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50art & design @department of art & design university of alberta • 2015

Edited by M. Elizabeth Boone

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50 years of history in the department of art and design

A timeline

The Department of Fine Arts, encompassing Art, Drama

and Music, was created shortly after World War II by

English-born painter H.G. Glyde. Jack Taylor and Al Forbes

were hired in 1947 and 1948 respectively, and Norman

Yates joined the group in 1956. Studio classes were offer-

ed to students in the Faculty of Education, and art history

courses were popular with those pursuing a general Arts

degree. A Diploma in Fine Arts was established in 1952,

a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (bfa) ten years later, and

the stage was set for the creation in 1965 of the depart-

ment now known as Art and Design.

H.G. Glyde oversaw the creation of the new department

and retired the following year, becoming the first of Art

and Design’s many emeriti faculty members. Jack Taylor

stepped in to fill the position of chair for a year, and Ron

Davey arrived to take over in 1967. Over the first five years,

the number of instructors more than doubled, with the

arrival of Bob Sinclair and Dave Cantine to teach drawing

and painting in 1965, as well as Jerry Moore to teach sculp-

ture, Jonathan Knowlton to begin a printmaking program,

and Helen Dow to expand art history offerings the follow-

ing year. As the 60s came to a close, the department added

Bruce Bentz, Neil Fiertel, Jetske Sybesma, and the many

others who began shaping a curriculum that shifted and

grew in response to the demand for fine arts and design

education in the province of Alberta.

Comprised in 1965 of two bachelor degree programs—

the bfa and the Bachelor of Arts (ba) with a concentration

in the history of art—the department’s offerings have

expanded over the past fifty years. In 1970 the department

added a third degree at the undergraduate level, the ba

with Honours, as well as Canada’s first graduate degree

in the visual arts, the Master of Visual Arts (mva). In 1972

the department changed its name to the Department of

Art and Design, the name it retains to this day. The first

graduate degrees in fine arts were awarded in 1972, the

mva in industrial design in 1973, and visual communication

design the following year. The first graduate student in

art history completed in 1983. In the early 1990s, the

department separated the mva degree into two distinct

degree programs, and students began receiving either

the Master of Fine Arts (mfa in painting, printmaking or

sculpture) or the Master of Design (mdes in industrial

design or visual communication design) in 1993. Art

history became the history of art, design and visual culture

in 2002, the same year that students began to graduate

with the mfa in drawing (eventually drawing & intermedia).

In 2011, the department further expanded its offerings

after gaining provincial approval to offer the only doctorate

degree in the history of art, design, and visual culture in the

prairie provinces.

The department has also undergone radical changes in

terms of its location and facilities. In 1971 ground was bro-

ken on the current Fine Arts Building, which houses the

Department of Art and Design as well as the Departments

of Music and Drama. Prior to 1973, art classes were offered

on the top floor of the Old Arts Building, in Art Workshop 1,

now known as the Industrial Design Studio, and in Art

Workshop 3, which was located behind Athabasca Hall.

Some design classes were held in the General Services

Building. Programs today are taught in the Fine Arts Build-

ing, the Industrial Design Studio, as well as in the North

Power Plant, the former hub parking garage, and the Draw-

ing House. The Fine Arts Building, which was completed

in 1973, was later expanded in order to accommodate

a gallery that would show exhibits of student art as well

as host independent exhibitions. The Fine Arts Building

Gallery—better known as the FAB Gallery—opened in 1987

with the exhibit Celebrations: Works by Selected Graduate

Students, 1970 – 1986.

The following pages provide a timeline of notable events,

celebrated images, and historic photographs. Research was

provided by Sarah Flowers. •

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The Department of Art is created in 1965 when the Depart-

ment of Fine Arts, consisting of art, music and drama, is

divided into three separate departments. H.G. Glyde chairs

the new department for its inaugural year, both Jack Taylor

and Norman Yates serve as senior painting professors,

and Al Forbes teaches art history. Bob Sinclair and Dave

Cantine also teach during the inaugural year. Classes for

the ba and bfa degrees are held in the Old Arts Building,

Art Workshops 1 and 3, and other make-shift spaces

on campus.

