Fall 2011 - Trinity College School

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tcs news
fall 2011
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volume 55
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no. 2
Down to a Fine Art
TCS artists find inspiration in
new visual arts wing
co-ed celebration
photo gallery
annual report
20 Years of Co-education
Reunion Weekend 2011
of the TCS Foundation
Contents
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feature
Down to a Fine Art
Learn how the new visual arts wing is inspiring
TCS students.
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alumni spotlights
Helping others put a roof over
their heads
The mission of The TCS News is
to serve as a means of communication between the School and
its alumni, parents and friends.
The TCS News is published
twice annually by the advancement office.
Aynsley Deluce ’94
Circulation: 6,500 worldwide
Turning the recession into an
opportunity for reinvention
Contributing Writers
Vikki Armstrong, Ashley
DiNova, Renee Hillier, staff of
the TCS advancement office and
others as credited.
Arundel Gibson ’93
feature
Co-education Celebration
Marking 20 years of girls attending the School
on the Hill.
Sheila Bryson ’95
Smiling her way into a thriving
career in public relations
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from the archives
Student Authors Document
War History
Part one in our series on student research
in the archives.
14 Campaign Update
Get the latest news on the 150 Anniversary
Campaign for TCS.
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photo gallery
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photo gallery
71st Toronto Branch Dinner
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Special Section
TCS Foundation Annual Report
A look back at the 2010-2011 year in fundraising
in every issue:
A Letter from The Lodge
1
Strategic Plan Updates
12
Class Notes
18
Milestones
32
Postscript
48
Save the Date
49
Contributing Photographers
Don Aitchison, Jen Clarke ’08,
Wayne Eardley, Jason Jones,
Kathy LaBranche, staff of the
TCS advancement office and
others as credited.
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Class Notes &
Milestones Editor
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A Letter from The Lodge
The School and its learning community have both evolved with the times. Decisions have
been made that have altered, and enhanced, the status quo.
we all have milestones in our lives. In many circumstances we are
unaware of the significance of a person, an event or a place at the
time, but upon reflection we have a different perspective. In other
cases, we were clearly aware that we were at the proverbial “fork in
the road” and a decision would chart a new and different course.
Trinity College School has upheld a host of traditions, maintained
its facilities, honoured its commitment to educating young people
and still has one of the most beautiful school campuses in the world.
That said, the School and its learning community have both evolved
with the times. Decisions have been made that have altered, and
enhanced, the status quo.
No doubt, the decision (and financial support) to rebuild the
School after the fire of 1895 was a singularly monumental decision.
The elimination of corporal punishment, the hiring of lay headmasters, the building of the Memorial Chapel (which celebrates 60 years
this fall), the increase in the number of day students and international boarding students, the introduction of technology, the establishment of The Record, the re-establishment of the Junior School,
a more liberal definition of a “liberal arts” education, changes in
pedagogical approaches, the list goes on.
But perhaps one of the most significant decisions made by the
School and its Board of Governors was the introduction of girls
to TCS starting in September 1991. This past June, we recognized
this milestone with a 20th anniversary gathering on campus. Past
and present governors, headmasters, chairs of the board, staff and
students attended the celebration, which was a tremendous success.
Meeting the amazing Old Girls who were among the first co-ed
classes to graduate from TCS, it became clear that change, no matter
how difficult, can create wonderful results.
The co-education celebration followed shortly after our annual
Reunion Weekend – also a success – and among the comments I
heard from alumni during that event, one seemed to sum up the
overall state of Trinity College School today:
“This School isn’t what it used to be...it’s better!”
Thanks to all of you who have made it so.
Stuart Grainger
Headmaster
[email protected]
www.tcs.on.ca/headlines
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feature
Down to a
Fine Art
Trinity College School’s new visual arts wing offers an
inspiring home for Senior School artists and teachers
It is a beautiful day in early October. Sunlight bounces off of the vibrant art work covering
the walls and the sounds of a radio fill the air. Students’ heads are bent over their creations
as a teacher walks around the room offering insight and instruction. Paint brushes work
their way across paper, or stand waiting to be plucked from repurposed yogurt containers.
Everywhere you look, there is inspiration... It is a typical day in the visual arts wing.
with the opening of the new visual arts wing at the start of
the 2011-2012 school year, a new phase in the evolution of the arts
at Trinity College School was achieved. Alumni from just a few
decades prior remember the visual arts existing on the fringes of the
curriculum. In the 1980s, the hiring of two full-time Senior School
visual arts teachers – Andrew Gregg in 1980 and Harry Stooshinoff in 1989 – was a bold step forward. Today, the visual arts are
cemented in the TCS curriculum and taught at every grade level,
including Advanced Placement courses in studio art and art history.
“One of the biggest changes that has taken place over the years
at TCS is the role of the arts,” says Headmaster Stuart Grainger.
With the construction of LeVan Hall in 2002 and now the visual
arts wing, a new focus on both the creative and performing arts has
taken root. “This investment in the arts is in keeping with the liberal
arts philosophy of the School, our academic
priorities, the talent of our faculty and the
interests of our students.”
The mission of the visual arts
programme is based in the belief that all
students have the capacity for creative
expression. Not only are we developing
great young artists, but we are cultivating
critical and creative thinking within our
students and promoting a lifelong appreciation of art and art history.
a spectacular space
Students are certainly enthusiastic about
the new facility. “Within the new walls of
the art building comes new opportunity for
artistic students, and along with that comes
expansion of the art department, which is
exciting!” raves Grade 12 art student and
Head Girl, Alexa Terfloth.
“The new visual arts wing is phenomenal,” adds Sage Cryderman, a Grade 11
student. “With the large windows and
skylights, the natural lighting is truly spectacular. It makes the rooms so bright and
open, and really allows the students to see
their art work.”
The 11,000-square-foot structure was
originally conceived as a stand-alone
building, but it was soon realized that
attaching the facility to LeVan Hall would
reduce construction costs and, more
form and function
From left: Colin Brown ’75 (past chair of the TCS Governing
Body), Doug Mann (executive director of advancement),
Larry Adamcryck (director of the TCS property department),
Reno Piccini (architect) and Headmaster Stuart Grainger
celebrate the official opening of the new visual arts wing
during Bear Fair in September
importantly, create an “arts hub.” This is
in keeping with the School’s 2009 campus
master plan, which emphasizes the importance of an interconnected campus. And, to
the delight of students, they would not have
to don coats and boots to get to art class
anymore!
In addition to expansive and bright
studios, classroom and office space, the
visual arts wing includes several environmentally-sensitive features: it is insulated
well beyond minimum code requirements,
incorporating energy efficient lighting and
occupancy sensors to reduce electrical
energy consumption, and includes a rain
water harvester and storage system for grey
water usage as well as a beautiful living wall.
“There is much more space to move around
in than there was in the Boulden House
rooms and, in a sense, the ‘vibe’ is just of a
more free nature,” says Grade 12 student Ben
Roughton. “Previous artwork of students
as well as copies of famous works surround
and fill up the walls, creating an inspirational as well as influential atmosphere.”
Grade 11 student Faith Chipman agrees.
“Inside [the new space] we are motivated
by its brightness and beauty, which blends
nature and architecture. This inspires us to
look beyond the blank canvas in front of us
and to be increasingly creative.”
Students are not the only ones feeling
energized by the new visual arts wing. For
our art teachers, who were instrumental
in helping architect Reno Piccini develop
the design of the new facility, this is the
culmination of years of planning. “Our
dream of two large, bright studio spaces,
two accompanying classrooms (for special
projects and art history) and large storage
has come true,” says Andrew Gregg. “Being
included as teachers all the way through the
design process means that visual arts at TCS
will have a very functional space for a long
time. The idea was to build spaces that were
open and simple, flexible spaces in which
anything could happen.”
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And for visitors to the School, who
have so often admired the art work which
lines the hallways and the R.S. McLaughlin
Gallery, the space will provide yet another
professional setting in which to appreciate
what our students are capable of creating.
“The various exhibition spaces within the
studios allow for a great variety of student
work to be displayed as it is produced,
something we did not have before,” explains
Harry Stooshinoff. “Visually, the space is
exciting and very functional. I am very
pleased and I know the students are as well;
so many have expressed their excitement
about working in this wonderful, well-lit
space!”
The construction of the $2.3 million
visual arts wing was made possible through
the support of many alumni, parents and
friends of the School. “Donors found several
compelling reasons to support this project,”
explains Doug Mann, executive director of
advancement. “The class of 1962 was the
top donor as part of its 50th reunion plans
in 2012. A number of alumni along with the
TCS Parents’ Guild generously supported
the project because it was the School’s
top fundraising priority. Several parents
provided significant gifts because of the
amazing experience their children had with
the visual arts programme, and the class
of 1993 and a few others rallied behind the
“green” design features of the building. Our
community should be very proud of what
has been accomplished.”
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Celebrating 20 years of co-education
Steph Feddery ’93, Rodger Wright, Myriam (Demers)
Lavoie ’93
Michael DuBroy (retired teacher), Ryan Conacher and his
fiancee Sarah Tracy
Elsbeth (Hornibrook) Potvin ’93, Rodger Wright,
J-F Potvin ’92
Sarah Frackowiak ’02, Aly Ruiz ’02, Isabel Tremblay ’94
Cousins Jodi Wright ‘01, Sarah (Wright) Leonard ‘03,
Colleen (Feddery) Landry ‘98
visiting the campus of Trinity College
School today, it is difficult to imagine that
just 20 years ago there were no female
students at the School. The image of girls
in kilts singing in chapel, trekking across
campus for meals in Osler Hall or walking
down the halls to attend class with the boys
is so familiar that it is easy to forget how
significant the transition to co-education was
in the rich history of the School on the Hill.
On June 11, 2011, more than 100
members of the TCS community gathered
to commemorate the 20th anniversary of
co-education: to meet with classmates,
teachers and friends, reminisce about the
early days of co-ed and celebrate the TCS
of today. The events, spread around the
campus, included a slideshow presentation,
musical performances by current students
including the Trinity Singers, Ja Yeon Kang
’12 and Karen Yu ’11, a reception and dinner,
as well as a dance featuring Old Boy Jeff
Biggar ’03 and his band.
Throughout the evening, many guest
speakers shared their reflections on how
co-education has changed TCS over the past
two decades: Headmaster Stuart Grainger,
Katie Flynn ’93, Alyssa Wilcox ’11, Robbie
Fitzpatrick ’11, Vera Turnbull (assistant
head of student life, 1991-2000), Chair of
Trustees Michael Burns ’56 (chair of the
governing body, 1989-1992), Rodger Wright
(headmaster, 1983-2004) and Chair of the
Governing Body Colin Brown ’75 (a member
of the co-ed transition committee). They
shared stories of the lengthy and sometimes
contentious decision-making process prior
to the transition; the experiences of that
first group of 61 “pioneer” girls who came
to TCS for the 1991-1992 school year and
the male students who lived through this
change with them; and the eventual success
of co-education.
More photos from this special event
can be found online in the media gallery at
www.tcs.on.ca!
In the pages that follow, we shine the spotlight on three Old Girls who were among the first co-educational graduation classes at TCS. Their stories,
and those of their classmates, remind us all of the significant and positive impact our female students, past and present, have had on our school.
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alumni spotlight: celebrating 20 years of co-education
Arundel (Strathy) Gibson ’93
A busy mom of three who has devoted her
career to helping others put a roof over
their heads.
when trinity college school opened its doors to female
students in 1991, a small but brave group of young women were
the first to step foot into an institution that had welcomed just
boys for about 125 years. Among that group was Arundel Strathy
’93, the daughter of Old Boy George Strathy ’67.
For five years she had lived in the all-girls environment of
Branksome Hall, but by her own admission had not put forth
her best effort in school. She may not have realized when she
nervously sat down to write the TCS entrance exams, but the
School on the Hill was just what she needed, she now knows.
“I can remember my roommate Amy Steele doing homework
and studying diligently while I played solitaire and doodled
in my day planner,” Arundel recalls of her first days at TCS.
“I quickly realized that I might as well spend the two hours
each night doing homework and studying; not only was I
more productive but better grades equalled more freedom!” Her
hard work was recognized by then-headmaster Rodger Wright,
who left a note in her mailbox congratulating her on pulling up
her marks. “I was so proud of that note and to this day I am so
grateful to Rodger for his encouragement and care.”
She would go on to be a prefect in her final year, alongside
head boy Noble Gibson ’93 – her future husband. In between
studying and making lifelong friendships, Arundel developed a
love of the performing arts. On Speech Day 1993, she received the
Stevenson Award for best actor in addition to the French prize.
With dreams of becoming an actor, she headed to the University
of Western Ontario to attain her B.A. in English (theatre arts).
A few years in Toronto, auditioning and trying to get an agent,
followed before she was accepted to theatre school in New York.
As fate would have it, she had to find a steady job to afford the
tuition and ended up working for a Toronto public relations firm
first as office manager but moving into a permanent role in media
relations. “By this time, I realized that theatre school tuition
would be a nice down payment on a house and decided to study
event planning at Ryerson.”
In 2002, Arundel was hired by Habitat for Humanity Toronto
as a volunteer manager. It was the perfect opportunity to apply
her event planning skills to an organization and a cause about
which she is passionate. “I’m proud that I have helped hundreds
of hard working, low income families break the cycle of poverty
through affordable home ownership,” she says. She is particularly
proud of the work she has done to help mobilize youth volunteers
in Toronto. And at the same time that she was working on behalf
of families in need of housing, she was also working to continue
her professional development. This includes serving as a guest
speaker at the Human Resources Professionals Association Conference this year and completing her certified human resources
professional (CHRP) designation.
While her nine years at Habitat have been wonderful, Arundel
is excited about her new job: In October 2011 she became
the national campaign director for Raising the Roof Canada.
Among her roles is organizing the well-known “Tuesday Toque”
campaign which raises funds to address homelessness.
Between her busy work days, active home life with Noble
and their son Dougie and twin boys Frankie and Colin, and her
volunteerism (including longtime service on the executive of
the School’s Toronto alumni branch), it might seem like Arundel
never stops to take a breath. But, she admits, “I still love to doodle
and play solitaire.”
Aynsley Deluce ’94
transitions are nothing new for Aynsley Deluce ’94: from
the bold move of coming to Trinity College School in the early
days of co-education, to redefining her career as an entrepreneur,
she is no stranger to thriving through transformation.
Aynsley came to TCS for just her Grade 12 year, making the
leap from being a day student at an all-girls school to a boarding
student at a school which had welcomed female students for just
two years. By 1993, the School enjoyed nearly a 40:60 gender split,
and girls were playing an active and important role in the new
co-educational environment, she recalls. “I realized very quickly
that the female students added a lot of value and a new perspective to the educational experience. It made me push harder at
my own academic endeavours.” She had not taken her academic
career as seriously as she ought to have prior to coming to the
School on the Hill, she admits. But encouraged by supportive staff
members such as Rodger Wright, Father Jim Seagram and Burns
Housemaster Lauren Taylor, and inspired by her classmates,
she flourished at TCS. Currently serving the School as a board
governor, advancement committee member and Toronto Branch
president, Aynsley says her time here had a tremendous impact:
“The School changed my direction. It gave me confidence and
independence.” She also learned that it was “cool” to work hard
and to succeed academically.
Armed with this self-assurance, after graduation Aynsley
headed to King’s College at Dalhousie. She entered the foundation year programme, then moved into international development
studies in her second year, drawn in by the mix of disciplines
including sociology, politics and economics. Coming from a
family legacy in the aviation industry, she sensed that her future
path would include travel and learning about different cultures.
So, shortly after graduation she headed for Hong Kong for an
eight-month internship with Virgin Airlines, her first opportunity
to work with a major international brand. At the same time, she
studied for a diploma in marketing. After a period in Costa Rica
(including learning to speak Spanish and falling in love with the
Latin culture), she returned to Toronto and began working for
various family-owned businesses.
Rather than settling in to a comfy situation, she says, “It was
a very humbling experience... I learned how much I didn’t know.”
Eager to get this knowledge, she earned her international M.B.A.
from the prestigious Thunderbird School of Global Management.
The next move, she was told, was to get some “big company
experience” which she did working for Canadian Tire. What that
experience taught her: “I realized I didn’t like working for a big
company. I needed to be in a smaller environment and also one that
offered travel and international exposure.” She found these qualities
working in marketing for a Toronto-based architectural design firm,
a job which allowed her to travel around the world for projects.
An entrepreneur who saw the recession as
an opportunity to reinvent her career.
Following this, she moved to a traditional marketing firm.
But in 2008, everything changed. With the economic collapse,
Aynsley found herself among the “downsized” and had to
re-evaluate her career once again. She had already started up a
side business, a Web site service called Parkingspots.com, and
she began taking on freelance work as a means of growing the
Internet business and also paying the bills. But, as her freelance
client base grew to the point where she began farming work out
to contractors, soon enough, she realized she had the makings of
her own company.
In January 2011, Volo Strategy was “soft launched,” providing
strategic planning, market research, branding and positioning
services to clients of all sizes and stripes. “It’s been a hell of a
ride,” Aynsley reflects. “The fear factor is high, but it’s so personally rewarding.” She is loving the “rush” of a constantly changing
environment and new daily challenges. “I think my greatest
accomplishment is having the strength and courage to make the
transition to being an entrepreneur. People were supportive, but
everyone had an element of caution, and I took this as a challenge.
I wanted to show them and myself that I could do it and do it well.”
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Sheila Bryson ’92
A young adventurer, she packed up her
wit and headed south to take on the
competitive PR industry.
nine years ago, Sheila Bryson ’95 packed her bags and headed
for San Francisco with no job and no idea what this new city
would offer her. What she did have was a need to put her
creativity – and her sense of humour – to work.
Sheila was no stranger to inauspicious beginnings. When she
came to Trinity College School in 1992 it was her parents who
made the decision, feeling she needed more structure. Calling
herself “the quintessential turnaround story,” she says, “I tell
people that my parents’ decision to send me to TCS was one of
the best things that ever happened to me. I came to TCS thinking
I was going to hate it, but within a few months I decided to open
myself up to it and from that point forward I absolutely loved it.”
She participated in sports, including joining friend Carolyn
Moss ’96 as the only girls on the men’s softball team. She went
from “getting into a lot of trouble” at her former public high
school, to sitting on the TCS discipline committee for two years.
She was inspired by, and sometimes given a proverbial but
necessary “kick in the butt” by teachers too many to name. And
she made great friends, many of whom she is still close with today.
The ability to build a social network in a new environment has
been a blessing in life after TCS, she adds. “At TCS, as boarders,
we were all away from our families and had to turn to each other
for support, understanding and, most importantly, laughter.
