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Dickinson, Clarence Heber

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  • 1899-1999

Clarence Heber Dickinson (1899-1999) was a Methodist/United Church minister and publisher. He was born in Anderson, Perth County and was educated at Victoria University, Toronto and at Union Theological Seminary, New York. He was ordained by London Conference in 1924. He served on Ashfield Circuit, at Moosejaw, and at Erskine-American Church in Montreal. From 1937 to 1964, Rev. Dickinson served as Book Steward of the United Church Publishing House and as General Manager, at Ryerson Press. Rev. Heber Dickinson retired in 1966 and died in 1999 two days after his hundredth birthday.

Doyle, Sarah

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Sarah Doyle is the Director of Policy and Research at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship.

Riddell, John Henry

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  • 1863-1952

John Henry Riddell (1863-1952) was a Methodist minister and educator. He was born in Peel County, Ontario, studied at Victoria University and was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1892. He ministered in Winnipeg and lectured at Wesley College. In 1903 he was appointed to found Alberta College in Edmonton. In 1917 he was appointed Principal of Wesley/United College; he served until 1938. He was involved in resolving the issues of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 as Chairman of the Minimum Wage Commission. He wrote books on the history of Methodism in the West and on Eldership.

Riddell, Walter Alexander

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  • 1881-1963

Walter Alexander Riddell was born on August 5, 1881 in Stratford, Ontario. Riddell was ordained in 1910 and went to work in Reston, Man. In 1912 he made a survey of rural conditions for the state committee, and the following year he was appointed director of social surveys for the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. He became superintendent of the government Trades and Labour Department in 1916 and deputy minister of labour in 1919, a post he resigned after a year in order to take a position with the International Labour Office in Geneva, where he served until 1925. He also represented Canada at the League of Nations and at International Labour conferences and investigated labour problems in Canada. He died July 27, 1963.

Riddell, William Renwick

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  • 1852-1945

William Renwick Riddell was born in Hamilton Township on April 6, 1852. He attended Cobourg Grammar School and then Victoria College where he earned his BA in 1874, his BSc in 1877 and his LLB in 1878. He won the Law Society of Upper Canada's gold medal and was called to the bar in 1883. He opened his own practice in Cobourg until 1893 when he moved to Toronto. In 1891 he was elected a bencher of the Law Society and named Queen's Counsel in 1899. In 1906 he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Ontario, and was promoted to the appeal division in 1925. He left his greatest mark as a Canadian historian and publicist. He published some 1258 articles, reviews, lectures, pamphlets and books in the fields of legal, constitutional, medical and social history. A life-long student who mastered 8 languages, Riddell was a meticulous researcher and engaging writer with a penchant for copious footnoting. His major works include biographies of William Kirby and John Graves Simcoe and The Bar and the Courts of the Province of Upper Canada or Ontario (1928). He was also the recipient of 12 honorary degrees. In his final years, he unsuccessfully lobbied Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King for a chief justiceship, an Imperial Privy Councillorship and a knighthood. When Riddell died in his 93rd year, he was still serving on the bench and publishing articles. He died on February 18, 1945.

Gold, Joseph

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Joseph Gold was an associate professor in English at the University of Manitoba. He would later be a professor of English at the University of Waterloo.

Muller, Herbert Joseph

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  • 1905-1980

Herbert Joseph Muller was born in Mamaroneck, New York, July 7, 1905. He attended Cornell University where he received his B.A. (1925), his M.A. (1926), and his Ph.D. (1932). He first taught English at Cornell and then went in 1935 to the English Department at Purdue University, where he rose from instructor to full professor in ten years. After serving first as Visiting Critic at Indiana University (1953-54), he moved from Lafayette to Bloomington in 1956 when he was appointed Professor of English and Government. He held his rank for three years until he was named Distinguished Professor of English and Government in 1959, relinquishing his connection with the Government Department in 1968. He retired in 1973 as Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English. During his years of teaching and writing he held two additional visiting professorships, twice at the University of Istanbul, 1947-47 and 1951-51, and at New York University, 1958-59.
He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1939-40; a grant from the Fund for the Republic in 1957 to work on the papers of Lord Acton; Sigma Delta Chi's Brown Derby for the most popular teacher at Indiana University at 1957; in 1960 a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to work on the history of freedom; that same year a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford; and from Purdue University, with which Herb never lost his warm ties, an honorary degree, the D. Litt. in 1961. He died in 1980.

