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WINTER 2017

New president explains why Ryerson is the future

Mohamed Lachemi

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FOR ALUMNIAND FRIENDS

in every issue2 FROM THE EDITOR My city, my classroom

3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE An experiment gone right

4 SHOWCASE Mission at MaRS

6 GOULD STREET Highlights, photos and what’s next at Ryerson

25 LIFE STORIES Parallel worlds By Robert J. Sawyer

30 ALUMNI DIARY/ALUMNI WEEKEND News and events from alumni

34 GIVING BACK Alumni and friends give generously to help students succeed

40 CLASS NOTES Updates from alumni

48 REMEMBER WHEN? Beatlemania! In its heyday, Maple Leaf Gardens was the site of three historic concerts by pop’s most iconic band

cover story12 MOHAMED LACHEMI’S VISION ‘We want to be recognized as a global urban innovation university’

features 14 LIVING LAB City learning experiences enrich students and society By Dan Falk

26 HEALTH EQUITY FOR ALL Professor Josephine Pui-Hing Wong works with people affected by HIV and mental illness stigma to build empowering programs By Robert Liwanag

alumni profiles22 CRASHING THE BOYS’ CLUB Newcomer now a leader in business technology

By Mary Teresa Bitti

23 HIGHER LEARNING Medical physics graduate lights a fire under cannabis research

By Sharon Aschaiek

24 THE BEAR NECESSITIES How a nutrition graduate tackles feeding an NFL team

By Benjamin Gleisser

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COVER STORY:PRESIDENT MOHAMED LACHEMI

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Dr. Amira Abdelrasoul is making a big splash with her award-winning research on sustainable water use and reusability, thanks to the support she received at Ryerson from her thesis supervisors Dr. Ali Lohi and Dr. Huu Doan.

“Ryerson is home to some of the most amazing and talented faculty members I have met, and it has been my privilege to work with them,” says Amira.

How will graduate education transform you?

ryerson.ca/graduate

Inspirational faculty meets innovative research

Dr. Amira AbdelrasoulChemical Engineering PhD

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FROM THE EDITOR PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

A brief history written by archivist Claude Doucet in

2007 begins with the observation that Ryerson was founded in 1948 “as an experiment in post-secondary education.” Set in downtown Toronto, it was “a novel alternative” to the traditional system of learning, responding to the needs of the growing workforce in a postwar economy. It was an institution for its times.

As a mission for the present, and a vision for the future, this foundation still holds true. Our programs and research, partnerships and community engagement, continue to serve and anticipate the needs of society. Ryerson is a renowned pioneer in new models of education, entrepreneurial development and

creative innovation. As our “living lab,” Toronto offers a world-class environment for diversity, opportunity and accomplishment.

Recent studies highlight the global impact of accelerating technology on our lives and livelihoods in ways that we could not imagine even a short time ago. The way forward includes harnessing the power of connection, and utilizing 21st century tools to build economic, social and cultural well-being in ingenious and inclusive ways.

Post-secondary education is acknowledged as a key driver of positive economic and social change. There is increasing emphasis on experiential and integrated learning where students

gain work experience related to their academic disciplines, employers benefit from great ideas, and ‘what if ’ thinkers are encouraged to challenge the status quo. At Ryerson, we know the value and importance of collaboration, co-operation and team work. One of the many benefits that comes from this approach is knowing that we can achieve so much more together.

The Ryerson team is all of you, our campus community, our neighbourhood, our partners at all levels, and the amazing city we call our own. Thank you for sharing the fearless qualities of your Ryerson education – and making a difference wherever you are. n

AN EXPERIMENT GONE RIGHTRYERSON HAS PIONEERED A MODEL OF EDUCATION THAT FUELS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION

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It was a fall morning and my journalism class was scrambling to find a decent court case to cover for our reporting class. There was a

rush of adrenaline as we hit the streets, excited about uncovering a real story at Queen Street and University Avenue (once we located the courthouse). Finding the case was only the beginning of the assignment, of course. We also needed to report on it according to journalistic standards while not breaking any laws.

At Ryerson we learned how to navigate city council, the courts (including bankruptcy court, a fine place for juicy stories) and cultural touchstones such as the long-playing Rocky Horror Picture Show (the subject of my group video report).

Yes, there were other journalism schools, but they didn’t compare to practising journalism in downtown Toronto. The city was our classroom, and we learned to knock on doors and write to deadline.

Nowadays, the journalism curriculum includes an internship with a news organization, one of many incredible opportunities for students in programs across the university. They learn through placements and extra-curricular projects, many in partnership with local and international organizations.

The city as living lab is part of President Mohamed Lachemi’s vision for education at Ryerson – a symbiotic relationship between students, faculty and the city that allows students the opportunity to contribute to the real world while learning skills that will enrich their careers.

In this issue, you can read more about Lachemi’s plans in his column on page 3 and the cover story on page 12. Then read the stories of students and alumni who have experienced the city as classroom in “Living Lab” on page 14.

We’d love to hear how you learned in the city and how it made a difference to your education. Contact us at [email protected]. n

COLLEEN MELLOR, JOURNALISM ’86

MY CITY, MY CLASSROOM

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

THE POWER OF INCLUSIONI recently received an issue of Ryerson University Magazine with the theme of diversity and inclusion. I wanted to say that I was happy to see this content, as this is a great time to be discussing creating more diverse and inclusive environments in all workplaces and schools. I am looking forward to seeing the next issue!

Michelle Jaelin, Nutrition and Food, ’13

Denise O'Neil Green: "For

change to be effective our

values of equity, diversity and

inclusion must be a part of our

policies, practices, procedures

and programming."

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The power of

InclusIonfour ryersonians explain how Diversity is

transforming the post-seconDary lanDscape

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at a major university

like Ryerson, located

in a city like Toronto,

diversity is an ongoing

conversation. The community

represents a wide array of back-

grounds, classes, ethnicities,

cultures and ages. There is broader

discussion in classrooms about

these topics and more resources

being invested in issues such as

race, gender, varying incomes and

disabilities. In 2016, students,

faculty and staff say that divers-

ity, equity and inclusion are talked

about more than ever before. People

understand and strive for equity;

people appreciate diversity, but

when it comes to inclusion, there

is always more work to be done.

Four individuals from the

Ryerson community offered their

perspective on how the university

is making diversity, equity and

inclusion a priority in its culture

and operations.

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Ben Barry is professor of equity,

diversity and inclusion, and

founding director, Faculty of

Communication & Design (FCAD)

Centre for Fashion Diversity &

Social Change. He says diversity

is a reality of life on campus and

students in the School of Fashion

encounter it right away in class.

“It’s something they inherently

understand because they live it

every day,” said Barry. His students

already recognize the benefits of

being in a class with people from

different backgrounds. Many

have had first-hand experiences of

racism, sexism, homophobia and

ableism. “They know the pain that

discrimination can cause and they

want to work at undoing these

injustices,” Barry said, noting first-

year students actively interact with

the issue soon after they start their

first semester through a public,

one-day annual conference called

Diversity Now.

“Diversity isn’t a ‘nice-to-have’

on this campus,” he said. “It really

is on the agenda.”

This past year the School of

Journalism took on the call to action

by the Truth and Reconciliation

Commission of Canada (TRC) for

Canadian journalism programs to

educate students about the history

of Aboriginal Peoples, including

the history and legacy of residential

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President’s Message

i t is a privilege to reach out

to alumni as Ryerson’s new

president and vice-chancellor. I am

excited to have the opportunity to

serve, and look forward to sharing

ideas, plans and progress.

Diversity is the theme of

this issue, and as I was writing

this column, we received some

wonderful news on that very

topic: Ratna Omidvar, executive

director of Ryerson’s Global

Diversity Exchange and chair of

Lifeline Syria, has been named

to the Senate of Canada by

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The seven new independent

appointments are intended to

focus on the issues of Canadians

and reflect our nation’s diversity —

Ratna is a brilliant choice.

My goal over the next few

months is to explore diversity in

all its aspects at Ryerson. Over

my 18 years at Ryerson, and most

recently as provost and interim

president, I have met many

students and alumni, faculty and

staff, and members of the broader

community. Each of them brings

a special spark to the university

and deserves respect and support.

These interactions motivate me to

follow four core values: the value

of the student experience; the

value of talented faculty and staff;

the rising value of the Ryerson

degree for alumni; and the value

of strategic partnerships.

For alumni in particular, as

Ryerson’s reputation rises, the

value of your degree increases

exponentially. My goal is to ramp

up the visibility and engagement

of alumni as a group. At leading

universities around the world,

alumni are a passionate and

significant factor in university

development, strong ambassadors

for their alma mater, and especially

loyal to their academic programs

and classmates. Our relationship

with you is important and in

my first column it is this message

I want you to remember.

Wherever you are in the

world, you are close to Ryerson

in spirit. All the very best and

thank you for all the ways you

make Ryerson great. n

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SHOWCASE

Co-op, undergrad and graduate students Vika Bardal, Farah Choudhary and Biprajit Sanyal at work in the university's new 20,000-square-foot science research facility at Toronto's MaRS Discovery District.

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New community, student spaceHERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF HOW THE CAMPUS IS CHANGING: RENOVATED STUDIOS, NEW PERFORMANCE SPACE AND PLANS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

A welcoming campus

State-of-the-art studios for the architects of tomorrow

R yerson University has unveiled an ambitious

new plan to guide future development of the campus, which will help foster campus life, improve accessibility and further define the school’s identity.

The Public Realm report, which was approved by the Ryerson board of governors and released last fall, aims to improve the public spaces (streets, sidewalks

and pedestrian areas) within Ryerson’s precinct. It establish-es a vision for better safety and accessibility, while also helping Ryerson better define the campus environment.

“We’d like it to be clear that you’re ‘on campus’ and not at an intersection. We also want people to be proud of the campus,” said Janice Winton, vice-president, administration and finance. “We want people to say, ‘Wow, look at Ryerson,

look how welcoming it is. You always know when you’re on the Ryerson campus.’”

The report is founded on the principles and objectives out-lined in Ryerson’s 2008 Master Plan, including enhanced accessibility and walkability, and creating a signature Ryerson University landscape.

The first proposed project is an enhancement of Gould Plaza which became a vibrant pedestrian-friendly area after it

was closed to car traffic in 2011. The plan proposes to raise the former roadway to the level of the sidewalk (creating a single shared surface), and incorpo-rate new lighting.

At the unveiling of the Public Realm report, Toronto city councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam said the city has allocated $2 million to the Ryerson plan.

A fter extensive renovations to a space in the architecture building, the David E. Handley

Studios opened last fall — state-of-the-art design studios that promise to have a powerful impact on the next generation of Canadian architecture professionals.

Led by Cadillac Fairview, industry partners, and friends and alumni, who raised $750,000 for it, the project honours alumnus David E. Handley, senior vice-president, special projects at Cadillac Fairview, who graduated from architectural technology in 1967.

“These are bright and well-appointed spaces, designed for both individual work and collaboration. They’ll nurture and sustain a studio culture that is so vital to the educational and social experiences of our students,” said Jurij Leshchyshyn, chair of the Department of Architectural Science.CH

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Instructor Julie Ourceau, left, and student, in Professor Leila Farah’s class in the new architectural science studio spaces.

Ryerson plans to create a more pedestrian-friendly Gould Plaza, shown in this rendering, as part of its Public Realm project.


NEW ARRIVALS

L isa Barnoff was appointed dean of the Faculty of Community Services

last spring. The five-year appointment began Sept. 1, 2016. Barnoff joined the School of Social Work as an assistant professor in 2003, was granted early tenure in 2006 and became director in 2011. She served as an executive member of the Canadian Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work from 2012-2014. Barnoff’s areas of scholarly interest include anti-oppressive practices; equity, diversity and inclusion in relation to health and social service delivery models; organizational change; and social work education.

