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Contents
2   feature
Hallowed Halls
Curl up by the campfire to hear some of our TCS
ghost stories.

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                                          6          10    alumni spotlights
                                                                                                 The mission of The TCS News is
                                                                       Sarah Brascoupé           to serve as a means of communi-
6   From The Archives                                                  Funnell ’93               cation between the School and
                                                                                                 its alumni, parents and friends.
TCS Prisoners of War                                                   Pushing for change in     The TCS News is published twice
The story of Robert “The Penguin” McBride ’36                          Indigenous health care    annually by the philanthropy &
illuminates the lives of WWII POWs.                                                              alumni office.

                                                                                                 Circulation: 6,500 worldwide
                                                                       Claudia Sanchez ’07
                                                                                                 Contributing Writers
                                                                       Engineering a rewarding
                                                                                                 Vikki Armstrong, Renée Hillier,
                                                                       career path
                                                                                                 Avery Quantrill ’19, Adam de
                                                                                                 Pencier ’78, staff of the TCS
                                                                                                 philanthropy & alumni office
                                                                                                 and others as credited.
                                                     in every issue:

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                                                     A Letter from The Lodge              1      Contributing Photographers
                                                                                                 Vikki Armtrong, Ashleigh
                                                     Class Notes                          15     McGill, Trinity College
                                                     Milestones                           32     Archives, the family of Robert
                                                                                                 McBride ’36, staff of the TCS

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A Letter from The Lodge
The 2018-2019 school year has marked my 15th year at Trinity College School. This has
prompted some reflection on my part about the School’s past and, naturally, its future.

one thing i have learned during my time at TCS is that, despite a          were “sent” to TCS, today students are making the decision
long history steeped in tradition, our school is certainly not resistant   themselves to come to our school. Young people are doing the
to change. The School on the Hill has, over the course of its nearly       research on which school will best meet their needs, and when they
155 years, been transformed, sometimes out of necessity and often          choose TCS it is because they are keen to embrace the academic
by design. The TCS Governing Body, headmasters, senior admin-              rigour, the many co-curricular opportunities and the supportive,
istrators, faculty and staff have, not surprisingly, made significant      caring learning community here.
decisions that altered the direction and culture of the School at              At first glance, we might take this distribution of responsibility
various points. At the risk of sounding obvious, most decisions in         to young people as a sign that parenting is not what it used to be,
the past were made by adults. Today, however, I note that in many          or should be. But, I beg to differ when it involves education. Think
cases the impetus for and embracement of change is coming from             of the impact on school culture in an environment where most
our students. And, we are a better school for it.                          students have chosen to be here.
    Let us take a step back in time. The decision to incorporate the           In many cases, our students could go to any school in the world
School on May 1, 1865 by our founder, Revd. William A. Johnson,            and they chose to attend TCS. When you combine this commitment
and, three years later, the move to Port Hope, were clearly the            on the part of students with the dedication of our faculty and staff
biggest decisions in our history. These were followed by significant       and the partnership of parents eager to provide the best possible
changes over the years: setbacks due to the two fires (1895 and 1928);     education for their children, the potential is limitless.
the shift from clergy to laymen headmasters with the hiring of                 So, on that note, I look to the future with great confidence. As
Dr. Philip Ketchum ’16; increases in our day student population;           witnessed through our current strategic planning process, our
the development of our international community, which now sees             community has demonstrated wonderful support for the School and
us drawing students from close to 40 countries; the introduction           keen insight into how we might evolve moving forward, building on
of co-education; enrolment growth; and the expansion of our                the solid foundation of our past.
facilities, staff and endowment to meet this growth. All of these
were significant “game changers” for TCS.
    But these changes were largely driven by the adults in our                         Stuart Grainger
community. In my time at TCS, one of the most significant changes                      Headmaster
                                                                                       sgrainger@tcs.on.ca
I’ve noticed is the increase in decision-making power which young
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people have within their families. While many years ago students

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While we often speak of the beauty of our Trinity College School campus, with its historic
buildings set amongst a rolling green campus overlooking the town, those who have lived and
learned on this campus also know of the many myths that have shaped our school history.
Among the favourite legends passed down from generation to generation are our ghost stories.
We have selected a trio of the most popular TCS tales of things that go bump in the night.

