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ARUSHI JAISWAL grabs a coffee with friends

ZOYA GAI hits the gym

TERRY TANG suits up for a job interview

TERRI ODUNLAMI brings it at the club

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FOCUSAdrian Who? Pinning down designer Adrian WuBY TRACY HOWARD

SILHOUETTESRona Maynard on dressing wellBY YVONNE PALKOWSKI

CONVERSATION Town Shoes founder Leonard SimpsonBY YVONNE PALKOWSKI

BEFORE & AFTERRecent alum Maheesha Ranasinghe gets a makeoverBY YVONNE PALKOWSKI

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20.SILHOUETTESThe evolution of Irene KimBY TRACY HOWARD

36.PERSPECTIVESWhy you shouldn’t buy fake handbagsBY ASHLEE FROESE


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ASHLEE FROESEAshlee Froese (BA 2002 UC) is a branding and fashion lawyer at Gilbert’s LLP. Ashlee countsher lucky stars that she is able tocombine her love of fashion withher legal career and takes pridein assisting fashion designersprotect their creative ingenuity.With over 70 pairs of shoes,you’re unlikely to find this fash-ionista in anything less than a 3-inch stiletto. Ashlee runs the web-site www.canadafashionlaw.com,which looks at the business and law of fashion. You can also follow her on Twitter@brandfashionlaw.

TRACY HOWARDTracy Howard is a writer and editor specializing in lifestyle editorial for such publications asFlare and the Toronto Star, aswell as corporate clients. Priorto embarking on the freelancelife she was an editor-in-chiefat To tem , where she helmedbranded-content magazines forP&G Beauty, CAA, and SearsCanada. She loved interviewingdesigner Adrian Wu and TheGe nte e l’s Irene Kim for thisissue. “They’re as different fromeach other as can be, but bothare fairly new to the fashion


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industry and their excitementabout it is infectious.” As for hermemorable fashion moments,running into Elle Macphersonin the ladies’ room of London’sSavoy hotel nearly tops the list.What bested it? Minutes laterseeing the supermodel walk intoa party off the lobby in whichlegendary designer Valentinowas working the door.

IRENE KIMTwo years ago, Irene Kim (BSc2002 UC) left the unfashionableworld of corporate law to pursuea career in the fanciful world offashion. She is the editor-at-large of The Gente e l, editorialdirector of frank and a style con-sultant at La Closette. Irenespends far too much time tryingto score deals online for clothesshe can’t afford. She has collect-ed a closet full of beautifulclothes that she loves to admire,but doesn’t necessarily wear.She’s working on it.

JENNIFER MCINTYREToronto writer and editorJennifer McIntyre’s career as a fashion designer began andended on a summer’s day whenshe was just four years of age.Unsupervised for mere minutes,she darted outdoors clad only ina handmade outfit consisting ofseveral strips of flowered fabricheld together by 12 or so stitchesof yellow yarn. The show wasbrought to an abrupt halt by a

neighbour, who threw a towelover our bold heroine andmarched her home. Since herretirement from the world ofhaute couture, Jennifer hasturned her attention to moresedate pursuits in which fashionplays but a minimal part—although it can be safely saidthat “she cleans up well.”Jennifer was lured into writingfor the fashion issue of UCMagazine with the judicious useof the word “technology” in aquery email, and the assurancethat, yes, she could wear herbeloved “Bazinga!” T-shirt whileinterviewing InteraXon CEOAriel Garten.

YVONNE PALKOWSKIYvonne Palkowski (BA 2004 UC)is the communications officerfor University College and theeditor of UC Magazine . Hardly afashionista, when it was decidedthat the spring 2013 issue wouldbe dedicated to fashion andstyle, inwardly, she panicked.Her wardrobe consists dispro-portionately of skinny jeans,scoop-neck tops, and yoga pants,and her choice of outfit is typi-cally shaped by the question“Will I be comfortable riding mybicycle in this?” Yvonne is fondof mandarin collars and believesstrongly that Thai fishermanpants, when properly acces-sorized, can be suitable foralmost any occasion. She refusesto wear hosiery.


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Briefly

For a brief time back home in Toronto, I would emulate the stylish denizens across the pond. And then I got cold, or itchy, or otherwise uncomfortable. The offending gar-ments—angora sweater, pointy-toed heels, deli-cate hose—were removed, but a certain fashionconsciousness remained and continues to tem-per my form-follows-function aesthetic.

Statement pieces—my grandmother’s Balticamber cocktail ring, oversized sunglasses, thecopper earrings I got in Turkey—animate myfunctional attire and are the essence of my personal style.

This aesthetic hardly qualifies me to address the themes of fashion and style to which thisissue of UC Magazine is dedicated. Luckily, theUC alumni featured in these pages have morethan enough style and savvy to compensate.YVONNE PALKOWSKI (BA 2004 UC)

AS A CHILD OF THE 1980S, I was a serial fashion victim.Witness the hot pink acrylic sweater, paired withjogging pants in a mismatched shade of pink,and smartly accessorized with a shiny pinkscrunchie to contain the requisite side pony-tail.(Thanks, Mom.)

High school brought welcome respite from thebold colours and tacky fabrics. The prescribeduniform—white collared shirt, woolen kilt or greyslacks—delivered the predictability and inconspic-uousness I craved. While my classmates lookedforward to monthly “Civvies Days” when we werepermitted to wear our regular clothes, I stressedover what to wear.

It wasn’t until University and afterwards that Ibegan to develop my own sense of style, partly out of necessity—my limited Civvies wouldn’t getme to laundry day—and partly out of a newfoundinterest in style, owing largely to a trip to Europe.Observing the daily fashion parades on the streetsof Paris and Florence inspired equal parts envyand shame.

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FASHION IS UBIQUITOUS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. Students in theFollies wear costumes allowing them to play charac-ters from different eras. Members of the Lit proud-ly put on their sweatshirts indicating their role inCollege leadership. Professors don the colourfulgowns from their doctoral institutions for theConvocation ceremonies, while students often havethe latest fashion under their black gowns. It oftenseems that each woman climbing to the podium tobe recognized for her degree is wearing higherheels than the one who preceded her!

But even if fashion is everywhereat the College—on the stage, inthe Junior Common Room, inthe hallways and classrooms, andeven in faculty offices—it rarelyappears on the curriculum.History students might take passingaccount of it while studying the“material culture” of the past. Artstudents might consider the signifi-cance of painters’ choice of attirefor their subjects. Drama studentsmight include costuming as partof dramaturgy. Otherwise, theclothes we wear are largely ignoredat the University.

In my own discipline, philosophy, there is no sub-discipline devoted to the philosophy of fashion.Instead the best treatment of the topic is found inThomas Carlyle’s satirical novel of 1836, SartorResartus (‘the tailor re-tailored’), where the Englishpenchant for German theory is mocked throughthe story of Professor Diogenes Teufelsdrockh(‘God-born devil’s droppings’) and his philosophyof clothes, in which the “whole self” is said to “live,move, and have its being” in the “vestural Tissue,namely, of woollen or other cloth.”

Otherwise, fashion makes an appearance in philos-ophy primarily as the epitome of the merely con-ventional, a useful contrast to the supposedly time-less truths of ethics and aesthetics. Indeed, fashionis relentlessly temporal. We look at pictures of our-selves from only a few years back and wonder whatwe were thinking in wearing such wide (or narrow)lapels, such long (or cropped) hair, such large (ortiny) glasses, and so on. Fashion is the exemplar oftransience, the mark of our ever-changing customs.

It is exactly because of this transience, thismutability, that Carlyle can useit as the subject of satire. Howcould such a trivial activity carrythe weight of a heavy Germanicconcept such as “being”? At thesame time, the success of thesatire requires there to be someplausibility to his target. Ultimately,we cannot help but define our-selves and be defined by the con-ventions of our society. We showour allegiances by wearing T-shirtswith political slogans or the logos ofdesigners or sports teams; we showour ‘seriousness’ by refusing to fol-low the latest fashion, perhaps by, in

the manner of some professors, wearing the samestyle and colour of suit every day and every year.

So perhaps irony and satire, rather than academicstudy, are the best responses to fashion and itsubiquity. Enjoy it if it gives you pleasure; ignore itif it leaves you cold. But don’t take it too seriously,even if, in Canada alone, fashion is a $25 billionindustry. The students and alumni of UniversityCollege within this issue of the UC Magazine showhow they balance the fun and business of fashion.It might not be where they find their “being,” butthey do show it to be yet another field in whichUC has made its mark.

AUTHORDonald Ainslie

IMAGE 01.For years, I’ve wornwhat I think of as my“professor’s uniform”around campus—jeans, shirt and tie,and a sports coat.But when I started asUC Principal, I fig-ured I had to startdressing the partand more and moreoften I end up wear-ing a suit.

IMAGE 02.When I’m hangingaround at home,you’ll often find mewearing a comfy oldpair of jeans and thecotton jacket frommy old water poloteam, the TorontoTriggerfish. With theinsulation in BissellHouse being a hit-and-miss affair, I’musually wearing myfavourite sheepskinslippers!

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FOCUSAdrian Who?



The challenge of pinning

down designer ADRIAN WUIf this article is your first encounter with the nameAdrian Wu (2010 UC), chances are it won’t beyour last.

For the uninitiated, Wu is the 22-year-old designerfrom Burlington, Ontario, who burst onto Canadianrunways three years ago and has been shaking themup ever since. For his spring/summer 2012 debut atToronto Fashion Week, for example, he translatedhis theme of quantum physics, swathing models infabric adorned with protruding sexual imagery andeven cast a couple of men to show off the dresses.For spring/summer 2013 he moulded polyurethaneto create sculptural designs meant to represent animagined dystopia if the Cuban Missile Crisis hadn’tbeen averted. Ralph Lauren he’s clearly not.

AUTHORTracy Howard

IMAGES Adrian Wu Spring/Summer 2013Collection. Courtesyof Adrian Wu.


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o one mightexpect an enfant terrible à la ayoung Alexander McQueen, orsomeone so consumed by his arthe’d shrink from the real worldin the fashion of Yves SaintLaurent. Turns out, those pre-conceptions couldn’t be furtherfrom the truth.