P am Sugiman was appointed dean

of the Faculty of Arts last spring. Sugiman has taught at Ryerson for 10 years, and most recently was chair of the Department of Sociology. In her professional life, Sugiman has served as president of the Canadian Sociological Association and director of the national executive board for the National Association of Japanese Canadians. Sugiman leads the Oral History Research Cluster for the Landscapes of Injustice Project, a multi-institutional, $5.5-million initiative that will capture the experiences of 22,000 Canadians of Japanese ancestry who were systematically uprooted from their homes and had their property seized and sold without consent.

NEW DEAN OF FACULTY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

NEW DEAN OF FACULTY OF ARTS

Social work Professor Lisa

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GOULD STREET

As a Ryerson graduate, you are entitled to countless perks and benefits ranging from discounts with more than 40 vendors; exclusive group rates on home and auto, medical and life insurance; professional development opportunities through events; and membership in our network of alumni groups.

Learn more about alumni benefits and services at ryerson.ca/alumni.

ryerson.ca/alumni

Being #Ramily has its rewards

A multi-functional hub in the cityLast fall, Ryerson installed

illustrated hoarding around the construction site of the Daphne

Cockwell Health Sciences Complex at Dundas and Church Streets. Students from residence

and the Faculty of Community Services coloured a section

of the illustration.

R yerson’s new Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex is a multi-functional

building that will house academic space, administrative offices, student accommodations and more. It is scheduled to open in fall 2018.

The 18-storey building will accommodate 332 students in 100 residential units and the academic and administrative podium will

house Ryerson’s Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing; Midwifery Education; the Schools of Nutrition, and Occupational and Public Health; University Relations; University Advancement; Food Services and a Fabrication Zone.

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School of Performance finds new home at SLC

The Ryerson School of Performance has moved into a new home at

the Student Learning Centre (SLC).The school, which formerly operated

at 44 Gerrard St. E., transitioned to the SLC’s lower levels last fall. “The move has been something that has been advocated for many, many years,” said Peggy Shannon, chair of the school.

“We’re all excited at having new studios, state-of-the-art equipment, and a box office and theatre on Yonge Street,” Shannon said.

The space at 44 Gerrard St. E. has been slated for construction, and will become the future home of the Centre for Urban Innovation. Its renovation will include a new lab and fabrication space.

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Help Govern Ryerson!

Serving as a member of the Ryerson University Board of Governors is an exciting and rewarding opportunity. In the summer of 2017, Ryerson alumni will elect a representative to fill one of the three alumni member seats on the 24-member board that governs the University.

To learn more about the role and the responsibilities of the Board of Governors and the skills and expertise necessary to serve on the Board, visit www.ryerson.ca/governors.

Nomination forms must be received by Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 12 noon. (Nomination forms will not be accepted after this time.) Nomination forms are available for download at the Ryerson University Board of Governors Elections and Referenda website at www.ryerson.ca/ about/governors/elections.

The Ryerson University Alumni Association will review the nominations to produce a final roster of candidates based on the Board-approved matrix of skills.

For more information and for assistance on the process, contact the Office of the General Counsel and Board Secretariat at [email protected].

Call for Ryerson University Board of Governors Alumni Member Election Candidates

Ryerson University’s Senate is the body that regulates the institution’s academic policies. Senators are elected to represent administrators, faculty, students and alumni. Senate meets at 5 p.m. — normally on the first Tuesday of the month from October to June — to discuss and vote on matters pertinent to the academic governance of Ryerson, including the establishment of all academic policies, significant changes in curriculum and the establishment, and change or termination of programs, schools and departments.

Senate has a variety of standing committees, and ad hoc committees are sometimes established to investigate matters related to academic activity. There are opportunities for alumni to serve on some Senate committees.

Two alumni Senator seats are up for election for 2017 – 2018. You may nominate another alumnus or express interest in running yourself.

For more information or to register a nomination, contact: John Turtle, PhD, Secretary of Senate E: [email protected] T: 416-979-5011

ryerson.ca/senate

Ryerson’s Senate Needs You!

Nominations must be received by Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at 12 noon.

A call for nominations for alumni representatives to Ryerson University’s Senate

R yerson University and the Faculty of Arts will

host Congress 2017, Canada’s largest academic gathering, from May 27 to June 2. The 86th annual event brings together more than 8,000 academics, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in the humanities and social sciences to exchange ideas for the future of Canada.

Ryerson will organize the weeklong event with the

Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The congress theme is “From Far and Wide: The Next 150,” selected to reflect the 150th anniversary of Canada’s federation.

“We want to highlight things we think define Ryerson University,” said Pamela Sugiman, dean of the Faculty of Arts and executive lead of Congress 2017. “We want to highlight equity, diversity

and inclusion; we want to highlight interdisciplinary learning; and we want to highlight the indigeneity of the entire program.”

More than 70 associations are expected to be part of the event (with delegations of up to 1,000 members) on topics ranging from theatre research and literary studies to education, sociology, communications and history. Programming will be a mix of events for registered attendees only and for the public community.

“How and where else would students have the ability to attend an important national conference, build networks,

interact with leaders in the field, and present a paper to begin developing a strong professional presence?” said Patrizia Albanese, congress interdisciplinary program chair. “This is an incredible opportunity for students here at Ryerson to both tactically engage in presenting papers, and to become involved in the organization and running of the event.”

Some of the programming will include Big Thinking lectures, Career Corner workshops and the Congress Expo — Canada’s largest academic trade show. To learn more about Congress 2017, visit congress2017.ca.

University unveils plans for Congress 2017

“How and where else would students have the ability to attend an important national conference, build networks, interact with leaders in the field, and present a paper to begin developing a strong professional presence?”

— PATRIZIA ALBANESE, CONGRESS INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM CHAIR

FOOD WITHOUT BORDERS

W ith so much division in the world these days, we

can always count on good food to bring us together. Executive chef at the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Paul Huang spoke to the National Post about how food has become

a borderless cultural entity. “With the new generation of kids who are primarily raised in North America, they will take traditional tastes and merge them with other types of cultures,” he said. He says fusion is a beneficial way of introducing a foreign taste

to a new land. “Within small Chinese communities in India, the Chinese people took their native cooking methods and flavours — holding on to their past and what they knew — and adapted them to a new environment and new culture.”

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The last 20 years have been a transformational time for Ryerson and its new presi-dent, Mohamed Lachemi.

When Lachemi moved into the president’s office last April, he brought with him nearly 20 years of experience at Ryerson. Most recently he was the second-in-command – provost and vice-president, academic. Before that he held increasingly more responsible academic leadership roles starting as a professor of civil engineering and progressing to dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science.

Now, he even has experience as the parent of a student as one of his daugh-ters attends the university.

During that same time, the univer-sity’s physical presence in the city has grown, from the Ted Rogers School of Management on Bay Street to a new lab and biomedical business incuba-tion space at St. Michael’s Hospital. More recently, Ryerson has expanded with modern, spacious labs for science researchers and more than 80 students and postdoctoral fellows at the MaRS building near Queen’s Park.

Ryerson’s curriculum has also expanded to meet the needs of students and society. Graduate education was introduced in 2000 and there are now nearly 50 programs and 2,600 graduate students. A hands-on learning model continues to develop in all faculties.

Thanks in part to the success of the DMZ, Ryerson now has 10 innovation zones to help students create initiatives and ventures with social and economic impact.

Ryerson has also moved into the community – and onto the world stage – looking at global challenges and delivering smart, scalable solutions.

“Toronto is a successful world- class city in the heart of a progressive country, and has earned an international reputation for many things – including diversity, talent and quality of life,” says Lachemi. “Toronto is Ryerson’s field lab for learning, discovery and engagement. We are known as a city-builder and we must continue to expand our influence.”

Students are changing lives – building greenhouses in the Arctic to provide reasonably priced, healthy foods for local use – other students are doing volunteer work in Asia, Africa and South America.

Alumni are blazing a path to the future – Digital Media graduate Maayan Ziv created an app to crowdsource accessibility information in cities around the world.

“Ryerson is widely recognized as a city-building university with a learning model for the 21st century,” says Lachemi. “We can be very proud of our accomplishments. But our work together is not done. In fact, it is just beginning.

“We want to be recognized as a global urban innovation university. We want to be

known for having re-defined partnerships based on equality, trust, recognition and knowledge sharing,” he says.

The futureFor Lachemi, Ryerson’s successful shift to a global innovator will be signalled by:• An exponential increase in reputation; • An increase in the value of a

Ryerson degree; • The best in the world coming here

to study, teach and work; • Ryerson becoming the leader in

experiential and work-integrated learning, and the most sought-after community and industry partner. In order to reach these goals,

Ryerson will continue to put the focus on students, take into consideration the needs of society and potential employers, and unleash the power of strategic partnerships.

“We must engage with the people we value most highly – our students and alumni, our faculty and staff, and our strategic partners. Ryerson’s academic plan – Our Time to Lead – will guide us.”

In his installation address, Lachemi challenged the community to “respond to a changing world that asks us not just to keep up – but to constantly aim higher.

“Where we are going is clear,” says Lachemi. “Ryerson will become the destination of choice for creative and original thinkers, innovators and partners, dreamers and people of action.” n

Ryerson will become the destination of choice for creative and original thinkers

Mohamed Lachemi’s vision

President Mohamed Lachemi graduated from Sherbrooke University with a PhD in Structural Engineering. He joined Ryerson as a professor in civil engineering in 1998.

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‘Half-classroom, half-hospital’

BY DAN FALK, JOURNALISM ’92

Psychology students learn to treat patients next door at the Family Health Team Clinic

T he low-rise building at 80 Bond Street, nestled in the heart of downtown

Toronto just two blocks from the Eaton Centre, blends in with its neighbours; most passersby hardly give it a second glance. But within this unassuming structure, patients in need of psychological care receive first-rate treatment – and a select group of Ryerson graduate students get a unique opportunity for hands-on training in clinical psychology in a diverse and challenging urban setting.

It’s called the Psychology Training Clinic. Open since 2010, the facility is a collaboration between St. Michael’s Hospital and Ryerson University’s Department of Psychology – something that makes perfect sense given that the clinic’s Bond Street location is exactly halfway between St. Mike’s and the Ryerson campus.

“It’s really a perfect location,” says Kelly Horner, the clinic’s

director and student supervisor, as we stand just outside the clinic on a warm, early autumn afternoon. “The students can do their courses, and be involved in their research – but then they can also walk down the street and be involved in community mental health.”

Graduate students in Ryerson’s psychology department do the first of their three required practi-cums at the clinic, which is part of the St. Michael’s Hospital Family Health Team Clinic. Here, they get hands-on experience with pa-tients with an array of psychologi-cal needs, under close supervision by Ryerson faculty members. At the same time, the students get to interact with health-care profes-sionals from St. Mike’s – everyone from physicians and nurses to physiotherapists, chiropractors, dentists, dieticians, pharmacists, social workers and even lawyers. It’s a “wealth of services,” as Horner puts it, giving the

LABLiving

New President Mohamed Lachemi’s vision for Ryerson is grounded in the idea that post-secondary

education is an integral part of society. There’s a synergy between the university and the city

through partnerships and joint initiatives. Here are some stories about students engaged in the city

through co-op work, co-curricular and extra-curricular projects who find it enriches not only their

learning experience, but also benefits society. The city is their classroom.


T ara Farahani, Social Work ’16, has always wanted to help her

community, something that attracted her to Ryerson’s social work

program. But social workers can better improve people’s lives by getting

to know their real experiences at the “front lines.” As a student, Farahani

successfully completed her placement at Social Planning Toronto (SPT), a

non-profit community organization that works to promote, as their website

puts it, “equity, social justice, and quality of life in Toronto,” through policy

research, analysis and other community-based efforts.

While placed with SPT, Farahani helped to address a common gap

between social policy and the actual people those policies are created

for. “We need to ask, ‘What is a policy designed to achieve? And what is it

actually achieving? How can we make it better?’ And that means acquiring

data, and ensuring policies reflect that data.”

