Ethel A DeMings was member of the faculty of Institutional Management program at Ryerson Institute of Technology. The program would eventually evolve in the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. DeMings retired in 1972 as the director of Home Economics and passed away in 1998.

Peter Di Gangi is a land rights researcher and analyst with Sicani Research. He has worked with Indigenous communities across Canada with a focus on historical, legal and cultural research. His experience includes working on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the Assembly of First Nations, and a variety of associations, tribal councils and First Nations in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. He was the Director of Policy and Research, Algonquin Nation Secretariat and an Advisory Board Member at Yellowhead Institute (2018-2020).

C. Julian Smith attend Ryerson Institute of Technology, graduation in 1952 with a diploma in Printing Management. He served as coach of the Ryerson Rams hockey team in 1950-51 and, the following year, captained the team to the championship of the Minor College Hockey League. Julian also played for the Regina Pats and Quebec Aces and attained a Level 4 ranking in the National Coaching Certification Program.

David Reville has worked on mental health issues for over 40 years as a community activist, a member of the Toronto City Council and Ontario Legislature (1980-1990), special advisor to the Premier (1990-1994), and chair of the Ontario Advocacy Commission. Reville was also a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of Riverdale. In 1996, he established David Reville & Associates (DRA), which specialized in social research and community development.

Reville was an instructor at Ryerson in the School of Disability Studies between 2004 and 2014.

In 2002, Reville was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.

Dave Upham started at Ryerson in 1981 as an AV technician, and becoming assistant photographer shortly after. In 2010, he became Ryerson's only full-time photographer, He retired in 2014. Dave Upham passed away February 23, 2023.

A retired member of the Social Work department. Died April 5, 2023

George Bielmeier, retired member of the Department of Social Work. Died September 9, 2023.

Gordon Bean had a Bachelor of Arts Degree, as well as a Masters Degree in Advanced Library Science. He began teaching at Ryerson in 1972 in the Library Arts Program. He taught in the program until 1983 when the school ended the program. Gordon joined Continuing Education in 1983 as the Course Coordinator for Applied Arts. He held this position until 1995. While at Ryerson Gordon was a member of the Informatics Committee. After the collapse of the Library Arts Program, the Informatics Committee worked on developing a proposal for an Information Studies program at Ryerson. Gordon Bean passed away May 3, 2023

George Swede was a member of the Department of Psychology at Ryerson from 1968 to 2006 (and Chair from 1998 to 2003). He is now Professor Emeritus. During his career at Ryerson, as well as after, he pursued his interests as a creative writer, editor and arts administrator. Some highlights include :

• Co-founder, Haiku Canada in 1977 ;
• Editor, the Canadian Haiku Anthology (Three Trees Press, 1979) ;
• Co-editor, Global Haiku (Brooks Books, 2000) and Erotic Haiku (Black Moss Press, 2017) ;
• Honorary Curator of the American Haiku Archives for 2008-2009 ;
• Elected editor of Frogpond : Journal of the Haiku Society of America, for issues between 2008 and 2012. He and Anita Krumins, a retired Ryerson Communications Professor).were the first Canadian Editors.

George Swede has also published more than 40 collections of poetry, one, Helices (Red Moon Press, 2016), won the 2017 Leroy & Mildred Kanterman Memorial Book Award, First Place for the best collection of haiku ; and a Portuguese/English chapbook, "um mosquito no meu braço" (Francisco Carvalho, translator for Eufeme, 2017).

For more information about George's life, awards, publications and positions go to Wikipedia or to his website at georgeswede.com.

Ken and Joyce Hack (nee Shepherd) were Ryerson students in the early 1950s who met at what was then Ryerson Institute of Technology and later married. Ken graduated from Retail Merchandising (1953) while Joyce from the School of Fashion (1953).