                                                              revd. dr. charles j.s. bethune
                                                              One thing that is clear when we speak of the ghosts of TCS is that
                                                              our spectres seem to generally be of the friendly variety, more akin to
                                                              angels on our shoulders. This includes the ghost of the late Revd. Dr.
                                                              Charles J.S. Bethune, headmaster of TCS from 1870 to 1891 and 1893 to
                                                              1899 (split by a two-year period in which he served as school warden).
                                                                  Known as “The Goat” due to his impressive white beard, Dr.
                                                              Bethune lived well into his nineties. But he had suffered great loss
                                                              in his life, with three of his children dying at young ages (Herbert
                                                              Charles in 1872 as a newborn; Edith Alice in 1874 at age 6; Agnes
                                                              Emily in 1891 at the age of 21). And his wife Alice was also killed
                                                              tragically. In 1898, she was travelling in a horse-drawn cab on Mill
                                                              Street, Port Hope ( just down the hill from the School). When the
                                                              animals bolted, Mrs. Bethune, thinking the animals were headed
                                                              for the river, jumped from the cab. She was killed almost instantly.
                                                              The cab driver was able to get the horses under control before they
                                                              reached the water; had Mrs. Bethune stayed in the cab, she likely
                                                              would have escaped injury.
                                                                  A year after her death, a heartbroken Dr. Bethune decided to
                                                              leave TCS. But folklore tells that the spirit of Dr. Bethune returned
                                                              sometime after his death in 1932, and now sits above his portrait on
                                                              the wall of Osler Hall, watching over the students. Dr. Bethune was
                                                              regarded as a man of high moral character and sense of duty, so it is
                                                              perhaps not surprising to imagine him making sure students through
                                                              the generations have stuck to the straight and narrow. Dr. Bethune
                                                              is buried in Cobourg, at St. Peter’s Anglican Cemetery, near his wife
                                                              and children; his gravestone reads “Blessed are the Pure in Heart.”

       The portrait of Headmaster Bethune in Osler Hall
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revd. charles howard boulden
                                                                               Boulden House also has its share of ghosts, but most prominent is
                                                                               that of its namesake, the Revd. Charles Howard Boulden. Having
                                                                               joined the faculty of the School in 1913, shortly thereafter he was
                                                                               ordained. He left the School in 1916 at the age of 25 to join the
                                                                               war effort as an Army Chaplain, serving with the 18th and 170th
                                                                               Battalions at the rank of Captain. In 1919, he returned to the School
                                                                               and five years later he became the first housemaster of the newly
                                                                               constructed Junior School.
                                                                                   Affectionately called “Sister” due to his happy, kind nature,
                                                                               Revd. Boulden loved teaching and athletics, and was often coaxed
                                                                               into joining the students in a game. He was also remembered for
                                                                               always wearing his clerical robes, and this is how his ghost has been
                                                                               described by those who have seen it in the halls of Boulden House,
                                                                               happily checking in on Junior School students to this day. In one
                                                                               account from the 1990s, he was heard of an evening “bashing away”
                                                                               on a piano in the Junior School.
                                                                                   Howard Boulden served as head of the Junior School until 1932,
                                                                               when he left to take over as headmaster of Lake Lodge School.
  Revd. Charles Howard Boulden at TCS during the 1913-1914 school year
                                                                               Following his death, on Christmas Eve 1961, the Right Honourable
                                                                               Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada, said of Canon
                                                                               Boulden that he was “beloved by his students, revered by his
                                                                               parishioners and respected by all men.”

ellen patteson rigby
One of the saddest deaths to shape the School was the untimely
passing of Ellen Rigby, wife of headmaster Oswald Rigby, on Palm
Sunday 1913. She died in The Lodge, having been ill for about a year
and wanting to be at home when doctors could do no more for her.
Her body was taken out of the coffin window (located on the upper
floor), as was the practice of the day. But her spirit is believed to
have stayed in her home, and more than one headmaster who has
since resided in The Lodge claims to have witnessed her presence
there. Born Ellen Patteson in London, England in 1855, she went
on to become the first principal of St. Hilda’s College in Toronto
and a leader in expanding post-secondary education for women. St.
Hilda’s was established by Trinity College (now part of University
of Toronto) as a separate residence for female students, located
on Euclid Avenue; it boasted just four students when it opened in
                                                1888. As Trinity College
                                                expanded its “experiment”
                                                of offering courses to
                                                women, St. Hilda’s grew
                                                and a new residence was
                                                constructed on the main
                                                college campus in 1899.
                                                      It was at Trinity
                                                College that Ellen met
                                                Oswald Rigby, then the
                                                college’s dean of residence.
                                                They married in 1896 and                            Ellen Patteson Rigby
St. Hilda’s College at its Shaw Street, Toronto she joined him in his move
location (1892-1899)                            to TCS in 1903. To the

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“I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen
               to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.”
                                                   – Carl Sandburg, Ever the Winds of Chance

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    We’ve all heard the stories, the ones about secret tunnels travelling under the campus     to walk into but gets smaller and smaller
of Trinity College School; passageways dotting the campus that would allow someone, for        as it heads southwest. Its starting point is
example, to walk from the main classroom block to Boulden House. To assess the veracity of     the boiler room, located on the east side
this claim, we went to the expert: Marcel Jauvin, assistant director of the property depart-   basement of the classroom block. In this
ment. When we heard the short answer – that there are no such secret tunnels – we thought      little seen space are visible remnants of the
the story had ended. Instead, we learned, there is an amazing world underneath our campus      old coal system on which the School used to
buildings. From Trinity House to the W.A. Johnson Classroom Block there is a “tunnel” of       rely. Coal was dumped down into massive
sorts, which carries the School’s heating and water pipes. The tunnel begins large enough      bins to feed the furnaces; the rounded

