Robert S. Prichard and Ann E. Wilson
1974 David L. Farrington V
1974 David I. W. Hamer and Kathryn E. Hamer
1974 J. A. (Sandy) McIntyre V
1974 Mary M. Ward
1975 David Galbraith and Heather Murray
1976 Janice Fukakusa
1977 Mike Fattori and Debora Pearson (1984) V
1980 Shelly Jamieson
1981 Blake Goldring and Belinda Goldring V
1981 Paul and Judith Huyer V
1981 Brian and Colleen Johnston V
1982 Robert and Betty Farquharson V
1982 Margaret Rundle (1985) and Stephen Lister V
1983 John D. Grant V
1983 Mary H. Rolland
1984 Sonia A. Baxendale
1987 Judith Goldring
1987 Douglas J. Houston
1988 Martine A. Celej V
1988 A. Julia P. Tremain
1989 Frank and Susan Vella V
1995 Rizwan Khalfan
1997 Eric Brock
2000 Gail and John* MacNaughton V
2002 Christopher Allan Anderson and Leslie-Anne Weeks
2002 Jane Brushey-Martin and Geoff Martin
2006 HyeRan Kim-Cragg
2008 Nestor Medina
2009 Amandip Singh
Friends, Faculty and Corporations
Phyllis and Matthew Airhart V
The Murray & Susan Armitage Foundation at Toronto Foundation V
Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund, a Bader Philanthropy
Andrew* & Cornelia* Baines
Ann Black V
The Buddhist Association of Canada
Buddhist Youth
Alliance International
Stephen Chu
David Clarke
Robert A. Davidson V
The Gordon & Ruth Gooder Charitable Foundation
Greybrook Capital Corporation
Simon Gulden
Ian G. Howey V Jackman Foundation V
Jaffari Community Centre
The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation V
Daniel Kushner
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Blondina Matheson
Olga Zorzi Pugliese* V Shaftesbury Inc.
The Margaret and Andrew Stephens Family Foundation V
Steven W. Tjiang
Vancouver Foundation – The Guy Flavelle Memorial Fund V VWA V
WM NC-Philanthropic CT01— Ruby Joliffe Scholarship Foundation
$2,500–$4,999
1949 Margaret Jean (Fraser) Kitchen V
1953 A. Phelps Bell* and Judy (McGill) Bell V
1953 The Honourable Henry N. R. Jackman V
1954 J. Douglas Ross V
1956 Paul Chandler Harris V
1956 Donald C. Morton V
1957 Jim McCowan V
1959 Anne E. (Foote) Liphardt V
1960 Robert and Marilyn (Daly) Beamish V
1963 H. Garfield Emerson
1964 Jean (Reilly) O’Grady V
1964 MacGregor David Sinclair V
1966 Carolyn Jean (Werry) Sinclair* V
1966 Peter and Joan (1986) Wyatt V
1967 Carol A. Brenner V
1968 Frank and Patricia Mills V
1968 James M. Parks V
1968 Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh V
1970 Gillian and Kenneth (1971) Bartlett V
1970 Susan G. and James Blake V
1970 Valerie A. Story V
1971 Wendy M. Cecil V
1971 Christine M. A. Deja V
1974 Carole Linton MacFarquhar V
1974 David J. Watt V
1978 John C. Field V
1978 Brian E. Wilson V
1979 Michael A. Foulkes V
1979 Dimetrius Schetakis V
1980 Catherine A. Evans
1983 Tiina I. Liivet V
1987 Ben Chan V
1989 Deborah Tam
1989 Alison M. Tasker V
1994 Ellen Redcliffe V
2003 Narasim and Shannon Katary
Friends, Faculty and Corporations
Paul Bouissac V
Robert C. Brandeis V
Canadian Tax Foundation
Paul W. Gooch and Pauline Thompson (1963) V
Kenneth Wilfred Inkster Fund
Liphardt Charitable Fund V Rhonda McEwen
Albert Moritz V
The Primrose Charitable Foundation
Stephen Riggins V
Anne Urbancic V
The WB Family Foundation
Paul Wu
$1,827–$2,499
1950 Bernice Ujjainwalla V
1952 H. Bernice Bell V
1953 Nancy (Jamieson)* and Walter* Pridham V
1956 Barbara E. (Schultz) Phelps V
1959 Robert A. Taylor and Johanna Landert-Taylor V
1961 Marian Dingman Hebb V
1963 Bob Wong V
1966 John and Josie Watson V
1968 Lorene De Silva
1968 Peter and Mary Lou Rankine V
1969 Leo and Beata FitzPatrick
1970 Keith and Pamela McCallum V
1972 Marlene Auspitz V
1972 Norah J. Love