Eaton, Mrs. Rex

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  • 1892-1973

Fraudena (Mrs. Rex) Eaton was the President of the Vancouver Council of Women. She would later be the President of the National Council of Women between 1956-1959.

Osborne, Stanley Llewellen

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  • [1907]-2000

Stanley Llewellen Osborne attended Providence and Bowmanville High Schools, Victoria and Emmanuel Colleges at the University of Toronto. While there he studied music under Charles Peaker and Healey Willan, and later studied theology. He graduated with degrees in theology and music. He was ordained a United Church Minister in 1932. After serving at several churches he became the Principal at Ontario Ladies College (Trafalgar Castle School), serving between 1948-1968. He completed his doctorates in Music and Theology. Osborne was co-editor of the United Church’s Canadian Youth Hymnal (1939), and full-time secretary to the joint committee of the United Church and the Anglican Church of Canada for The Hymn Book. He was Founder of The Institute of Church Music and a Fellow of Hymn Society of the U.S. and Canada and Royal Canadian College of Organists. He was bestowed 2 honorary degrees, D.Litt.S. (Victoria University) and D.D. (Queens University). He died December 7, 2000.

The Ontario-St. Lawrence Development Commission

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  • 1955-

In 1955 the Ontario government established the Ontario-St Lawrence Development Commission in relation to the start of the St. Lawrence Seaway project that commenced in 1954 all required the flooding river front lands. The commission sponsored the creation of Upper Canada Village to preserve representative buildings and memorialize life as it was along the front. The commission also developed 800 hectares of adjacent parkland and relocated the old monument commemorating the 1813 battle of Crysler's Farm.

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

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Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is a lawyer and children’s rights advocate appointed as B.C.’s first Representative for Children and Youth in 2006 and reappointed in 2011, ending her second term in October 2016. She is a member of Saskatchewan’s Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and in 1998 was the first Aboriginal woman appointed to the judicial bench of the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan. During her time on the bench, she was actively involved in projects relating to access to justice, judicial independence and public outreach. She has also worked as a criminal law judge in youth and adult courts, with an emphasis on better serving the needs of young people in the justice system, focusing on sexually exploited children and youth and children with disabilities.
She has received several awards and honorary degrees recognizing the leadership and outstanding commitment she has provided in her work to champion the voices and rights of Aboriginal people, children and youth, as well as her advocacy on their behalf. From 2010 to 2013, Turpel-Lafond was the elected President of the Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates, an alliance of children’s advocates from across the country who champion the voice and rights of children in their respective provinces and territories. Turpel-Lafond taught law at Dalhousie University as a tenured professor, the University of Toronto and the University of Notre Dame, and was visiting professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. She holds a PhD from Harvard Law School, a Master of Law in International Law from Cambridge University and a law degree from York University’s Osgoode Hall. She also holds a certificate in the international and comparative law of human rights from the University of Strasbourg in France. Turpel-Lafond holds multiple honorary degrees.
Turpel-Lafond has been awarded the distinction of Indigenous Peoples' Counsel from the Indigenous Bar Association. She also received the Bill McFarland Award from the Parent Support Services Society of B.C. for outstanding commitment to the prevention of child abuse. She is a recipient of the Perry Shawana Award for her leadership and championship for the voices and rights of children. She was selected as a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation mentor to help guide the next generation of leaders in the social sciences and humanities.
Active in her First Nations community, Turpel-Lafond published a book on the history of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation that was short-listed for a Saskatchewan Book Award.

Moses, Ted

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Ted Moses was born in Eastmain, in the James Bay region of Quebec. After studying at Ryerson University in Toronto and McGill University in Montreal in school administration, he was Chief and Mayor of the village of Eastmain from 1987 to 1990. He was elected Grand Chief of the Crees in 1984. He is active on the international stage, speaking at numerous events about aboriginals and tolerance. Sometimes referred to as Dr. Ted Moses, he is the recipient of two honorary Doctorates of Law.

