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WOODSWORTH COLLEGE NEWS SPRING 2020
ANNUAL WOODSWORTH COLLEGE AWARDS DINNER
Layan Elfaki, Brookfield Peter F. Bronfman Gold recipient, brings remarks in the Great Hall, Hart House.
The Brookfield Peter F. Bronfman Award recipients pose with Lynda Hamilton
Shayna Thompson (award winner), (who presented the awards on behalf of Brookfield Partners Foundation), and
Stacy Rodriquez (guest) Carol Chin (Principal, Woodsworth College).
ANOTHER YEAR of celebrating students! president, Woodsworth College Students’
On Thursday, Feb. 6, the Woodsworth Association. Throughout the evening,
Community came together to celebrate all scholarship recipients were acknowl-
and acknowledge the many accom- edged and applauded. The event was
plishments and academic excellence of capped off by the presentation of the
its students and to thank our donors Brookfield Peter F. Bronfman Scholarships
for their support. Principal Carol and the inspiring remarks given by Layan
Chin hosted the evening that featured Elfaki, the Gold recipient. The Brookfield
remarks from Cheryl Shook, assistant Peter F. Bronfman Leadership Scholarship
principal & registrar; Harlan Tufford, recipients were Isabella Gallello, Blythe L–R: Sepideh Sobhani (guest),
president, Woodsworth College Alumni Hunter, Andrea Johns, Melissa MacDonald Ali Aghaeinia (award winner),
Geoff Leckey & Arianne Reza (guests)
Association; and Simran Sawnhey, and Jennifer Simpson. n
WOODSWORTH COLLEGE WINDOW – SPRING 2020 1
INSTALLATION OF NEW PRINCIPAL
The installation party with drummer
Archer Pechawis
The U of T Spirit Singers President Meric Gertler administers the Oath of Office
ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16 at a music- College Alumni Association; and Simran them by saying, “Every day, we need
filled ceremony in Kruger Hall Commons, Sawhney, president, Woodsworth College to acknowledge the traditional land
Professor Carol Chin was installed as the Students' Association. President Meric and do our part toward Truth and
eighth Principal of Woodsworth College. Gertler administered the oath of office. Reconciliation. Every day, we need to
Faculty, staff and students of the College Archer Pechawis, a Toronto-based put into practice our commitment
as well as former principals Angela new media and performance artist, led to access and to equity, diversity and
Hildyard, Mariel O’Neill-Karch, John the procession with the Cree Sunrise inclusion and, every day, we need to
Browne and Joe Desloges attended the Song, Waniskâ. The U of T Spirit Singers, find ways to support our students. And
occasion. Bringing remarks and greet- led by Isabel Bernaus, conductor, and that is my pledge to you, as Principal of
ings were Chancellor Rose Patten; Jane accompanied by Katharine Petkovski on Woodsworth College.”
Pepino, vice-chair of Governing Council; the piano, accented the ceremony with The lively reception that followed
Jay Pratt, vice-dean, Faculty of Arts & inspirational music. was an opportunity for colleagues and
Science; Cheryl Shook, assistant prin- Carol set forth her vision for the friends to congratulate Carol on her
cipal & registrar, Woodsworth College; College for the next five years in her new role. It was a very special day for
Sean Kiefte, past president, Woodsworth well-received remarks, concluding the College. n
PLANNED GIVING – A GIFT FOR THE FUTURE
Jan Monaghan was a long-time friend and supporter of stu- the future. We are deeply grateful for her many years of
dents at Woodsworth College. She had been a member of the friendship and support.
Woodsworth College Council while teaching part-time in the Michelle Osborne, executor director, gift planning at U of T,
Faculty of Nursing. When she retired in 1996, she established comments that, “We are honoured that Jan decided to extend
a merit-based scholarship that supports sole support parents her support of the College by including a gift in her will for the
with financial need. Over the years, Jan contributed to the award she created over 20 years ago. During her lifetime, Jan
award, as did her daughters, to mark special occasions such annually learned of the bright successful students who bene-
as their mother’s birthday or Mother’s Day. They knew that fited from her award. Her bequest extends her lifetime support
these gifts, made in her honour, were very and has increased her award so that even more deserving
meaningful to her. Jan passed away in July students will benefit from her generosity.”
2019; however, she has left a meaningful If you would like information about gift planning, please
legacy through the provision in her will of contact Michelle Osborne at 416-978-3811 or michelle.osborne
a financial addition to her award. @utoronto.ca or Barbara Track at Woodsworth College at
Jan was a thoughtful and generous 416-978-4197 or barbara.track@utoronto.ca. Please see the
supporter of the College whose foresight insert for more information on how to become a bequest
in establishing a planned gift will result donor and a member of the College’s Legacy Society and the
in more financial support for students into University’s King’s College Heritage Society.
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BRIEFLY
On Nov. 7, Woodsworth College
celebrated its graduating
students at Fall Convocation. ALUMNI-STUDENT MENTORSHIP
A record number of students
with their family members and PROGRAM UPDATE
friends attended the festive L–R: Susan Sperling, Morley
This year the College’s Alumni/Student Mentorship Program
Gunderson, Jeanette May
reception in Kruger Hall. A total had a record number of matches with 48 pairs participating.
of 177 degrees and three The opening reception was well attended and provided
Human Resources Management an opportunity for the mentors and mentees to meet one
certificates were conferred. another and network. This year, a workshop on how to
leverage social media for job readiness was also included
as part of the program.