1973 Shirley Hoy V
1975 John E. Engeland V
1977 Susan V. Hewitt V
1980 Cathleen S. Hoeniger
1982 Joy Lee
1983 Lionel M. Collier
2000 Vito M. Labate
2005 Nicholas P. Bentley
2007 Anne Osler
Meredith Hepburn V
2010 Adam Hanley V
2012 Deborah and Jeffrey* Bacon V
2022 Jia H. Shao
Friends, Faculty and Corporations
H. Chandler Davis
Griggs Family Foundation at the Toronto Foundation
Mary and Arthur Heinmaa
Helen M. Ostovich V
William Robins and Anne Christie V
The United Church of Canada Foundation V
Wellington Square
United Church V
David S. Wright V
Principal’s Circle
$1,000–$1,826
1949 Patricia (Mills) Shield V
1950 Donald B. and Patricia A. Dodds V
1951 Ronald M. Farquhar V
1952 Robert S. Anglin V
1953 Alvin A. Lee V
1954 Richard P. Cousland V
1954 Kathleen Curtis* V
1957 G. Edmund King V
1957 Patricia and John Lane V
1959 Gwen M. Farrow V
1960 Dan Norman V
1961 David L. Crane V
1961 Alexandra F. Johnston V
1962 M. Margaret Fisher V
1962 Shelagh M. J. Roberts V
1962 Brian C. Westlake V
1963 Elizabeth J. Bliss V
1963 Mary E. Brereton V
1963 John Clipsham V
1963 William E. Hewitt V
1963 David M. Horman V
1963 Robert Kerton
1964 Carolyn and Alan Bowker V
1964 Peter and Judy Mitchelson V
1965 Margaret (Duffett) and John Coleman V
1965 David I. Macleod V
1966 Harold Dixon Bridge V
1966 E. Ann Rae V
1966 Paul Reginald Stott* V
1966 Peter G. F. Young V
1967 Marci C. McDonald V
1968 Geoffrey Philip Joyner V
1972 Robert J. and Nancy E. Kincaide V
1974 Margaret E. Devitt V
1974 David Allan Harris V
1974 Francis O. E. G. McInerney and Verna Mae McLean V
1975 Melanie C. W. and Alan M. Campbell V
1975 Richard and Sue (Hanbidge) Harris V
1975 Roger and Moira Hutchinson V
1975 Roger F. Sarty V
1975 Charles A. Webster V
1978 Sharon L. Todd V
1979 Mary Beth Currie and Jeff Rintoul V
1979 Joan M. Tonner V
1980 William MacNeil
1982 Lorne E. Farr V
1982 Susan E . Sagert
1983 Angela Esterhammer and John Kozub V
1983 Sharon Gregory and Andrew Mitrovica V
1984 Ann-Marie Anderson V
1985 Mark J. Verdun and Lolly Santos
1986 Robert J. Saffrey V
1986 Louise Yearwood
1988 Eric Upshaw
1989 Cindy and Mike Hansen
2000 Alicia Joan Batten
2000 Katherine Corlett V
2004 Roy Ambury Stuart
2007 Brian La V
2014 Andrew D. Aitchison
2017 Nazila Isgandarova
Friends, Faculty and Corporations
Brampton and Area
Community Foundation V
Paul E. Bush V
Canadian Society for Italian Studies
Kenneth Chan
Leatrice M. Chan
Nancy Coldham
Mary Cragg
Chris Doner
Konrad Eisenbichler V Morris Fine
Gordon K. Forstner
Jonathan L. Hart V Lok Ho
Swee Hong Lim
Lynne Magnusson
Nicole and Michael Martin
The Onnuri Korean United Church
Oracle Corporation
Thomas E. Reynolds
Patricia Romans V
Victoria M. Stuart V
Katharine M. Thompson
David Townsend
John Young
Cornerstone Circle
$500–$999
1950 Helen B. Sing V
1954 Eleanor L. Ellins V
1954 Mary Eleanor D Morris
1954 Anne (Weldon) Tait V
1956 Donald West Stevenson V
1957 Robert E. Saunders V
1958 Olga McKellar V
1958 R. Gary Seagrave V
1959 Judith N. and J. Bruce Langstaff V
1959 Myrna (Buckingham) McDermid
1959 J. Clair Peacock V
1959 Donald Ernest and Elizabeth* (1958) Wakefield V
1961 Michael G. Thorley V
1962 Jean-Marc and Stephanie L. Charron V
1964 Eleanor I. Currie V
1965 Barbara R. Bogle V
1965 Nancy (Caldecott) Sutherland V
1965 Phylip D. Tinning V
1965 Dale Wagner V
1966 Frank A. and Donna Lynne Fraser V
1966 C. Marilyn McCowan V
1966 Barbara J. McGregor V
1966 William D. G. Rose V
1967 Linda E. MacRae V
1967 Virginia R. Robeson V
1968 Peter Bennett V
1968 Barbara A. English V
1968 Susan E. R. Rumsey V
1969 Sharon Brown V
1969 Calvert L. Francis V