Cathy Crowe is a long-time Street Nurse in Toronto. She has worked in the area of homelessness since 1988.
Cathy obtained her diploma in nursing from Toronto General Hospital in 1972, her Bachelor of Applied Arts in Nursing from Ryerson in 1985, and her Masters of Education (Sociology) from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1992. In 1998 she co-founded the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (TDRC) which declared homelessness a National Disaster. The disaster campaign is a three level campaign targeting federal, provincial and municipal solutions to the homeless disaster and housing crisis. Its signature 1% slogan refers to the demand that all levels of government commit an additional 1% of their budgets to affordable housing.
Cathy has received a number of awards including an International Human Rights Award in Nursing in Amsterdam from the International Centre for Nursing Ethics in 2003 and in 2018 Cathy received the Order of Canada. She has also been the recipient of many honourary degrees: in June 2001 an Honourary Doctor of Science in Nursing from the University of Victoria in British Columbia; in June, 2005 an Honourary Doctor of Laws from McMaster University in Hamilton; in 2008 an Honourary Doctorate of the University from the University of Ottawa; in June 2010, an Honourary Doctorate of Laws from York University (Canada); in June 2015, an Honourary Doctor of Laws from the University of Windsor; and in 2021 an Honourary Doctor of Laws from the Law Union of Ontario.
From 2004-2009 she was the recipient of the Atkinson Charitable Foundation’s Economic Justice Award and worked both locally and nationally on issues related to homelessness. During her fellowship she authored Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out (Between the Lines, 2007). She was the Executive Producer of Home Safe Calgary and Home Safe Toronto, a national documentary film and community development project on homeless families and children, with filmmaker Laura Sky. Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) appointed Cathy Crowe Distinguished Visiting Practitioner in 2013 and she is currently situated in the Faculty of Arts, Politics and Public Administration Department.
At Toronto Metropolitan University Cathy collaborated with the Jack Layton Chair to launch the Jack Layton School for Youth Leadership, and launched Community Health and Social Justice Walks for students from across the University.
Her most recent books include "A Knapsack Full of Dreams. Memoirs of a Street Nurse" (Friesen Press, 2019) and "Displacement City. Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic" (UofT Press with Greg Cook).
More info is available on her website www.cathycrowe.ca

David J. Bishop was a Photographic Arts student at Ryerson Institute of Technology. He is the former Director of Corporate Sales with Kodak Canada Inc.

Harold Grant Collingwood was born on August 4, 1909, in Exeter, South Huron, Ontario and died at the age of 87 in May 1996. As a commercial photographer, Collingwood was commissioned by numerous companies namely the Mclean Hunter newsletter and Chatelaine magazine.

Johnson gained employment with Kodak in 1948 as a sales and technical representative for the Atlantic provinces. Born in Calgary, but worked out of Truro, Nova Scotia. Before joining Kodak, he spent 10 years in the R.C.A.F. photographic division as an aerial photography instructor. (Source: Kodak Dealer News, Summer 1962)

A painter, draftsman, graphic designer, filmmaker and photographer, Frank Mayrs (Frank Black Mayrs) was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1947 and died in Aylmer (now Gatineau), Quebec, where he had lived since the mid 1950s. He was the second oldest member of a family of four brothers (Bill, David and Charles) who all became prominent Canadian artists.

https://www.askart.com/artist/Frank_Black_Mayrs/11196320/Frank_Black_Mayrs.aspx

Kejo Kameke Buchanan is a Librarian at the Toronto Reference Library Arts Department that curates folk acoustic sound through Jali Journey on a community radio station, CJRU 1280AM. Also Executive Producer of FolkRecovery.org an oral history project celebrating and archiving BIPOC Canadian folk storytellers available in various accessible formats.

As an Afro-Canadian knowledge sharer and creative of Jamaican heritage her credentials include over 6 years experience in non-profit database management, BA in Humanities, Library Tech diploma and MLIS degree. Travelling between areas of community, creativity, information and nature. Her consistent goal is to merge her information skills and artistry within collectives of community builders, seed planters and those honouring and benefiting from collective healing and change.

Jamaican-Canadian artist, music educator and facilitator Joni NehRita writes songs about unity, hope and social justice, currently calling Waterloo, Ontario home. Joni's recent project, Love & Protest is a concept album that explores the juxtaposition between love being "The Answer" and anger being the fuel to fight for change. It is an electro-acoustic fusion of finely crafted songs sun-drenched in rich vocal textures & Afro-Caribbean/Brazilian rhythms.
A seasoned performer, NehRita known for her ability to touch an audience and leave them feeling changed. Raji Sohal from CBC 3 Montreal may have put it best, “I can attest that in live performance her voice and stage presence are stellar and come off as endearingly natural. Joni had me hollering and cheering like I haven’t at an R&B show in a while.”