Learning to do that, and to trust in people at the age of 15, has
helped me do the same throughout my life. I feel like, no matter
where I land, I will be able to create that support system because
of what I learned at TCS.”
After two years at Acadia University followed by a couple of
years in the “University of Life” (working at a ski resort in Banff
and travelling around Europe), she landed back in her hometown
of Halifax. Rather than spinning her wheels, she set about
researching careers and eventually landed on public relations,
a field she felt would capitalize on her skills in communication,
writing and public speaking. She signed up for the PR programme
at Nova Scotia Community College and soon found herself
immersed in the hands-on learning environment, executing
projects with real clients as part of her coursework.
With her diploma in hand, she ventured down to San Francisco and quickly began making a name for herself. Over the past
nine years she has supported brands including Sony PlayStation,
HP, Yahoo!, EA Games and Warner Brothers; she works with
CEOs and high level executives to help them achieve business
objectives; and she has helped companies from launch to initial
public offering to acquisition. Today, she is a senior director at
SparkPR, overseeing the firm’s entertainment and social practice
group.
At the same time, she has developed an exciting “second
career” as a stand-up comic and has been a finalist in several
comedy competitions in the Bay area. “I had wanted to do standup for four-and-a-half years before I finally got up the guts to try
it. Once I did my first three minutes (yes, only three minutes!),
I knew I was hooked.” Her long-term goal is to focus on comedy
writing and to write humour pieces for magazines and other
publications.
“I am proud of having shown up in San Francisco without a
job and, nine years later, having what I feel is a successful career.
I am proud of getting up the guts to establish a stand-up comedy
career. But, most importantly, I’m proud of the friends I have
made along the way.”
from the archives
Student Authors
Document War History
Part I: A Commitment to Service
Grade 10 students at Trinity College School have been experiencing the John D. Burns
Archives through a variety of history lessons and major assignments. In this edition of
The TCS News, we present part one of a two-part series highlighting excerpts from student
essays documenting the School’s contributions during World War II.
the students’ essays are composed from
researching the School’s online archives
at www.tcs.on.ca, including: Old Boys at
War, The Record, School on the Hill and the
photograph database. The students further
delved into various annual files, Headmaster
Philip Ketchum’s war letters and other great
finds in the John D. Burns Archives here at
the School.
In this issue, our selections pertain to
TCS service; whether it was a commitment to service in the Armed Services or a
commitment to human rights. Some of the
material contained within these students’
works has never been published. Their
research, work and dedication relative to
our School’s history and legacy represent
groundbreaking scholarship.
old boys at war
Student Taso Bouzinelos was inspired by the war
service of several individual Old Boys, who, in the face
of world war, accomplished feats which are difficult for
a young person of today to even comprehend. Here he
shares the story of J.C.W. “Bill” Hope ’41:
...In 1937, (John Charles William Hope)
arrived at the Junior School from Selwyn
House. When he was at the Junior School,
he was a superb athlete making all first
teams. He also won many scholarships
TCS first team rugby, 1940, from left: (back) A.B.C. Tony German, Bill Hope, C.I.P. Tate;(middle) J. Ross LeMesurier,
Bob Berkinshaw, John W Duncanson, J.W. Willie Draper, John O. Hart; (front) Coach Butch Dixon, Bill Fleming, Craig M.
Somerville, A.R.C Arch Jones, Wally Duggan (captain), Broddy Duggan, Tom “Fish” Caldwell, Headmaster Philip Ketchum
and championships, from the Esmonde
Clarke Cup to the Hamilton Bronze Medal,
for the leadership and character he put
into everything he did... He also played
football and had a membership with the
gym team. Hope’s leadership ability and
his overall standing made him a senior
student at only 16 years old. On Easter day,
1940, Hope left TCS to work on a farm
outside of Montreal. The following year,
he enrolled in the commerce course at
McGill University, becoming a member of
the university gym team as well as joining
the Air Training Corps. In 1942, Hope
enlisted in the RCAF, training at Valcartier,
Quebec on a fighter plane: The Hurricane.
He was then put into the 438th squadron,
who were training and preparing for their
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call overseas... Their work paid off when
he and his squadron were sent to Great
Britain in October 1943. After they arrived
in the “motherland,” they were given the
job, by the British, to pass through France
and destroy key installations and supplies
from getting to the Germans. It was a major
success for the squadron. Later that year, the
438th squadron became a part of a coalition
platoon, comprised of the 439 and 440
Canadian flight squadrons. They were given
a new advanced plane that was invented by
the Allies: The Typhoon. The Typhoon was
challenging and unfamiliar to its new occupants. Hope was the first in the coalition
platoon to try this new plane, only to meet
his death. On January 14, 1944, Hope took off
for a first flight. He lost control and crashed.
His coalition platoon and friends buried
him in Ayr, Scotland, where other men from
earlier wars had died. He was remembered
at the Montreal Cross in Montreal.
on the beaches of normandy
Conrad Speckert wanted to tell the story of the D-Day
landing at Normandy through the eyes of the TCS men
who experienced it first-hand. He writes about Acton
Fleming ’38, a member of the British Royal Air Force,
based on letters written to Headmaster Philip Ketchum
at the time:
(Acton Fleming) studied at TCS for five
years, leaving in 1935 and joining the Royal
Artillery overseas in 1939. After six months
serving, he transferred to the Royal Air
Force, where he stayed until the end of the
war. In March 1944 he was promoted to
Squadron Leader of the group of pilots that
he originally served with at the beginning of
the war. In the spring of 1944 his squadron
he served in Italy and Palestine, where he
was promoted to Wing Commander. In 1946
he also served in Cairo. He was awarded
the Order of the British Empire for his
service in June 1945 and granted permanent
commission by the RAF.
responding to the holocaust
Two students choose to study the Holocaust, and in
doing so learned about the role Headmaster Philip
Ketchum played in helping a Jewish doctor escape the
Nazi regime.
TCS hockey team, 1938, from left: (back) Acton Fleming,
J.C. McCullough, John W.F. Peacock; (middle) Headmaster
Philip Ketchum, Hugh Russel, James A. Warburton, A.H.
Archie Humble; (front) Alexander M. McIvor
was re-equipped with Spitfire fighter planes
and began intensified preparation for D-Day.
(In a letter home) he pictures a concise
image of the invasion from above: “I went
off on the dawn sortie at 0445 and spent 45
minutes over the beachhead where I got a
magnificent bird’s eye view of our mighty
armada approaching the coast of Normandy.
I was singularly impressed by the visibility
that momentous morning. I had no sooner
climbed to 1500 ft after take-off, than I
could see the guns flashing off the coast of
Normandy about 100 miles away. As I flew
across the channel, below me I could see
the little white wakes of countless ships (as
they) approached the coast. As dawn arrived
the bombers started to arrive and the flak
of all colours curved lazily up into the air.
I could now see the ships more clearly –
every conceivable shape and size stretching
as far as the eye could see – truly an awe
inspiring sight.” After performing on D-Day,
Catherine McDonald used Dr. Ketchum’s letters as a
source to better understand how these events came
about:
Throughout his career at the School,
(Headmaster) Ketchum was a great advocate
through the school yearbooks and personal
letters. His greatest humanitarian efforts
on behalf of Jewish people during the
Holocaust and World War II was not his
literary advocacy, but his persistent effort
in securing the rescue of a Jewish doctor in
the midst of this difficult time. Dr. Berger,
a Polish Jewish doctor, had contacted
Headmaster Ketchum through a series of
letters. After applying to several embassies,
Dr. Berger had been denied emigration from
Poland. He was denied immigration based
on his religious views, and the anti-Semitic
views contended by the immigration authorities. After months of letters, connections
and telegraphs, Dr. Berger was not granted
permission for a visa into the country once
again based on his Jewish faith. Although
this deeply upset Ketchum, he continued
his advocacy in the earnest hope of having
some impact on the survival and protection
Friends of the Archives
Thank you to our recent donors:
• George Booth ’61: Cadet Corps photographs
• Geoff Dale (retired master): postcards of
TCS and Port Hope
• Madelon Kelley (retired staff ): Postcards
and Christmas cards sent to her from
former students all over the world
• Paul Godfrey ’52 (retired master): Leatherbound copy of William Osler’s Practice of
Medicine
•J
ack Goering ’43 (retired master):
Personal sports trophies (1941-1943)
• David Fisher ’93 (former staff ): Footballs
•D
iana Grandfield: Photographs and copies
of The TCS News and The Record
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rs. Claire McDerment: Bigside coat
with 1951 Little Big Four championship
crest
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ohn Mulholland ’67: First team hockey
sweater, toque and three cricket caps
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has shared their stories for our Personal
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time to become a Friend of the Archives by
submitting your memories of TCS:
Complete our online form at:
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A telegram from Dr. Berger to Headmaster Philip Ketchum dated May 6, 1941 when
the doctor was temporarily staying in Kobe, Japan
of the millions of Jews suffering over in
Europe. He spoke out against anti-Semitism,
and wrote hundreds of letters to members
of the government, expressing his egalitarian views... An example of Dr. Ketchum’s
humanitarian beliefs can be found in a letter
from May 26, 1941, to Dr. Bruce, a Canadian
helping him in bringing Dr. Berger into
Canada. He writes, “Mr. Blair has included
Dr. Berger in the group of refugees who will
be leaving Japan shortly for Vancouver. I
cannot tell you how grateful I am to you for
taking so much trouble on Dr. Berger’s and
my behalf, and I know he will be eternally
grateful to you.”
Sandrine Nkunzimana shares the happy results of Dr.
Ketchum’s efforts:
While travelling in London in 1941,
Berger had met and spent a few days with
Ketchum. Luckily enough for Dr. Berger,
Ketchum wanted to help in any way
possible. Ketchum told Berger in 1941,
“Please know that I shall keep you in the
forethought of my mind and do anything
A letter to Headmaster Philip Ketchum from the House of Commons (signature illegible),
dated May 19, 1941, on progress in Dr. Berger’s immigration petition. Despite the negative
view of Jewish immigration taken by F.C. Blair, then-director of the immigration branch of
the Department of Mines and Resources, the letter indicates a good chance for Dr. Berger
to be allowed into Canada due to the need for x-ray technicians here.
possible to help you.” He then continued
on to write in 1941 to Mr. Joliffe, someone
in immigration, saying, “I am most anxious
to help Dr. Berger in any way possible as he
has been through some terrible experiences
during the past year and a half. Dr. Berger
and I have been cabling each other off and
on for the past six weeks and I have been
doing my utmost, through Ottawa, to get
him permission to enter this country.”
Thankfully, Dr. Ketchum was successful
in helping Dr. Berger and his family
immigrate to Canada. He did so by writing
to the House of Commons. The House of
Commons replied, “We were dealing with
a refugee group from Japan which involved
sending a cable from Japan, there I included
in the cable, Dr. Berger and his family. I
expect they will come along on a Japanese
transport available at present. I will let you
know as soon as we hear further.”
...Once Berger got to Canada Ketchum
also helped him look for a job. The following
statement made in the letter written by
Klein, Berger’s immigration lawyer, and sent
to Ketchum gives further evidence of this:
“I had received a communication from Mr.
Blair informing me that the authorities had
anticipated that Dr. Berger would receive
employment as an x-ray specialist and for
this reason no deposit for his support necessary. I am certain that you were of great
assistance in obtaining this permission, for
which I am grateful.”
Next Issue: We look forward to presenting
part two of this series – Student authors
document war history: The War at Home –
featuring the research of students Kieran
Mathews, Linea Strong and Emily Stratford,
in the spring 2012 issue of The TCS News.
Compiled by Renée Hillier
Archivist, John D. Burns Archives at TCS
[email protected]
With thanks to Viola Lyons, archives assistant.
You can learn more about the history of TCS by
visiting the John D. Burns Archives on the Web at
www.tcs.on.ca in either the “who we are” or “alumni”
sections.
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With the launch of Strength of
Purpose: The Strategic Plan
for Trinity College School
2007-2012 in the fall
of 2007, our collective vision for the
School’s future
was unveiled.
TCS remains
committed to
providing regular
updates on progress
made in the key areas of our
people, our programme and our place.
To view the six strategic goals of our
plan or learn more about Strength of
Purpose, visit www.tcs.on.ca or contact
the advancement office for a copy of
the Strength of Purpose booklet.
545 students from 32 countries for the 2011-2012 school year
The rafters of Osler Hall now bear the flags of the 32 nations represented within
the student body this year. Strong relationships in Germany and Nigeria have
led to an increasing number of students from these countries, while established
ties with China, Bermuda and Mexico mean that TCS continues to welcome many
young people from these areas. In total, this year the School comprises 450
Senior School students and 95 Junior School students. The School recruited a
total of 177 new students this year (an increase over 163 new students last year)
and we were pleased to see a record 38 students move up from the Junior School
to start Grade 9 in the Senior School.
Student-focussed social awareness discussions
Grade 11 is an important time as students begin to seriously consider their
post-secondary options. In addition to guiding students through this important
and sometimes overwhelming process, the TCS guidance department has begun,
once a month, to host social awareness discussions to explore students’ values
and attitudes and help them understand their role in this learning community.
To increase opportunities for open and honest discussions, students meet with
peers from their houses and adults leading the conversations encourage students
to take the lead on suggesting topics to be discussed. All a part of the School’s
continued focus on fostering a culture of respect at TCS, we expect student groups
will touch on areas such as: personal responsibility, respecting differences and
self-esteem. Speaking directly to our mission of “developing habits of the heart
and mind for a life of purpose and service,” these sessions are aimed at giving
students a better understanding of others around them and their responsibility to
their community, something that will not only benefit them during their postsecondary schooling, but also positively influence their lives.
Marketing Resources
Financial Resources
Giving prospective families easy access to TCS
Parents and students considering joining the TCS community have plenty of
important questions to ask and we want to be as responsive as possible. We know,
for instance, that our admissions message can be delivered faster and is more
interactive when we opt to e-mail digital publications instead of mailing printed
catalogues. This is why the admissions office has embraced the use of tools
like e-zines (digital magazines) and Facetime for Mac (video chatting via iPads,
iPhones or Mac computer) for those who can’t easily tour our campus, as they
provide a convenient and effective glimpse into life at TCS. Social media sites are
also a portal for conversations with prospective families; that is why the School
has hired a social media intern to ensure our Twitter, Facebook and YouTube sites
provide unique daily insights about school life and culture.
Sights set on $1 million
Thanks to the generosity of the TCS community, last year we
surpassed our ambitious Annual Fund goal of $950,000 and
were able to make a huge difference in the life of the School.
Inspired by this incredible fundraising success, our 2011-2012
Annual Fund goal is set at $1 million! We are focused on
bolstering financial assistance to ensure promising students
continue to come to TCS, and with the support of parents
and alumni, a number of important renovations are planned:
improvements to the lighting and seating in the chapel,
further Boulden House enhancements (following the relocation of the Senior School art programme), new furniture for
the technology learning studios and energy efficient windows
for the W.A. Johnson Classroom Block.
Helping others to realize what’s within
Web sites are still a key destination for those researching independent schools
so we ensure our site is contemporary and informative, with plans to launch a
new interactive homepage and other engaging features and pages in the weeks
and months ahead. Our new Web pages will reflect our keen focus on marketing
our boarding and Junior School programmes this year; we will feature newly
developed videos which provide different and engaging points of view from Junior
School faculty and families as well as highlight the TCS boarding experience.
150th anniversary fundraising campaign ramping up
Plans for the School’s 150th anniversary fundraising
campaign are well underway with the development of
campaign materials and some additions to the campaign
cabinet. To read more, see page 14 of this publication.
Academic plan to outline future TCS offerings
Based on a well-articulated academic vision, we have begun the
development of a three-year academic plan which will address summer
offerings, assessment, critical thinking, academic reporting and
support of teacher classroom practice, among other things. The
addition of a campus programmes coordinator this fall is allowing
for the research, planning and implementation of mission-oriented
activities that complement existing operations, such as the addition
of English as a Second Language (ESL) courses which will be offered
in summer 2012.
Macs, tablets, smart phones, oh my!
With the understanding that the students of today belong to a “wired
generation,” TCS is championing the use of meaningful technology in the
classroom and at the School. This past fall, Apple MacBooks were introduced
into our Dell PC environment and the Grade 5 and 6 classes have been piloting
iPads in class. We will continue to research and integrate other technologies that we believe will support our teachers in the teaching and learning
processes. While we still put the utmost emphasis on direct face-to-face
communication, we are also developing social media and handheld guidelines
which will help our faculty and students responsibly use, what many educators
consider to be, key learning tools of the future.
Supporting our students in the learning process
Based on the success of the evening study programme, piloted last year for all
Grade 9 and 10 students, this year the initiative has been extended to include
all Grade 11 students. This programme takes students each evening, Monday to
Friday, out of their houses and into a more structured classroom setting where
faculty can better support their studies and the students directly benefit from
the presence of a teacher familiar to them. Also this fall we launched a revised
reporting system that is aimed at highlighting, for parents and students, the
relationship between learning and skills, such as collaboration, initiative,
organization and self-regulation. This speaks to the Ministry of Education’s
drive towards assessment for and of learning and includes an October
progress report which provides families with an assessment of the students’
learning early in the school year.
Formalizing a Student Life Curriculum
At TCS we see the day in three parts: the curricular, co-curricular
and residential. This speaks to the fact that once the sun
sets or the weekend arrives, our campus does not shut
down like most other schools. The first stage of the
development of a student life curriculum (completed
this fall) is designed to put some more definition
and formalized guidelines around the activities that
take place predominately outside of the academic or
co-curricular programmes. This Web-based document
will outline everything concerning students – from
driver’s education to health services, and from weekend
activities offered to strategies to help with studying – and
will be a constantly evolving resource for students and their
families.
New quarters for our deserving junior
and senior students
The new visual arts wing opened
this fall to great excitement and
acclaim! Expertly designed to
address both form and function,
this beautiful and environmentally sensitive 11,000-squarefoot learning space will give our
senior art students and faculty
a place of their own alongside
the modern music and theatrical
facilities that the School already boasts.
(To learn more, see page 2 of this magazine.)
The relocation of the Senior School visual arts
programme left a vacant space in Boulden
House that the Junior School faculty was pleased
to reclaim; the space now is used for student
tutorials as well as drama and creative science
activities. Also, this past summer, renovations
began to expand the Grade 5 and 6 classrooms
and the current French room. The benefits of this
expansion include the ability to add two more
students to the Grade 5 class (now comprising
16 students). More space for the Junior School
has also meant enhanced programming such
as the development of enrichment centres,
a group work station and reading area, more
storage for manipulatives and resources, more
spaces for activities that require students to
move around and the ability to conference with
students more effectively. The French room is
now properly insulated and has attractive new
circular windows that add an inviting reading
and puppet area for students.