The department opens a small teaching gallery in a house

on 112th Street, on a site now underneath the Housing

Union Building (HUB Mall), in 1966. Faculty in fine arts

donate work to initiate what eventually becomes the Uni-

versity Art Collection. A second gallery in the Students’

Union Building, where students and faculty sometimes

exhibit their work, opens in 1967.

Ron Davey takes the reigns in 1967 from Jack Taylor, who

serves as acting chair after Glyde’s retirement, and the

faculty complement continues to grow. Davey chairs the

department for almost ten years, until 1976.

Plans begin for a new fine arts centre on campus. “To

be scheduled for the North Garneau, the $4,500,000

fine arts building will provide centralized facilities for the

departments of art, music and drama, which are now

scattered in buildings around campus.”

— “Fine Arts, Arts, Ed, Chem Set for 1970 Expansion,” The Gateway, October 10, 1968

▾ Ken Hughes in the Students’ Union Building

( SUB ) Gallery circa 1970

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▸ Jack Taylor critiquing students’ paintings

in the Old Arts Building studios

Photos supplied by the Taylor Family

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timeline • 1965 – 1970 ▾ Art Workshop 3 painting studio

in the back of Athabasca Hall

Photo supplied by Dave Cantine

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▴ Students working in Art Workshop 1

and in Art Workshop 3

Photos supplied by Dave Cantine

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timeline • 1970 – 1975

Poole Construction begins the Fine Arts Building,

designed by Sinclair, Skakun and Naito Architects, and

a groundbreaking ceremony is held in the spring of 1971.

The art collection and teaching gallery move in 1971

from their first location on the site now occupied by HUB

Mall to Ring House Number 1, the stately residence built

in 1911 for Henry Marshall Tory, the first president of

the university.

Staff shows, student shows, and one-person exhibitions

continue to be held in the Students’ Union Art Gallery.

“The Students’ Union Building is our Grand Central Station,

a giant concrete traffic centre. But within it are points of

stillness, places to think (the Meditation Room), to look at

things (the Art Gallery), and at people (the theatre). In the

past year, odd things have been happening like plays in the

lobbies, face-painting in the foyers, and rock concerts in

the Gallery. SUB’s dividing walls seem to be disappearing.

Is the Art Gallery pervading the entire building, or is the

building invading the Gallery?”

— “Watch the Gallery,” Folio, October 8, 1970

The first five mva graduate students, specializing in

painting, printmaking, and sculpture, enter in 1970 and

graduate with a thesis exhibition at the Edmonton

Art Gallery two years later. Industrial design and visual

communication design students are right behind.

The Department of Art changes its name to the Depart-

ment of Art and Design in 1972.

▴ Fine Arts Building exterior shown while

under construction

▸ Fine Arts Building interior shown while

under construction

▸ Norman Yates, standing on the left, wears

a hard hat at the FAB groundbreaking

Photos courtesy of the University of Alberta Archives,

Accession Numbers 88-77-72-172-37, 88-77-72-172-34,

and 88-77-71-11741-46

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Faculty, staff, and students move into the new Fine Arts

Building, which is inaugurated at ceremonies held on

February 8, 1974 with the Honorable Grant MacEwan,

Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Alberta, and the

Honorable Mr. James Foster, Alberta Minister for Advanced

Education, in attendance. At the time of inauguration, the

Department of Art and Design consists of over 25 full-time

continuing professors. •

▾ Poster for an exhibition of visual communication

design work by students and staff

Poster design by Peter Bartl

▸ Poster for a staff show in the Ring House Gallery

Poster design by Ken Hughes

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▾ Design show in the SUB Gallery circa 1970

Photo supplied by Dave Cantine

◂ Poster for a staff show in the Ring House I Gallery

Poster design by Peter Bartl

▸ Poster for the opening of the Fine Arts Building

Poster design by Ken Hughes

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Doug Haynes assumes the position of chair in 1976 and

serves for a five-year term, until 1981.