The value of a practicum in the field is “you learn that it’s not just about

‘transferring’ the knowledge you received in school to other people, but also

how to put that knowledge to use, how to apply it,” says Farahani.

In her current role at St. Stephen’s Community House, Farahani is part

of a team of women developing a website and virtual tools to directly help

girls and young women experiencing online sexual violence.

“It’s about taking voices that are often silenced, and bringing them

forward,” Farahani says. “I’m always asking myself, how can I utilize my

voice, my privilege, to help make those other voices heard?”

From campus to community


“The students can do their courses, and

be involved in their research – but then they can also walk

down the street and be involved in community

mental health.”

— KELLY HORNER

students “the opportunity to train in an inter-professional setting.”

What’s also striking about the clinic is the diversity of its clientele and their needs. A typical client, in fact, often has more than one reason for seeking treatment. “We can get patients who may be seeing a physician for a medical condition, but also have some mental health concerns that may be exacerbating or impacting the medical condition,” Horner explains.

“We’re really fortunate to see such a diversity of patients,” says Stephanie Cassin, who serves as director of clinical

training, and, like Horner, also teaches in the psychology department. Even within the one-year duration of the practicum, students “see a broad range of diversity that many people might not see in their entire life, especially if they work in a more remote community,” Cassin says. “[We see] diversity in terms of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, sexual orientation… Sometimes several of these at once.”

All of this can be a little overwhelming at first, Horner and Cassin admit – but soon, they say, the students come to realize what a unique learning opportunity they have. “As they get toward the tail end [of the practicum],

I think that they feel extremely well prepared for the subsequent training that they do in the program,” Cassin says.

Every year, nine students do their practi-cum at the clinic, spending one day a week with patients at 80 Bond St., doing assess-ments and delivering treatments. Skye Fitzpatrick, a PhD student who specializes in borderline personality disorders, did her first practicum at the clinic in 2012-13, while working on her master’s.

As we chat in a busy campus café on Gould Street, Fitzpatrick recounts her first experience sitting down with a patient face to face, so early in her psychological

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training. “I was excited, but also terrified,” she recalls, “because you’ve studied these ideas for so long, and thought about them in such depth – and then you’re sitting in front of somebody and actually interact with them in a genuine way.”

Like Cassin, she quickly became aware of the sheer variety of clients that pass through the clinic – often with multiple problems and concerns. “You’re working with people who are, for example, not only depressed, but also homeless; a client who is very anxious, but is also HIV-positive, and maybe English isn’t their first language. There are a lot of different factors at play that you’re learning to navigate.”

One distinguishing feature of the practicum is that it takes place physically within a hospital setting, Cassin says. “I think our program is one-of-a-kind. They [the students] are seeing real clients and they get supervised by faculty members within the program, which is unique for

a lot of clinical psychology programs.” As well, students have the option of videotaping sessions with clients – if the client consents – allowing their clinical supervisor at Ryerson to offer detailed feedback. “The environment really fosters collaboration,” Cassin says.

Of course, other universities train psychologists – but many graduate programs either don’t have an in-house practicum program (so that students must do their practicum training at another institution, with external supervisors); or, if they take place within the university, the students provide treatment to people recruited from the university or community or they may not see real patients (that is, they see “faux patients” recruited for the program to take part in mock interviews).

Ryerson students also benefit from having St. Mike’s staff members by their side – or, at most, a call, email, or instant message away. “At first the

students might be a bit cautious – not wanting to bother the doctors, for example,” says Horner. “But they come out of this amazed at how approachable they are, and how interactive and intertwined the care is.”

As Horner explains, the patients’ records are completely electronic, and the students can share and collaborate on patient information with doctors and other professionals at the clinic instantly.

That instant access to expertise was something that also stood out for Andrew Brankley, a third-year PhD student who did his practicum at the clinic in 2013-14. Specializing in forensic psychology, which includes working with the criminal justice system (the clients he sees have often been in contact with the police or the courts), Brankley is now working part-time at the clinic, passing some of that knowledge on to a fresh cohort of students. At St. Mike’s,

— STEPHANIE CASSIN

K yle Stewart, Commerce ’16, knows all about balance – after all, he’s

working on his master of science in management degree at Ryerson

while he’s a star soccer player with the Ryerson Rams (last year he won the

D.H. Craighead award, given to a male athlete at Ryerson for outstanding

contribution to interuniversity sport and to campus and community life). But

for Stewart, who moved to Toronto with his family from Kingston, Jamaica

when he was 18, a key part of that balance is giving back to the community –

especially children.

“I like to be busy, and I want to do something useful with my time,” he

says. Last year Stewart put in more than 100 hours of community service.

Rising Rams is one of the Ryerson community programs he’s deeply

involved in, a program that brings Ryerson athletes into downtown schools

to lead workshops with students from Grades 4 to 10. “We do basketball

and soccer workouts, we do other sports with them – but we also talk to

the kids about time management, leadership, community service, conflict

resolution,” says Stewart. “We try to give them life skills.”

Ultimately, he says, it’s about creating connections. For example, the

Rams in Training program brings some of those students to campus to see

the university’s athletes in action, and to meet with the players. “It’s great

to go to the schools – but it’s nice to bring them here so they can see the

facilities that we use,” says Stewart. “It can be inspiring for them.”

Creating connections Clockwise from top left: Andrew Brankley at work in the psychology clinic; student supervisor Kelly Horner in front of the Bond Street clinic; students consult with Horner; and PhD student Skye Fitzpatrick.

Student athlete Kyle Stewart

enjoys giving back to the community.


A llan Gardens, with its iconic greenhouse, is a familiar site to Ryerson students –

a small green oasis in the heart of downtown Toronto’s concrete jungle (and

just a few blocks from campus). What passersby might easily miss, however, is a

unique community garden located just behind the greenhouse itself. Known as the

Edible Allan Gardens Project, it was designed and built by Ryerson graduate students

in collaboration with 10 community partner groups; it opened in June 2016.

Ashley Adams, a 2016 graduate of Ryerson’s architectural science program,

was asked to oversee and design the project – and she leaped at the challenge.

While the greenhouse itself is a beautiful structure, she says, “the fenced-in

space didn’t mirror that beauty.” Their goal, she says, was to create something

both beautiful and beneficial to the community, a “demonstration garden” that

community groups could use to learn and practice urban agriculture.

The final design employed raised bed containers that could be easily moved

if needed, as well as “gabion baskets” – rectangular containers that can serve

either as soil-beds or, if filled with heavier material, as benches or tables.

“We used a lot of recycled materials,” Adams explains. “Everything from wine

bottles, concrete blocks, hay, random bricks that we found” – anything that would

give the baskets structural support.

Along with the design issues were the challenges of trying to please a wide

array of potential users. “People wanted different things,” Adams says. “There was

a lot of compromise with the various groups, to try to make everyone happy. But

that was the fun part, trying to figure that out.”

While working on the project, Adams got to know some of the staff at ERA

architects, a firm specializing in heritage conservation and restoration and one

of the partners in the project. Later, she landed a job with the firm. ERA is drawn

to grads who have more than just schoolwork on their resumé, Adams says,

“so I think that they also appreciated this unique experience.”

A practical garden project

“The clinic feels like half-classroom, half-hospital… It very much is a hospital, but it’s also very much a learning environment.”

— ANDREW BRANKLEY

he says, he’s completely comfortable approaching a professional, whether it’s a social worker or a chiropractor or some other specialist, and asking for advice. “They’re very open, they walk you through things,” he says. The clinic “feels like half-classroom, half-hospital… It very much is a hospital, but it’s also very much a learning environment.”

As well as being a unique opportunity for the students, the clinic provides much-needed care for its clientele. Some 135 patients are treated at the clinic every year, with some 110 assessments annually. And unlike the vast majority of psychology treatments available, there is no out- of-pocket cost to the clients. “We provide assessments and treatments to people who typically wouldn’t receive them,” says Cassin. Similar treatment at a private clinic might cost around $200 per hour, she says; plus, often hospital-based psychology services have long waiting lists. Because the clinic is part of the St. Mike’s family health unit, anyone receiving treatment there is eligible for treatment at the Psychology Training Clinic.

“I think it’s mutually beneficial,” says Cassin, “because these clients are receiving services, and our students are receiving outstanding training and opportunity to work with real clients very early on, as part of their education.” n

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Alumna Ashley Adams in Allan Gardens.

CRASHING THE BOYS' CLUBNEWCOMER NOW A LEADER IN BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY

BY MARY TERESA BITTI, JOURNALISM ’89

J oanna Kader, a graduate of The G. Raymond Chang School’s

Certificate in Data Analytics, Big Data and Predictive Analytics ’16, has set two goals for herself.

Her first goal: to excel as a woman in technology and be an example to other women to do the same. “Technology is still a boys’ club but women have a lot to offer. I know that I approach analysis differently than men and I think that’s a strength,” she says. “Plus, we are consumers. It’s important that new technologies take women into consideration. We should be part of those decisions.”

Kader credits Ryerson for her promotion from business development manager to data scientist, earning almost twice her previous salary and giving her a say in what happens next in technology. She is now director of services delivery for cloud-based solutions provider iTMethods and is a consultant with Rover Parking, a DMZ startup Kader describes as “the Airbnb of shared parking.”

Her second goal: To be an inspiration to the Syrian refugees who’ve just moved to Canada. Kader emigrated from Syria in 2000 because as a 25-year-old project manager she had “hit a glass ceiling based on gender and a system of cronyism.”

She chose Canada to restart her life because of her Canadian colleagues who were all from different cultural backgrounds and yet still Canadian. Kader

says she felt that same sense of inclusiveness at Ryerson, where she took several courses to obtain the Canadian academic experience that employers value. “I started with one French course, then never stopped.”

Kader completed a Business Management certificate and was preparing for the GMAT when she realized she had a passion and affinity for math. That led her to the Data Analytics program and her new career.

“It’s not easy to change your life and start from zero. I want to show Syrian refugees that you can go back to school and you will succeed.” n

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A s the therapeutic benefits of cannabis continue to gain mainstream acceptance, Steve Naraine, Medical

Physics ’14, is among those leading the way to study this little-understood plant.

Naraine is investigating the evolution of seed morphology between hemp and mari-juana as a graduate researcher in Prof. Lesley Campbell’s Plant Evolutionary & Ecology Lab. Cannabis is a plant he’s been exploring for years, as a government-regulated grower, medical marijuana industry consultant and, for the last two years, through co-operative re-search projects at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He is now studying the government’s seed collection for his master’s thesis.

“There’s so much we don’t understand

about cannabis, because it has been a controlled substance, so a lot of the basic science hasn’t been done,” Naraine says. “Once we understand it better, we can make it into a better medicine.”

Naraine’s own interest in medicinal can-nabis began in 2008, when he was an under-graduate. A friend asked if he could help grow more effective medical marijuana for his mother, a cancer patient and prescription holder suffering from extreme nausea and pain caused by chemotherapy. Using scien-tific experimentation skills he’d learned in class, he cultivated plants containing higher levels of THC, the psychoactive compound that alleviates pain and boosts appetite.

The experience sparked Naraine’s interest,

leading him to review literature on the plant and talk to growers, patients and doctors. In 2013, he shared his research interests with Campbell, who was encouraging, and together they began to collaborate with Tweed, a licensed medical marijuana company in Smiths Falls, Ont. Naraine also conducted research for Tweed on cannabis genetics and strain varieties.

Naraine says the plant could be very valuable not only as a pharmaceutical, but also for in-dustrial, food production and other purposes.

“The graduate school at Ryerson under-stands the value of this research and the incredible impact it can have,” Naraine says. “It’s providing me with a platform to further explore this plant and its potential.” n


ALUMNI PROFILES

HIGHER LEARNINGMEDICAL PHYSICS GRADUATE LIGHTS A FIRE UNDER CANNABIS RESEARCH

BY SHARON ASCHAIEKSteve Naraine explores the potential of pot in the science lab for his graduate studies.