1969 Anne R. McWhir V
1969 Marlene (Solomcoe) Robinson V
1971 Kenneth Bartlett V
1971 Margaret E. Hurst V
1971 Maureen R. Kaukinen V
1971 Anne F. B. Owen V
1971 John G. Richardson V
1972 Bruce P. King V
1972 Sandra Pett V
1972 Mahendra H. Shah V
1973 Barbara D. Forsyth V
1973 C. Michael and Carol Harpur V
1973 Clinton Mooney V
1974 Gregory Light
1975 Deborah and Douglas (1976) Herridge V
1975 Mark W. Rosenberg V
1975 Mary Ann Spencer V
1976 Stephen Bowman and Elizabeth Koester V
1976 Jack Der Weduwen V
1977 Gordon D. Fulton V
1978 Donna M. Burton V
1979 Milan Rupic V
1980 Jane Field and Hilary Dore V
1980 Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng V
1981 Susan (Allan) Gillmeister V
1981 Cynthia E. Scott V
1981 Tamara (Morris) Smith V
1981 David L. Swail V
1982 Stephen W. Luff V
1983 Andrew J. Graham V
1984 David F. Barrows V
1985 Alfred A. Dumont
1987 Laura B. Farquharson V
1987 Meg Gaily
1987 Robert and Wendy (1989) Sider V
1989 Won Hur V
1990 Cynthia E. Crysler
1992 Kelly Battle V
1993 Kresimir G. Begic V
1993 Marc Johnstone and Kristene Steed V
1994 Swire Chin V
1994 William Kervin
1995 Sandy M. Di Martino V
1997 Don Lang V
2003 Frank Jin
2004 Mary Elizabeth Wilson V
2007 Townsend Haines V
2009 Jean-Paul Bevilacqua
2013 Patrick F. Baud
2016 Earle and Iris Toppings V
2020 Lisa A. Wilvert
Friends, Faculty and Corporations
Yvette Y Ali V
Asad Ansari
Bell Canada—
Employee Giving Program V
Elisa Brilli
Anthony Camisso
Richard W. Carmichael
J. Edward Chamberlin V
Rudy Darius Chiarandini
Raymond Cho
Katherine Dalziel V
Elvio L. and Marlene DelZotto
Leo and Sandra DelZotto
Martha Drake V
Christopher W. W. Field V
Glen Oak Christian Church
David Gregoris
Frank and Nancy Iacobucci
Emanuel Istrate
Kyoung JaYou
Esther Lewis V
Pamela R. McCarroll
Margaret McKee
Betsy McLeod
Claudia Miatello
Haekee Min
Mike Newbury
David Oakleaf V
Cornelia Principe
B. J. Romans V
Choe Sangkyu
Sarena Seifer
Bassem Shakeel
John David Stewart
Xueqing Xu
Gemma Zecchini
Chris Zeichmann
Scarlet and Gold Circle
$100–$499
1942 Joan A. Mactavish V
1945 Ruth Brown V
1948 Wilma (Clark) Friend V
1948 Mary E. (Schweitzer) Pleasance V
1949 Cecily Stone V
1950 Doreen M. Kerby V
1951 Bruce Charles Bone V
1951 Barbara Anne Holt V
1952 Carol B. Head
1952 Kenneth and Mary Lund V
1952 Lorne R. O’Neill V
1952 Keith L. Sumner V
1953 Hugh John Alexander V
1953 Malcolm D. MacKinnon V
1954 Jeanine C. Avigdor V
1954 Diana Bacon V
1954 Bruce and Donna Mackey V
1954 Joan F. Compton Pond V
1955 Mary Jane Asselstine V
1955 Suzanne Cousland V
1955 Patricia A. Green V
1955 Shirley Johnson V
1955 Gloria MacKlin V
1955 J. Peter Mitchell and Olga Mracek Mitchell V
1955 Nora R. Wilson V
1956 Barbara A. Burbidge V
1956 Gordon Alexander Coyne V
1956 John Crawford V
1956 Dorothy Jean Henley
1956 Lois I. Jempson V
1956 Margaret (Kerr) Lewis V
1956 Barry J. Truscott V
1956 Mary Janet van den Bergh V
1956 Jean (McNeill) Wright V
1957 R. Alan Harris V
1957 Margaret E. Hewgill V
1957 Margaret Munday V
1957 Ronald G. Ostic* V
1957 Nancy E. Ritchie V
1957 A. Louise Rolston* V
1957 Robert G. Stevenson V
1957 Richard Verity* V
1958 Sheila (Stevenson) Babb V
1958 Stanley Nelson Farrow V
1958 Helen Virginia Finley V
1958 M. Gordon Hueston V
1958 Donald A. Johns V
1958 Diane A. McBurney V
1958 Marilyn Jane Patterson V
1958 Robert C. Pollock V
1958 Cameron D. E. Tolton V
1958 Diane H. Walters V
1959 Marina A. E. Bieler V
1959 Eleanor A. Calvert V
1959 Daryl L. Cook V
1959 Marcia Cuthbert V
1959 Dorothy A. De Lisle V
1959 William R. Fritz V
1959 Donald Grant V
1959 Ivan L. Hurlbut V
1959 Patricia Durance Leach V