This year NehRita releases her 4th full length album, “Love & Protest” which is a marked step further toward global roots/world music but keeps her distinctive gift for writing accessible songs that groove in tact. Love & Protest explores the juxtaposition between love being “the answer” and fire/anger being the fuel to protest, to question, to be the change. The new album finds NehRita switching from keys to guitar as her main instrument and has relies heavily on percussion rhythms found in Caribbean & Brazilian music.

Joni is also a music educator & facilitator who has taught workshops in improvisation, performance & vocal technique at Wilfrid Laurier University, Seneca College, Folk Alliance International, The Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival as well as at countless other schools & community events. In February of 2020 she added TEDxED speaker to her list of professional accomplishments. Joni is also regularly called on to participate on panels about music, race & social justice, for adjudication at music festivals/competitions as well as to host and/or moderate events.

Ansley Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe musician, artist and member of Alderville First Nation known for poetic lyrics, deeply moving vocal-only performances, and immersive arrangements. The Tkaronto-based musician garnered two Indigneous Music Nominations and won Best New Artist in 2018 for their debut album “Breakwall”. In 2021, their collaborative work on Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s album “Theory of Ice'' landed a coveted place on the shortlist for the Polaris Prize. Ansley’s a natural performer that holds audiences spellbound with story-telling embedded both in and out of their songs. Their songwriting process was featured in an episode of APTN’s Indigenous Music series “Amplify'' for their single “Firewater” and their original score enlivened the powerful message throughout Tanya Talaga’s award-winning documentary “Spirit to Soar''. Ansley’s highly anticipated sophomore album “She Fell from the Sky'' is a journey through Indigenous reclamation out now, on their label Gizhiiwe (GIH jzee way).

Canadian indie-folk artist May Cheung has been active in the New York music scene for the past 12 years. She has graced the stages of Hotel Cafe, American Folk Art Museum, Porch Stomp Festival, Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2, The Living Room, The Bitter End, Caffé Vivaldi, Pianos, Drom, Sidewalk Cafe and many more. Her debut album 'The Departure' has been described as “stunning from start to finish” by Huffpost. Most recently, she was featured in The Vancouver Sun for her performance in the world’s largest virtual Asian music festival to date, Joy Ruckus Club.

Julian Taylor is a Toronto-based, award-winning independent singer-songwriter, radio host, and label owner. Over 20-plus years as the leader of Staggered Crossing, Julian Taylor Band, and his solo work, Julian established himself as one of Canada’s greatest troubadours. His 2020 LP, The Ridge, earned two Juno Award nominations, a pair of Canadian Folk Music Awards, five Native American Music Award nominations, and a nomination for the Polaris Music Prize. Julian's new album, Beyond the Reservoir, builds on the soul-folk sound and autobiographical themes.
It’s rare in this era to see an artist build slowly and reach a new level of widespread acclaim two decades into their career. But Julian’s ethos, work ethic, and artistry has always had a timeless quality to it. And so, he’s built things slowly in a DIY fashion, withstanding highs and lows along the way, ultimately reaching the peak of his powers with his latest solo work. Fans and critics have noticed, granting Julian the Solo Artist of the Year honour at the Canadian Folk Music Awards (and nomination in the English Songwriter category), plus two Juno Award nominations in 2021, as well as a Polaris Music Prize nomination.

Growing up in Toronto on a combination of soul music, hip-hop, blues, and Americana along with ‘90s alternative, Julian was still a teenager when he co-founded the alt-rock band Staggered Crossing in 1996. Within three years, the band signed a publishing deal with industry icon Frank Davies and a record deal with a major label, Warner Music Canada.

Staggered Crossing’s self-titled debut album was released in 2001 and instantly earned Julian his first hit song. “Further Again,” was one of the most played songs on Canadian rock radio in the early 2000s and remains a signature tune of the era in Julian’s home country. It, along with second single “A Million Works of Art," established Julian and Staggered Crossing as rock artists with infectious pop sensibilities.