Keeping our community connected and safe
A primary concern for any school is the health
and well-being of its students and staff. With
formalized emergency plans already in place, we
are testing and further developing these plans
to ensure they are second to none. We are also
exploring additional mass communication
systems that would give the School alternative
tools to employ should our students, staff
and families need to be reached in a crisis
situation.
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150 Anniversary
Campaign Update
th
As Trinity College School gears up for its 150th anniversary in 2015, we have begun to lay the
foundation for a historic fundraising campaign – a campaign that celebrates the School’s centuryand-a-half of leadership in independent school education and solidifies our position for the future.
We will be asking our community to support critical investments
in student financial assistance and infrastructure. Helping TCS
become more accessible for the most promising students is the top
priority of the campaign. Major infrastructure enhancements will
also move forward, consisting of a new athletic centre to better
support the important role of athletics and fitness in the Junior
and Senior Schools and a new learning commons comprising a
state-of-the-art library and academic support centre.
Leading this effort, we are pleased to introduce an exceptional
campaign cabinet, led by co-chairs Tim Kennish ’58 and Wendy
Cecil P’06 ’08 and honorary chair Michael Burns ’56 P’81. (See list
of full campaign cabinet at right.)
a campaign in two phases
The campaign will be conducted over two phases. The “quiet” or
planning phase has been underway since 2010 and will run to 2013.
The School’s leadership bodies, consisting of the board, foundation
and trustees, will be asked to be the first donors to the campaign
with a goal of 100% participation amongst these groups. During
the quiet phase, architectural plans and cost estimates for the
proposed athletic centre and learning commons will be finalized.
Finally, the quiet phase will secure a nucleus of lead donors for the
three project areas.
The public phase of the campaign will kick off in 2013 and the
full alumni and parent community will be invited to participate
and take the campaign over goal by 2015.
you have a rare opportunity to help shape
the school that shaped you.
Through the campaign, alumni and parents will be asked to reflect
upon the important role of TCS in their lives and/or the lives of
their children and support an historic renewal of the School. Over
the coming months, we plan to update you further on developments
in the 150th Anniversary Campaign for Trinity College School.
As we head towards the sesquicentennial of the School on the Hill,
we remain loyal to our past and focused on the future.
150th anniversary campaign cabinet
Wendy Cecil P’06 ’08, co-chair
Tim Kennish ’58, co-chair
Michael Burns ’56 P’81, honorary chair
John Barford ’74
Colin Brown ’75 P’06 ’06
George Booth ’61
Michael Detlefsen ’81 P’12
Adam Howard ’76 P’08 ’11
Michael Davies ’55 P’80 ’82 ’84 ’85
Roger Glassco ’65 P’06 ’09 ’10 ’14
Isabel Tremblay ’94
staff:
Stuart Grainger P’16 ’18, headmaster
Doug Mann P’14 ’15, executive director of advancement
David McCart ’67 P’97, special advisor to the advancement office
The TCS Alumni Association wishes to
congratulate TCS on 20 years of co-education.
Thank you to the pioneers of the past and the leaders of the future.
make connections. get advice. get ahead.
Did you know that in August and
September 2011, 15 mentor requests were
made by registered BearTracks mentees?
That means 15 mentees were connected
with fellow TCS grads to ask questions,
get advice and help them get a leg up in
their chosen career path.
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!
To register, go to: www.tcs.on.ca
Alumni > BearTracks Alumni
Mentorship Programme
“As a mentee you will be connected with a
If you have any questions contact
BearTracks Programme Manager,
Maeve Strathy
allows for a trusting relationship.”
Phone: 905-885-3193
Fax: 905-885-3244
E-mail: [email protected]
TCS graduate as a mentor, which immediately creates a bond and a respect that
Justine Frostad ’05
BearTracks Mentee
photo gallery
1Headmaster Stuart Grainger, the Rt. Revd. Michael
Bedford-Jones ’61, Andrew Woodward ’06
2 Jim Stratton ’61, John Stikeman ’61, Colin Glassco ’61,
Alan Fowler ’61
Robin Labatt ’56, Bill Boughner ’56, Michael Burns ’56,
Bruce Wells ’56
4The Kent family: Janice, Sarah ’11, David ’71
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events kicked off with the 23rd annual
TCS Golf Tournament on Friday. About 80
duffers enjoyed playing the Dalewood Golf
Club course with the winning foursome
from the class of 1971: Hamilton Narby, Ker
Ferguson, Mark Sully and Steve Wilson. A
special part of the annual golf tournament
is the dedication of the Jocko Taylor ’67
Award, given to an alumnus for his or her
exceptional dedication, loyalty and service
to the School. This year’s recipient, George
Booth ’61, is extremely well deserving of
the honour; among other contributions to
the School, he is a long-time leadership
volunteer and trustee.
There was something for everyone
during the day on Saturday, including the
third annual Old Boys rugby game, the new
doubles tennis tournament and school tours
led by current students. Thanks to archivists
Viola Lyons and Renée Hillier, as well as
Trustee Maria Phipps P’98 ’03, alumni had
the chance to view old photos online, flip
through their yearbooks and help identify
former classmates. In the evening, alumni
gathered in the Memorial Chapel to hear
an update on the School from Headmaster
Stuart Grainger and performances by
Jazz@4, the Chapel Choir and the Johnson
Bell Ringers, including a wonderful solo
performance of Jerusalem by Grade 5
student Nico Johnson. Following a cocktail
reception on the terrace and class photos,
alumni and friends enjoyed dinner under
the “big top,” complete with bun throwing!
Sunday began with the TCS tradition of
chapel, officiated by the Rt. Revd. Michael
Bedford-Jones ’61, Bishop of Trent-Durham
(retired) and Andrew Woodward ’06 (a
master’s of divinity student at Trinity
College). Organist Randy Mills led the choir
and congregation in well-known hymns,
including a few special requests. The
weather remained beautiful for the Old Boys
vs. Bigside cricket match, which was a great
way to end such a memorable weekend.
View more photos of Reunion Weekend online in the
media gallery at www.tcs.on.ca!
Mark your calendar for Reunion Weekend 2012,
happening May 25-27, celebrating classes ending
in ’2 and ’7. To learn more, contact your year chair
or the TCS advancement office (905-885-1295 or
[email protected]).
5 Alan Todd ’66, Will Hafner ’66, Jim Binch ’66,
Suzie Binch, Robert Noble ’66, Bruce “Herbie”
Kennedy ’66
6Headmaster Stuart Grainger presents the
Jocko Taylor ’67 Award to George Booth ’61
7 The class of 1976: (back row) Geoff Vernon, Phil
Pinnington, Al Christie, Chris Pilcher; (middle) Charles Li,
John Lieou, Andy Thomas, James Bursey, George Holmes,
Michael Conway; (front) David Taras, John Adams,
John Black, Peter Goering
8 Colin Glassco ’61 presents a plaque to Headmaster
Stuart Grainger in recognition of a well being built in
Zambia to celebrate the class of 1961 reunion
9 Priya Gupta ’06, Clara Jin ’06, Peter Gillespie ’06,
Avi Trivedi ’06
10From the class of 2001: John Biggar, Andrew Mullin,
Nick Wallace, Cam Symonette, Sky Liddell, Bethany
Howell, Jodi Wright, Ashley Taylor, Audra Branigan,
Ashley Tomlinson, Cait Symonette
11The class of 1996: (back) Tucker Grant, Bryce Gibson,
Ross Birchall, Cameron Wilde; (front) Brook Hamilton,
Laird Arnoldi, Ainslie Ellis, Tyler Benedict, Darryn Stroud
12Jay Saunders ’91, Andrew Crawford ’91,
Mark Skoczylas ’91, Nicol deCourcy-Donovan
13Michael Detlefsen ’81, Andrew Wilson ’81
14Chris Ward ’86, Phil Gibson ’86, Yves Bonnardeaux ’86
15George Holmes ’76, Geoff Holmes ’06, Nathan Swan ’06,
Tim White (staff)
16Betty Reynolds (retired staff), Steve Konopelky ’86
17Paul Godfrey ’52, Peter Sullivan ’71
18Paul Kerr ’91, Hees Ham ’91, Paul Wilson ’91
19Susan Lilholt, Glen Bodie ’71
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class notes
1942
venue, home of the Hampshire County Cricket
Club. Ken, an ardent cricketer, was a member of
the TCS Little Big Four Championship team of
1943, with Jack Goering. Note the sun hat Ken is
wearing, even though it was raining most of the
day and little cricket was played.
1953
not want to note that I will be retiring from the
Supreme Court of Canada later this autumn
after 14 years on the “top court.” It has been a
fascinating and tumultuous time in our legal history (starting with the Quebec Secession Reference
in my first month on the court) but it is time for a
change and I expect to return to private practice
in Toronto.’
chair: Doug Colbourne
Peter Hyde ’57 with his family
This past summer, the class of 1942 and the TCS
community as a whole lost a dear friend with
the passing of Tony German. Tony attended TCS
from 1937 to 1942, becoming head prefect and
winning the Bronze Medal, as well as earning
first team colours in football. Upon graduation,
Tony joined the Royal Canadian Navy, serving
overseas in World War II and then continuing
to serve in Canada and the U.K., including as
the commander of three Canadian post-war
destroyers, until his retirement in 1965. Following
his military service, Tony had a varied career. He
wrote articles, plays and books (both non-fiction
and children’s adventure fiction), established the
Forum for Young Canadians in Ottawa and even
brought the hovercraft to Expo 67 in Montreal.
But his heart remained with the Navy and he was
devoted to the Northumberland Navy League
and the local Skeena. For his service to Canadian
maritime affairs, the Navy awarded him the
Admiral’s Medal. Tony was married for 63 years
to Sage and they had four children – Rick ’69,
Kiloran, Sarah and Andrew – and eight grandchildren. He will be missed by us all.
Doug Huestis has his own Web site, featuring
samples of his work as an author. After retiring in
1995 from his career in medicine, Doug began taking courses in creative writing. View Doug’s work
at www.doughuestis.com.
1943
Ed Day writes: “My wife and I spend several
months of the year in our house in the South of
France (www.campagnesaintcharles.com), often
joined by my son and his wife, and by my
daughter and her family who live in Milan, really
not far from us. I have been retired five years
now; it took me two years to come to terms with
that, because I loved my work, and took delight
in my patients. Now life is fun, and surprisingly
busy. One activity I greatly enjoy is going to the
gym, something I was never able to make time
for while I was in practice. I have come to
respect the trainers immensely. Their knowledge
and what I have learned from them might have
enhanced the management of my patients. I
practiced musculoskeletal medicine, and am
impressed by the use of proprioceptive
neuromusculofacilitation in training disused
muscles by the trainers, as opposed to its
application in disabled people. It gives me
rapport with these young fellows; it is fun
discussing musculoskeletal issues with people
who know anatomy and physiology.”
On June 30, Eric Jackman was appointed a
member of the Order of Canada (CM) by the
Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor
General of Canada. Eric was among those
selected for one of Canada’s highest civilian
honours “for his generous support of, and
leadership in the arts, education, health care and
public policy.”
1955
chair: Arnold Massey
On June 18, at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club,
Harry Jemmett was inducted into the Canadian
14 Hall of Fame. Harry was the first Canadian
to win the North American Junior Sailing
Championship (1954) and placed first in nine
different series of Canadian Dinghy Association
championships during his career on water.
While enjoying a vacation in England in June,
Ken Scott attended a cricket test match at the
Rose Bowl, Southampton: England versus Sri
Lanka. This was the first test match ever played
south of London, in the comparatively new
1957
chair: Bill Porritt
Year Chair Bill Porritt shared updates from his
class: “Ian Binnie writes, ‘Bill, you may or may
“Peter Hyde writes, ‘I have been retired
from Deloitte for nine years now (!), where I was
a partner for 27 years and employed there for 42
in all. I recently completed a two-year term as
president of the Rideau Club. My wife Bev and
I have three grown children, two married, but
no grandchildren yet. I have been playing lots of
golf and travelling (two dozen countries since
I retired). I also ski and skate in winter (and
skated 125 km on the Rideau Canal last winter).
My wife is quite a good artist, but I couldn’t twist
her arm to enter the TCS Alumni Art Show.’
“Ramsay Derry writes, ‘TCS friends continue to make frequent appearances in my life,
starting with my brother Douglas Derry ’64 and
his wife Margaret who live near to us in Caledon.
From my own year, I see Ian Binnie frequently
at legal conferences (my wife, Trisha Jackson,
is a lawyer). Chris English and his wife, Jean
Guthrie, stayed with us in June when they were
visiting Toronto from St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Whenever we’re in London we see Tim Hamilton
and his wife, Jenny. I lunch from time to time
with Tony Minard and also with Tim Kennish ’58.
He and I arrived at the Junior School together
in 1950 when we were 11 years old. I see my old
roommate, Frank Stephenson ’58, at least once
a year when he is Toronto visting his stepfather,
Edward Cayley ’39. Blane Bowen ’58 and his
wife Ann dined with us to exchange information and stories about travel in East Africa.
Peter Bradshaw ’58 and I play squash and
dine when he is town from Vancouver. We see
the ever-genial Hugh Paisley ’59 and his wife
Joan at a variety of Toronto parties and theatre
intermissions, and Peter Allen ’58 and Jocelyn
at concerts and ballets, and we go to many of
the events organized by Bob Ramsay ’68. At
Cambridge, England, this summer (another law
conference), I played grass-court tennis with
(and was gently coached by) Roy Heenan ’53.
Most winters I get a few days’ skiing in B.C. or
New Mexico with John O’Brian ’62, and we had
a party for him and his wife Helen in September
when he was being given an honorary degree
at Trinity College (see Class Notes for 1962).
This summer Trisha and I paddled down the
Mountain River in the Northwest Territories
and were near the spot on the Mackenzie River
where Hugh Gordon ’58 drowned when he was
on a canoe trip with his brother Peter Gordon ’59
and others. In December, thanks to Peter Hyde,
I’ll be giving a talk in Ottawa about the published
and unpublished diaries of Charles Ritchie ’22.
He hated TCS and called it “an Anglican concentration camp of a school,” but that didn’t stop
him from having a brilliant diplomatic, social and
literary career. I am still on call as an editorial
and publishing consultant and am the coordinator of the book club at Massey College. Our elder
son has been working at Maclean’s magazine for
the past year and our younger son is in fourth
year at University of Toronto.’”
As for himself, Bill Porritt writes, “One of the
highlights of this past wonderful summer was
the fly-in visit by Adam Saunders to our cottage
on Baptiste Lake (near Bancroft, Ontario).”
Adam Saunders’ plane, the Steam Chicken, at Bill Porritt’s
dock
1958
chair: David Marett
The class of 1958 cavorts on Wise Island, B.C. (from left):
Peter (Shaky) Lockhart Gordon, Mark Dowie and Doug
Higgins.
Peter Lockhart Gordon writes: “On a late
weekend in August 2011 there was a gathering of
three TCS graduates who together attended the
School for approximately 25 years. The meeting
took place on Wise Island, a tiny paradise off the
coast of British Columbia where Doug Higgins
and family own a mostly hand-hewn cottage and
workshop. Mark Dowie had been touring
Vancouver Island and was staying with Peter
‘Shaky’ Lockhart Gordon. The trio bored their
respective wives with a tackle-by-tackle account
of the undefeated and unscored-upon football
team of 1958, of which Higgins was defensive
captain. As the accompanying photo attests,
they have survived the intervening years intact
and plan to return soon to Port Hope to
challenge Bigside football to a match.”
TCS alumni gathered for golf and a reception in Muskoka, Ontario in late August. Headmaster Stuart Grainger, School
Chaplain Don Aitchison and members of the advancement office were welcomed by Joan Hickey and George Booth ’61.
Pictured, Joan Booth (left) and Colin Glassco ’61 share a glass of wine with Anne Cooper (wife of the late Gary Cooper
’61), while George sits down with Sally Frackowiak (left) and her daughter, Karen Frackowiak ’05.
1961
chairs: John James & Jim Stratton
Year Chair John James writes: “This is the
year of the class of ’61 50th reunion. A hard
working committee of classmates was formed,
and with huge assistance and guidance from
Tricia Mandryk (director of advancement) the
weekend was an overwhelming success. The
class thanks Bob Stone, Doug Cooper, Vince
Prager, Jim Stratton, John Kime, Colin Glassco
and George Booth for creating an exceptionally
effective committee team. The class has always
been one of multiple groups...and individuals.
Migrations of old groupings of friends from years
past blended into one harmonious, social class
of ’61. Took 50 years to do so. But was it ever
worth the wait? Then the class, led by an anonymous lead donation of $50,000 raised $50,000
further, totalling $100,000. The percentage of
donors has never been higher. The summary is
that more gratification of the School in general
and the class in particular came together in one
wonderful 48-hour period. It is imperative that
all readers of this passage note and respond to
the legacy of what Trinity College School has
given us. That way our class can perpetuate and
share the warm remembrance of the School, our
time there and our classmates with you and your
classes in the future. We pass the torch to Bill
Bowen ’62 and wish him even more success next
year in 2012.
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class notes
1961 classmates John James (left) and Frank Underhill
with Patti James
“In early September Patti and I spent three
days in Las Vegas where we spent many hours
and meals with Frank Underhill (pictured above).
I always liked Frank at School because he took a
lot of pressure off of me. He set records running
quarters. And like Forrest Gump, he’s still a
runner. Of all the classmates who returned for
Reunion Weekend, I felt that the most rewarding
returnee was Frank. He revelled in the School
and his classmates. Claimed it was the best
vacation trip he has ever taken. Frank left the
School early and was rebuked by his father upon
returning home to London, Ontario. Frank’s dad
and mother were well-known London lawyers.
Frank went to work in the mines of Kirkland Lake
and found there an amazing life and work ethic.
Since then he has built a professional investment
brokerage business headquartered in Las Vegas
with his company registered on most North
American stock exchanges. Of the many old
personal and school tales that Patti and I shared
with Frank in Las Vegas, the most fun and oft
repeated line was from his mother: ‘Frank, why
can’t you be more like David Peterson?’ Frank
did beat to his own drum.
“Gary Barber, now living in Niagara, brought
his vintage 1956 convertible down, all pasted
up with TCS colours. Gary has been a ‘lost
classmate’ for many years; hence he received no
mail or contact with the School. Out of the blue
in early 2011 he noted it has been 50 years and
re-found George Booth’s phone number and
connected with him. George set Gary up with all
the information for attending.