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doorways of this system can still be seen        main area of campus was constructed                      boys of TCS, she became an adored mother
today, as can the black iron door to the old     in 1930, its footprint goes back to 1900                 figure. She was particularly devoted to the
chimney that still juts out the top of the       (following the first major fire). This has               TCS chapel, and during her illness, the boys
boiler room.                                     led to some wonderful discoveries in                     of the choir would come to sing for her at
    Mr. Jauvin enjoys taking groups of           recent years, including the uncovering of                her bedside. The boys served as pallbearers
students around the campus to point out          the old TCS rink footings during construc-               for her funeral, escorting her body during
how the buildings are tied into school           tion of Cirne Hall. So while our tunnel                  the service, then on to the train station, and
history, including presenting to our             system myth may be busted (it is perhaps                 accompanying it on its journey to Toronto
French classes en français. While the            a relief to know that students cannot                    and its final resting place at St. James
tunnel is certainly a favourite feature,         covertly travel across the campus under-                 Cemetery. Dr. Rigby never really recovered
students are also impressed by the               ground), our buildings nonetheless have                  from the death of his wife, and chose to
90-year-old individual slate tiles that          some wonderful stories to tell.                          retire that same spring after 10 years as
cover the roofs of the main campus                                                                        headmaster, although he and his children
buildings constructed after the 1928 fire.       1  A ssistant Director of Property Marcel Jauvin        were involved in the life of the School for
With a lifespan of 100 years, the tiles will         presents a lecture on campus history, en français,   many years thereafter.
soon be replaced, but with a plan that             to a French class                                           In Ellen Rigby’s obituary in The Record,
respects the heritage value of these iconic      2 The door to the chimney stack above the boiler        it is written: “Mrs. Rigby was a woman of
                                                     room
features. Similarly, recent work on the                                                                   singular sweetness of disposition combined
                                                 3	 Remnants of the old coal furnace system etched
old wooden doors has taken into account                                                                   with force of character and initiative,
                                                     in the brick of the current boiler room
the vivid carvings that distinguish them.                                                                 of a kind charity, of cheerful outlook, of
                                                 4 Cornices above the door to the W.A. Johnson
The wild boar and deer on the doors of               Classroom Block                                      remarkable patience and steadfast endur-
Osler Hall were hand-carved in England,          5 The TCS rink destroyed by the 1928 fire               ance under suffering, and of unassuming
for example. The stone cornices above            6 Artefacts uncovered from the old rink during          piety. The silence that fell upon the school
the Johnson Block doors, which are both              construction of Cirne Hall in 2014                   on the Monday morning, and which
beautiful and structural, were in need of                                                                 prevailed until the boys left on Tuesday,
repair and one had to be replaced entirely.                                                               spoke eloquently of the love and esteem in
This work was completed in a way that                                                                     which Mrs. Rigby was held by all connected
makes it difficult to tell which are the                                                                  with Trinity College School.” If one is to be
original three cornices and which is the                                                                  visited by a spirit from the afterlife, there is
replica (hint: it’s the pears!). As Mr. Jauvin                                                            likely no finer ghost than that of Ellen Rigby.
reminds the students, while much of the

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                      “The Penguin” Robert McBride ’36
As school archivist I am often privy to unique stories of Trinity College School’s history;
connections within our TCS community bestow on us the legacies of stories untold. It is
a privilege to learn about these connections and to share them with our students and the
greater school community.

this story begins with a short email sent to my good friend,             highlight the crucial role Canadians played in building the tunnels
David Fisher ’93, who works in the School’s philanthropy & alumni        and in the escape itself.
office. One day last April he heard from David Sutton ’57 about              I shared this new story with my students and it became the basis
Flying Officer Robert “Bob” Frederick McBride ’36, a survivor of the     for a project for a few Grade 12 history students. The article that
Great Escape, including information prepared by Bob’s son Peter          follows is based on the summative project by Grade 12 student Avery
and shared by Bob’s daughter, Joan.                                      Quantrill ’19. Avery writes about Robert McBride’s role at Stalag
    This exchange revealed a new story of TCS war history, of the        Luft III as a “penguin” and how he narrowly escaped death and,
Great Escape and Bob McBride’s role in this important event of World     also, the broader context of the legacy of TCS prisoners of war. She
War II. The Great Escape was a blockbuster American film starring        researched archival files, Headmaster Philip Ketchum’s correspon-
Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough. The film           dence during the war, external sources and many other materials
diverges from reality in several respects, but in 2014, journalist and   online. Thank you, Avery, for your perseverance, dedication and
historian Ted Barris wrote The Great Escape: The Untold Story to         interest in history.

