Congratulations to members of the Trinity community who were recognized with 2024 Arbor Awards, U of T’s highest honour for volunteer service in January: Shannon R. Garden-Smith, Matthew E. Kieswetter, Ross McKean, E. Jane Speakman, and C. Ann Wainwright. View pictures of the event here and read the awards citations here.
MICHAEL ADRIAN SMITH ’87 has joined international law firm Sterlington PLLC as partner. Based in New York City, Smith is an international corporate lawyer who advises private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and corporations on transformative transactions and cross-border relations. Congratulations!
PROFESSOR JASTY SINGH, Director of the Immunology Program at Trinity College, was awarded the Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty members who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement and teaching innovation. Congratulations! Read more about Jasty.
JUSTINE TEPLYCKY ’06 is running as a candidate in the upcoming Ontario provincial election.
ELIZABETH TUDOR-BEZIÉS ’16 is a second secretary at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, representing Canada’s interests on an international scale. She was recently interviewed for U of T’s Arts & Science News.
KARRIE A. WOLFE ’00 (photo, right) was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia on February 28, 2024, joining colleagues Gareth Morley ’91 (photo, left) and Tony Saunders ’81 (photo, centre). Congratulations!
DEATHS
Our deepest condolences go to the families, friends and classmates of these members of the Trinity community.
BARTLETT, William “Bill” Charles ’70
BAXTER, Elaine (Cudbird) ’46. In April 2024, Elaine celebrated her 100th birthday with best wishes from Trinity Provost Mayo Moran, and reminisced about her days at St. Hilda’s with friends and family members who also attended Trinity.
BEAUMAYNE, Sira ’57
BRODIE, Jocelyn ’78. Longtime Class Rep who helped plan the 2023 Reunion
BROWN, Kathleen (Gibb) ’70
CROFT, Josephine “Jo” (Hurst) ’59
D’HEUREUX, Marc ’88
DOBELL, Jane ’50. Member of the Salterrae Society
FOULDS, John ’71
GALE, G. Robert W. ’61
GILBERT, Rev. Canon William A. ’59 STB ’62
GRANT, James M. ’51
HEENEY, Goodith Mary. Longtime donor and friend to Trinity College; married in the Trinity Chapel
HILL, Elizabeth ’58
PRINCE KARIM AGA KHAN IV, Hon. DSL ’13. Honored by Trinity for his service to humanity, and celebrated in a 2018 editorial written by former Trinity Chancellor the Hon. Bill Graham ’61
LAVER, Charles. Friends of the Library volunteer, Arbor Award recipient
LAWSON, Thomas W. ’51
LEITH, Carole Ann (Mason) ’60
MARTIN, Rev. G. Alexander MDiv ’80
MILLER, Sheila (Ingraham) ’54
MULVANEY, Jayne ’59
SAXTON, Juliana ’54. Longtime donor to Trinity College and well-known figure in the world of drama and education
SPENCER, Philip ’59. Retired Brigadier-General in the Royal Canadian Regiment
VERGHESE, Dr. Gilbert. Trinity College’s longtime Director of Information Technology