Instead, Wu gracefully embodies a number ofcontradictions. He’s a runway renegade who lovesworking with corporations. He’s brimming withyouthful energy but also preoccupied with philo-sophical questions. And while his creations canappear violent, he says his main motivation is love.

Upon meeting the designer, this reporter is eagerto ask about his inspirations, but Wu also wants totalk business. He effortlessly rattles off statisticsabout the fashion industry and then offers his takeon why he’s had so much attention: “I think it’sbecause I’m redistributing my business model. I’mnot investing my money in stores right now becauseI’ve done the research … and it’s not that they’renot making any money, but Joe Fresh is makingmore money.”

Before getting into that business model, it’sprudent to learn first how he got into the busi-ness. He insists his interest in fashion doesn’t dateback far: “The minute I dropped out of U of T!Two years ago.”

Wu spent a year in University College’s SexualDiversity Studies program with the goal of eventu-ally becoming a sex therapist. He says the choicewas inspired by his obstetrician/gynecologistfather, who fostered an interest in sexuality. Whilecalling the program “a life-enriching experience,”Wu says he questions his motives for choosingthat path at such a young age.

After leaving school, hismother presented him witha sewing machine andencouraged him to “give ita try.” (Wu says he’d experi-mented with clothes grow-ing up. “It wasn’t fashion-able; it was just weird,” heshares with a laugh.) His

mom had always been a stylish influence—Wuremembers her shopping for Christian Dior,Escada, and other labels on regular family tripsto Paris, New York, and Hong Kong.

Upon teaching himself to sew, Wu created fiftydresses in six months. He says he intuitively under-stood the “mathematics of aesthetics,” and at thesame time taught himself fashion history. After put-ting his collection online, his story transforms intoa fashion fairy tale. He was discovered and withinthe same month in 2010 invited to show atVancouver Fashion Week and hired by MuchMusicfor a stint as a fashion reporter. Wu was also accept-ed into the London branch of the acclaimed designschool Istituto Marangoni, but instead opened aboutique (now closed) in Burlington, which hisfather helped finance.

Shawn Hewson, creative director of Bustle Clothingand former judge of Project Runway Canada, thinksWu’s career has ignited due to raw talent combinedwith boldness. “He has an incredible design sensi-bility for someone who has no training,” he says. “Idon’t think he allows himself to be too constrainedby what other people are going to think, [and] in alot of ways those are the best artists.”

Hewson met Wu when a member of the alumniassociation of Hillfield Strathallan College, theHamilton private school both attended duringdifferent eras, asked him to meet the fledglingdesigner. He ended up mentoring Wu for a year,introducing the young designer to the Fashion

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Design Council of Canada(FDCC) and pushing for him tobe invited to present at TorontoFashion Week. But Hewson’sbiggest contribution may havebeen showing Wu the businessropes that hold together theindustry’s artistry, includingwhere to find fabrics, and the“cycle” of generating collectionsand sales.

“I felt like the kid has so muchcreativity and probably a fairamount of business acumen butI think the business side of fash-ion needs to be understood tofoster that creativity and nurtureit,” explains Hewson.

It seems Wu got the message.On his Twitter account he’slabelled himself a “fashiondesigner specializing in corpo-rate collaboration and fashionmarketing.” He’s done projectswith Allan Candy, Toms Shoes,Cashmere bathroom tissue,and Perrier.

“It’s funny because ‘corporate’is such a scary word to people,”says Wu. “I don’t see it as jeop-ardizing; I see it as getting withthe times.”

While corporate Canada hasembraced him, fashion media,along with providing extensiveexposure and acknowledging histalent, has also been critical. Inhis first collection for Toronto

Fashion Week, Wu was scoldedfor hanging threads. Hisfall/winter 2012 collection sawhim chided for adorning hismodels with Guy Fawkesmasks—Wu says they werereferencing V for Vendetta butsome saw them as a nod to thehacker collective Anonymous.

Perhaps it’s his array of refer-ences that’s challenging forsome. During the interview, forexample, he cites, among others,Jeff Koons, Eat, Pray, Love authorElizabeth Gilbert, Freud, MarcJacobs, Sir Ken Robinson, andadvertising legend George Lois.

One also wonders if his opinionshave ruffled a few fashionablefeathers. Regarding fashioneducation, for example, Wu says:“The people who want to befashion designers [in Canada]go to Ryerson, but…they’re justbreeding seamstresses, dressmak-ers. They’re not teaching themmarketing; they’re not teachingthem how to be Jean PaulGaultier. They’re teaching themto be Gaultier’s slave.”

Wu acknowledges the above isboldly said, and this self-aware-ness tempers his directness. “I’veheard myself talk and I don’tlike that I sound so adolescent,”he says. “I work every day toimprove myself.”

It’s telling that Wu charmedeven Margaret Atwood, whomhe met while presenting at theBook Lover’s Ball last year. Uponconfiding to Atwood that some-times he doubted himself, Wusays she responded: “It’s neverokay to be doubtful of yourself,but it’s very okay to be doubtfulof the world.”

That world, however, seemsto continually offer Wu oppor-tunities. At the time of thiswriting he’s designing muralsfor Toronto’s Fashion Housecondo and prepping hisfall/winter 2013 collection forthe city’s Fashion Week, whichhe hints may incorporate 3-Dprinting. What Wu seems mostjazzed by, though, is being invit-ed to represent Canada at thefirst World Fashion Week inParis in November.

Those projects and otherswill continue to be fuelled byhis online research, which hestates is 90 per cent of hisprocess. Once inspired (TEDTalks seems to be a source ofmuch creative juice), he inter-prets his message by drapingfabrics on a mannequin anddirecting his seamstress.

Wu will undoubtedly continueto make people think. “It’s metrying to focus on what I wantto change in the world,” he says.“What do I want people to betalking about right now?”

Regardless of what that is, it’slikely Wu will have people talk-ing about him for some time.

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AUTHORYvonne Palkowski

PHOTOGRAPHERLorraine Brand

RONA MAYNARD ON DRESSING WELL


SILHOUETTESRona Maynard



s the former editor of Chatelaine,Rona Maynard (1972 UC) has dispensed her fair share of styleadvice. And while one mightexpect a certain degree offashion-forwardness from the erstwhile doyenne ofCanada’s iconic women’smagazine, Maynard is quick to issue a disclaimer: “I haveabsolutely no current

connection to the fashion industry and wearmore Joe Fresh than Holt Renfrew these days.”

Nevertheless, Maynard has a great deal to say onthe topic of personal style, starting with her own.“I insist on wearing things that feel good on mybody,” she says. “I never wear clothes in which Ican’t run if I have to catch a bus, and I neverwear clothes so tight that I can’t sit down.”

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Clad in a slinky pink cowl-neck sweater, fittedbrown velvet pants, and sensible hiking boots(Maynard is an avid walker), she radiates an easycomfort in her clothes and in her skin—andadmits it wasn’t always this way.

When Maynard was appointed editor of Chatelainein 1994, dress codes for business were strict andshe felt pressured to dress the part. “I rememberthe first thing my sister said to me when I tookthe job was, ‘Now you’re going to have to startwearing suits,’” she recalls.

A“I did in fact go out and buy a Lida Baday suit, avery elegant suit, to be the editor in. For the firstfew years in that job, I wore a double-breasteddress and suits with tight skirts. Even though theylooked good, I didn’t feel like myself in thoseclothes,” she claims.

Gradually, as she grew comfortable in the roleand developed a reputation, Maynard traded the staid suits for more casual, expressive clothes.“I’d wear a sweater instead of a jacket. My summerlook, if I didn’t have a meeting, was capri pants anda T-shirt with interesting accessories,” she says. Onegets the sense she’s never looked back.

“I’ve taken more risks as I get older. I’ve worn ashawl as a hip-wrap, something I would not havedone when I was younger. Now, I take my chancesand if something makes me feel good, I’m goingto wear it,” she says, unapologetic.

Given such self-assurance, it is unsurprising that Maynard believes personal style is ultimatelyabout trusting yourself. “It’s a lot like voice inwriting. You acquire a voice in writing by readinggood models and observing how they do it andunderstanding on an instinctual level why JoanDidion is not Ernest Hemingway. With clothes, it’s the same way,” she explains. “The way I wearthese pants is not the way someone else wouldwear them. Someone else might wear a matchingtop; I happen to think that’s boring,” she says.

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Whether your style is thrift-store chic or hautecouture, for Maynard, confidence is key. “Youcould have a wardrobe full of beautiful designerclothes, but if you don’t feel at home in them,those clothes are going to look like they’rewearing you,” she says.

Accordingly, Maynard has a healthy disrespectfor what she describes in her blog as “the seasonalpageant known as fashion.” “I don’t think fashion

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THOSE CLOTHES ARE GOING TO LOOKLIKE THEY’RE WEARING YOU”

is important. Fashion doesn’t bring pleasure tomy life. I don’t get excited about seeing what’snew, and I don’t have to have the latest and thegreatest,” she says, to the chagrin of fashionmarketers everywhere.

Here Maynard is careful to articulate how she seesstyle as distinct from fashion. “Style is very impor-tant to me, because style is a statement about whoI am, and what I value, and what delights me, andit’s what makes me different from other women,”she says. “Fashion just makes you the same, unlessyou bring style to it.”

A case in point is Maynard’s childhood style icon,Jacqueline Kennedy, who artfully combined A-linedresses and pastel suits with pillbox hats and over-sized sunglasses. “She really knew how to dress,”she declares. “Now, part of that, I think, is aboutknowing what looks good on you, but it’s alsoabout mistakes. I have noticed over the years whatlooks good on me, what really suits me, and whatdoesn’t,” she confesses.

While many women develop a sense of what suitsthem through a clumsy, trial-and-error process,Maynard suggests a different approach. “I havelearned over the years to cultivate certain stores

where I get good advice. Sometimes when I havedoubts about a piece of clothing, I can get talkedinto it by someone whose judgement I trust,” shesays. “And that person is not just trying to sell,she’s trying to make me feel good because sheknows that’s how to build a business, by makinga customer happy.”

Maynard’s personal style was also shaped by anearly interest in fashion magazines, which also

foreshadowed her journalism career. “My mothersubscribed to all kinds of women’s magazines… I[used to] hoard them and look at the fashion adsand beauty stories and get a sense of colour andshape. I was captivated by the verve of fashionillustration,” she says.

