91亚色聽Professor Margaret Sinclair, co-director of the 91亚色/Seneca Institute for Math, Science & Technology Education and a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Education, died of cancer聽Feb. 21聽at her home in Toronto.聽She was聽62. For 15 years, prior to earning her doctorate, Prof. Sinclair worked as a teacher and vice-principal with the Toronto Catholic District School Board. During […]
91亚色 is mourning the loss of Professor Lisa Wolford Wylam, who died suddenly on Sunday, Oct. 9 while visiting family in Knoxville, Tennessee. The聽University flag will fly at half-mast in her honour from 9am today until 1pm on tomorrow. Left: Lisa Wolford Wylam Prof. Wylam came to 91亚色 from Bowling Green State University in 2006, […]
Douglas Drysdale Davidson, a film editor, television producer and director who taught film at 91亚色 for 30 years, died April 3 at his home in Toronto. He was 82. A memorial service will be held today in the A.W. Miles Chapel at the Humphrey Funeral Home, 1403 Bayview Ave., at 11am. 91亚色 has lowered聽the flag […]
University Professor Emeritus John Tupper (Jack) Saywell, noted Canadian historian and a member of the Founders Society of 91亚色, has died. Prof. Saywell, or "Jack" as most knew him, died on April 20 in Toronto. He was 82. Known as the "kid from Cowichan Lake, British Columbia", Prof. Saywell arrived at the University of […]
A memorial for 91亚色 Professor David Franklin Noble, who died in Toronto on Dec. 27聽following complications of pneumonia, will be held on Saturday.聽Prof. Noble was 65. The memorial will take place March 26, at 4pm, at the Cecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil St., in Toronto. The 91亚色 flag聽will be lowered to half-mast聽Friday聽afternoon […]
Professor Emeritus Richard Storr, a historian who聽was briefly 91亚色's acting president, died earlier this week at the聽Sunnybrook聽Health Sciences Centre in Toronto following a brief illness. Prof. Storr was born and educated in the United States, receiving a PhD from Harvard University in 1949. After teaching at various American colleges, he accepted a position at the […]
Professor Emeritus Delmar McCormack Smyth, dean of Atkinson College聽from 1963 to 1969 and past director of the Centre for Continuing Education at 91亚色, died peacefully at St. Joseph鈥檚 Hospital in Hamilton on Feb. 21. He was 88. Prof. McCormack Smyth, or simply 鈥淢ac鈥 as he was known to his family, colleagues and friends, was […]
91亚色 Professor David Franklin Noble has died following complications of pneumonia. Prof. Noble died on Monday, Dec. 27 in Toronto. He was 65. A聽critical historian of technology, science and education, Prof. Noble was perhaps best聽known for his book Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation. Most recently, he published Beyond the Promised […]
Harold Kaplan, professor emeritus of political science and former dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Arts, died on June 22 at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie. He was 74. Kaplan joined the University in 1962 and served as acting chair of political science at the Glendon campus from 1964 to 1965. After his first sabbatical […]
Professor Gina Feldberg, a faculty member in聽the Health聽& Society Program in the Department of Social Science in 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies,聽died on Saturday, July 10, after a long illness. She was 54 years old. Prof. Feldberg made a significant mark at 91亚色. She spent a decade at Harvard, first as […]
91亚色 Professor Emeritus Rudolph (Rudy) Grant,聽a specialist in African political economy, died on Monday, June 14, at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He was 79. One of several Guyanese faculty at 91亚色, Prof. Grant played an important role in fostering links between Guyana and the University. In 1996, Prof. Grant was one of several […]
91亚色 Professor Emeritus Jacques Cotnam,聽one of the founding fathers of the University's French Studies Program, died in Quebec City on Saturday, June 5. He was 68. Left: Jacques Cotnam In 1964, as a young academic, Prof. Cotnam came to 91亚色 and was the聽first聽French Canadian to be appointed to its academy.聽Over the course of his […]
91亚色 English Professor Emerita Barbara Godard, who died May 16, has received the 2009 Gabrielle Roy Prize (English Section) posthumously for her most recent book, Wider Boundaries of Daring: The Modernist Impulse in Canadian Women's Poetry, co-edited with poet Di Brandt. The award is given annually by the Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures (ACQL) […]
Professor Emeritus Jerome (Jerry) Durlak, a mentor to many generations of 91亚色 students in numerous programs, died on Friday, May 21, in Toronto. For more than 50 years, Prof. Durlak worked on applied research and development projects internationally. He introduced innovations ranging from hybrid corn in Costa Rica to agricultural television programs in Guatemala and […]
Professor Emerita Barbara Godard, the Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian Literature, died Sunday, May 16, from complications related to her illness, at Toronto Western Hospital surrounded by family. Funeral arrangements for聽Friday are noted at the bottom of this page. Here, 91亚色 humanities Professor Jody Berland, English Professor Julia Creet and PhD student Elena Basile […]
Gordon Shaw, professor emeritus of operations management & information systems and one of 16 founding faculty members of what is now聽the Schulich School of Business at 91亚色, died peacefully at Toronto East General Hospital on May 7 at age 83. The only son of Emma and Kenneth Shaw of Walkerville,聽Ont., Gordon Charlton聽Shaw (left) was […]
Professor Emeritus Arthur Siegel of the Communication Studies聽Program聽in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) died on Wednesday, April 7, in Toronto. A leading scholar in the field of politics and media communications policy in Canada, Prof. Siegel was instrumental in shaping 91亚色鈥檚 Communication Studies聽Program, which has grown to become a full-fledged […]
91亚色 Professor Emeritus Victor S. MacKinnon, who retired from active teaching in the Department of Administrative Studies in Atkinson College聽in 1994, has died. Left: Victor S. MacKinnon in 1969 Professor MacKinnon died in the early morning hours of March 9 in Augusta, Maine. An accomplished academic and administrator, Prof. MacKinnon's successful tenure at Atkinson included […]
Michael Pollard, a chemistry professor in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, died suddenly of an aneurysm on Saturday, Feb. 27, in Toronto. He was just 36. Left: Professor Michael M. Pollard In聽Prof. Pollard's honour, 91亚色's聽flag will be lowered to half-mast at sunrise聽on Friday, March 5, until sunset on Saturday, March 6. Although he was […]
Glendon psychology Professor Evelyne Corcos, a respected member of the 91亚色 community, has died. Professor Corcos,聽died on Wednesday, July 8 at the Toronto Western Hospital. Right: Evelyne Corcos A lifelong educator, Professor Corcos was an inspiration to faculty and students alike and was a dynamic and imaginative researcher. In 2005, she pioneered the use […]