“John Bilbrough has also been lost for
several years. He was re-found in The Villages,
Florida, where, sadly, he had just lost his wife
only a few weeks before. John, the class and the
School send you our condolences. We do hope
that as you regroup you will again retain some
contact with your classmates and the School.
“Our class artist, David Hodgetts (aka
‘One, BANG, Two, Three’...David, you were
supposed to shoot on the three count) just
finished a strong showing at the TCS Alumni
Art Show in Toronto. He sold a few, which helps
the School also. Frank Underhill was one of the
buyers. Way to go, David.”
Fred “Too Tall” Hassel writes following Reunion
Weekend: “I was very pleased to see that Norm
MacEachern retains the title as the shortest
person to ever graduate from the Senior School!
A great party and very rewarding to see my
friends from those years at TCS.”
Jim Oborne writes following Reunion Weekend:
“It was a wonderful experience, and amazing how little we have changed in 50 years.
There are so many stories to recall but I will
limit myself to one. As most know, I wore
my Regimental 78th Fraser Highlander kilt on
Saturday. Although, I have only seen Norman
McEachern less than a dozen times in the last
50 years, I knew he would ‘go for it.’ Sure enough,
as soon as I came out of chapel he made his
charge saying he would find out what I was, or
wasn’t, wearing under my kilt. I was ready for him
and pulled my skean dhu (the surgically sharp,
small knife carried at the top of the stocking). I
suggested that he would shortly be ‘missing a
couple’ if he came any closer. This did not end his
attempts; he later encouraged his wife to ‘explore’
the matter further at dinner, as I sat beside this
still very good looking woman. Ginny, ever the
lady, declined, despite the look of keen anticipation on my face. The answer to the question ‘What
is worn under the kilt?’ is of course, ‘Nothing –
everything is in perfect working order!’”
Jimmy Tittemore (pictured on the left) was in
Kingston in early August visiting family but had a
bit of a run away in order to play golf with Peter
Candlish ’72 (right) and David McCart at
Cataraqui Golf Club.
1962
chair: Bill Bowen
On September 7, John O’Brian received his
honorary doctorate from the University of Trinity
College, University of Toronto and spoke at
convocation. John graduated from the university
in 1966 and has become a noted writer and
art historian. He is currently a professor of art
history at the University of British Columbia and
a faculty associate of the Peter Wall Institute for
Advanced Studies.
On August 10, TCS took on UCC in a friendly fold
match at Toronto Golf Club. Teeing off, from left,
were Mike Sainsbury and Mike Mackey (both
UCC ’67) and TCSers David McCart and George
Strathy. TCS won the match!
1968
chairs: Lawton Osler & Chris Cragg
1967
chair: David McCart
Year Chair David McCart writes: “News is slow
I’m sorry to say. The big news is that Jane and
Don Hunter have returned to Canada from the
Cayman Islands. They have a beautiful home in
Cobourg (postal address is Port Hope!) and are
thrilled to be back up north. I had some good
golf days with Mike Fyshe and Peter Henderson
in early July in Kingston and in August played
with George Strathy in Toronto. Everyone
seems to be in good shape. I had a newsy e-mail
from Andy Mooney who continues to fly for an
Indian airline and seems very happy commuting between Canada and India for work. If you
haven’t seen the article on Carol and Karl Scott
in this issue of The TCS News, please take a
moment and read it (see page 37). Two people
very supportive of TCS. I am sure I have forgotten to mention other classmates and to you I
apologize. Fuzzy memory and lack of keeping
notes are to blame.
“Don’t forget, our 45th reunion takes
place next May. The dates are Friday, May 25,
Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27, 2012.
Please put this event in your 2012 calendar. I will
be in touch with the class as Reunion Weekend
approaches with more news about our 45th!”
There were a host of TCS alumni, including some 1968 classmates, in attendance at
the wedding of Chris Cragg’s daughter on
October 15 in Guelph, Ontario. With Halloween
approaching, this was a costumed affair. Joining
in the fun, from left, were: Liam Cragg ’73 (uncle
of the bride), Lawton Osler, Currie Gardner,
Eve Tesluk ’96 (bridesmaid), Chris Cragg
(father of the bride), Ian Clarke, and kneeling,
Sean Cragg ’72 (uncle of the bride) and Colin
Cragg ’92 (brother of the bride).
Mark Frostad was inducted into the Canadian
Horseracing Hall of Fame on August 18. Mark
attended Princeton University and the University
of Western Ontario and was formerly a bloodstock agent before becoming a horse trainer.
Following his first win in April 1991, he has gone
on to train four Queen’s Plate winners, and has
more than 600 victories overall. He was selected
as Canada’s leading trainer three times, and has
worked with four Horse of the Year winners and
23 Sovereign Award winners.
1969
chairs: John Ringereide & Stewart Raynor
Rick Fisher has been named 2011 Alumni
Volunteer of the Year by the University of New
Brunswick Alumni Association as part of its
“Proudly UNB” awards programme.
1970
chair: Jonathan Adam Love
Will Molson let us know that he “is in public
accounting practice in the Toronto Beaches,
an executive/director of the Glenn Gould
Foundation and Home Ownership Alternatives,
and member of the Ontario Public Accounting
Licensing Board. Christine and six children
flourish.”
1971
chairs: Hope Gibson & Rob Wilson-Rogers
Year Chairs Hope Gibson and Rob WilsonRogers write about Reunion Weekend 2011:
“We knew everyone was good to go when we
got the final confirmation of those attending.
From a distance came Tom Sceats and Hamilton
Narby (France), Maribeth & Tom Armstrong
(California), Scott Pearl with Joann Peery and
Brian Windle (Washington State), Linda and
John Sands (Nassau), John Trusler (Florida),
Ker Ferguson (Alabama), Janice and David Kent
(Edmonton), David Melloy (Vancouver) and
Rick Thomas (South Carolina). Of course we
had a fantastic turnout from Ontario and Quebec
with special first-time appearances by Jim
Macdonald, Neil Paul and Peter Sullivan. We
also had last-minute regrets from Tom Bell, John
Sylvester and Malcolm MacTavish.
“The weekend kicked off Friday afternoon
with the expected tailgate gathering (behind
Mark Sully’s pickup) in the Dalewood parking
lot. This was followed by a rather messy round
of golf on a very soggy course. I am pleased to
report that John Sands kept a close eye on scores
submitted by David Gibson, David Kent and Bob
Rogers. The same can’t be said for the miraculous tournament-winning back nine posted by
Stephen Wilson, Ker Ferguson, Hamilton Narby
and Mark Sully. No comment need be made
about the expected antics of John Dewart, Jim
Maier, Rick Thomas and John Trusler or the
more sedate play of the threesome of David
Marler, Hope Gibson and Libby Simpson. As
expected, the stories swapped at the 19th hole
were large and not to be taken seriously.
“Friday night convened in the bar at the
Woodlawn Inn in Cobourg followed by a raucous
dinner punctuated by intermittent runs to the
bar to watch Boston eliminate Tampa Bay –
much to the delight of David Melloy and the
vindication of Bill Molson, whose Canadiens had
previously been eliminated by the Bruins. If you
remember the spring of ’71, the Canadiens upset
a heavily favoured Boston team and went on to
win the Stanley Cup. Needless to say, neither
Bill nor David appears to have matured in four
decades when it comes to hockey.
“Fortunately the Woodlawn put us in our
own dining room. A good move with the addition of Heather and Ian Birchall, Glen Bodie
and Susan Lilhot, Brian Herman, Patti Gibson,
Lindsay and Luther Holton, Jan Macdonald,
Keren Maier, Ian Medland, Gail Wilson, Carla
Canizares and special guest Paul Godfrey ’52
(retired master). Paul, incidentally, is helping
the School with its archives and the writing of
the 150th anniversary history. Hope, to much
hooting and hollering, mentioned this in his
opening remarks as a worthy reunion fundraising project. He also pointed out that there was
no greater authority on the ‘secret history’ of
TCS and ’71 than Paul. It was suggested that
David Gibson buy Paul a drink to advance his
memory loss. Bob Rogers presented a clock
to Hope to mark his 40-year tenure as class
chair and Mark Sully, in his white tuxedo, led
everyone in a sedate presentation of the School
Grace.
“Friday nights are always the high point
of any Reunion Weekend. Old friendships are
renewed and history is filled in, with many not
having seen each other for decades. The same
stories get retold and legends relived. While
appearances change everyone seems comfortable to fall back into the mantle of characters
we once were at TCS. Speaking of roles, those
you would expect to hoot with the owls were
still going well into Saturday morning.
“The eagles that did rise Saturday morning
with the sun had a full day. Some fit in another
round of golf in the rain while others took in
the many impressive displays of students’ work
and a nostalgic tour of the School with lunch
in Osler Hall. In the afternoon David and Patty
Gibson held a series of open houses, because
we couldn’t get organized enough to all arrive at
one time.
“In the early evening, we gathered on the
front campus with other years for drinks and
proceeded to the official reunion buffet dinner
under a tent opposite the old classroom block.
It was a delicious meal set out for 275. As might
be expected, as the wine flowed and evening
progressed, our decorum slipped and dinner
buns began to fly. Needless to say Melloy,
Narby, Wilson, Dewart, Sands and Kent were
smack in the middle. Dinner was followed by a
postmortem at the Woodlawn and the Wilson
residence in Cobourg.
“It is only fair to report that few made it to
the chapel service on Sunday morning – those
who did no doubt prayed for forgiveness for
their subdued brethren. All too soon it was brief
goodbyes, hugs and promises of attendance at
future reunions outside Osler Hall.
“Reunion weekends are always too brief –
they seem to start and end and be punctuated
in the middle by memorable sound bites and
instant camaraderie. As David Macfarlane
once noted, we seem to leave conversations
and pick them up years later exactly where we
left off. Yet the weekends end with a strange
combination of regret and welcomed mercury.
“We believe that the 40th was our best and
that they can only get better. We encourage
those who did attend to reach out to those who
were not able to so they join us for what promises to be a memorable 45th. We look forward to
seeing everyone back in Port Hope in May 2016.
Nothing but best wishes to you all!”
1974
chair: Lou Hambrock
Ryan and Brett Wilson shared news about their
dad: “Earlier this year, TCS alumnus Nigel
Wilson (pictured with wife Debi) was inducted
into the University of Western Ontario’s Wall of
Champions. Our dad attended TCS in the early
1970s and began his football playing days under
the guidance of the late Mike Hargraft ’53 and
Mac Campbell ’56. Both these men, as well as
his entire experience at the School, provided him
with a solid foundation for the years ahead and
our dad has always spoken about his time at the
School with respect and appreciation. Nigel is
the only Mustang player and coach to win five
Vanier Cups. He played wide receiver for the
Mustangs from 1974 through 1978. During the
1976 season, Nigel set a CIS record for most
yards per reception, averaging 39.0 yards per
catch – a record which still holds today. He is
second all-time in Vanier Cup receiving
touchdowns with two in the 1977 game versus
Acadia. In Nigel’s senior season, he caught four
touchdown passes in the first half against
Guelph, ranking him second in the CIS for most
touchdown receptions in a single game. Drafted
by the BC Lions, Nigel returned to Western to
coach in 1980 and was instrumental in the
development of three prominent Mustang
receivers – two of them wall of champion
inductees – Dave Sapunjis and Tyrone Williams,
along with Hec Crighton Trophy recipient and
CIS all-time leading receiver, Andy Fantuz.
Recognized for his coaching contributions, Nigel
was awarded the Gino Fracas Volunteer Coach
of the Year award by the CIS in 2007. Nigel
Wilson – a Mustang legend.”
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1977
chair: Chris Matthews
In September, Peter Scowen penned a Globe
and Mail article in response to Republican
presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann’s remark
that the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene
was God’s way of telling U.S. politicians to cut
spending and fix the deficit. The satirical piece
was entitled, “So Jesus, Moses and St. Peter walk
into a Republican debate...” Peter is a communities editor with the Globe and oversees the Globe
Books Web site.
1978
chair: Geoff Francolini
David Sculthorpe was recently appointed CEO
of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
As well, David is chair of the board of directors
of PREVNet, a national network of researchers,
non-governmental organizations and governments committed to stopping bullying.
1981
chair: Charles Burns
Newly-retired TCS faculty member Larry
Thornton travelled to Halifax this fall and
attended the famous Pumpkin Race in Windsor,
Nova Scotia, where brave souls race across a
lake in huge, hollowed-out pumpkins. The winner
of the race was none other than Joe Seagram.
Joe is currently headmaster at King’s-Edgehill
School in Windsor and he and wife Belinda
report that their son Kyle is off to university,
while daughter Mackenzie is in Grade 11.
1984
Geoff Cape has been named by Zoomer magazine as one of Canada’s “Top 45 over 45.” Jeff is
co-founder and executive director of Evergreen,
an organization he started in 1991 to bring cities
and nature together. The flagship project is
Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works, Canada’s first
large-scale environmental community centre,
which National Geographic named one of the
world’s top 10 geo-tourism destinations.
1985
chair: David Robertson
Year Chair David Robertson writes: “I had a
terrific response from my recent request for
updates on what you’re all up to and have the
following news to share. John Hopkins writes,
‘I am living the student life again (sort of!). I
am currently working toward my Bachelor of
Education degree at Queen’s University in the
primary/junior stream. It is proving to be quite
an exciting challenge and I am looking forward to
a change in career. It is strange being back in the
classroom surrounded by people young enough
to be my kids, and despite my reasoned arguments, Nancy did not think it was a good idea for
John Hopkins ’85 flies with the Snowbirds this past summer
me to rent a house off-campus with four other
guys and hold weekly toga parties. My 22-year
stint as a magazine editor/journalist ended on a
high note, however. In July I had the chance to fly
with the Snowbirds in Calgary. That was the thrill
of a lifetime and I am proud to say I didn’t puke! I
have not abandoned the journalism field entirely.
I am still doing some freelance work for Inside
Track Communications, and my wife and I are
publishers of Country Roads, Discovering Hastings
County, a quarterly lifestyle magazine.’
“Mac King writes from Connecticut, ‘Hey
Dave, all is well in CT. We (Kate and I, the three
dogs and the three kids) spent a couple of weeks
this summer north of North Bay in Temagami
which was a good break from the usual day to
day grind. Playing lots of squash these days,
some running and some skiing at the local areas
close by. Still working at ATMI but I shifted
from vice president of research & development
to business development which is a welcome
change and is requiring a lot of learning.’
“Ian Whan Tong writes, ‘All’s well here.
Phillip, our son (6), started Grade 1 at the
Cayman International School, and loves it.
Catherine (3) started pre-kindergarten-3 at
the school too, and is basically teaching the
class according to the teachers! My work as
the general counsel at Cayman National (the
largest financial institution based in the Cayman
Islands) continues into my fifth year there –
great work, good people and reasonable hours!
We built our (hurricane proof!) house two years
ago; we are on a canal, so a boat is in the works
once there is some money in the bank account
again. Life in Cayman is otherwise really very
good, but we will be back in Canada this winter
for the kids’ second season on skis! Lots of
recent alums from the School seem to be here
in Cayman – none in our years, but I think a few
each year now.’
“Dave Lane writes, ‘We are back to school
down here in the excited states of America.
September 11 is behind us and we are now looking down the long tunnel of football and getting
ready for the rest of what Mother Nature can
throw at us. After all, a hurricane, the remnants
of a tropical storm and an earthquake hardly
count right? Emma (11) went to Wapomeo for
her sixth tour of Algonquin Park and is already
planning to go back, which gave Dianne and
me a month alone to sample foods other than
chicken fingers and French fries. We did make
a point of going by the School on the way back
from Toronto at the end of August. I managed
to have dinner with Frank (Andrew) Lawler ’84
on his progress through the East Coast at the
beginning of the year. He and his family passed
through D.C. on their way south out of Canada.
That is really all there is that is fit to print. I am
still occasionally writing articles for the Linux
Journal Web site and editing a book for Linux
system administrators that should be out near
the end of the year, and otherwise keeping
myself out of trouble.’
“Mihkel Harilaid is always busy in the world
of movie-making but did take a minute to share
this,‘This summer has been full of horses and
kids. Hannah and Silas competed for the first
time this year and had a blast. Otherwise it is
business as usual with work continuing on The
Tower Hotel in Port Hope and two movies, Dark
Rising: Summer Strikes Back and Medium Raw,
being released. Looking forward to a great fall
and working on the TCS Alumni Association
executive committee.’
“Nick Strube had nothing new to report
but did have this update on one of our long lost
classmates, Carl Thiel. ‘I have an interesting bit
of information on another alumnus. I saw Carl
Thiel’s name in the credits of a Robert Rodriguez
movie called Machete. Carl was part of the band,
and may have been involved in some composing. His Facebook page has 500 friends, so I am
sure that you can get yourself invited. He lives in
Texas, I believe.’
“And now for a real blast from the past. We
tend to see the same names over the years in
The TCS News under 1985 but courtesy of Kerry
Lee, check this out! Kerry sent me the following
message in May of this year: ‘I know the boys
won’t like me sending this to you but what the
heck. Kell Blyth and I met up with Olaf Drehsen
in London two weeks ago. We had not seen Olaf
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since 1983 – 28 years! We picked up where we
left off. Olaf has not changed much, just a lot
taller. He was 15 minutes late at the rendezvous.
He figured, what’s 15 minutes more in comparison to 28 years? Olaf is still living in Dusseldorf,
Germany, and runs his own real estate company.
Olaf was in London for a week as it was part
of his executive business course in real estate
finance. I am in constant contact with Olaf and
we promised to meet up in the near future as
Manchester and Dusseldorf is only a cheap
flight away. Kell is bicycling through Europe this
summer and is intending to drop by Olaf’s. My
11-year-old son Jonah (Kell’s godson) is now a
brown belt in Shotokan karate and recently won
a silver medal for kata at the Central Regions
tournament.’ Great stuff, Kerry! You guys have
hardly aged at all in two-and-a-half decades!”
1989
Ian Whan Tong was shortlisted for the Global
Counsel Awards 2011 for the “general commercial” team category. More than 3,300
nominations were received for the awards, which
recognize in-house counsel who truly excel in
their roles.
chairs: Stephen Snell & Andrew Buntain
1986
chair: Bill Collom
Year Chair Bill Collom writes: “Greetings from
Kingston. Not a lot to stop the presses for in
terms of news. We did of course have 25 guys
back for our 25th reunion. Thanks again to all
who came, especially those from afar, and to
those who donated to the class gift. The mobile
bleachers have been purchased in honour of
Scott Taylor’s retirement, and we’ll get some
photos out to you soon. I look forward to our
next tailgate party, hopefully at the School’s 150th
in a few years’ time.