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who was robert mcbride ’36?
Robert McBride had two great years at
Trinity College School, from 1934-1936.
He was one of the boys to start TCS’s first
orchestra, called “The Troubadours.” He
was known for being “charismatic,” full of
energy and for his participation in competi-
tive sports. He played Middleside football,
scoring many touchdowns leading to a
victory versus St. Andrew’s and a tie against
Port Hope High School. After a successful
season, he was rewarded with Colours
for football. McBride also participated on
the Middleside basketball team. He was a
valuable player on the tennis team, winning
the School’s doubles tournament.
    Bob enlisted in the Canadian military
upon graduating Trinity College School.
He earned his “wings” on May 27, 1941
then was sent to RCAF Station Char-
                                                  Sketch by Bob McBride of life in the POW camp
lottetown to attend a celestial navigation
course. In September 1941, he was sent                The crew was unfortunately captured         vehicle and eventually make their way home.
overseas where he continued his training          during an anti-shipping operation. During       They made it back to Montreal on May 30,
before being assigned to 415 Squadron on          the mission, McBride’s engine was struck        1945, in time for McBride’s fourth wedding
November 4. After being struck down in one        and caught fire, forcing the crew to land       anniversary.
of his missions, McBride was sent to Stalag       on the nearby French coast. Little did they        While at the camp, McBride kept a
Luft III by train. He was part of the “X team”    know the beach was occupied by German           detailed wartime journal that held many
that planned the well-known “Great Escape.”       soldiers who would take them to Stalag Luft     sketches and poems created by himself
                                                  III, prisoner of war camp.                      and the other POWs. This is one of Robert
mcbride and his crew                                                                              McBride’s poems:
Bob’s all-Canadian crew included Sergeant
Alexander Morris Henning Robertson, the                                                           PRISON CAMP
observer/navigator, as well as Sergeants
Paul R. Ramage and Gordon W. Clubb, who                                                           Day follows day in dull monotony;
were the wireless operators/air gunners.                                                          The sun hangs heavy in the changeless sky,
They were a tight knit crew. One of his crew                                                      Dust devils eddy down the sandy road,
members was quoted saying, “McBride                                                               The long drab rows of huts lie mute within
could make toasted Spam taste like ham at                                                         The shadow of the encircling wire –
Dinty Moore’s on Ste. Catherine Street.”          McBride and crew at Stalag Luft III
    They flew from many RAF Stations                                                              And this is life.
including: Thorney Island, Leuchars, St. Eval,    prison life and the great
Abbotsinch, North Coates and Tain. Their          escape                                          The hours slip silent to eternity.
first mission was flown on April 28, 1942.        After a short stay in the hospital, Bob was
                                                                                                  The days stretch into weeks, the weeks to years…
The crew completed 16 missions over the           sent by train to Stalag Luft III, located in
                                                                                                  Time ages, yet its features do not change;
next six months and Bob was commissioned          Sagan, Poland.
                                                                                                  Time sweeps along on feet that never move –
and promoted to Flying Officer.                       McBride was quickly integrated into the
                                                                                                  Feet fettered by the wires weightless bond.
                                                  “X team” that planned the Great Escape.
                                                  Bob played the role of a “penguin,” meaning
                                                  he would carry the soil from digging            With night comes sleep.
                                                  elsewhere in the camp to avoid suspicion.
                                                  During the escape, Bob was captured             And sleep brings dreams to flaunt these
                                                  and sent back to camp. Thankfully, the          timeless days
                                                  commander of Stalag Luft III refused to         And life runs sweetly as it did before –
                                                  execute McBride and the three other men         Bright eyes, sweet lips, cool drinks, good food,
                                                  captured and he continued to live in the        soft beds –
                                                  camp. A short while later, Bob and another      The thousand fantasies of vanished peace
Robert McBride (second from right) and his crew   prisoner had the chance to steal a German       Till morning light returns with hopeless hope.

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TCS POWs in
World War II
the list
The list at right shows the 14 Old Boys who
were prisoners of war. This list was most
likely created by the headmaster’s office or
the Old Boys’ Association. The dates down
the left side are the years the Old Boys served
in the Second World War. It is important
to note that Canadian soldiers brought to
Oflag VII B would have been captured in the
battle of Dieppe and brought directly to the
camp. And, the Old Boys who were detained
at Oflag 79 were most likely to have been
captured in the North African Campaign and
flown back to the camp in Germany.

the camps
The POW camps the prisoners stayed at
would have been less than ideal. However,
prisoners were provided with clothing,
water, beds and minimal food.
                                                  List of TCS POWs during World War II
the pow letter regulations
There were many rules and regulations for
letters and parcels being sent or received
by prisoners of war, set out by the Canadian
government. Family members and close
family friends of the prisoners were the only
ones allowed to send them letters. To send
a package the family would require special
pink or blue tags in order for the prisoner
to receive his package. All letters would be
reviewed and approved by the Department
of National War Services.