Edugraphic, an international Icograda conference that

brings designers from all around the world to the Univer-

sity of Alberta, takes place in Edmonton in July 1975.

After several years sharing space with sculpture on the first

floor of the Fine Arts Building, industrial design moves to

Art Workshop I, which is renamed the Industrial Design

Studio. The sculpture studio is converted into figurative

and abstract areas, and machine equipment (saws, routers,

lathes, etc) used in industrial design moves across campus.

Some painting and fundamentals classes continue to be

offered in the Old Arts Building and Art Workshop 3.

Al Forbes organizes a three-week study trip to Japan and

China in the spring of 1978. The group — which includes

faculty, staff and students — visits Beijing, Changsha,

Guilin, and Guangzhou, in addition to the childhood

home of the late Chairman Mao Zedong. This is one of

the first Canadian trips organized to the People’s Republic

of China.

“When the department is no longer able to fund the Ring

House Gallery, the university combines the art collection

with University Collections and places it under central

administration. Helen Collinson, daughter of H.G. Glyde

and curator of the collection, points to the need for a cen-

tralized storage and exhibition facility to properly care and

display this growing collection.”

— H. Collinson, “A Growing Collection,” Folio, November 1, 1980 •

▴ Fundamentals classes introduce students

to the basics of art and design

▸ Making stretchers for a painting class

▸ Sculpture and industrial design share

studio space in the Fine Arts Building

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▴ Al Forbes (center front) organizes the first

trip to China for faculty, staff and students

Photo supplied by Walter Jule

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◂ Vandercook letterpresses in the visual

communication design studios

◂ Making a lithograph in printmaking

▾ Painting studio in Art Workshop 3

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Jorge Frascara becomes chair of the department in 1981

and serves for a five-year term, until 1986.

bfa and bdes students begin exhibiting their graduating

work off-campus after the closure of the SUB Gallery in

1982. They continue to arrange for space in various locales

around the city over the next decade, before moving to

the FAB Gallery in the early 1990s.

Staff and students from Art and Design join forces with

community members in 1982 to create the Society of

Northern Alberta Print-Artists (snap), which offers exhi-

bitions, classes, workshops, lectures, and other events

related to traditional and experimental print practices.

The degree of Master of Arts (ma) in art history is added

to the department’s graduate offerings, with the first

student completing in 1983.

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Faculty scramble to avoid the elimination of industrial

design due to budget cuts and the death of Heinz

Tebelmann, who provided technical support of the area.

The second technician is given a termination notice and

students are advised to seek other options.

“ ‘They don’t like Industrial Design much…It requires a

lot of equipment.’ says Students’ Union Vice-President

Academic Barb Donaldson.”

— “Design Program and Technicians Cancelled,” Gateway, March 15, 1984

The Alberta Art Foundation (now the Alberta Foundation

for the Arts) establishes an endowment to support

graduate students in fine arts. AFA Scholarships still fund

students working in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and

drawing/intermedia today. •

◂ Assembling slides for art history class

▾ Industrial design studio

▾ Visual communication design

▾ Printmaking studio

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◂ Painting classes

▾ Working with wood in the sculpture studio

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Rick Chenier becomes chair in 1986, serving until 1990.

Macintosh computers appear in visual communication

design classrooms in 1985, only one year after this new

technology is made available to the public.

The visual arts become an integral part of the plan for

the new Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre.

“Art in a hospital helps a patient maintain a sense of his

or her own personality against a system that of necessity

imposes strict controls and tight schedule,” explains

Norman Yates.

— “Part of the Healing Process,” New Trail 41 (spring 1987)

Jorge Frascara joins FGSR Dean Fu-Shiang Chia, Chancellor

Tevie Miller, President Myer Horowitz, and many other

well-wishers to open the Fine Arts Building Gallery on Feb-

ruary 25, 1987. The FAB Gallery, containing 3000 square

feet of display space, provides students, faculty and staff

with a much needed professional venue in which to exhibit

their work. The inaugural exhibition, Celebrations: Works by

Selected Graduate Students, 1970 – 1986, features artists and

designers who have completed degrees in the department.

