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ofTUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINEGhostWorldsThe search forother EarthsPLUSSUPREME COURTJUSTICE ROSALIE ABELLATHE VARSITY TURNS 125U OF T’S ODDBALL CHARMSOUR THANKS TO DONORSWINTER 2006 • VOL. 33 NO. 2PM40065699

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LettersThe Nature of InsightAnd the case of the missing genderINVISIBLE WOMENI enjoyed Dan Falk’s storyabout eureka moments(Autumn 2005), but wherewere the great Canadianwomen? Where were thefemale writers, inventors,historians, teachers, astronautsand scientists? I’m sureRoberta Bondar (PhD 1974)and Margaret Atwood (BA1961 VIC) would have appreciatedseeing illustrations ofthemselves.Linda KentBEd 1977Etobicoke, OntarioEd. note: We thought of many greatwomen scientists and innovators throughouthistory, but failed to come up with anywho had experienced a famous “eurekamoment.” Nominations from readers arewelcome at uoft.magazine@utoronto.caPHILOSOPHER’S TALKI was delighted to read Dan Falk’s articleabout “aha” moments. Obtaininginsight into insights is important fortechnological, intellectual and culturaldevelopment. The Canadian philosopherBernard Lonergan, a former U of Tprofessor who died in 1984, exploredLetters may be edited to fit availablespace and should be addressed toUniversity of Toronto Magazine,21 King’s College Circle,Toronto,M5S 3J3. Readers may also sendcorrespondence by e-mail touoft.magazine@utoronto.ca orfax to (416) 978-3958.this subject in depth. His 1957 bookInsight: A Study of Human Understandingis a thoroughgoing exploration ofhow intellectual breakthroughs occur.University of Toronto Press published acritical edition of the book in 1992, andcontinues to issue The Collected Works ofBernard Lonergan in collaboration withThe Lonergan Research Institute, whosearchives are housed just a stone’s throwfrom the St. George campus.Mark D. MorelliPhD 1979Los AngelesWIND POWERIn reference to John Lorinc’s article onrenewable energy (“A Cleaner Future,”Summer 2005), F.H. Kim Krenz criticizeswind energy for being“notoriously unreliable” (Letters,Autumn 2005). Electricitygenerated from wind isvariable, not unreliable, andits variability can be estimatedfrom historical weather patterns.If apologists for nuclearenergy spent more timedescribing how new Ontarionuclear plants would be morereliable than the province’sexisting unreliable ones, andless time taking a swipe atalternative energy technology, they wouldbe doing us all a great service.Mark BellBSc 1979TorontoSAVING TREESI was pleased to read about your recentswitch to recycled paper (Editor’s Note,Spring 2005). The faster you can increasethe percentage of post-consumer recycledcontent, the better. I’m sure manyreaders are willing to accept less glossypaper if it means more trees standingand fewer landfill sites.Donald McMasterBA 1966 VIC, MA 1968Chevy Chase, MarylandCORRECTIONThe article “New Alumni Governors”(Alumni Notes, Summer 2005) mayhave left readers with the impressionthat only three alumni governors sit onthe university’s Governing Council. Infact, eight positions are allocated foralumni representatives, but, becausetheir terms are staggered, only two orthree positions come up for election ina given year.WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 5

President’s MessagePHOTOGRAPHY: LAURA ARSIÈA Great Legacy,a Great FutureCOUNTLESS STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF, VOLUNTEERSand benefactors have helped the University of Toronto becomea great public institution. Today, after 178 years, the Universityof Toronto matters to Canada and Canadians more than ever.Our strength is our students. Exceedingly bright anddiverse, they draw on the breadth of ambitions in this country.Our faculty are outstanding. They produce more publicationsand are cited more often in academic literature than the facultyof most universities in North America. Our dedicated staffsupport a superb environment for faculty and students.Now, after years in which Ontario lagged in funding postsecondaryeducation, the provincial government has made aremarkable $6.2-billion, five-year commitment to universitiesand colleges. In fact, all three levels of government are promotinginnovation as a vital part of our culture. This innovationagenda holds huge promise for future generations, providedthat we support fundamental research more generously and preservethe essential role of the humanities and social sciences.Without a balance of disciplines, we cannot address themany challenges facing humankind – from the global crisesof HIV/AIDS and environmental degradation to widespreadsectarian strife. Our students need the broadest education wecan give them for the simple reason that today’s challenges arealso their inheritance from us.U of T remains fully committed to admitting the best andbrightest students, regardless of their personal or financial circumstances.Fifty per cent of our undergraduates report a totalfamily income of less than $50,000. We spend $150 millionin university-derived funds each year on student support. Andwe are working hard to open U of T to all students whodeserve to be with us, but who have felt excluded or unwelcome,or who need a second chance at university. Counted inthe latter group must be new Canadians who bring theirdreams and skills to Toronto, Scarborough and Mississaugamore often than anywhere else in Canada.Once here, every student – undergraduate and graduate –deserves an experience worthy of a great institution. Unfortunately,chronic underfunding has taken a toll. Today, ourstudent-to-faculty ratio is 34 to one – about 50 per cent higherthan the average for our peer institutions in the United States.The McGuinty government’s investment in post-secondaryeducation should help us begin to correct this imbalance.We can do more. Enhancing the student experience is theUniversity of Toronto’s number one priority, and all divisionsare working hard on four fronts. First, our university is big andsometimes overwhelming for new students. We will create moreintimate neighbourhoods, in partnership with our excellent collegesand federated universities. We will find more ways toencourage small-group learning. And we will enhance studentactivity spaces for our large population of commuting students.Second, we are reducing our reliance on traditional classroominstruction. Through partnerships with businesses andcommunity agencies, and the generosity of countless alumniwho serve as student mentors, we are creating more opportunitiesfor students to learn through hands-on experiences.Third, we will provide more recognition and supportfor great teaching. This includes theestablishment of the first U of T-wide teaching awards and supportivecoaching to enhance teaching performance.Finally, we will offer more opportunitiesfor our undergraduate studentsto do research and sharein the excitement of creatingnew knowledge. This is ahuge comparative advantagefor our university, giventhe research productivityof our faculty.The University ofToronto has a storiedpast and a present madevibrant by 70,000 students,11,000 faculty andstaff, and more than400,000 former studentsliving all over the world.U of T truly embodiesthe enduring alchemyof higher education andits transformative potentialfor students and society.With your help, we cancontinue to nurture thegreat minds of tomorrow,and, together with ourextraordinary students,imagine a great future.Sincerely,DAVID NAYLORThis text is abridgedfrom Prof. Naylor’sinstallation address,November 7th, 2005.6 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Leading EdgeOf Mice and MenBy peering into mouse DNA, U of T researchers have answered a lingering questionabout the mammalian gene – and opened up new possibilities in disease researchILLUSTRATIONS: STEVE ADAMSJust two years after the completion ofthe Human Genome Project, U of Tresearchers appear to have answeredthe question on all life scientists’ lips:Do any genes remain to be discovered?If you remember your high schoolbiology class, you know that humanDNA is made up of molecules callednucleotides – about 2.85 billion of them– arranged in a double helix configuration.Only some sections of the doublehelix contain genes, which serve as“instructions” for the creation of proteins.(These proteins form an essentialpart of all living organisms.)Now imagine a cluster of miniatureelectronic probes, each containing about60 nucleotides. Called micro-arrays, theseclusters can track down the segments ofDNA that hold our genetic instructionsand distinguish them from the longstretches of filler DNA in between.To the uninitiated, all this sounds verysci-fi. To U of T molecular biology professorTimothy Hughes, it’s life as usualin the lab. In collaboration with BrendanFrey, a professor in the department ofelectrical and computer engineering,Hughes’s research team has spent the pastthree years using micro-arrays in mouseDNA to hunt for its genes.Hughes’s team fed the nucleotidesequences collected from the microarraysinto a spreadsheet, seeking todetect meaningful patterns. That’s whereFrey came in. “We developed a computeralgorithm to distinguish patterns suggestingtrue genes from more randompatterns,” explains Frey.Crunch crunch crunch, went thenumbers, yielding the startling result: “Itturns out there are few, if any, proteincodinggenes remaining to be discovered,”says Hughes. “This flies in the face ofresearch that predicted several-fold moregenes than the currently known ones.”Published in Nature Genetics, the resultsalso confirmed that genes that have starringroles in some tissues may play secondfiddle – or remain silent – in others.“There’s clearly a relationship betweenthe function of a tissue and the genes thatget expressed in that tissue,” says Hughes.Frey says the work closes a chapter ingenomic research, but leaves open thequestion: with only 20,000 to 25,000genes in the human genome, where onEarth does all the human diversity comefrom? The upturned noses, grumpy dispositionsor aptitude for chess?8 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Frey’s ongoing research might wellsolve this mystery. “My colleagues and Ihave now started an even more exhaustiveproject, with more probes,” he says.Funded by Genome Canada, the $22-million project compares gene expressionin healthy and diseased tissue. “We’re targetingcommon and complex diseases,such as heart disease and cancer, in hopesof discovering many discrepancies.”The project has already unearthed startlingnew evidence for gene variation.“We already knew that the same DNAsequence could be read in different ways,resulting in different proteins as end products,”Frey explains. “What we’ve done isto map these different ‘readings’ throughoutthe genome.” As it turns out, “asingle gene can yield up to thousands ofdifferent proteins.” This phenomenonhelps explain how so few genes can spawnso much biological diversity, including,possibly, those upturned noses.The long-range impact? “If we canpinpoint the gene differences in diseasedtissue, we can work toward correctingthese differences,” says Frey. For example:“Once we identify the genes thatget over-expressed in cancer, we coulddevelop drugs to inactivate those genes.”– Gabrielle BauerIT’Sas small as a milk carton, but this 3.5-kilogram “nano-satellite” isloaded with innovative experiments. Unveiled in August at U of T’sInstitute for Aerospace Studies, the CanX-2 (Canadian AdvancedNanospace eXperiment 2) satellite is expected to be one of the smallest research platformsin space.To be launched in 2006, it will carry and test small low-power devices,including a mini-spectrometer that measures greenhouse gases. CanX-2 lays the groundworkfor flying a formation of two more advanced nano-satellites, CanX-4 and CanX-5,in 2008. Formation-flying technology could one day find large, expensive satellites replacedby groups of smaller, cheaper collaborating satellites.“With advances in microelectronicsand power technologies, satellites can be made really small but still able to achieve importantmissions,” says Robert E. Zee, manager of the institute’s Space Flight Laboratory(pictured above, left, with Eric Caillibot, a second-year master’s student).The price tag forCanX-2 and the CanX-4/CanX-5 formation-flying mission is $1 million, compared withthe hundreds of millions of dollars typically spent on space missions.– Karen KellyPHOTOGRAPHY: STEVE BEHALThe Sweetness of FictionAt the University of Toronto at Mississauga in October, Canadianauthor Camilla Gibb explored in a lecture “The Truth of Fictionand the Fiction of Truth” whether fictional writing can adequatelycapture or speak to real-life experiences. Gibb is the 2006 U of TJack McClelland Writer-in-Residence and the author of Sweetnessin the Belly, nominated for the 2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize.give the most sophisticated and comprehensive understandingof our time. Fiction, argues Gibb, can best capture andexplain the moral climate of an era because its long-term perspectiveallows the public to process, reflect upon and betterunderstand events.Gibb cites the novel Saturday, by Ian McEwan, which focuseson a man’s anxiety about the impending war in Iraq. TheOver the last 40 years, says Gibb (BA UC 1991), there book succeeds at explaining this disquietude because by thehas been a recurring lament that the novel has outlivedits audience, and that literary fiction has limited from the 9/11 attacks. “Fiction seems to me a more powerfultime it was published in 2005, people had found some distancecultural currency.Today, because of a strong multimedia presence,Gibb believes many people don’t turn to the novel forway of truth-telling,” she says,“because it makes the facts livedand felt, and allows us to empathize with the experiencesanswers in the initial instance – but that eventually fiction will of others.”– Laura RodgerWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 9

PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK STEGELLeadingEdgeprofessions, practical training for studentsis crucial but difficult to provide. Nursing students,for example, must perfect the ability toINsomeadminister dozens of medical procedures with limited practiceon real patients.Students have traditionally learned some skills by practisingon each other and on mannequins. But these approacheshave drawbacks. You can’t intubate a fellow student and mannequinscan’t experience a sudden fall in blood pressure ora racing heartbeat.Enter the “SIM” family. Earlier this year, U of T’s nursingfaculty purchased five “high-fidelity,” computer-operatedMeet the SIMsmannequins – four adults and one baby – that can breathe,talk, and exhibit a heartbeat and pulse. These “simulationpatients” occupy beds in a million-dollar, state-of-the-artclinical lab in the faculty’s new building at 155 College Street.They are used to help train more than 300 nursing undergrads,as well as to provide advanced instruction for master’sstudents and nurse practitioners.Because the lab can simulate almost any clinical situation,students trained at the facility will be better prepared for hospitalwork, says Sandra Devlin-Cop, director of clinical educationfor the Faculty of Nursing. “And, ultimately, that shouldmean better care for patients,” she says. – Scott AndersonNursing students receivemore than 1,500 hours ofclinical training during theirtwo-year program, butthe range of skills they canperform in a hospital islimited by their patients’actual medical needs. Here,students can practice suchvital skills as defibrillationbefore facing a real-lifeemergency. Cameras andmicrophones installed onthe ceiling record thesimulations, which can beplayed back for instructionalpurposes.“It’s areal confidence-builder,”says Devlin-Cop.Students can test their knowledge, if not their needlegivingskills, on a computer using video simulation software.Hundreds of realistic patient scenarios are available.As the patient’s symptoms change, the computer asksthe student to type in the appropriate action andafterward assesses his or her performance.Like real patients, theSIMs can talk. During asimulation, instructorscan prompt them to say“That hurts!” “I feeldizzy” or, worse,“I feellike I’m going to die.”The SIMs can also cough,retch and tell an overlyPrefabricated wounds allow students to practiseattentive student tostitches and dressings. Instructors can also inject fluid“Go away!”into the SIMs’ lungs or mix “blood” in their “urine.”In all, the synthetic patients can replicate 90 per centof the critical-care conditions nurses will encounter.10 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

What Are the Odds of That?a group of 13Faculty of Engineering staffINSeptember,members won $1.75 millionin the 6/49 lottery – a windfall of morethan $134,600 each. Arlene Fillatre, thefaculty’s business officer and lottery-poolorganizer, also struck lucky with aquarter-million-dollar jackpot in 1992.What are the odds of having Fillatre’sgood fortune – just once?In his new book, Struck by Lightning:The Curious World of Probabilities, U of Tprof and ace statistician Jeffrey S. Rosenthalgives us the mathematical tools toassess life’s odds – whether it’s winningthe lotto, being involved in an airplanecrash, beating the house at cards or – ofcourse – getting zonked by lightning.He also provides a hefty dose of realitythrough the “Probability Perspective,”offering real-life examples for comparison– what those odds actually translate into.You know the chances of winningthe 6/49 aren’t good, don’t you? But don’tlet us ruin your day. We’ll let Rosenthaldo that for you, in a Struck by Lightningexcerpt, right. – Stacey GibsonA typical commercial lottery mightinvolve selecting six differentnumbers between 1 and 49. If yoursix numbers match those selected,you win (or share) the big jackpot.For such a lottery, the probabilityis about one chance in 14 million.This is an extremely smallprobability. To put it in context,you are over 1,000 times morelikely to die in a car crash withinthe year. In fact, you are morelikely to die in a car crash onyour way to the store to buyyour lottery ticket than youare to win the jackpot. Indeed,if you bought one ticket a week,on average, you would win thejackpot less than once every250,000 years. When pickingseven numbers between 1 and47 [for 7/47], the probability isone chance in 63 million. It maybe true that someone is going towin the lottery jackpot this week,but let me assure you: that someonewill not be you.While Malcolm Gladwell extolsthe power of snap judgments inhis latest book, Blink, he alsowarns of its dark side. In the chapter “TheWarren Harding Error,” Gladwell points outthat Harding, often cited as one of the leastsuccessful U.S. presidents, was initially perceivedas a man of intelligence and integrity –simply because he was tall, distinguished-lookingand handsome.“It’s why picking the rightcandidate for a job is so difficult and why, onmore occasions than we may care to admit,utter mediocrities sometimes end up in positionsof enormous responsibility,” he writes.Professor David Zweig, a specialist in organizationalbehaviour and human resources inU of T at Scarborough’s department of management,might have some suggestions onFoiling the Warren Harding Syndromehow to avoid having a Warren working for you– and it starts with conducting a structuredinterview. In a recent study published inPersonnel Psychology, Zweig and lead authorDerek Chapman of the University of Calgaryfound that most employers conduct informal,unstructured interviews, and ask questionsunrelated to the job they’re recruiting for –which can impede the selection of the mostqualified candidate.“With structured interviews, you ask thesame set of job-related questions to each candidateso you can make a fair comparisonbetween them,” says Zweig.“With unstructuredinterviews, you have a lot of biasescreeping in. If they like you, they’ll throw softballquestions at you and try to find ways tosupport their initial impression. Structuredinterviews have also been shown to haveup to eight times the predictive power ofpinpointing the best candidate compared tounstructured interviews.”Zweig and Chapman asked interviewersfrom more than 500 organizations to fill outa questionnaire examining such issues as thelevel of structure during the interview, and theamount and type of formal interview trainingthey had received.Applicants filled out questionnairesbefore and after the interview.The professors also found only one-thirdof interviewers had formal training, and thisgroup favoured more structure during theinterview process.“That’s way too low,” saysZweig.“Everyone should receive formal trainingon how to conduct a structured interview.”– Stacey Gibson and Suelan ToyeWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 11

We standon the shouldersof those who camebefore usAfter coming to Canada from Burundiin 2001, Natacha Nsabimana learned English,found a social network and a place to stay,and discovered her place at U of T. Havingcompleted the Transitional Year Programme,she is entering her first year at U of T asa full-time arts student.Thanks to the generosity of Annual Funddonors like Dr. David Ouchterlony (BPHE1962, MD 1966), she has the resources sheneeds to pursue her dreams.YOUR ANNUAL FUND DONATIONSMAKE A DIFFERENCE.E-mail annual.fund@utoronto.cawww.giving.utoronto.caTel: 416-978-2173 1-800-463-6048Fax: 416-978-3978

ew& NotableNR ECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON CAMPUSDangerousLiaisonsUTSC zoology professorMaydianne Andrade (MSc1995) remembers the firsttime she witnessed the brutalmating ritual of Australian redbackspiders, a close relative of the blackwidow. It was 12 years ago andAndrade, a graduate student, hadbeen at the lab all night watchingthe spiders’ extended courtship.Then the main event happened:the male deliberately positionedhimself over his lover’s fangs –while still copulating – and wassoon consumed.“I ran aroundthe department in a sort ofeureka moment,” she says.Andrade and her researchcolleagues had heardabout the bizarre cannibalisticact, but shewas the first in herlab to witness it.This fall, PopularScience magazinenamed Andrade, 36,one of its “Brilliant10” young scientistsin North America.In 1996, her pioneeringwork on redback spiders’mating habits was publishedin the prestigiousjournal Science. WhileContinued on page 15PHOTOGRAPHY: LIAM SHARPWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 13