   Friends of the Archives
   We thank the following for their generous donations to the John D. Burns Archives at TCS:

   • Bill Bowen ’62: Notebook of the Pat Moss Club                         Special note of remembrance:
                                                                            On behalf of the John D. Burns Archives, we would like to express
   • Helen Meredith: TCS ephemera related to her father R. Clive
                                                                            our deep appreciation for the late Ken Scott ’43 and his service to the
      Meredith ’51                                                          School’s history and archives. We are forever grateful for all of his
   • Heather McClure (current staff ): Photo album commemo-                contributions over the years, including the memories he shared of
                                                                            TCS history and traditions, as well as his personal stories of World
      rating the retirement of Head of Junior School Barbara Piccini
                                                                            War II. We will always remember the special relationship he had
   • Nick Ketchum ’60: Diaries and correspondence belonging to             with Ms. Heather McClure and her Grade 5 class, and his work to
      his father, Dr. Philip Ketchum, headmaster of TCS, 1933-1962          preserve the memory of TCS Old Boys who served in the war for our
                                                                            current students. He was a true friend of the archives and he will be
   • Michelle Bishop ’05 (current staff ): Antique tea cup and saucer      greatly missed.

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ralph johnson on life at stalag luft iii…
                                                        Ralph M. Johnson ’39 attended Trinity College School from 1933-1939 and went on to
                                                        serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was unfortunately captured by the Germans and
                                                        brought to Stalag Luft III. Johnson was released from the camp in April of 1945. This is a
                                                        letter he had sent to his worried parents where he mentions Bob McBride. His review of
                                                        camp life is reflective of the stories, photographs and illustrations in Barris’ book about the
                                                        Great Escape.

                                                        Dearest Mother & Dad,
                                                        Another change of camps, but I hope it will be the last. Have had quite a jaunt around the
                                                        country, but am glad to be getting once more settled down. We are far better off than we were,
                                                        as we have a large room for eight people, and we are now in the process of trying to make it
                                                        into a home. Many Canadians are here, but most of the Montrealers are in another compound,
                                                        and we do not get a chance to mix. But Bob McBride is close by, and he has been kind enough
                                                        to supply me with cigarettes until my own begin to come again. Pete Roper is in the same room
                                                        with me, and the other Canadians who were with me in Italy are also near by. We have no
                                                        communal messing as we did in Italy, so we spend much of our time cooking meals from Red
                                                        Cross food parcels. Peter has served us some exceptional dinners. We have big playing fields and
                                                        are hoping to play hockey this winter. It is a well organized camp, and some of the POWs have
                                                        had lots of experience. I managed to salvage one chemistry book when I left Italy (we were not
                                                        allowed to bring our books and athletic equipment with us, in fact very little else), and have
                                                        been working hard at it. I am also trying to do some classic reading. There is a fair library here
                                                        and many facilities for study. I hope soon to be digging into an engineering course, as I have
                                                        decided that a degree is essential to my post-war plan of life. I saw my first movie yesterday,
                                                        since I was taken prisoner, and although it was all in German, I enjoyed it thoroughly. We also
Flight Lieutenant Ralph Johnson                         saw a play last night which surpassed any acting I have yet seen on a Kriegie stage. Christmas is
                                                        approaching, the season when there is no substitute for home, but let’s hope this one will be the
                                                        last spent away from you. Our festivities are, as you can well imagine, limited, but I can foresee
                                                        a far better Christmas this year than last. Best wishes for the season to you and all my friends.
                                                        Best love,
                                                        Ralph

                                                        Researched and written by
                                                        Avery Quantrill ’19
                                                        Edited and with an introduction by
                                                        Renée Hillier, history teacher and archivist, John D. Burns Archives at TCS
                                                        rhillier@tcs.on.ca

Ralph Johnson at TCS                                    To learn more about Peter McBride’s research, visit the Robert McBride section of the 415 Squadron
                                                        Association website at www.415sqn.com/mcbride.html. You can learn more about the history of TCS by
                                                        visiting the John D. Burns Archives online at www.tcs.on.ca in either the “who we are” or “alumni” sections.