After a long career culminating in a decade at thehelm of Chatelaine, Maynard no longer works formagazines (“been there, done that”), but she con-tinues to tell stories in the disarmingly honest fash-ion that defined her editorials and attracted a newgeneration of readers to the venerable publication.

Today, Maynard maintains Let’s Talk, an award-winning blog, and is a sought-after speaker onwomen’s issues and mental health. She is also theauthor of a memoir, My Mother’s Daughter, andruns a memoir workshop for women.

“This is the outfit I wear for teaching the work-shop in, because it’s bright and upbeat andexpressive,” she says of aforementioned stylishyet comfortable ensemble. “It helps me motivateothers to express themselves if I am expressingmyself,” she says, leveraging the power of style.


SILHOUETTESIrene Kim



HOW A CORPO-RATE LAWYERFOUND HER WAYIN FASHION

AUTHORTracy Howard

PHOTOGRAPHERJeanine Brito

ith her cropped gaminehair and high/low ensembleof Free People cords, Zarasweater, Bally bag, Topshopdangly cross earrings andFiorentini + Baker boots, IreneKim (BSc 2002 UC) seems everyinch a fashionista. But the COOand editor-at-large of the onlinemagazine The Genteel, quicklyclarifies that her career infashion media was anything buta foregone conclusion.

“At 18 if somebody had told me at 32 I’d berunning my own fashion magazine…I would havefallen off my seat!” says Kim, a Toronto-basedformer corporate lawyer.

But running it she has been since launchingThe Genteel in September 2011, along with CEOand editor-in-chief, Mona Chammas.

The motivation for starting a fashion and designmagazine was to present a thinking person’sapproach to the topic.

“Mona and I feel almost a fatigue with thefashion media out there,” she says. “We wanted togo more in-depth and inline with the material welike to read, like The Economist or Vanity Fair.”

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In response, the site has a busi-ness department—uncommonin the fashion magazinegenre—and presents moreambitious topics than thestandard celebrity closetprofile fare. Citing someout-of-the-box examples,Kim mentions an earlystory on the Sapeurs, asubculture in the Congowho parade around inEuropean designer fash-ions, and a feature onan Australian duo devel-oping clothes throughwine fermentation.

As for the disbeliefKim claims her earlierself would have felt at herpresent position, it wasn’ta matter of limited per-spective, but of almosttoo many options.

For grades 7 to 12, sheattended a gifted pro-gram at The WoodlandsSchool in Mississauga,and was involved in itselite touring band,sports, yearbook, andexclusive communityservice program.

Her grade 11 biology teacher,Monika Quinn, who also men-tored Kim as the head of thegifted program, remembersa teenager exploring allher options.

“If you looked quickly, it wouldlook like she was scattered—she kept herself really occu-pied,” recalls Quinn. “But Ithink the truth is she had somany talents and wasn’t yetwilling to let any drop.”

While seemingly a textbookoverachiever, Kim claims shewas never an engaged student.One gets the idea her teenageyears were a struggle, as she

tried to find her place inthe world.

“I just didn’t feel like I had adirection or purpose as to whyI was studying and then I justsort of [did what I needed todo], as I did in [my final yearof high school] when I was like‘Oh, goodness, I’m not goingto get into University, I’m justgoing to kick it into gear forone year,’” she explains.

One constant was a passionfor fashion. Kim mentions theinfluence of her stylish mother,

a flight attendant for KoreanAirlines in the 1970s, whenflying was still glamorous, andhow she bought her weddinggown in Paris and would dress

Kim and her siblings indesigner clothes whenthey were young. Kimremembers posing inher mom’s clothes as akid and that her highschool style contrastedwith her casual class-mates.

“I went to the SalvationArmy and thrift storesand one day I came intoschool with this five-dol-lar London Fog trenchcoat…and everyone waslike ‘What the hell areyou wearing?’” sherecalls with a laugh.

A fashion career,however, didn’t seemfeasible based on bothparental expectations andher school’s academicculture and she endedup going to UniversityCollege for biology. Kimadvises it wasn’t until shepursued a second majorin psychology that she

actually started to enjoy herreading.

After undergrad, still notknowing what she wantedto do, Kim taught Englishin Korea for a year. It wasupon hearing about a lawstudent who was doing humanrights work for the UN inAfrica that the idea of lawschool started to percolate.She attended Western Law,and in 2006 joined Torontocorporate finance law firmWildeboer Dellelce.

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Kim says for the first couple of years at the firmshe felt fortunate, realizing she was workingalongside people who had wanted to be lawyersfrom childhood. But eventually the 12-hour daysmade her analyze her priorities.

“I still did it for fiveyears, but when it takesup your entire life, itaccelerates the thinkingprocess about whatyou want to do,”Kim explains.

Mark Wilson, a specialistin corporate securitieslaw at the firm, wasstruck by her wide-rang-ing interests and noticedthat Kim always wantedto know the bigger pic-ture of why she wasworking on a project.

“Irene has sort of non-typical interests in thearts and various things,” Wilson says. “She’s amore contextual and broader thinking personand that shows a level of intelligence and emo-tional awareness. That gives her the skills to begood at whatever she wants to be good at.”

The way Kim left law was as spontaneous as howshe entered into it. In early 2011, Chammas, thena blogger of street style, asked to photographKim on Bloor Street. They exchanged contactinformation and, to Kim’s surprise, Chammas gotback in touch that spring sharing her idea for anonline magazine and asking for legal advice.According to Kim, Chammas had also looked upa blog she was doing at the time and thoughtshe’d be a great partner for the magazine.

Excited by the prospect but as a lawyer realizingshe needed to do her due diligence, she investi-gated the business. Eventually Kim decided totry it out while still working at the firm.

“Within a week or two, I was just so into it, andI said ‘You know what, I’ll make the leap,’” Kimremembers. “So I gave six weeks’ notice andfinished [at the firm] at the end of August 2011.”

So far there have beenhighlights like attendingParis Fashion Week andhaving British designerChristopher Raeburnrave about the qualityof the coverage hereceived. But it’s theday-to-day work thatseems to really fulfillKim. “I sit there andenjoy the articles,”she says.

Kim did the legal workbehind the incorpora-tion of the company,but has very much ahands-on editing role

(she says she’s always loved writing and is teach-ing herself journalism by reading style guidesand following journalism professors on Twitter).A typical day includes a few hours monitoring thearticles on social media and several hours editing,along with reaching out to public relations firms,designers, and stores. Kim also spends time keepingin touch with their far-flung contributing writersand interns.

She’s recently added to this full schedule, unitingher former and current careers in the process, byjoining La Closette, a styling firm focused on pro-fessional women. As busy as things seem, Kim andChammas are eager to expand. While at the timeof this writing the site has no advertising, they’reinvestigating partnership opportunities. And inJanuary they launched frank by The Genteel on theTumblr platform, which Kim describes as moreblog-inspired compared to its sister magazine.

The overall impression one gets from Kim issomeone contented with her present and excitedabout the future. While being a newlywed (Kimmarried former colleague Kevin Fritz in August)likely has more than a little to do with that, she’sasked if she’s finally found her purpose. Kim givesa thoughtful answer, but the big smile as sheutters it says it all.THE GENTEEL: WWW.THEGENTEEL.COMFRANK BY THE GENTEEL: WWW.THISFRANKLIFE.COM

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ometimes I wonder how my style wouldhave evolved had it not been for mymother. As an air hostess for Korean Air,she was able to travel around the worldand develop an eye for fashion that

Gangnam wouldn’t see for another 30 years. Bymy tweens, I realized her closet was a veritable play-ground for the fashionably inclined. Classic RalphLauren tweed jackets, earthy cable-knit sweaters,elegant Jaegar print blouses—most of which sheprobably bought at deeply discounted prices, a traitI would come to adopt.

But prior to this discovery, I was busy developingmy own style sensibilities and by my teens, fashionwas one of my main interests. Whether watchingFashion Television, reading Vogue, or alteringclothes from Goodwill to stretch my budget as faras it could go, as my math teacher pointed out, Iwas more concerned with “putting goop on mylips” in the front row than with quadratics.

As a child of the big, brash ’80s, hot pink andneon were more up my alley—more Jem andthe Holograms (me), less Preppy Handbook (Mom).Who wasn’t wearing those tight black lycra bikeshorts with a neon stripe running down the sides?Or, for that matter, oversized black-and-white ClubMonaco sweaters?

When I started high school, popular culture wasdominated by comfortable grungy plaids and hip-hop coloured denim; by the time I graduated, thehalls were filled with the fashions of Brit rock, theSpice Girls, and a more blinged-out brand of hiphop, all of which undoubtedly influenced me. Iembraced the earth girl in me by wearing Savethe Earth tees, and capped off my final year bybeing the first to wear the tube top (with fauxleather pants) to school—as Posh Spice, no less,for our group of friends’ graduation performance.Every night, I would spend at least a couple ofhours putting together outfits, swapping and

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sewing, posing, primping, and pushing-up, until thelook was just right—and a bit too tight. Then I’d doit all over again the next morning.

With time, dressing to make an impact began tobe balanced out by practicality, seasonality, andgeneral good taste. (I learned that there is a differ-ence between sexual and sensual.) Yet, throughchanging trends and passing years, the classicstrain that ran through my mother’s closet wasa touchstone.

But the other main influence on my style was thestate of my personal life. If I had to chart my fash-ion trajectory, it would look like an inverted bellcurve, one that reflected my inner state. The earlyyears—when my defence mechanisms weren’t soheavily reinforced and the consequences of myactions didn’t seem so permanent—were fun, intense, and full of experi-mentation. Short hair and short shorts,perms and frills, sky-high heels andteeny-tiny tops.

The trough—during undergrad andlaw school—were challenging years.Under the weight of personal expecta-tion, self-doubt, and uncertainty aboutthe future, I started hiding my body, myface and, to some extent, myself. Theexuberance with which I approached lifewas waning. When I started my legalcareer, I naturally became more conservative in mydress, both in and out of the office. At first, mycareer was very exciting: A real job! A salary! Anoffice! Being important! But as the long hours andimbalance slowly wore away at me, I knew I hadskills and passions that weren’t being used and Iinwardly struggled to fit into the mould of mynew career.