“I heard from a few guys in September; here
they are moving west to east. Chris Ward has
been remodelling his home in North Vancouver;
Piers Steel got funding for a new behavioural
centre at the University of Calgary; Dave Wilson
is doing a Ph.D. in math at Waterloo; Paul
Rousseau is in Orono, coaching lots of minor
hockey, married and the father of two young
adults; I’m in a bell tower with a high powered
rifle; Rich Taylor got married in the summer; and
John Milne saw a great Pink Floyd tribute act in
Rome. Have a great holiday season!”
David McCart ’67 writes: “The bachelors of
1986 are no more! Richard Taylor was married
this past summer to Teodora Gadjanski, who is
Serbian. Their wedding was held on the River
Thames at the London Rowing Club in Putney,
London on July 3, the moment that Djokovic
won Wimbledon. And Charles Heenan was
married to Joy Lyth on Saturday, October 8,
in Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition to fatherof-the-groom Roy Heenan ’53, there were
a number of TCS folks in attendance: Chris
Byers, Brian Cartwright, Simon Board, Phil
Gibson, David Hopkins, Yves Bonnardeaux
and me. (See the Marriages section of this
issue for a photo!)
chair: Cam Mitchell
1992
chair: Caro Angus-Eldridge
Catalyst Canada has recognized Michael Bach,
director of diversity, equity and inclusion at
KPMG, for his endless work and devotion to
improve diversity within KPMG. Michael and his
fellow honorees were celebrated at the Catalyst
Canada Honours dinner on Tuesday, October 18,
at the Royal York in Toronto.
David Torrible writes that the class of 1989
now has its own Facebook page. If you go to
www.facebook.com/TCS1989 and “like” the page,
you can reconnect and share news and photos.
1991
Year Chair Stephen Snell writes: “The class of
1991 had a good showing for our 20th reunion
this past spring. There were several guys who
have been to them all: Christopher Maynard,
Alex Swann, Tom Rennie, Graeme Cameron,
Ian Crawford, Rob Kerr, Scott McIntyre, Bill
Cooper, Greg Hodges, Jay Saunders, Dion
Forbes, Adam Grossman, Alex Churchill and
Hees Ham, among them. It was also great to
see classmates who had not attended previous
reunions, particularly Andrew Crawford, Paul
Wilson and Mark Skoczylas. Lindsay Farmer
and Alistair Meikle are two guys with legitimate
excuses for not attending – they were both
having kids at the time! (See the Births section
of this issue for photos.) Lindsay welcomed his
son Liam Alexander on May 26. Alistair Meikle
got married in May 2010 to Katrina Maclennan
and had their son Logan in May 2011. Alistair
recently started working full-time at Public
Works Government Services Canada in IT after
12 years as an IT consultant. Dan Taylor wrote
to say that he is doing well in Arlington, Virginia.
He is still working for the State Department and
busy with his four-year-old daughter, Maia. They
will be moving to Japan next year for four years.
Dan assures me he will be back in time for the
25th. I saw Dean Burns last October and he is
doing very well. He is married with children and
working as a lawyer in Calgary. I have suggested
that Dean should be our class keynote speaker
in five years. Ryan Kirke was in fine form at the
reunion. He is working as a wealth manager for
TD Waterhouse. I saw Andrew Buntain this
summer. He had some personal matters to take
care of and will be back for our 25th reunion in
May 2016.”
The Globe and Mail named Brad Schwartz as
one of Canada’s “Top 40 under 40” for his role
in bringing MTV to the forefront in Canada. Brad
was the director of global marketing for MTV
Canada when it launched in 2006. In early 2011,
he headed back to New York to take a new position as senior vice president of programming and
operations for FUSE network.
Ed Stewart, currently serving in Kabul,
Afghanistan, writes “I have a very clear memory
of teacher Chris Robert when he was on duty
one night when I was in third form. I was waiting for microwave popcorn outside Mr. Hugh
Stevenson’s study and overheard him telling
some of the older Ketchumites that the Soviet
withdrawal would probably lead to a civil war. I
knew that whatever he was talking about simply
wouldn’t affect me or my popcorn. Lo and behold,
22 years later I am back in Afghanistan for a
second tour. This time I am up north in Kabul,
with the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (or
NTM-A in military acronym-speak), which deals
with the training and equipping of the Afghan
National Police, the Afghan National Army and
the Afghan Air Force.
“My job is the chief of media operations,
which sounds more interesting than it actually is.
In a nutshell, my staff and I deal with the international media, their local bureaus and all the
Afghan media located in Kabul. The local media
piece is by far the most interesting because it has
me all over the city during the week through the
worst traffic I have ever seen anywhere. Kabul
is a fascinating place that, tragically, has been
blasted to pieces many, many times over the last
40 years and evidence of it is everywhere.
“The resilience of the people who live here
is impressive. I have had to deal with several
reporters who have been at their job since the
Soviet invasion in 1979 and survived that war,
the following civil war, the Taliban, the U.S. invasion 10 years ago this October and the ongoing
insurgency. When you meet people who have
lived through times like that still believing in the
free press, and have to tell them that ‘you’re
there to help’ with a straight face...well, you feel
pretty humbled.
“The scale of the mission here is staggering.
The United States makes up at least three quarters of the personnel here and they bring with
them a vast military and an industrial cuisine
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that makes me miss, albeit vaguely, the mystery
meals in Osler Hall. The nice thing though is
that, just like TCS, there are plenty of people
here to complain about the food with.
“I can’t tell you that this is all going to work
out here, but I can say that a lot of people are
putting their best effort into it. Hope you’re all
well and I’ll see you at the 20th next spring.”
1996
chairs: Brook Hamilton & Ainslie Ellis
Year Chair Brook Hamilton writes: “My how the
time flies! But it is amazing how you can pick up
with old friends like a single day has not passed
since you last spoke and this was evident at our
15th reunion back in May. The friendship between
Trish Bevan and Amanda Irvine was like they
were two giddy school girls texting BFF messages in class. The two Hodgetts House alumni
are both teachers and can probably relate,
although I doubt that texting would be allowed in
‘The Bevanator’ classroom!
“Tucker Grant took man of the hour on
a number of fronts. For one, he made a Jim’s
Pizza run mid-pint, bringing back a number of
delicious pies to the Beamish for all to enjoy. He
also shared the news that he was engaged to
Alexandrea Jones, who fit right in with the TCS
family. Bryce Gibson and Ross Birchall rounded
out the Brent House crew, making some late
night runs across the 401 just as in yesteryears
gone by. Something must be in the Brent House
water as Ross is also engaged, to Julia Auriemma.
“Cameron ‘Spam’ Wilde took in the festivities with his wife, Jen. They are currently living
in Toronto but Spam is still laid back, true to his
Bahamian roots. Also representing Bethune was
myself, with my wife, Erica. We were unable to
share our news back in May, but we are expecting our first child in late December.
“Ketchum House had Darryn Stroud and
Tyler Benedict. Tyler has been a popular name
in The TCS News as of late with his participation
in the TCS Alumni Art Show with fellow 1996
classmate Mike Bayne. Their participation in this
event is truly appreciated in the TCS community.
Darryn Stroud is currently living in the Beaches
with wife Julie and their two kids.
“Laird Arnoldi was locking it down for Bickle
House. Laird is the only alum I know who received
quarters for skipping the Old Boys cricket game.
Laird and his wife Christina are currently living in
Toronto.
“Ainslie Ellis made her way up from the U.S.
just in time to dominate in the Alumni Tennis
Tournament. Ainslie hasn’t changed one iota
over the past 15 years and her bubbly personality
is still infectious.
“Jennifer (Norman) Lee checked in to give
the following update. ‘My husband Ray and I are
expecting our second child in December. We
are having another boy. I am still working in the
healthcare industry as a radiology manager of
performance improvement and education for a
500-bed hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. I
am graduating with my master’s degree in leadership and organizational change in December
(hopefully before the baby is born).’
“It was great to catch up with everyone back
on campus and I am looking forward to the next
TCS event!”
1998
chairs: Colleen Landry & Andrew Black
Year Chair Colleen Landry shared news: “Geoff
Phipps writes, ‘I can say things have been
very busy this spring and summer. In May, I
proposed to my girlfriend, Liza McLellan. Our
wedding is scheduled for June 2012 in Toronto.
Subsequently, I figured we should probably live
together if we are going to be married, so we
recently bought a house in Toronto, and should
be moving in sometime in October. I am still running my Toronto-based hedge fund with my two
business partners. We are in our third year, and
business has been spectacular in 2011.’
“Sarah Paul sounds like she has been busy.
She writes, ‘Ray McAuliffe ’96 and I continue
to live in New York City. As an extension to my
career as an art advisor, Ray and I have founded
an art news network called Artcaste, which is
currently in beta. The vision in creating Artcaste
has been to provide a print and television news
hub where the art world can congregate and gain
knowledge through education, information and
entertainment. Through studio visits, exhibition tours, market insights and event coverage,
Artcaste is gaining attention as a global media
source for the contemporary art world. You can
follow our coverage at www.artcaste.com and
follow us on Twitter @Artecaste.’
“Benoit Lord is going to be even busier now.
He says, ‘After spending a few years in the U.S.A.
upon graduating from McGill in 2002, I moved
back to Montreal in 2005 and founded Attitude
(www.cleanattitude.com), a line of eco- and
health-friendly household products. Attitude has
turned out well for us and after intensely working
on building the company, I decided to step aside
from day to day operations to realize a life-time
dream. Since August 2011, I am attending the
medical school of Université de Montréal! Quite a
change, but a lovely challenge. Otherwise I’m still
happily married to Isabelle and we are the proud
parents of Alice (3) and Alexandre (not yet 1!).’
“Andrew Black married Christa Black (née
Fisher) on August 27, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
They honeymooned in the Mediterranean, and
he said that it was awesome. (See the Marriages
section of this issue for a photo.)
“Ashwin Viswanath writes, ‘I’m still in
the bay area but have moved from Santa Clara
to Foster City. I switched jobs last November
from Oracle to NetSuite. However, the start-up
bug has bit me and I’m actively working on my
business plan for a mobile consumer application
start-up, as well as searching for a technical
co-founder.
“Ryan Taylor wrote saying that he and
Vanessa Fong ’99 have just finished doing some
work on the house to make room for the baby.
(See the Births section of this issue for details.)
“Keri (Haukioja) Howard writes, ‘I guess
I’ve pretty much been MIA since graduation in
terms of submitting updates... I’m currently an
occupational therapist, working for Five Counties
Children’s Centre, and have been there for the
past five years. I got married last summer to Troy
Howard, whom a few of you have met. We welcomed our first little munchkin this past August.
Meekah Ardon Catrina Howard was born August
18, weighing a whopping 9 lbs 11 oz. I’m not quite
sure where that giant baby was hiding inside
of me! In my opinion, she’s perfect! That’s it for
now; can’t wait to hear updates from everyone
else!’ (See Births section of this issue for a photo.)
“As for me, Colleen (Feddery) Landry, the
only new thing happening in my life is that I am
expecting our third baby due in November. It is
to be another boy (we’re starting an army), so
I think I’ll call it quits after this, as the grocery
bills in a few years are going to be astronomical,
having to feed three teenage boys!”
Tammy (Harney) Moniz ’99 shared a photo of her twoyear-old son, Cody Antonio
1999
chair: Vanessa Fong
Year Chair Vanessa Fong heard from Ian Smith,
who writes: “Well, my wife Darcy and I had
our first baby, a son, Arthur Douglas Smith, on
November 7, 2010. He was born on our living
room floor and I delivered him to about his ears
with 9-1-1 on the phone, while paramedics swept
in minutes later to finish off the job. He was born
healthy and happy. Meagan (Smith) Buczek ’96
is his aunt.” (See the Births section of this issue
for a photo.)
Allison Noseworthy writes: “After finishing a
two-year contract with the 2010 Olympic and
Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C.,
and a short contract with the 2010 Toronto
International Film Festival, Allison moved back
home to St. John’s, Newfoundland, where she is
now working with Browning Harvey Ltd. production managing for TADA! Events Productions.
On July 29, Allison married Andrew Coady, her
boyfriend of 11 years, at a beautiful ceremony
in St. John’s.” (See the Marriages section of this
issue for a photo.)
2000
chairs: Bria Gadd-Evenson, Matt Campbell &
Nic Tsoi
Danielle (Carswell) Smith was recently featured
in the Royal Gazette Online about the businesses
she and husband Chiwun have established in
Toronto. They have a pair of art and design companies: Blotgraphix, which specializes in graphic
design, Web design and advertising, and Caramel
Expressions, which sells original wall art for
nurseries and was inspired by the birth of their
son Connor James Smith on April 21, 2010. You
can find Caramel Expressions on www.etsy.com.
2001
chairs: Katie McPherson & Cam Symonette
Year Chair Katie McPherson writes: “Lots of
exciting news from the class of 2001, not to
mention some super cute kids! Greg Tsagris was
married on August 27 to his new wife, Christie.
Greg and Christie welcomed their first born
daughter, Mackenzie Tsagris, on June 3, 2011.
(See the Births section of this issue for a photo.)
“Markus Pukonen writes that he has spent
the past five years fighting wildfires in B.C. and
travelling the world. He recently made a short
film about sewage treatment and paddleboarding which premiered at the Vancouver
International Mountain Film Festival. Markus is
currently planning a human-powered circumnavigation of the planet to raise support for
environmental justice organizations. Help would
be appreciated!
“Nicco Collins writes, ‘I am an infantry
officer at 3 PPCLI (Princess Patricia’s Canadian
Light Infantry) based in Edmonton, Alberta. I’m
currently on deployment in Kabul, Afghanistan,
and working with the Afghan National Army
(ANA) at the Kabul Military Training Centre
(KMTC). (The army loves acronyms, huh?!)
Been here over two months now but here until
March 2012, so still a little while to go. Anyway,
a good experience and joined to get a tour so I’m
lucky to get one so early.’
“Jocelyn Sutherland writes, ‘I finished my
four years in Kiev, Ukraine, and will be teaching
Grade 3 at Beijing City International School
for at least the next two years. In addition to
teaching, I am training educators in a literacy
resource called First Steps and am involving
myself in learning Mandarin and getting to
know my Chinese roots.’
“Valerie Bryden married Ben Baldwin ’92
in April in Nassau, Bahamas, with lots of TCS
representation! ‘Darcie (Crowe) Brenneman
was my maid of honor and Laura (Sands)
Graham, Cleophee Eaton and Ali Brough were
all bridesmaids. Sarah Gillin ’99 was my emcee.
Shortly after returning from our honeymoon
we headed to Greece for Sands’ wedding in
Santorini and then two weeks after that Darcie
Crowe got married here in Toronto!’ Other TCS
people who attended Darcie’s wedding included
Jeff Magwood ’92, Ted Parker Sr. ’44, John
Parker ’76, Jim Parker ’72, Andrew Bryden ’03,
Bora Albulak ’00 and Fraser Roberts’99. (See
Marriages section of this issue for a photo.)
“Mariana Gurrola writes, ‘I’m currently
living in New York City where I graduated from
a media and film M.A. and where I work as
creative director. In the past years I have been
developing brands and producing advertising
both in NYC and Mexico and recently launched
the first music video for an international artist.
This November 12 I will be getting married in
Mexico City, where I will start traveling to more
often, making it my second home.
“Ben Ellis got married in St. Margarets
Bay, Nova Scotia, on August 20, to Leah Attis.
In attendence from our class were Jerome
Poon-Tip, Mike Dickinson and Will Dempster.
Unable to attend were Nicco Collins, John
Robinson and India Crotty. Good work, Ellis! Still
can’t believe it...
“Courtney Nalysnyk writes, ‘We welcomed
our second child, Nicholas, to the family on
February 23, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto. He
weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. and is absolutely adored by
his big sister Emma!’ (See Births for photo.)
“Thanks to everyone who got in touch, and
congratulations to all celebrating marriages,
babies and new adventures!”
Jesse Lumsden was recently featured in a
campaign for protein builders by the company
Rivalus (find it on YouTube). Jesse was also
a contestant in Season 6 of Mantracker with
fellow Canadian bobsled team member
Justin Kripps. Racing outside Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, Mantracker host Terry Grant caught up
with Kripps, but Jesse successfully crossed the
finish line. In May, Jesse announced his retirement from professional football with plans to
focus on his bobsled career in advance of the
2014 Olympics.
2002
chairs: Steph Hodsoll & Sarah Frackowiak
Year Chair Steph Hodsoll writes: “Andrea Valois
is heading into her fourth year of teaching,
jumping from supply gig to supply gig and landing a contract here and there when she’s lucky.
Most of her time is spent on the water with the
Leander Boat Club in Hamilton. She is still rowing competitively herself, but most of her energy
goes into being the head programme coach for
the Junior (Under-17 and Under-19) programme.
She is also the head coach for rowing at
Westdale S.S. (they often face TCS at regattas,
and she bumps into Suzy Hall, so it’s a small
world!) On a slightly bigger scale, she is also a
member of Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA)’s new
youth rowing committee, which is made up of
youth rowing coaches from across Canada. This
fall she’s taking a break from her own rowing to
run her first marathon in Hamilton on November
6, which will be a fun challenge!
“Katie Geale moved to Vancouver in
October 2010. She is teaching math, science
and physical education in the middle school at
Collingwood School in West Vancouver. She is
also playing ultimate Frisbee with Zephyr, one
of the elite women’s teams in Vancouver. She
enjoyed her first year of teaching, her first summer off and is looking forward to another busy
year ahead!
“Alli Buchanan has started law school at the
University of Kent in Canterbury. We can’t wait
to hear about all of her European adventures!
“After graduating with a B.Bus. in marketing
from Griffith University in Australia, Graham
Read has started a solar manufacturing facility
in Thornhill, Ontario (www.luminsolar.com).
Graham is holding the plant manager role, so
he is managing staff, production, inventory and
purchasing. In his spare time he is enjoying life
in North Toronto and is working with Attitudes
for Education, a not-for-profit organization he
started with his sister and three cousins. Over
the last eight years the organization has given
$245,000 in scholarships to local students of
Northumberland County, including TCS students.
“Steph Hodsoll has been working at a
hydropower development company (Xeneca
Power Development) in Toronto since January.
Xeneca builds small-scale hydro dams (green
energy) in northern Ontario. Steph is working in
stakeholder relations/public affairs, learning lots
about the Green Energy Act and clean energy,
and really enjoying the daily challenges the role
brings.”