“Designing a gallery to suit the physical space available

was ‘an interesting and challenging project,’ says architect

▾ Newly hired gallery manager Blair Brennan

with Lyndal Osborne at the reception

▸ Jazz Quartet performing at the reception

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Joe Naito, the Edmonton-based designer of both the

Fine Arts Building (1973) and the new gallery…Naito’s

big challenge in designing the original building had been

to establish a strong entrance on the west side of the

structure. The new gallery—a transparent glass box that

displays artworks for viewers both inside and outside

the structure—successfully meets his client’s art display

requirements without destroying the entrance.”

— “Art and Design Gallery Opens Officially with Celebrations, ” Folio, February 19, 1987

Painting and fundamentals studios in Old Arts and Art

Workshop 3, the old gymnasium behind Athabasca Hall,

move to the refurbished parkade under HUB Mall in the

summer of 1988. •

▸ Construction of the FAB Gallery, interior

and exterior views

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▴ The newly opened FAB Gallery provides

a much needed venue to exhibit work

▾ Curated shows, like this exhibition of

figurative sculpture by Evan Penny, round out

the FAB Gallery schedule

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Desmond Rochfort arrives from London to become chair

in 1990. He serves for nine years, until 1999.

Printmaking students raise more than $8,000 by selling

Lasting Impressions, boxed portfolios of prints created

by faculty, technicians, and senior students, in order to

purchase a new lithographic press in 1991. Dean of Arts

Patricia Clements matches the fundraising effort and the

press arrives in time for Christmas.

— “New Lithographic Press a Fantasy No Longer,” Folio, November 15, 1991

Beginning in 1993, graduate students in fine arts and

design receive distinct Master of Fine Arts (mfa) or Master

of Design (mdes) degrees rather than the Master of Visual

Arts (mva). The undergraduate bfa degree is also separated

into the bfa and bdes at this time.

More than 2,000 visitors crowd the FAB Gallery in order

to see Ganden Jangtse Tibetan Buddhist monks create

a beautiful guhyasamaja mandala. Over the course of five

days, the monks arrange brightly colored grains of sand

▸ Ganden Jangtse Tibetan monks creating

a sand mandala in the FAB Gallery

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into this intricate sacred symbol of the universe. Other

FAB Gallery exhibitions include a show of Japanese calli-

graphy, organized in collaboration with East Asian Studies,

an exhibition of work by Japanese printmaker Ryoji Ikeda,

and architectural artifacts from Rajasthan and Gujarat

in northwestern India.

Rubens to Picasso: Four Centuries of Master Drawings, an

exhibition organized by Victor Chan including 64 drawings

by artists such as Rubens, Goya, Manet, Degas, Monet,

Cezanne, van Gogh, Matisse, and Picasso is held at the

FAB Gallery from September 16 to October 29, 1995. As

attendance nears 20,000 visitors, the show is extended

until November 5. An award-winning, full-colour catalogue,

written by Victor Chan and designed by Sue Colberg, is

published by the University of Alberta Press. •

▾ Several ambitious exhibitions, including

Rubens to Picasso, are held in the FAB Gallery

during this period

▾ Photo studio in visual communication design

▸ Students working in the printmaking studio

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▾ Thesis exhibitions, like this one by Allen Ball,

appear in the FAB Gallery

▸ An exhibition of Japanese women’s

calligraphy showcases aspects of the

art and culture of East Asia

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The department responds to the Alberta Ministry of

Advanced Education and Career Development’s post-

secondary access plan by proposing the creation of

132 student places in the new bdes pathways program.

The Ministry approves the proposal in 1995, and new

students join the department over the next five years.

When the program review shows that enrolment targets

have more than been met, the department receives

a permanent budget augmentation funding several new

design professors, on-going equipment needs, visiting

speakers, and student bursaries.

Printmaking is designated a University of Alberta Centre

of Research Excellence for the first of three consecutive

terms, from 1995 until 2003. The department celebrates

this accomplishment with the exhibition and catalogue

Lines of Site: Ideas, Forms and Materialities, held at

London’s Royal College of Art and Tokyo’s Musashino

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The Print Study Centre opens on the third floor of the

Fine Arts Building in 1996. Formerly housed in the base-

ment of Biological Sciences, the move significantly im-

proves access to the university’s collection of historical

and contemporary prints.