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LIFE STORIES

HOW A NUTRITION GRADUATE TACKLES FEEDING AN NFL TEAM

Pro athletes are more aware of what they eat with

Jennifer Gibson, Food and Nutrition ’03, on the team.

The BEAR NECESSITIES

H ow do you feed 90 hungry Bears? Very carefully, says Jennifer Gibson,

Food and Nutrition ’03, sports science co-ordinator/sport dietitian for the Chicago Bears since 2015.

“In training camp our roster has 90 players in three different position groups, and you have to feed each line position a little differently,” Gibson says of her NFL team.

For example, players who run the ball or run after those who run the ball – like wide receivers and safeties – need more carbohydrates and liquids to combat dehydration. Offensive and defensive linemen need high-calorie

diets to maintain muscle and bulk. And quarterbacks have a specialized diet so they keep their focus on the field.

In two seasons with the Bears, Gibson has had only one special-needs diet. “Last year, I had to organize nutrition for a 300-pound vegan,” she said. You would think this would be a challenge but Gibson was prepared. “When I worked with the Olympic teams, I had to organize nutrition during Ramadan for a Muslim fencer.”

After graduating from Food and Nutrition at Ryerson, Gibson earned a master’s in exercise science from the University of Victoria in 2010. She is also a board certified specialist in sport dietetics

with the American Academy of Dietetics and Nutrition, and has worked for the Women’s Tennis Association Pro Tour, and the Canadian and U.S. Olympic teams. She travelled to more than 20 countries to work with athletes at two Pan American Games, two Summer Olympic Games and one Winter Games.

Her goal: Making athletes more conscious of what they eat.

“I preach all the time that your body is your job, and you need to be totally conscious of what you put into your machine,” she says. “You’re like an Indy race car – a high-level machine that needs the best fuel and constant maintenance.” n

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People often ask me if I believe the stuff I write in my science-fiction novels.

Faster-than-light travel? Nah. Time machines? Nuh-uh. Aliens? Not until we pick up their transmissions. But parallel worlds? Alternate realities? Yes, absolutely, because I’ve seen that they exist.

Tuesday, September 4, 1979 was my first day of classes in Radio and Television Arts at Ryerson. Only one problem: my dorm room was at the University of Toronto.

Ever since I was a kid, I’d dreamed of being a dinosaur hunter, and so I’d signed up to study paleontology at U of T. Oh, sure, I’d always wanted to be a science-fiction writer, too, but no one in Canada made a living doing that back then.

I’d gotten my acceptance into U of T early on, but, at the eleventh hour, decided maybe I should give writing for a living a shot — and scriptwriting sounded like a fine way to make ends meet while I wrote novels on the side. And so I ended up simultaneously enrolled in two very different programs — and had to choose which future to pursue.

In this reality, I am indeed a novelist and scriptwriter, but in 1996, I got a peek into that other universe. I took a behind-the-scenes tour of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Alberta conducted by Phil Currie, Canada’s leading dinosaur expert.

Phil and I hit it off at once not just because I was a dinosaur fan but because he was a science-fiction fan. More than that, when he was a kid growing up in the same Toronto as I had, Phil had wanted to become a science-fiction writer.

There we were in the Badlands, surrounded by fossils, looking not just at each other but at our own alternative realities: in another universe, I’m Phil — and he’s me.

Here, 37 years after I started at Ryerson, I’m convinced that the currents in time that drew me away from holding a geologist’s pick and toward writing about futuristic worlds were the correct ones, at least for this me. Phil’s where he should be, and I’m where I should be — and all is right with both worlds.

Still, I really should cancel that residence room at U of T. The unpaid dorm fees must be astronomical by now ... n

ROBERT J. SAWYER IS A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA AND THE ONLY CANADIAN EVER TO WIN ALL THREE OF THE WORLD’S TOP AWARDS FOR BEST SCIENCE-FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR. HIS LATEST NOVEL IS QUANTUM NIGHT. ROB’S OFFICE IN MISSISSAUGA IS FILLED WITH PLASTIC DINOSAURS.

SCIENCE-FICTION WRITER ROBERT

SAWYER FINDS ALL IS WELL

IN ALTERNATE REALITIES

BY ROBERT J. SAWYER, RADIO AND TELEVISION ARTS ’82


Community-based action research leads to transformative programming, says researcher Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, pictured

here at the AIDS Memorial in Barbara Hall Park in Toronto.

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BY ROBERT LIWANAG, JOURNALISM ’16

J osephine Pui-Hing Wong wants to work with marginalized people to

build strong communities. Her aim is to reduce health disparities that are not only unfair but also avoidable. For this nursing professor, that means setting her sights on studies that lead to transformative programming.

“I want to dispel the myth that marginalized people have no strength,” says Wong. “When I worked with them, time and time again I was inspired by their collective strengths, and their resilience despite the forces that work against them.”

Community-based action research is key to achieving her goal. For example, Strength-In-Unity is a national project, funded by the Movember Foundation, to mobilize men in Asian communities to reduce mental illness stigma. Wong and her team in Toronto have partnered with more than 20 different community agencies and trained over 500 Asian men, half of whom are living with or affected by mental illness, to become mental health ambassadors. They have engaged men aged 17 to 85, including gay and bisexual men to open up dialogues about homophobia and mental health.

Born in Hong Kong, Wong moved to Canada in 1973. A Ryerson nursing graduate, she was a public health planning and policy consultant before joining the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing.

“I chose to become a nurse because I wanted to work in a field where I could

interact with people, and interact in meaningful ways,” she recalls.

Wong emphasizes capacity building as a path to resilience. “I’ve spoken to youth in low-income neighbourhoods, and they’ve told me, ‘We don’t want people to hand us things; we want to be mentored so that we can make our community stronger ourselves.’”

Wong’s earlier projects showed that psychological and empowerment interventions worked in tandem to change people’s attitudes and actions individually and collectively.

In the Community Champions HIV/AIDS Advocates Mobilization Project (CHAMP), people living with HIV reported less self-stigma after they took part in the interventions. Community leaders had reduced stigma against and felt more empathy toward people living with HIV. “Some people who had never disclosed their HIV status to their families told their families. Community leaders who didn’t know much about HIV started volunteering and speaking out against HIV-related stigma and discrimination,” says Wong.

Her emphasis on health promotion is also evident in another project, We Speak, a five-year research program to reduce HIV vulnerabilities and promote resilience among self-identified heterosexual black men in Ontario

“In my experience as a public health practitioner, research and practice are one and the same. We don’t stop until we have translated the results into effective programs and services.” n


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Mentor a student. Sharing your time and

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Here are some ways Ryerson can help you achieve your

personal best in 2017!

Make connections Pay it forward Build your network

Upgrade your skills

Want that raise? Upgrade your skills by taking a course at The G. Raymond Chang School

of Continuing Education. Or consider doing a Master’s,

PhD at Grad Studies.

Memberships + Classes

$40/month will get you a membership at the RAC and

MAC and access to group .

Discover more alumni perks, services and volunteer opportunities at ryerson.ca/alumni

Branch Academic

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15,505 members Network online with Ryersonians

in The Ryerson University Alumni LinkedIn group.

Mentor a student. Sharing your time and

experience could change a life for the better.

Volunteer with one of 40 alumni groups around the world…or start your own.

Here are some ways Ryerson can help you achieve your

personal best in 2017!

The band, The Egertones, first played at RIOT back in 1979.

ALUMNI WHO ROCKRadio and Television Arts alumni group The Egertones, from left: Graham Saywell, ’81, Ron Pardo, ’80, Jim Bird, ’78 and Rory Cummings, ’78, performed at The Black Swan in Toronto on Sept. 30 for the RTA ’80-’81 35th reunion.

ALUMNI DiaryNEWS AND EVENTS FROM ALUMNI

Reconnecting with old friends


G reetings Ryersonians!One of the themes of this issue

is that we have a new president, and a new vision for Ryerson’s future. We are so pleased that Mohamed Lachemi includes growing alumni engagement and support among his priorities. In that spirit, I encourage you, at the start of this new year, to join me in renewing your commitment to Ryerson by making a point of: visiting campus; attending an alumni event; getting involved as a volunteer, mentor or in a governance capacity; taking in a Rams game; and by pledging your support to the Ryerson Fund. Together we can make great things happen!

Paul CheeversRadio and Television Arts ’95President, Ryerson University Alumni [email protected]

BY SHARON ASCHAIEK

A n abundance of talent, drive and curiosity have helped Amanda Cupido,

Journalism ’12, achieve her journalism degree, score interesting jobs in her field and, currently, work towards her master in organizational leadership from Pennsylvania State University. Those characteristics also play a role for another priority: empowering other Ryerson journalism graduates.

Cupido has been volunteering for the Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association (RJAA) for seven years – three as a student representative and four as president. Cupido wrapped up her second term as RJAA president this October, and she’s now serving as past-president.

Under her leadership, the group introduced Headliners, an awards program to recognize former journalism students who’ve made their mark in the media. The program has celebrated such media heavyweights as National Post newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford, CBC foreign reporter Brian Stewart and The Walrus magazine co-founder Shelley Ambrose.

“Volunteering at Ryerson is a wonderful way to stay connected with past classmates, network for career opportunities and help alumni succeed,” says Cupido, a social media co-ordinator and digital content officer for World Vision Canada. “I also love being part of a school that is booming and has such a positive energy.”

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Alumni tour the Ryerson Student Learning Centre.


Ryersonians returned to campus on October 1 for Alumni Weekend, including a sold-out Ryerson Dinner. There were nine alumni group/school events, three different tours and 24 class reunions (a new record!)

To see more photos and video highlights visit ryerson.ca/alumni/ alumniweekend.

SAVE THE DATE: ALUMNI

WEEKEND 2017

OCT. 14Natalie Alcoba, Journalism ’03, managing editor, VICE News Canada, spoke about “The Evolving Newsroom: Storytelling to Reach New Audiences” at the Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association’s annual general meeting.

Student volunteers with photo cutouts on Gould Street.

PHOTOS: CLIFTON LI, IMAGE ARTS ’11

RTA was in the house! Reunion groups from ’76 and ’86 hosted five tables at The Ryerson Dinner – the record for the evening!

Thanks to the Ryerson Engineering Student Society (RESS), alumni saw the RyEng Bug up close. Since 2003, engineering students have pushed the car around the quad once a year in support of a local charity.

The RTA Alumni Association (RTAAA) hosted the annual Wall of Fame. From left: Donna Morrison, president, RTAAA; 2016 Wall of Fame inductees: Jessica Holmes ’98, Matt Bishop ’02, Blair Powers ’02, Jennifer Lynn ’81, J.J. Johnson ’02, Mark Milliere ’88, Sheila Darling accepting for Ted Darling ’58, who passed away, and Michael Coutanche, chair, RTA School of Media.

Vic Henderson, Electrical Technology ’66, with President and Vice-Chancellor Mohamed Lachemi at the anniversary reception.

Alumni tested out the furniture in the Student Learning Centre and shared special Ryerson memories on white boards. From left , below: Juliana Li and Lily Li, Marketing Management Certificate ’96.

From left: Rehman Ata, Biology ’14; Nella Brodett, Business Management ’15 and Zach Tchir.

Alumni Weekend 2016The School of Occupational and Public Health celebrated its 20th anniversary

with a panel and reception.

Steve Washkurak, Electrical Technology ’51,

and his wife Lois took a special tour of the archives

in honour of his 65th anniversary!

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Giant Jenga on Gould Street!

Lilian Ling, RTA ’93 and Steven Alonzi, Aerospace Engineering ’95, with their children Kira and Sora.

If you graduated in a year ending in a 2 or a 7, this is a big anniversary year for you! Celebrate with a class reunion – we’ll help with the planning.

