Provost’s letter

Looking back–and moving boldly forward

Fall on the Trinity campus is punctuated for me by fresh, eager faces and the buzz of a new academic year. It’s also a time that is steeped in traditions, from Gowning-in to Convocation to this year’s 40th annual Friends of the Library Book Sale (and what a sale it was!). We are a community that deeply values its traditions and history. Continue Reading

Nota bene

Nota bene

Dispatches from Campus. Alumnus John Monahan takes the helm at Hart House, Bill Graham reappointed as Trinity’s 12th Chancellor and moreContinue Reading

Alumni at large: Changing headspace

Alumni at large: Changing headspace

Dynamic alumnae—and sister—duo raising awareness of the impacts of concussions on Canadians. Concussions are increasingly being recognized as a major health issue in Canada. The impacts of concussion can be devastating: Symptoms and recovery times are wide-ranging and the injury is not yet fully understoodContinue Reading

Photographic memory

Photographic memory

Harriett Goldsborough ’55, shared this memory. Despite becoming adept operators, she, along with pals Ann and Margaret (pictured), Mary F. Williamson ’55 and Marion Magee ’59, never used their switchboard skills again.Continue Reading

Class notes

Class notes

On December 29, 1950, Flavia wed Ernest Redelmeier, a Dutch Air Force pilot turned farmer, in the Trinity College Chapel (now Seeley Hall). She was wearing a remade version of her grandmother’s wedding dress from 1897, with an orange blossom headpiece made by her mother.Continue Reading

Book it

DENNIS BERK ’90. In Déjà vu Lusitania, Louise reveals to her shrink the explosive mystery behind the Lusitania’s tragic demise as she relives her experiences on the liner’s fateful final voyage in 1915. Join her on a trans-Atlantic journey in the gilded age of ocean travel.Continue Reading

Reader letters

I just received my latest copy of Trinity magazine, and was thrilled to see the article about the 40th anniversary Friends of the Library Book Sale. Although I did not have much association with this great book sale (which was in its infancy when I was an 8T4 student), many of my Trinity friends worked in the library and helped out with the book sale.Continue Reading