Almost 400 artists from 18 countries come to the uni-

versity for Sightlines: Printmaking and Image Culture,

a five-day conference accompanied by 11 associated

exhibitions held in Edmonton in 1997. An anthology of

essays by the same title is published by the University of

Alberta Press to celebrate these events.

A series of lectures called Rethinking Design for the 21st Cen-

tury brings to campus such internationally renowned design

theoreticians as Bernd Meurer (Germany), Richard Buchanan

(United States), Penny Sparke and Christopher Frayling

(England), Ezio Manzini (Italy), and Alain Findeli (Canada).

The series is capped by Design and the Social Sciences: Making

Connections, an international conference and publication. •

▾ The newly opened Print Study Centre

▸ Figurative sculpture studio class

▸ An art history class held in the industrial

design computer lab

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◂ Students working in the industrial design

computer lab

▾ Welding steel in the sculpture studio

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Jetske Sybesma becomes chair in 2000, after serving as

acting chair since 1999. She continues in this position

until 2005.

The department is awarded the first Canada Research

Chair in Fine Arts and successfully recruits Sean Caulfield

to fill the position in 2001.

The gallery begins hosting the annual exhibition of the

Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in

Canada in 2003. In future years this show is often coupl-

ed with the Book, Jacket, and Journal Show from the

Association of American University Presses (aaup).

Endless Knots, a 2004 exhibition of traditional artifacts from

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▾ The Endless Knots exhibition in the FAB Gallery

The department begins participating in the interdisciplinary

phd program, serving as conjoint department for students

bringing art and design together with other disciplines.

Art history becomes the history of art, design, and visual

culture in order to better capture the research and study

interests of faculty and students in this area. A major reno-

vation of the lecture hall and slide library is completed

in 2005.

The department turns sadness into a party when large

numbers of faculty and staff members are forced into

mandatory retirement in 2005 and 2006. •

▸ The Alcuin Society’s national book

design awards are exhibited annually in

the FAB Gallery beginning in 2003

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◂ Jetske Sybesma and Jorge Frascara, former

chairs of the department, retire

▾ Deanna Ashton, Elzbieta Popiel,

Walter Jule and Neil Fiertel are provided

with a post-retirement activity

◂ Stan Szynkowski thoroughly enjoys the

retirement festivities

▴ Tad Warszynski and Marc Siegner raise

a glass to the retirees as well

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M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone arrives from California to take

the reins from Liz Ingram, who serves as acting chair from

2005 to 2006. Betsy serves as chair from 2006 to 2011.

The FAB Gallery shows Seeing the World of Sound: The

Cover Art of Folkways Records, a 2005 exhibition of original

artifacts, curated by Joan Greer and Margaret Asch, from

the university’s folkwaysAlive! archive and Smithsonian

Folkways Recordings. Accompanied by an award-winning

catalogue designed by Sue Colberg, the exhibition show-

cases a selection of the historically, culturally, and artistic-

ally significant images used on record covers since the

label’s birth in 1948. •

◂ Exhibition catalogue and installation view

of the Seeing the World of Sound at the

FAB Gallery

▾ A print work based on government hous-

ing plans for First Nations communities,

by CRC in Design Studies Gavin Renwick

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The gift of the Mactaggart Art Collection, consisting of

a spectacular group of Chinese art from the Ming and Qing

dynasties, prompts the department to add the history of

Asian art and design to its curriculum.

The department’s proposal to begin a stand-alone phd

program is approved by the province of Alberta.

Awarded a Canada Research Chair in Design Studies, the

department commits to deepening its engagement with

Indigenous cultures by recruiting Gavin Renwick, who

works with Dene communities in the Northwest Territories,

to fill the position. •

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▴ Book arts class in the visual

communication design studio

▸ Lithography in printmaking

▾ Visual communication design class in the

1-7 computer lab

▸ Industrial design workshop

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Cezary Gajewski becomes chair of the department in 2012,

after serving as acting chair from 2011 to 2012.