New&NotablePHOTOGRAPHY: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES, KARA DILLONYesterday’s News: A Look Backat125 years of The VarsityThe group of students that launched The Varsity 125years ago this fall were nothing if not ambitious. Theiraim, outlined in the inaugural edition published Oct. 7,1880, was that “the University of Toronto shall possess thebest university paper in [North] America.” The modest bookletthat once sold for five cents each Saturday has now growninto Canada’s largest student newspaper, with a twice-weeklycirculation of more than 20,000 and an online edition thathas about 12,000 visits per week.Last year more than 300 U of T students contributed toThe Varsity “for no money and not much glory,” says currenteditor-in-chief Graham F. Scott. “Our volunteers do most ofthe day-to-day thankless work of going out and pounding thepavement for stories that are important but not glamorous,and there are a lot of those at universities.”One thread has persisted throughout The Varsity’s history –spirited criticism of the university’s administration. This censureof U of T sometimes landed editors in trouble. Whilethe paper began as an independent venture, by the late 19 thcentury it was owned by the university-sanctioned students’council – which often suspended editors. The entire newspaperwas axed temporarily in 1952, when editors published U of Tpresident Sidney Smith’s speech on remedial English instruction,substituting “sex” for “English” throughout the text. TheVarsity regained its autonomy in 1980 by forming a non-profitcorporation financed partly through an annual student levy.The Varsity has always been a barometer of wider socialchange. There was a female co-editor-in-chief in 1955, but itwas not until 1979 that a woman held the top position on herown. In 1969, The Varsity published a four-line ad that markedthe launch of Canada’s first gay and lesbian campus group. Thelate 1960s and early 1970s were activist years, with editorsleading sit-ins and petitions against the administration. The1980s saw fewer confrontations between The Varsity and universitygovernance – perhaps reflecting the more conservativeVarsity photo editor Don Forgie and assistant photo editorWalt Mackenzie pose for a Torontonensis yearbook photo2005ethos of the “me generation.” In the late 1990s, the paper fre-Varsity staff sacrifice their social lives and even delay graduationto ensure the paper gets out each Monday and Thursdayquently censured U of T for accepting corporate donations,alleging that academic freedom was at stake.Scott says Varsity staff members are now expanding coveragebut are choosier about the political issues they address.Like all of his predecessors, he and his staff are passionateenough that they will stay up all night, sacrifice their sociallives and even delay graduation to get it on the stands eachMonday and Thursday. “There’s a real feeling of heritage,” hesays. “Of being part of an institution that has done greatthings and continues to do great things.” – Megan Easton1948MEET THE (PAST) PRESSThe university’s unofficial schoolof journalism has seen many of itsstaff go on to illustrious careers.William Lyon MackenzieKing (BA 1895 UC,LLB 1896, MA 1897)Varsity assistant editor, 1893-1895Former prime minister of CanadaPeter Gzowski (DLitt Hon. 1995)Varsity editor,1956-1957CBC Radio host and authorMichael Ignatieff (BA 1969TRIN, DLitt Sac Hon. 1999)Varsity review editor, 1968-1969Scholar, author and the ChancellorJackman Visiting Professor inHuman Rights Policy at U of TLinda McQuaig (BA 1974 UC)Varsity co-editor, 1971-1972Investigative journalist whopenned It’s the Crude, Dude:War,Big Oil and the Fight for the PlanetMark Kingwell(BA 1985 St. Mike’s)Varsity editor, 1983-1984U of T philosophy professor. Hislatest book is Nothing for Granted:Tales of War, Philosophy, and Whythe Right Was Mostly WrongIsabel Vincent (BA 1990 UC)Varsity editor, 1988-1989National Post reporter and authorof Bodies and Souls:The Tragic Plightof Three Jewish Women Forced intoProstitution in the AmericasNaomi KleinVarsity editor, 1992-1993Author of No Logo:Taking Aim atthe Brand Bullies – M.E.14 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Redback spider: a fool for loveContinued from page 13 other scientists had proposed that the malessacrificed themselves to literally feed their future offspring, Andradeproved that their suicidal behaviour is in fact an act of self-interest,allowing them to copulate for longer and fertilize more eggs. Male redbacksgreatly outnumber females and only 10 to 20 per cent live longenough to find a willing mate, so any opportunity to spread their genesis worth dying for.One of Andrade’s most recent discoveries is that male redbacks actuallybreak off their copulatoryorgans in females to prevent othersuitors from usurping their paternity.“This is about the power andelegance of natural selection tocreate these amazing behaviouralstrategies that you would justnever predict,” she says.Andrade currently has between1,500 and 2,000 redbacks in herUniversity of Toronto at Scarboroughlab, along with a few pettarantulas. In an adjoining workspace,her husband, Professor Andrew Mason, studies hearing systemsin the parasitic fly and acoustic signalling in insects such as crickets andspiders. Not surprisingly, their three-year-old daughter “likes creepycrawlies,”although spiders were an acquired taste for Andrade. “I wasn’tphobic as a child,” she says, “but I wasn’t a big fan.” Today, though, shecan’t imagine ever getting bored with the eight-legged creatures. “Evennow, they’re always surprising me.”– Megan EastonDavid Naylor (MD 1978) was installedas the 15 th president of the Universityof Toronto at a Convocation Hall ceremonyon Nov. 7. During his installation address,Naylor, the former dean of medicine and viceprovost(relations with health care institutions)at U of T, reiterated his commitment to U of T’s70,000 students.“Our strength is in our students,and our students are extraordinary,” he said.“Thatis why enhancing the student experience is thenumber one priority in the university’s strategicplan. And it is my number one personal priority.”AccoladesJames Till (DSc Hon.2004),a biophysicist,and Ernest McCulloch(MD 1948,DSc Hon.2004),a haematologist,embarked on workat U of T and the Ontario Cancer Institute in the late 1950sthat eventually earned them the title “fathers ofstem cell research.” Till and McCulloch were thefirst to identify a stem cell, laying the foundationfor all current work on adult and embryonic stemcells. And in September,the University ProfessorsEmeriti received the 2005 Albert Lasker Awardfor Basic Medical Research in honour of theirachievements. The Lasker Awards, known asFang LiuAmerica’s Nobel Prizes, recognize scientistswhose work has been seminal to understanding disease.Till andMcCulloch’s discoveries also explained principles of bone marrowtransplantation, which now help prolong the lives ofpatients with leukemia and other blood cancers.Fang Liu (MSc 1996, PhD 1999), a psychiatry professorat U of T, recently received an honourable mention fromNARSAD – the Mental Health Research Association (foundedas the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia andDepression) in New York – for her research on neurotransmitters.Liu studies the interaction between two brainproteins that bind dopamine (an important neurotransmitter).These findings could help identifytreatments for schizophrenia and stroke.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s TechnologyReview magazine has hailed Professor ParhamAarabi (BASc 1998,MASc 1999) as one of the world’stop 35 innovators under 35. He was singled out forhis work on an algorithm that calculates the locationof a sound source – and then enhances that source whileremoving noise.His invention could one day filter out extraneousvoices in cellphone conversations or enhance voice controlin cars.Aarabi is the founder and director of U of T’s ArtificialPerception Laboratory, which investigates multi-sensor informationsystems.PHOTOGRAPHY: CAZ ZYVATKAUSKAS, KEN JONES, CHARLES MANLEY/NARSADWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 15

New&NotableTim Steinhelsner was just about to start his second yearat Tulane University in New Orleans when HurricaneKatrina struck in August, and the city issued evacuationorders. “Everyone at Tulane was sad and shocked but wedidn’t have much time to think about it because we had toscramble to find a university to go to,” he says.Steinhelsner and four other displaced students (three fromTulane, one from Dillard and one from Xavier University)accepted offers from U of T to waive tuition and find themaccommodations. U of T extended its offer for the winterterm, but all but one student will be returning to New Orleans.In some of the many other Katrina relief efforts at U of T,students, faculty and staff from the faculties of pharmacy andmedicine donated close to $3,000 worth of blankets, personalitems and clothing to a shelter for evacuees in Paincourtville,Louisiana. Lori May (CertBus 1996, BA 1998 WOODS, TESL2000), former co-ordinator of the Doctor of Pharmacy program,initiated the appeal after hearing about the shelter’s dire need.With funding and assistance from alumni affairs, the campusbookstore and its suppliers, and volunteer labour fromU of T students, the university also provided 100 knapsacksfull of school supplies to displaced children in Mississippi. Theidea for the project came from Dr. Darren Jagessar (BSc 1998Tulane University studentTim Steinhelsner at U of TWaves of SupportUTM), who worked as a chiropractor in Vicksburg, Mississippi,until a planned move to Mississauga, Ont., just beforethe storm. At the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, andDesign, a fundraising drive garnered $2,500 for Habitat forHumanity’s rebuilding program along the Gulf Coast.The University of Toronto also responded quickly to newsof the South Asia earthquake in October. U of T studentgroups formed a coalition within a week of the earthquake tocollect donations, setting up booths at Robarts Library, theBahen Centre, Sidney Smith, the Medical Sciences Buildingand various campus residences. The number of campusgroups involved was extensive, ranging from the Pakistani StudentsFederation to Kids in Developing Societies, the Arts andScience Students’ Union and the Muslim Students Association.Campus clubs and associations also organized fundraisingalliances at both University of Toronto at Mississauga andUniversity of Toronto at Scarborough. MBA students at theJoseph L. Rotman School of Management organized and performedin a musical stage show, which – after proceeds werematched by Dean Roger Martin and his wife, Nancy Lang,and the Canadian government – garnered more than $14,000for earthquake survivors.– Travis Campbell, Megan Easton and F. Michah Rynor“Everyone at Tulane wasshocked but we didn’thave time to think about it– we had to scramble tofind a university to go to”PHOTOGRAPHY: PASCAL PAQUETTE16 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

UTSC Arts and AdministrationCCBRCentres of DiscoveryThe transformation of the U of T landscape continued this fall with theopening of several facilities that provide new venues for biomedicalresearch, public health sciences and the arts. On the St. George campus,the Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research officiallyopened on Nov. 3. The $105-million facility brings together researchers frommedicine, pharmacy, applied science and engineering, and arts and science to collaborateon investigations into the causes of and cures for disease. Designed byarchitectsAlliance of Toronto and Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner of Germany, thebuilding features 10 stories of open-concept laboratory and teaching spaces.Across the road from the Terrence Donnelly Centre is the Health Sciences Building,a renovated office building that houses the Faculty of Nursing and the departmentsof Public Health Sciences and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.The $20-million Arts and Administration Building at U of T at Scarborough,which officially opened on Oct. 7, is the new home of the visual and performing artsprograms and contains music and fine art studios, classrooms and a 300-seat lecturetheatre. The four-storey building, designed by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.,also holds the registrar’s office, a Welcome Centre and offices for faculty and staff.For details on U of T’s newest residence, Morrison Hall, see page 46. Take a virtualtour of the CCBR at www.news.utoronto.ca/photogalleries/ccbr/ – Megan EastonPriority PostRivi Frankle(BA 1968 UC) acceptedINOctober,the position of interimvice-president and chief advancementofficer at U of T – a role she hadperformed in an acting capacity sinceJuly. In her former position as assistantvice-president, university advancement,Frankle oversaw the public affairs,fundraising and alumni relations activitiesof U of T. She also played a leadingrole in the Campaign for the Universityof Toronto, which raised $1 billionfor students, faculty and programs.Frankle, who earned a BA whileattending University College, was thefirst woman to head the departmentof alumni affairs at U of T. She takesover from Jon Dellandrea (BA 1973UTSC, MEd 1980, EdD 1987), whois now a pro-vice-chancellor at theUniversity of Oxford.PHOTOGRAPHY: KEN JONES,WINSTON CHONG/ARCHITECTSALLIANCE, LISA SAKULENSKYTwelve Times TopsThe University of Toronto has taken the top spot in the centrate on making students feel welcome.“While I’m veryannual Maclean’s university rankings for the 12 th consecutiveyear. Overall, U of T tied with McGill Univer-to the feedback we’re getting on student experience,” sayspleased with the overall results, we also have to pay attentionsity in Montreal for first place among medical-doctoral universities.UUof T president David Naylor.“That’s why we’ve made improv-of T also earned the lead position in the magazine’s ing the student experience – while maintaining the best stan-national reputational survey, ranking first in the Best Overall dards for teaching and researching – the overarching priorityand Leaders of Tomorrow categories.of our long-term academic plan, Stepping Up.”U of T ranked 14 th out of 15 th in class-size range for firstandU of T Libraries ranked first in total holdings and expenses,second-year level students.This confirms what the univer-and U of T professors earned second place in awards per full-sity has observed through other means, such as the National time faculty.The university also finished third in studentSurvey on Student Engagement,which is that U of T must con-retention and fourth in student awards.WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 17

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THE SEARCH FOR OTHER EARTHS BY DAN FALKPawel Artymowicz recently had one of those “fictionis reality” moments. As he was crossing theborder into the U.S., an immigration officer askedhim what he did for a living.Artymowicz, a U of Tastronomy professor, responded that he was atheoretical astrophysicist.“And what is that?” the officer asked, a little suspiciously.“Oh,” said Artymowicz,eschewing all technical descriptionsof his work.“I study how planets outside our solar system form.”“Ah, you mean like Class M planets,” said the official,proudly recalling how the writers of Star Trek denoted Earthlikeplanets in the far reaches of the galaxy.This accidental conjoining of the research interests of ascientist and the enthusiasm of a science-fiction fan wouldhave been unlikely 20 years ago. At that time, no extra-solarplanets of any sort had been discovered for Artymowicz oranyone else to study.But in 1992, Penn State University astronomer AlexanderWolszczan published evidence of the first planet to be foundoutside our solar system – a distant, rocky orb circling a pulsarin the constellation of Virgo. Since then,“everything haschanged,” says Debra Fischer,an astronomer at San FranciscoState University and a recent guest of U of T’s department ofastronomy and astrophysics. In October, Fischer delivered apublic lecture at Convocation Hall on extra-solar planets aspart of the department’s 100 th anniversary celebrations.Thestudy of these planets, she says, has grown from an intriguingdiversion to one of the hottest fields in astronomy physics.“InILLUSTRATION: JOHN WHATMOUGH

“AFTER CENTURIES OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT,WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUTMORE THAN 150 PLANETS AROUND OTHER STARS.”the beginning, it was like stamp collecting,”she says. There was a planethere, and a planet there. But nowastronomers are starting to compareour own solar system to other planetarysystems and are being forced torethink long-held theories of howstars and planets come into being.U of T researchers are among thosetrying to integrate these discoveriesinto a broader picture of stellar andplanetary evolution. One day, thesearch for these distant celestial bodiesmay yield the Holy Grail of planetaryastronomy – the discovery ofanother Earth.Sci-fi books and movies wouldhave us believe the galaxy isteeming with hundreds ofhumanoid civilizations inhabitingplanets that look a lot like Earth. Butthe astronomical evidence to supportthis view is so far lacking. Almost allof the 150-plus extra-solar planetsthat scientists have detected are gasgiants – hundreds of times biggerthan Earth. Many of these immenseplanets hug their parent stars intight orbits, completing a full circuitin just a few days. (Even Mercury, thespeediest planet in our solar system,requires 88 days to orbit our parentstar, the sun.) And while Earth and itssiblings travel around the sun in nearcircles,many of these newly discoveredplanets move in highly ellipticalorbits. In the jargon of astronomy,they have “high orbital eccentricities.”The surface temperature onthese planets is furnace-hot much ofthe time. Life almost certainly could “planetary bodies.”not develop under these conditions.Is it possible that other Earth-like planets exist, but haveso far escaped our detection? The recent wave of discoveriescertainly makes the existence of other Earths likely, saysArtymowicz, but scientists don’t know how many smaller, rockyplanets will be found in the galaxy. “I don’t think we’re at the20 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006What Is a Planet?The flood of planetary discoveriesover the last 10 years has givenastronomers more than just a treasureof exotic worlds to study. It’s forcingthem to rethink the definition ofthe word “planet.”Some of the massive extra-solarplanets are so large that astronomerswonder if they belong in the same categoryas other giant gas planets, such asJupiter.They seem to have more in commonwith brown dwarfs, which are coolstars that emit only feeble amounts oflight (mostly at infrared wavelengths).At the same time, astronomers arequestioning the status of Pluto, longconsidered the outermost planet in oursolar system. Recent discoveries ofobjects of a similar size, in orbits justas far from the sun, suggest that thenumber of planets in our solar systemmay not be nine, but 10 or more. Mostof these new objects lie within a ringof rocky and icy debris known as theKuiper Belt, which extends from theorbit of Neptune – a distance of 30Astronomical Units (AU) from the sun– out to at least 100 AU. (One AU is theaverage distance from the Earth to thesun, or about 150 million kilometres.)Some astronomers argue that thediscovery of these small, distant planetlikeobjects simply makes Pluto lessunique. Others contend that theseobjects – including Pluto – don’t deservethe moniker of planet at all.They wouldinclude Pluto in a relatively new classof body within our solar system called“trans-Neptunian objects” or, simply,– D.F.point where we can reliably predictthe number,” he says. “But there isno physical reason why terrestrialplanets shouldn’t be there.”If there is another Earth out there,astronomers are unlikely to see it justyet because of the techniques they useto detect planets. The radial velocitymethod, which has been used forseveral years, is biased toward findinglarge planets with tight orbits, saysU of T astronomer Ray Jayawardhana.Through radial velocity, ascientist can infer the existence of aplanet by observing its influence onthe light of its parent star. Supposewe’re viewing a far-off star systemfrom its edge, says Jayawardhana.An orbiting planet will spin towardus for part of its year and away fromus for a similar amount of time. Itsparent star will also move very slightly– tugged by its planet toward us andaway from us in a regular cycle. Thisdistinctive wobble causes subtle shiftsin the light of the star. By observingthe system for several orbitalperiods with a telescope and a spectrograph(which measures the intensityof light at different wavelengths),astronomers can pin down the distanceof the planet from its sun, andestimate the planet’s mass. The radialvelocity technique tends to locatelarge planets in close orbits becausethese planets cause their parent starsto wobble most. Finding smallerplanets or planets moving in widerorbits is more challenging. Still, asastronomers refine the radial velocitymethod, they believe they’ll beable to spot planets only a few timeslarger than Earth (they’re alreadydetecting objects the size of Uranus and Neptune, which areabout 15 times as massive as Earth).At the same time, astronomers are honing another planetdetectiontechnique, the transit method. Consider once againthat we’re observing a distant planetary system edge-on. Light

U of T astronomer Ray Jayawardhanastudies how planets formfrom the star would seem to dim ever so slightly when a planetpassed in front of it. If, for example, the planet completes anorbit every 10 days, we would have to watch the star for amonth or two – noting a slight dimming of the star’s light oneach pass of the planet – to be confident of the planet’s existence.The smaller the planet, the more powerful the telescopewe would need to detect it.Alien astronomers viewing our solar system edge-on couldmake a similar set of observations. “If you had a sensitive enoughtelescope, you would actually see the Earth transit the disc ofthe sun,” says Norman Murray, the associate director of theCanadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at U of T. “Anda year later you’d see it transit again – and you’d know it was aplanet and not a bird or something flying over your telescope.”The transit method is a promising detectiontechnique; so far, astronomers using ithave found about a half-dozen planets. Planscall for sophisticated orbiting telescopes (successorsto NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope)that will look for the periodic transits of manystars – possibly leading to the discovery ofthousands of extra-solar planets in the comingdecades, including, in all likelihood, someplanets that resemble Earth.In the meantime, Murray and the astrophysicistMatthew Holman of Harvard Universityhave devised a way for astronomers toinfer the existence of Earth-sized planets withoutactually seeing them transit their host stars.Their idea, published in the journal Science lastwinter, involves carefully timing the transits ofhuge planets the size of Jupiter. The key is gravity.In a system with a Jupiter-sized planet anda smaller Earth-sized planet, the smaller bodywill induce slight irregularities in the orbit ofthe larger body. (In a similar way, astronomersin the 19 th and early 20 th centuries were ableto use irregularities in the orbit of Uranus toinfer the existence of Neptune and Pluto.)Think of our hypothetical alien astronomers dozens of lightyears away, watching our solar system. With powerful enoughtelescopes, they could detect transits of Jupiter against the sun.If these alien astronomers monitored Jupiter for severaldecades, they would notice that the time between successivetransits was not exactly the same. They could use this discrepancyto infer the existence of at least one other planetary body.(They would likely presume the existence of Saturn, since itsgravitational pull would have the greatest effect on Jupiter’stransit times.) If they had even more powerful telescopes, capableof detecting Earth’s transits, they would discover irregularitiesin our orbit, too. “Such astronomers would see variationsin the times between transits in the order of 10 minutes, dueprimarily to the influence of Venus,” explains Murray.A Whole NewWorld of StudyU of T boasts a long tradition of astronomicalresearch and teaching – acentury’s worth, in fact. But it has neveroffered an academic program dedicatedto the study of planets.That will soonchange, with the establishment of a newconcentration in planetary science at theUniversity of Toronto at Scarborough.Scientists will investigate how planetsform – “one of the most intriguingproblems in modern astronomy andmodern physics,” says Charles Dyer,an astronomy professor involved insetting up the program. UTSC hasattracted two new faculty members:Pawel Artymowicz from StockholmUniversity and Julian Lowman fromthe University of Leeds in England,both experts in planetary physics.Dyer expects the program to be upand running in 2007, with two moreastronomers joining soon after.UTSC is a natural host for theplanetary science program becausethe campus is already home to a vibrantdepartment of physical and environmentalsciences, says Dyer. Facultyspecializing in chemistry, geology, physicalgeography and oceanography willbe encouraged to apply their knowledgeof Earth to other planets, he says.And the program’s astronomers willinvestigate both very distant worlds andthe planets that make up our own solarsystem.“A planet is a planet, regardlessof its location,” says Dyer. – D.F.WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 21PHOTOGRAPHY: JOE TORRENO