Jetten, Ben A.

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Ben A. Jetten, B. A, LL.B., is a partner in Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.

Pope, William Henry

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  • 1923-2000

William Henry (Harry) Pope was born in 1923. His mother was a Belgian countess with lineage back to Napoleon's general Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau, and his father was a lieutenant general in the Canadian army and a descendant of William Henry Pope (after whom he was named), one of the Fathers of Confederation. William joined the Royal Military College in 1940 and served with distinction during the Second World War; during this time he was captured but managed to escape and spent 2 months fighting amongst Italian partisans. He would also serve in the Korean War, where he was awarded the Military Cross and promoted to Major. After voicing disagreement with NATO's defensive strategy of limited nuclear war he resigned from the Canadian military in 1959.
While studying at the University of Ottawa and later at the University of Toronto, William got involved in politics and was a vocal supporter of the socialist CCF and later ran for office several times as an NDP candidate. In 1967 he began his teaching career at Ryerson University as a professor of economics. For the next two decades, he taught courses in Canadian economic problems, economic development, and economic principles, while publishing widely. He was also a founding member of the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER). William retired from teaching in 1987, however he would continue to publish books and his memoirs. He died of cancer-related complications, on December 23rd, 2000. To honour this distinguished faculty member's achievements, Ryerson University created the William Henry Pope International Economics Award.

Hainsworth, Fred

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Fred Hainsworth graduated from Ryerson in 1954 with a diploma in Electronics Technology. He retired from a career at Ryerson in 1996 after teaching mathematics and physics.

Kosny, Mitchell

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Mitchell Kosny is currently on the faculty of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson. He received his MRCP from the University of Oklahoma in 1974 and his PHd from the University of Waterloo in 1978. Dr. Kosny has served in the past as the Director of the Ryerson School of Planning. In 1997, he was a visiting Professor at the Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main and in 2001 was appointed Guest Professor at the Shanghai College of Urban Management. He has been directly responsible for developing and expanding Ryerson's international activities in Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, and China. In 2003, he developed the curriculum for a new Planning Program at Alhosn University in Abu Dhabi. Senior leadership positions he has held include: President-Social Planning Council of Toronto; President-Woodgreen Community Centre of Toronto; Founding Board Member-Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres; Chair-City of Toronto Committee of Adjustment; Chair-City of Toronto Planning Advisory Committee; President-Trillium Housing and Chair of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation of Directors. Dr. Kosny holds the following professional memberships:

  • MCIP Member, Canadian Institute of Planners
  • RPP Registered Professional Planner
  • AICP American Institute of Certified Planners
  • OAA Ontario Association of Architects
  • MRAIC Member of Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

Mainville, Conrad W.

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  • Unknown

Conrad Mainville was a student in the Electrical Technology program at Ryerson Institute of Technology from 1955 - 1958.

Yeates, Maurice, Dr.

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Maurice Yeates has been a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity, Ryerson University in the Ted Rogers School of Management since 1996. Yeates earned his BA from Reading University (UK) in 1960 and his PhD from Northwestern University in 1963. He served as Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University, 2002-10; and was appointed Dean Emeritus in 2010. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Florida (1963-1965) and Queen's University (1965-1996), where he also served as Head of the Department of Geography (1973-8), Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research (1979/84), and Founding Executive Director of the Bader Centre for International Studies at Herstmonceux Castle, UK (1993/95). From 1986 to 1994, he was seconded from Queen's to the Council of Ontario Universities to serve as Executive Director of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies. His research and consulting has focused on urban and regional development, and spatial location/allocation in the consumer service sector. He is author, co-author, or editor of 19 books, 60 articles in refereed journals and edited books, and over 100 reports. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 1980; and received the 1982 Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography from the Canadian Association of Geographers.