Montreal-born Grenadian-Canadian Kaïa Kater's jazz-fueled voice and deft songcraft have garnered acclaim from NPR, CBC, Rolling Stone and No Depression. On her JUNO nominated and Polaris Music Prize long-listed album ‘Grenades', Kaïa leans into a wide array of sounds and styles in order to convey a broad range of emotions and topics, most notably her paternal Caribbean ancestry. In 2021, Kaïa took part in the Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Center, released a new single ("Parallels") in October, and composed original music for the CBC/BET+ TV series entitled 'The Porter'. She is currently working on a full length album for release in 2023.

Born in Sri Lanka, raised on Prince Edward Island, and based in Ottawa, ON - Amanda Lowe Warnakulasuriya is a queer multidisciplinary folk artist, educator, grant writer, community builder, and event coordinator. She provides professional development opportunities, community engagement, and advocacy support for IBPOC, Queer, and Trans communities, helping them gain equitable access to opportunities and funding - both on and off stage! Currently she is a touring musician, an Associate Program Officer at the Canada Council for the Arts, and the co-chair of Girls+ Rock Ottawa.

Born in Brampton, Ontario, AHI grew up in a traditional West Indian family where music was considered diversionary entertainment rather than a viable career path. And during his self-guided musical learning and travels, he had a spiritual awakening and adopted the name AHI (pronounced “eye”), drawing the letters from his initials (Ahkinoah Habah Izarh) and embracing the double entendre of the word, which also means “brother” in Hebrew.

If you take just one thing from AHI’s music, let it be this: you are not alone.“No matter how low, no matter how defeated you may feel, you’re never really on your own in this world,” he explains. “We’re all connected to each other, and when you find your calling and your purpose and you tap into those connections, beautiful things start to happen.” Prospect, AHI’s extraordinary new album, is proof of that.

Terry Grier was President Emeritus at Ryerson University (renamed Toronto Metropolitan University in 2022), and Professor Emeritus in its Department of Politics and Public Administration. He held a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) and a Masters of Arts (Political Theory), both from the University of Toronto. He joined Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in 1969, and taught in what is now the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Terry served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1972 to 1974 (NDP - Toronto-Lakeshore). Following the 1974 federal election he returned to Ryerson, where he continued to teach in the politics department. After terms as Dean of Arts and Vice-President Academic, he was appointed Ryerson's president in 1988 and oversaw the institution's transformation into a full university in 1993. He was named "President Emeritus" by the Board of Governors upon his retirement in 1995.
In retirement he served as Board chair of CJRT-FM (now Jazz FM); as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Trinity College, and later as chair of its Development committee; and has been an active lay person in the Anglican parish of St Margaret, New Toronto. Terry Grier passed away in March of 2023.

Dr. Farah Shroff was a professor in the Department of Midwifery at Ryerson University from 1994 to 1998. Shroff earned her BSc in Biology and Native Studies from Trent University (1986), her MEd in Primary Health Care from the University of Manchester (1988), and her PhD in Sociology in Education and Community Health from the University of Toronto (1996). Her book, The New Midwifery: Reflections on Renaissance and Regulation, was published in 1997. In addition to her academic pursuits, Shroff has worked as a public health consultant, a health care worker, and a health research analyst. After leaving Ryerson, she became an adjunct professor in the Department of Family Practice and the School of Population and Public Health in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Currently Dr. Shroff is a Takemi Fellow in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, an Associate of the University of British Columbia’s Department of Family Practice and the School of Population and Public Health. Dr. Shroff is the founder of Maternal and Infant Health Canada (MIHCan), a global public health collaborative that focuses on improving the lives of women and children through education, research, and innovation.

Dr. Catherine Middleton earned her B. A. from Queen's University in Kingston, her MMA from Bond University in Australia and her PhD from York University. She joined the School of Information and Technology Management at Ryerson University in 2002 and as of 2023 was the director of the school. . An expert on telecommunications policy in Canada, her research focuses on advancing digital inclusion to ensure equitable access to digital society and enable full participation in the digital economy. Dr. Middleton held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair from 2007-2017, served as a MITACS Policy Fellow at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in 2017-2018 and is a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Dr. Middleton holds the ICD.D (Institute of Corporate Directors, Director) designation and has served as a Trustee for ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) and a Board Member for the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS). She is a past Board Chair of CANARIE (Canada’s research and education network) and also served on the board of Compute Ontario.