L–R: Morley Gunderson, Rafael
Gomez, Richard B. Freeman, Mentee Andrew Gallant recounts his experience with the
Carol Chin, Ettore Damiano program and his mentor:
“What Stefan brought to the table was experience, and a
Professor Richard B. Freeman,
strong business acumen; two things I was completely
Herbert Ascherman Chair
lacking. I decided right then and there that I was going to
in Economics at Harvard
put as much effort as I could into taking advantage of this
University, delivered this year’s
opportunity because I knew it was something important
Morley Gunderson Lecture in
and I haven’t looked back. With Stefan as my mentor I
Labour Economics in a packed
Graduands preparing have learned about a lot of important skills that I don’t
Kruger Hall. The lecture topic
to enter Convocation Hall really get to learn about anywhere else. Skills like curating a
was Labour in the Era of Robots
strong resume, effective communication, problem solving,
and Algorithms. Recognized at
networking and evaluation.
the event for contributions to
The important connection between everything Stefan
the field of labour economics
has shared with me is that it’s stuff that I don’t really get
were Jeanette May, formerly
exposure too anywhere else. It is the sorts of things that have
the director, People & Culture
helped me the most in my current hunt for a summer job.”
at the Toronto Police Service,
and Susan Sperling, director of
communications at Northland
Power Inc. Both women were
Principal Carol Chin and guests presented with the 2019 Morley
in Kruger Hall Commons Gunderson Prize.
Long-time staff member Prof. Anna Shternshis
Lee Jeffery retired at the end
of February. She had been
a steadfast member of the
Registrar’s Office for 44 years,
primarily focused on academic
petitions. The College will miss
L–R: Barbara Track (Woodsworth staff),
her unwavering support for Navdeep Johal (mentor), Simran Sawhney (mentee)
Woodsworth students and her
calm and thoughtful demean- Professor Anna Shternshis,
our. Congratulations, Lee, on Al and Malka Green Professor of
your well-deserved retirement! Yiddish studies and the director
of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre
for Jewish Studies, U of T, was
this year’s Saul Goldstein
Memorial lecturer. Her lecture
topic was Singing Through
Destruction: How Music
Documented the Holocaust. It
centred around her research on
the lost Yiddish lyrics written by
Soviet Jews during the Second
World War. This well attend- Kurt Mighton (mentee) and Eloi Silva (mentor)
ed-event was an important
Lee Jeffrey
evening for the College.
WOODSWORTH COLLEGE WINDOW – SPRING 2020 3
BRIEFLY
Students from Kenya also served as
Study at Woodsworth the Associate
Through a generous gift from Dean and Vice
Nancy McCain and Bill Morneau, Principal of
a five-year pilot program, the the University
Morneau-McCain Scholars of Toronto at
Program, has been established Mississauga.
at Woodsworth. The purpose of Our sincerest sympathies go
the scholarship is to offer stu- out to his wife Antonia and his
dents from the Morneau Shepell children, Mary and Mark.
Organizers and participants of SEE U OF T Secondary School for Girls in the
Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya
UPCOMING EVENTS
ACCESS PROGRAM: SEE U OF T the opportunity to study at U
of T. To date, five students are
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ALUMNI REUNION
taking part in the program with
another six expected this spring. Mark your calendars!
Spearheaded by the Woodsworth College Registrar’s office,
The College’s role is to help Thursday, May 28, 2020
SEE U of T is a new access program in collaboration with the
make the transition to life in 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Toronto District School Board.
The program’s goal is to encourage students, who come Canada as smooth as possible William Waters Lounge,
from communities historically underrepresented at U of T, for these students by providing Woodsworth College Residence
to view post-secondary education as a viable option, and to both academic assistance and RSVP: events.woodsworth@
consider U of T, in particular, as a first choice. Program partic- a network of peer support. The utoronto.ca or call 416-946-5391
ipants are exposed to course-like settings, which explore the students start their studies in
Join alumni association board
themes of Popular Culture and Order and Disorder, and are the Academic Bridging Program,
members, Woodsworth College
offered experiential learning opportunities and a chance to par- where they have access to aca-
alumni, and friends for a brief
ticipate in campus life at U of T. This first year of the program demic advisers, learning strat-
WCAA Annual General Meeting,
included a total of more than 30 students from Downsview egists and study skill seminars
volunteer recognition, and the
Secondary School and Runnymede Collegiate. that will help prepare them and
presentation of anniversary pins
set a course for academic and
to those celebrating their 25 year
personal success.
anniversary of graduation from
A lively and well-attended The program is co-ordinated
touched on how researchers Woodsworth/U of T. A reception
Alumni Café was held on Dec. 3 through the World University
into Alzheimer’s use Christie’s and BBQ will cap off the event.
featuring Amy Barron, professor Service of Canada. You can
novels to unravel the mysteries
of Museum Studies at Fleming read more about the program
of the human mind.
College in Peterborough, Ont. and read quotes from the Announcement
and the program co-ordinator first two students at https://
We are temporarily sus-
at the Clarington Museums & boundless.utoronto.ca/impact/
pending print publication
Archives in Bowmanville. Her empowering-kenyan-women-
of this newsletter.
engaging talk about mystery with-a-u-of-t-education/
You may find updates on
writer Agatha Christie’s life
included many aspects of her
OBITUARY College news and events at
https://wdw.utoronto.ca/.
biography, particularly her love Professor Peter Silcox, the
of the Middle East and the second principal of Woodsworth We will be emailing a
life she lived with her famous College, passed away Oct. 12, periodic e-newsletter with
archaeologist husband, which 2019. He served as principal of news and events.
provided the basis for many the College from 1977 to 1984. To add or correct your
of her greatest novels: Murder Professor Silcox was a political email address, please email
on the Orient Express, Death scientist and a member of the us at alumni.woodsworth@
on the Nile, and Murder in Alumni Café speaker U of T faculty from 1964 until utoronto.ca
Amy Barron
Mesopotamia. Barron also his retirement in 2003. He
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