Fraser, Matthew

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Matthew Fraser is a former professor of communications at Ryerson University. Fraser holds a doctorate in political science from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. He is a frequent commentator and public speaker on issues related to the media industries and has written for such publications as the the Montreal Gazette, the Globe & Mail, and the National Post. Fraser was Editor-in-Chief of the latter newspaper from 2003 to 2005 and was a former co-host of the CBC Newsworld show, Inside Media. He is currently a professor at the American University of Paris and the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and lectures at the Université de Paris IV (Sorbonne), Panthéon-Assas University, and Université de Paris-Dauphine. His research interests include: political economy of communications; globalization of media & entertainment industries; communications policy; converging technologies; new media; market trends; media and international relations.

Law, Stephen

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Stephen Law is a former professor in the Department of Economics at Ryerson University. He completed his PhD at the University Toronto with a dissertation entitled "Economic Policy Interactions: Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy; Exclusive Licensing and Rate Regulation." Law’s work centres on health economics, intellectual property rights, and health policy in Canada. After leaving Ryerson, Law went on to become an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Mount Allison University.

Turko, Greg

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Greg Turko is a part-time instructor of Professional Communications at the Chang School for Continuing Education at Ryerson University. Turko earned a BA, BA (Hons), and MA from the University of Saskatchewan and a PhD in International History and Government from The London School of Economics and Political Science. Within the Chang Shool, Turko has developed and taught face-to-face and online courses and corporate training sessions, for which he has received the CESAR Teaching Award and the GREET Teaching Award. In addition to teaching at Ryerson,Turko has worked in both the public and private sector, and has held a position with the Ontario Government for the past 20 years.

O'Hara, Jane

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Jane O'Hara is a former professional tennis player and instructor in the School of Journalism at Ryerson University. O'Hara was born in Toronto and began playing tennis as a child, winning a number of regional and national competitions at the youth level. At the height of her career, she competed at Wimbledon (1968-1971), the US Open (1968-1974), the European Women's Championship (1972), and the Fed Cup (1969-1971, 1973-1975). She was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002. For her work as a journalist, O'Hara has been awarded the Sun Media Dunlop Award, two National Magazine Awards, and the Sports Media Canada Achievement Award. O'Hara has published three books, including Mark My Words: Memoirs of A Very Political Reporter, which she co-authored with journalist Marjorie Nichols.

Hunter, Don

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Don S. Hunter is a former instructor in the Child and Youth Care Program at Ryerson. Hunter graduated from Centennial College in 1973 and later earned his BA in Psychology and his Master's degree in Health Sciences. He operates a private practice in Toronto, Ontario, and has worked in residential, day treatment, and hospital settings with children, youth and families. He is former director of Research and Publication for the Ontario Association of Child and Youth counsellors.

Pearce, Ronald

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  • 1935-1997

Ronald Graham Pearce (1935 - 1997) was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Pearce graduated from Ryerson with a Diploma in Electronic Technology in 1955. While attending Ryerson, he was a member of the Ryeham Radio Club and an associate member of the Institute of Radio Engineers. After graduation, Pearce completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. Following completion of this degree, he worked for Sinclair Labs, then Bell Telephone in Montreal, before spending the majority of his career as a Network Planner with NB Tel.

Greatrix, David

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David R. Greatrix is an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Principal Investigator at the Propulsion Research Facility at Ryerson University. Greatrix earned his BSc from the University of Manitoba, his MASc at the University of Toronto, and his PhD from the Institute for Aerospace Studies, also at the University of Toronto. He joined the faculty at Ryerson in 1994 and served as the Associate Chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering from 2004 to 2009. His research interests include: propulsion system performance; vehicle flight dynamics; internal flows; and flight vehicle design. He is an accredited Professional Engineer.

Blums, Guna

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Guna Blums received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and her Master of Arts from York University. She was hired by the Ryerson Department of Social Science in 1966 as a Psychology instructor. In 1972, Blums was an instructor supervisor. Blums was inducted into Ryerson's 25 Year Club in 1991 and retired in 1993 after 27 years of service.