When the opportunity came to start The Genteel,and now, shop for a living (that is, be a style con-sultant), I thought long and hard about “giving up”the years of schooling and work experience that Ihad built up, and swapping it for an unworn path.But as soon as I started working on The Genteel—thereading, editing, mentoring, building, creating— Iknew I had to do it, and go all in. The wholeproject was just so me.

This new phase of my life has been a renaissanceof sorts, bringing back that excitement I had forfashion early on in my life and an avenue to pur-sue my intrinsic interests. But more importantly,

it has been a catalyst to understand myself andwhat’s important to me (beyond fashion, familyis a big part of this).

While fashion is often swiftly dismissed as a super-ficial arena, I respectfully disagree. I feel so luckyto have found something that makes me excitedto jump out of bed everyday, building our pub-lishing business with The Genteel and now frank—anew digital style and arts journal—and workingwith people everyday as an editor, mentor, andstyle consultant at La Closette. It may not beeveryone’s cup of tea—and it is, in fact, anathemato my husband—but it’s my special blendof Darjeeling.

Recently, I was browsing Harrods online when Istumbled upon a tiger print jersey dress. It imme-

diately reminded me of an old photo-graph of my Mom in the early ’80s inwhich she was wearing somethingvery similar, and without a secondthought, I purchased it. I feel a natu-ral kinship to Mom when I wear it,even though it’s not quite the sameand the events are separated by about30 years. Perhaps it’s my silent way ofacknowledging her influence whenwords are hard to come by. At thesame time, it makes me reflect onthe circle of life: what was Mom likewhen she was wearing her dress as a30-year-old new mother? I see the

effect of nature and nurture; stamped with Mom’stastes, in fashion and otherwise, like a religiousupbringing that’s deeply ingrained and not easyto cast aside.

These days, despite being increasingly experimentalagain (most recently, a chicken feather jacket anda platinum blond hair colour), there are fewercostumes and masks. As I’ve grown more comfort-able in my own skin, I’ve embraced hot pink andneon again, knowing they are beautiful in theirown time and place. And, in keeping with thecircle of life, both colours are having theirmoments again, just as tiger print dresses are.

That’s the thing about personal style, it’s so,well, personal. It can mean very little or a lot. Itcan be tied to one’s history or to History. It can befrivolous fun or a solemn reflection. To each theirown style, and a life story reflected through it.


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TOWN SHOES FOUNDERLEONARD SIMPSON

HEN LEONARD SIMPSON (BA 1950 UC)OPENED HIS FIRST SHOE STORE AT THE

AGE OF TWENTY-TWO, HE WOULD NOT HAVEPREDICTED THAT THE OPERATION WOULD

GROW INTO CANADA’S LARGEST BRANDEDSHOE RETAILER, INCLUDING TOWN SHOES, THE

SHOE COMPANY, SKECHERS, FREEDMAN, SHOE WAREHOUSE,AND STERLING. “I DIDN’T KNOW A THING ABOUT THE SHOEBUSINESS,” SAYS THE CHARMING AND AFFABLE SIMPSON, NOW84. HE CAME TO BE KNOWN FOR CREATIVE BUSINESS DECISIONS,FROM PIONEERING THE STRIP MALL RETAIL CONCEPT, TOSPONSORING TORONTO FASHION WEEK FOR AN IMPRESSIVE 25SEASONS. WHILE HE SOLD TOWN SHOES SHORTLY BEFORE ITSSIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR, SIMPSON REMAINS INVOLVEDAS HONORARY CHAIR—YOU COULD SAY HE IS THE ‘SOLE’ OFTHE BUSINESS. HE SPOKE WITH UC MAGAZINE EDITOR YVONNEPALKOWSKI ABOUT THE BUSINESS SIDE OF SHOES.

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HHooww ddiidd yyoouu ttuurrnn TToowwnn SShhooeess iinnttoo tthhee llaarrggeesstt ffoooottwweeaarr rreettaaiilleerr iinn CCaannaaddaa??

My father was in the wholesale shoe business; heowned three stores. He wanted me to go into hisbusiness after I graduated but I didn’t want to, sohe asked me to at least look at the stores and makesuggestions. I advised him to get out of those storesbecause they were losing so much money and theywere terribly run. Then he asked me to sell thestores, which I did. I sold two stores in a week. I was only 22 years old.

As for the third store, I was running it while lookingfor a buyer when my good friend Avi Bennett (1950UC) said his parents were opening a shopping cen-tre. I asked him what a shopping centre was—this is1952. He said it was a strip mall called SunnybrookPlaza, with 14 stores and a small parking lot. Ithought it was a very, very good idea. You have tounderstand, it was the very first concept of thatnature in the entire country. I went to my dad andasked to use the proceeds from the sale of the thirdstore to open a retail store at Sunnybrook Plaza, atthe northeast corner of Eglinton and Bayview inToronto. It turned out to be reasonably successful.

Then Avi said they were opening up another shop-ping centre, a bigger one at Lawrence and Bathurstcalled Lawrence Plaza. To make a long story short, I sold the first store to finance the opening of thesecond store, which turned out to be a bonanza. Idid a huge amount of business, and the cash flowfrom that was the beginning of the rest of thestores. I never borrowed a nickel after that fromanybody (except for the usual financing from thebank to turn over inventory). That’s how it started.

YYoouu ssttuuddiieedd ppoolliittiiccaall sscciieennccee aanndd eeccoonnoommiiccss aatt UUnniivveerrssiittyy CCoolllleeggee.. HHooww ddiidd yyoouurr eedduuccaattiioonn ppllaayy iinnttoo yyoouurr ccaarreeeerr??

You know what I learned most at University? Areyou ready for this? How to play bridge. There was alot of playing bridge, five days a week after first year.Except, of course, for the month or so beforeexams, when you worked your butt off. I learned a lot playing bridge. It’s a good brain game.

An education is always useful, but did it have adirect effect? Indirectly, probably. If I hadn’t goneto University, I could have possibly done the samething. Drive, motivation, and aptitude has more todo with it than anything.

“There’salso ahuge trendtowarddevelopingfashionablecomfortshoes.The casuallook istakingover.”

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There’s also a huge trend toward developing fash-ionable comfort shoes. The casual look is takingover. For every men’s leather-soled dress shoe wesell, we sell about nine or ten casual shoes. Womenstill wear more dress shoes than men, but the ratiohas gone way over to casual. Wedges are starting totake over from heels for office girls—they’re stillwearing heels, but there’s a trend towards wedgesand ballerina flats. There’s a trend towards comfort,softness, and cushiness in shoes. People want thatkind of feel in a casual shoe, even people who areyounger and middle-aged, not just people who areolder. That’s probably the biggest trend in theindustry today.

WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu tthhiinnkk iiss ddrriivviinngg tthhee ttrreenndd ttoowwaarrddss ccoommffoorrtt??

It’s a practicality, a rationality that makes sense.People also want to buy cars today that don’t burntoo much gas—it’s the same idea. When peoplewear shoes that don’t feel good, after a while,they’ve had enough. We’ve been there, and it takesa couple of generations for attitudes to change.

TThheerree aarree aa lloott ooff sseellff--ddeessccrriibbeedd sshhooee aaddddiiccttss oouutt tthheerree.. WWhhaatt iiss iitt aabboouuttsshhooeess tthhaatt eexxcciitteess ppeeooppllee??

It’s funny, I went to get my iPhone a few monthsago, and the young lady behind the cash askedwhat company I was with. I said Town Shoes,and she became very excited and asked me whatI do there. I said I happen to be the founder. Shepulled out a pen and asked me for my autograph!

There is something about shoes; I don’t know whatit is. They’re something we all wear... And you canreally tell what a person is like by the kind of shoesthey are wearing.

DDeessccrriibbee tthhee tthhiinnkkiinngg bbeehhiinndd tthhee nneeww lliinnee ooff ssttoorreess yyoouu’’rree ooppeenniinngg tthhiiss yyeeaarr..

What is happening with everything in the apparelindustry is the upscale people, in order to get vol-ume, are creating brands aimed at younger cus-tomers—Kenneth Cole has Kenneth Cole Reaction,Steve Madden has Steve Madden Girl. The youngmarket, like everyone else, likes brands.

We’re working on creating a division of stores withthe cachet of Town Shoes but aimed at a youngermarket. The concept is to sell shoes in a similarprice bracket as Aldo, the global leader in youngshoes, although instead of private label, which theydo, ours would be branded young shoes, essentially.

Will we seriously compete with Aldo, globally? I doubt that very much. Domestically, withinCanada, we’ll see. It’s not something that’s goingto happen within a short period of time, but inthe long term, probably after I’m gone, whoknows. Aldo is good at what they do, but theyhave no competition. With the experience wehave, the buyers we have, and the knowledge we have, we may just have something.

WWhhaatt aarree tthhee uuppccoommiinngg ttrreennddss iinn ffoooottwweeaarr??

In addition to classic fashion, which is what we like to do, we also have to do “bling” shoes becausethat attracts a lot of customers. But you have to becareful on the weighting between classic and bling,because if you have too much bling, you scare awaythe classic fashion customers and vice versa. Town Shoes captures the best of both worlds by continually adjusting that balance. Right now we’rein the process of reducing the ratio of bling to clas-sic fashion and there’s a reason for that: people arebecoming a little bit more practical, a little bit moredown-to-earth. People don’t want to spend $700 ona pair of shoes they’re going to wear once or twice,or for a season or two. They want something with a style that will hang around for a while, and wherethe look is going to be useful for a variety of different purposes.


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MAHEESHA RANASINGHE traded herpolitical science textbooks for a career inthe logistics industry and wanted a newimage to match her post-student lifestyle.The 2010 UC alum describes her style as“both practical and chic, simple yet trendy,”and cites Victoria Beckham, Jessica Alba,and Beyoncé as her fashion idols.

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tylist Justin Rousseau of Brennan DemeloStudio in Toronto trimmed several inch-es off Maheesha’s flowing locks, adding afab new fringe and caramel highlightsaround her face to complement her com-

plexion. “I really wanted to give her a cut with astrong shape, so she can wear it a number of differ-ent ways,” Justin says. “It’s fun to take the time to style

your hair, but this cut allowsMaheesha to let her naturalwave flow for those days whenshe is on the run, or blow itout for a more polished andsophisticated look.”