Sandra McBride was a professor in Ryerson University's School of Nursing. She received her PhD in Education from the University of Toronto in 1973. She passed away in 2014.

Judith Waalen received her B.A. in Biology and Psychology from Assumption University in 1962, her M.A. in Psychology from University of Windsor in 1964, and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Wayne State University in 1982. While at Ryerson University Dr. Waalen was a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Centre of Quality Research. She would later become a professor at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, working in the Graduate Studies and Research, and Post-graduate and Continuing Education departments. For many years, Judith taught Psychology courses at Ryerson to students in the professional programs and interacted with a great many faculty members in these departments in various capacities.
In 2000 Judith left the Psychology Department and went to manage Ryerson’s Centre for Quality Service Research and to join CMCC to teach research methods and statistics in their graduate residency programs. During this time with her husband David, she published articles on chiropractic education, and with other colleagues, she co-authored a number of articles for scientific and scholarly journals. In 2005, Judy returned to Ryerson to work as a research analyst for The Chang School. She taught staff members to conduct, analyze, and publish their research in-house, did competitive research, and conducted annual student satisfaction surveys until she left in 2011.

Ayse Yuce has been a Professor of Finance at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson Unversity since 2001. Yuce receive her PhD from Louisiana State University. After graduation, Yuce worked at Bilkent University, Turkey, before taking a position as a visiting professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, then as an assistant professor at the University of Northern British Columbia. She has several publications in finance journals, as well as two books. As an emerging market expert, Yuce has delivered speeches at the IMF and the World Bank on Eastern European Stock Markets. She is a member of the American Finance Association, Financial Management Association, Middle Eastern Economic Association, Multinational Finance Society, and Women Economist's Society.

Scott Anderson received his undergraduate degree from Wilfrid Laurier in 1983, and received his Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. He completed his MBA in Finance at Queens University in 1986, and his Ph.D in Finance at York University in 1999. Before entering the field of teaching Scott Anderson worked in the legal department of Toronto Dominion Bank first as an Articling Student from 1986-1987, and then as solicitor from 1988-1990. In 1992 he began teaching courses at York University and continued to do so until 1998. In 1998 he joined the faculty of the Business at Ryerson as an Associate Professor where he is currently teaching. In 2003 he won Barclays Global Investors Canada Research Award for best research paper for a paper he co-wrote with Dr. Yisong Tian of York University.

Rick Csiernik earned his BA, BSW, and BSc in Psychology from McMaster University, his MSW from the University of Toronto, his Graduate Diploma in Social Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University, and his PhD in Social Work from the University of Toronto.
His research interests include addiction, Employee Assistance Programming and workplace wellness, social work field practice, spirituality, mental health, housing and homeless, poverty and social inclusion, school-based social work, and social worker retention.
Ciernik is the author of over 140 peer-reviewed articles and 8 books, including "Substance Use and Abuse: Everything Matters," "Responding to the Oppression of Addiction: Canadian Social Work Approaches," and "Wellness and Work: EAP in Canada." After leaving Ryerson, Csiernik taught for over 25 years at McMaster University, where he co-developed the McMaster University Addiction Studies Program and was the inaugural recipient of the McMaster University Instructor Appreciation award.
Csiernik is currently a professor in the School of Social Work at King's University College at Western University, Canada.

William James Topley was a photographer with a studio located in Ottawa, Ontario between 1883-1893. He is best known for photographing large-scale composites. He was born in Aylmer, Quebec and moved to Montreal in 1863 to work for William Notman.

American cartoonist most well known for creating the character, "Garfield."

William W. Kilborn (B.A.A, A.R.I.D.O., I.D.C., I.F.M.A) was a professor at Ryerson's School of Interior Design starting in the 1960's. He also owned and operated his own interior design consulting firm "William Kilborn Associates" starting in 1966.
William Kilborn has served on the Board of Management for the "Interior Designers of Ontario" in the 1970's, and worked on the membership services committee of ARIDO.
He passed away January 13, 2022.

Bonnie Hartley was a professor in the School of Nursing. She passed away May 19, 2022.

Ronald Conrad was a Professor Emeritus of English at Ryerson Polytechnic University. While at Ryerson he taught in many areas including Canadian literature, Victorian literature, composition, and creative writing. His focus on teaching effective writing skills resulted in the publication of many well-received composition textbooks. Ronald Conrad passed away August 23, 2022.