“Todd Byers writes from the Big Apple, ‘I
moved to New York with Miranda (his new wife)
in January of this year. We’ve settled into our
new home in TriBeCa, and I’ve really been enjoying my new job with Deloitte Consulting in their
mergers and acquisitions advisory and transaction services practice. Our wedding was in June
and the ceremony was held at the Trinity College
chapel at University of Toronto, with Father Don
presiding, followed by a reception at the Toronto
Golf Club. TCS was well represented at our
wedding, not only by our class (including Zach
McLaren, Steve Moore, Stew Cowans, Jamie
Tittemore, Tim Wootton, Dave Smith, Andrew
Olivo, Meg McDonald, Sarah Frackowiak and
Adam Gray, as well as friends Nana Kwamie ’01,
Gord Urquhart ’03 and Mike LeDrew ’04), but
also by the Old Boys in my immediate family
(Peter Byers ’10, Adrian Byers ’08, Rick Byers ’78,
Chris Byers ’86, Ted Byers ’75, Philip Byers ’09,
David Higginbotham ’44 and soon-to-be Old
Boy Cameron Byers ’12) and of course my
advisor, Peter Kedwell (retired staff) and Father
Don Aitchison (TCS chaplain) – in all, there
were 22 TCS Old Boys/Girls and two faculty
members! It was a great evening (aptly reflected
in the bar tab), and we were so happy to have all
of our close friends and family there.’ (See the
Marriages section of this issue for a photo.)
“Jamie Tittemore writes, ‘I am pleased to
announce that my wife Lorie and I had a boy;
George James Allan Tittemore, born January 9,
in Calgary, Alberta. We are all doing very well
and George is already developing his father’s
quick wit and boyish charm. Needless to say in
his 11 weeks he’s nearly surpassed both my dad
and I in height.’ (See the Births section of this
issue for a photo.)
“After Franka Costelloe finished her B.Bus.
at Western, she lived in London, Ontario, for
a year working and getting a second degree
from Fanshawe. She then moved back home
to Trinidad where she worked in her family
business, Lifetime Roofing Ltd., for three years
as the sales manager. She helped to expand the
company in Trinidad and through the Caribbean.
Franka then took a year off to do her master’s
degree in building and construction management
in Barbados, which she’ll complete at the end
of June and then return to Trinidad. She’s been
exceptionally lucky, with great fortune in work,
friends and family, and could not be happier. She
says, ‘I hope all is well with everyone from TCS,
I do still keep in touch with a few friends, but for
everyone else, please give them my love.’
“In December 2010, Nicole Cortesis
earned the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst)
designation.
“Darrien Ray writes, ‘I am in nearing
my last academic year in my quest towards
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a doctorate of psychology at the American
School of Professional Psychology in Tampa,
Florida. As a last step, I was recently accepted
to start a year-long internship (which began
August 1) at Park Center Inc. in Fort Wayne,
Indiana. This site is accredited by the American
Psychological Association, which means that
it has the highest academic standards for its
interns (something I am very excited about.)
My duties include conducting therapy and
psychological assessments with children, adults
and whole families. For more information see
www.parkcenter.org.’
“Gordy Rees-Webster is working at the
Canadian Independent Music Association
and living in Toronto. When he’s not working he is usually producing fringe forms of
electronic music and DJing around Toronto.
Sarah Frackowiak is currently living in Toronto
and working in advertising as an account
manager at John St. Liz Gillin just returned to
Toronto from England where she completed her
master’s degree in urban planning at University
College London.
“Aly Ruiz is working in public relations at
Environics and is getting married on October
29. Jess Green is now an obstetrician/gynecologist in Toronto. Kate Jansma (Riihiluoma) and
her husband bought a house in Roncesvalles.
Katie McIntyre is doing her med school residency in Victoria, B.C. Kate Moebus has moved
out to Vancouver to study counseling psychology. And Adam Gray is studying industrial
design at OCAD in Toronto.
“We’re looking forward to seeing everyone
at the 10-year reunion in May 2012. Hard to
believe almost 10 years have gone by! Stay
tuned for more details in the coming months.”
2003
chairs: Jeff Biggar & Caroline Macfarlane
Caroline Macfarlane and friend Vanessa
Nichols have received media attention lately
for their Good Bike Project. It began when the
pair saw an old, abandoned bike in front of the
OCAD student gallery and decided to put their
artistic touch to it. The neon orange bike was
ticketed by the City of Toronto, but support
from the local community and around the world
caused the city to back off. Now the project has
taken on a life of its own, with the two young
artists reclaiming old bikes to create public art
as a symbol of the importance of both cycling
and recycling, and community renewal. TCS is
now the proud owner of a Good Bike, purchased
by Doug Mann, executive director of advancement, at the TCS Alumni Art Show this fall.
To learn more and to support the Good Bike
Project, visit http://blogthegoodbike.tumblr.com.
From left: Mark Frostad ’68, Bryan Sutherland ’03, Pam Frostad, Max Osuszek ’03, Nancy Johnstone were among those in
attendance for the TCS Alumni Art Show and Sale held at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel in September
2004
chairs: Ardith Birchall & Ian Mathieson
Audra Vair ’03 (far left) with her teammates on the Pan
Am silver medal winning women’s quad (photo courtesy
Jackie Skender/ Rowing Canada Aviron)
Audra Vair participated in the Pan Am Games in
Guadalajara, Mexico in October and came home
with two rowing medals. Audra and partner
Elizabeth McCord won bronze in the women’s
doubles event, and she earned silver in the women’s fours, along with McCord, Melanie Kok and
Isolda Penney. Audra represented Canada at the
Under-23 World Championships in Strathclyde,
Scotland (2007) and the World University
Games in Szeged, Hungary (2010). She developed her passion for rowing at TCS and has gone
on to row for the University of Ottawa (where
she attained her degree in bio-pharmaceuticals)
and University of British Columbia (where she
attained her master’s degree in pathology and
laboratory medicine). She’s currently rowing at
the Women’s Development Centre in London,
Ontario.
Brayden McCarthy was excited to announce
that he will join the Obama administration as
a presidential appointee. He will be a policy
advisor to the U.S. president’s small business
administrator. Brayden notes that, coming from
six generations of small business owners, this
role has special resonance for him.
Kento Ozaki, who graduated from Queen’s
University in 2009 and is now pursuing graduate
studies, writes: “I have just won a presidential
position in the student council election for my
graduate school. Since April 2011, I have been
enrolled in the National Graduate Institute for
Policy Studies in Tokyo, where many public officials from developing countries gather to study
public policy from some of the finest professors
in policy-related fields. Although the school
size is small, many graduates of this institution are now working as ministers or heads of
central banks in their home countries. I am very
excited to represent the student body which is
comprised of students from over 80 countries
around the world. This experience will certainly
be an advantage for me to build my career in
international organizations. After graduation,
I am hoping to contribute to the development
of the less developed countries through my
expertise in development policies, especially
in developmental economics and international
trade. During the election, I repeatedly asserted
that my motivation to serve the community
comes from my experience of learning abroad.
I still cannot forget how kindly people at TCS
greeted me to your country even when I couldn’t
speak a word of English. I want to show the
same hospitality and care to those international
students who are nervously arriving to Japan and
only going to stay for a couple years. I want them
to love my country as I came to love Canada.
Certainly, the time I spent at TCS had a big
impact on my life. I thank all the teachers, staff
and friends for your guidance and hospitality.”
Samantha Widmer enjoyed being a contestant
in the Miss Cayman Islands pageant over the
summer and early fall. While she didn’t take the
crown, Samantha was proud to win the Beauty
for a Purpose Award and dedicated the win to
her late mother, Sue, who passed away earlier
this year. Samantha’s charity of choice for the
competition was Cayman HospiceCare, an
organization to which she is very devoted. She
also continues to work with young golfers on the
island.
Cam Sylvester and longtime rowing partner
Doug Vandor qualified their boat for the 2012
Olympic Games in London, England. The
achievement comes as a result of their performance at the World Rowing Championships in
Bled, Slovenia in early September. Cam previously represented Canada at the 2008 Olympic
Games in Beijing and in 2010 competed for the
national team at World Cup events in Slovenia
and Switzerland.
2005
chairs: Justine Frostad & Marc-Andre Chagnon
Year Chair Justine Frostad writes, “Congratulations
to Alex Furber who is starring in War Horse at
the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto starting
in February. He says he’s excited to start the
show and has had a busy summer full of acting,
appearing in television shows including Murdoch
Mysteries and Flashpoint.
“Michelle Churchman is now into her
third year at TCS. She has stepped into the new
position of campus programmes coordinator
and is the assistant housemaster of Ketchum.
Churchman just finished her fifth summer as a
volunteer at Camp Oochigeas.
“Daisy Miers is still living in London,
England, and working as an associate publisher.
Miers has also taken up open water swimming
and recently completed her first 2 km swim and
half marathon. Rachael Buchwald is working at
an art gallery in Toronto as a curator and framer.
She is currently organizing the 2012 calendar
of artist exhibitions. Buchwald is living with
fellow TCS alumnus Ashley Grand in downtown
Toronto. Justine Frostad finished her master’s
degree in broadcast journalism in May and has
moved back to Toronto. Frostad is working for a
digital media company, The Exchange Lab, which
is headed by TCS Old Boy James Aitken ’93. She
found Aitken and ultimately her job, by using the
TCS Alumni Directory. Go Bears!”
Year Chair Marc-André Chagnon writes,
“After a year of field experience, CharlesPhilippe Truchon Fehler is now settled in
Calgary, working full-time as an engineer for
Bonavista Energy Corp. His fellow Quebecois,
Marc-André Chagnon and Philippe Cordeau, are
still living in their home city of Montreal. MarcAndré is putting the final touches to his master’s
thesis (co-op report) and started working for
the tech start-up Whatsnexx. Philippe Cordeau
recently returned from a big trip, where he spent
most of his time in Korea. He recently started his
master’s degree.
“Jason Dongsuk Lee is now in his final year
at Emory. He took an extended break to fulfill
his military duties in Korea. Anthony ‘Kizzle’
Kelamis is still the world traveller that we know
him for. Rumours have it that he is now living in
London (U.K.). Caspar Yue has been keeping busy, working for the agency, Free for All
Marketing. He is also completing his master’s
degree in marketing management at Seneca
College. You can read his great movie reviews
on his blog: http://casparfilmblog.wordpress.com/.
Brett Murray is holding it down in Toronto,
working full-time as an engineer.”
Shasha Nakhai writes: “At the moment I am
in post-production for The Sugar Bowl, a short
documentary film I shot in the Philippines
this past April. The project was funded by the
Toronto Arts Council, won the 2010 Pitch Prize
at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film
Festival, and was partly ‘crowd funded’ through
IndieGoGo. The film was selected to screen at
the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
this fall (and many more festivals we hope!). We
are trying to spread the word as well as fundraise
to complete the film.” For more information, visit
www.sugarbowlfilm.com, or watch the trailer at
www.vimeo.com/26903479.
2006
chairs: Andrea Mathieson & Chris Selby
Year Chairs Andrea Mathieson and Chris
Selby shared these updates: “Caitlin Jonassen
writes, ‘I graduated from Denison University in
Ohio last year where I studied political science
and English. I have moved to Washington,
D.C., where I initially interned on Capitol Hill
in Senator Richard Durbin’s office. I’ve since
shifted gears and am now working in the law
department at the Association of American
Railroads. I’ve had thoughts of either pursuing
law school or business school but as this point
I’m just trying to take in all there is in the world
of Washington, D.C.’
“Malcolm Cecil-Cockwell writes, ‘I finished
my undergraduate degree in forestry at the
University of Toronto in December 2010. In May
2011, I earned an Ontario scaling license, which
allows me to evaluate Crown timber resources
and assign stumpage charges to logging
companies. The rest of the summer was spent
conducting product recovery studies at the saw
mill of the Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve.
This fall and winter I will begin course work for
my master’s degree in forestry at the University
of Toronto. During my free time, I continue to
contribute to the online youth journalist publication Dispatches International at www.dinews.org.’
“Neil Issar is currently in his second year
of medical school at Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, Tennessee.
“Avinash Trivedi graduated from McGill in
May and took the summer off to travel and visit
family in India. He hadn’t been back in 17 years,
so there was a lot of catching up to do! He also
works in Long Beach, California, as an engineering consultant. He started in late September and
will be travelling back and forth between Ottawa
and California for work. So pumped!
“Mikel Bauer writes, ‘After two years of
travelling South America, doing volunteer work
in nine Latin countries and learning two new
languages (Spanish and Portuguese), I settled
myself down in Costa Rica and I am now working
in customer service for an American company
called Rawlings. I am currently trying to start
a branch of my father’s business here as well.
At some point I am interested in returning to
school, either to a university here in Costa Rica,
or in the States. After having travelled, I have a
lot of different interests and once I decide which
is my favourite, I’ll have an easier time choosing
which course to take. As of right now, I am just
going with the flow and enjoying it. So if anyone
ever has a trip down here, look me up and we
can drink an Imperial together. Pura Vida.
“Cristin Alexander has been crowned Miss
Cayman Islands 2010 and is off to the Miss
Universe Pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She also
represented her country at the Miss World
pageant in China, finishing in the top 40.”
Tyler Galpin is running his own Web design
business, Galpin Industries (http://galp.in) and
also sells type fonts online at http://losttype.com.
2008
chairs: Gareth Cecil-Cockwell & Steph Tirelli
Cathryn Hostick appeared in a recent
McDonald’s commercial. You can view it on
YouTube by searching “McDonald’s frappe
commercial.”
2010
chairs: Ben Crase & Donna Kim
Year Chair Donna Kim heard from Kelly West
and Meredith Strike about their experience
working in Bangladesh. Kelly writes: “In May
2011, Meredith and I took on a month-long
internship with Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.
Grameen Bank is a microfinanace institution, headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner
Muhammad Yunus. It was a great opportunity to
further our understanding in the fields of microfinance and social business. We had the chance
to interview many Grameen Bank borrowers and
in some cases to visit their homes. Meredith and
I spent a week in rural Bangladesh, seven hours
north of the capital city, where we received a full
appreciation of how microfinance worked from
the ground. Taking part in centre meetings was
definitely a highlight. We worked in areas where
the people had never met foreigners before, so
they were as interested in meeting us as we were
them. Beyond the technical part of microfinance
learned about in books, we were able to see
the traditions, faces and stories behind many
Grameen Bank loans.
“Living in the city of Dhaka was an experience all on its own. The masses of people, noise,
smells and traffic never ceased to be overwhelming. It took a while to get used to travelling
around the city, especially since almost no one
spoke English and foreigners were not a common
sight. At the Grameen head office in Dhaka, we
spent time learning about the growing concept
of social business. Eye care hospitals, subsidized
yogurt, clean water and knitwear are just a few
initiatives that Grameen has taken on.
“Experiencing Bangladesh, learning about
microfinance and having the opportunity to meet
Professer Muhammad Yunus made our internship with Grameen Bank incredible.”
Meredith adds: “As I attempted to convince
my parents that a summer internship in Africa
would be a good idea back in April, they were
utterly unbeknownst to the fact that I would
spend the vast majority of that time riding
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around Uganda, South Sudan and Rwanda on
the back of a motorcycle. And while I’m eternally
grateful for their (hesitant) support of my
adventures, neither they nor I had any idea of the
summer I was getting myself into.
“After one month in Bangladesh with Kelly,
I travelled throughout India for a week before
catching a flight from Dubai to Ethiopia and,
finally, to my next internship in Uganda. From
the end of June until early August, I worked for
The Independent, a newsmagazine based in the
capital city, Kampala. As a regional journalist for
the publication, I wrote articles focused primarily on South Sudan in the post-independence
period, Ugandan trade relations with South
Sudan and Rwanda, and the ongoing famine
in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. I attended the
July 9 independence ceremonies of the world’s
newest country, South Sudan, met with countless Ugandan and South Sudanese government
officials, and later travelled to Rwanda and Egypt
to cover regional stories.
“Few of my memories are so vivid as those
of early morning motorcycle rides through the
misty Rwandan mountains, villagers yelling
muzungu – the Swahili term for foreigner – as I
rode by. I will never forget the many hours I spent
chatting with boda boda (motorcycle taxi) drivers
on the streets of Kampala, the breathtaking
beauty of the DRC-Rwanda-Uganda border, or the
millions of South Sudanese who finally achieved
independence after decades of war. And yet, my
previously idealistic and naïve attitudes towards
Africa were shattered as I faced the continent’s
daily challenges and frustrations. Armed robbery,
police corruption and petty theft became part
of the daily routine. Upon my third unwarranted
arrest by Ugandan police, I realized that most
public officials in the country sought only bribes,
which I refused to pay. However, I learnt much
more from these experiences than I have ever
learnt in school – my goals of studying and living
on the continent were reaffirmed.
“After spending a week in Cairo, a tense
city during its uncertain transitional period, I
parted ways with Africa and flew to Europe.
Perhaps ending my adventure in countries such
as Denmark, with some of the highest living
standards in the world, was not wise given the
desperate poverty of the nations in which I had
been immersed for the preceding three months.
I certainly experienced some culture shock.
After a visit with Elliott Farquharson in London,
I returned to Canada for five days before flying
back to Georgetown University in Washington,
D.C., to begin my sophomore year.”
2011
chairs: Joe Roberts & Tori Donovan
Welcome to our newest year chairs, from the class of 2011,
Tori Donovan (left) and Joe Roberts. They were officially
presented at the Leaving Class Dinner in June by TCS Alumni
Association executive member Sarah Frackowiak ’02 (right).
Joe Roberts shared updates: “Alex Mountenay
writes, ‘Other than class I’m reffing hockey in the
local league and have an opportunity to be reffing
for the university at some point this year as well.
In search of a paintball club which I’m sure I will
find, but I’m currently trying out for the men’s
varsity ultimate team. That’s about it for me!’
“Robbie Fitzpatrick reports, ‘McGill has
been amazing! A fairly significant transition
going from 20 people per class to 400 but you
get used to it! Courses are great, no complaints
at all. Weird to live back home having been away
for two years, but the home cooked food was
greatly missed!’
“Kelsey Mara worked at Camp Kentahten
for Tim Horton’s Children’s Foundation over the
summer. Here is a little excerpt from something
she wrote after camp had finished. ‘At camp
I was not just a counsellor. I was a mother, a
friend, a companion, a bathroom buddy, a belay
team, a photographer, a life saver, a story teller, a
song writer, a singer, a dancer, a nurse, a security
guard, a mediator, a teacher and a dress-up doll.
I can’t explain the things that camp does for you.
I have been changed in so many ways. I stepped
up to the plate when I needed to. I learned to
take advice from others. I learned to be there for
a kid when they’re going through a difficult time.