Toronto makeup a r t i s tGillian Okopny brought outMaheesha’s natural beautyby evening out her skin tonefor a flawless and radiant fin-ish. “The key to any polished

makeup look is an even complexion,” Okopny says.“I made her eyes the focus by giving her soft shadesof shimmery shadows, keeping a hint of drama atthe lashline.” To prevent Maheesha’s lips fromcompeting with her eyes, Okopny applied a natu-ral coral lip colour topped with gloss. The effect isfresh and natural—perfect for spring.

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takes her from daytime to evening.

“I absolutely love my new look,” saysMaheesha. “I have to admit, at first I was hesitant tocut my hair, but I’m glad I did because I think itlooks amazing!”

Not only did the makeover update her look, it alsorevamped her attitude—from the outside in. “Thishas truly been a life-changing experience for me,”says the new Maheesha, beaming with confidence.

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et’s talk about fashion faux pas. First,there’s the original colour blocking: white socks, blackpants. Second, elasto-waist jeans. Finally, the cardinal sin:buying counterfeit goods. As a fashion and branding lawyer,I can almost live with the first two sins. Can I live with thelast one? Not a chance! Let me paint you a picture...

LYour favourite fashion brand creates this season’s“it” purse. It’s a beautiful piece of art that makesyou “oooh and ahhh.” You see it in the pages ofVogue magazine. Sarah Jessica Parker has beenseen strutting down Bleecker Street wearing it.You want it. You need it. You walk by a shady littlestore and there it is! That shiny little purse is star-ing right back at you. Your palms are sweating…it’s a fraction of the price! Are the fashion godssmiling on you? No! Chances are, you are fast onyour way to becoming a fashion victim! The coun-terfeit purse is a fake replica of the real thing.

First of all, what are counterfeit goods? Simplyput, it’s theft and you’ve just been defrauded.Your favourite fashion designer’s trade-marks andthe design of the distinct “it” purse have beenripped off. The cheap “it” purse you bought is ofshoddy quality and likely to fall apart fairly quickly.Not to mention that your street cred has plum-meted because you’ve bought something tacky.Your product’s warranty doesn’t cover it and nowyou’re out of pocket. But counterfeiting goesbeyond you and your purse strings. Here aremore reasons to avoid committing the cardinalsin of counterfeiting:



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DAMAGE TO THEECONOMYUnless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s prettyclear that the economy could use all the help itcan get! The economic implications of counter-feiting can be wide-reaching. First, there’s lost rev-enues for the brand owner. This may negativelyimpact employment opportunities with the brandowner, creating higher unemployment. Moreover,it’s a pretty safe bet that counterfeiters don’t logall of their revenues with the government. Theregoes a significant portion of the government’s tax revenue.

A RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETYThe name of the counterfeiting game is decep-tion. It’s no surprise that the counterfeiters havelittle regard for public safety. Counterfeit goodscan be perilous to public health. Examplesinclude highly flammable materials used in cloth-ing, children’s toys stuffed with dirty bird feathers,batteries that are combustible, pharmaceuticaldrugs containing no active ingredients, and mal-functioning vehicle parts. Sadly, these can haveserious and detrimental outcomes. Deaths related to counterfeit goods have been recordedthroughout the world.

So next time you see that “it” purse at an unbeliev-able discount price, take a minute and thinkabout the bigger picture. What legacy couldyour purchase have?

A BIGGER GLOBAL PROBLEMCounterfeiting is fast becoming recognized as apervasive global economic piranha. In fact, it is a$700 billion industry. There’s a good chance thatthe counterfeit “it” purse you purchased is linkedto the production of other counterfeit products.Counterfeiting goes beyond fashion to almost anytype of product: batteries, toiletries, children’stoys, food, pharmaceuticals, and electronic appli-ances. Moreover, counterfeiting knows nobounds. Whereas some countries are known ascounterfeit manufacturing hot spots, quite literallyevery country is a potential target for the impor-tation and sale of counterfeit products.

SUPPORTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIESFirst and foremost, counterfeiters fly in the faceof intellectual property laws that are geared toprotecting and rewarding the brand owner’s cre-ativity. Legislation aimed at protecting public safetyand employment standards are commonly flouted.More than that, counterfeiting oftentimes can be a significant cash cow for both criminal andterrorist organizations that are involved in moreheinous crimes.

Ashlee Froese (BA 2002 UC) is a branding and intellectual property lawyer at Gilbert’s LLP, whose practise focuses on trade-marks, copyright, domain name, and social media laws. She is the author of the blog Canadian Fashion Law, available at www.canadafashionlaw.blogspot.ca.




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WEARABLE COMPUTING MAVEN ARIEL GARTENAUTHORJennifer McIntyre

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Or being able to play a video game, paint a picture,compose music, or even dim the lights to enhancea romantic evening—all without lifting a finger.

Sound like something out of Star Trek? It’s not.The technology exists already, in the form of astylish little brainwave-sensing headband calledMuse, which, in a nutshell, allows the wearer toaccomplish a variety of tasks simply by thinkingabout them.

Due out on the market in mid-2013, Muse is thebrainchild (so to speak) of the multi-talented ArielGarten (BSc 2002 UC) and her colleagues atToronto’s InteraXon Inc.

Note that “stylish” is the key word, here, since, like the Muse device, Garten herself (whose CVincludes “fashion designer,” “real estate agent,” and “practising psychotherapist,” just for starters), is an intriguing hybrid of art and science, fashionand technology.

“I was always very creative, very perceptual, and veryintellectual,” says Garten, “and the way that usuallyexpressed itself was through fashion.”

Even as a small child, “I never wore anything twiceto school,” she laughs. “Every day I would pullsomething out and play with the combination ofcolours and textures. I had a great time with it.”

Such a great time, in fact, that by age 17 Garten wasdesigning and selling her own fashions in Toronto.

“I made my own clothes—not very well, I mightadd! I sucked at sewing, and I still do,” she laughs.“But I made a line of T-shirts, and I realized I couldprobably sell these. Two stores agreed to take myshirts on consignment, and now all of a sudden Iwas a designer!”

At the same time, Garten (who was still in highschool, don’t forget) was keeping her more intellectual side occupied with (wait for it) stem cell research.

“In grade 12, I had a position in a research labora-tory, as part of my school’s co-op program. So hereI was designing clothes and also holding down a jobdoing hematopoietic stem cell research.”

For the next five years or so, Garten’s life pin-balled almost seamlessly between the two worlds.She graduated from University College with adegree in psychology and neuroscience. A sum-mer job at the Club Monaco design studios inNew York led to two US stores accepting hershirts, which spurred her to open her own clothing boutique, Flavour Hall, in Toronto.

“Clothing for me was an intellectual venture,” she says. “So I did shirts with brainwaves on them,skirts that spoke of your psychological state, andclothing that was alive—like T-shirts growing inaspergillus mould.”

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In 2004 Garten opened Toronto’s Fashion Weekwith a show featuring models toppling off the endof a conveyor-belt runway, and that same yearU of T named her one of its “Top 40 Under 40.”

And perhaps most significantly, she also beganworking with U of T professor Steve Mann, whois known, among myriad other accomplishments,as “the father of wearable computing.”

“I was really interested in brainwaves,” explainsGarten, “and Mann had a system he designed thatallowed you to control technology with your mind.It was totally astounding.

“I was still really interested in fashion,” she adds,“but I was also really into neuroscience and Iwanted to find a business angle.”

So in 2007 Garten assembled the troops that wouldmake up InteraXon: Mann, who is the company’sresearch advisor; Dr. James Fung, who developedmuch of the technology used in InteraXon’s firstprojects; Chief Technical Officer Chris Aimone,who has a master’s in computer engineering butalso “’gets’ people”; and Garten’s friend TrevorColeman, InteraXon’s Chief Operations Officer.

“We formed InteraXon, and immediately thought‘What’s the biggest thing we could do with this?Oh, we know—the Olympics!’” recalls Garten. “So

we put together a proposal to control the lightingon the Olympic rings, and I got an email a weeklater saying, ‘Sure, we’ll take your proposal! Comeand be our feature at the Olympics!’

“So we went from literally three people sitting ina basement figuring out what our business wouldbe, to a team of 25, taking this utterly unproventechnology, with a tiny budget, in a tight timeframe—five months!—that we had to make workfor the Olympics!

“We had proposed controlling the lighting in aninstallation, all in one place—we knew we could dothat; we do that in the lab all the time. But they said‘We also need to do the CN Tower, the ParliamentBuildings, AND Niagara Falls’!


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“I remember lying in my bed thinking, ‘We can’t dothis…’. It was utterly insane—and ultimately verysuccessful.”

InteraXon continued to do projects and installa-tions for other companies, “but we knew that wewanted to make a consumer product and reallybring this to the people,” says Garten.

“But this required two things. One was a com-pelling user experience, something really meaning-ful that you could do with the technology. Theother was making it a really wearable device, so thatanybody could walk down the street wearing it andnot feel like a dork.

“That was the thing: you cannot feel like a dorkwhile you wear it.”

So far so good on both counts, she says. “I wear iton the street. At first I was disappointed becausenobody was responding. Sometimes people thinkI’m just wearing a cute headband from American

Apparel. My hair covers the back piece so it doesn’tlook like there’s technology involved.

“When I wear it to a conference, or somewhere thatI’ve just given a lecture, though, people stare at me!They want to touch it, ask about it, wear it.”

And in the “compelling user experience” file, thecompany does actually have a thought-controlledbeer tap that it showcases at demo events.InteraXon’s developers are also working on apps tohelps users improve intellectual skills, such as mem-ory and concentration, or emotional skills likemaintaining composure in high-stress situations.

“There are definitely applications in psychotherapy,particularly around reduction in anxiety, and forpeople with ADHD,” says Garten (who adds thatshe does not use the device in her own psychother-apy practise for ethical reasons—although otherpractitioners are welcome to do so).

“The market is wide reaching: males and femalesages 18 to 56—basically anyone with a smartphonewho’s interested in being able to do more withtheir mind.”

Inevitably the discussion turns to an episode of StarTrek: The Next Generation called simply “The Game,”in which the crew of the Enterprise are nearlydestroyed by a sinister, addictive video game con-trolled entirely by the players’ own brains.