To get started, contact Adrianne at [email protected] or 416-979-5000, ext. 7863, or visit ryerson.ca/alumni.

ryerson.ca/alumni

Happy Anniversary 2s and 7s!


ALUMNI DIARY

“To meet with one leader in tech every month to share knowledge and experiences so that I can continue to be as impactful as I can in my role.”

Amanda Lai, Professional Communication (Master’s) ’12, Marketing Manager, Wattpad, Marketing Magazine’s Top 30 under 30 in 2015

“To reflect on the relationships that have had a positive mutual impact and further improve those in the coming year. (And try to understand Snapchat!)”

Robert Schauer, Business Management ’97, CPA, CA, Chief Financial Officer BMO Mutual Funds

New Year’s Resolution?WE ASKED AND YOU TOLD US YOUR GOALS FOR 2017

What’s your

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Check out alumni events near you this year. Visit ryerson.ca/alumni

for details.

Debbie Higgins, Applied Geography ’89, Deputy Fire Chief, Toronto Fire Services

“To celebrate my successes and strive to always do what makes me happy. Step back, take a breath and concentrate on better balancing work and life.”

“Cut out extra sugar and keep sweets to a minimum. Not easy when you’re on the road, but it’s the first step to eating and living healthier!”

Steven D’Souza, Journalism ’00, New YorkVideo Jour- nalist for CBC News


Retired Professor Bill Strykowski taught physics to engineering students at Ryerson for 37 years. “The years flew by. I really enjoyed the students, and loved the camaraderie and community of the faculty.”

That fondness has inspired Bill to make a remarkably generous gift to Ryerson in his will.

“I like Ryerson students. I’d like to help them out.”

Making a gift in your will is an exceptional act of generosity that looks to the future. Bill and other faculty, staff, friends and alumni are leaving their legacies through planned gifts. You can too. Call now to find out how.

Janet Nankivell 416-979-5000, ext. 2152 | [email protected]/plannedgiving

Bill Strykowski still encouraging students

A s chancellor of Ryerson University, the late business

leader and philanthropist G. Raymond Chang participated in 95 convocations and awarded nearly 30,000 degrees and diplomas. For the man known as “the students’ chancellor,” celebrating their accomplishments was one of his favourite things.

Before he was chancellor, Chang was an entrepreneur, helping transform a small Toronto mutual fund company into an international investment titan that today manages more than $140 billion. Chang shared in the excitement as Ryerson took the entrepreneurship agenda to new heights, giving it early expression in the DMZ startup incubation space.

Chang’s daughter, Brigette Chang-Addorisio, once asked her father why he was so involved with Ryerson. “He said he looked for the potential for transformation,” she recalls, “and Ryerson allowed people to gain their education in a flexible way – over years. He wanted to support people’s ability to better themselves and their family’s position through education.”

Now, Brigette and her brother,

Andrew Chang, are furthering their father’s legacy, and honouring his friendship with past-president Sheldon Levy, with a $250,000 gift to support two new student awards: the G. Raymond Chang – Sheldon Levy Partnership Award for Zone Learning; and the G. Raymond Chang Award in Continuing Education.

The siblings created the award to help students in zone learning – Ryerson’s unique business development ecosystem.

“Ray was – and we are – supporters of entrepreneurship,” says Andrew. “We want to help people get the knowledge and skills and all they need to learn to run a business.”

They also wanted to recognize the way their father valued lifelong learning. Creating a bursary at The G. Raymond Chang School of Con-tinuing Education is, says Andrew, “a way to continue his work.”

“Ryerson was a big part of his life,” says Brigette. “He was confident that these programs could help a lot of people. Andrew and I wanted to put something together to honour that.” n

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Jessica Lee is the inaugural recipient of the Yabu Pushelberg Award for Innovation in Interior Design.

BUILDING BLOCKS OF

SUCCESS Yabu Pushelberg founders George Yabu, Interior

Design ’76, and Glen Pushelberg, Interior Design ’76, created the Yabu Pushelberg Award for Innovation in Interior Design to support burgeoning entrepreneurs in the Design Fabrication Zone (DFZ) – Ryerson’s interdisciplinary incubator for emerging designers, architects and engineers to take design projects from idea to prototype. Their gift – matched by the university and the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship – created an annual award of up to $6,000 for a student at work in the DFZ.

A Faculty of Communication & Design graduate, Jessica Lee, Interior Design ’15, was the inaugural recipient of the award. Her design project is a system of magnetized self-assembling polygonal cubes that can link together to form original structures (or repair existing ones) by programming and activating the building-blocks from a static state.

“Think magnetic Lego, except the geometry lends itself to infinite tiling options in every direction,” says Lee. “I don’t have a defined application at this time – that’s one of the things I am working on at the DFZ – but the nature of the blocks allows for a wide range of uses.”

With the award, Lee is able to purchase the materials she needs – epoxy, resin and “lots of magnets” – to complete a small-scale prototype that will demonstrate how the system works. She uses 3D printers in the DFZ to produce test modules.

“Before the award, this was a thesis project,” says Lee. “The funding from Yabu Pushelberg brings it out of the classroom and into the real world.” n

GIVING BACKALUMNI AND FRIENDS GIVE GENEROUSLY TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED

Transformation through education

Judy and Laurence Siegel have donated $90,000 in student awards in the name of Judy’s parents, David and Anna Bulmash.

To hear Laurence Siegel tell it, his father-in-law David Bulmash would have been

right at home in Ryerson’s zone learning. Bulmash was an entrepreneur in the printing business: a risk-taker, who learned from mistakes and enjoyed mentoring others.

David and Anna Bulmash were community-minded people. “They had a great sense of responsibility and gratitude,” says Laurence. “True generosity of spirit.”

To pay tribute to that, Laurence and his wife Judy are donating $90,000 over the next five years to create the David and Anna Bulmash In-novation Awards, which will support six students annually in graphic communications, image arts, and the Transmedia and Fashion Zones.

Over his more than 50 years in business, Bulmash was known as a hands-on, honest entrepreneur and self-made man. He taught himself the printing business, learning and staying current with technological advances. He also taught himself sign language and, from early days, employed people with disabilities. He launched other businesses as

well, such as his Baltimore Sign Company which still thrives today.

His wife Anna found her passion in sewing and knitting. Combining her innate sense of style with a genuine talent for design, she developed her craft into art. “These creations, especially her knitwear, were expressions of love made for her children and a select few,” says Laurence. “She passed on to her daughter, Judy, a deep interest in colour and fashion.”

The Siegels chose Ryerson for this tribute to David and Anna because of its focus on experiential learning. “I appreciated the

entrepreneurship,” says Laurence. “Ryerson nurtures student ideas, and connects them with people and expertise in order to develop them. When we toured the Transmedia Zone, it seemed visionary. You get the sense that this is what the future is – it’s so exciting.”

“University is a place where these artistic seeds get to blossom,” adds Laurence. “We want to encourage that, and be part of the conversation around what the possibilities for young people are. We’re excited about what Ryerson is doing, and we’re looking forward to what we can do with Ryerson.” n

Paying forward the entrepreneurship

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Former chancellor G. Raymond Chang, right,

waits to congratulate new graduates at convocation with

past-president Sheldon Levy.


Abbarch Architecture Inc.Rona AbramovitchAccenture Inc.Accessible Media Inc.Heather AdamMichael Adams and

Thuy NguyenAden CameraBrando AdlawanAdrian Smith + Gordon Gill, LLPFareed AhamedHuzaifa AhmedAIIM GroupAjmera FamilyChris AlbertynMehru AliAll Wood Fine Interiors Ltd.Elyse AllanThe Altamira FoundationAMC Direct Inc.AMD CanadaJoan AndrewANL Metering Services Inc.Martin Antony and

Cynthia CrawfordArchifin Group Inc./Frank G.

McGrath, architectJenni ArmstrongArpi’s Industries Ltd.Array Canada Inc.Art Gallery of OntarioPhil Arthurs

Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Educational Fdn

Michael AtkinAtkinson Family Charitable FundJoan AugustineJohn AustinPatty AuthierSurjit Babra – Skylink GroupAviva CanadaBA GroupCornelia BainesNavdeep Bains and FamilyThe Charles Norcliffe Baker and

Thelma Scott Baker FoundationJanet BalfourJames BarnettDonald and Elizabeth BarrMargaret BatstoneBealight FoundationDennis Beatty *John Beck and Diane FrancisLori Beckstead & Dave RoseBelbeck-Fukakusa Family Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd.Avie BennettBenson Steel LimitedBentall Kennedy (Canada) LPDan BergerYoel BerznogerJoanna BeyersbergenB+H ArchitectsThe Bhalla Family

J.P. Bickell FoundationGeorge Francis Bielmeier

and FamilyBig Picture Conferences Inc.William Birchall FoundationGloria BishopBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLPBlancLink Inc.Bloomberg NewsBlue Ant MediaBlueWater SeafoodsBMO Financial GroupAndrea BolgerBombardierSandro BonadiesLisa BorsookJean-Paul BoudreauMarie BountrogianniSivan BoyadjianRandy BoyagodaGeoff Boyes *Andrea BoysenAnna BrckovicBrigholme Interiors GroupBrookfield FinancialBrookfield Partners FoundationBrookfield ResidentialBrosz Group of CompaniesHoward Brown and

Kimberly CohenLeslie BrownPatrick Brown

Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation Tzu-Chi of Canada

Building Industry and Land Development Association

Stephen BulgerBob BurleyEdward BurtynskyBalvinder ButtarCAA South Central OntarioMelonie CaballeroThe Cadillac Fairview

Corporation Inc.Karen CairneyNanci CamargoBarry and Debra CampbellCampbell Company of CanadaCanada BasketballCanadaHelps.orgCanadian Apartment

Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

Canadian Association of Broadcast Representatives

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons

Canadian Labour CongressCanadian Printing Industries

AssociationCanadian Printing Industries

Scholarship Trust FundCanadian Rotographics Limited

Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities

Cannon Design Architects Inc.Maureen CardenasDale CarlJoanna CarlbergSheila CaseCavendish FarmsMaria del C. CerezoCeriko Asselin Lombardi Inc.CGICGOV FoundationC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.Chadha Family Foundation,

MontrealTakhung ChanNavin ChandariaJanet ChandlerAndrew ChangBrigette Chang-AddorisioRaymond Chang FoundationDebbie and Murray ChantThe Charitable Trust of the

CFUW EtobicokeChartered Professional

Accountants OntarioNaila ChaunceyDavid ChecklandFrances ChindemiDonette Chin-Loy ChangSimon Chang and Phyllis

Levine Foundation CHIN Radio/TV International

IN APPRECIATION

* deceased

Rogers SportsnetHarry and Evelyn RosenRoss VideoEstate of Paul James RuhnkeEstate of Steven James SandozElvino SauroSchneider Electric Canada Inc.The Schulich FoundationScotiabankSears Canada Inc.The Slaight FamilyDon Snyder and

Wendy MacNeilSony of Canada Ltd.Joseph and Antoinette SorbaraThe Sorbara GroupNancy C. SprottThe St. George’s Society

of TorontoSt. Joseph CorporationSymcor Inc.TACC/Arista/Fieldgate/

Paradise/StarlaneTD Bank GroupThe Howard and Carole

Tanenbaum Family Charitable Foundation

TJX CanadaTMX GroupToronto StarToronto HydroMichael G. Torosian Torys LLPTridel CorporationUnifood Inc. UniforUnited Food and Commercial

Workers – CanadaUrbanspace Property GroupValePhyllis and William WatersWestmoreland – ToplineEstate of Alice Mitchell

WhitleyLou A. WiseMark A. WolfsonThe Woodbridge

Company LimitedXerox Canada Ltd.Phyllis YaffeZodiac Developments Inc.