Crombie, David

  • Person
  • 1936-

The Honourable David Crombie, P.C. was born in Toronto in 1936. He was educated at Western University and the University of Toronto, earning his BA and LLD (Hons.). He worked at Ryerson as a lecturer in Politics and Urban Affairs and as Director of Student Services from 1962 to 1971. In 1969, Crombie was elected as an Alderman for the City of Toronto and, from 1972 to 1978, served as the City's mayor and as Commissioner of Toronto Hydro (1973-1978). As Mayor, Crombie upheld and advocated for a philosophy of community-based urban development pioneered by Urban Studies scholar and activist Jane Jacobs. In 1978, Crombie was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member for Rosedale and was re-elected in 1979, 1980, and 1984. He served as Minister of National Health and Welfare (1979-1984), Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1984-1986), and Secretary of State and Minister of Multiculturalism (1986-1988). He resigned from Parliament on May 31, 1988 and was appointed Commissioner of the Royal Commission of the Future on the Toronto Waterfront. In 1992, he was appointed Commissioner of the Waterfront Regeneration Trust Agency. He received a fellowship from Ryerson in 1993. In 1994, Crombie returned to Ryerson as its first Chancellor after the Institute was granted university status. He held the position of Chancellor until 1999. In addition to his political duties, Crombie served as CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute, Director of the Laidlaw Foundation, Board Member of Pollution Probe, Chair of the Terry Fox Hall of Fame, and Board Member of the Canadian Merit Scholarship Trust Fund. In 2012, he was inducted into the Order of Ontario and, in 2014, into the Order of Canada.

Gorman, Jack

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  • 1922-2012

Jack R. Gorman was an administrator in the Office of the President at Ryerson. Gorman was born in North Bay, Ontario. During WWII, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Navigator and Wireless Operator. Before joining the staff at Ryerson, he worked as a councillor in Business Administration and served as an Alderman for the city of North Bay. He began his career at Ryerson in 1968 as Executive Assistant to the President (then F.C. Jorgenson) and Secretary to the Board of Governors. In 1972, Gorman's responsibilities were expanded when he took on the role of Director of the Office of the President. In addition to these responsibilities, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the York University - Ryerson Joint Computing Centre, Ryerson Applied Research Limited, CJRT-FM Ryerson Radio, and Niell-Wycik College. During his retirement, he was a member of the Board of the Canadian School of Management.

Ois, Marius

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Marius Ois is a part-time instructor the Department of Architectural Science and Landscape Architecture at Ryerson University. Ois earned his Diplom-Ingenieur in Landscape Planning in Berlin, Germany. He is President of the architecture firm Marius Ois & Associates of Scarborough, Ontario (established 1984). He has published numerous technical articles in trade publications over the course of his 30-year career and is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects.

Silver, Susan

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Susan Silver is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Ryerson University. Silver earned her BA and MSW from the University of Toronto and her PhD in Social Work from Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia. From 1998 to 2003, she was the Director of the School of Social Work and, from 2009 to 2011, was the Program Director for the MSW program. Her teaching interests include Social Work Research, Program Evaluation, Social Welfare Policy and Critical Social Work Practice. She has conducted a number of research studies exploring issues of access and inclusion in relation to health care, employment and income security. She has a strong commitment to community-university research collaborations and has completed a national study to develop an evaluation framework for family support programs.

Pratley, Gerald

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  • 1923-2011

Gerald Pratley was a film critic and scholar, film industry administrator, and educator. Pratley was born and educated in London, England, and emigrated to Canada in 1946. Shortly after arrival, Pratley joined the CBC as a scriptwriter and, in 1948, became the Corporation's first film reviewer. Between 1948 and 1975, he hosted a number of CBC programs, chaired the Toronto Film Society and the Toronto and District Film Council, and co-founded the A-G-E Film Society. In 1968, Pratley founded the Ontario Film Institute, now known as the TIFF Cinematheque. He was director of the Stratford Film Festival from 1970 to 1975 and has served as a member of the programme committee of TV Ontario. Pratley authored six books, including Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection Of The Canadian Film (1986), and contributed to a number of local and international film publications, including Films and Filming, Film In Review, Variety, Hollywood Quarterly, International Film Guide, Canadian Film Weekly, and Canadian Film Digest. He taught film history at Ryerson University, the University of Toronto, York University, Seneca College, and the University of Waterloo and served on the Advisory Boards of the film departments of Ryerson Polytechnical University and Humber College. He holds Honorary Degrees in Letters and Fine Arts from York and Waterloo Universities (Canada) and Bowling Green State University (USA). He was one of the inaugural recipients of the Toronto Film Critics Association's Clyde Gilmour Award and received a special Genie Award in 2002, in recognition of his lifetime dedication to Canadian film. In 1984, Pratley was named a member of the Order of Canada and, in 2003, was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Slavinski, George