Garten bursts out laughing. “The first thing mydevelopers did was a recreation of that game!”she says. “It’s perfectly safe—it’s the same as aBluetooth monitor. It’s totally passive.”

And there is, as yet, no exclusion list of peoplewho should not use the Muse.

Looking ahead, the company is planning todevelop apps that allow users to paint or composemusic, or play video games. Even broader applica-tions could include being able to remotely con-trol household electronics, transportation, andeven cooking appliances.

Care for a pizza with that beer?INTERAXON: WWW.INTERAXON.CAINTERAXON AT THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS:WWW.INTERAXON.CA/FEATURED_PROJECT

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GWYNETH HODGINS “I like glitter. Like, a lot. Also, colour.Colour makes things better.”

JONATHAN BUTT “Grey goes with everything.”

LOO HONG ZHI“I thought I’d wear ablazer to a fashion show.”

ZHAO YANG “Secret snaps. It’s all about thesecret snaps.”

AMMAR IJAZ“Ammar here is wearing his narcissistic personality disorder.”

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WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOUUNLEASH THE PAPARAZZI AT UC?FROM GREY TO GLITTER, IRONICTO SNAPPY, OUR STUDENTSWEAR IT ALL.

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MATTHEW HAM“I punched TomHardy in the face andstole his coat on theset of Batman.”

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CLASS NOTESNews from Alumni

Class Notes

ROBERT CAPRICK (BSc 1991UC) has been appointed Chair of the Department ofMechanical Engineering andApplied Mechanics at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.Caprick was also elected to the2012 Fellowship Class of theAmerican Physical Society, forhis work on the nanoscale characterization of friction,adhesion, and wear.

MIRIAM CLAVIR (BA 1969 UC)has published her first novel,Insinuendo : Murde r in theMuseum (Bayeux Arts, 2012), acharacter-driven mystery.

DAVID DANZINGER (BCom1980 UC) was appointed to the board of directors ofPOCML 1 Inc.

Lawyer PHILIP MICHAELEPSTEIN (BA 1964 UC) receiveda 2012 Arbor Award from theUniversity of Toronto, for hismore than 25 years of servicementoring law students.

ROBERT GARSIDE (BA 1952 UC)was inducted into the U of TSports Hall of Fame.

ALBERT GREER (BA 1960 UC)was named a Member of theOrder of Canada, for hisachievements as a conductor,composer, and teacher helpingto shape the direction ofCanadian choral music.

ERIC S. GROSSMAN (BA 1983UC) was appointed Vice-President, Sales and Marketing,at Accutrac Capital Solutions.

KEITH R. HARRIS (BCom 1975UC) was appointed Director ofSmart Employee Benefits Inc.

BRIAN KERZNER (BCom 1983UC) was appointed to theboard of directors of IndicoResources Ltd.

Professor Emeritus ofAnthropology RICHARD B. LEE(BA 1959 UC) received a 2012Arbor Award from the Universityof Toronto, for his work coordi-nating international opportuni-ties for students.

LAWRENCE MANDEL (BSc 2002UC), Firefox Program Managerat the Mozilla Corporation,received a 2012 Arbor Awardfrom the University of Toronto,

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IMAGE 01.Albert Greer showsoff his Order ofCanada pin


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IMAGE 02.Newborn twinsAdrian and RubyShyr

IMAGE 03.Illustration byDebbie Ohi fromI’m Bored

for his contributions tostudents in the Departmentof Computer Science.

PHILIPPA MATHESON (BA 1968UC) received a 2012 ArborAward from the University ofToronto, for her more than20 years of support to theDepartment of Classics.

The Reverend Dr. BRUCE MILES(BA 1950 UC) was inducted intothe U of T Sports Hall of Fame.

SHARON NEASE (BA 1987 UC)was inducted into the U of TSports Hall of Fame.

JOCELYN PALM (BSc 1964 UC)was named a Member of theOrder of Canada, for her contri-butions to water safety, aquaticlifesaving, youth development,and women’s health.

WILMA N. PIDHAYNY (BSc1989 UC) was inducted into theU of T Sports Hall of Fame.

DEBBIE OHI (BSc 1986 UC)illustrated a children’s book,I’m Bored (Simon & SchusterBFYR, 2012) by author MichaelIan Black, that was selected byThe New York Times as a NotableChildren’s Book of 2012. Hernew projects include illustra-tions for Naked!, by the sameauthor, scheduled for publica-tion by Simon & Schuster insummer 2014.

COLIN RIPSMAN (BA 1987 UC)was appointed Senior Consultantat Eckler Ltd.

JACK W. ROBERTS (BA 1952UC) was inducted into theU of T Sports Hall of Fame.

ANDREA E. SCHLOEGL (BSc1989 UC) was inducted into theU of T Sports Hall of Fame.

GARY L. SEGAL (BA 1968 UC)received a 2012 Arbor Awardfrom the University of Toronto,for his more than 40 years ofservice to Hart House.

RAYMOND SHYR (2004 UC)and wife AMY SHYR (BA 2004UC) welcomed twins Adrian andRuby on November 7, 2012.

JOHN TISHI (BA 1999 UC)was appointed Co-Presidentof Canadians Abroad.

Family law lawyer LINDA SILVERDRANOFF (BA 1961 UC) wasnamed a Member of the Orderof Canada.

DAVID C. UNGER (BSc 1979UC) was appointed to theboard of directors of SIKAResources Inc.

Economist LEONARDWAVERMAN (BA 1964 UC)left the post of Dean of theHaskayne School of Businessat the University of Calgary totake up duties as Dean of theDeGroote School of Businessat McMaster University.

A. DALTON WHITE (BA 1938UC) was inducted into theU of T Sports Hall of Fame.SEND YOUR NEWS [email protected]

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DonationsTHE STUDENTS, FACULTY,AND STAFF AT UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE THANK YOU FORYOUR SUPPORT.

If you would like to make a gift to University College, please visitwww.donate.utoronto.ca/uc.

Donors listed made contributions to University College betweenDecember 1, 2011 and November 30, 2012. If you have questions regardingthe list, please call (416) 978-2968 or email [email protected].

ESTATESC. L. Burton TrustsWinnifred A. ChapinKenneth B. ConnEric KruhReuben Wells LeonardWilliam C. MichellViolet Ann Shewchuk

PRINCIPAL’S CIRCLE($100,000 - $999,999)Rudolph Peter BrattyDavid J. Daniels

UC PATRONS ($25,000 -$99,999)BMO Financial GroupChristine H. CrockettGeorgiana Forguson

UC BUILDERS ($10,000 -$24,999)Jack M. FineHart and Brigitte HansonThe Langar FoundationAndrey OkopnyMichael Prodanou

UC BENEFACTORS($5,000 - $9,999)Donald AinslieMichael B. CruickshankHenry N.R. JackmanRobert Kaplan Fund at the Jewish Fdn of Greater Toronto

Eleanor Thomson

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE($1,827 - $4,999)Philip AnismanSylvia BashevkinLawrence BennettConnie BonelloMark S. BonhamRobert and Wendy BrownHelen ByrneChristine M. ClementJim CoccimiglioRobert CookTom FriedlandBrian H. GreenspanJohn Guttag and Olga Puchmajerova-Guttag

Paul T. HellyerVictoria HurliheyMiriam Kaufman and Roberta Benson

Margaret Jean LeppingtonJonathan Arlen LevinKa Cheung LiH. Ian MacDonald

Robert and Toni MorrisonWilliam J. H. OstranderJocelyn PalmJohn R. and Maire PercyMargaret R. ProcterDavid RaysideRBC FoundationNona RobinsonLee TaylorVernon G. TurnerEleanor S. Walker

CLOISTER SOCIETY ($500- $1,826)John AndersonKen AucoinPaul AustinDorothy K. BeckelBetty and Chris Wansbrough Family Foundation at the Toronto Community Foundation

Alan BowkerPerry BowkerJames T. Bratton and Andrew Tait

Mark David Roy BrownMaurice H. BrushBlair R. CarbertJohn and Vera ChauBasil R. CheesemanJohn H. C. ClarryMargo ColemanJean M. Conyers

Brenda CossmanMalcolm CouttsFrances L. CrandallHoward & Kathrine EcklerRobert D. EisenbergCatherine A. FallisAnn L. GloverSusan and Garth GoddardBarbara GoldringRobert B. and Jean M. Hadgraft

Florence HertzmanCharles C. HillMike HlinkaMary E. HumphriesJ. S. Cheng and Partners IncMark JohnstonPaul JonesLorraine KaakeKathleen and William Davis Scholarship Fund

Jay KatzMurray KilgourDiana C. KingHorace KreverNora J. LangleyElizabeth M. LeggeJoel LexchinStephens B. LowdenMichael B. C. Mah





McCague Borlack LLPMartha McCainChristopher McCullochTom McGillisJohn A. McGinnisMargaret E. McKelveyGuy W. MillsRomas MitalasGeorge K. MortonPaul and Nancy NickleLeslie A. NobleMarion OrserHelen M. OstovichRobert PaulUrsula Koehnke QuinRon RaysideScott A. RayterCharles RebickJeannelle SavonaWilliam Phillip Adam Schlarb

Ruth ScolnikScotia McLeod: The Morrison, Gibson, Titley Group

Stuart N. SeigelRaymond James SetoShoel D. SilverRobert D. SloanH. SomersElaine and Joseph SteinerE. Ann StevensSwayze Family FoundationFrances L. TannerRichard P. TaylorLorne TeppermanWilliam Nathaniel Tepperman

Evelyn Mary TomlinsonVivian I. TreacyJohn Van SetersKenneth A. ValvurTimothy S. WachPeter James WaiteIsabel B. WardP. Jane WestonJames W. WhaleyThomas A. WilsonKyle Winters and Howard Rideout

Edward Y. C. WongJason WongSunny S. YuRobert B. Yungblut

RED AND WHITE SOCIETY($100 - $499)Isaac AbellaElia Abi-JaoudeHoward AbramsCheryl AckermanRyan John AckersNeil McKinnon AgnewPhyllis M. AllinRobert M. AndersonLinda J. AndrewsJonathan B. AngelSherri M. AppellRobert W. AtkinsonChung Lun AuEmile AufgangMary Isabel AustinNeville H. AustinPaul M. AustinJanice K. AzoulayCarol L. BakerSharon B. BakerMark BankLeonard W. BarkinDiana J. BarnardBernard BassettE. Anne BastedoPaul A. BastedoDavid BernhardtThelma Rosen BerrisKaren Lisbeth BlackKatherine M. BladenWillis L. BlairRobert G. BoecknerGertrude Boeschenstein-Knighton