(Attilio Lio Family)Eight Anonymous Donors

Make Your Mark Campaign Surpasses GoalThanks to alumni, friends, parents and others, the Make Your Mark campaign surpassed its $200 million goal December 31, 2015. The campaign raised support for new student scholarships and bursaries, innovative research and education programs, and more. Our heartfelt thanks to the following donors who made a gift of $100,000 or more over the life of the campaign.

AeroplanAiolos Engineering

CorporationAir CanadaThe Ethel Louise Armstrong

FoundationThe Asper FoundationSalah J. Bachir/Cineplex MediaBackbone PressMartin J. Bass and Gail

Silverman BassBelbeck-Fukakusa Family Big Picture Conferences Inc.Martha G. Billes William Birchall FoundationLawrence and Frances

BloombergBMO Financial GroupBombardierGordon and Agnes

(Twambley) Brash*Brookfield Partners

FoundationBrookfield ResidentialBill BuckleyBuilding Industry and Land

Development AssociationBurnac CorporationEdward BurtynskyRod and Sandra CampbellCanadian Printing Industries

Scholarship Trust FundCara Operations LimitedDonette Chin-Loy Chang

and G. Raymond Chang*The Raymond Chang

FoundationCIBCCNCoca-Cola LtdPaul H. CockerJack CockwellEstate of Clifford G. CooperChartered Professional

Accountants OntarioDALSA CorporationDon DesJardineDG GroupAndy DonatoEastman Kodak CompanyJohn Craig and Sally

Horsfall EatonSajjad EbrahimEllisDon

Empire CommunitiesEnfocus Inc.Murray and Eleanor EnkinEnwave Energy CorporationThe Esch FoundationEskoEvertzFiera Capital CorporationFord Motor Company of

Canada, LimitedFour Seasons Hotels

and ResortsWayne and Isabel FoxMitch, Leslie, Joshua and

Jordan FrazerGeneral Contractors’ Section

Toronto Construction Association

Peter E. GilganMira Godard*Greater Toronto Sewer &

Watermain Contractors Association

Steve and Rashmi GuptaHaivisionJudith Rachel Harris

FoundationHarry Rosen Inc.HBNG Holborn GroupHeidelberg CanadaHIFLEX Corporation of

North AmericaHogg, Shain & ScheckJohn A. HonderichHSBC Bank CanadaHusky Injection Molding

Systems Ltd.Estate of Helen and

Sulo HutkoHydro OneIvanhoé CambridgeJDA Software Group Inc.The Jeffrey FamilyJewish Foundation of

Manitoba/David and Sylvia Pollock

The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation

Moez and Marissa KassamKnowledge First FoundationKPMGPatrick O’Hanlon/Kylemore

Communities

Estate of Eric Le BerThe Joseph and Wolf Lebovic

Charitable FoundationLedcor Construction LimitedSheldon and Tracy LevyLIFE InstituteElaine Ling* Loblaw Companies LimitedJon and Nancy Love

FoundationEstate of Catherine LundAnn and Bill MackayMagna International Inc.Luisa and Benny Marotta The J. Willard and Alice

S. Marriott FoundationSabi and Amrin MarwahMattamy HomesThe Maytree FoundationThe J.W. McConnell

Family FoundationMenkes Developments Ltd.Nicholas MetivierMotorola Solutions

FoundationKaren MulhallenNAIOP Greater Toronto

ChapterNational Bank of CanadaNuclear Waste Management

OrganizationIsaac Olowolafe Jr.OMNI TelevisionOntario Power AuthorityOntario Power Generation Inc.Ontario Professional EngineersJim PattisonPCL Constructors Canada Inc.PESAPitney Bowes Software

Canada Inc.Aditya Jha/POA Educational

FoundationPower Workers’ UnionPowerStream Inc.Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Andrew and Valerie PringleProcter & Gamble CanadaRBC FoundationRockwell Automation Ted* and Loretta RogersThe Rogers FamilyRogers Communications Inc.

RYERSON UNIVERSITY IS GRATEFUL TO ALL WHO GIVE TO SUPPORT EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EXPERIENCES.Your generosity touches the lives of students and creates educational opportunities. Thank you to the following supporters – members of the Blue & Gold Society – who made gifts of $1,000 or more between May 1, 2015 and April 30, 2016. Your generous annual support plays a key role in the successes of Ryerson and our students.

BLUE & GOLD SOCIETY

SAP Canada Inc.Scotiabank GroupSears Canada Inc.The Slaight FamilyNancy C. SprottJoey and Toby TanenbaumTD Bank GroupToronto HydroToronto StarUniforGeorge and Helen Vari FoundationWal-Mart Canada Corp.Phyllis and William WatersPhyllis Yaffe Two Anonymous Donors

Belbeck-Fukakusa Family Ronald D. and Barbara BesseWilliam Birchall FoundationBMO Financial GroupBombardierBrookfield Partners FoundationCanadian Printing Industries

Scholarship Trust FundDonette Chin-Loy Chang and

G. Raymond Chang *CIBCCoca-Cola Ltd.Jack CockwellContinuing Education Students’

Association of Ryerson (CESAR)

The Counselling Foundation of CanadaCTV Television Network Ltd.John Craig and Sally Horsfall EatonThe Esch FoundationEskoFour Seasons Hotels and ResortsPeter E. GilganSteve and Rashmi GuptaHarry Rosen Inc.HBC, Bay, Zellers and Home OutfittersThe William Heaslip and Nona

Heaslip FoundationHeidelberg CanadaHydro OneIBM Canada Limited

JDA Software Group Inc.Loblaw Companies LimitedMattamy HomesThe Maytree FoundationThe J.W. McConnell Family FoundationOntario Power AuthorityPitney Bowes Software Canada Inc.PowerStream Inc.RBC FoundationEdward and Suzanne RogersTed* and Loretta RogersThe Rogers FamilyRogers Communications Inc.Rogers Sportsnet

RYERSON GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZES THE FOLLOWING LIFETIME DONORS OF $1 MILLION OR MORE FOR THEIR REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MOMENTUM AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY.


WITH OUR THANKS

Chisholm FamilyOlivia Chow and Layton FamilyRyan ChurchillMario CiancibelloCIBCCinemavault Inc.Cineplex EntertainmentCISC, Ontario RegionC.J. Graphics Inc. Printers

& LithographersPeter and Elizabeth ClarkeClifton FoundationCNCNW GroupCoca-Cola Ltd.Jack CockwellDave CodackAndrea Cohen BarrackGail ColemanLeslie CollierColliers InternationalColumbia Sportswear Canada LPCommunications Workers of

America - CanadaCommunity Unity AllianceScott ConarroeConsulate General of FranceJuan ContrerasHeather ConwayCyrus K. CooperJoe CooperMarilyn CooperCoreNet Global Canadian ChapterPaul CramptonRon Crooks and Sam B. EllensCUPE OntarioMark DanielsDaoust Vukovich LLPDark Tools Inc.D’Arrigo Bros. Co., of CaliforniaJoe Da SilvaDonna DaskoDauter Stone Inc.Barry DavidsonDawn DavisThomas G. DeaconDeloitte & Touche LLPDeloitte Foundation CanadaDelvinia Group of CompaniesYoucef DerbalGhislain DeridderDesigncorp Ltd.Don DesJardine *Maurice Desnoyer *Jean Desousa-HitzlerLisa and Jim de WildeDG GroupNaranjan DhallaDIALOGJuliann DineenMichelle Dionne and

Rena BennettDMS Property Management Ltd.Huu DoanAbdul K. and Ayesha DocratDole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.Christine DomerDonner Canadian FoundationArlene DougallDowntown Yonge B.I.A.

DREAM Asset Management Corporation

Heather DriscollDwight DrummondDUCA Financial Services

Credit Union Ltd.Audrey DurstDavid EarthyEastern Construction

Company LimitedThe John C. and Sally Horsfall

Eaton FoundationEclipse ImagingThe Economic Club of CanadaEdna Talent Management Ltd. Margrit EichlerElementary Teachers’ Federation

of OntarioEllisDonEmpire CommunitiesEnterprise Holdings FoundationLes Entreprises d’Electricite

E.G. LteeEntuitive CorporationEnvironics Analytics Group Ltd.Enwave Energy CorporationThe Esch FoundationElizabeth Evansexp Services inc.Sabrina Faust ZúñigaThe Federation of Chinese

Canadian Professionals Education Foundation (Ontario)

Bettina FederspielNeil FeigelsohnJane FieldField Aviation - Carlo

Marsetti ScholarshipFiera Capital CorporationMarco A. FiolaFirst National Financial LPPatrick FlatleyKathy FletcherFord Motor CompanyAngela ForgeronForrec Ltd. Andre and Rhona FoucaultFour Seasons Hotels and ResortsJulie FraharRivi FrankleThe Charlie and Lulu Franklin

Fund at the Calgary Foundation Lucina FraserMitch, Leslie, Joshua & Jordan FrazerKen and Shirley FreekMarlinda FreireJacob and Helen FriedmanFriends of the Greenbelt FoundationMimi FullertonGalin FoundationIrene GammelVictor GarciaC. J. GavsieGay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd.G.D. Hanna Holdings Inc.Paul GenestPina GentileGeomedia Inc.Usha GeorgeGeorge Weston LimitedGiannone Petricone Associates Inc.

Carmela GiardiniGladstone House Ltd.Heather and Matthews GlebenGluckstein Design Planning Inc.Des GlynnPeter & Shelagh Godsoe FoundationJean GoldenAnita GordonSandra GortanaThe Gosal/Hayre FamilyMichelle E. Gowling Chartered

Accountant Professional Corp.Susan GrabekNoelle GraceGranite ClubAndy GrantRosemary GraydonGreater Toronto Hotel AssociationGreek Canadian CommunityBrian GreenspanTanya GregoryPaul Grewal & the

CAAMP FoundationTerry GrierGroupe TVA inc.Trina GroverValerie GrusonGTA Rewards AssociationGWL Realty Advisors Inc.Mary Jo HaddadFred N. HainsworthHaivisionLisa HaleyJohn Hall *Jocelyn HamiltonHammerschlag & Joffe Inc.Florence HannaKimberly HannaAntony HarborowBuzz HargroveDavid HarrisonHatch Ltd.Hauser Industries Inc.Haworth Ltd. The Haynes-Connell FoundationHBNG Holborn GroupThe William and Nona

Heaslip FoundationEstate of Helen HendersonDawn HenryThe HIDI GroupJohn HigginsonHill+Knowlton StrategiesDiana HillmanDavid HineHockey Ventures (Canada) Inc.Hogg, Shain & ScheckHOK, Inc.Amy HollandHolt Renfrew & Co., Ltd.John A. HonderichSteven HordykThe Frank H. Hori

Charitable FoundationIan HorneHSBC Bank CanadaHyatt Family FoundationHydro OneIAG Inc.IBI GroupIBM Canada Limited

ICICI Bank CanadaMarci IenThe Imperial PubIngenie (Canada) Inc.Insurance Bureau of CanadaInterfaceFLOR Canada, Inc.International Alliance of

Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 58

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Intrepid TravelIntuit CanadaIrving Consumer Products LimitedISA InternationalISACA Toronto ChapterISX International Student

Exchange of CanadaITACJackman Reinvention Inc.Nasir JafferMonica JakoLorraine Janzen KooistraPatricia E. JensenJewish Foundation of Manitoba

and David and Sylvia PollockThe Norman & Margaret Jewison

Charitable FoundationAditya Jha/POA Educational

FoundationCarolyn JohnsThe Peter Jordan Family 1994 TrustJocelyn Nicole Juriansz

Memorial FoundationMiriam KaganAltas KagdiAdam B. KahanKaren KainMoez and Marissa KassamKathleen KellettJune KennerThe Kensington FoundationKH Residence Inc.Sima KhanPatrick & Jane KieransDavid Kinahan and Carolyn QuickKingSett Capital Inc.Kino Flo Lighting SystemsDevon KlaasE. George KneiderNevil KnuppThe Michael & Sonja Koerner

Charitable FoundationBryan KoivistoKorean Canadian Scholarship

Foundation (Toronto)KPFKPMB ArchitectsKPMGCatherine LaceMary Jo LambThe Lamb FoundationAnn and Colin LambertAngie T. LamonacaAaron LandauHeather Lane VetereSpencer LanthierErika LarnerLaunderLust Services IncorporatedPedro LazaroLea Consulting Ltd.