“A THEORY OF PLANET FORMATION WOULD TELL US,IN PRINCIPLE, WHAT FRACTION OF STARS,LIKE OUR SUN, HARBOUR EARTH-LIKE PLANETS”Murray and Holman’s technique of scrutinizing transittimes would allow astronomers to determine properties of theunseen planet that they can’t with radial velocity. The planet’smass can be calculated, based on its effect on the orbit of thelarger planet. Astronomers could also work out the size of theorbit as well as its eccentricity. And if astronomers are reallylucky, and see both planets transit the host star, they can alsocalculate the sizes of the planets. If you know the size and themass, you can determine density. “So you can immediatelysay whether the planets are terrestrial or gas,” says Murray.Terrestrial planets are where life is most likely to be found.To comprehend these strange new worlds, we need tounderstand how these planets formed – a line ofinquiry that Murray and several other U of Tastronomers are actively pursuing. “A theory of planet formationwould tell us, in principle, what fraction of stars, like oursun, harbour Earth-like planets,” Murray explains. It wouldalso give astronomers a better idea of where to look for them,he says. But the extra-solar planets found so far are tough toexplain using our existing theories.The prevailing view is that a planetary system begins as aslowly spinning, immense ball of gas. The hot, central partbecomes the star, while the material far from the core flattensand evolves into a Frisbee-shaped cloud of debris. This cloud– the proto-planetary accretion disc – is thought to exist forabout 10 million years before dissipating, and provides theraw materials from which planets eventually form. The basicscenario is still believed valid; what is hotly debated are thedetails of the process.One problem with the traditional model is that it impliesthat giant gas planets should form far from their parent stars.After all, this is where we find them in our solar system. Butit’s not where we see gas giants in extra-solar planetary systems.“We had an understanding of how our system formed, howthe Earth fits into the planetary system and how the conditionsfor life evolved in our solar system,” explains Artymowicz.“There was quite a shock when we discovered that other solarsystems are different.”Now, astronomers are trying to fine-tune the old model. Atpresent, they’re torn between two competing scenarios. In thecore-accretion model, planets are born when small chunks of22 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

ock, sand-grain-sized debris and dust collide within the disc.As the rocky core grows, its gravity draws in more dust and gasfrom its surroundings. If it’s large enough, over millions ofyears it will keep on gathering gas until it becomes a giantplanet, like Jupiter. If it is smaller, it will become a rocky planetlike Earth. A problem with this scenario is that the accretionprocess is too slow; giant gas planets may not have enough timeto form. In a competing scenario, the disc-instability model,denser patches of gas and dust undergo a sudden collapse,causing one or more planets to form in a mere thousand years.One U of T theorist, however, believes that gas giants canform according to the core-accretion model at a much fasterrate than previously imagined. Roman Rafikov, recently fromthe Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, hasbeen examining the competing models. The Astronomical Journaljust published his argument that a giant planet orbitinga star at a distance equivalent to Neptune’s orbit in our solarsystem can form “on a time-scale of about 10 million years.”While the question of how planets form may seem esoteric,it bears directly on the likelihood that other Earths exist, saysMurray. The disc-instability model is neutral on the formationof terrestrial planets – they may or may not form. But the coreaccretionmodel requires terrestrial planets to form. Under thatmodel, gas giants are simply terrestrial planets that, over millionsof years, continued to gather gas. In other words, if the core-accretionmodel is correct, Earth-like planets may be commonplace.The search for another Earth will intensify over the nextseveral years, with the launch of a new generation ofspace-based telescopes and the construction of immensenew telescopes on the ground. Among the most ambitiousground-based projects is the proposed Thirty Metre Telescope,which, when completed by 2015, will be the world’s largest.U of T is one of 15 Canadian universities co-operating on theproject, with backing from the National Research Counciland several U.S. institutions. A number of U of T scientistsare playing major roles in the project, including astronomersRay Carlberg and Bob Abraham and physicist Pekka Sinervo,U of T’s dean of Arts and Science.With these new telescopes, astronomers may make theirmost tantalizing finding yet: a terrestrial planet orbiting withinthe “Goldilocks zone” of its parent star (the narrow ring that isneither too hot nor too cold for life to evolve). But the diverseand ever-increasing trove of strange new worlds that scientistshave already found has triggered a revolution in astronomy.“It has been a tremendously exciting 10 years,” saysJayawardhana. “After centuries of people talking about it, wehave finally found not one, not two, but more than 150 planetsaround other stars. It’s truly remarkable.”■Dan Falk is a Toronto science journalist and the author of Universeon a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything(Penguin Canada). Additional reporting by Stephen Strauss.MARK YOUR CALENDAR and SAVE THE DATESPRING REUNION 2006, JUNE 1 – 4Join classmates, friends and colleagues at theU of T annual Spring Reunion weekend.Honoured class years are 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1956,1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001. Many facultiesand colleges will be honouring alumni from 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001.Special events are planned for graduates of 1956 (celebrating their 50thanniversary) and 1981 (celebrating their 25th anniversary).Chancellor’s Medals will be awarded to alumni celebrating their 80th, 75th,70th, 65th, 60th and 55th year of graduation.Spring Reunion Garden Party for all honoured year graduates.For updates, visit www.springreunion.utoronto.caSPRING REUNION 2006WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 23

ODDBALLUof T’sCHARMS16 UNUSUAL, OUTRAGEOUS AND DELIGHTFUL TALESOF CAMPUS LIFE BY GRAHAM F. SCOTTThe University of Toronto is a bustling centre of serious thought, innovation and research excellence.But that is not our concern here. • Join us for a detour off the academic turnpike as we explore theunusual side roads of U of T. We’ll make stops at the sentimental, the supernatural and the sanguinary (that’sbloody, literally) in celebration of the people and places that make the university a more fun and interestingplace to be. Our list is not exhaustive, so if we’ve missed something, tell us. That’s something we are serious about.Swing Low,Sweet ChariotEvery January, U of T’s engineeringstudents blow off steam with a weeklongcelebration of high-conceptgoofiness known as Godiva Week.“It’s a whole second frosh week forengineers,” says Chris Anderson,co-chair of the engineers’ Blue andGold Committee, which organizesthe week’s events. Highlights ofGodiva Week, which takes its namefrom Lady Godiva – one of severalmascots claimed by engineeringstudents – include the Mr. Blue andGold Pageant and Godiva’sCrown, a women-onlylumberjack contest.One of the most eagerly anticipatedevents is the chariot race, a dash aroundKing’s College Circle on jury-riggedsleighs. Each engineering discipline fieldsa “chariot” team with a helmeted riderand squad of pullers and pushers.Teamsare encouraged to attack and dismantleother chariots during the race, so“defenders” are deployed to keep theirsled in one piece. Crossing the finish linefirst doesn’t guarantee a win; by tradition,the declared winners are the team thatbribes the judges most creatively.Theweek of gleeful mayhem is capped offby the more genteel Cannonball, theengineers’ annual semi-formal dance anddinner. Anderson says it’s “one of thetimes during the year when we actuallydress up and look presentable.”ILLUSTRATIONS: JASON SCHNEIDER24 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Muddy WatersSchool of Hard KnocksStudents in Professor Rick Halpern’s American Studies seminar “Hellhoundon my Trail: Living the Blues in the Mississippi Delta, 1890-1945,” don’t spend all their time with their nose in a book – they learnthe history of the Deep South by listening to such blues greats asMuddy Waters, Ma Rainey, Robert Johnson and Howlin’ Wolf.“Most blues songs aren’t about historic events,” says Halpern, theBissell-Heyd-Associates Chair in American Studies. “They’re moreabout love gone wrong.” But Halpern wanted to approach blues songsas texts that would help his students understand African-Americanhistory in the segregated south in the real voices of the people wholived it. His students have required readings each week, but they alsohave required listening. “The blues can be used to capture the voicesof many black southerners who don’t appear in the history books,”says Halpern, who is also director of the Centre for the Study of theUnited States and the American Studies program at U of T.Students often find a particular artist or song that resonates withthem. “I got really attached to the Skip James song, ‘Hard-TimeKilling Floor Blues,’” says Erin Mandzak, a fourth-year history andpolitical science student. “It expressed the despair of the blues, andfor me was the clearest link between African-American life undersegregation and blues music.”DanceMe Inside“Everyone’s really nice andwelcoming,” says Kelly Stewart(BEd 2000), who has beenwith the collective for mostof the time since its start in1999.“It’s very inclusive.”The collective, whichdoesn’t hold auditions forcompany pieces and is opento all members of the U of Tcommunity, stages a popularannual spring show at theIsabel Bader Theatre featuringmore than a hundreddancers and a range of styles– from African and Indianto jazz and hip-hop.The allcomersphilosophy usuallymeans a few toes twangrather than twinkle, but theenthusiasm of the show isinfectious.“It’s amazing,”says Stewart.“I just feellucky to be a part of it.”If you dream of dancinglike Fred Astaire but havethe feet of Fred Flintstone,U of T’s Only Human DanceCollective is there for you.PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHAEL ROMANOS, COURTESY OF THE THOMAS FISHER RARE BOOK LIBRARYIt’s Only a Paper Moon,Hanging Over a Cardboard Sea…Actors don’t get more two-dimensional than this. U of T’s Thomas Fisher Rare BookLibrary is home to one of the world’s largest collections of toy theatres, theDesmond Seaton Reid Juvenile Drama Collection. Totalling about6,000 pieces, the collection consists of printed sheets designed to becoloured, cut out and mounted on card. Sets of the sheets werebought for Victorian children who assembled them to make tinycardboard stages, scenery, backdrops and actors.“This really is a record of performance in the 19 th century,” saysFisher Library director Richard Landon, explaining that the most elaboratesets were exact scale replicas of real productions and their actors,and sometimes included costume changes. Many were packaged with anabridged, half-hour script so children could perform the play at home.“It was the kind of thing you’d buy as a Christmas gift because itseemed like an improving activity for children,” says Landon. “Butno child has that kind of concentration. It’s the model train syndrome– you buy it for your kid but end up doing it yourself.”WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 25

Life on Mars?“There are students who come to this course wantingto know if the pyramids are evidence of aliensvisiting Earth,” says Professor Chris Matzner, whoteaches the U of T astronomy course “Life on OtherWorlds,” “but we try to get students to take a scientificview.” That means bringing the discussion back down toEarth, by focusing on how life developed on our ownplanet, and what that indicates about how lifemight form elsewhere. “Although you’re alwaysleft with the same unanswered question,” saysMatzner, of whether or not extraterrestrial lifeexists, “what’s surprising is how much we doknow.” Biologists, for instance, have foundlife flourishing in some of the Earth’s harshestenvironments, and since the early1990s astronomers have discovered morethan 150 planets outside our solar system.Matzner says that while we’re not likely tofind life on other worlds anytime soon, “theserecent discoveries have really increased the levelof interest in astrobiology.”Gaudy, butNever Tacky“Ghosts are alive and wellChristmas Gaudy, a nightof food, drink, song andstorytelling to mark theend of the fall term. Masseya ghost story, usually featuringthe spirit of an ancientscholar – Gutenberg,Aristotle or Newton –in that department,”he says. Instead, Fraser, aformer editor of SaturdayNight, narrates from theat Massey,” says John Fraser,has so many phantomshaunting a Massey studentperspective of animalsmaster of the U of T gradu-because its founding master,or faculty member. Fraser’sin and around the collegeate college. But the red-Canadian literary giantstyle is different.“I never– ducks, rats, raccoons –letter day for Massey’s schol-Robertson Davies, was con-tell ghost stories becauseto create what he callsarly spectres isn’t Halloween;stantly inventing new ones.I won’t put myself up“bedtime stories suitableit’s the college’s annualEach year he concoctedagainst Robertson Daviesfor adult ears.”Rope CharmersForget everything you think you know about skipping rope.The fourmembers of U of T’s competitive jump-rope team, the Varsity Ropers,appear to defy gravity as they run, jump and flip through the air toperform such acrobatic manoeuvres as the Transient Extended NeckWrap or the Suburban Hemisphere.“If it uses ropes, we do it,” says teammember Lindsay Williamson, who counts the Two-Footed Double Frogamong her specialties. Last year the U of T team ranked first at theOntario championships, and third nationally. Although the Ropershave proved their competitive mettle, they’ve begun organizing a recreationalprogram for beginners.“It’s an excellent cardiovascular workout,and it’s fun,” says Williamson.PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF KREATIVE KAIZEN PHOTOGRAPHIC DESIGN26 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Cake and Ice Cream(and Chicken andSardines and…)As cakes go, it’s not exactly worth fightingfor. But Trinity College’s annual CakeFight has nothing to do with eating.“The female head of first year makesthe most disgusting cake possible,” explainsAshutosh Jha, one of Trinity’s co-heads ofcollege.“This year the cake was made withchicken, cake mix, leftover food and porkchops. But we check for food allergies first.”In a throwback to Trinity’s sex-segregateddays, the college’s first-year men mustretrieve the revolting dessert from the quadthrough the east gate in under a minute,while the second-year men try to blocktheir path.“It’s kind of a rivalry,” says Jha.“It brings the first years together.” Last September,the frosh retrieved the cake in 38seconds, which Jha says is “a decent result.”Bells of the BallU of T’s prized carillon in Soldiers’ Tower can be heard all over campus, so most listenersnever get close enough to see that the real show is how the 51-bell instrument is played.The bells range in size from 23 pounds to four tons and are controlled by a six-foot-widekeyboard of wooden levers. Performers get quite a workout, explains Michael Hart,U of T’s official carillonneur.“It’s physically demanding. Because the clappers all vary inweight, you have to adjust the pressure you use on each key.” During carillon concerts,a staple of many U of T summer evenings, a closed-circuit TV was set up, Hart says,“sopeople on the ground could have a view of what we do.”PHOTOGRAPHY: MATHEW NEUFELDThe Doctor Will Feed You NowFor a cookbook written by people who are supposed to lookafter our health, it sure contains a lot of brownie recipes.Eating Well: Favourite Recipes from the University of Toronto’sFaculty of Medicine contains 80 recipes submitted by med students,faculty, staff and alumni, including three for brownies.Marilyn Heng, who is in the third year of hermedical degree, edited the inauguraledition last year. “I’d say Itested half the recipes,”she says, adding thatshe was a particularfan of a pasta recipefrom a classmate’sgrandmother and aSouth African dessert called melktart.The cookbook includes recipes from some of U of T’s mostnotable medical researchers, such as Dr. Tak Mak (whocontributed an Italian-Chinese chicken stir-fry) and Dr.Catherine Whiteside (a cheeseburger casserole). U of T’s newpresident, Dr. David Naylor, provided a recipe for vegetarianstuffed peppers that he used to make whilehe was a student at Oxford University.“I tested that one out,”Heng says. “It was reallygood.” Proceeds fromthe sale of the $10book support asenior citizens’ outreachprogram.WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 27

PHOTOGRAPHY: SHANNON PERSAUD TOLNAYDeliciously DiabolicalThe gruesome tale of Diabolos and Reznikoff,the stonemasons who fought to the death inthe hallways of the half-built University College,is well known to U of T students and alumni.But the legend isn’t all that remains: twogargoyles at the west end of the main UC buildingare reputed to be likenesses of the feudingcolleagues, forever grimacing each other.For years, a popular UC café has keptDiabolos’s name alive, while Reznikoff lingeredin obscurity. But in September 2005, anew café called – you guessed it – Reznikoff’sopened on the ground floor of MorrisonHall, UC’s new residence on St. GeorgeStreet. Now the rivalry goes on, albeit ina friendlier and more delicious form.Aces HighWhen Clayton Babcock was a studentat the University of Toronto at Mississaugain the late 1970s, he wasone of a notorious group of studentscalled “the loungers.”Babcock and his fellowloungers didn’t take much aboutuniversity seriously – excepttheir card games. They playedHearts, mostly, and a game oftheir own invention called Doughnut.“There was a little gamblinggoing on,” says Babcock, “a nickel here,a nickel there.” The only hitch: individualloungers would sometimes forgettheir cards. “Then it dawned on us thatwe could just jump up on the radiator,punch out the ceiling tile and keep thecards up there.”Babcock isn’t a lounger anymore (hegraduated with a BSc in biology in1981), but while visiting UTM a fewyears ago, he checked out his old hauntand couldn’t resist a peek above the ceiling.“There was our deck of cards!” hesays. Babcock adds there may still be oneor two decks stashed in the ceiling,should any current students care to restartthe tradition. Texas Hold’em anyone?The Liesof the LandThe Russians are coming!The Russians are coming!Or so you’d think fromlooking at this Red-scaremap of Europe publishedin Time magazine in 1952.But to the students inProfessor James Retallack’sfirst-year seminar course,“Telling Lies with Maps,”the picture isn’t so simple.Retallack, who teachesat the Munk Centre forInternational Studies, wantshis students to think criticallyabout the maps theysee in books, on the wallor on TV.“We try to run thegamut,” he says,“from thegood elements of graphicaldisplay to the bad and theugly.We look at spy maps,satellite maps, maps inadvertisements, maps inliterature and fiction…” Thelist goes on.“Map projectionstell interesting and nuancedstories,” he says.©2005 TIME INC.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.REPRINTED FROM TIME MAGAZINE® WITH PERMISSION28 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

The Plot Thickens“It looks pretty small,” says CarolineXia, surveying the community gardenin front of the Students’ AdministrativeCouncil building on Hart HouseCircle, “but we really pack the vegetablesin.” Xia is the founder of theOntario Public Interest ResearchGroup Equity Gardeners, the volunteergroup that tends the small plot ofland and encourages anyone to harvestwhat they’d like from it. Thisyear’s harvest included lettuce, beets,Swiss chard, four kinds of mint,beans, kale, oregano, chives and eventwo small bushes growing hot peppers.“It produces a humongousamount of food,” says Xia. “Peopleare constantly harvesting.” The gardenis pesticide-free, and the groupprovides most of its own compost andeven some of its own seeds, sproutingthem on the third floor of SAC overthe winter. “We make a point ofplanting vegetables that grow quicklyand are super producers,” says Xia.Regularly during spring, summer andfall, the volunteers harvest a crop todonate to The Scott Mission, andthey’re planning an expansion nextsummer so they can grow more. “Wejust grow vegetables and people canharvest them,” says Xia with a shrug.“It’s a pretty simple concept.”PHOTOGRAPHY: JIM PANOU, LAURA ARSIÈBert and EerieMany students call Hart House a favourite haunt, but a former caretaker of the building seemsto really mean it. Bert (last name unknown) handled custodial duties at Hart House for severalyears in the 1960s, until he died suddenly on his way to work. It seems he came in that dayanyway and never left.“My own experience with the ghost was five or six years ago,” says HartHouse Theatre manager Paul Templin. Working late one winter night,Templin decided to sleepin his office and asked the security guards not to wake him.“Sometime during the night, thedoor swung open and hit my cot.The door is glass-paned, so I could see there was someone standingbehind it.Then the door closed again.” Templin got up to investigate and found that the roomwas full of smoke, the result of an electrical fire in an adjacent wall. He gathered with Hart House’sovernight staff on the sidewalk outside, and asked if anyone had been to his office; no one had.“All I saw that night was a silhouette of a person,” says Templin, but he is convinced Bert rousedhim to the danger.“I’d say that he saved my life.”Wood Is ThickerThan WaterThe ornate gryphon coiledon top of the banister in theeast stairway of UniversityCollege once disappearedfrom its perch.During a university-wideblood drive in the 1950s,UC students had the worstparticipation rate at U of T.To punish the college, a groupof engineering students barricadedthe stairwell withthe gryphon, sawed thecreature from the banisterand took it away. Accordingto George Mastoras, vicepresidentof the UC Literaryand Athletic Society, theengineers later sent UCstudents a message: if theywanted their belovedgryphon back, they wouldhave to donate more bloodto the drive than any othercollege.Which they did.“So it’s literally been paidfor with the blood ofUC students,” Mastorasobserves.To this day, thegryphon is an academictotem for UC students,who rub it for luck ontheir way to exams. ■WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 29