I learned about patience. I learned about love. I
learned about myself.’
“Syd Cole worked at Onondaga Camp as a
camp counsellor over the summer and had an
absolute blast.”
As for himself, Joe writes, “It’s weird being
home again but I have been keeping fairly busy in
my gap year. I was selected as the annual intern
for the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
and absolutely love working at the gallery. I
also took to the stage as Jeffrey in the Cayman
Drama Society’s production of the musical
Godspell and had an absolute blast being back on
the stage.”
Correction:
In the spring issue of The TCS News we incorrectly
spelled the name of Quorra, daughter of Tamara
(Ugolini) Vosburgh. We apologize for the error.
The 2001 legacy family photo taken at Speech Day in June, from left: (front) Michael Hubicki ’80, Paul Adams ’74, David Kent ’71, William Jack ’83, Dave Rahaman ’84, Brian Guichon
’79, Anthony Pepper ’79, Brad Willcocks ’81, Lawrence Wong ’81; (back, all class of 2011 graduates) Hannah Hubicki, Jamie Adams, Sarah Kent, Kaitie Jack, Troy Rahaman, Mitchell
Guichon, Christopher Pepper, Lexi Willcocks, Natalie Wong
photo gallery
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71st Toronto Branch Dinner
The evening of November 10 was a chance for alumni to reminisce and renew friendships at
the 71st Toronto Branch Dinner, held at the Park Hyatt Hotel. It was also an opportunity to
formally thank several long-serving Trinity College School staff members.
Five teachers who retired this past June were on hand for the celebration: Scott and
Lauren Taylor, Larry Thornton, Michael DuBroy and Paul Elsley. This group has given the
students of TCS more than 130 years in service combined! As well, three members of the
School’s property department were named honorary Old Boys in recognition of 20 years of
distinguished service: Peter Cowin, Dale Heffernan and Stan Ward.
About 160 guests were on hand for the celebrations, including alumni from the classes of
1944 up to 2006!
Visit the media gallery at www.tcs.on.ca for more photos from this and other alumni events!
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1Brent House alumni with their former housemaster,
Michael DuBroy
2From left: Michael DuBroy, Lauren Taylor, Scott Taylor,
Larry Thornton, Paul Elsley
3From left: Stuart Grainger, Dale Heffernan, Peter Cowin,
Stan Ward
4From left: Gillian Fahy ’93, Elsbeth Potvin ’93, Aly O’GradyStevenson ’93, Lauren Taylor, Shelley Stacey ’94, Aynsley
Deluce ’94, Steph Feddery ’93
5 From left: Mark de Pencier ’89, Paul Elsley, Justin
Raymond ’89, Jason Taylor ’90
6From left: Richard LeSueur ’44, Jim Southey ’44,
John Beament ’44
7From left: Justine Frostad ’05, Casey Howell ’98,
Carly Ogaki ’05, Andrew Woodward ’06. Alex Swann ’91,
Father Don Aitchison, Ed Hall ’93
8From left: Mike Jack ’92, George Goodall ’92,
Ian Macdonald ’92, Al Burton ’92, Geoff Reeves ’92
9From left: Clair Balfour ’59, Jim Stratton ’61, Bill Boughner ’56
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milestones
Births
Meikle, Alistair ’91 and Katrina
Maclennan. A son, Logan McKoy, on
May 2, 2011.
Bellamy, Mike ’93 and Summer. A
son, Ford Stockman, on October 19,
2011. Nephew to John Bellamy ’88,
cousin to Brenna Waffle ’11.
Buczek, Meagan (Smith) ’96 and
Andy. A daughter, Anabel Hope, on
April 21, 2011. A niece for Ian Smith ’99.
Cunningham, Darren ’90 and Carol. A son, Paxton James, on June 19, 2011
(pictured with big brother Ryan). A grandson for Douglas Cunningham ’59,
nephew for Michael Cunningham ’89 and Sarah Birnie ’00.
Deacon, Jake ’89 and Sara. A son,
Hammond, Jeremy ’96 and Carolyn.
Foster James, on August 10, 2011.
A son, Emerson Michael, on September 5,
2011.
Elliott, Alison (staff) and Ben Walters.
A son, Mark, on December 1, 2010.
Nalysnyk, Courtney (Stroich) ’01
and Ryan. A son, Nicholas, on
February 23, 2011.
Howard, Keri (Haukioja) ’98 and
Troy. A daughter, Meekah Ardon
Catrina, on August 18, 2011. A niece
for Sara Haukioja ’96 and Matt
Haukioja ’01.
Northey, Julian ’93 and Karen. A
daughter, Esther, on January 3, 2011.
A niece for Greg Northey ’88 and
David Taras ’76.
Chapdelaine, Benoit ’97 and Sarah.
A son, Cohen, on May 12, 2011. A
nephew for Francois Chapdelaine ’95.
Farmer, Lindsay ’91 and Megan. A
son, Liam Alexander, on May 26, 2011.
Patterson, Steve (staff) and Helen. A daughter, Sarah Jane, on September 13,
2011 (pictured with big sisters Charlotte and Mary).
.
daughter, Mackenzie, on June 3, 2011.
Smith, Ian ’99 and Darcy. A son,
Arthur Douglas, on November 7, 2011.
A nephew for Meagan (Smith)
Buczek ’96.
Tansley, Tom (staff) and Laura. A
son, Lawson James, on June 6, 2011.
Taylor, Ryan ’98 and Vanessa Fong
’99. A son, Kennedy John Taylor, on
October 2, 2011. A niece for Kendrick
Fong ’97, Miranda Fong ’03, Lesley
Fong ’05 and Cameron Fong ’13.
Tittemore, Jamie ’02 and Lorie. A son,
George James Allan, on January 9, 2011.
A grandson for Jim Tittemore ’67.
Tremblay, Isabel ’94 and Frank
Lama. A daughter, Juliet Therese
Lama, on September 23, 2011
(pictured with big sister Estelle).
Wright Ritchie, Jodi ’01 and Neil
Ritchie. A daughter, Blair Irene, on
August 12, 2011. A niece for Heather
Wright ’03 and Emily Wright ’09.
Tsagris, Greg ’01 and Christie. A
milestones
Marriages
Byers-Plant On June 4, 2011 in
Black-Fisher On August 27, 2011
in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Andrew
Black ’98 to Christa Fisher.
Toronto, Ontario, Todd Byers ’02
to Miranda Plant. Father Don
Aitchison (TCS chaplain) officiating.
In attendance were, from left: Nana
Kwamie ’01, Tim Wootton ’02, Jamie
Tittemore , Steve Moore, Andrew
Olivo, Dave Smith, Zach McLaren,
Todd Byers & his wife Miranda,
Stew Cowans, Mike LeDrew ’04,
Gord Urqhart ’03, Adam Gray, Peter
Kedwell (retired staff), Don Aitchison.
Hayhurst-Keilty On October 8, 2011
2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Darcie
Crowe ’00 to Tyler Brenneman.
in Gananoque, Ontario, Brett
Hayhurst ’94 to Julia Keilty. The
Honorable J. Douglas Cunningham ’59
officiating. TCS alumni in attendance
were: Garth Nichols ’94, Kyle Nichols
’94, Jodi Wright Ritchie ’01, Rob
Magwood ’94, Aynsley Deluce ’94,
Edan Howell ’94, Ryan Rodrigues ’94,
Sean Dempsey ’94, Andrew Boyd ’94.
Ellis-Attis On August 20, 2011 in St.
Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Ben Ellis ’01
to Leah Attis.
Heenan-Lyth On October 8, 2011 in
Edinburgh, Scotland, Charles Heenan
’86 to Joy Lyth.
Crowe-Brenneman On August 27,
Bryden-Baldwin On April 2, 2011 in Old Fort Bay, Nassau, Bahamas, Val Bryden
’01 to Ben Baldwin ’92. In the wedding party were: Darcie Crowe ’00, Laura
Sands ’00, Ali Brough ’00, Cleophee Eaton ’00, Sarah Gillin ’99, Jeff Magwood
’92. In attendance were: Ted Parker Sr. ’44, John Parker ’76, Jim Parker ’72,
Andrew Bryden ’03, Bora Albulack ’00, Fraser Roberts ’99.
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milestones
Marriages
Sands-Graham On August 5, 2011 in
Oia Santorini (off the coast of Greece),
Laura Sands ’00 to John Graham ’92.
In attendance were Ben Baldwin ’92
and Val (Bryden) Baldwin ’01.
Styles-Dorsett On July 9, 2011, in
Nassau, Bahamas, Kenningston
“Kenny” Styles ’98 to Cazna Elizabeth
Dorsett.
Noseworthy-Coady On July 29, 2011
in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Allison
Noseworthy ’99 to Andrew Coady.
milestones
Taylor-Gadjanski On July 3, 2011 in
London, U.K., Richard Taylor ’86 to
Teodora Gadjanski.
Deaths
Aitken, Sarah on July 31, 2011 in
d’Albenas, Donald Edmond on July
Montreal, Quebec. Wife of Allan
Aitken ’50.
7, 2011 in Mississauga, Ontario. Father
of Robert d’Albenas ’69 and Timothy
d’Albenas ’72.
Bedington, Glynn on August 26,
2011 in San Diego, California. Wife of
Paul Bedington ’74.
Bellamy, Robert on June 18, 2011
in Lindsay, Ontario. Father of John
Bellamy ’88 and Michael Bellamy ’93.
Grandfather of Brenna Waffle ’11.
Dalton, Valerie on August 28, 2011
in Kingston, Ontario. Mother of Peter
Dalton ’87.
Denison, Eleanor on June 27, 2011
in Kitchener, Ontario. Mother of Tony
Denison ’77.
Bowman, Maynard ’40 on June 16,
2011 in Toronto, Ontario. Father of
Donald Bowman ’77.
Dunlap, David ’56 on July 20, 2011
in Victoria, British Columbia.
Brown, Gordon on October 14, 2011
2011 in Toronto, Ontario.
in Hamilton, Ontario. Father of David
Brown (staff), father-in-law of Danièle
Dumont-Brown (staff), grandfather
of Alexander Brown ’06 and Elizabeth
Brown ’11.
Fullerton, Donald ’49 on May 29,
German, A.B.C. Tony ’42 on July 12,
2011 in Cobourg, Ontario. Father of
Rick German ’69.
Hallward, John ’49 on July 12, 2011
Brown, Nancy on September 30,
in Montreal, Quebec.
2011 in Toronto, Ontario. Mother of
Chris Brown ’63 and Philip Brown ’66,
grandmother of Eldon Brown ’89.
Heard, W.A. “Sandy” ’50 (former
Buckman, Robert on October 9,
2011. Father of Matthew Buckman ’10.
McDougall, Peter on September 1,
2011 in Duntroon, Ontario. Father of
Ian McDougall ’78.
Mississauga, Ontario. Mother of
Peter Kedwell (retired staff) and
grandmother of Emily Kedwell ’03.
Stodgell, Jack on August 24, 2011
in Toronto, Ontario. Father-in-law
of Arnold Massey ’55, stepfather
of David Fisher ’80 and Suzy Hall
(former staff).
Strathy, John ’52 on July 28, 2011
in Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Bob
Strathy ’51, father-in-law of Charles
Hill ‘83, uncle of James Strathy ’78.
Trim, Cathryn in Toronto on July 22,
2011 (former president, TCS Parents’
Guild, TCS governor). Mother of
Laura Trim ’04.
Morris, A. Blair on October 2, 2011
2011. Mother of Jeremy Thomas ’91.
in Port Hope, Ontario. Wife of the late
D.W. “Rig” Morris (former master).
Mother of Patrick Morris ’71.
Rahilly, Evelyn May on July 8, 2011
Kedwell, Lilly on May 13, 2011 in
Smith, Julia on July 26, 2011 in
Welland, Ontario. Mother of John
Robinson ’71.
McLaren, Dorothy Edith on July
20, 2011 in Oakville, Ontario. Mother
of George McLaren ’57 and Richard
McLaren ’64, grandmother of Zach
McLaren ’02 and Morgan Martin ’00.
Jackson, Philip on August 1, 2011
April 3, 2011. Father of Ian Campbell
’69, uncle of Neil Campbell ’62.
in Lumsden, Newfoundland. Mother
of Barton Manning ’86.
Percy, Harold on August 19, 2011
in Campbellford, Ontario. Father of
Thomas Percy ’79.
Campbell, Alexander (Sandy) on
Cobourg, Ontario. Mother of James
Carr ’61.
Manning, Audrey on May 20, 2011
staff) on October 27, 2011 in Chester,
Nova Scotia.
in Toronto, Ontario. Father of Philip
Jackson Jr. ’66 and Eric Jackson ’69.
Carr, Cora on September 7, 2011 in
Lauzon-Dumont, Laure on June 25,
2011 in Bromont, Quebec. Mother
of Danièle Dumont-Brown (staff),
mother-in-law of David Brown (staff),
grandmother of Alexander Brown ’06
and Elizabeth Brown ’11.
in Toronto, Ontario. Grandmother of
Ian Rahilly ’03.
Robson, Constance on September
11, 2011 in Milton, Ontario. Mother of
George Robson ’62 and Phil Robson ’67.
Thomas, Susanne on October 4,
Douglas, Leith on September 15,
2011 in Cobourg, Ontario. Grandfather
of Julian Woodward ’11 and Caroline
Woodward ’13.
Wilson, Eirwen on April 18, 2011 in
Stratford, Ontario. Mother of Melville
Wilson ’68, Stephen Wilson ’71 and
Nigel Wilson ’74, mother-in-law of
Charles Ker ’80.
Woodward, Hugh ’43 on July 5, 2011
in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Robert Bellamy
august 6, 1933 – june 18, 2011
Bob was born in Lindsay,
Ontario, and became a quick
study, filled with curiosity at an
early age. Legend has it he read
his entire public school library
by the time he was in Grade
5. The joke about little Bob,
when he skipped from Grade 2
to Grade 3 mid-year, was that
the transfer was meant as a
disciplinary manoeuvre for
a kid acting up in class. Fact
was, Bob didn’t think much of
his teacher and no number of
“straps” were going to change
his mind. He found the Grade 3
teacher much more useful and
so he paid attention. By year’s
end, he was at the top of his
new Grade 3 class!
He learned how to work during his
earliest years. Planting and harvesting
alongside his grandfather or Uncle Ernest
and their horses; as a dishwasher and
occasional short-order chef at Bellamy’s,
the family restaurant; as a milk truck
driver with the country route; and later
as dishwasher at the Sigma Chi fraternity house at the University of Toronto,
“Blackie” used his hands to scrape
together his dues. He used to joke that,
like his sons, he also attended Kilcoo
Camp – as the milk delivery boy!
After an accelerated education at
Victoria P.S. and Lindsay Collegiate
(LCVI), Bob entered the University of
Toronto at age 17, where he became an
active member of Sigma Chi. He was
joined there by his high school sweetheart
Shirley. He completed his B.Comm. in
1954. Shirley completed her master’s
degree in psychology and Bob became a
Chartered Accountant in 1958. Following
this, Bob held positions with Toronto
Transit Commission, Charter House
Canada, A.E. Ames and Burns Fry. He
was deeply respected in the investment
industry and upheld the traditions of
honour and integrity in all his endeavours. He was also admired by associates
for adding his light-hearted disposition to
otherwise serious matters.
Bob and Shirley were married in the
Cambridge Street Baptist Church where
Shirley was a fourth generation member.
Together they raised four children –
Karen, Jane, John ’88 and Mike ’93 and
practised Christian principles, reverence
for family tradition and mindfulness of
the needs of others. They raised their
family in Toronto and returned to Lindsay
upon retirement. They celebrated 50
years of marriage in 2007 surrounded by
lifelong friends.
During the early 1990s, Bob served
multiple terms as chair of the finance
committee of the TCS Board of Governors, helping the School eliminate its
debt, increase endowment and navigate
a successful capital campaign. He is
remembered by his fellow governors as
being confident in running the finances of
the School, skilful in confronting financial
challenges yet eloquent in delivering his
reports. He and Shirley were happy to
provide a TCS education for their sons
as well as ongoing and generous support
for this great school community and its
students.
After his official retirement in 1995,
Bob maintained positions on corporate
and government service boards including
Repap, Public Storage, Cadillac Fairview,
OPSEU Pension Fund and Lindsay Police
Services. Additionally, he maintained an
active regimen of community involvement and support for organizations such
as Cambridge Street Baptist Church,
Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay Rotary
Chapter and TCS, where Bob remained an
honorary trustee.
Bob was a man of wisdom and strong
character. He was admired by his business
partners and revered by his family. He left
a rich legacy of examples and life lessons
for those who knew him, spanning his
rise from small-town boy to Bay Street
executive. Most importantly, he lived and
loved life to the fullest. He whistled while
he worked and used simple principles to
guide him through his toughest challenges. He would often remind people
that “positive thinkers will be rewarded
positively.” He will be missed, and for
all his wisdom and for the laughter he
inspired, he will be remembered often.
Written by Mike Bellamy ’93
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John G.B. Strathy ’52
january 8, 1934 – july 28, 2011
John Strathy ’52 presented his school tie to a current student following the Junior School Remembrance Day
presentation in November 2009
Who was John Strathy? I asked some people who knew him to give me a few
words which described him.
“A great mentor to both family
and friends. He was easy to talk
to and gave great advice. He
was a lot of fun to hang around
with and loved his family.”
– Charlie Hill ’83, John’s son-in-law
“Statesman.”
– John Fotheringham, Commanding
Officer, The Queen’s Own Rifles of
Canada
“A people person; he cared
all about others and not about
himself.”
– Claire McDerment, wife of the late
Bob McDerment ’52, both dear friends
of John
“Loyalty and commitment.”
– Tony Hendrie ’52, John’s classmate
“Pure in heart.”
“His heart was at TCS,
followed by the Queen’s Own
Rifles and then me.”
– George Strathy ’67, John’s third-cousin
– Jane Strathy, John’s wife
John was born in Toronto and
was the son of the late James G.K.
“Jim” Strathy ’22, an investment
banker at Dominion Securities
and a commanding officer of The
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, and
to Catherine (née Cockburn) Strathy,
a homemaker. John was many things
to many people. For me, John was the
epitome of a true gentleman. John was
my mentor when I returned to TCS in
August 1987, teaching me how to be a
fundraiser. He was also a statesman
in conducting his affairs on behalf of
the School. He was a people person
but never sought the limelight. He
worked behind the scenes on many
issues at TCS from capital campaigns
to his proactive role in TCS becoming a
co-educational institution. No one was
more loyal and committed to TCS than
John. This rang out this past February
when he and Jane participated in the
TCS Florida golf day despite miserable weather with pouring rain, high
winds and a temperature close to 40°F.