Leading System Consultants Inc.Estate of Eric LeBerLouis LeconteLedcor Construction LimitedPing LeeMichael LemmondJohanne Levesque MurraySheldon and Tracy Levy Family of Linda LewisLIFE InstituteLily Street FoundationElaine Ling *Lobello Manufacturing Ltd.Loblaw Companies LimitedLucien Charbonneau lteeLUMIDThont LuongBruce MacDonaldChris MacDonaldJune MacDonaldAnn & Bill MackayBill MacKinnonBruce MacLellanMagna International Inc.Sharon MagwoodMAKO InventMalicki Sanchez, Barristers,

Solicitors, NotariesJudith MalkinLawrie and Carol ManillaManshield ConstructionMaple GroupMaple Leaf Foods Inc.Anargyros MarangosMARANT Construction LimitedThe J. Willard and Alice S.

Marriott FoundationMarriott Hotels of CanadaMarriott International, Inc.Sabi and Amrin MarwahKelsey MasonRon MasonBrenda Massey-BeauregardMattamy HomesMcCain Foods (Canada)Valerie McDonaldLinda McKellarMcKesson Canada CorporationMcLean Smits Family FoundationAygon MehdizadehKrishan MehtaHelen MeierEugene MelnykMeloche Monnex Inc.Menkes Developments Ltd.Nicholas MetivierMetro Label in honour of

Narinder and Deepa LalMichelina’sIngrid MidaCatherine MiddletonGloria MisketisThe Mitchell Partnership Inc.Modern NiagaraNadir and Shabin MohamedJamal and Janice MolooThe Kenneth M. Molson FoundationMonaghan Mushrooms Ltd.Peter and Lyne MonkhouseJane Monro

Scott MooreRocco & Annmarie MortellitiPaul MortonIan MosleyGillian MothersillMotorola Solutions FoundationMPI Group Inc. - Jarvis ProjectMucci FarmsElizabeth MuiaKaren MulhallenMulvey & Banani International

(Alberta) Inc.Mulvey & Banani International Inc.Mumba Basketball Club Inc.Steven MurphyKenneth MurrayRoss MuttonJanet NankivellNational Bank of CanadaNational Ceramic + Granite LimitedLynda NeilNet Electric LimitedNewcom Business Media Newell RubbermaidNEWH CanadaRichard J. Newman Charitable TrustWinnie NgNienkamper Furniture &

Accessories Inc. Fernand and Elizabeth NoelNorthWest Value Partners Inc.Novinsoft, Inc.NumerisJay NuttallPeter NyczOcean Mist FarmsKate OdoboPatrick O’Hanlon / Kylemore

CommunitiesIsaac Olowolafe Jr.Ratna OmidvarOntario Association of ArchitectsOntario Association of

Architects Trust FundOntario Food Protection AssociationOntario Lottery and

Gaming CorporationOntario Power Generation Inc.Ontario Professional EngineersOnyx Mechanical Ltd.Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLPMauricio OspinaPhilip O’Sullivan and Marion

O’Sullivan (nee Giesler)The Ouellette Family FoundationOxford Properties GroupOzery’s Pita Break PartnershipPAC, Packaging ConsortiumCharles PachterJim PackhamMarg PaglieriAnthony PalumboPappas Design Studio Inc.Larhonda PapworthJohn M. and Bernice Parrott

Foundation Inc.Karen and Ricardo PascoeMonika PaskaJennifer and Yezdi PavriPayPal USAPCL Constructors Canada Inc.

Pearson Canada Inc.Pearson EducationFarida PeeraHarry A. Pellowpellow + associates architects inc.Pellow WZMHPelmorex Media Inc.Antonio PendonesPerkins + Will Canada CorporationPESAMary PetkovichPetroff Partnership ArchitectsAlex PettesPhoenix 360 Solutions Inc.Harold PitfieldThe Pitfield Family Plan Group Inc.June PollardRebecca PoonCatherine PorterAnne PowellPowell & BonnellPower Workers’ UnionMarzio PozzuoliPratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Pride TorontoAndrew and Valerie PringleProfessional Excavators Ltd.Stephen PumpleWayne PurbooK.K. Puri PwC CanadaEsther QuansahQueen’s Quay Architects

International Inc.Quinn Design AssociatesIhtisham QureshiMohammed Ali QureshiAbhilash RachagiriBibi RahamanZarina RajwaniAna B. RamirezHarjinder RataulRavi C. RavindranRBC Capital MarketsRBC FoundationRead Jones Christoffersen Ltd.Reader’s Digest Foundation

of CanadaRedbranch Executive Search

& Recruitment Inc.Red Hat Co-operative Ltd.Richard ReevesRequest FoodsRichtree Natural Market RestaurantsRockwell AutomationRogers Communications Inc.The Rogers FamilyRogers SportsnetCarlo RomanoKen RomanowskiMaria Romero CachineroHarry and Evelyn RosenWilliam Rosenberg Family

Foundation - Carol Silverstein and Jill Gotlieb

Arthur RossRotary Club of YorkThe Royal Architectural

Institute of CanadaDoris Rudert-Dolby

Ryerson Commerce SocietyRyerson Students’ Union (RSU)Ryerson Urban Planning

Alumni AssociationMary SahayathasanSalad KingJamil Saleh, Leila Kassam,

Saker SalehJudith SandysAnnette Sanger-KippenVinay and Poonam Sarin Marcelo SarkisJohn Ralston SaulJohn Saunders *Stephanie SaundersAmorell Saunders N’dawMarta SawkaGuillermo Schible (Schible Law)Gerrard Schmid and Linda MantiaThe Schulich FoundationRon SchwarkPaula SchwebelScotiabank GroupScotsburn Ice Cream CompanyDave ScottMarg Scott-BenvenutoShiva SedaghatThe Sennik FamilyAnthony SeymourPirkko ShaldenGreg ShanksEric ShapiroShawn Gallaugher DesignSheraton Centre Toronto HotelHoney ShermanJohn and Amanda Sherrington Souraya SidaniSigma Chi Canadian FoundationSilvercore Properties Inc.Pat and John SimkeThe Leonard Simpson

Family FoundationPat Ruby SinervoMarvin SingerHarcharan and Prem SinghSkyPrep Inc.The Slaight FamilyAlison SmithSmith + AndersonLarry SmokorowskiSnøhettaDon Snyder and Wendy MacNeilWalied SolimanSolmar Development Corp.Joseph and Antoinette SorbaraThe Sam Sorbara

Charitable FoundationSpectraSpin Master Ltd.Sprint Mechanical Inc.Nancy C. SprottStantec Consulting Ltd.

Starbucks Coffee CanadaSteelcase Canada Ltd.Nick StiliadisStone Tile International Inc.Studio MungeMomoye SugimanC. L. Sugiyama and M. S. YamadaSun Media CorporationJan SutinSweda Canada Inc.SyAcc Systems Inc.Symtech Innovations Ltd.TACC/Arista/Fieldgate/

Paradise/StarlaneThe Howard and Carole Tanenbaum

Family Charitable FoundationTangerineCharles TatorTC TranscontinentalTD Bank GroupTDL Drywall Inc.Telelatino Network Inc.TELUSTelus Toronto Community BoardTham Shanmugarajah

Surveying LimitedThames Valley Brick and TileMargaret ThomsonThe Ticker ClubJim TiessenTJX CanadaTMX Group Graham TobeThomson Reuters Corporation Toronto and Area Road

Builders AssociationThe Toronto Chapter of Tax

Executives Institute, Inc.Toronto District School BoardToronto Port Lands CompanyToronto Society of ArchitectsToronto Star Newspaper Limited John ToryTorys LLPWarren TownsendTriangle Steel Ltd.Tridel CorporationTrinison Management CorporationTrivest Developments Corp.TSN, The Sports NetworkAnn and Dean TudorJohn TummersFriends, Family & Colleagues

of Barbara TurnbullLynn TurnbullJohn TurtlePaula TurtleDonald TuxworthVappu TyyskaUFCW CanadaUJA Federation of Greater TorontoKathryn Underwood

UniforUnited Steel Workers of

America, District 6Urbanspace Property GroupAllison UrowitzUTC Aerospace SystemsGina VaccaroSohail Ahmed VakaniNeeltje Van RijnRichard Van VlackHenry VanderSpekJarnail Singh VanvatGeorge & Helen Vari FoundationMartin VeallVanessa VenetsanopoulosVentilexAnnette VerschurenMarc ViolaAnatol and Alison von HahnShilpa VyasVeronica WadeyThe Wallia FamilyWal-Mart Canada Corp.Connie WanHuiqun WangWashington Fruit & Produce Co.Waterfront TorontoRobert WatsonWatt International Inc.The Waugh Family FoundationFamily of Ron WaymanAndrew Weiner and Barbara MosesRichard WernhamWestern Electrical Management Ltd.Mimi Whalen Bob Levin and Nancy WhiteSue WilliamsMichael WilsonWIND MobileWindmill Farms Inc.Vladimir WinklerSusan Wolburgh JenahWomen’s Executive

Network FoundationEthel M. WoodsTed WoodsWendy WrightWSP Canada Inc.Jon Wylie and Pamela HackettYabu PushelbergDaniel YimRodney YipYork Marble Tile & Terrazzo Inc.Janet and Bill YoungZeidler BKDI ArchitectsAl ZikovitzZodiac Developments Inc.

(Attilio Lio Family)Ayesha Zubair13 Anonymous Donors

We are grateful for the support of all our donors, and strive for accuracy in our listings. If you have questions or comments about the lists, or would like to speak to someone for more information about giving to Ryerson University, please contact [email protected] or call 416-979-5000, ext. 6535.



CLASS NotesUPDATES FROM ALUMNI ON PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL MILESTONES

COMPILED BY CHRISTINE JULIEN-SULLIVAN, JOURNALISM ’97

50s Mike Du Boulay, Radio and Television Arts (RTA) ’59, writes: “I remain active, having survived metastatic melanoma. I’m 80 years young and still playing the bagpipes in the Stratford Police Pipes and Drums. I’m blessed with a beautiful wife, Nancy, of 44 years, our three lovely children and five precious grandchildren. I’ve worked for CFRB Toronto, CKPR Fort William, CKCO-TV Kitchener, Thompson Television International Scotland, BBC-TV London England, CBC Toronto, CBC Montreal, Citytv and CFTO (CTV Toronto). I’d love to hear stories from classmates; my email is [email protected].”

60s [1] Jeremy Ferguson, Journalism ’65, writes: “It unsettles here on the verge of retirement, when my graduation ceremony seems so close. My professional life began in corporate public relations, then I worked in freelance writing for 43 years. I wrote about everything from business to food and drink for dozens of magazines until finding my place as a travel journalist and photographer, most prominently as a lead writer for the Globe and Mail’s travel section. My notebook, camera and I travelled through 101 countries, specializing in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Awards include three ANTOR Awards for Excellence in Journalism and Journalist of the Year from the French Tourist Office. My forthcoming journey is 18 days on a riverboat on India’s Ganges and Hooghly Rivers. Retiring I am, but not from life.”

Gord Shlanger, RTA ’63, writes: “I am the convener of a bi-monthly RTA

alumni lunch which has been taking place for more than eight years and is attended by grads from many years. The one constant is former RTA course director Sydney Perlmutter, who attends every lunch, even at the age of 91. Last year we celebrated his 90th birthday with almost 70 grads.”

70s Carol Franks, Journalism ’71, has created two Spanish board games, Verb It, and most recently SummitRUN, which highlights the rich cultures of Spanish-speaking countries and features 800 intriguing fact questions about 19 countries in Latin America as players face obstacles and natural disasters in their quest to reach the summit of a towering Mayan temple.