1959 Anne E. (Foote) Liphardt V
1959 Rhoda M. S. Melinyshyn V
1959 Janet E. Sheridan V
1959 Robert F. Stone* V
1960 Marilyn R. Brewer-Patterson V
1960 Donald Charles Matheson V
1960 James Maxwell V
1960 Edward Joseph Radkowski
1960 Mary Thomson Redekop V
1961 J. Douglas Bryden V
1961 Lynda Bryden V
1961 Judy (Caldecott) Fleming and Alan Fleming V
1961 Helen (Truscott) Mitchell V
1961 E. Joy J. Morning
1961 John A. Sallmen V
1961 Dorothea A. Sprung V
1961 John Traill V
1961 William H. M. Wright* V
1962 Eleanor F. Christie V
1962 Beverley A. Edgecombe V
1962 Norman James Elliott V
1962 Sally A. Sinclair V
1962 James T. Watt V
1963 M. Dianne Bird V
1963 C. Brian Harper V
1963 Donald E. Jeffreys V
1963 William and Catharine Lord V
1963 Audrey E. A. Matheson V
1963 M. Louise McColl
1963 Jane E. Shen V
1963 Lorna J. Whitty V
1964 Paul and Patricia Arney V
1964 Jon G. Baird V
1964 Catherine K. and Peter B. Canham V
1964 Ethel J. Corry V
1964 Elaine Dulmage
1964 Elizabeth A. Gerrie and David Yeung V
1964 Elaine Iannuzziello V
1964 F. Ruth Zaryski Jackson V
1964 Pamelia E. Lock V
1964 Eva Z. L. Lypka V
1964 Marion Pierce V
1964 Mary Reedie V
1964 Leonard A. Wilkinson V
1965 Margaret M. Brown
1965 Cynthia Elson V
1965 David J. Holdsworth V
1965 John A. and Lorna Hutchinson V
1965 Richard H. Moffat V
1965 Wilfried Neidhardt V
1965 Brian Ridley V
1965 Diana Stephenson V
1965 Patricia A. Tibbles V
1965 Marilyn G. Young
1966 Elizabeth A. Carveth V
1966 Vivian S. Cushing
1966 Malcolm J. Ewashkiw V
1966 Robert K. Graham V
1966 Janet D. Jacobson V
1966 Lorna J. and J. David (1965) Joblin V
1966 Edda Marika Madvark V
1966 W. Ronald and Maureen McCallum V
1966 Leslie E. Roe-Etter
1966 M. Elizabeth Taillefer V
1966 Helen I. Whidden V
1966 Daniel R. Zadorozny V
1967 Wallace J. Brown V
1967 Mary Collins V
1967 William E Conklin V
1967 Elizabeth A. Graham V
1967 D. Brian and Camille Lipsett V
1967 Katherine A. McTavish V
1967 Georgia L. Muirhead V
1967 G. Stephen Shantz V
1967 Catherine Lynn Stevenson
1968 Lynn D. Bennett V
1968 M. Ann Dewees V
1968 Marilyn J Gamble V
1968 John and Lynne Glenney V
1968 James Gregory V
1968 John D. Gregory V
1968 Patricia Hartman
1968 Paul T. Heron
1968 Christopher Hicks
1968 Patricia Kathleen Higgins V
1968 Margo Ann Hilton V
1968 Janis Kontor V
1968 Joyce B. Lancaster V
1968 Wendy R. Lawrence V
1968 Belle-Anne Luce V
1968 James D. Reynolds V
1968 Janet E. Webber V
1968 Delmer H. Weber V
1969 George Fallis
1969 John B. Geale
1969 Mel and Carmen Greif V
1969 Ada E. Jackson V
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1969 Jane Toyota
1970 Carole and Lino Belgiorgio V
1970 Edward William Bentley V
1970 Richard D. Cooke V
1970 Janet and Donald Karn V
1970 Wendy A. Leaney V
1970 Donald V. Macdougall V
1970 Mark R. Nakamura
1970 Jana S. L. Nilsson V
1970 Margot Young V
1971 Bette D. Andrews V
1971 Marilyn J. Hernandez V
1971 C. G. James Hewitt V
1971 Steven Hodder V
1971 Elizabeth L. Johnston V
1971 R. Margaret Robertson V
1971 Elizabeth J. Shilton V
1972 Signe K. Ball V
1972 Lawrence R. Cohen V
1972 Catherine H. Fallis
1972 Susan L. Helwig V
1972 William J. Moles V
1972 Margaret E. Smith
1972 P. Suzanne Smolik V
1972 Patricia Young V
1973 Bronwyn R. Best V
1973 Marilyn R. Christensen V
1973 Robert M. Jackson V
1973 Nancy J. Ruhnke V
1973 E. Joan Savage V
1973 James V. Scott
1973 Janice M. Swanton V
1974 Elisabeth B. A. Braun V
1974 Barbara E. French V
1974 Christopher John Hains V
1974 Sivia E. Mangos V
1974 Glenna A. Stelzer V
1974 Carole Anne Whelan V
1975 Alexis L. Clark V
1975 R. William Dunn V
1975 William Friend V
1975 M. Noel James V