Dr. Carla Cassidy was a Professor Emerita in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from York University and her Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from McMaster University , where she studied Political Philosophy.
She worked at Ryerson for 33 years in the Department of Politics and Public Administration. She was the chair of the department between 1996-2001 and developed the partnership between her department and the First Nations Technical Institute that delivers the BA in Public Administration and Governance to First Nations administrators in various locations across Ontario. She was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts between 2001-2010. During her time as the Dean, 9 new programs and many graduate programs. She participated in the fundraising and set up of the Chair in Indigenous Governance and the Centre for Indigenous Governance. She served as the Interim Vice President Research and Innovation from 2010-2011. In 2013 she received the Errol Aspevig Award for Outstanding Academic Leadership, and in 2015 she received the inaugural Dean's Excellence Award for Leadership. Carla Cassidy passed away September 30, 2022.

Audrey Bowes was hired by Ryerson's Civil Engineering department in 1958. She worked at Ryerson until her retirement in 1994. She passed away June 15, 2022.

Dr. Gail Aitken was an alumnus of the Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto schools of nursing. She received her MA in Social Welfare Policy from McMaster University, and her Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Toronto. Gail began her career at Ryerson as a member of the Department of Social Work between 1978 and 1981. Her areas of research focused on declining social support that agencies and governments are providing for children and women. She retired in 1996. Gail was a member of the Sparrow Lake Alliance for the welfare of Ontario's Children as a member of the Children in Limbo Task Force. She passed away November 23, 2022.

Anthony C. Lea grew up in Forest Hill, Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto where he attained a Honours Bachelor’s degree in Geography in 1971, his Master’s degree in Geography in 1973, and his Ph.D in 1983.
In the early 1970’s Anthony taught at several Universities including the University of Minnesota, Queen’s University, and the University of Toronto. In the late 1970’s started working both in Academia and in the private sector. In 1982 he taught at the University of Toronto, while working for Compusearch, and taught a graduate level course at Queen’s University.
In 1986 Lea moved to Dallas, becoming a research director at a hospital there. In 1987 he returned to Toronto to begin teaching at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in the Applied Geography. In 1991 he started working at Compusearch again, as a research director, then as Senior Vice President, and then began working for MapInfo as the managing director. In 1997 he stopped working at Map Info and became the Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity at Ryerson.
In 2003 he became the Senior Vice President and Chief Methodologist at Environics Analytics, a new company created by the former President of Compusearch. He is still in this position, along with being an adjunct professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Ryerson and an adjunct professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Toronto.

Debenham was an active photographer and miniature painter circa 1872-1925) with studios at Ryde and Sandown, Isle of Wight.

Gerald Hannon (b. New Brunswick, July 10, 1944) is an award-winning Canadian freelance journalist, gay activist, and former instructor in the School of Journalism at Ryerson University, a position he held from 1972 to 1995. Beginning in 1972, Hannon was a member of the editorial board of Toronto LGBT magazine, the Body Politic, and became one of the publication's most prolific contributors. Gerald Hannon died in May of 2022.

Trudy Johnson was born October 2, 1947, the eldest of four children of Harry and Vi Johnson. She grew up in Thornhill, Ontario. She attended Thornhill Secondary School and was an active member of Thornhill United Church. She spent many summers at Camp Illahee (originally a Y. W. C. A. camp for children with diabetes) in Cobourg, first as a counsellor and then as a nurse in the infirmary. She would later work as a Nurse at Camp Huronda (located in Huntsville, Ontario) another camp for children with diabetes. This is where her affinity for caring for children became evident.
Trudy enrolled in the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing in 1967, graduating in 1970 and was the class valedictorian. After graduation she headed to California with a friend and had some unforgettable experiences (including the San Fernando earthquake of 1971.)
She spent her nursing career at the Hospital for Sick Children, where her true love was bedside nursing. A physician she worked with commented “she had the ability to put herself in the shoes of the children for whom she cared, and really communicate with them. This helped ease a child’s pain, when undergoing a scary experience, such as being in hospital.’
Trudy passed away on February 3, 2015.