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Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella defendsthe rights of Canadians under the Constitution.She’s also an author, a pianist and the mother of twosuccessful lawyers.“Every day is a gift,” she says.Rosie’Just“I do what I can to make the most of it.”By Donna Bailey NurseHANGING IN THE CHAMBERS OF SUPREME COURT OF CANADAJustice Rosalie Silberman Abella is an elegantly framed posterof Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Lady Day is leaningin toward Armstrong and beaming like she’d never met theblues. “Look how joyous that is,” says Abella, noticing meadmire the print. “How exuberant!” On the facing wall areseveral colourful artistic evocations of New York City. “I lovecolour and I love New York,” she says. “New York is alive andraw, and it’s got flair. It’s not afraid and it takes risks, and it’sover the top and is absolutely unabashedly what it is.”Some have said much the same of Abella – the SupremeCourt judge who everyone seems to know as “Rosie.”The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Abella (BA 1967UC) graduated from the University of Toronto Law Schoolin 1970 and was called to the bar in 1972. She practised lawfor four years. In 1976, at the age of 29 and while pregnantwith her second child, Abella became the youngest Canadian– and first Jewish woman – to be named to the bench. It wasa groundbreaking achievement, but Abella describes it asmostly a case of good timing. “This was [Ontario AttorneyGeneral] Roy McMurtry deciding, in the wake of InternationalWomen’s Year, that there weren’t enough women judges,”she says. “I would like to be able to tell you that out of a fieldof a hundred thousand he chose me. But to be honest, therewasn’t a whole lot of choice.”Abella soon became known among her colleagues for herebullience and deep commitment to human rights. She sat forfive years on the Ontario Human Rights Commission, participatedin an inquiry into the conduct of the Nova Scotiajudges involved in the wrongful murder conviction of Mi’kmaqyouth Donald Marshall Jr., and chaired a provincial studyon access to legal services by people with disabilities. “I hada chance to be part of the evolutionary changes in the lawregarding women and minorities and persons with disabilities,”says Abella. “Did I consciously get involved with thosethings? Yes, I did. I believe that the law is related to justice.”Abella’s passion for human rights stems from her familyhistory. In her chambers, she calls my attention to a photo ofWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 31PHOTOGRAPHY:TONY FOUHSE

the American troop ship SS General Stuart Heintzelman,which ferried her family from Bremerhaven, Germany, toCanada. Jacob and Fanny Silberman landed at Pier 21 inHalifax with their daughters, Rosalie and Toni, and Fanny’smother, on May 30, 1950. Abella studies the image. “Iremember being nauseous,” she says. Later, in Toronto: a newhome and a new language. “What I really remember is beingdesperate to play with the kids. They wouldn’t play with meat first because I spoke German.”She pulls a book down from a shelf and spreads open thepages before me: a little girl at the front of a train – a pigtailedpixie with a shy smile. Not quite four years old, she’s instantlyrecognizable as Abella. “We travelled by train from Stuttgart[Germany] to Bremerhaven,” she says, pointing out in the photothe metal badge attached to her clothes. “That was my tag. Itwas so we wouldn’t get lost. We were packed in like baggage.”Hanging on the wall is also a framed certificate – her father’slaw degree, worn and yellowed beneath the glass. Jacob Silbermanwon a scholarship to study law at Jagiellonian Universityin Krakow, Poland; he was one of only four Jews permittedentry under quotas. He had been born in 1910in the Polish shtetl of Sienno to a bookseller and hiswife. In Krakow, he earned money tutoring. In themid-1930s, while visiting the city of Ostrowiecz, hemet Fanny Krongold. Fanny was the daughter of awealthy factory owner. She had a good head for businessand was running her father’s operations while stillin her early 20s. The two soon fell in love. “My motherfelt like she had found the Holy Grail,” Abella says.Jacob and Fanny married on September 3, 1939,shortly after Jacob graduated from law school but notbefore Nazi Germany invaded Poland. They were separatedfor most of the war, and shunted off to labourand concentration camps. Their son, Julius, died at Treblinka;he was just two and a half. The couple lost parents and siblings.Later, at a displaced persons camp in Stuttgart, they beganrebuilding their lives. Abella was born at the camp on July 1,1946. Her sister, Toni, arrived two years later. Abella remembersher childhood as happy, and says she’s amazed by her parents’and grandmother’s resilience and optimism. “With everyoneand everything they lost – and they lost so much – theystill came out of that experience so nurturing, so determinedthat my sister and I would feel no fear,” says Abella.American officials in Stuttgart asked Jacob to participate inestablishing legal services for displaced persons. He was heartened“by just how wonderful it was to be able to discover thatjustice was possible after what he had been through,” says Abella.Until his death, just one month before her graduation from lawschool, Jacob and Abella shared a unique bond. “I always feltthere was a man who encouraged me to believe there was nothingI couldn’t do. And who loved his children so profoundlythat it created a kind of protective shield against the world.“He started treating me as an equal from the time I was 12or 13,” Abella says. “It wasn’t conscious on either of our parts,32 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006I think. But I always knew that somebody I admired was bothloving and respectful. For your intellectual confidence there’snothing better.” The familial shield was fortified by hermother, says Abella, whom she credits for teaching her aboutgenerosity and courage. “To this day, my mother has nevercomplained or asked for anything,” says Abella. “It was allabout giving.”During their first few months in Canada, the Silbermanfamily lived on the third floor of a house on Oxford Street inToronto’s Kensington Market. Prohibited by citizenship restrictionsfrom practising law, Jacob was desperate to find work. Helanded a factory job, but found the work difficult. A few weekslater, on a whim, he approached the Continental Life InsuranceCompany, located in the Tip Top Tailors building at Spadinaand College. That day Jacob became an insurance salesman. Thefamily moved into a house at Oakwood and St. Clair, and Fannyworked in the home office. The couple never looked back.Abella describes her life at home with her parents as blissful,but structured. The television remained off from Monday‘‘‘‘Even though there wereonly five women at the U of TLaw School, I never felt thatthis was something I shouldnot be doing. That saysa lot about U of Tto Friday. Weekdays consisted of school, homework and twohours of piano practice. The girls competed at the Kiwanis Festivalevery February and took their Conservatory exams everyJune. Accomplished pianists, they performed both togetherand separately, and even played Massey Hall. Abella earned thedesignation of Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Torontoand still enjoys playing George Gershwin, Irving Berlin andCole Porter songs, particularly when she’s stressed. “The morepressure I feel I’m under, the more I find myself playing lovesongs from that era,” she says.Reading was Abella’s indulgence. Every Friday after school,the sisters visited the public library at Dufferin and St. Clair,where Abella returned the three books she had borrowed theweek before and checked out three more. “Every. Single.Friday,” she says. “It was a ritual.” At the age of nine, Abella reada novel that she says changed her life: Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables.“It’s all about a man and the most extraordinary injustice– the price he has to pay for stealing a loaf of bread. I can’ttell you why, but the book shook me to the core,” she says.“Reading Les Mis was the moment when being a lawyer wasn’tsomething I wanted to do because my parents thought it was

As a judge, says Abella,“you have tobe open to the possibility that yourpreconceptions may be wrong”a good thing. It turned into something I wanted to do so thatpeople would be protected from those kinds of injustices.”Abella attended Oakwood Collegiate in Grade 9 andBathurst Heights Secondary School from Grade 10 to 13. Sherecalls having plenty of friends and says they didn’t care aboutclothes or hairstyles. “I didn’t know how to dress properly.I didn’t know what to wear.” She rarely dated.However, she identified her future husband the first timeshe laid eyes on him. It was in her second year at U of T, inthe basement of University College. She was helping organizean international teach-in. Rosie was in charge of hospitality;Irving Abella, a PhD candidate in Canadian history, wasco-ordinating the seminars. Six years older than Rosie, Irvinghad just returned from working on his master’s degree in historyat the University of California, Berkeley. “I thought hewas so smart and so funny and so different from people Iknew my own age. I was mesmerized by him,” she says. “Buthe was utterly disinterested in me.”Abella went straight home and told her parents that she hadmet the man she wanted to marry. She didn’t speak to Irvingagain for three months. When she did, she asked him where hestudied, and he told her the B storey of thestacks at Sigmund Samuel Library – so that’swhere she studied for the next two years,in the carrel behind his. She repeatedlyasked him out. He repeatedly declined untilfinally, she says, he ran out of excuses. “I wasentirely driven by the fact that I thoughthe was incredible,” Abella says. They weremarried in Toronto on December 8, 1968,just two days before she was scheduled towrite an exam in international law.A hard-working student all throughelementary and high school, Abella saysthat her years at U of T were when the“rest of me caught up – the social me.” Itwas during this time that Abella becameaware of her full potential. “Even thoughthere were only five women at the U of TLaw School, I never felt for a moment thatthis was something I should not be doing.That says a lot about U of T. I came outof there thinking that there was nothingI couldn’t do.” Abella is the first femaleU of T graduate to have been appointedto the Supreme Court of Canada.In the mid-1970s, Irving and Rosiehad two sons, Jacob and Zachary. Thedemands of home and work were challenging,but Irving arranged his academiclife so he could be home when the boysreturned from school. As a lawyer and a judge, Abella had agruelling schedule, but she came home for dinner everyevening and together she and Irving would tuck their childreninto bed, before she headed back downtown to the office.For several years, Irving’s salary as a history professor paid fora housekeeper. “That was a luxury,” says Abella. “In those days,journalists always wanted to do stories about how I was able tobalance being a judge and being a wife and being a mother. ButI would always say, ‘You are going after the wrong woman. I canafford help. Go after the women who are really struggling andstill raising wonderful children.’” Today, Abella’s sons are bothsuccessful lawyers. Jacob (LLB 1998), 32, works in the PrivyCouncil Office in Ottawa, and Zachary, 29, worked for thepast three years on the Toronto computer leasing inquiry.Early in her career, Abella began seeing how important thelaw is to helping people get justice. “I saw how I could use it inan active way to help my clients. It was the needs of my clientsI was responding to,” Abella says. “I saw the way the law treatedwomen. I saw the way the world treated women, and it tookmy breath away. That was when I developed the perception thatthere was much about the world that had been operatingWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 33

unfairly, because I hadn’t experienced unfairness myself.”Abella is probably best known for her role as the sole commissioneron the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment.The federal government created the commission in 1983to seek remedies for workplace discrimination against women,aboriginal peoples, people with disabilities and visible minorities.In her report to Ottawa the following year, Abella coinedthe concept and the term “employment equity,” which is sometimesdescribed as the Canadian alternative to affirmative action.“Equality in the American context and everywhere else in theworld had always been an Aristotelian concept: You treat likesalike,” she explains. “In the royal commission report was anotion of equality that acknowledges differences, and requirespeople to take them into account.” In other words, Abella recognizedthat the identical treatment of individuals may resultin inequality. “Treating everyone alike means that the person ina wheelchair has the same right to work, but you’re not requiredto do anything to get him or her into the building,” she says.“If you don’t acknowledge differences you can’t create equality.”Abella later played an important role in another equality issue– the rights of gay couples. In 1998, while serving on the OntarioCourt of Appeal, she wrote a landmark ruling that extendedsurvivor benefits to same-sex partners. The case involved twomembers of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Thewomen asked the union to extend the definition of “spouse”under its pension plan. The union agreed, but Revenue Canadarefused to accept the extension for the federal Income Tax Act.In her decision, Abella wrote that the definition of “spouse” inthe act violated the equality provision of the charter. “Bold andinspired,” is how U of T law professor Carol Rogerson describesAbella’s ruling. “It predicted the future course of the law.”Abella has strong views on a range of issues, but says her roleas a judge requires her to put the law above personal considerations.“The judicial function is a public trust,” she says. “Youhave to make sure that, as a judge, you take into account theevidence you are hearing, the public interest, the history of theissue and the principle at stake, and weigh all of this with aresult that has integrity. You have to be open to the possibilitythat your preconceptions may be wrong or, at the least, thatthey can be changed by the evidence in front of you.”Despite her long track record as a jurist, the case that Abellaholds dearest is one in which she was not directly involved. In1989, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned a statute thatprohibited non-citizens from practising law. It was the same kindof law that had prevented Abella’s father from practising lawin Ontario almost four decades earlier. In their reasoning, theSupreme Court judges drew on Abella’s definition of equality.It was the court’s first decision under the equality section of theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “At that moment,”says Abella, “I could have ended my career very happily.” ■Donna Bailey Nurse is a freelance writer in Toronto.CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTONominations for the position of Chancellorwill be accepted beginning at 9:00 a.m. onWednesday, January 4, 2006.Nominations must be made in writingand signed by two alumni of the Universityof Toronto.Nominations should be sent in confidence to:Andrew DrummondSecretary, College of ElectorsSimcoe Hall, Room 106University of TorontoToronto, OntarioM5S 1A1Phone: (416) 978-8794Fax: (416) 978-8182andrew.drummond@utoronto.caThe deadline for receipt of nominations is4 p.m., Monday, February 6, 2006.Please visit the Governing Council Web site:ww.utoronto.ca/govcncl for further informationon the election process for the Chancellor.The College of Electors invites nominations for the position of Chancellorof the University for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2006.The present Chancellor, The Honourable Vivienne Poy, has declined tostand for another term.The Chancellor is required by statute to be a Canadian citizen.ROLE OF THE CHANCELLORUnder the University of Toronto Act, 1971, the Chancellor serves as chair of Convocation,and confers all degrees of the University. In fulfilling these responsibilities, theChancellor presides at convocation ceremonies, of which there were 23 in 2005. Inaddition, the Chancellor serves as Chair of the Committee for Honorary Degrees.The Chancellor is the titular head of the University, and, with the President and theChair and Vice-Chair of the Governing Council, represents the University to theinternal and external community. In this role, the Chancellor is an advocate for thevision of the University as it is articulated by the President and endorsed by theGoverning Council. He/she plays an essential ambassadorial role in advancing theUniversity's interests within the local, provincial, national and international arenas.The Chancellor will be a distinguished person with a record of demonstrated excellencein his/her chosen field and in service to the community. Ideally, the Chancellor will bean individual whose reputation and experience will assist the Chair of the GoverningCouncil and the President in "opening doors" both nationally and internationally.The Chancellor serves as a volunteer, and receives no remuneration.34 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

youOUR THANKS TOFor every scholarship, professorship and lecture funded; for every classroom,laboratory and library built; for all your support, hard work and generosity, thankyou. • Each year, thousands of alumni, friends, foundations, community partners,corporations, staff and faculty support the University of Toronto. We would like to also thankour partners in government for helping to keep U of T at the forefront of innovation and discovery.Enduring GiftsThe following donors made gifts of $1 million or more(including realized deferred gifts and gifts-in-kind) duringthe Campaign for the University of Toronto (1995-2003).We thank them for the enduring legacy of their gifts.Looking out fromthe Bahen Centrefor InformationTechnology on theSt. George Campus$50,000,000or moreThe R. Samuel McLaughlinFoundation$25,000,000 to$49,999,999Ted and Loretta Rogers$10,000,000 to$24,999,999John and Margaret BahenThe Dan Family and Leslieand Anna DanEdna M. DavenportMarcel Desautels/CanadianCredit ManagementFoundationThe Honourable Henry N.R. JackmanMurray and Marvelle KofflerMichael Lee-Chin /AIC LimitedRussell and KatherineMorrisonSandra and Joseph RotmanJeffrey S. SkollAnne TanenbaumApotex Foundation / Honeyand Barry Sherman$5,000,000 to$9,999,999Isabel and Alfred BaderMark S. BonhamTerrence DonnellyStephan R. LewarPhyllis and Bill WatersBarrick Heart of GoldFund,TrizecHahnCorporation, Peter andMelanie MunkBell CanadaHeart and StrokeFoundation of OntarioThe Lassonde FoundationVision ScienceResearch Program$1,000,000 to$4,999,999Margaret L.AndersonKathleen F. BanburyPHOTOGRAPHY: CAMELIA LINTA

Conrad M. Black/Hollinger Inc.Reginald A. BlythJoseph Anthony BrabantRudolph Peter BrattyAndrea andCharles BronfmanRoel and Dorothy BuckVivian and David CampbellClarice ChalmersLloyd and Kay ChapmanCheng Yu-TungChow Yei ChingDavid Chu Shu-HoFran and Edmund ClarkJack H. and Mary E. ClarkSydney and FlorenceCooper and FamilyThe Evans FamilyW. Robert andGail FarquharsonMargaret and Jim FleckRoy FossJanet Agnes FraserH. Northrop FryeMax and Gianna GlassmanIra Gluskin and MaxineGranovsky-GluskinErnest Charles Goggioand FamilyWarren andBarbara GoldringSenator Jerry S. Grafsteinand Carole GrafsteinDouglas and Ruth GrantFrank Howard GuestRalph and Roz HalbertWilliam and Nona HeaslipGerald R. andGeraldine HeffernanAgnes Eleanor HowardHope H. HuntBernard E. HynesIgnat and Didi KaneffSam and Doris LauLee Ka and Margaret LauLee Shau-KeeK. K. LeungDexter Man, EvelynYee-Fun Man,Patricia Man andLinda Y. H. ChanSadie MauraJ. Edgar McAllisterRhoda Royce McArthurMargaret andWallace McCainPauline M. McGibbonWilliam F. McLeanRobert W. McRae andCanadians ResidentAbroad FoundationDusan and Anne MiklasPeter L. Mitchelson/Sit Investment AssociatesFoundationFrank and Helen MorneauJames and Sheila MossmanMary MounfieldHarriet F. OliverTony Mark OmilanowChristopher OndaatjeRonald G. PetersEugene V. PolistukAmy Beatrice ReedNorman and MarianRobertsonBarrie Rose and FamilyJacob RosenstadtWilliam and MeredithSaundersonArthur R.A. andSusan ScaceLionel and Carol SchipperGerald Schwartz andHeather ReismanJohn Patrick andMarjorie SheridanMilton Shier and FamilyJ. Richard andDorothy ShiffRobert C. SimmondsBeverley andThomas SimpsonErnest Bamford SmithSorbara Family -Sam Sorbara,The SamSorbara CharitableFoundation, EdwardSorbara, GregorySorbara, Joseph Sorbaraand Marcella TanzolaGladys SparksA. Michael andMonica SpenceRalph Gordon StantonArthur Gordon StolleryJoey and Toby TanenbaumMark M.TanzDrew ThompsonMary Lillian Keep TrimmerAlbert W.WalkerF. Michael WalshJohn H.WatsonJohn B.WithrowRose WolfeGregory WolfondAltera CorporationAlzheimer Societyof OntarioArchdiocese of TorontoAssociated MedicalServices, Inc.Associates of theUniversity of Toronto, Inc.AstraZeneca Canada Inc.The AtkinsonCharitable FoundationAventis Pasteur LimitedBMO Financial GroupBasilian FathersBasilian Fathers of USMCJ. P. Bickell FoundationBombardier Inc./J.ArmandBombardier FoundationBrascan Corporation(Brookfield AssetManagement Inc.)Bruker BioSpin Ltd.Canadian Friendsof the HebrewUniversity of JerusalemCelesticaCentre for Addictionand Mental HealthFoundationCIBCThe CIT Group Inc.City of MississaugaCity of ScarboroughCNCorus Entertainment Inc.The CounsellingFoundation of CanadaDonner CanadianFoundationThe Full-Time Studentsof Erindale CollegeThe Edper GroupFoundationEdwards CharitableFoundationEnergenius IncorporatedFriends of the TrinityCollege LibraryThe Lionel GelberFoundationGeneral Motorsof Canada LimitedGlaxoSmithKlineHATCHThe Heinrichs FoundationIBM Canada LimitedImasco LimitedImperial Oil FoundationJackman FoundationPetro Jacyk EducationalFoundationThe Ben and HildaKatz FoundationThe W. M. Keck FoundationPatrick and BarbaraKeenan FoundationThe Henry WhiteKinnear FoundationThe Albert and TemmyLatner Family FoundationThe Law Foundationof OntarioDrs. Richard Charles Leeand Esther Yewpick LeeCharitable FoundationMagna International Inc.Manulife FinancialMaple Financial Group Inc.Massey CollegeThe Andrew W.Mellon FoundationGeorge Cedric MetcalfCharitable FoundationMicrosoft Canada Co.Mount Sinai HospitalFoundation of TorontoNortel NetworksNovo Nordisk Canada Inc.Ontario Collegeof PharmacistsThe Ontario HIVTreatment NetworkOsler, Hoskin &Harcourt LLPParkinson Society CanadaPediatric Oncology Groupof OntarioThe Helen and PaulPhelan FoundationThe Princess MargaretHospital FoundationRBC FoundationFondation Baxter& Alma RicardRogers WirelessDr. Scholl FoundationSciCan - Division of Luxand ZwingenbergerScotiabank GroupSGI Canada Ltd.Shoppers Drug MartSoutham Inc.Stevelyn Holdings Ltd.Sun Life FinancialSun Microsystemsof Canada Inc.Sunnybrook andWomen’s College HealthSciences CentreTD Bank Financial GroupTeck CorporationTembec Inc.$10,000,000or moreMarcel Desautels/CanadianCredit ManagementFoundation$5,000,000 to$9,999,999Terrence Donnelly$1,000,000 to$4,999,999Roma AuerbackHarry V. BrillRichard James CurrieMargaret and Jim FleckW. Bernard andSharon HermanElisabeth HofmannJames D. HosinecDipak and PaulineM. H. MazumdarJeffrey S. SkollPhyllis and Bill WatersApotex Foundation / Honeyand Barry ShermanBaxter CorporationBell CanadaChina Pacific Insurance(Group) CompanyLimitedThe Peterborough K. M.Hunter CharitableFoundationThe Lassonde FoundationNobel Biocare USA Inc.RBC FoundationScotiabank GroupSunnybrook & Women’sFoundationThe Toronto General &Western HospitalFoundationThe Wilson Foundation$100,000 to$999,999Manaf K.AlazzawiBluma AppelToronto Hydro TelecomThe TorontoRehabilitation InstituteThe Toronto RehabilitationInstitute, NursingTorys LLPTripos Inc.TSX Group Inc.University of TorontoAlumni AssociationUniversity of Toronto atScarborough StudentsLeading GiftsIsabel and Alfred BaderAvie and Beverly BennettAndrea andCharles BronfmanGrace Y. K. ChumAnthony Smithson FellWilliam F. FrancisNorman FraserCarol and Lorne GoldsteinMichael GuinnessRalph and Roz HalbertDonna J. HaleyKurt O. and Rita HaniMilton and Ethel HarrisWilliam B. andPatricia HarrisWilliam and Nona HeaslipGallant Ho Yiu-TaiRichard andDonna HolbrookErnest HowardGeorge Conland HuntThe Honourable HenryN. R. JackmanIgnat and Didi KaneffJack KayEdward KernaghanVictor KurdyakJohn B. LawsonSigmund and Nancy LevyStephen D. Listerand Margaret RundleRobert R. McEwenJames L. andSylvia McGovernJohanna L. MetcalfGary and Brenda MooneyIrvin S. NaylorBernard OstryRose M. PattenDorothy J. PowellJ. Robert S. Prichard andAnn E.WilsonSidney Robinsonand Linda CurrieRichard E. RooneySandra and Joseph RotmanRobert G. ShelleyGeorge B. SnellWilliam and Elizabeth StarUniversity of TorontoPress Inc.University of TorontoSchools’ AlumniAssociationGeorge and Helen VariFoundationThe W. Garfield WestonFoundationThe Sam and Ayala ZacksFoundationThe following lists donors with cumulativecommitments to U of T of $5,000 or more betweenJanuary 1, 2004 and April 30, 2005.Richard I.ThormanWilliam and Kate TroostBert WasmundJack WeinbaumLenny WongMarion and Ross WoodmanLi Shun XingMorden YollesAstraZeneca Canada Inc.BarillaBarilla America Inc.Barrick Heart of GoldFund,TrizecHahnCorporation, Peter andMelanie MunkBealight FoundationThe Dr. Charles H.Best FoundationJ. P. Bickell FoundationBorden Ladner Gervais LLPCanadian BroadcastingCorporationArthur J. E. Child FoundationDonner CanadianFoundationDRAXIS HealthIncorporatedJessie Ball duPont FundErnst & YoungGE FoundationGrace Gilhooly FoundationWalter and DuncanGordon FoundationThe Hope CharitableFoundationHSBC Bank CanadaIntel CorporationJackman FoundationJohnson & JohnsonMedical ProductsKatz Group Canada Ltd.Kiessling/Isaak FamilyFund at the TorontoCommunity FoundationThe Henry WhiteKinnear FoundationThe KPMG FoundationThe Albert and TemmyLatner Family Foundation36 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