Peter BoosMark Steven BorerEdward BorinsPaul Robert Francis BowserAlbert BregmanWesley P. BrownMargaret J. BryceDavid B. BuchananBernhard G. M. BuetowJane BuntingJustin B. BurDavid BurrowsHelen A. CampbellJohn C. CarrD. Anne CarruthersMargaret Starr CaseyDomenico CasuscelliWilliam M. ChamberlainDonald ChapinCynthia J. ChaplinFanshawe ChengKwok Fai Godfrey Cheng

Beverley ChernosHarold J. ChmaraBernt ChouChristabel ChuCarmine CircelliArthur H. ClairmanAlana H. R. ClarkeDorothy R. ClarkeGiuliana ClarkeGordon ClementHeather ClowaterCaroline CohenDan CohenM. Sue ComishNatasha R. CooperJane CouchmanJ. Douglas CowanPhilip CowanLinda J. Ashley CraneGwenythe M. CrosdaleCatherine E. DalrympleGregory William Danylchenko

Sheila Rand DavenportGordon F. DaviesDouglas A. C. DavisElizabeth J. DavisChandler and Natalie DavisBrendan DellandreaDiana Dhaskali and Will Rutherdale

Lydia DhillonGerald P. DimnikLinda Silver DranoffB. Victereene DraperMichilynn E. DubeauRobert L. DuchnickySandra DudleyChristopher DunnJeremy Andrew DuttonMorton EisenMildred EnglishMichael A. EnnamoratoJohn P. EvansAnn B. EwanRuth L. FarquharR. H. FarquharsonSaul FeldbergFrank FelkaiJudy E. FergusonNona P. and Lorne M. Fienberg

Maria FilosaT. Shelly FinkMichael FitzgeraldSandra G. FlorenceW. D. FouldsG. H. Fraser

Charles FreedmanBarbara and Karl FreemanHarriet Zivia PassFreidenreichVera A. FriedSheldon and DoreenFriedlandShelley S. GaffeSally GallingerDouglas T. Gardner and Maria G. French

Judith GargaroJohn GeddesDouglas S. GeorgeAnn Judith GibsonFrances GilbertJo-Anne GiorshevMarvin A. and Helen Goldberg

Leslie GordDwane A. GossaiCalvin C. GotliebDavid GraderSusan L. GreenbloomJoel S. GreenspanGary G. GreigBayla GrossHoward GrossCynthia J. GuznerJulia HadlowCharlotte G. HaldenbyKaren Y. HaleMarjorie J. HalePaul HamelStephen A. HamiltonRussell HannAlan HarnumDorothy Joan HarrisElaine HarrisMatthew C. HaydayErica HendersonIan D. HendersonHelios and Marilyn J. Hernandez

Alexander P. HewlittPamela HimelMartin HlavacekSilvana HoEmily E. Fairs HobsonNaomi HoodBeatrix R. HornCarol M. HuddartJames N. P. HumeMarguerite E. Hunt





DonationsMichael and Linda Hutcheon

Karen F. JacksonSylvia A. JacobPaul M. JesinAndrew O. JohnsonDavid R. JohnstonHeather JonesL. Joyce JonesJane Kanya-ForstnerSheila M. KatzJoseph KellyCynthia J. KemererAnna C. KennedyKong E. KhooMary M. KilgourPeter C-H KimJoan Langlois KingHermann J. KircherJudith F. KirshDaniel KleinRobert D. KligmanWendy KoslowLorne D. KrongoldJoe and Doreen KronickCatherine A. LaingJohn Beresford LanawayLand O’Lakes FoundationR. Brian LandLaura LatimerSusan LauStephen LauzonMargaret Elizabeth LearnRichard Borshay LeeWai Kong LeeRoss W. LeighDonald A. LeitchM. Patricia LeuschenJeff L. LevittRalph G. LindseySaul I. LittmanDonald L. LoveDiane LowensJohn M. LowndesJ. Bruce MacDonaldGeorge S. MacDonellCaroline W. MacFarlaneLori MacIntyreAnthony J. MacKaySuzanne E. MajhanovichEva and Nick MandrapiliasGeorge MandrapiliasJames K. MannHarold MarglesGail MartinMuriel A. MassonIrving L. MatlowJohn Patterson Mayberry

Marian C. MaynardLinda McBurneyJohn M. McDiarmidAllan H. McKellarDonald R. McKillicanS. Brian McLeanChristine M. C. McMillanM. Joan McRaeDavid Bruce MeyerPaul M. MeyerPhilippe MeyersohnKim MichasiwMicrosoft CorporationSolveiga MiezitisErin J. MintenkoThe Miriam and Harold Green Family Foundation

Benjamin MogilBrian J. MooreNikolas MorgunovColin A. MorleyRoss E. MorrowFlorence P. T. MossSheila MostynDeane A. MurdySylvia MuredduDavid MurphyDorothea D. MurrayPearse MurrayH. NabbeSylvia Q. NaftolinRobert C. NemettDorothy M. NesbittWing Han Stella NgErik P. NilssonKenneth E. NobleSean NogueraKristina NouGerald A. OhashiHarry OkadaLinda C. O’LearyCharles S. PachterSylvia H. PalYvonne PalkowskiDavid James PalmerPhilip H. PalterHenry Edward Antony PateyMargaret A. PattisonJoanne L. PaullDouglas G. PearceRuth W. PeckoverCecilia L. PetersonPaul M. PfalznerJerrold PlotnickUri M. PossenNancy J. PostMarilyn PowellJoanna B. Prager

Robert PriceAnthony B. QuarringtonJohn P. RafteryMary F. RamsayBarry and Margaret RayterLois ReimerJohn L. RennickDorothee M. RetterathMarjorie L. ReynoldsSteven C. RhysAlbert J. RistimakiM. Monica RobertsonMichael G. RochesterSue RopchanGeorge T. RosensteelGlenna M. RossMichael J. RossAbraham RotsteinSari Warren RudickJoan W. SadleirChester SadowskiNicholas R. SajatovicD’Arcy J. SalzmannBrian G. SambourneEstelle R. SchipperNancy A. SchwartzSaul SchwartzDan and Nicoletta ScrimgerNicoletta ScrimgerDawn Stephanie SetoMarion C. ShawMary ShenstoneMarilyn J. SheppardJudith A. ShindmanSydney ShoomMartin and Julia ShubikVivian SilverbergLeonard J. SimpsonH. Peter SkaliksM. Helen SmallErnest SmithBarbara SnidermanRaphael H. SolomonSally L. SomersDagmar A. StaflVratislav StaflJ. Daniel G. StapletonWilliam E. SteadmanBasil J. StevensonCarol B. StromKim SurchinGerald S. SwartzGerald S. Swinkin andWendy SetteringtonRichard S. SzawiolaDonna J. M. TaiXin TanRaymond Tatalovich

Leroy TaylorSherman J. TaylorMark F. TerrillKenneth S. ThompsonJohn W. ThowJanet Coutts TiemanTracy L. TiemanThomas TimuskUlle ToomverSarah Jane TorgovGerald TulchinskyArthur M. TurnerCatherine UkasShauna Bell Van PraaghOtto F. VeidlingerDavid M. VellaDominic VentrescaMary E. WarnerJames J. WattDouglas WaxmanLee F. WebberGeorge WeiderMerike WeilerRenna L. WeinbergSuzanne WeinbergFlorence C. WeirElizabeth H. WellsWells Fargo Foundation Employee Matching Gift Program

Ronald WenerBruce G. WestJane D. WhitmoreLinda A. WigingtonRobert M. WigleJoyce A. WilkinsonE. Joan WilliamsFlorence H. WilliamsMelissa WilliamsSally E. WilliamsPaul T. WillisJohn W. L. WinderE. John WinholdFiona M. WissbornBeatrice WittenbergBarry WolfishAlexander B. WoodsideJeff WranaElizabeth R. WrightH-L Eric YiuBurle YollesSamuel Zaltz




DONATIONSUC Heritage Society

DonationsTHE UNIVERSITY COLLEGEHERITAGE SOCIETY

The University College Heritage Society is a special group of alumni andfriends who have included the College in their estate plans. If you would like to learn more about making a planned gift to UC, please contact Jim Lawson at (416) 978-0271 or [email protected].

Joy AlexanderLillias C. AllwardSherri M. AppellIvor ArnoldAnne BarchamPeter BartlettMark S. BonhamDouglas BoozRobert BrownKenneth (K.C.) CarruthersMark A. CheethamDennis H. ChittySheila M. CowanMary C. CrichtonJames DunneMargaret EmmersonDennis FindlayGeorge Graham FlintJohn A. ForemanDouglas GardnerMary Jane GeddesEdward GrantV. Jean GriffithsRick GuissoHelen GurneyJack HallamCrystal HawkMatt Hughes

Richard & Isaac JonesPaul & Rona MaynardLouisa KeithKathryn J. Korkis Jim LawsonMargaret D. LittlejohnEnrique J. B. Lopez de MesaNancy MainDonald McLeodJudith McErvelMargaret E. (Peg) McKelveyIsobel MoonElaine PenalaganJoan RandallDavid M. RaysideElizabeth Ruth RedelmeierMarjorie ReynoldsElizabeth RuchLeo SchenkerRobert SchottMildred SchwartzCaroline Seidl-FarrellCaroline M. ShawyerMarjorie E. SimondsAnn D. B. SuttonVincent TovellGerald WhyteLee WilsonKyle J. WintersNancy Fay WoodAnonymous (22)




DONATIONSU of T Art Centre

DonationsUNIVERSITY OF TORONTOART CENTRE

The following donors made contributions to the University of Toronto Art Centre betweenDecember 1, 2011 and November 30, 2012.