1975 Jennifer Anne Johnson V
1975 Katherine and Kenneth Peel
1975 John Sharp V
1976 David G. Cowper-Smith V
1976 Raymond A. K. Cox V
1976 David A. Dennis V
1976 Lesley Evans V
1976 Jane P. Morris V
1976 Robert D. Wardlaw V
1977 John C. Adams V
1977 Kathleen Sheffield Anderson V
1977 Marek Dabrowski V
1977 Allan J. Saunders V
1977 Marie A. Vaillant V
1977 Ruth Wehlau V
1978 Wendy A. Board V
1978 Robert D. Campbell V
1978 David Fallis V
1978 Blair and Louise Sinclair V
1978 Neville L Smith
1978 Heinz-Michael A. Voelker V
1978 Michele M. S. Ward V
1979 David L. Adams V
1979 Heather and Paul Conolly-Mingay V
1979 Catherine Wessels
1979 Michael F. Whelan V
1980 Mark Aitchison V
1980 Randolph W. Cousins and Anne E. Condie V
1980 Ian Currie
1980 Rodney M. Engeland V
1980 Kate T. Lawson
1980 Beatrice D. Mercuriano V
1980 Andrew Tymoszewicz V
1981 Susan E. Gunton V
1981 Shane A. Kelford V
1981 Debra Loughlin V
1981 Alison J. MacTavish V
1982 Elizabeth S. Marmura V
1982 Connie D. Walker V
1983 Delphine Y. K. Hollander V
1983 Barbara L. Robertson-Mann V
1983 Nancy Chapple
1983 Hamish Stewart V
1983 Douglas Wright V
1984 Marilyn C. Dunnill V
1984 Deborah M. Hart V
1984 Janet E. Heisey V
1984 R. Neil Matheson
1984 Kathleen M. Walsh-Osborne V
1984 Janet E. Zenwirt V
1985 Kathy David V
1985 John E. McLeod V
1985 Amanda Walton V
1986 Taras W. Ciomyk V
1986 Hisako Narimatsu V
1986 Anne E. Papmehl
1987 Nancy E. Hardy V
1987 Renate Kozarov
1988 Ernest P. Chan V
1988 Jin Young Choi V
1988 Steven Elder V
1988 Tina Krinis V
1988 Diana Lawrence
1988 William R. MacKinnon V
1988 Brian W. McIntosh V
1988 Nadia Saracoglu
1988 Alison J. Taylor
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1989 Nancy Hudson
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1990 Isabel Melo
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1991 Ari and Karen Lightman
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1992 Kevin Kim
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1993 Russell Martin V
1993 Robin M. Quelhas
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1994 Young-Joon Rhee V
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1995 Lisa M. Taillefer
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1997 Thomas George Moore
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1998 Jennifer H. Andreae
1998 Barbara J. White
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2000 Judith Campbell V
2001 Richard J. Holder
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2002 Randy Covey
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2003 Tony Chung Hin Cheung
2003 Raadei Kugarajah
2003 Kathleen Anne and Charles Ian Mack V
2003 Janet Lenor Sinclair
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2004 Hae Jung
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2013 Brandon W. Bailey
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2014 Fan Yang
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Friends, Faculty and Corporations
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BMO Private Wealth
Daniel Boissonneault
Marina Bokovay
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G. Borolussi
William R. Bowen and Sandra J. Gavinchuk V
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Cecilia Leung-Fung
Gary Levine
Ann Lewis V
Raymond and Veronica Li
Ellen J. Locke
Hilary Lucy
Ruth-Ann MacIntyre V
Colin Mackie
John Maxwell
Jennifer McCann
Glenn McCullough
Lesa McDougall
Susan McKane
Catherine McMonagle
Virginia L. Mills V
Peter M. Mitchell
Louise Moorhouse V
Rocco Mario Morano
Shelagh Morley V
New Paramount Studios Ltd.