The Lawson FoundationThe Lupina FoundationThe Maytree FoundationMcCarthy Tétrault LLPThe J.W. McConnellFamily FoundationMDS Inc.Medical Alumni Association,University of TorontoMedicine Class of 2005The Andrew W.Mellon FoundationMerck Frosst Canada Ltd.Microsoft Canada Co.The Minto FoundationNewmont MiningCorporation ofCanada LimitedPCL ConstructorsCanada Inc.Pharmasave Drugs(Ontario) Ltd.The Purpleville FoundationRCGA FoundationThe Salamander FoundationSMH Departmentof OphthalmologySmith & NephewSt. Michael’s HospitalState FarmCompanies FoundationSun Microsystems Inc.Toronto Centre forLesbian and Gay StudiesToronto Hospital, MountSinai Hospital and PrincessMargaret HospitalImaging ConsultantsUniversity of TorontoSchools’ AlumniAssociationUofT Medical Class of 2004Annie Wong Art Foundation$25,000 to $99,999Rona Abramovitch andJonathan FreedmanPeter AllenScott AndersonBram and Bluma AppelDarrell R.AvramJames Cameron BaillieEdward L. BakerRalph M. BarfordJack BarkinCarol and Martin BarkinR. S. BeckwithPierre J. BelangerMichael and Wanda BellR. M. BennettDavid R. BloomWilliam and Marian BlottHarald and Jean BohneMichael BorgerJ. Edward BoyceCarl and Susi BrownMargaret BrownStewart BrownVivian and David CampbellGlenn H. R. CarterLuigi CasellaJohn and Margaret CattoWendy M. CecilSaroj and Fakir ChachraLouis and Lisa ChengHoward Cohenand Ron SoskolneTed and Elaine ColeWilliam J. CorcoranD.Aleck DadsonBryan P. Daviesand Andra TakacsGlen DavisDerrick and Marniede KerckhoveWilliam G. and WendyJean DeanA. Ephraim DiamondHarvey L. DyckThe Evans FamilyHenry FarrugiaVeronica FenyvesGeorge A. FierhellerJack M. FineMargaret S. GairnsJ. Ian GiffenMartin GoldfarbWarren andBarbara GoldringRon and Gillian GrahamAlex and George GrossmanHelen GurneyMary B. andGraham HallwardLynda C. HamiltonAndrew J. M. HazelandThomas HeinsooVelma P.W. HowieJohn HughesRenata HumphriesJ. Peter and Hélène HuntJudith Isaacs LudwigF. Ross and Susan L. JohnsonArthur P. KennedyGeorge B. KiddellMarnie KinsleyEric V. and David KleinThe Langer FamilyJack Langer and theManson FamilyJimmy Y. C. LeeDavid LeskSamuel and Evelyn LibrachChe Anne LoewenSheila and SydneyLoftus and FamilyDonald H. H. MacKenzieJohn H. andNetilia McArthurJack McAteerMargaret andWallace McCainLeighton W. McCarthyHugh D. McKellarJohn L. McLaughlinAnthony and Valerie MelmanThe Menkes FamilySusan Monteithand Ronald J.WalkerFrank and Helen MorneauHarold J. MurphyKrish MurtiDavid and Mary NeelandsHilary V. NichollsJohn NixonMichael J. NobregaPeter O’HaganMariel P. O’Neill-Karchand Pierre KarchFrank W. PeersSandra and Jim PitbladoHelene Polatajko andW. C. (Pete) HowellNora PostH. Guy and Eunice PoytonC. K. and Gayatri PrahaladJonas J. PrinceBruce R. PynnVivek RaoDonald B. RedfernJames A. RendallElena RiabenkoMarvi and John RickerJoseph H. RobertsonJohn A. RogersBarrie Rose and FamilyDonald RossMichael, Sheilaand Jonathan RoyceEdward RygielSean D. SadlerWilliam andMeredith SaundersonLouis SavlovArthur R.A. andSusan ScaceBeverly and Fred SchaefferLionel and Carol SchipperGerald Schwartz andHeather ReismanWes ScottGail Ferriss SheardFrances SilvermanKenneth Carless Smithand Laura C. FujinoSam SnidermanJoseph SommerfreundJoseph D. M. SorbaraMickey and AnnetteConvey SpillaneRuth K. StedmanMary Alice and AlexanderK. StuartJoey and Toby TanenbaumMartin TeplitskyKarel and Yoka terBruggeEllen J.TimbrellHarriet E. C.TunmerCarolyn Tuohy andThe Walter and MaryTuohy FoundationTheodore O. van der VeenG. Patrick H.VernonJohn A. and Barbara VivashJames P.WaddellOlwen WalkerMary-Margaret WebbPamela G.WhelanH. Brian and PatriciaR.WhiteJack WhitesideAndrew and Lisa WuS.Adrian YaffeRonald H.YamadaBill and Janet YoungRosemary ZigrossiDaniel ZuzakAbbott Laboratories LimitedAcademy forLifelong LearningAlcon Canada Inc.Alcon Research LimitedAllergan Inc.ALTANA Pharma Inc.Alumni Association ofWoodsworth CollegeAmgen Canada Inc.Anur Investments Ltd.Architectural SchoolProducts LimitedAssociated MedicalServices, Inc.Association for Korea andCanada Cultural ExchangeAvana Capital CorporationBank of MontrealBasilian Fathers of USMCBayer Inc.Bazaar & NoveltyBDO Dunwoody LLPBlake, Cassels& Graydon LLPBuddhist CompassionRelief Tzu ChiFoundation of TorontoBuddhist EducationFoundation for CanadaC. L. Burton TrustsCAE Inc.The Canada CouncilCanadian Coalition forGood GovernanceCanadian Federationof University Women,ScarboroughCanadian-German FestivalThe Chao Chow Associationof Ontario CanadaJeffrey Cook CharitableFoundationCorporation of Massey Halland Roy Thomson HallDalton ChemicalLaboratories IncorporatedDare Foods Ltd.Diamond and SchmittArchitects IncorporatedEarhart FoundationEffem Foods Ltd.Eli Lilly Canada Inc.Enwave Energy CorporationERCO WorldwideFasken MartineauDuMoulin LLPThe Federation ofEngineering andScientific AssociationsFrederick G. Gardiner TrustGlaxoSmithKlineGluskin Sheff+ Associates Inc.Goodman and Carr LLPRoscoe Reid GrahamThe Joan and CliffordHatch FoundationThe Heinrichs FoundationH. J. Heinz Companyof Canada LimitedHospital for Sick Children- Department ofDiagnostic ImagingC. D. Howe MemorialFoundationAdrian and Reta HudsonFund at the TorontoCommunity FoundationInternational Associationfor Energy EconomicsThe Ireland Fund of CanadaJanssen-Ortho Inc.Jarislowsky FoundationJewish Foundationof Greater TorontoThe Norman and MargaretJewison CharitableFoundationKraft Canada Inc.Kuwabara Payne McKennaBlumberg ArchitectsLang Michener LLPLG Electronics Canada, Inc.Walter Lorenz Surgical Inc.M&M Meat Shops Ltd.M1 Capital CorporationManagerial DesignCorporationA bamboo-planted atriumlinks the Terrence DonnellyCentre for Cellular andBiomolecular Research toadjoining buildingsMaple Leaf Foods Inc.The McLean FoundationMead Johnson NutritionalsMeds 9T9Medtronic of Canada Ltd.George Cedric MetcalfCharitable FoundationMicrosoft CorporationThe Kenneth M.Molson FoundationSalus Mundi FoundationMunich ReinsuranceCompanyNoranda Inc. andFalconbridge Ltd.Novopharm LimitedO & Y Foundation forBetter CommunitiesOntario Associationof OrthodontistsOrafti GroupOrtho BiotechPfizer Canada IncorporatedPOGO EventsQuaker TropicanaGatorade Canada Inc.The RedemptoristsRohm and Haas CanadaIncorporatedThe Raymond and BeverlySackler FoundationSenior AlumniUniversity of TorontoMon Sheong FoundationShoppers Drug MartShouldice Designer StoneSiemens Canada LimitedSodexho CanadaPHOTOGRAPHY: CAZ ZYVATKAUSKASWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 37

St. George’s Societyof TorontoSt. Michael’s ImagingConsultantsState Farm GroupStraumann Canada Ltd.Students’ AdministrativeCouncil of the U of TSunnybrook andWomen’s College HealthSciences CentreSunnybrook and Women’sCollege Health SciencesCentre - Department ofMedical ImagingSunnybrook and Women’sCollege Health SciencesCentre - Divisionof UrologySzéchenyi Society Inc.The Lawrence and JudithTanenbaum FamilyCharitable FoundationTD Bank Financial GroupTembec Inc.The Toronto StarThe William and NancyTurner FoundationUniversity CollegeLiterary SocietyUniversity of Toronto- Chemistry ClubUniversity of Toronto- Hart HouseUniversity of TorontoAlumni AssociationUniversity of TorontoEngineering SocietyUniversity of TorontoFoundationUniversity of TorontoSchools Parents’AssociationUrban Strategies Inc.Vancouver FoundationVicon Motion SystemsThe Wardens of Camp OneEric T.Webster FoundationThe H.W.WilsonFoundationWoodsworth CollegeStudents’ AssociationYamanouchi USAFoundationYolles Group Inc.$10,000 to $24,999Susan M.Addarioand David R. DraperSyed W.AhmedHira AhujaWilliam and Haide AideVirginia and Oktay AksanDerek AllenDouglas AllenRichard M. H.AlwayGeorge P. and ElizabethC. BairdJoseph J. BarnickeRoger and Janet BeckJohn BeckwithErnest E. and Susan BeecherlJalynn BennettJohn and Diana BennettEarl R. BogochJean C. BordenHarvey BottingWalter M. andLisa Balfour BowenDavid G. BroadhurstLisa and Allan BrownDavid BrownGloria BuckleyWalter andDanuta BuczynskiAlice and Grant BurtonBrendan CalderVictoria and Jim CarsonPaul H. CarsonMary J. CaseMark CattralDavid K.T. ChauSteven ChepaFrances and Edmund ClarkStephen R. Clarkeand Elizabeth BlackChristina McCall andStephen ClarksonChristine M. ClementCharlotte A. CoffenZane and Joan CohenJohn Colantonio and FamilyMurray A. andKatherine CorlettElizabeth B. CrawfordDonald R. CrawshawGail DarlingTimothy D. DattelsKeith and Dorothy DaveyVirginia L. DaviesDavid G. J. DesylvaThomas Di GiacomoCora DonelyDan DonovanAnthony N. DoobLois DowningKenneth andMarianne DugganHazel F. 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KongUbby KrakauerEllen A. LarsenLaurie andRichard LedermanYoung Woo LeeWey LeongK. K. LeungJohn Leyerleand Patricia EberleRichard LissTerry LitovitzDavid LockerJohn R. MacInnisMargaret B. MackayCatherine Y. MacKinnonDon MacMillanMargaret O. MacMillanVincenzo MaidaJanet MarshJohn MarshallRoger Martinand Nancy LangLesia and William MaxwellJohn C. and MargaretStanley MaynardJean C. L. McArthurHeather McCallumBob and Nancy McConachieDavid McCreadyIan D. McgilvrayJohn and Aileen McGrathRosemarie McGuireMichael D. McKeeMark McLeanKathleen McMorrowJames M. McMullenCarole Messier-MirkopoulosMurray R. MetcalfeJeremy Charles MillardGuy W. MillsJan and Ben MonaghanRoger D. MooreFrances MoranOskar MorawetzNorman J. andNerina MurrayRobert NamDavid NobleCristina OkeBrian andAnneliese O’MalleyDesmond and PamelaO’RorkeSimon OrtizMichael Jackson PaineNorm PatersonTeresa Patullo-BosaTodd P. PennerJohn R. S. PepperellPaul J. and PatriciaR. PhoenixAndrew PierreGordon PooleBorden C. 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M. DavisCorporation LimitedDavis OrthodonticsDelZotto, Zorzi LLPEastman Kodak CompanyEdwards CharitableFoundationThe Duke EllingtonSociety Chapter 40Raymond Farquharson TrustFederation of ChineseCanadian Professionals(Ontario) EducationFoundationFirstService CorporationFoundation for Support ofthe Korean Studies atthe University of TorontoFringe Jazz TorontoFujisawa Canada Inc.Percy R. GardinerFoundationThe Lionel GelberFoundationGeneral Mills Canada Inc.Graduate ArchitectureLandscape & DesignStudent UnionGreater Toronto Sewerand WatermainContractors AssociationThe Guitar Societyof TorontoHari’s Database Analysisand Consulting Ltd.HATCHHaynes-Connell FoundationHealth Research FoundationHeart and StrokeFoundation of OntarioHoffmann-La Roche LimitedHusky Injection MoldingSystems Ltd.Irish Canadian Aid& Cultural Societyof TorontoKatedra FoundationKellogg Canada Inc.Koch Foundation Inc.Lederman FamilyFoundationLifeline Systems Canada, Inc.Loblaw Companies LimitedLongboat RoadrunnersManulife FinancialMcGraw-HillRyerson LimitedThe McLaughlinScholarship Trust FundMercer Human ResourceConsultingMGP Ingredients Inc.Miller ThomsonF. K. Morrow FoundationNational Life of CanadaNestlé Canada IncorporatedRichard John NewmanCharitable FoundationThe Norfinch Group Inc.Northwater CapitalManagement Inc.Novartis PharmaceuticalsCanada Inc.Ontario I.O.O.F. MemorialResearch CommitteeOntario ProfessionalEngineers - Foundationfor EducationPathology Associates SMHPersian HeritageFoundationPosluns Family FoundationRose Family Fund at theToronto CommunityFoundationJanet Rosenberg &Associates LandscapeArchitects Inc.The Ryckman TrustSaint Elizabeth Health CareSanofi-SynthelaboCanada Inc.W. P. Scott CharitableFoundationSensor Chem InternationalCorporation38 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Subak Family FoundationTaiwan EntrepreneurSociety Taipei/TorontoTELUS MobilityTilzen Holdings LimitedThe TorontoOrthodontic ClubUnilever Canada LimitedVan Berkom andAssociates Inc.Victoria Women’sAssociationVilla Leonardo GambinThe W. GarfieldWeston FoundationWhitehots Inc.The Barbara & HarveyWolfe Family CharitableFoundationWyeth ConsumerHealthcare Inc.The John ZdunicCharitable FoundationZonta Club of Toronto$5,000 to $9,999Carol L. and Albert AbugovHarry F. M. andMarian F. K.AdeGordon J.AlexanderAlan AlexandroffClive and Barbara AllenKeith AllenKathleen and John AnckerCheryl M.AndersonR.William AndrewBassel AnnabWayne AntoniazziAldo A.AnzilPasquale ArnonePasquale ArnoneIrene M.AshbyBarbara AstmanBrad and Katherine BadeauRichard A. BainJohn BajcJohn F. BajcR. Roy BakerDaniel and Wendy BalenaMilton J. and Shirley BarryThe HonourableJames K. BartlemanMarion BassettJoel A. BaumRobert and Eve BaxterA. Phelps and Judy BellBob BellJoseph Benmerguiand Mindy M. BullionRob BicevskisJill E. BlackLou A. BlaheyRonald B. M. BlaineyIan F. BlakeJack BloombergDavid A. BlosteinAnne Adela andRay W. BonnahCarolyn and Neil BornsteinJohn C. BothwellJustin C. BowlerKatherine Anne BoydMargaret A. BrennanM. L. BrittWilliam H. BroadhurstPeter BrockElsa BroderIrvin BroderLeonard J. BrooksRobert and Wendy BrownKen,Virginia andBill Brown WalkertonRobert L. BurtonSusan BusbyPatrick N. ByrneShirley ByrneDavid J. BythellJoy D. CalkinMargaret CameronBeverly CampbellJohn CaravaggioMavis CariouDanielle F. CaronBrian R. CarrKathy ChadderRay ChanWing C. ChanYing-Yu E. ChanBruce ChapmanRavi S. Chari andSharon E.AlbersGregg Evans CharltonCatherine R.Charlton YocomMarshall L. Chasinand Joanne DeluzioThe Cho FamilyNorma Wendy ChouAlexander ChristDavid and Sandra ClandfieldRuth Hunt ClarkeMargaret E. CockshuttGordon ColemanTony and Elizabeth ComperJohn T. ConnorW. Neville ConyersSydney and FlorenceCooper and FamilyJill and Noel CooterArnold Saturnino CordeiroDerek and Barbara CorneilEvelyn andC. Graham CotterThomas d’AquinoArdeshir and Renate DasturDonald E. DaveyLarry DaviesMichael De BonisDaniel DebowJames W. DelsautKatherine E. DembroskiTejinder DhamiPrabhjot Singh DhanoaMandeep S. DhillonFilomena Di MicheleDina DichekSarah C. DicksonWilliam B. DingwallNick and Angela DiPietroHarvey DolmanAnn E. DonovanFlorence DrakePeter D. DunganEli Epstein and Laurie BilgerMartin and Nancy EvansHope FairleyAzim FancyF. Bryson FarrillRobert A. FearPeter and Jean FergusonArchie FineBeata and Leo FitzPatrickShirley E. ForthJ. Peter FosterPaul E. FouldsGray FowlerMark and Tressa FoxLou FrangianRivi M. FrankleM. Constance FraserVera FrenkelA. Martin FriedbergJacob FriedbergSteven and Marsha GallingerBing Siang Ganand Pearl LangerHelen GardinerAnn GarnettSuzanne GaynTwyla G. GibsonVivek GoelMartin and Susan GoldbergStephen Goldharand Nancy CohenMurray GoldmanPaul W. Goochand Pauline ThompsonJack GoodmanBarry and Virginia GrahamDouglas and Ruth GrantAl and Malka GreenPatrick and FredaHart GreenBrian H. GreenspanJane N. S. C. GrierJohn R.W. GrieveV. Jean GriffithsRobert N. GryfeH. Donald GuthrieTennys andJ. Douglas HansonW. Jason HansonMadelyne Gaye HarnickW. Peter HarrisJames F. and BonnieA. HauserDonall and Joyce HealyJohn D. M. HelstonRobert W. HenryGarrett HermanGordon W. HilbornMarie HilgemierThomas G. HillW. Godfrey HillKatherine M. HiltonDiane HindmanSamuel J. HirschLiz HoffmanWarren R. HolderJohn S. HolladaySiim HolmbergJanis D. HoogstratenClay B. HornerLori A. HowardJohn HullSylvia L. HunterRaafat and Lobna IbrahimRoland InnissWilliam H. IrwinRosamond IveyFrederic L. R. (Eric) JackmanAlexander J. JancarPaul J. JelecDavid J. JenningsAlan JoeAlexandra F. JohnstonK.Wayne JohnstonDerek J.A. JubbSidney M. KadishAntony and Hedy KalamutRobert P. KaplanFred and May KarpMarc KealeyNeil J. KernaghanEdward P. D.and Ann KerwinGregory M. KiezElizabeth Kilbourn-Mackieand Richard MackieClara Yang KimSheila M. KimberleyKathleen KingA. B. KingsmillStewart E. andPeggy KingstoneJack KirkPeter KlavoraHorace KreverAbhaya V. KulkarniPhyllis LambertByron G. LaneJudith N. and J.Bruce LangstaffPhilip A. LappNai-Yuen LeePeter H. LeungGudrun E. P. LeutheusserWit LewandowskiOscar M. Lewisohnand FamilyS. Lichtensteinand M. StilwellKathy LinT. F. LindsayWilliam H. LoewenNorman Donald LongGerard LongvalRobert and Patricia LordRandy LuckhamAntony T. F. LundyL. Lundy and E. JulianThe Sun Microsystems Informatics Commons in the digital library ofthe Academic Resource Centre at the University of Toronto at ScarboroughAnne E. MacdonaldAvon MacFarlaneJean V. MacieRobert W. MacKayHugh G. MacKinnonMurdo and ElizabethMacKinnonSusan MacKinnon andG.Alexander PattersonHelen MacRaeGeorge M. G. MacriGerry MahoneyPatricia and Alan MarchmentShue Ning MarkColin Hal MarryattThe Right Hon. Paul MartinEric MassicotteAngela and Michael MazzaJohn H. McAndrewsRobert J. McBroomPeter and Sheila McCabeJ.Andrea McCartAnne E. McConachieAndrew McFarlaneRobert D. and JoanMcKeracherCarole G. McKieeDavid J. and PatriciaMcKnightE. Richard S. McLaughlinRobin S. McLeodWallace andElizabeth McLeodGail M. McQuillanDorothy McRobbEsmail MeraniErnest J. MiatelloBernd MilkereitCharles A. MillerFrank G. MilliganMurray A. MoganKelly MonaghanCarole R. MooreHerbert and CathleenMorawetzJohn W. MordenDaniel J. MurphyThomas R. NettletonVirginia R. and RobertHarold NewmanGordon and Janet NixonTom NowersJames A. (Tim) andMary A. O’BrienMarion O’DonnellAllen OffmanMarie K. Ogilvie-StentJean O’GradyChristopher James OliveiroGloria OrwinJan OttensKenneth T. PaceNatanya PadacheyEmil PaiJocelyn PalmBarbara D. PalmerBarbara and Rene PapinK. Erik ParnojaAntonio PatulloPeter PekosJane S. PenneyPaul and Jacqueline PerronWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 39PHOTOGRAPHY: KEN JONES