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE($1,827+)Richard J. BalfourDiana Bennett and Spencer Lanthier

Cambridge Group of ClubsConnor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group

Janet DewanJohn A. ForemanValerie Godsoe JenningsLyndsay Green and Hank Intven

Timothy and Darka GriffinJean GriffithsJanet E. Hutchison Foundation

The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

Larry and Cookie Rossy Family Foundation

Jim LawsonBruce and Barbara MacGowan

Margaret E. McKelveyDonald O’BornGilles and Julia OuelletteRuth RedelmeierNorm and Hilary Laidlaw Sandham

William and Meredith Saunderson

The Scott Griffin FoundationJay Smith and Laura RappBarbara E. TangneyJoyce and Fred Zemans

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE($1,000 - $1,826)James C. BaillieWalter M. and Lisa Balfour Bowen

Michael P. and Kimberley A. Downs

Gordon FenwickMaria FlanneryMichael Flux and Marnie Smith

Donald S. Fraser and Jane Hudson

Michael and Diane HasleyPaul and Nancy NickleSteven and Hyla Danielle Satov

Darin and Tracey Thompson

BENEFACTOR ($500 -$999)Bill and Pat Graham

CONTRIBUTOR ($250 -$499)Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies

Ruth E. HoodKate, Adam and Lucy LauderWilliam R. McKeanDorothy E. OverallCatherine Ukas

SUPPORTER ($125 - $249)E. Joy AlexanderPaul M. MeyerNiamh C. O’LaoghaireYula Rosenberg

DONOR ($25 - $124)Flora AgnewEsther-Rose and Aubie AngelDavid A. BarkerCharles R. BrownLouise CancillaWendy M. CecilChee On ChoGail ColeStephen H. CoombsWilliam CruseThomas E. Dale

Yashar DaneshkhahSandra DawsonRosemary N. De CairesAgnello DesaMarina Di GiovanniMichael Di DonatoCyril FryDesmond J. GlynnH. Donald GuthrieFeroz HaqDoris Louise HartBryan HastieSilvana HoKathleen C. JohnsonNicholas KeresztesiPaul KitaDennis LaniganEric Joseph LeBlancDerek M. LeeboshDeanne C. LeutyAlice LiangHai-Hui LinTao LuBenny MaKari Elizabeth MaarenLori MacIntyrePeter J. MannaAditya MardiaMalcolm McGrathGeoffrey E. McIlroyE. Richard S. McLaughlinJames B. MilnerDavid T. MiltonMarina PellasMihnea Mike PopoviciYvonne PouporeAnne M. RobinsonJudith E. ScolnikRosemary L. ShiptonSylvia Simonyi-ElmerWendy E. Sims KorbaNina M. SmallWilliam D. SmirlRilla J. Sommerville

Wiebke SmytheKatherine E. SpenceFiona M. Styles-TrippMubasher Manan TahirMaria A. Tempio-BiasuttiHelene VaillancourtAnn Van DijkMary F. WilliamsonRobert W. WorthyJoanne E. WrightLizhen Xu

ENDOWED FUNDSThe Dr. Lillian Malcove Ormos Endowment Fund

The Hutchison Endowment Fund

The Joan Walwyn Randall Endowment Fund

The OSOTF I and OSOTF II Student Award Funds established by Joy Alexander, Judith McErvel, Margaret E. McKelvey, and Wendy Rebanks

The Valerie Jean Griffiths Student Exhibitions Fund in Memory of William, Elva and Elizabeth

University of Toronto Art Centre Endowed Exhibition Fund

University of Toronto Art Centre Endowment Fund

GIFTS-IN-KINDJanusz R. DuksztaMimi Fullerton and Myer Brody

John HartmanF. Marguerite HillSuzanne LakeEstate of R. Douglas LloydPeter B. O’Brian


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In Memoriam1930sDr. Wilbert P. Brien (BA 1937 UC)Mrs. Mary A. (Swan) Campbell (BA 1934 UC) of Orillia, ON; Nov. 23, 2012Mrs. Gladys C. Cranston (BA 1934 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 17, 2012Mr. Samuel Eckler (BCom 1935 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 26, 2012Mrs. Marion I. (Cates) Hamilton (BA 1937 UC) of Oakville, ON; Oct. 31, 2012Mrs. H. Aldythe Newton (BA 1938 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug. 19, 2012Mr. Boris T. Parkinson (BA 1932 UC) of Orangeville, ON; Jan. 10, 1991Mr. Carrol H. Perrin (BA 1937 UC) of Toronto; Oct. 30, 2012Mrs. M. Elizabeth “Betty” Reid (BA 1937 UC) of Owen Sound, ON; Oct. 30, 2012Mr. Olav Sorensen (BA 1936 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Aug. 1990

1940sMs. Flora J. Agnew (BA 1948 UC) of Lindsay, ON; Nov. 11, 2012Mr. Leonard Blatt (BA 1946 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 1, 2012Prof. Charles B. Bourne (BA 1945 UC) of Vancouver, BC; June 25, 2012Mr. Alan G. Bowers (BCom 1948 UC) of Port Arthur, ON; Oct. 30, 2012Miss Muriel J. Brown (BA 1940 UC); of Vancouver, BCDr. Joseph Clodman (BA 1941 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 2, 2012Mrs. Gloria G. Cohen (BA 1943 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 22, 2012The Rev. A. W. Currie (BA 1942 UC) of Victoria, BC; Oct. 15, 2012

Mrs. Jacqueline E. Cushing (1944 UC) of North York, ON; Nov. 8, 2012Mrs. Joan (Boyer) Devlin (BA 1949 UC) of Toronto, ON; Dec. 15, 2012Mrs. Elizabeth E. (Harrison) Eastaugh (BA 1941 UC) of Barrie, ON; Oct. 1, 2012Mrs. Elizabeth L. Edwards (BA 1942 UC) of Richmond, Surrey, EnglandMrs. Jean (Edwards) Evans (BA 1940 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct., 2012Mr. David P. Flemming (BA 1949 UC) of Kingston, ON; July 13, 2012Mrs. Lois C. Harris (BA 1942 UC) of Oakville, ON; July 17, 2012Mrs. Sybil J. (Pullan) Kesten (BA 1940 UC) of Portland, ORMr. R. Douglas Lloyd (BA 1945 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 10, 2012Mr. Fraser C. Manders (BA 1948 UC) of Mississauga, ON; Sept. 15, 2012Mrs. Jean S. (McMillan) Mann (BA 1947 UC) of Vancouver, BC; Sept. 17, 2012Mrs. Elsie Jean Pocock (BA 1940 UC) of London, ON; Oct. 27, 2012Dr. Sheila Pollock (BA 1947 UC) of Toronto, ON; Nov. 13, 2012Mr. Norman Rain (BCom 1948 UC) of Dundas, ON; Sept. 25, 2012Mr. Sidney Roebuck (BA 1942 UC) of North York, ON; 2008Prof. Gideon Rosenbluth (BA 1943 UC) of Vancouver, BC; Aug. 8, 2011Mrs. Lilian Rotstein (BA 1940 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Nov. 17, 2012Mr. Lloyd G. Singer (BA 1947 UC) of Longboat Key, FLMrs. Gloria Doris Strom (1947 UC) of North York, ON; July 24, 2012Mrs. Nellie S. Warren (BA 1945 UC) of Toronto, ONDr. Donald R. J. Welsh (BA 1946 UC) of Thornhill, ON; Aug. 16, 2012



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1950sMrs. Jean M. (Irwin) Conyers (BA 1951 UC) of Pembroke, Bermuda; Aug. 17, 2012Mr. Kenneth L. Cook (BCom 1950 UC) of Kitchener, ON; July 24, 2012Mr. Christian Davids (BA 1959 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 10, 2012Mr. Irv Herman (BA 1950 UC) of Toronto, ON; Dec. 5, 2012Mrs. Evelyn S. (Humphries) Hunt (BA 1953 UC) of Unionville, ON; July 23, 2012The Hon. Robert P. Kaplan (BA 1958 UC) of Toronto, ON; Nov. 5, 2012Mrs. Constance M. (Brodie) Lee (BA 1950 UC) of Aurora, ON; Dec. 18, 2012Mrs. M. Elizabeth Martin (BA 1954 UC) of Wellesley, MA; June 23, 2012 Mr. John C. Medcof (BA 1952 UC) of Toronto, ON; June 28, 2012Mrs. Margaret Diane (Riches) Messud (BA 1955 UC); Oct. 8, 2012Dr. Barry Muir (BA 1956 UC) of Ottawa, ON; Aug. 7, 2012Mr. John James Nickerson (BA 1952 UC) of Annapolis Royal, NS; June 29, 2011Mr. Edward A. Nixon (BA 1950 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug. 8, 2012Mrs. Dorothy H. Singer (BA 1952 UC) of Willowdale, ON; Dec. 1, 2012Mr. Ben Weinstein (BCom 1953 UC) of Thornhill, ON; July 23, 2012Mr. Arthur Carrick Whealy (1950 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 1, 2012Mr. Lionel Bernard White (BA 1956 UC) of Toronto, ON; 2011

1960sMs. Margaret F. Cawker (BA 1966 UC) of Collingwood, ON; Oct. 9, 2012Ms. Lois J. Cox (BA 1967 UC) of Toronto, ON; Aug. 26, 2012Ms. Zorjanna L. Derzko (BA 1965 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 13, 2012Dr. Ethel Meade (BA 1966 UC) of Toronto, ON; Oct. 10, 2012Ms. Lois J. L. Montgomery (BA 1965 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 27, 2012Ms. M. Elizabeth Shuttleworth (BA 1960 UC) of Mississauga, ON; Oct. 10, 2012Prof. Antonio Vicari (BA 1962 UC) of Toronto, ON; July 30, 2012

1970sMiss Patricia “Pat” A. Duignan (BA 1978 UC) of Milton, ON; Dec. 18, 2008Mr. Joe Wing (BA 1973 UC) of Toronto, ON; Sept. 12, 2012Dr. Mel Perlmutter (BA 1970 UC) of Toronto, ON; Nov. 24, 2012Mr. Melvyn Posesorski (BA 1973 UC) of Toronto; Nov. 18, 2012

1980sMiss Laurie E. Kent (BA 1980 UC) of Burlington, ON; Aug. 9, 2012Miss Rubina Khawaja (BSc 1988 UC)Mr. Brian D. Sless (HBSc 1982 UC) of Thornhill, ON; Dec. 7, 2012

1990sMr. Michael F. Phang (BCom 1992 UC) of Scarborough, ON; Aug. 6, 2012

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