REUNION UPDATES ALISON BAKER ’95 reports that her daughter has just completed her first year in Life Sciences at Trinity. SUE TAYLOR ’92 writes: In June 2023, I left my full-time job at Meta as Chief Accounting Officer to spend more time with my parents, who…… Continue Reading
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Book It! April 2025
MAGGIE HELWIG ’11 The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres has sent countless people into the streets. In spring 2022, some of them found their way to the yard beside the Anglican church in Toronto’s Kensington Market, where Maggie Helwig is the priest. Encampment tells the story of Helwig’s life-long activism as preparation for her…… Continue Reading
The Truth About Blue Monday: Rethinking Happiness and Connection
Every January, news headlines declare the arrival of Blue Monday—dubbed the “saddest day of the year.” The idea, which emerged about 20 years ago, is based on a formula that factors in weather, post-holiday debt, low motivation, and the failure of New Year’s resolutions. But is there any science behind it, or is it just…… Continue Reading
Remembering Dr. Paul Stanwood
Dr. Paul Stanwood ’03 (Hon.), a respected professor of English, was also a renowned expert on the theologian Richard Hooker. Trinity has benefitted greatly from Dr. Stanwood’s generosity, as he made numerous gifts in kind of volumes and papers of special interest to Divinity scholars. For his exceptional scholarship, he was granted an honorary degree…… Continue Reading
Trinity’s Reimagining Contemporary Ministries Initiative Up Close
The third year of the Reimagining Contemporary Ministries for a Renewing Church project at the Trinity College Faculty of Divinity marked a period of significant progress and impact. The project, funded by the Lilly Foundation’s Pathways for Tomorrow Phase II initiative, aims to equip future church leaders with the skills, spiritual depth, and diverse perspectives…… Continue Reading
Church Outside the Walls: Past, Present, Future – Leaders Reflect
Over the last several months, our associates’ community has repeatedly been touching on the theme of “the church outside the walls,” having inaugurated a year of events last May with a visit from theologian and priest Sam Wells. A sub-theme, taken from one of Wells’ recent books, is “humbler church, bigger God.” Both of those…… Continue Reading
Spotlight on Melinda Jacobs ’12
My Trinity connections I chose Trinity because I wanted to study international relations, and Trinity was the only school that offered a truly interdisciplinary IR program. As a Loran Scholar, I was fortunate to be able to live in residence all four years, which was transformative for me. Being from New Brunswick, I really…… Continue Reading