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George Slavinski is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University. Slavinski earned his BSc from the University of British Columbia and his MBA from the University of Toronto. He began teaching at Ryerson in 1972 and was director of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management from 1974 to 1981. Throughout his career, his teaching and research focused on the application of Information Technology to the Hospitality industry. He has provided consulting services to hotel and restaurant companies and has designed and developed a number of major database systems, some based on financial data and others on warehouse withdrawal for the food service industry. He retired to Emeritus status in 2005.

Sulymko, Terrance

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Terrance Sulymko is an art dealer and former Professor in the School of Business Management at Ryerson University. Sulymko earned his BSc and MBA from the University of Manitoba. He joined the School in 1989 and was appointed to a five-year term as Director, Student Affairs, in 1999. While at Ryerson, Sulymko staged numerous contemporary art exhibitions at Oakham House.

Fulford, Robert

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Robert Marshall Blount Fulford is a self-educated Canadian journalist, editor, and critic and former MacLean Hunter Chair of Communications Ethics in the School of Journalism at Ryerson University (1989-1993). Fulford was born in Ottawa. After graduating from high school in 1949, he began his journalism career as a staff member at the Globe & Mail, a position he held until 1953. Since then, he has written weekly columns for publications such as the Globe & Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, and the Financial Times of Canada, and has held editorial positions at a number of publications, including MacLean's and Saturday Night magazines and the Toronto Star. From 1989 to 1992, Fulford was Chair of the Arts Journalism Program at the Banff Centre for the Arts and, from 1989 to 1993, was a media columnist for CBC's Morningside radio program. He is the author of several books, including: Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto (1995); An Introduction to the Arts in Canada (1977); and This Was Expo (1968). In 1984, Fulford was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and, in 1996, was granted the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Journalism Foundation. He has been granted honorary degrees from a number of institutions, including the University of Toronto, the University of King's College, Halifax, and York University. He delivered the 1999 Massey Lectures, entitled The Triumph of Narrative: Storytelling in the Age of Mass Culture, published that same year as a monograph by Anansi.

Handley, Jim

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Jim A. Handley was the Business Administrator of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in the 1960s and later, Director of Personnel and Purchasing. In the early 1950s Handley was the assistant bursar.

Duerden, Frank

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Frank Duerden is a Professor Emeritus in both the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria and the School of Applied Geography at Ryerson University. Duerden joined the faculty at Ryerson in 1973, retiring to Emeritus status in 2009. Throughout his career, his research and consulting activities have focused on land and resource issues in northern and rural regions. He has advised a number of Canadian First Nations communities and published on land and resource issues, and has worked on land claims and land-use planning in northern Canada, environmental assessment in British Columbia, Maori resource rights, and land-use planning in northern Russia. After retiring from Ryerson, Duerden joined the faculty at the University of Victoria as an Adjunct Professor in 2011, retiring in 2014, and became a collaborator in Arctic North Consulting.

Scott, Robert B.

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  • 1933-2019

Robert Barry Scott was an instructor at Ryerson University in the School of Image Arts, Faculty of Communication and Design from 1970 until his retirement in 1998.

Scott was born in Guelph Ontario in 1933 and graduated from Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute in 1953. Scott received a B.A. from Western University in 1959, an M.A. from the University of New Brunswick in 1966, a Phil.M from the University of Toronto in 1969 and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1995. Early in his career Scott taught at the Prince of Wales College, P.E.I., St. Andrew's College, Upper Canada College, and the University of New Brunswick, coming to Ryerson in 1970.