Mim and Jack PinkusFarhad PirouzmandIrene PodolakIan PotterChristine J. PrudhamThe Quazi FamilyNader E. andSoheila G. RastegarRaymond M. and Anita ReillyEdward Charles RelphRoman RemendaMurray Loveand Susan RetallackMarty and Ronnie RichmanLionel and Helaine RobinsFrancis X. RocchiTed and Loretta RogersJack Martin RoseElizabeth M. RowlinsonBarry RubinRobert T. andFrancine RugglesMary RyrieRamnik K. SachaniaBarry SacksRichard O. SacksMohammad J. SarwarHazlon N. SchepmyerD. F. Daphne SchiffKen SchnellDoreen and Robert ScolnickPavel SectakofCorrine SellarsThe Semchism FamilyBerge N. ShalvardjianGerald Sheff andShanitha KachanBen Z. and Jean ShekCharles and Ruth SherkinJohn ShnierSteve ShuperTillie ShusterFlorence and Al SilverMark SilverAnn M. SimardPatricia SimpsonWard E. M. SimpsonJoel Singer andProvidenza CancillaArthur SlutskyJohn E. and GayleSmallbridgeDerek A. SmithVera Yvonne SmithIrene Mo-Kit SoSubhash SodhaPeter H. SolomonKenneth Henry SteadMargaret E. StedmanRobert SteinbergYaron SternbachMarko StevanovicIan and Christine StewartJames D. StewartBrian StoweMeredith StrongHarry SutherlandCarol SwallowPhilip D. SymmondsJudith Ann TeichmanJohn M.Templeton Jr.Robin TitykBarbara K.TrackOlev TrassGwenn R.TroutSandra K. UpjohnTaufik A.ValianteNzeera A.ViraniJohn Voss and June LiF. Michael WalshElizabeth WalterThomas WasherDavid J.WattJames W.WattAllan Howard WeinbaumTanny WellsRichard Wernhamand Julia WestDavid E.WessonAlan WhiteGlen WhyteBlossom WigdorNoelle-Dominique WillemsBernice Carolyn WillisBill WilsonPeter A.WilsonThomas andElizabeth WilsonFlorence andMickey WinbergKyle Winters andHoward RideoutMichael H. K.WongRon WoottonTony W. YuEberhard and Jane ZeidlerAdam Zimmerman596493 Saskatchewan Ltd.Joel Alleyne Inc.The Alva FoundationAnspor Construction Ltd.Arts & ScienceStudents’ UnionBasilian FathersBBT Development Inc.The BostonConsulting GroupBregman + HamannArchitectsCanadian Associationof Chain Drug StoresCanadian AutoAssociation (CAA)Canadian Tire Foundationfor FamiliesCappola Foods Inc.Cassels Brock& Blackwell LLPThe Catholic Women’sLeague of CanadaCenterra Gold Inc.Coulter’s PharmacyWolodymyr GeorgeDanyliw FoundationDatex-Ohmeda(Canada) Inc.Davies Ward Phillips& Vineberg LLPEmbassy of the IslamicRepublic of IranEpilepsy OntarioFender MusicalInstruments CorporationThe FinAid FoundationFranklin TempletonInvestmentsGazzola Paving LimitedGeneral Motors ofCanada LimitedGilbert’s Law OfficeGlycaemic Index Testing Inc.Charles and MarilynGold Family FoundationGowling LafleurHenderson LLPPegi Lee Gross &Associates Inc.B & B Hamilton Fundat the TorontoCommunity FoundationHariri Pontarini ArchitectsHMWR TorontoHonda Canada Inc.HooDoo FilmsThe Hospital forSick ChildrenHungarian HeliconFoundation (Ontario)The Institute of CharteredAccountants of OntarioInternational LifeSciences Institute -North American BranchJulian Jacobs ArchitectsKassel’s PharmacyKeen Engineering Co. Ltd.Patrick and BarbaraKeenan FoundationThe Killy FoundationSamuel H. KressFoundationLater Life LearningLBL Holdings Ltd.Legal Aid OntarioLeukemia ResearchFund of CanadaLoblaws Properties LimitedLondon Road WestUnited ChurchLong & McQuadeMusical InstrumentsHeather L. Main MemorialScholarship FundManulife Bank of CanadaMaurice CodyResearch TrustMcLean Budden LimitedMennonite HistoricalSociety ofBritish ColumbiaMicrosoft Research LimitedMinistry ofNatural Resources -Forests DivisionMoffat KinoshitaArchitects Inc.Mount Sinai Hospital -Department of MedicineResearch FundOMSW - 2002Ontario Associationof ArchitectsOttawa CarletonPharmacists’ AssociationOur People FundParkinson Society Canada(Peterborough Chapter)Peel Pharmacist’sAssociationPlan B OfficePower Corporationof CanadaPricewaterhouseCoopersPriva Computers Inc.Procter & Gamble Inc.QuadrangleArchitects LimitedRedwood Classics ApparelRotary Clubof Mississauga - AirportRotary Clubof Mississauga WestSackville RecordingsScarborough CampusStudent UnionSciCan - Division of Luxand ZwingenbergerChristopher SheltonScholarship Fundat the TorontoCommunity FoundationSnell MedicalCommunication Inc.Sobeys PharmacySociety of UrologicSurgeons of OntarioThe Sprott FoundationSt.Thomas’ Church,TorontoStantec Architecture Ltd.The Samuel W. StedmanFoundationSun Life FinancialTeck ComincoTeplitsky, ColsonTopax ExportPackaging SystemsToronto Professional FireFighter’s AssociationToronto PublicLibrary BoardToronto Star Fresh Air FundU of T Women’s AssociationUnited Parcel ServicesCanada Ltd.University of TorontoFaculty AssociationUnumProvident CanadaVanbots ConstructionCorporationVan-Rob Stampings Inc.Voorheis & Co. LLPWB Family FoundationWestern Ontario DruggistGolf AssociationWireless InteractiveMedicine Inc.Xerox ResearchCentre of CanadaCorporateMatching GiftsThe University of Toronto thanks all companieswho support their employees’ charitable giving to theuniversity by matching their donations.3M CanadaAccenture Inc.ADC TelecommunicationsAIM FundsManagement Inc.Albany International Corp.AlcanAmersham BiosciencesAstenJohnsonBank of AmericaBank of MontrealBASF CorporationBell CanadaBMO Nesbitt BurnsIncorporatedBoeing CompanyCANACCanadian TireCorporation, LimitedCarrier Canada LimitedCelesticaCGC Inc.ChevronTexacoChubb Insurance Companyof CanadaCIT Group Inc.CPI CorporationCSX CorporationDaimlerChryslerCanada Inc.Deutsche Bank AmericasFoundationThe Document Company -Xerox CorporationErnst & YoungFalconbridge LimitedFalconbridge Limited -Kidd MetallurgicalDivisionFM Global FoundationFord MatchingGift ProgramFord Motor CompanyFord Motor Companyof Canada LimitedBill & MelindaGates FoundationGE CanadaGoldman SachsEducational MatchingGift ProgramHarris FoundationHewlett-Packard(Canada) Ltd.Honeywell ASCa Inc.IBM Canada LimitedICI Canada Inc.Inco LimitedInvestors Group Inc.Janssen-Ortho Inc.Ketchum Canada Inc.Kodak Canada Inc.The KPMG FoundationKraft Canada Inc.The Maritime LifeAssurance CompanyMeredith CorporationFoundationMicrosoft CorporationNexen Inc.Nortel NetworksCorporationOtis Canada IncorporatedPCL ConstructionGroup Inc.Petro-CanadaPfizer Canada Inc.PPG Canada Inc.Pratt & Whitney CanadaProcter & Gamble Inc.RBC Dain RauscherFoundationReuters CanadaRothmans Bensons &Hedges IncorporatedRoyal & Sun AllianceCompany of CanadaState Farm CompaniesFoundationSullivan & Cromwell LLPSun Life Financial MatchingGift Program - 309A13Suncor Energy FoundationTalisman EnergyIncorporatedThe Toronto StarTowers PerrinTransCanadaPipeLines LimitedUltramar Ltd.Warner BrothersCanada Inc.Wells Fargo FoundationEmployee MatchingGift ProgramWyeth-Ayerst Ltd.Xerox Canada Inc.and Xerox ResearchCentre of Canada40 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Gifts-in-KindThis list recognizes donors who have exclusivelymade gifts-in-kind to the University of Toronto.Elizabeth Anne andHugh Anson-CartwrightBarbara AstmanDavid and Jane Gray AtkinsJohn BeckwithSusan BertaHenry B. M. BestEdward T. BirdChristine F. BissellG. BisztrayRonald L. BlooreHarald BohnePaul A. R. BouissacRobert C. BrandeisThomas F. S. BrownWalter J. BuczynskiRobert CappellLorna Goodisonand Ted ChamberlinChun Wei ChooLeonard CohenJody ColeroEvelyn CotterDonald B. CrossPaul D. CrossRobert B. CrossRobert G. and Mary DaleHorst DantzDan DonovanFlorence DrakeJames and Elizabeth EayrsKonrad EisenbichlerBernard EtkinJohn EzykRudy W. FearonGeorge FetherlingJoy FieldingJohn A. ForemanRobert Fulford andGeraldine ShermanStephen G. GilbertAnne Marie-ChristineGodlewskaKarol J. M. GodlewskiMarie-Christine GodlewskiMark J. C. GodlewskiPaul GodlewskiShelagh GoldschmidtSybil GoldsteinGreg GormickRuth E. GregoryRichard W. GriffithsPhyllis GrosskurthJohn E. HareMaureen I. F. HarrisJohn E. F. HastingsConrad E. HeidenreichMary HeimlichW. Speed HillMichael HirshDavid HlynskyCynthia HoekstraErnest HowardMarshall J. L. HryciukColleen HuttonEric HuttonGary HuttonJim HuttonSteven S. JanesWilliam JohnstonBrian M. KatchanTalivaldis KeninsElizabeth Kilbourn-Mackieand Richard MackieSusan and Morris KlaymanHelen H. KnightsGeorge Korey-KrzeczowskiEva KushnerLila M. LaaksoRichard Landonand Marie KoreySimon LangloisHeather LawsonW. H. Le RicheMichael Levine andJohn Gilford MoorePeter K. LewinR. Douglas LloydSara S. MacLeanMichael MaclearAlberto ManguelOonah McFeeBrian D. McLoughlinFarley MernickMichael and Jane MillgateAlbert MoritzK. MulhallenSolomon A. NigosianMariel P. O’Neill-Karchand Pierre KarchEric OrmsbyDavid M. OxtobySusan E. OxtobyBrock ParkR. Brian ParkerLuana Maria PetersRonald G. PetersVictor PetersJennifer PhillipsMargaret W. PhillipsJudith PocockJohn C. PolanyiDalia and Ginutis ProcutaSamuel A. ReaJohn H. ReibetanzJanet RichardStephen RigginsErika E. RitterAnne RyckmanJohn and Carol SabeanAntony SchermanThomas T. SchweitzerJohanna Sedlmayer-KatzDavid P. Silcox andLinda IntaschiJudy A. SilverPaul SkowronskiJosef V. SkvoreckyJohn G. SlaterBeverley SlopenDavid SolwayRosemary andJ. Murray SpeirsRalph Gordon StantonMavis StonefieldKazimierz StysRosemary SullivanLarry A. SwartzSusan Coxeter ThomasMyrtle ToddJoyce TrimmerTamara TrojanowskaMillicent TuckF. Michael WalshJohn B.WarrenerF. Bartlett WattTim WhitenThomas A.WilsonDavid YoungBarna-AlperProductions Inc.Blue RodeoBookham TechnologiesBrand Voice Inc.Cassels Brock &Blackwell LLPCelesticaDeluxe Toronto Ltd.Frontline Solutions Ltd.Locust International Inc.Now Communications Inc.Redwood Classics ApparelSakura Project/SakuraCommitteeSports RehabilitationInstituteWilson SportsEquipment Canada Inc.Lasting LegaciesThis list recognizes those gifts received by U of Tthrough realized bequests, trusts or insurance.Donald Sutherland AllanThomas AlleyKevin W.ArmstrongJuliet May AskewMary E.AtkinsonWilliam John BennettWilfred Gordon BigelowBenjamin Herbert BirsteinWilliam Brown BoydElizabeth M. BoyleDonald J.A. BremnerRobert BruceC. L. Burton TrustsAlice M. BuscombeRobert William BygraveMargaret CarletonHelen M. CarpenterSamuel CastrilliAthol Lillian Beatty CherryNorah P. ClarkHilda ClaytonDonald E. CluneJ. E. Geraldine CongerKenneth B. ConnKathleen A. CookeEdith H. CosensJ. Douglas CrashleyWilliam Douglas CroneElsie F. DickhoutMargaret M. DonnellThelma C. DowdingIan M. DrummondPeter C. DurhamSydney DymondMary Margaret EdisonGermaine Francoise EfrainEugene R. FairweatherFrances Eden FergusonJohn Charles FieldsThomas A. FosterFrederick Hume FoxtonJanet Agnes FraserMargaret GiffenJean GlasgowBeatrice C. GlasierOlive L. GordonBetty C. GrahamJohn Osborne GrahamMurray GreenbloomMary E. HamiltonMarion HannaHelen D. HarrisonSheryl Jane HaymanWalter John HelmRuth Anna HolmboePatricia A.Humphreys-VanceBernard E. HynesNancy InnisCharles L. JanisJohn Dalziel JohnsonFlorence JowseyKarolina JusOriana KalantJoan Ewart KeageyEdward J. KelmanDavid I. KerCharles Leo LabineMichael LaweeDonald W. LeonardJohn F. LeonardReuben Wells LeonardMargaret Jean LeppingtonAnna B. LoftusAlexander E. MacDonaldIvy M. MaynierJ. Edgar McAllisterJohn Robertson McArthurRhoda Royce McArthurIn Memory of MarianEleanor McBryde fromWilliam A.E. McBrydeMuriel G. McCuaigHelen Jean McCutcheonW. J. Kent McDonaldPauline M. McGibbonLorne Douglas McGolrickJohn Spence McIntoshSarah McLeanSarah Grace MeadJohn MeagherTheophile James MeekDavid MeltzerIsabel MendizabalWilliam C. MichellPeter H. MillerArthur B. B. MooreHugh and Phyllis(Foreman) MoorhouseJohn F. Morgan-JonesMargaret I. MorrisRobina D. MorrisonJames Leslie MorrowMary MounfieldWilliam K. MounfieldAnne A. MuiseViolet B. MunnsEdward H. O’KeefeMichael J. OliverHarvey OlnickTony Mark OmilanowErnst M. OppenheimerJanet ParrH. G. Campbell ParsonsFlorence G. PartridgeJean E. PierceAileen M. PiperMary Elizabeth PittDora Burke PlayfairFrancis Clement PowellManuel E. PusitzWilliam F. L. RathmanJ. H. Rattray M. C.Memorial FundAmy Beatrice ReedHarold V. RiceDorothy G. RiddellNorma Ruth RidleyClifton Graham RobertsDorothy RutherfordLinda Darlene SagarJane M. SchoonmakerRose Lynne ScottDee and Hank SelickColin R. SellarRobert SimkinsW. Lennox SmartCarlton G. SmithGladys SparksMerrill StaffordCatherine I. SteeleMary StephensJ. I. (Hud) StewartStratton TrustGertrude TackaberryHoward Alan TateGeorgia Muriel TaylorJ. Marie TaylorLinda Lauren TimbsDoris TrottMarjorie L.Van VeenJanet Elizabeth WaiteWilliam James WalkerDorothy WardFlora M.WardStanley H. andShirley A.WardIsabel C.WarneDouglas G.WatsonBetty Irene WestAnne Louise White andWalter Edmund WhiteDorothy Evelyn WillmotAgnes E.WoodShirley Ann YasuzawaWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 41