Dick Der, technician demonstrator in painting, continues to

take students to New York, Madrid, Paris, and London. He

has been organizing these spring travel trips since 1994.

The FAB Gallery turns 25 in 2012 with Blair Brennan, hired in

1987 to manage the space, still at the helm.

InSight: Visualizing Health Humanities is a FAB Gallery ex-

hibition, organized by Bonnie Sadler Takach, Aidan Rowe,

and Pamela Brett-McLean, offering a significant new con-

tribution to the literature on the interdisciplinary field of

Arts and Humanities in Medicine in 2012. A second, related

exhibition and an international symposium, InSight 2: Engag-

ing the Health Humanities, are held the following year.

Art and Design celebrates a half century of history with three

exhibitions and the publication of Art & Design@50. •

▾ Exhibition catalogue for InSight: Visualizing

the Health Humanities

▸ The Design Latitudes exhibition, mounted

in 2015, maps future directions of design

studies in the north

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▸ Dick Der with students at the Metropoli-

tan Museum of Art in New York

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▸ Betsy Boone setting up the FAB 2-20 lecture

theatre for a class in the history of art, design

and visual culture

▴ Students at work in the painting

studio below HUB Mall

▸ Industrial design computer lab

▸ A state-of-the-art photo studio

in industrial design

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communication design common area

▾ A workspace in industrial design

▸ Painting studio in the Fine Arts Building

▴ Art fundamentals in the studios below

HUB Mall

▸ Design fundamentals in the North Power

Plant studios

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academic faculty

department of art and design

Many talented and hard-working faculty have spent time and

contributed in important ways to the Department of Art and

Design. The following list is derived from the University of Alberta

Calendar. Some moved on to other positions, while others

stayed for many years. We thank them all. Emeritus faculty are

indicated with an asterisk.*

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Allan Antliff

Timothy Antoniuk

Allen Ball

Peter Bartl*

David Bennetts

Bruce Bentz*

Jo-Anne Berelowitz

Amanda Boetzkes

M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone • chair from 2006 to 2011

C. Jean Campbell

David Cantine*

G.J.K. Carmichael

Sean Caulfield

Victor Chan*

Richard (Rick) Chenier• chair from 1987 to 1990

Lisa Claypool

Susan Colberg

Helen Collinson

Philip Darrah

Ronald A. Davey*

• head from 1967 to 1976 and

• acting chair from 1990 to 1991

Walter Davis

Helen J. Dow

Alistair Dunlop

James Egler

Bridget Elliott

Neil Fiertel*

J. Allison (Al) Forbes*

Jorge Frascara*

• chair from 1982 to 1987

John Freeman

Cezary Gajewski• acting chair from 2011 to 2012 and

• chair from 2012 —

Jacques R. Giard

Henry George Glyde• head until from 1945 to 1966

Mary L. Grayson

Neville Green

Joan Greer

Glenn Gunhouse

V. Hammock

Steven Harris

Douglas Haynes*

• chair from 1976 to 1982

Peter Hide

Ken Hughes

Elizabeth (Liz) Ingram• acting chair from 2005 to 2006

Victor Johnson

Walter Jule*

Walter Jungkind *

Jonathan Knowlton

Marytka Kosinski

Robert J. Lamb

Robert Lederer

Natalie Loveless

Lianne McTavish

Peter Millward

Jeremy Moore

Nobuoki Ohtani

Lyndal Osborne*

Graham Peacock*

Greg Prygrocki

Bart Pragnell

Gavin Renwick

Desmond Rochfort• chair from 1990 to 1999

Aidan Rowe

Bonnie Sadler Takach

Daniela Schlüter

Roger Silvester

Robert Sinclair *

Colleen Skidmore

Jetske Sybesma• acting chair from 1999 to 2000

• chair from 2000 to 2005

J.B. (Jack) Taylor• acting head from 1966 to 1967

Jesse Thomas

Michael J. Travers

Anne Whitelaw

Maria Whiteman

Norman Yates*

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