Memorial to the 50 POWs killed in the escape from Stalag Luft III in 1945

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alumni spotlight

      Sarah Brascoupé Funnell ’93
                                                                           on many health and social issues.” Her interest in politics and
                                                                           its social impact was also sparked here by faculty member Chris
                                                                           Robert, she says.
                                                                                Sarah headed west to pursue a science degree, but struggled
                                                                           academically after her mother passed away from cancer while
                                                                           Sarah was a student at the University of British Columbia. Her
                                                                           hopes of becoming a doctor appeared to be dashed, but she
                                                                           did enter the health care field as an x-ray technologist, first in
                                                                           Vancouver and then at Stanford University. “It was there that my
                                                                           dream of pursuing medicine was resurrected. I worked alongside
                                                                           some amazing radiologists and cardiologists who, along with my
                                                                           husband (Scott), really encouraged me to apply to medicine.”
                                                                           When she didn’t get into medical school on her first try, she
                                                                           decided to pursue an honours degree in Canadian studies and law
                                                                           at Carleton. It was a watershed moment for her as a young Indig-
                                                                           enous woman. “I was awoken to the history of our country in a
                                                                           way that had never been explained to me before. This was when
                                                                           I found the words to describe the many instances of racism that
                                                                           I had experienced in my life. This was where I made the connec-
                                                                           tions between socioeconomic status and health.” While a student,
                                                                           she and her husband started their family and her drive to improve
                                                                           the health care experience became even more intense. “I grew to
                                                                           the realization that my future career in medicine was about more
                                                                           than me pursuing my own dreams for my own benefit. It became
Pushing for change in Indigenous health care                               more of a calling to make Canada a better place for my children
                                                                           and for Indigenous people as a whole.”
                                                                                In 2009 Sarah was accepted into the medicine program at
growing up in nearby Alderville First Nation, Sarah Brascoupé
                                                                           the University of Ottawa and never looked back. Now married
Funnell’s first experience of TCS was competing in a public
                                                                           for 15 years and with three daughters – Ruby (11), Grace (10) and
speaking event at the then all-boys school (where she won an
                                                                           Joanna (8) – Sarah wears many hats professionally. In addition to
award for her dramatic reading of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven).
                                                                           being a family physician, she was named director of Indigenous
The beauty of the historic campus immediately drew her in.
                                                                           health in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University
“Dead Poets Society was a huge cinematic success at that time,”
                                                                           last fall, at the same time becoming associate medical officer of
she recalls, “and I fell in love with the School the moment I saw it.”
                                                                           health at Ottawa Public Health; she is co-chair of the College of
    She would have to wait for the School to make the transition
                                                                           Family Physicians of Canada’s Indigenous Health Working Group
to co-education before joining the first class of girls to attend
                                                                           and a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
TCS. It was an eye-opening experience. “Growing up in a small
                                                                           of Canada’s Indigenous Health Advisory Committee. These
First Nations community, I didn’t know many people from other
                                                                           roles allow her to effect change on multiple levels: she provides
provinces and countries – TCS introduced me to many people
                                                                           primary care one day per week at Akwesasne First Nation; she
from many walks of life.” The School also led her to try new
                                                                           is an award-winning teacher and works on curriculum through
things, including sports like swimming and tennis, where she
                                                                           her positions with the colleges; and, she has the ability to effect
had fun partnering with Arundel (Strathy) Gibson ’93. And she
                                                                           change at the systemic level through her public health work.
became the first ever girl to represent TCS in debating when she
                                                                                “I see my role as a physician being to improve medical
participated in the fall Fulford League debate, where she had
                                                                           education, push for better social conditions, address racism and
the team’s highest score of the tournament. The public speaking            encourage appropriate and respectful research and engagement
skills she learned through debating have helped her throughout             with Indigenous groups/communities,” Sarah explains. “In order
her career, she notes. “As a public health specialist and a leader
in Indigenous health, I am often called upon to speak publicly
                                                                           Continued on page 12

10 I spring 2019 I tcs news
alumni spotlight

                          Claudia Sanchez ’07
classmates of claudia Sanchez ’07 might have imagined her
pursuing a career on the stage. After all, she admits some of her best
memories of the School are of her involvement in theatre, where
she was a cast member in productions as varied as the musical
Nunsense and the military drama A Few Good Men. “I loved how
the shows would slowly come together as everyone learned their
lines and we figured out the staging,” she recalls. “There really
isn’t anything like opening night. We used to have these wild dance
parties to pump up for the shows… I still can’t hear (the song)
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger without being right back in LeVan
Hall.” Her commitment to the drama program, as well as the vocal
music program, earned her Distinction in the arts as well as the
Stevenson Award for Best Actor and the 1970 Trophy for Special
Contribution to the Arts.
    But Claudia’s life at the School went well beyond the arts.
Having visited her “impossibly smart and cool” older brother,
Julian ’01 during his time here, she was excited to take on the
rigour of a TCS education. She was a consistently outstanding
academic, a Distinction recipient in community service, winner of
the Tom Lawson Senior House Debate Trophy on behalf of Wright
House, and in her final year was appointed a school prefect. In the
classroom, she was drawn to the science curriculum, building on a
foundation created by her parents: her mother studied chemistry
and her father is a civil engineer.
    So, when she graduated she headed to New York’s Columbia              Engineering a rewarding career path
University to pursue her degree in civil engineering, with a
concentration in structures. “I loved learning about beautiful            that is effective.” She uses the example of a well-worn path, one
bridges and tall buildings,” she says, which made the Big Apple           that has been created by the footprints of users and shows the
a perfect place to study. “I would make any family visiting walk          way people truly move through a space. Good design anticipates
across the Brooklyn Bridge with me to look at the skyline.” That          and builds on this kind of movement. Another gratifying aspect of
said, the city was a big adjustment for a girl from Cobourg, and          her work is that the results are tangible. “My proudest moments
classes were challenging. “Eventually, I accepted that I needed to        are seeing one of my designs being built and used,” Claudia notes.
ask for help in managing school and my stress. Once I did, there          “The first time I got to experience it was when I was in a town-
were so many people that were willing and happy to support me             ship north of the city and drove down the main street that I had
because they wanted me to succeed. I’ve had to learn this lesson a        designed. It wasn’t a very big project, but it was still thrilling.”
few more times – in life and at work – and I’m always so grateful.”           And while she still loves the arts – she currently sings in a
    One particular course at Columbia, in transportation engi-            band with several of her colleagues – she is very happy to be
neering, sparked an interest and, after graduating in 2011, she           working in a STEM-based career. To young women pursuing a
moved into this field with her first job. Having worked and trained       profession in science, technology, engineering or math, she gives
at large multi-disciplinary engineering firms, she was excited            this advice: “You deserve to be here and we need your voice in the
to join the transportation focused BA Group as a transportation           room. I would never say that it’s easy to be in a male-dominated
engineer in 2016. “I’ve had the opportunity to work on projects           profession, and we owe a great debt to the women that paved the
of all sizes and good design always comes back to improving the           way before us, but I find a lot of hope in the many ways that I’ve
movement of people, whether they are travelling by cars, transit,         seen women supporting other women in this field; whether it’s at
or active modes of transportation,” she says. “I think one of the         networking events or casual get-togethers where we remind each
most important skills for a transportation engineer is the ability        other of the value we bring to the table.”
to anticipate how users will interact with your design. It’s the
difference between a design that is technically accurate and one