Lorna Tomlinson, Social Work ’73, writes: “I am retiring after 44 years in the field of community mental health, spurred on by the training I received at Ryerson.”

Paul Winnell, Business ’71, retired as director of the foundation at Upper Canada College in Toronto, a position he held for 25 years. He continues to work part-time for the school. Paul lives half the year in Toronto’s Leslieville and half in Rio de Janeiro where he has a home with his partner Marcelo and their two children Evilyn, 10, and Ryan, 8.

80s [2] John Corcelli, RTA ’84, has published his first book Frank Zappa FAQ: All That’s Left to Know about the Father of Invention, released in September by Backbeat

Books. He writes: “I’m proud to join my fellow RTA graduates on the alumni book shelf: Robert (Bob) Brehl, Paul Romanuk and Warren Dunford who have all released books since we graduated from Ryerson.”

MJ Henderson, Nursing ’82, was recognized with the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties’ Lifetime Achievement Award. A long-time nurse practitioner (NP) educator and gerontological nurse practitioner, she was recognized for advancing the NP profession through her many contributions to quality NP education and advocacy of gerontological issues.

[3] Wayne and Diane (DesRoches) Jennings, RTA ’81, maintain, after 32 years of marriage and many adventures, a real passion for the outdoors: canoeing, camping and kayaking with their children Brad and Céline. They share their adventures on explorethebackcountry.com. When not in the woods, Wayne continues his 35-year career as a videographer/editor with CTV London, and Diane is with the RCMP as the director of communications and media relations for Ontario.

Cezar Khursigara, Chemistry and Biology ’99, is an associate professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of Guelph. He received the Fisher Scientific Award at the Canadian Society of Microbiologists’ conference last June, and also delivered the conference’s opening lecture, titled “Uncovering biofilm-specific virulence and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using quantitative proteomics.”

Wayne Jennings, RTA ‘81, with son Brad in Texas.

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John Corcelli, RTA ’84, has published his first book, Frank Zappa FAQ.

Travel journalist Jeremy Ferguson writes that he is retiring, “but not from life.”

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Andrew Milivojevich has published a book

titled Quality by Experimental Design.

[1 ] Beverly Lavender, Fashion ’80, paints still life and flowers. Her art was recently displayed at the Tea and Art Show put on by Ruth Krampitz. Bev’s artwork can be found at beverlylavender.wixsite.com/floral-art.

Eric McCormack, Theatre Perfor-mance ’85, stars in Travelers, a science-fiction series created by Netflix and Show-case. Shot in Vancouver with a mainly Canadian cast, the show is set 100 years in the future, when the last surviving humans discover they can send their consciousness back through time to perform missions to save humanity from a bleak future.

[2] Andrew Milivojevich, Mechanical Engineering ’89, is the author of Quality by Experimental Design. An expert in business process and productivity improvement, he is known as a driver of operational excellence. A sought-after Six Sigma speaker, he has also published his practical experiences in Quality by Experimental Design, demonstrating how statistical methods can help overcome technological problems. Visit andrewmilivojevich.com/.

[3] Ron Pardo, Radio & Television ’80, provides the voices of Cap’n Turbot, Mayor Humdinger and Farmer Al in the animated children’s television series Paw Patrol. His voice has appeared in more than 70 animated series since 1999, including PJ Masks, Fangbone, Inspector Gadget and Shutterbugs. He is also known for his celebrity impersonations on History Bites and on the standup comedy stage. Before taking the leap into showbiz full-time, Ron was an elementary school teacher in Cambridge from 1983 to 1995. Married for 35 years, Ron and his wife have two children and two grandchildren.

Robert J. Sawyer, RTA ’82, was named a Member of the Order of Canada on July 1, in recognition of “his accomplishments as a science-fiction writer and mentor and

for his contributions as a futurist.” His 23rd novel, Quantum Night, was published last March by Penguin.

00s [4] Marsha T. Brown, Social Work ’09, was honoured at the 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women Gala 2016, which celebrated the achievements and influence of black Canadian women. Marsha is best known as a social justice advocate, working with mainstream media outlets such as Citytv, CBC and Global News to raise issues related to affordable childcare, poverty and gender-based violence. Visit 100abcwomen.ca.

[5] Brad Dworkin, Image Arts ’08, has produced and directed an original short documentary called WhyFi? that has been picked up by the CBC. The film will be distributed as part of a brand new short doc program created by CBC Docs.

Jenny Gumbs, Public Administra- tion ’02, was honoured at the 2016 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women Gala 2016. Jenny has combined an active career with a commitment to volun-teering. Involved with various community organizations, she is currently a trustee of the National Scholarship Fund of the Black Business and Professional Association, and president of Tropicana Community Services. She received a Ryerson Alumni Achievement Award in 2007.

Seref Isler, Performance Production ’06, writes: “After Ryerson, I moved to Australia to do my master’s in production and journalism. I now live in London and work as a producer and journalist for BBC World News, a television channel with more than 400 million viewers worldwide.”

J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers and Matt Bishop, RTA ’02, are partners in Sinking Ship Entertainment, who received, with

executive producer Christin Simms, RTA ’02, 20 Daytime Emmy Award nominations for their programs Annedroids, Odd Squad and Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures last spring. Visit sinkingship.ca.

[6] Andrea (Tung) Mai, Fashion Design ’04, has opened Dreamer Gallery, an online art gallery to showcase conscious art to a worldwide audience. Her first photography exhibition, titled Love Bomb, opened in September 2016. Visit dreamergallery.com.

Karen Moore, RTA ’07, is a writer and associate producer for the CBC comedy Working Moms, which premieres in January 2017.

[7] Steve Socha, Architectural Science ’06, works with the Patch Project: Public Art through Construction Hoarding. He has contributed major artwork displays at street level in downtown Toronto as part of PATCH’s mission to beautify the city’s construction sites. One is located a block north of the Ryerson architecture building where he was a student. Another is located at the Selby Hotel near Sherbourne subway station. He writes: “My technique developed over my time in architecture school, and art is my second career, although architecture is still my day job.” Visit stevesocha.com/about/ and thepatchproject.com/projects.

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Brad Dworkin, Image Arts ’08, filming on the streets of Toronto with cinematographer Carl Elster.

Andrea (Tung) Mai has launched an

online art gallery.

Steve Socha, Architectural Science ’06, beautifies the streets of Toronto by displaying his art on construction hoarding.

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Back row, from left: Pat Atkinson, Yvonne Chang and Sacha (Alexeichenko) Thomas, all Fashion ’80. Seated from left: Bev Lavender and Ruth Krampitz.

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Ron Pardo is a voice actor who has shared his talent with more than 70 animated series over the past two decades.

Marsha T. Brown, Social Work ’09, was named among 100ABCWomen in June.

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Maayan Ziv honoured for improving accessibility.

DJ D.W. Waterson, Image Arts ’10, has created a popular web series titled That’s My DJ.

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10s Sarah Boutilier, Photography Certificate ’14, operates tours of Newfoundland with photographer and Chang School instructor Rob Davidson. She leads groups to some of the most popular and picturesque locations in the province while Rob provides photography advice and evening lectures. Visit sarahndipity.ca.

[1] D.W. Waterson, Image Arts ’10, also known as hey! dw, is the creator behind the popular web series That’s My DJ. The series was officially selected for the 2016 New York Television Festival and dubbed by NBC News as the top series to watch at last year’s festival. The show is an unapologetic look inside the new order of rave. The series

features original music, including live performances from hey! dw, and her debut single is featured as the show’s opening track.

[2] Maayan Ziv, Master of Digital Media ’15, received the David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility for her outstanding commitment to improving accessibility for people with disabilities. She was honoured with the Youth Leadership Award for her activism and social innovation that uses crowdsourcing to pinpoint the accessibility status of locations on an interactive online map. The David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility was created in 2014 to honour the province’s first Lieutenant Governor with a physical disability.

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Mary Lee Berdit (Scrimger), Secretarial Science ’55, passed away on Aug. 31, 2016. She was 81. Mary Lee rarely spoke of her career, although she was a distinguished teacher of Secretarial Science at Centennial College in Toronto and she wrote a text book on the subject.

Rody Hayne Blancher, RTA ’52, died Dec. 20, 2015. Rody began working in radio in Owen Sound the year he graduated. He moved to Saskatchewan in 1957, first to CFQC in Saskatoon and then CBC Radio in Regina. He quickly moved from announcer-operator to

music and variety producer to executive producer and then senior music producer. He took early retirement in 1985, but assumed a new role immediately as performing arts consultant for the Saskatchewan Arts Board. Rody played tuba in the Governor General’s Foot Guard Band and later with the Saskatoon and Regina Symphony orchestras.

Don Desjardine, Business Management ’62, died May 26, 2016, in Owen Sound after a courageous battle with cancer. Don was a member of the 1962-63 Ryerson Rams hockey team that won the Ontario

Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship and he was inducted into the Ryerson Sports Hall Of Fame with his teammates. He was a key member of the RRHA Executive, was the brain child behind the “$20-A-Year Club” and contributed significantly to the RAMFIND Project. In 2015, Don made a record donation to Ryerson Rams hockey in the form of an annual bursary. He leaves his longtime companion, Marion Kelly, and his sons Jeff and Martin.

Fred Jorgenson, president of Ryerson from 1966 to 1969, died June 8, 2016

at age 93. Formerly principal of Calgary’s Southern Institute of Technology, he served at Ryerson during a time of transition and social upheaval. One of his greatest legacies was authoring “The Ryerson Philosophy” in 1968, a document that made major proposals for the school’s future: dropping obsolete courses, adding post-graduate courses, increasing credit courses at night, and integrating day and night courses into a total education package. The document also hinted at the idea of offering degrees. After three years at Ryerson, he returned to his former job in Calgary. Today, Jorgenson Hall bears his name.

He is survived by his five children, 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Peter Keigh (Kufluk) RTA ’65, died June 28, 2016, at age 72. He hosted “Morningmusik” on CJRT for 29 years before it became an all-jazz radio station. He leaves his wife Marion, son Michael and daughter Rebecca.

Professor Emerita Rheta Rosen died Aug. 22, 2016. A former professor of Nutrition and director of the Learning and Teaching Office, she was also part of the 1993 committee that established the Interpersonal Skills Teaching Centre. She served

as its director for 10 years, and established the centre as a leader in experiential learning. She was also a longtime member of the Life Institute.

Alumni Achievement Award 2014 recipient John Saunders died Aug. 10, 2016, at age 61. John, who studied Psychology at Ryerson and played hockey with the Rams from 1976-78, was a sports anchor for Citytv in the early 1980s before joining ESPN in the U.S. in 1986. He also covered hockey, football and baseball for ABC. He was the television play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Raptors from 1995 to 2001, and became host of ESPN’s SportsCenter in 2008. An

advocate for juvenile diabetes research, he was also a founding member of the Jimmy V Founda-tion for cancer research, which has raised almost $90 million. He was inducted into the Ryerson Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.

Alan Slobodosky, Urban and Regional Planning ’87, died July 18, 2016, at age 54 from cancer. Hired as an aide by then-mayor of North York Mel Lastman, he eventually worked as his chief of staff when Lastman became mayor of the amalgamated Toronto. When the mayor retired, Alan established a successful practice as a development consultant and lobbyist. He is survived by his wife and three children. n

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Scores of young girls passed out at the concert, and police built a barricade holding back fans who had lined up around the block both at Maple Leaf Gardens and the King Edward Hotel in hopes of seeing the band.

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After the show Courrier and a friend got swept up in a stampede of fans. While the crowd cleared, Courrier sat on the stairs. He heard footsteps behind him and was surprised to see the Beatles stepping around him, over him – Lennon turning to smirk at Courrier as he headed towards the band’s final Toronto press conference.

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