NEWS
SYBIL CALVERLEY RAMPEN ’51 shared her “Trinity Best Friends Forever” memory with us on the heels of Spring Reunion. She writes:
“Becoming a St. Hildian at Trinity in 1947 was accidental, but was one of the greatest privileges of my life. Four years in residence starting at the Freshie table combined friendship and studies with self-confidence. Margaret Bronson and I walked the campus daily studying art and archaeology in our class of 11 with incredible professors and Mossie May Kirkwood at the helm. Margaret’s dream was to have lots of children and a chignon, which she achieved. Mine was to see the world, which I did from 1951-53 on $2 a day… At 95, I remember so many wonderful friends who lived productive lives, now departed. Such memories of dear friends.”
BARBARA (FEE) KERSLAKE ’61 and LAWRENCE “LARRY” KERSLAKE ’61
“We are still living in Toronto (and in the same house), now many years into retirement: Barbara from the Ecole de Traduction at Glendon College and Larry from the Department of French at U of T. We lead a very quiet existence, as Barbara has been confined to bed for the past three years.
This means that we spend a great deal of time together and we continue to rejoice in the bond that was forged at Trinity 67 years ago. The one sad event has been the death of our eldest son, Simon, on June 12 of this year in Victoria, B.C.”
HELEN SCRIVIN ’61 has moved back to Ontario from B.C., and is now living in St. Catharines near her daughter. She sends her best wishes to the class of ’61 and to Trinity’s recent graduates.
ALICE HAIGH ’63 has been nominated for the King Charles III Coronation Medal. Congratulations!
TRINITY CHANCELLOR BRIAN LAWSON ’82 AND JOANNAH LAWSON (Master of Industrial Relations ’89, U of T) were among 11 individuals who received honorary degrees from U of T at Spring Convocation. View their acceptance speeches here. In 2019, the Lawsons’ $10-million gift to the Living Trinity Campaign launched the Integrated Sustainability Initiative and led the fundraising for the Lawson Centre for Sustainability, a living example of how communities can meet the challenges of climate change. The Lawson Centre is scheduled to open in 2024.
GEORGE LEWIS ’82 has been appointed to the Board of Directors of James Richardson & Sons. Retired since 2015 from RBC, he currently serves on the board of directors of Legal & General Group plc, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and AOG Group.
JULIA DICUM ’92 is currently based in Amman, Jordan as the Director of Education for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the near east (UNRWA).
MIRANDA PLANT BYERS ’08 was recently honoured with an outstanding alumna award from her high school for significant achievement in her field and her positive impact on the community. Miranda is an award-winning actress, and producer of theatre and film. Her work centres around stories created by women that promote equality and diversity, and advocacy of women in the arts. She works with several not-for-profit organizations and was also recognized with the “Editha Award for Women’s Empowerment” in 2021 by the Hudson International Film Festival. She has been a judge for several film festivals including the 2021 Emmy Awards, and mentors aspiring artists with StateraArts.
MAY JEONG ’10 has been named a visiting professor at Princeton University’s Program in Journalism for the 2024-25 academic year. A staff writer for Vanity Fair, May is the author of the forthcoming narrative nonfiction book, THE LIFE: Sex, Work, and Love in America, which examines the ways sex work is criminalized within the American legal system. It was awarded a 2022 J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award and a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. Her reporting from Afghanistan, where she lived from 2013 to 2017, received numerous awards, including the South Asian Journalist Association’s Daniel Pearl Award and the Bayeux Calvados Normandy Award for War Correspondents. Her fall undergraduate course, “The Media and Social Issues: Reporting from the Margins,” will explore the fundamental tenets of journalistic objectivity.
STEVEN WANG ’11 was recently interviewed on the Beyond the Square podcast, where he discussed some of his reflections on the impact of winning the Rhodes scholarship, his journey immigrating as a kid from China to a small town in Canada, studying International Relations at U of T and law at Harvard, his path from being a social entrepreneur in Asia to practicing law in New York and now returning home to Canada after a decade abroad. The conversation also previews the seminar that he will be teaching at Harvard Law School this fall.
PATRICK QUINTON-BROWN ’14 completed his MPhil and DPhil at St Antony’s College, Oxford, as a Trinity-St Antony’s Heaslip Scholar after graduating from Trinity. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Singapore. After a year spent teaching at Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations, he returned to Singapore, where he is currently Assistant Professor of International Relations at Singapore Management University.
MATTEA ROACH ’20 was granted the King Charles III Coronation Medal by Governor General Mary Simon. Her citation reads “Mattea Roach, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for showcasing contemporary topics as a celebrated trivia genius, podcaster and radio host, and for offering keen insight into matters related to literature, culture and diversity.”
WILLIAM LLOYD ’24 is among University of Toronto students offered Finalist Awards of $10,000 each from the McCall MacBain Scholarship program. William studied history and was a member of the varsity rowing club at Trinity. Having benefited from public speaking extracurriculars since high school, he started a workshop series to introduce debate to students from underserved communities. William served as co-president of the Model United Nations club, organized two major debate events on campus, and managed a team to analyze progress against commitments made by seven of the world’s advanced economies. He joined Global Affairs Canada in June as a policy analyst.
DEATHS
Our deepest condolences go to the families, friends and classmates of these members of the Trinity community.
ANDERSON, KATHRYN “KAY” ’48
BOAST, Keith E. ’63
BRILLANT, Jean ’47
CARR, Glenna ’68
CRAWFORD, J. Dickson ’56
EARP, Dr. Alan J. ’48
HEITINGA, Shelah ’60
IRELAND, Judith ’64
JACKSON, The Rev. J. Gordon ’62, BST ’66
LOUKIDELIS, Ruth H. ’55
LUNDON, John Ross ’56
MARTINDALE, William ’50
McKENZIE, Victoria (Couzens) ’79
MILNE, R. Scott ’73
MORRIS, Rev. Canon David W. ’58
O’REILLY, Miles D. ’57
REDELMEIER, Flavia C. ’48
SHONE, Peter B. ’65
SMALLBRIDGE, John ’51
TAYLOR, Margaret F.J. (Vickers) ’47
VEALE, Catherine ’67
WHITTEN, Marianne ’50
WORTMAN, Margaret ’49