Florence (Emerson) Newman V
Judith Newman V
Gabriele Niccoli
Adebola O. Odulana-Ogundimu
David Paleczny
Frank Palmay
Seiyoung Park
Virginia Parlan
Elizabeth Parrish
Megan Peglar
Deanna and Sereno Pellegrini
Angela Penman
Carol Percy
Vincenzo Pietropaolo
Lawrence K. Porter and
Sheila Porter
Laura V. Prelipcean
Mary Pugliese
Nevin Reda El-Tahry
Janine Robinson
Paul Robinson
Gregory Rupik
Michael Ryan
Giovanni Scarola
Deborah Scott
Eric Shen
Eunjung Shin
Shining Waters Region United
Church Women
Henry Shiu
Adam Sol
Anne-Marie Sorrenti
Vivian Spagnolo
Dave Stinson
G. Robert Strople
Mike Strople
Jenny Su
Pathanchal Sundaralingam
Patrice Tadier
Liz Taylor V
Angela and Nicholas Terpstra V
Lars H. Thompson* V
Jessica C. Todd
Catherine Ukas
Kim Uyede-Kai
Michelle Voss
Germaine Warkentin V
Mary A. Watt and Giuseppe
D’Amata
Jennifer Wells
Karen Ruth Wishart V
Stephanie Wladkowski
Heather Wyatt
Eric Xi
Youn Ja You
Woong Youm
Victoria University Tribute Gifts
Victoria University recognizes with gratitude donations made in honour or in memory of the following individuals. (May 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025)
In Honour of
Jean M. Augustine
Raymond C. deSouza
Angela Esterhammer
Korean Women’s Gathering in 2001
Florence E. Newman
In Memory of
Andrew D. Baines
Chrys A. Bentley
Alison Choi
Sybil Fine
Ronald Goon
Edward Hart and Jean Jackman Hart
Frank P. Hoff
Gilbert E. Howey
Hazel Ming Lee Joe
John Young-Jung Lee
Linda M. Maw
Murray and Janice Newman
Lucas Peel
Olga L. Pugliese
Gary Redcliffe
Jane Ridley
Lisa Sherlock
Paul R. Stott
Ronald R. Tasker
Mark Toulouse
Victoria University Heritage Society
Victoria University gratefully acknowledges the following Victoria College and Emmanuel College alumni, faculty, staff, and friends who have declared their intention to include Vic U in their estate’s charitable giving plans. If you have included Vic U in your Will or have arranged another planned gift but do not see your name listed, please contact Sharon Gregory at 416-813-4050, toll-free 1-888-262-9775 or email sharon.gregory@utoronto.ca.
Peter Allison 8T8 and Robin (Hollands) Allison 8T9
Susan M. Armitage 6T4
John Armstrong 8T2 and Barbara Armstrong 8T3
Doris A. (Jessinghouse)
Arnold 6T6
Jeanine C. (MacDonald)
Avigdor 5T4
Susan Bertoia Banting 8T0
Gillian (Smiley) Bartlett 7T0 and Kenneth R. Bartlett 7T1
Peter Bartlett
John Baty 6T6
Bernice Bell 5T2
David K. Bernhardt 5T8
Harris Bixler
Ann Black
Diane Hoar Bond 7T2 and David E. Bond
William R. Bowen 7T5 and Sandra J. Gavinchuk
Alison (Massie) Broadworth 9T7
Michelle E. Brotherton 9T7 and John Rumerfield
Lynda Bryden 6T1 and J. Douglas Bryden 6T1
Eleanor J. Burton 5T6
Dan Camposano 8T3
Ben Chan 8T7
Lawrence R. Cohen 7T2
Lionel M. Collier 8T3
Annalijn Conklin 0T2
Dick Cousland 5T4
Kathryn Cumming 7T4
Marcia D. Cuthbert 5T9
Robert A. Davidson
Larry Davies
Marion (Chatterjee) Davies 5T5
Janet Davison 8T9
Mary Sue Dendur 6T9
Margaret E. Devitt 7T4
Andrea V. Diplock 6T6
Martha Drake
L. Diane Dyer 6T2
Konrad Eisenbichler
Cynthia Elson 6T5
John E. Engeland 7T5
Lesley Evans 7T6
Judy M. (Caldecott) Fleming 6T1
Jane C. Freed 7T4
Lynne V. Freed 7T7
Douglas S. Garfield 7T2 and Joanne (McEwen) Garfield 7T4
Elaine (Westheuser) Godwin 6T1
Paul W. Gooch
Fred K. Graham
David I. W. Hamer 7T4
Diana L. (Rieder) Heard 8T2
Robert Heard 8T3
Kim Heath 9T9 and Alex Heath
Catherine W. Hellyer 7T7
Debbie (Hearst) Herridge 7T5 and Doug Herridge 7T6
Glenn Hickling 7T7
Linn Holness 0T8
Beth Holt 5T0
Ian G. M. Howey
Paul Huyer 8T1
Lynda L. Jenner 6T2
Alexandra F. Johnston 6T1
Brian Johnston 8T1