King’s CollegeCircle HeritageSocietyThe King’s College Circle Heritage Society recognizesand honours those alumni and friends who havethoughtfully made a provision for the university througha future bequest, life insurance or trust gift.John D.AchesonLillias Cringan AllwardSheila A.AmysKristine AndersenGeorge AndrewsDennis and Alice BartelsGrace V. BeckerWilliam R. Bowen andSandra J. GavinchukDavid BrownfieldDonald BurwashWilliam A. CampbellDan CamposanoK. C. CarruthersGeorge CassAlayne andKenneth ChristieBrian CloughPatricia A. ColemanRon CrawfordMargaret Jeannetta DavisJan and Jane de KoningDorothy M. DeaneWilliam Andrew DimmaOrville L. DrummondMaria DyckCaroline SeidlFarrell-BurmanWilliam O. Fennelland Jean FennellTeena Bognerand Ian GaskelV. K. GilbertDoug GreenHelen GurneyPatricia HannahRosemary C. HazeltonJ. Barrett HealyRuth Ellen HenstridgeFay Hethrington ScholarshipAnna Alfreda HillenJames D. HosinecRobert and Velma HowieAudrey HozackGeorge Conland HuntMarnie HuntArchibald and Helen JonesDavid KeenleysidePaul KeeryWilliam and Hiroko KeithArthur P. KennedyJodi and Michael KimmBarbara E. andEdwin S. KirlandPeter KlavoraAlbert KrakauerRobert and Carolyn LakeMichael and Joan MaloneyMary H. MartinDipak and Pauline MazumdarJudith McErvelJoseph Patrick McGeeDorothy McRobbWilliam and Angela MoreauChastity CherylPangilinan NazarethPaul C. S. C. NazarethAnn OaksJean O’GradyNora PostAngelina and Alex ProkichRaymond S. G. PrykeNancy H. andBarry D. ReiveLesley Riedstraand Rian MitraWilliam J. RobertsJohn D. RobinsonAllen Angusand Violet RodgersPeter A. RogersPaul G. RussellMary E. SarjeantNorma Dianne SchilkeCaroline ShawyerDiane Lynn SilvermanMarjorie E. SimondsThe University of Torontoat Mississauga’s South BuildingAngela L. SmithHubert C. SoltanRoger SpaldingMargaret E. StedmanJanet StubbsShirley Catherine TeolisVictoria E. M.ThompsonBarbara K.TrackCarolanne G.VairJean ValeLillian VeriVictor and Sheila VierinPhyllis V.WalkerPaul and Valerie WalshElizabeth A.WellsPaula Carey andNicholas WemyssFlorence G.WilkinsonMary B.WilletFrank W.WoodsDianne L.WydevenWendy Zufelt-BaxterIn HonourThe University of Toronto recognizes individualswho have had a gift made in their honour.PHOTOGRAPHY: KEITH FRANKLIN/RAMM COMMUNICATIONS INC.Ralph AbramsWilliam J.AideJack L.AmosMary J.AshleyDavid BalsillieSylvia BashevkinRobert M. BatemanDavid and Marcia BeachJohn Kim BellRobert M. BennettMary Catherine BirgeneauNorma BlissJack BlumerKevin BlySandford F. BorinsKeren BrathwaiteKen BrownRorke B. BryanNorman E. ByrneArnold L. CaderHugh I. CalderwoodJune CallwoodProvidenza CancillaMargaret E. CasellaJosef R. C. CermakDebbie ChachraAlbert E. ChaietLorne ChapnickMarshall L. ChasinJoan M. CherryHoward CohenZane CohenMary Cone BarrieHeather J. ConollyW. James CraigAlister CummingFrank A. CunninghamRonald J. DanielsBryan P. DaviesLarry DaviesElaine DavisJon S. and Lyne DellandreaAngela DesideratoJohn G. DimondKayla ErinDitkofsky-DubrofskyMichael F. DixonJudith E. DonskyAnthony N. DoobRebecca EisenYona EisenbergGoran EnhorningArlene FaberDana Faber-MansoorSusan FlamMartin L. FriedlandLibby Ruth GarshowitzBarnett I. GiblonElla GilbertRobert T. E. GillespieSusan C. GirardPeter C. GodsoeWalter J. HannahTennys J. M. HansonFrank HarmantasErwin E. HartPercy Edward HartRosalie V. HattIlmar HeinsooMurray HerstRoslyn HerstAnne HoldenEd HolmWalter HomburgerBob HunterFrank IacobucciAlexandra F. JohnstonHarvey JoressElizabeth JulianSidney M. KadishAntony KalamutJudith R. KasmanDeborah KatesSharyl KatesClyde A. KeeneMolly KelmanRon KimelEric KirznerMartin A. KleinAndrea KleinhandlerRose KungLarry KurtzDalai LamaSaul LeszczEleanor L. LevineSheila LevineAnn LewisRobert and Jeanne LissEnrique J. B. Lopez De MesaRobert J. F. MaddenDana MansoorMichael E. MarmuraMichael R. MarrusThe Right Hon.Paul E. P. MartinRobert B. MasonJames K. McConicaLynn McDonaldLillian McGregorDon MeladyKaren E. MelvilleBrian MerrileesJohanna L. MetcalfDavid MirvishEdwin MirvishHarvey MoldofskyGary P. MooneyOskar MorawetzWatson E. J. MorrisRaj MosurMona MoullHeather Munroe-BlumJ. Graham NairnMachelle NathanAlex NeumanPhil NimmonsLiora Shira NorwichRoy OglesbyBrian O’RiordanClifford L. OrwinRose M. PattenPaul J. PerronAudrey PerryEric S. PetersielElaine PoslunsThe Honourable Vivienne PoyLarry W. RichardsJ.W. Knox RitchieAni RockFlorence RotherRoseann RunteAnn C. SchenckErnest SchnellGerry W. SchwartzAdel S. SedraBarry SeigelPaula SeigelJanina SeydegartDavid M. ShawBenjamin ShimeMolly ShoichetBette ShulmanRodney SlonimHalina R. SolowRonald L. SoskolneMichael SteinGeorge StreetEva V. SwensonJoseph M.TanenbaumJason TannyJean TannyPhil TannyStephen TannyKenneth D.TaylorLaura E.TaylorThomas TidwellCarolyn J.TuohyThe Right Hon. John N.TurnerRiki TurofskyMolly VerrierB. Elizabeth andNeil VosburghSusan WagmanJoseph E.WalshPhyllis and Bill WatersCicely WatsonAlexander R.WaughRosie WaxmanJonathan WeinerMoss WeinstockNoreen F. WestelIsabel WilkesWilliam Robert WilsonB. Burton WinbergSimon WooElaine Zuckerman42 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

In MemoryThe University of Toronto recognizes individualswho have had a gift made in their memory.Natasha AfrossimofFay J.AldridgeJohn G.AndersonHoward F.AndrewsElaine AnismanLouis ApplebaumJim ArndtMarija AukstaiteEthel W.AusterKatherine G. BakerFrank S. BallingerAndrea BantaFrank BealsAndre LeonAdolphe BekermanJ.W. G. BelangerDavid N. BellMorton D. BergA. Barbara BergerAnn BergmanMichael K. BerkowitzWilfred G. BigelowGertrude BirkettNancy D. BlackburnAnne BlondeAllan BloomRobert L. BoothRobert W. BowcottCarol J. BrehautJohn D. BreithauptDebra BrickJames BrownJim BrownJim BrownMildred BrownWilma M. BrownGerhard BrunzemaRonald BrydenGertrude Anna BucekJ. David F. BullerSharon ButlerMary ButtimerLeon C. BynoeGina M. CaldarelliLee CalderwoodCharles CallenderAngus CameronJames CameronColin K. CampbellGeorge Scott CampbellJohn CampbellLucio CappolaSteven CernyMark Y. ChanPaul ChanColin ChaseMolly ChesterJulia C. ChingSoo Jin ChongHetty C. H. ChuDorothy Isabeau ChubbSamuel ChunSamuel D. ClarkDavid CoffenCarol CohenFrank ColantonioLouis ColeRowland L. CollinsJohn A. ConnellyK. Jane ConwayRuth CooperstockEdith CoryJohn Bernard CoutuGeorge B. CraigEileen M.T. CrothersBeulah DaviesMarnie de KerckhoveRoger Eric DeaneRobert DeshmanCarol A. DicksonPeter L. DicksonJieyun DougRoy A. DowningJeffrey DrdulE. Paul DuffyMargaret DuncanJ. Bruce DunlopHolly Durant AlmeidaJane A. DustanReginald J. DutrizacM. Jean J. EcclesMichael EcclesOscar Pelham EdgarMary R. F. EllaEdith ElyPeter FanthamRalph Vincent FarrRobert W. FearBrian FeldmanJacob FeldmanLorand FenyvesTony FergusonG.Wallis FieldHelen M. FlanneryWilliam Guy FlavelleArmand FlintWarren ForresterC. Stephen Fox-RevettAlbert FrancisEstelle FrankelMurray H. FreedmanRosalind FreedmanEdmund FriedbergThomas L. FriedlichDavid H. FriesenAndrew Khamis FrowMargaret S. GairnsPearl GardnerDuncan L. GellatlyLily GelmanGeorge G. M. GiblinP. James GiffenElla GilbertHoward GilbertBob GillespieAlbert E. GlazerAlbert GnatE. Ray GodfreyNicholas GoldschmidtLillie GormanJack GorrieChoonilal K. GovindBetty C. GrahamJane GrahamJ. Frederick H. GrayGeorge K. GreasonJoseph H. GreenspanSidney GreenwaldMichael GreggBarbara GrimsonFranciszka GrodeckaAnne GrossHarold A. GrossGiuseppe GuidoniDavida GuttmanJoshua Richard HaglundDouglas C. HaldenbyRobert HaleLorna HallJane Elizabeth HamMargaret I. HamblyShannon L. HammGeorge HammondGeorge Shearer HammondW.Arthur HandMadan HandaMae HarmanDiane HarrisJohn E. F. HastingsJoan F. HatchJames S. HausmanMuriel E. HaynesSylvia HaywardRichard J. HelmesteEllen HendersonCharles E. HendryDaniel R. HerbertEna HermanSam HershfieldSusan Hershfield-VerburgDaniel G. HillJoseph B. HinchHelen S. HoggAnne HoldenPhyllis G. HolladayJohannes M. HolmboeGail C. HoranAlvin HordWalter HowardC. D. HoweF. Norman HughesJohn F. M. HunterStan HymanMaria IandoliRobert J. IsaacsKenneth IversonRoy IvorEthel JacksonEnrique JadadR.Warren JamesCorinne JefferyRobert Latham JeffreyTrayten Morgan JensenS. 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GreatGiftsStepping UpDuretti Hassen isn’t certain what the futureholds for her, but it may include a universitydegree, thanks to U of T’s HSBC Steps to Universityprogram.Hassen,a Grade 12 student at Bloor Collegiate Institutein Toronto, is taking a first-year U of T sociologycourse as part of Steps.Though she is still mulling overwhat to do next year, she says the program has encouragedher to consider post-secondary education.“I wasn’tsure whether I would go to university or college,” Hassensays,“so I enrolled in Steps to see if I’d fit in.”U of T established Steps in 1992 to identify highschool students who were likely to succeed at universitybut who were, for a variety of reasons, unlikely toapply. Students are recommended to the program bytheir teachers and guidance counsellors.They take aUof T sociology course while they are in Grade 11 or 12and the credit is transferable to any Canadian university.Steps was initiated by the university’s TransitionalYear Programme (TYP), which helps people who lackformal educational credentials make the transition touniversity. In partnership with the Toronto DistrictSchool Board,the HSBC Steps to University Program isoffered to more than 200 students in eight Toronto highschools as well as through the Regent Park Pathways toContinued on page 46PHOTOGRAPHY: GEOFF GEORGEWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 45

GreatGiftsPHOTOGRAPHY: BEN RAHN/A-FRAME INC.Morrison Hall residenceNew Home for University College StudentsFor 270 students at University College,the start of the school year meant a newbuilding to call home. Morrison Hall– the University of Toronto’s newest residenceon the St. George campus – was officiallyopened in September. It is the largestdevelopment for UC since a fire destroyedmuch of its main building more than a centuryago. The residence is named for U of Tgraduates Russell Morrison (MA 1947) andKatherine Morrison (PhD 1979), whose$6-million gift made the project possible.“Katherine and I view our contribution tothe new residence as an opportunity tomake a long-lasting enhancement to studentlife at UC,” says Russell Morrison.The 13-storey residence features singlerooms with shared bath facilities, andcommon lounge and study areas on eachfloor. There are also fully accessibleaccommodations on every level. “MorrisonHall is more than just a new building,it is an expression of the UC commitmentto vibrant student life,” says KentBuchanan, president of the UC Literaryand Athletic Society. – Anjali BaichwalContinued from page 45Education program. Many Stepsgraduates are immigrants toCanada or first-generation Canadians.Hassen, herself a newCanadian, says she is grateful forthe opportunities the Steps programhas provided.“Before you getinto university, it is good to knowwhat is waiting for you,” she says.Corporate partner HSBCBank Canada first supported Stepsin 2002 with a $150,000 gift andrenewed its commitment this fallwith an additional $240,000 overthree years.Thanks toHSBC BankCanada’ssupport, theprogram willcontinue to benefit students whomight otherwise be unable toovercome barriers to universityparticipation.“We are very fortunateto have partners like HSBCBank Canada,” says TYP directorRona Abramovitch.“We’ve hadgreat success with Steps. At thegraduation ceremonies, you cansee the looks of joy and accomplishmenton the faces of students,many of whom are the first intheir family to have the opportunityto access post-secondaryeducation.” – Jamie HarrisonBringing Good Skills to LifeStudents seeking to brush up on their study skills are findinghelp at the Academic Skills Centre at the University university teaching and learning methods.ence.” The centre also helps faculty to apply best practices inof Toronto at Mississauga (UTM),which offers workshops, The GE Foundation has contributed $300,000 to the centrementoring, peer assistance and assessments of study habits. to honour GE Canada’s former president and chief executiveThe facility, which will celebrate its 10 th anniversary next officer,Bob Gillespie,for his leadership within the company andyear, recently received $500,000 from three community partnersin the Mississauga community.Gillespie and his wife,Irene,haveand friends of UTM to support its vital role.“The centre contributed $100,000 toward the facility, which will be namedfills an important need that our students have identified over the Bob Gillespie Academic Skills Centre. Gary Mooney (MAthe years,” says Ian Orchard, vice-president and principal of 1970) and Brenda Mooney (BA 1984 UTM) have given $100,000UTM.“It helps them find the most effective way to learn, presentto establish the Gary and Brenda Mooney Award for studentstheir work and get more out of their university experi-who use the centre and are in financial need. – Staff46 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Seeds of HopeAman whose Czechoslovakianparents came toToronto more than 70years ago seeking opportunitieshas made a gift to U of T to helpstudents make the most of theirs.James Hosinec has donated$1 million to support first-yearundergraduate scholarships forstudents in need.The 82-year-oldToronto resident will augment hisgift with a bequest of approximately$1.5 million to increase theannual value of the scholarshipsover time.“I want to help ambitiousstudents take advantage ofopportunities I never had,” he says.Born in the Czechoslovakianvillage of Kuzmino, located inpresent-day Ukraine, Hosinecarrived in Canada with hismother in 1934. His father hadbeen living in Toronto for severalyears, and, fearing another war,had borrowed money to bringhis family out of Europe.“In myyouth, I thought about becominga doctor or lawyer,” says Hosinec.“But I decided to work. My familyneeded the money.”Hosinec joined the CanadianArmed Forces and was stationedin British Columbia and NovaScotia during the Second WorldWar.After the war, he worked asa photographer before joiningOntario Hydro.Although Hosinec had noaffinity to U of T prior to hisdonation, he says he wanted togive money to an establishedinstitution whose graduateswill make a difference.“Thesescholarships will help studentsmake something of themselves,”he says.“And that will benefitsociety as a whole.”– Elizabeth Monier-WilliamsProfessor Doug Reeve, with Leaders of Tomorrow Tarek Saghir and Lillian De MeloFor the past four summers, manyU of T chemical engineering andapplied chemistry students have spentFriday afternoons acquiring leadershipand career skills as part of the department’sLeaders of Tomorrow program.The series of seminars and workshopsbrings alumni back to campus to sharetheir expertise with current students, wholearn how to manage conflicts in the workplace,prepare for interviews and matchtheir personal values to an organization’s.“Participating in Leaders of Tomorrowas an undergraduate challenged meto improve my communication, listeningand debating skills,” says Kyla Augustine(BASc 2004), who is now pursuing amaster’s degree at U of T in chemical engineering.“Not everyone is a born leader,but the program helps us to develop theskills we need to enter the professionalworld with confidence.”A department survey found that 100per cent of participants would recommendjoked that he was “theshortest president for the shortesttime.” But a donation in hon-HEonceour of former interim president Frank Iacobucciwill provide financial assistance to U of T studentslong into the future.U of T Presidents EmeritiGeorge Connell, John Evansand Robert Prichard and currentpresident David NaylorIacobucci have created the FrankIacobucci Transitional Year Programme EducationAward.The award honours Iacobucci, U of T’sinterim president from September 2004 to JuneLearning to Leadthe program to their peers; 90 per centviewed it as valuable to their personaldevelopment.Devised by department chair DougReeve and launched in 2002 as a summerprogram, Leaders of Tomorrow hasexpanded to include more than 30 eventsthroughout the year. “To attend the networkingbreakfasts, our students living inthe suburbs get up at 5 a.m. to catch thecommuter train to be here by 7:30,” saysReeve. “It’s that important to them.”Alumni have participated in many ofthe program sessions, but one alumnusand his wife have made a special gift insupport of Leaders of Tomorrow. LastJuly, U of T received the first instalmentof Bill and Kate Troost’s donation of$25,000 a year for the next 10 years.“We’re delighted by the Troost’s generosity.It will provide us with the resourcesto grow the program, reduce the waitinglists and offer new activities,” says Reeve.– Elizabeth Monier-WilliamsA Farewell Gift to Last Forever2005,for his outstanding service.Iacobucci is aformer justice of the Supreme Court of Canadaand was U of T’s provost and dean of the Facultyof Law.Throughout his tenure as interim president,Iacobucci spoke often of his deep commitmentto the Transitional Year Programme (TYP),which helps people who lack formal educationalcredentials make the transition to university.The tribute award was matched by theWilliam Waters Challenge Fund and the OntarioStudent Opportunities Trust Fund, resulting inan endowment of more than $400,000.Annualproceeds will provide bursaries to TYP studentsin financial need.– Anjali BaichwalWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 47PHOTOGRAPHY: STEVE FROST

llumniNotesAP ROFILES•NEWS•EVENTS•CALENDARDuring her final year of a BA in Women’s Studies andAfrican Studies at U of T in 1996, Dawn Wilkinsontook a one-week filmmaking workshop in MountForest, Ontario, that persuaded her to pursue a life behind thecamera. The young writer had been crafting plenty of fictionand literary criticism in her classes, but, at the screening of herfive-minute film, she was floored by the “immediacy” of theresponse. “Seeing people connect to my story was somethingI’d never fully experienced with my writing.”In 1999, Wilkinson studied at the Canadian Film CentreDirectors’ Lab in Toronto. She also served as a director observer(in which a young filmmaker-hopeful watches an establishedpro at work) during the shooting of the movie Hurricane, withSweet Devotiondirector Norman Jewison (BA 1949 VIC). Wilkinson hadestablished the production company, Afterlife, in 1998, and hassince made four short films, as well as several documentaries.Her first feature, Devotion, recently won the AudienceAward at the 2005 Reel World Film Festival in Toronto. Themovie explores the concerns of belonging and alienationfacing an 11-year-old biracial girl. Alice, the main character,also struggles with her mother’s death, caused by her father’sdrunk driving. “The plot is not about being biracial; it’s abouther not fitting in at school, about not getting along with herdad. Being biracial is the lens she’s looking through,” saysWilkinson. “I wanted to show that complexity: how she sawherself wasn’t how she was seen by others.” – Julia ArmstrongWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 49