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tcs alumni association news

Alumni Spotlight:
Sarah Brascoupé
Funnell ’93                                     U.K. Travel Award launched!
(Continued from page 10)
                                                the tcs u.k. foundation and U.K. Branch of alumni have created a new award to support
to improve the health of Indigenous people,     student travel. The U.K. Travel Award benefited from a lead donation by U.K. Foundation
there needs to be changes at multiple           chair and TCS trustee, Geoff Cannon ’69, and his wife, Jill. Formally launched in December
levels – beginning with the education and       2018, the first awards have been presented in the 2018-2019 school year to assist students
training of health professionals.” Specifi-     with the cost of academic or co-curricular travel to the U.K. or Europe. Initially, the new
cally, she stresses the importance of health    award will focus on two annual travel opportunities: the March Break Grade 10 Travel
care providers understanding the colonial       History/English tour of Europe and the Grade 12 English summer course at Cambridge
history of Indigenous people and its impact     University. Each year, the School will receive applications and designate the award based
on their socioeconomic conditions, which        on several factors, including financial need, good standing in the School and keenness to
are connected to their health. “Racism is       participate. We thank the Cannons for their lead donation, and the U.K. Branch for its
ingrained in a lot of our systems and we        support of this new travel award program.
don’t even realize it, including the health
care system. These types of efforts promote
culturally safe care where Indigenous
people experience health care services
free of racism and discrimination – sadly,
many Indigenous people continue to
experience unacceptable care.” And this                                                        1   L ead donors Jill and Geoff Cannon ’69
racism must not just be talked about on a                                                      2    London, U.K. Pub Night in March 2019
personal level, but also as a systemic issue                                                   3    October 2018 London, U.K. Branch Reception
that is addressed at an organizational level,
she adds. One key is to approach relation-
ships and interactions with Indigenous
people with cultural humility – this means
reflecting on bias, building trust, main-
taining respect, and listening and learning
about others’ experiences.
     Of Algonquin and Tuscarora ancestry,
Sarah has come to understand how fortu-
nate she is to have grown up surrounded
                                                1                                              2
by Indigenous culture. Her father, Simon,
is a prominent First Nations artist; in fact,
it was the money he received for a mural
commissioned by Ottawa’s Heart Institute,
funds which her mother had saved, that
paid for Sarah’s TCS education. And her
stepfather is a former Chief of Alderville
First Nation who was an avid hunter,
fisherman and gatherer of rice. “I grew up
never having to pay for fresh food and wild
rice. As a teenager, I didn’t realize how
lucky I was to have access to traditional
foods.” As she settles into her new roles
with Ottawa Public Health and Queen’s
University, Sarah reflects that, while her
path to becoming a doctor and a voice for
Indigenous people within the health care
community was not a straightforward one,
she is richer for the many bends in the road.

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      Alumni Events Around the World                                   Alumni Games
                                                                       January 18 to 19, TCS welcomed dozens of
                                                                       alumni and guests to campus for a weekend
                                                                       of fun sporting events, culminating with the
                                                                       11th Annual Collin Cureatz ’02 Memorial
                                                                       Shinny Tournament. This much-anticipated
                                                                       event raises funds for the bursary in Collin’s
                                                                       name, while uniting family, friends and
                                                                       fellow alumni through the game he loved.