Patricia A. Kennedy 6T9
Lisa Khoo 8T9
Dennis Glasgow and Renate Kozarov 8T7
Donald G. Lawson 5T1
Julie Y. Lee 7T1
Hailu Lu Lockyer 0T4
Victor Lotto 5T8
Teza Layos Lwin 9T3
Carole Linton MacFarquhar 7T4
Janet G. (Macrae) MacInnis 5T9
Linda E. MacRae 6T7
Donald C. Matheson 6T0
Keith and Pamela McCallum 7T0
Frances (Bond) McElroy 5T8
Beverly McKerrow 5T8
Sharon Gregory and Andrew Mitrovica 8T3
Elizabeth (Holgate) Myles 5T4
Mary Neal 6T1 and Stan Neal 6T2
Jean (Reilly) O’Grady 6T4
Maryleah (Bullock) Otto 4T9
W. Michael S. Philp 6T4
S. Walker Popplewell 7T2
Andrew N. Poulos 8T2
Kathryn Radford 8T1
Diane P. Rogers 5T0
Patricia Romans
Ann Saddlemyer
G. Stephen Shantz 6T7
John A. Sharp 7T5
Shirley (Wilson) Sims 5T3
Miriam Anne Skey 5T9
John David Stewart
Valerie Story 7T0
Nancy (Caldecott) Sutherland 6T5
Anne (Weldon) Tait 5T4
Brian Tennyson 6T2
Pauline A. Thompson 6T3
Joy E. Tyndall 8T5
Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh 6T8
Amanda W. Walton 8T5
Germaine Warkentin
Nora R. Wilson 5T5
Mary P. Winsor
Paula (Mitas) Zoubek 6T2
All those who wish to remain anonymous
The Board of Regents gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful bequests of the following Victoria College and Emmanuel College alumni, faculty, staff, and friends whose gifts were received in the past year.
Helen Best and Ernest E. Best 4T0, 4T6
L. Irene Dean and W. Charles Dean 5T1
Gilbert Edward Howey 5T6
Jane Elizabeth Lawson
John A. Miller 6T8
M. Carolyn (Oliver) Neal 4T7
S. M. Parkhouse 4T8, 5T1
Shirley Ann Shortt 5T6
Dorothy Ruth (Rundle) Toller 5T5
Norma M. Warren 4T8
2 Anonymous
Victoria University Ivy Society
The Ivy Society recognizes the extraordinary philanthropic spirit of Victoria College and Emmanuel College donors whose cumulative giving received totals $100,000 or more since 1903.
$4,000,000+
Isabel (Overton)* and Alfred* Bader
Goldring Family
Catherine* and John Stewart* Heron
Jackman Foundation
The Honourable
Henry N. R. Jackman
Mary Mounfield*
1 Anonymous
$2,000,000–$3,999,999
Isabel & Alfred Bader Fund, a Bader Philanthropy
John W. Billes*
Valerie (Husband) Brook*
M. Isabel Hodgkinson*
James L. Morrow*
Clifton Graham Roberts*
$1,000,000–$1,999,999
Grace V. Becker*
Gerald E. Bentley Jr.* and Elizabeth B. Bentley*
Dorothy I. M. Black*
Buddhist Youth Alliance
International
The Buddhist Association of Canada
Wendy M. Cecil
Margaret G. Chambers*
The Davenport Family Fund
Deer Park United Church
Joan Dique*
Gail and Bob Farquharson
Orloff R.* and Orla V.* Flindall
H. Northrop Frye*
Blake Goldring and Belinda Goldring
Agnes Eleanor Howard*
Norman Jewison*
Margaret Rundle and Stephen Lister
Jane Brushey-Martin and Geoff Martin
Sadie Maura*
Pauline M. McGibbon*
George Cedric Metcalf
Charitable Foundation
The James W. and
Anne H. S. Nethercott Fund
Carol Diane Nunn*
Vancouver Foundation—
The Guy Flavelle Memorial Fund
Eila M.* and Allen Paul* Walters
W. David Wilson
2 Anonymous
$500,000–$999,999
Isobel M. Cork*
Dorothy Fetterly*
Friends of Victoria University
Library and Victoria College Book Sale
Margaret S. Gairns*
George and Helen Vari Foundation
Lawrence and Sharen Ho
C. Douglas Jay*
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Lorus J.* and Margery J.* Milne
Muriel G. McCuaig*
J. A. (Sandy) McIntyre
Shirley J. McIntyre*
Ronald J. C. McQueen*
George Tony Phillips*
Edward M. Roberts*
J. Michael G. Scott*
Lilly Offenbach Strauss*
Jennie and Frank Tsui
John and Josie Watson
3 Anonymous
$250,000–$499,999
Susan M. and Murray* Armitage
Kathleen F. Banbury*
E. Murray Cleland*
Stephen R. Coxford
Kathleen A. B. Dyson*