AlumniNotesPHOTOGRAPHY: ROD MACIVOR/OTTAWA CITIZENSimon Pulsiferat home in OttawaSimon Pulsifer (BA 2004 VIC), 24,of Ottawa may not have a job, butthat doesn’t mean he has much sparetime. Pulsifer spends eight to 10 hours aday contributing to Wikipedia – “the freeencyclopedia that anyone can edit” – atwww.wikipedia.org. The five-year-oldopen-access site exists in more than 100languages, and the English version alonecontains 830,000 articles – increasing byabout 50,000 a month. And for that, wecan thank people like Pulsifer.Lisa Rundle: Why are we hearingso much about Wikipedia these days?Simon Pulsifer: Its sheer popularity. Somany people are using it. I don’t knowhow many thousands of student essaysWikipedia content gets integrated into.How’s Wikipedia’s accuracy? It’s basedon the idea that, because any personcan contribute to the editing of anitem, it will end up with fewer errorsthan what a small cadre of editorsproduce the traditional way.I think it’s very variable. The most populararticles, which have been edited thousandsof times, are extremely accurate.But others don’t get so much attention.Wikipedia WonderboyWhat’s an example of a popular article?The George W. Bush entry. I think it’sbeen edited 21,000 times.Is George W. Bush oneof the people who’s edited it?Not that we’ve noticed. But there havebeen instances of that kind of thing.People editing entries about themselves?Yes. Usually lower-level politicians.Is it good editing?Mostly they’re just taking out anythingthat’s negative about them, true or false.Then does it get put back in?Usually. Yes.What did you do to be dubbedthe Wikipedia Wonderboy?I guess it’s mainly that I’m the most prolificcontributor.Give me numbers.I think it’s about 70,000 edits. But that’sa misleading figure in that an edit can beanything from fixing a typo to writinga 4,000-word article. So, I’ve sort ofwritten two or three thousand articles.Which of the entries you’vewritten are you most fond of?There’s a class of articles that are judgedfeatured articles. I have nine of theseat the moment and I’m proud of those.My article on mercantilism was recentlyon the main page.Is there a Wikipediaentry on Simon Pulsifer?There’s a strict policy against autobiography;they tend to lack neutrality. Andthere’s also a policy against writing articleson people who aren’t particularly notable.But you’re Wikipedia Wonderboy.I’m not sure one Ottawa Citizen articlequalifies for notoriety.Your sourcing rigour is showing. Youattended Victoria College at U of T.Areyou, then, responsible for the unusualentries relating to Vic residences titled“Gate House” and “Burwash bug”?I am, actually.Are there any other obscureU of T–related entries you’ve snuck in?I don’t think so. Those were among myearlier entries. I probably wouldn’t writeentries like that these days.Now, this could just be me but whenI first heard about Wikipedia I likedthe word so much I found myself addingthe prefix “Wiki” to other words.Is that a common phenomenon?Certainly for the Wikipedia community.There’s a Wiktionary, Wikibooks andother parallel projects. It’s sort of like theSmurfs; any word can get “Wiki” addedto the front of it making a special “Wiki”variety of it.Wikied. What’s next career-wise?This is not something you get paid for.I’m not getting paid anything but I’mgetting interviewed by people fromU of T Magazine. And a year from nowWikipedia will be twice as noticeable,twice as popular. So I don’t know wherethis will end up going. If I got a job I’dhave to scale down the Wikipedia contributionsa lot.You won a Wikipedia awardfor one of your articles.Yes, it was for a piece on the economy ofAfrica. I got a coffee mug and a T-shirt.And you’re going around saying you’renot being paid? Was it called a Wikiward?No.– Lisa Rundle50 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

Arbor AwardsWhen Jason Wong (BA 1994 UC) reached the summit of MountKilimanjaro in Tanzania this summer, he posted a UniversityCollege sign in honour of his alma mater. Wong received a 2005Arbor Award – along with 99 other recipients – in September for voluntarismat the university. In addition to serving as vice-president of the UCalumni association, he contributes to a scholarship for English students inneed and helped organize UC’s 150 th anniversary in 2003.Wong climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to launch his Seven Summits Challengebreast cancer fundraising endeavour in honour of his girlfriend, abreast-cancer survivor. “My plan is to eventually leave a UC banner on theseven highest peaks on seven continents,” says Wong, a policy advisor at theFinancial Services Commission of Ontario.– Megan EastonUC grad Jason Wongat the peak of MountKilimanjaroKudosa writer in the House? DavidShore (LLB 1982) won an Emmy inISthereSeptember for “outstanding writing fora drama series.” Shore iscreator, executive producerand writer for theFox television medicaldrama, House, M.D. In hisEmmy speech, Shorethanked his parents forDavid Shore making him “happy andwell-adjusted” but also recognized “all theother people who have come into my life andmade me miserable, cynical and angry, becausethis character [acerbic physician GregoryHouse] wouldn’t be the same without them.”And for proof that math and art are notantithetical: John Mighton (BA 1978 VIC,MSc 1994, PhD 2000) – an adjunct professorof math at U of T – was awarded the $100,000Elinore and Lou Siminovitch Prize in Theatreon Oct. 25 at Hart House.Three weeks later,he won the 2005 Governor General’s LiteraryAward for his latest play, Half Life. Mighton isa fellow of the Fields Institute for Researchin Mathematical Sciences at U of T.Pat Hibbitts (BA 1973 VIC) was honouredwith a Vancouver YWCA Women ofDistinction Award. Hibbitts is vice-president,finance and administration, at Simon FraserUniversity in British Columbia.PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF FOXAnd the Award Goes to…Uof T’s Black Alumni Association African Conference at New College. chair of committees of the whole, andheld its second awards gala on This year’s other recipients were Dr. a special adviser for Grenada, for OutstandingLeadership; Professor GeorgeOctober 21. Ontario Provincial Titus Owolabi (BSc 1968 St. Mike’s, MDPolice Deputy Commissioner Jay Hope 1971, FRCS 1976), an associate professor J. Sefa Dei (PhD 1986), chair of U of T’s(BA 1994), an advocate on issues of of obstetrics and gynecology at U of T, department of sociology and equityrecruitment and police minority relations,for Professional Excellence in Science, studies in education for Excellence inserved as keynote speaker.Among Technology, Engineering and Math; Dr. Education; and Ebonnie Rowe, founderthose honoured were criminal lawyer Isa Odidi, a founder and principal of and CEO of PhemPhat Productions, forCharles Roach (JD 1961), recipient of the IntelliPharmaCeutics, for Contribution Arts and Culture. U of T English professorLifetime Achievement Award. Roach is to African and Caribbean Development;and poet George Elliott Clarkean expert in international criminal law the Honourable Jean Augustine (BA 1973 received the Faculty Award; and Flowand has been a lead defence counsel on WOODS, MEd 1980, LLD 1994), the first 93.5 FM CEO and philanthropist Denhamthe International Criminal Tribunal for African-Canadian woman elected to theJolly received the Honorary UTBAARwanda. In 1993, he convened a Pan- House of Commons, assistant deputy Alumni Award. – Julia ArmstrongWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 51

CalendarCARNIVALJan. 21. Winter Carnival at Hart HouseFarm. Enjoy outdoor games, snowshoeing,great food and the Finnish sauna.The 150-acre Hart House Farm is in Caledon Hills onthe Niagara Escarpment. Advance tickets (upto Jan. 19): $24 with bus; $19 without bus.Tickets after Jan. 19: $29 with bus; $24 withoutbus.Available at the Hall Porters’ Desk atHart House, 7 Hart House Circle. (416) 978-2452 or www.harthouse.utoronto.caTHEATREUniversity College Drama ProgramJan. 31 to Feb. 11. The Orphan Muses byMichel Marc Bouchard. Directed by KatkaSchroth, guest German director with TheatreBerlin Magdeburg. Four siblings await theresurrection of their mother, who left themafter their father’s death 20 years ago.Tickets$12; $8 for seniors/students.The Helen GardinerPhelan Playhouse, 79 A St. George St.Tuesday to Saturday, 7:30 p.m. (416) 978-1505, uc.drama@utoronto.ca or www.library.utoronto.ca/uc/ucdp/The Graduate Centrefor Study of DramaJan. 19 to 22, 26 to 29. The Love of DonPerlimplin and Belisa in the Garden, byFederico García Lorca, is the story of a middle-aged,lonelyman falling in love with a youngfrivolous woman – a love so strong that it willlead him to death.Directed by Aktina Stathaki.Robert Gill Theatre,214 College Street.Thursdayto Saturday, 8 p.m.Tickets $15; $10 forseniors/students.Sunday,2 p.m.,PWYC.(416)978-7986. http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.caHart House TheatreJan. 18 to Feb. 4. The Rocky Horror Show.Directed by Elenna Mosoff.The cult classicfeatures numbers such as “The Time Warp”and “Sweet Transvestite” and all of the audienceparticipation that Rocky fanatics havecome to expect.Tickets $20; $12 for seniors/students.Wednesdayto Saturday, 8 p.m.Midnight showing on Saturday, Jan. 28. 7 HartHouse Circle. (416) 978-8849, www.harthousetheatre.caEXHIBITIONSUniversity of Toronto Art CentreFeb. 18 to June 17. Frank Gehry Drawings,running concurrent with Frank Gehry: Art +Architecture at the Art Gallery of Ontario.Feb. 18 to April 8. Collecting Curiosities:The World in One Room in collaborationwith the graduating class of the MuseumStudies master’s degree program.General admission $5;$3 for seniors;free to allstudents, U of T faculty and staff, and Art Centremembers.15 King’s College Circle.Tuesdayto Friday, 12-5 p.m., Saturday, 12-4 p.m. (416)978-1838, www.utoronto.ca/artcentreThomas Fisher Rare Book LibraryJan. 30 to April 29. Ars Medica: MedicalIllustration through the Ages.The exhibitioncommemorates the 70 th anniversaryof the Associated Medical Services, andshowcases books from the Jason A. HannahCollection in the History of Medicine forthe Fisher Library, including anatomicalatlases and first editions.120 St. George St.Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (416) 978-5285, www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/indexexhibitions.htmlRobarts LibraryTo Jan. 31. Romanian Writers of theWorld book exhibit. First floor. romanianwriters2005exhibit@yahoo.caJan. 9 to Feb. 28. A Trip to Cathay: ChineseFolk Customs.This display includes ancienthunting materials, books, paintings and otherworks of art. Second floor.130 St. George St. Monday to Thursday, 8:30a.m.-midnight; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday,9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (416)978-8450Doris McCarthy Gallery, UTSCTo Jan. 8. Angela Leach: Shimmy. Torontobasedpainter Angela Leach’s works are anamalgamation of her studies in weaving,textiledesign and painting.1265 Military Trail.Tuesdayto Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, noon-5 p.m.(416) 287-7007, www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dmgEric Arthur GalleryFeb. 6 to May 27. The Work of NormanFoster.This exhibition presents the architecturaldesign for U of T’s new Leslie L.Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, along with otherprojects by the London, England, firm Fosterand Partners. Faculty of Architecture, Landscape,and Design, 230 College St. Mondayto Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 12-5 p.m.(416) 978-5038, enquiry.ald@utoronto.ca orwww.ald.utoronto.caCONCERTSFaculty of MusicFeb. 27. Chamber Music Series: Berlin PhilharmonicWind Quintet. Jacques Ibert:Trois pièces brèves. Darius Milhaud: Le cheminéedu Roi René. Paul Taffanel: QuintetG-minor. Samuel Barber: Summer Music. JeanFrançaix: Quintet No. 2. Tickets $21; $11for seniors/students. 7:30 pm.Walter Hall,Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen’s Park.(416) 978-3744, www.music.utoronto.caLECTURESUTSCAsian Theatre Lecture/Demo Series.Classical Indian Dance with Nova Bhattacharyaon Jan 23; Peking Opera withWilliam Lau on Feb. 13; Japanese Music/Theatre with Kiyoshi Nagata on March 13.All lectures at noon in the Leigha Lee BrowneTheatre, UTSC. 1265 Military Trail.(416) 287-7076 or www.utsc.utoronto.ca/culturalCONFERENCEThe Polish Languageand Literature ProgramFeb.2-5.In Search of (Creative) Diversity:New Perspectives in Polish Literary andCultural Studies Abroad will feature specialistsin the field from Europe, the UnitedStates and Canada.St.Michael’s College,FatherMadden Hall,100 St.Joseph St.(416) 926-2075or t.trojanowska@utoronto.ca A detailed programis available at www.utoronto.ca/slavic/polish/chronicle.htm52 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

PuzzleMany Rivers to CrossBy Marcel DanesiCharlemagne, the ninth-century founder of theHoly Roman Empire, is said to have been sointrigued by puzzles that he employed FlaccusAlbinus Alcuinus, the famous English scholar andecclesiastic, to create them. The resourceful Alcuin (ashe is better known) eventually compiled more than 50of his puzzles into a collection titled Propositiones adacuendos juvenes (“Problems to Sharpen the Young”) inan attempt to interest medieval youth in mathematics.It seems math phobia has very old roots indeed.Three puzzles in Alcuin’s book involve crossing ariver. They demonstrate the power of logical thinkingto minimize trial and error. Here is a common versionof the puzzle, which has become widely known:A traveller with a wolf, a goat and a sack of cabbagescomes to a riverbank. To his chagrin, he notes that theboat for crossing the river can carry only the traveller andone of his possessions. But if left alone together, the goatwill eat the cabbage and the wolf will eat the goat. Thewolf does not eat cabbage. How can the traveller transporthis animals and his cabbages to the other side intact in aminimum number of back-and-forth trips?The variations of the “river crossing” puzzles in Alcuin’s bookare less well known. One involves three men with unmarriedsisters who wish to cross a river, with each man “desirous ofhis friend’s sister.” This version fascinated the Renaissancemathematician Niccolò Fontana, also known as Tartaglia, whoreformulated it as the enigma of the “three jealous husbands.”Three beautiful brides and their husbands come to a river.The small boat that will take them across holds only two people.To avoid any compromising situations, the crossings are tobe arranged so that no woman is left alone with a man otherthan her husband. How many crossings are required, if anyman or woman can be the rower?In another version of the puzzle, the origins of which areunknown, two boys with a boat agree to help three soldierscross the river. But the boat is so small it can support only onesoldier or two boys. A soldier and a boy can’t be in the boat atthe same time for fear of sinking it. How many trips does ittake to ferry all the soldiers across?Alcuin’s puzzle began as an exercise in logical thinking createdfor largely pedagogical purposes. But mathematical historianstrace the conceptual roots of combinatorics – an importantbranch of mathematics – to the “river crossing” puzzle. ■other side,he leaves the wolf and cabbage safelygoat, taking the cabbage across with him. At thewith her husband.The second wife rows backwife.The second wife rows back and returnsfirst wife rows back and returns with the secondfirst husband and his wife cross the river.TheAlcuin’s “three unmarried sisters” puzzle).TheTartaglia’s “three jealous husbands” puzzle (andNine crossings are required to solvewith it.The whole process takes seven crossings.together and then rows back alone.He picks upboy returns with the boat.The cycle is repeatedsecond soldier crosses the river, and the otherriver and one boy returns with the boat.Thereturns with the other boy. Both boys cross thesoldiers.A soldier crosses the river; the boatbank; one of them brings the boat back to theof the puzzle. Both boys go to the oppositeTwelve trips are needed in the third versionwife rows back and returns with her husband.again and returns with the third wife.The thirda final time.the goat on the original side and rows acrossILLUSTRATION: CHRISTIANE BEAURÉGARDBack on the original side,the traveller leaves thedeposits the wolf, but rows back with the goat.up the wolf and carries it across,leaving the cabbageby itself. Upon reaching the other side hewith the cabbage.He rows back alone.He picksgoat to the other side, leaving the wolf safelyANSWERS The traveller starts by taking theWWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 53

Campus S toriesThose Things We DidFor alumni, the strangest aspects of student lifeare sometimes the most memorableILLUSTRATION: FRANCES BLAKE/THREE IN A BOXTHE BUNNY PARTYIn the spring of 1942, I took alaboratory class in the anatomyof the rabbit. The course wasknown affectionately as “thebunny class” and was taughtby Professor E. HorneCraigie, a dour Scot whoseemed nervous andaloof around students.The class was thereforesurprised when, toward theend of the semester, the professor’swife told us about the“bunny party.” The tradition,which marked the end ofclass, commenced with a matineetheatre performance and was followedby dinner at a restaurant anddancing at the Craigie home. For dinner,a private room was reserved and theclass decorated the tables with humorousbunny-themed place cards. Theparty revealed an entirely different sideof Professor Craigie. He clearly enjoyedthe banter and laughed uninhibitedly atthe students’ poems and stories. Nervouslyaloof he was not!The bunny party started spontaneouslyin the early 1920s but ceasedsometime after the Second World War.Perhaps the classes grew too large; I don’tknow. I do know, however, that it wasa tradition in which I was privileged toparticipate. It has remained fresh in mymemory for more than 60 years.Desmond R. H. GourleyBA 1945 UCRoseland, VirginiaSCRUBBING FOR SIGMA NUDuring frosh week at Trinity College inthe early 1960s, I was required to wear“Theparty revealed an entirelydifferent side of Professor Craigie.Nervously aloof he was not!my academic gown to all of my classes,together with a wire-hanger halo withtwo bells attached. I also had to wearbristol board signs front and back (likea sandwich board) announcing my degreeprogram, my name and, I believe, myphone number. Performing householdchores at a fraternity was mandatory.I chose Sigma Nu, as it was relativelyclose by. Contrary to my innocent expectations– fuelled by Seventeen magazine– I did not meet the man of my dreams,although I think I did a reasonable jobof cleaning the kitchen!Sheilagh (Perkins) DuboisBA 1965 TRINRideau Lakes, Ontario”PAINTING THEDOME RED (AND BLUE,AND GREEN AND …)Every September in the 1970s, engineeringstudents used to paint the Students’Administrative Council dome. One year,the students at University College beatthem to it. I shudder now when I thinkabout how we climbed up onto the roofin the middle of the night, using laddersthat we’d perched on top of upendedgarbage cans. I don’t think anyone everfound out that we’d done it.At the time, rumours circulated thatthe university was going to “outlaw”painting because a study had shown thatthe successive coats of paint were placing54 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

too much stress on the dome. However,I always suspected that this story hadbeen concocted by engineering studentsto discourage other students from paintingthe dome themselves.Margot AlmondBA 1981 UCMississauga, OntarioGETTING THE BOOTUndergraduate forestry students used totake part in a unique tradition beforethe last class graduated in 1996. Duringorientation, the Foresters’ Club executiveshid a painted green boot inQueen’s Park Circle. Undergrads weredivided into four teams by year, andtheir objective was to get the boot intothe fountain at the south end of thepark. The challenge invariably turnedinto a rugby match, and many, if not all,of the students ended up soaked in thefountain. The event, which was a greatway for the frosh and students in theupper years to get to know each other,ended with a barbecue and a pub-crawl.Mike SimpsonBScF 1994Williams Lake, B.C.GUILTY AS CHARGEDIn September 1967, I began my studiesat University College and took up residenceat Knox College. Unbeknownstto me and the other frosh, the KnoxCollege residents’ association was collecting“evidence” against us. A fewweeks into the school year, we weresummoned to the upper common roomand informed of our “charges.” I wastold that my crime had been to commenton the presence of alcohol in theresidence. (Alcoholic drinks were notpermitted in Knox College.)A “judge” heard my case and pronouncedme guilty. (Everyone was foundguilty in this court.) My sentence was tosing nursery rhymes on the St. Georgesubway platform and, fittingly, to squashgrapes with my bare feet at the corner ofYonge and Dundas. The upper-year“wardens” accompanied me. When wearrived, they produced a white enameltub and a large bag of purple grapes. Iwas ordered to remove my socks andshoes and get to work. For about 15minutes I jumped up and down. Juicesquirted around the tub and my legsturned purple. Afterward, all of theKnox College residents convened in theupper common room, where we hadrefreshments and laughed about our“punishments.”■Donald YoungBA 1971 UC, MDiv 1974Brantford, OntarioTraditional charm, eleganceand an inviting atmospheremake the Faculty Club anideal facility for special events, meetings,conferences, receptions and weddings.Enjoy fine dining in the WedgwoodDining Room or the Oak and BeaverPub. Relax in front of the fireplace in ourMain Lounge or entertain your guestsin the Fairley Lounge, where originalpaintings by Canada’s Group of Sevenartists are on view.thefacultyCLUBUNIVERSITY OF TORONTOYou can join the FacultyClub at the low alumni rateof $300 per year. For moreinformation, please call(416) 978-6325 or visitwebsite www.utoronto.ca/facultyclub/WWW.MAGAZINE.UTORONTO.CA 55

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LookingBackBY F. MICHAH RYNORPHOTOGRAPHY: CARLO CATENAZZIStumblingUpon CedarOne of the last things youwould expect to see inUniversity College, a primeexample of Romanesque-stylearchitecture, is a cedar totempole. And what a heart-stopperit can be for those rushing upthe stone staircase at UC’sentrance.Totems such as this,while often used for welcomingpeople or marking an address,were also used as gravemarkers and mortuary posts.Originally from the UpperSkeena River area of BritishColumbia, this one was carvedby a Tsimshian tribe memberbetween 1890 and 1905. It waspresented to the college in1982 by the family, friends andformer students of the lateGerman professor HumphreyMilnes. (“Bud” was instrumentalin enriching the college’sart collection.) Standing guardon the east staircase, the totempole has been involved in oneof the longest staring contestson campus, facing down thebust of UC’s architect FredericCumberland on the west –and representing a uniqueartistic alliance betweenRomanesque architectureand Native Canadian art. ■58 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MAGAZINE / WINTER 2006

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