NEWS FRANKLYN J.C. GRIFFITHS, C.M. ’58 Professor Franklyn Griffiths has just been named a Member of the Order of Canada. His citation reads, “Franklyn Griffiths is one of Canada’s early scholars of Arctic international relations. Now professor emeritus and George Ignatieff Chair Emeritus of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto, he…… Continue Reading
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School’s Out for the Summer! What’s next?
Remember the feeling of completing your last exam or paper and the excitement about summer break? We caught up with a few undergrads – and soon-to-be Trinity grads – to learn about their summer plans and what’s up next year. Candace Sara Ciju, 2nd Year Over the summer… I am flying back home to the…… Continue Reading
In Memoriam: Bishop Terry Brown, Trinity’s Last Missionary
Bishop Terry Brown (1944-2024) quietly and determinedly changed the world, an unusual outcome, perhaps, of a Trinity College education. Terry arrived at the College in 1971, having completed conscientious objector service as a medic in the US Army in Japan. Terry lived out his life as a devout Anglo-Catholic dedicated to ecumenism, as a missionary…… Continue Reading
Reading Rev. Dr. Sam Wells
With anticipation building for Sam Wells’ visit to Toronto, we thought that a brief overview of some of his (many!) works would be a helpful use of our usual “What Are They Reading” space. I’ll — as briefly as I can — touch on the books that I’ve read, or at least dipped into to…… Continue Reading
In Memoriam: The Rev. Canon Dr. Graham Cotter
by Suzanne Lawson ODT How can one possibly write a concise tribute to The Rev. Canon Dr. Graham Cotter for a newsletter? He was so eccentric, so much a polymath, so creative, so unstoppable, so impish, so very Graham! But that is the task at hand. A tribute, then, as concise as Graham rarely was!…… Continue Reading
Maylanne Maybee: Deacon, Educator, Author
Anglican Deacon Maylanne Maybee is an author, educator and a triple Trinity College graduate BA ’71, MDiv ’82, DDHon’16 whose career has included significant involvement nationally and internationally. Her Trinity connections extend even beyond her own studies. As the wife of the Dean of Men, John Whittall, she lived at the College until 1985, which included raising…… Continue Reading
Faithful to the Call: Bishop Victoria Matthews
In considering possible titles for a tribute, I cheekily proposed ‘Soaring Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling’ and “When Women Came into the House… of Bishops’. But Bishop Victoria didn’t like either of these options. The first she thought too hierarchical. She preferred what has been chosen: ‘Faithful to the Call’. And that, right there, says…… Continue Reading