Despite poor health, John’s commitment, as always, was to the School.
Most important, though, was his
love for Jane. She was always number
one in John’s heart. I had the pleasure
of travelling with Jane and John, and
it was so evident that he cherished
Jane. Who else would remember to
take proper wine glasses to motels and
hotels to avoid the small plastic cups
that one finds in these places? John
was a fun person to be with. Never
one to seek glory, John always made a
difference. I lost a dear friend on July 28,
and I will certainly miss him. I know he
is in a better place and is with his pal,
Bob McDerment, and they are chatting
about their favorite topic – Trinity
College School.
To Jane, Philip, David and Pippa,
TCS remains your family.
Submitted by David McCart ’67
The foundation for a better life
carol and karl Scott ’67
Both Carol and Karl Scott have each made
provisions in their estate plans that will
endow a bursary at Trinity College School.
What a wonderful tribute to TCS and to the
two of them.
The question that some people might ask is,
why do this?
Carol grew up in a poor part of Illinois
and attended a high school with large class
sizes and no after-school activities. Lasting
friendships didn’t happen. The goal was to
graduate and “move away.”
From the moment Carol met Karl,
she was impressed by Karl’s love for and
commitment to his school, TCS. She was
amazed at his many loyal TCS friends who
lived all over North America and who had
never lost touch. Today Carol attributes
Karl’s successes in life to his TCS education.
She envied him the small class sizes,
fabulous academic and co-curricular
programmes and lasting friendships. As
an artist, she is thrilled that TCS has now
opened a new visual arts wing. “TCS is an
experience that more young people should
have,” she explains.
Carol’s legacy gift will go towards
financial aid so that a young person who
otherwise could not afford a TCS education
will avoid the disappointing educational
experience she had. “I can think of nothing
more important than providing financial
support to those who would benefit from all
that TCS has to offer.”
Karl was one of six students who
entered Grade 6 in Boulden House in
September 1959. He is so proud and grateful
for his many lifelong friendships made
while at the School – far more, he says,
than his few university acquaintances.
What also impressed Karl about his eight
years at TCS was how he learned to study
and be well organized. “I had to accomplish
these out of necessity because TCS kept me
so busy seven days a week.” A large influence
in his life was Karl’s father, Karl E. Scott,
Sr., who was involved with the School for
10 years, never missed a sports event and
was seen at the School for every occasion.
He and his wife, Lillian, were committed
to supporting the School not only while
Karl attended TCS, but throughout their
lives. This instilled in Karl Jr. a firm belief
in the importance of giving back. He has
continually supported the School and has
now done so again by making a legacy gift
to TCS, designated for financial aid so that
a deserving student could receive the same
benefit he had during his years here.
Carol and Karl have had many good
times with friends during Reunion Weekends,
and hosting alumni golf tournaments and
entertaining in their homes in Florida and
the Adirondacks. These connections have
spanned a lifetime. Another testament to
their love of TCS has been realized through
their generous planned gift to the School
on the Hill. They exemplify the best in our
TCS family.
W.A. Johnson Society (as at August 31, 2011)
Anonymous (3)
John A. Beament ’44
Eleanor & Grant Beath
John N. Belyea ’80
Geoffrey L. Boone ’54
Donald J. Bowman ’77
Colin T. Brown ’75
Andrew H. Buntain ’91
H. Michael Burns ’56
R. Brian Cartwright ’86
Abby L. Colwell ’03
J. Douglas Cunningham ’59
Eric R.L. Davies ’82
Jennifer A. Drew ’92
Jonathan D.A. Good ’90
Joan Harrington
Anthony O. Hendrie ’52
William G. Harris ’51
Ernest Howard ‘46*
Walter Howell
Francisco L. Camino Ivanissevich ’78
Donovan Kellyman ‘07*
J. Timothy Kennish ‘58*
Ann E. McCurdy & Frank A. Lawler ’84
James A. Lawson ’50
Jeremy Main ’46
Aaron C.B. Maybin ’97
David E. McCart ’67
A. David McGinnis ’33
Michael A. Meighen ’56
Peter M. Pangman ’47
Nancy Passy
Jennifer Powles*
Carol Scott* & Karl E. Scott ’67
Derek A. Smith ’72
Neil D. Stephenson ’80
Stephen K. Suh ’79
W. Duncan Tingle ’63
Helen Venables
Robert W.F. Wilson-Rogers ’71
Yazmin Zand*
*new members
The W.A. Johnson Society recognizes those donors who have made a planned gift to Trinity College School, such as through a bequest, life insurance,
gift annuity or charitable remainder trust/gift of residual interest. We thank them for their dedication and commitment to TCS.
Should anyone wish for information on any of the School’s planned giving programmes, please contact David McCart ’67,
special advisor to the advancement office, at [email protected] or 613-449-6359.
july 2010 – june 2011
Annual Report of
the TCS Foundation
I am pleased to report that over the past 12 months the Trinity College School Foundation
has continued to focus on its mandate and main functions of prudently investing our
endowment funds, providing financial support to the School and increasing the size of
our endowment.
during the past year our endowments have increased by
9.4% from $22.233 million to $24.328 million as of June 30,
2011. Furthermore, during the fiscal year nearly $1.4 million was
transferred to the School, mainly for scholarships and bursaries,
and a further $1.9 million of capital designated primarily for the
new visual arts wing was made available to the School. These
strong results reflect the successful conclusion of fundraising for
the new visual arts wing and generous support for the Annual
Fund, which topped $1 million for the first time. In terms of the
goal of increasing our overall endowment by 50% to $34 million by
2015, the 150th Anniversary Campaign committee is already well
progressed in its organization and initial pledge commitments.
A major development for the foundation since the last annual
general meeting was the February resignation, for health reasons,
of our chair, Michael Davies ’55. He has been a consistent financial
and vocal supporter of the School, with a succession of his family
graduating from TCS, together with his personal leadership over
many years as a board member and chair of the TCS Governing
Body and, latterly, the TCS Foundation board. We offer him our
sincere thanks for his contribution to TCS and are delighted he
intends to serve out his current term as director of the foundation.
As vice chair of the foundation, under the by-laws, I assumed
the duties of chair in February but advised the board that, after
nearly 30 years of serving on the committee of convocation, the
board and the foundation board, and with no further children
or grandchildren on the TCS horizon, I did not wish to stand
for election as chair at our annual general meeting in September
2011. As with Michael, I will continue to serve as a director of the
foundation.
Over the spring, the governance committee of the TCS board
conducted an intensive exercise to propose a new vice chair. I
think we should all be delighted that, at its June meeting, the TCS
Foundation board unanimously endorsed Tim Kennish ’58 as vice
chair and he also agreed to have his name stand for election as
the next chair of the foundation. At our September 2011 annual
general meeting, Tim was confirmed as the incoming chair of the
TCS Foundation.
In my opinion, Tim Kennish is the perfect individual to lead
the foundation over the next important years. The foundation is
now well established and respected within the TCS family, and
the requirement to significantly increase our endowment has been
recognized for some years. Tim is co-chair of the 150th Anniversary
Campaign, a past chair of the TCS Governing Body and an individual who understands well the workings of foundations. I know
that he will have the full support of the foundation board plus the
respect of the entire school family.
Timothy C. Powell ’62 P’95 ’97
Chair, TCS Foundation
[email protected]
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TCS Foundation Statement
of Operations
Year ended June 30 (in dollars $)
2010-2011
2011
2010
Revenue
Donations
Investment income (loss)
Transfers from Trinity College School
2,925,427
2,720,599
40,394
5,686,420
1,623,398
1,035,231
2,658,629
Expenses
Grants to TCS
Custodial and investment management fees
Administrative and general
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses for the year 3,371,985
116,770
103,108
3,591,863
2,094,557
3,470,275
113,031
83,279
3,666,585
(1,007,956)
22,233,915
----
24,328,472
23,241,871
---22,233,915
Fund balances, beginning of year
Transfers between funds
Fund balances, end of year
Note: This statement reflects combined yearend totals for three funds: the unrestricted
fund, the restricted fund (funds restricted by donors for special purposes at Trinity
College School) and the endowment fund (funds where the donor has stipulated that the
principal be maintained permanently).
foundation assets
27.5
($ millions)
27.2
23.2
24.3
22.2
Timothy Powell ’62, chair
J. Tim Kennish ’58, vice chair
Robert Wilson-Rogers ’71, secretary
Derek Smith ’72, treasurer
A. Jeffrey Prince, assistant secretary/
treasurer
directors
Jim Binch ’66
Christopher Brown ’63
N. Thomas Conyers ’73
Michael Davies ’55
Jacqueline Fong
Brian Lawson ’78
Arnold Massey ’55
Maria Phipps
Timothy Price ’59
governance committee
Jim Binch ’66
J. Tim Kennish ’58
Maria Phipps, chair
Timothy Price ’59
Brian Westlake
Robert Wilson-Rogers ’71, secretary
investment committee
John Bellamy ’88
Jim Binch ’66
Christopher Brown ’63, chair
Kevin Foley ’88
David Hackett ’83, ex officio
John Hogarth ’78
Patrick Keeley ’88
Aaron Maybin ’97
A. Jeffrey Prince
William Wilder ’75
finance & audit committee
N. Thomas Conyers ’73
Brian Lawson ’78
Timothy Powell ’62, chair
Derek Smith ’72, treasurer
A. Jeffrey Prince
06/07
07/08
08/09
09/10
10/11
Fundraising Highlights
Gifts and pledges totalled a remarkable
$11.8 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
Generous pledges from our board governors,
foundation and trustees in support of the
upcoming 150th Anniversary Campaign
(see page 14 for more information) fuelled
this exceptional surge in philanthropy.
The official opening of the new visual
arts wing took place on September 24,
2011 during Bear Fair (see cover story of
this issue). The construction of the new
facility allowed the second and third floors
of Boulden House, which had previously
held the Senior School’s art studios, to be
converted for use by the Junior School. As
a result, the Grade 5 and 6 classrooms have
been expanded and dedicated classrooms
have now been created for Junior School art
and French, with additional development to
occur in future years.
Reunion Weekend 2011 was a wonderful
chance for classmates to socialize, but also
an opportunity to support the School as a
way of celebrating milestone anniversaries.
Among the leaders in the this regard was
the class of 1961, which honoured its 50th
year since graduation with a $100,000
gift, inspired by a $50,000 matching gift
challenge from one member of the class.
This donation has been designated for the
Learning Commons project, a key priority
of the School’s 150th Anniversary Campaign.
Other outstanding reunion gifts include
funds for improving campus signs and
benches from the class of 1966, sponsorship of the 150th history book project by
the classes of 1971 and 1976, and outdoor
bleachers in honour of retiring teacher Scott
Taylor paid for by the class of 1986.
Proceeds from the third annual Collin
Cureatz ’02 Memorial Shinny Tournament in January bolstered the bursary in
Collin’s name by a further $8,700. This
donation was made possible due to the
generosity of the Galpin family, who sponsored the dinner.
Robert Nelson Dempster (top left)
Guest drummer Larnell Lewis
For the tenth consecutive year, the Annual
Fund exceeded its goal, with a total of
$1,003,590 in gifts (not including pledges)
raised in 2010-2011. As a result, a number
of important campus enhancements were
made possible, including renovations to
the Rigby/Hodgetts and Wright/Orchard
Common Rooms, the establishment of
the Chauvin Rowing Room and new bells
purchased for the Johnson Ringers.
music programme, beach volleyball equipment and new chairs for the Senior School
library.
Continuing its tradition of supporting the
students of TCS, the TCS Parents’ Guild
donated a special gift of $100,000 for the
new visual arts wing. Additionally, the guild
continued to support its bursary and other
programmes around the School, such as:
equipment for various classrooms including
video cameras and maps, musical instruments, encyclopedias and atlases for the
Junior School, guest performers for the
Scholarships and bursaries continue to be
a crucial fundraising priority. In 2010-2011,
we were pleased to award two new bursaries, the Robert Nelson Dempster Bursary
and the Bim Black ’47 Bursary. The
late Robert Nelson Dempster was a math
teacher and Brent housemaster in the 1950s
who so enjoyed his time working at TCS
that he choose to remember the School in
his will. Lennox K. “Bim” Black has been a
longtime, generous supporter of the School;
his gift will support a Canadian boarding
student who otherwise would not be able
to attend TCS. Several alumni classes have
begun to raise funds for financial assistance,
including the classes of 1988, 1989 (which
has a $70,000 matching gift as incentive),
1991 and 1996. And the Howell family
(Walter, Edan ’94, Trent ’96, Casey ’98 and
Bethany ’01) have begun a five-year pledge
to endow a bursary.
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I tcs news I 41
Fundraising Results
total gifts & pledges
annual giving totals
($ millions)
11.781
$832,148
$884,856
$954,191
$1,003,527
$912,560
4.258
1.909
06/07
1.764
07/08
08/09
2.366
09/10
10/11
06/07
07/08
08/09
09/10
top alumni classes: participation
top alumni classes: total giving
(top class in each decade)
(top class in each decade)
Decade
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Class
1933 & 1936
1949
1952
1962
1972
1986
1993
2007
Participation Rate
50%
48%
52%
54%
33%
19%
22%
9%
gift designation
(based on total gifts & pledges of $11.781 million)
Decade
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Class
1939
1946
1956
1961
1974
1989
1991
2002
Gifts & Pledges
$1,250
$950,725
$5,040,466
$265,611
$1,003,704
$23,560
$15,608
$2,380
number of sustaining donors
198
2% Highest Priority Needs
10/11
202
207
09/10
10/11
177
169
32% Financial Assistance
Endowment
6% Visual Arts Centre
51% New Athletic Centre
9% Other Facilities &
Programmes
06/07
07/08
08/09
postscript
A Look Ahead
This past September, during Bear Fair weekend at the School, the TCS governing body met on
campus to welcome new governors and trustees, including me, the new chair of your board.
having served as vice chair for the past year, I’ve had the good
fortune to work with retiring board chair Colin Brown ’75, and
I want to take this opportunity to thank him for his leadership
and dedication over many years of service to the School. With the
support of a great team of volunteers on the governing body and its
committees, and the fine work being done by Headmaster Stuart
Grainger and his team, I’m optimistic that my transition will be a
smooth one.
In fact, this is a very exciting time in the history of the School
on the Hill as we look forward to the 150th anniversary of TCS in
2015. Building on the progress achieved by the School’s first official
strategic plan – Strength of Purpose: The Strategic Plan for Trinity
College School, 2007-2012 – we are in the early stages of developing
a new five-year plan to guide the School through the challenging
economic times facing all independent schools and, indeed, the
world at large.
At the same time, we are laying the foundation for a capital and
endowment campaign that will assist in sustaining TCS’s position as one of Canada’s leading independent schools. To this end,
we have assembled a very experienced and dedicated campaign
committee, headed by honorary chair Michael Burns ’56 P’81 and
co-chairs Tim Kennish ’58 and Wendy Cecil P’06 ’08. Currently in
the “quiet” or planning phase, the campaign has already received
the support of many members of the community. We look forward
to updating you on our progress as we work to increase the School’s
endowment, expand financial assistance and enhance the School’s
infrastructure. (See page 14 for a campaign update.)
Most of you are by now familiar with the mission of TCS:
developing habits of the heart and mind for a life of purpose and
service. This is not just a goal for our students; it is also our mission
as a governing body. Your governors and trustees are eager to serve
the TCS community and I personally look forward to giving back
to this special school which has given so much to me and my family
over the years.
Adam Howard ’76 P’08 ’11 is the chair of the TCS Governing Body.
To learn more about our governors, trustees and honorary
trustees, visit the “who we are” section of www.tcs.on.ca.
Save the date
Friday, December 16, 2011
Not-So-Young Alumni Christmas Party
( for graduates from 2002-2006)
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Young Alumni Christmas Party
( for graduates from 2007-2011)
Friday, January 20, 2012
Winter Alumni Games (Old Boys Basketball)
Stay Connected
Friday, January 20, 2012
th
5 Annual TCS Squash Championships
with TCS Alumni Online!
Saturday, January 21, 2011
th
4 Annual Collin Cureatz ’02 Memorial Shinny
Tournament
Friday, May 25, 2012
th
24 Annual TCS Golf Tournament
www.
tcs.on.ca
May 25 to 27, 2012
Visit the Alumni section for news, events
and links to services such as the Alumni
Directory
“Like” us at our main page:
www.facebook.com/TCSBears
and the alumni page:
www.facebook.com/TrinityCollegeSchool
Reunion Weekend
May 26 to 27, 2012
Spring Alumni Games (various sports TBA)
For up to date details or to register, visit the alumni section
of www.tcs.on.ca or contact the advancement office at
905-885-1295 or [email protected].
Join us at
Trinity College School Alumni Group
Follow us at
www.twitter.com/TCSBears
Watch us at
www.youtube.com/TCSBears
Advancement Office
phone: 905-885-1295
fax: 905-885-3244
55 Deblaquire Street North
Port Hope, Ontario L1A 4K7
phone: 905-885-3217
fax: 905-885-9690
www.tcs.on.ca
Our Mission
Developing habits of the heart and mind
for a life of purpose and service
Our Vision
Trinity College School will be
internationally regarded for excellence
in developing leaders of character,
purpose and vision due to the strength of
its people, programme and place.
Doug Mann
Executive Director of
Advancement
[email protected]
Tricia Mandryk
Director of Advancement
[email protected]
Communications Office
phone: 905-885-3198
fax: 905-885-9690
e-mail: [email protected]
Ashley DiNova, Director of
Communications
Admissions Office
phone: 905-885-3209
fax: 905-885-7444
e-mail: [email protected]
Kathy LaBranche, Director of Admissions
Jennifer Agnew-Pople
Manager, Parents Fund
[email protected]
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recycled content.
Annual giving is the backbone of philanthropy at TCS, allowing our faculty and staff to not only maintain the status quo, but to improve our
beautiful campus, enhance our athletic, academic and artistic programmes and attract the best and brightest students. Support given by the
TCS family over the years has made a difference to generations of TCS students. Help us continue that legacy!
Donations can be made in the following ways:
1. Contact the TCS advancement office at
905-885-1295 or [email protected]
2. Give online at www.tcs.on.ca by clicking
on Donate Now in the bottom right corner.
3. Send your cheque or money order payable
to “TCS Foundation” to: Trinity College
School, 55 Deblaquire Street North,
Port Hope, ON L1A 4K7
4. *NEW* You can now donate to TCS via
text message. Text 39-39-39 with the
message “TCS (Your Name) ($donation
amount)”. Regular text messaging rates apply.

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