Robert Arthur Hackborn was born on September 22, 1928 in Toronto, where he lived during his childhood years. Hackborn attended Northern Vocational High School and upon completion of his studies, spent a year travelling across Canada and living and working on the West coast. During this period Hackborn worked in Banff Alberta at The Banff Springs Hotel as a golf caddy, and then in Vancouver B.C. where he got a job as a bell boy for Canadian Pacific Railway tour boats taking passengers to Alaska. Upon his return to Ontario, Mr. Hackborn attended the Ontario College of Art (OCA) between 1948-1952. During his time at the OCA, Hackborn and some of his fellow classmates including Michael Snow became known as the 'Musical Art Group' owing to the fact that they played together around Toronto in various Jazz bands and clubs while pursuing their fine art studies. While still enrolled at the OCA, Hackborn took a job as a bell hop on the Great Lakes tour boat The Noronic in the summer of 1949. On September 16th, 1949 while The Noronic was docked in Toronto, Hackborn was fortunate to have been granted shore leave to visit his parents. It was in the early hours of September 17th that The Noronic caught fire resulting in the deaths of over one hundred people and the destruction of the vessel.
Directly after graduating from the OCA, Mr. Hackborn travelled throughout Europe. While touring the European continent, Mr. Hackborn continued to develop his painting technique while he also regularly played gigs as a jazz drummer. Along with a group of musicians that included Michael Snow, Hackborn was contracted to Club Med, playing in their clubs in Italy, Yugoslavia, and The French Alps. After travelling Europe and living in Malaga Spain for 3 months over Christmas and New Years, Mr. Hackborn returned to Canada in 1954 and took a post working as an advertising illustrator and artist for S.W. Caldwell in Toronto.
In 1955 Hackborn embarked on what would become a long and important career in the design and production of sets and special visual effects for television when he took a position in the nascent Television Production unit at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Hackborn started his career as a scenic paint artist then subsequently transferred to the set design department in 1958. Hackborn continued to work for the CBC for nearly four decades, helping to design the look for a staggering array of variety, comedy, musical, sports, news, children's, and scripted television dramas. Hackborn's career saw him work both in-studio with multi camera shooting setups and later, with 16mm film cameras on a variety of sets and exterior locales. Starting with The Juliette Show in the late 1950's, and stretching to the 1990's, Hackborn's designs and special visual effects enhanced the production values of a vast number of shows at the CBC. Shows featuring Hackborn's input include but are not limited to: Mr. Roger's Neighbourhood, Mr. Dressup, The Tommy Hunter Show and Tommy Hunter's Canada Entertains, World Tour '67, Wayne & Shuster, I Married the Klondike, Fraggle Rock, The Royal Canadian Air Farce, and The Kids in the Hall. Hackborn also worked as a production designer with director Donald Brittain on several CBC/National Film Board (NFB) co-productions including: Canada's Sweetheart: the saga of Hal C. Banks and The King Chronicles. His contributions to these and many other shows are of great cultural and technological significance.

Jean Audrey White was born in 1909, one of three daughters, to Dr. Samuel and Ethel White.
Jean graduated in 1931 from the Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing. After graduation she worked in her father's medical practice in Orangeville and in the operating room of Dufferin Area Hospital (now Headwaters Health Care Centre).
She passed away in her 94th year on September 18, 2002. She was predeceased by her parents and both sisters.

Former Kodak Canada employee. Dennis was a sales executive for Kodak and an active member of the PHSC from 1977-1997.

A former court reporter with the Ministry of the Attorney General, Paul Christie worked for about 30 years as part of the front of house teams of various theatres in Toronto. He collected programs and ticket stubs from the many symphonies, musicals, plays, and operas he attended in the Toronto area, New York, and London, over a period of more than 70 years.

Canadian businesswoman and retired politician.

Thomas Meacock was the project supervisor for the construction of Unit III of Howard Kerr Hall (north, west and south sections). He was also responsible for writing many of the specifications for this project. It is probable that he was employed by the architect/contractor, S.B. Coon and Son. Mr. Meacock later ran his own construction and consulting firm and retired to Haliburton, Ontario, after spending the last ten years of his career managing major projects in the Far East.

Ian Mosby is an award winning author and historian of food, Indigenous health and the politics of settler colonialism. He has a PhD in History from York University and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Toronto Metropolitan University.