At points during his time at Ryerson, Scott held the positions of Acting Chair, Program Director of Media studies, Coordinator of Graduate and Ancillary Studies, Exchange Manager, Euro-Canadian Consortium for Communication and Intercultural Studies, and Director, Development Communications Group.

Robert Scott passed away August 7, 2019.

Ireland, Martha

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Martha Ireland was the Program manager, in the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education. In 2010 she became the manager of Student Records, a position she held until her retirement in 2014.

Wisz, Thadeus E.

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Thadeus Eugene Wisz is a Professional Engineer and former Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Ryerson University. Wisz earned his BASc (1959) and MASc (1964) in Chemical Engineering and his MSc in Mathematics (1975) from the University of Toronto. He began teaching in the Mathematics and Physics department at Ryerson in 1961. He became an Instructor Supervisor in 1965, Assistant Chairman in 1966, and Chairman of the Department in 1967, maintaining the latter position until 1977. From 1977 to 1987, he was Dean of the Faculty of Technology. In the early 1980s, Wisz sat on the board of Ryerson's Centre for Advanced Technology Education (CATE). In 2003, he was named an Honorary Member of The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) and, in 2004, was named an Officer of Professional Engineers of Ontario’s Order of Honour.

Stanton, Deidre

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Deirdre Stanton is a former instructor in the Department of Applied Chemical and Biological Sciences at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.

Stagg, Sydney

  • Person

Sydney Stagg was an administrative assistant in the Faculty of Arts and head of the Diploma in Arts program at Ryerson University.

Thompson, Evelina J.

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  • 1914 - 1985

Evelina Thompson received her B.A. from Queen's University and B.Ed. from University of Toronto. After teaching for ten years in Kingston, Hamilton and London, Ms. Thompson joined Ryerson Faculty of Business in 1954, concentrating her attention on Secretarial Science. In 1968, she became the first chairman of the Secretarial Science Department, today known as Administrative and Information Management. As Chairman, Ms. Thompson developed, in 1972, a four-year Secretarial Science program and the first degree program at Ryerson available through part-time studies in 1976. Ms. Thompson, however, was very much devoted to students and, in 1977, decided to step down from her chairman's position to resume her teaching career. In 1979, Ms. Thompson became a member of the 25-Year Club and in 1980 retired from teaching. In her retirement, Ms. Thompson actively participated in Ryerson activities such as chairing the Faculty Internal Canvas Committee of Ryerson's fundraising campaign and participated in the Seniors Studies Program. She was an active member of the President's Advisory Committee on Senior Involvement at Ryerson (PACSIR) and was chairman of one of its sub-committees.

Evelina Thompson, throughout her teaching career at Ryerson, was a prolific author. From 1967 - 1976, she wrote several texts and reference books on the Pitman Shorthand Method. In 1971, with George Reid of the University of Toronto, she modified the Pitman Shorthand system and called it Shorterhand. The Pitman Shorterhand system has been used at Ryerson and has received world-wide acceptance. Evelina Thompson died on December 22, 1985.

Korey, George Dr.

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George Korey-Krzeczowski, also known as Jerzy, received his education in Law at Jagiellonian University (Krakow) and the University of Freiburg, and in Economics at the University of Tuebingen. He served in the Polish diplomatic service as economic advisor, attaché of cultural affairs and as Consul. In 1951, Korey-Krzeczowski resigned from the Polish diplomatic service and immigrated to Canada where he became a management consultant and held various positions in a number of firms. He is described as a modern theorist and writer and also founder / president of the Canadian School of Management. In 1971, he joined Ryerson Polytechnical Institute as Dean of Business. In 1973, he became Vice-President of Administration and served as Acting President in 1974 - 1975.

Korey-Krzeczowski is active in the Polish-Canadian community and has been national president of the Canadian Polish Congress. In 1976, he was appointed Chair of the Ontario Advisory Council on Multiculturalism. He is also the author of several volumes of poetry in Polish as well as numerous articles on management, economic planning international affairs, foreign markets and marketing.

Cohen, Al

  • Person
  • 1925-1988

Bolton, Grace

  • Person
  • d. September 10, 1984

Associated with Wellesley Nursing school(graduated in 1933) and Hospital.

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