John Henry Gibson Eccles*
Ellen M. Edmonds
Freda M. Eickmeyer*
Graeme* and Phyllis* Ferguson
Jane C. Freed
General Motors of Canada Limited
Garth M. Girvan
Judith Goldring
John W. Grant*
A. Catharine Heynes*
Marian Patterson Holleman*
Ethan Hollingshead*
Roy A. Hope*
Brian and Colleen Johnston
Beverly J. McKerrow
Johanna L. Metcalf*
Albert Moritz
Marion (Irwin) O’Donnell*
David W. Pretty*
Lorna May Raymer*
Elizabeth Anne Sabiston*
Pauline M. Scott*
Margaret Slater*
Anne C.M. Starr*
Richard Iorweth Thorman
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
Irene A. Uchida*
Ruth Estella Vanderlip*
VWA
Weston Family Foundation
Judith R. Wilder*
J. Robert S. Prichard and Ann E. Wilson
Beatrice A. Wilson*
Roy Wood*
2 Anonymous
$100,000–$249,999
The Arthur L. Irving
Family Foundation
Nancy Bailey-Bligh
Edward L. Baker*
Dorothy J. Ball*
Ethel I. M. Barber*
Ralph M. Barford*
A. Phelps Bell* and Judy (McGill) Bell
Ruth M. Bentley*
David K. Bernhardt
Helen* and Ernest E.* Best
J. P. Bickell Foundation
The E. W. Bickle Foundation
John T. (Jack)* and Ethel* Birkenshaw
Constance Mary Blewett*
Harvey Botting
Paul Bouissac
E. Marion (Cooper)* and Salvatore* Brancaccio
Robert C. Brandeis
Christopher Brown
Murray A.* and Katherine Corlett
The Counselling Foundation of Canada
Crossroads United Church
Doreen E. Curry*
Margaret M. Duhig*
H. Garfield Emerson
John C. Field
Edgar F. File
John F. Flinn*
Elizabeth Frye*
Janice R. Fukakusa
Douglas G. Gardner*
Elaine M. Godwin
Paul W. Gooch and Pauline Thompson
Robert B. Gray*
Greybrook Capital Corporation
Jeffrey M. Heath
Ruth D. Hebb*
Vern and Frieda Heinrichs
F. David Hoeniger*
Nettie I. J. Hoffman*
Paul and Judith Huyer
Kenneth W. Inkster*
Eileen B. Jackson*
Edward S. Jarvis*
The Norman and Margaret
Jewison Charitable Foundation
Alexandra F. Johnston
Ruby Maud Jolliffe*
Elizabeth (Langford) Julian and Larry Lundy*
Moez Kassam
Narasim and Shannon Katary
Carol S. Kato*
Marnie Kinsley
Eva Kushner*
Michael Laine
Donald G. Lawson
Julie Y. Lee
Elton E.* and Maida* Lent
Genevieve Logan*
Robert E. Lord
Molly (Patterson)* and Bill Macdonald
Gail and John* MacNaughton
Coral and William Martin
Mary McDougall Maude
Jean C. L. McArthur*
James W. McCutcheon*
Marion E. B. McKinley*
Gordon* and Claire* McLellan
Joanne Beverly McMinn*
Isabel Mendizabal*
Frank and Patricia Mills
Margaret L. Milne*
A. B. B. Moore*
Mount Hamilton UCW
Alastair McD* and Jennifer Murray
Robert F. Nancarrow
Mary Edythe Neeb*
J. Ernest Nix*
Viola M. Noden*
Jean (Reilly) O’Grady
Heather Onyett*
Ernst M. Oppenheimer*
Harvey Frederick Potter*
Olga Zorzi Pugliese*
Ralph David Radford*
James A. Rendall*
Laure Rièse*
William Robins and Anne Christie
Senator Nancy Ruth
E. Ann Saddlemyer
Steven J. Sandoz*
John A. Sawyer*
Edward Schafer
Charles F. Scott*
Shaftesbury Films
Craig G. Smith
Margaret E. St John*
Valerie A. Story
Carolyn M. Temple*
Earle and Iris Toppings
Toronto West Presbytery Corp of the United Church of Canada
Doris Carol Trott*
The United Church of Canada Foundation
Elizabeth (Eastlake) Vosburgh
Gladys May Walter*
Flora M. Ward*
Paul D. Warner
Norma M. Warren*
Jack B. Whitely*
WM NC-Philanthropic CT01—
Ruby Joliffe Scholarship Foundation
Maria Hrycaiko Zaputovich*
8 Anonymous
Nick Saul’s term as chancellor ends next year, so he gave the Class of 2029 their Convocation speech four years early—during Orientation Week in August. To cheers and laughs, he reprised the rousing address he gave the Class of 2025 last June, urging students to stay curious, courageous and community-minded— and to remember to call their parents.
Photos:
Neil Gaikwad