                                                                       Old Boys vs Bigside Basketball

                                                                       TCS Squash Tournament with, from left: Headmaster
                                                                       Grainger, Thomas Blecher ’14 (winner), David Pitcairn ’20
                                                                       (runner-up) and squash coach Sasha Vojnov

                              Clockwise from top left:
                              Vancouver Branch Reception (September)
                              Halifax Alumni Social (October)
                              Antigonish Alumni Social (October)
                              Boston Branch Reception (October)        Faculty member Blair Keiser ’90 receives the Collin
                              Germany Alumni Reception (October)       Cureatz ’02 Memorial Shinny Tournament trophy, on
                              Bermuda Branch Reception (January)       behalf of the Poppa Bears, from Rick Traugott, manager
                                                                       of alumni programs
                              Cayman Branch Reception (January)
                              London, Ontario Alumni Social (March)

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Kenneth A.C. Scott ’43
                                             july 15, 1924 – march 20, 2019

                                                                                            her classes, visiting with them often and
                                                                                            even surprising them with a Christmas
                                                                                            party. In 2008, the Junior School
                                                                                            produced a Remembrance Day play that
                                                                                            honoured the life of Andrew Duncan and
                                                                                            Ken spoke movingly about his cousin,
                                                                                            his war memories and the importance
                                                                                            of working towards peace. This past
                                                                                            November, knowing Ken would be
                                                                                            unable to attend Remembrance Day at
                                                                                            the School, the Grade 5 students placed
                                                                                            poppies around the white cross bearing
                                                                                            Andrew Duncan’s name.
                                                                                                Outside of TCS, Ken was a
                                                                                            committed supporter of the Navy
    In March, the School learned of the passing of a truly devoted Old                      League and Sea Cadets, and was chair
                                                                                            of the Navy Centennial Committee for
    Boy, Ken Scott ’43. An honorary trustee and year chair, in 2018                         Northumberland. He was an active
    Ken was presented with one of the School’s highest honours, the                         member of Probus and other business
    Colin T. Brown ’75 Leadership Medal, in recognition of his service                      and charitable organizations. When
                                                                                            he moved to nearby Rose Glen Village
    to the School.                                                                          residence, he maintained his connection
                                                                                            with the School, including providing
     Born in India, Ken grew up in England       who had already headed overseas and        stories for the 150th anniversary history
     and was attending Repton when the           was serving with the Grenadier Guards.     book project and serving as honorary
     war forced his evacuation to Canada.        Joining the Royal Canadian Navy, Ken       captain of the 150th anniversary cricket
     He came to TCS in 1940, along with          started his training at Cornwallis,        match between Upper Canada College
     his brother, Colin Scott ’45, and cousin,   graduating as a Sub Lieutenant. He later   and TCS. In November 2017, Ken moved
     Andrew Duncan ’42. As a war guest, Ken      served on the HMCS Crescent, where         to a retirement residence in Goderich,
     embraced all facets of life at the School   he wrote to Headmaster Philip Ketchum      closer to his family. The Junior School
     on the Hill. He was a gifted athlete who    of his crewmates, Old Boys Jim Parr ’41    hosted a special chapel service to mark
     was captain and earned First Team           and D.M. “Bim” Waters ’39. In 1945, Ken    this occasion, paying tribute to Ken and
     Colours in soccer, and was a co-captain     was devastated to learn of Andrew’s        his contributions to the School.
     of the Little Big Four championship         death, at the age of 20, on Good Friday        Ken has left a legacy at the School on
     cricket team, earning Colours and a         at Aalten, Netherlands.                    the Hill that will live on in future genera-
     Distinction Cap. Ken was awarded the            Following the war, Ken returned to     tions of students, particularly through his
     trophy as best batsman and, as noted in     Canada, graduating from McGill Univer-     devotion to preserving and sharing our
     The Record: “R.W.V. Robins, the noted       sity and shortly thereafter meeting his    school history. We will miss him greatly.
     English Test Match Captain and Player,      wife of 47 years, Caroyl. Ken enjoyed          Our thoughts are with Ken’s children,
     called Scott one of the best school boy     a long and successful career with          Nancy Zurbrigg (Gil), Michael Scott
     bats he had seen.” Ken sang in the choir    Dominion Life in Kitchener. In 1997,       (Arden), Susan Good (Brian) and Jamie
     and served as head sacristan; he played     he moved back to Port Hope, a return       Scott (Heather), and his grandchildren,
     Captain Corcoran in a production of         that benefited the School greatly. Ken     Terri Zurbrigg (Michael), Sandra Castle
     H.M.S. Pinafore, was an assistant on        attended Remembrance Day services,         (Shane), Jennifer Good, Cameron Scott
     The Record and, in his graduating year,     providing students with a direct and       and Phaedra Scott. We also send sympa-
     was named a prefect of the School.          personal link to Canada’s war history.     thies to Ken’s godson, John Wheeler ’72,
         Ken was eager to do his part for the    He developed a special relationship with   son of the late Alden Wheeler ’43.
     war effort, following his cousin Andrew,    Grade 5 teacher Heather McClure and        Beati Mundo Corde

34 I spring 2019 I tcs news
John Dumaresq de Pencier ’49
                                      may 5, 1930 – december 18, 2018

                                          the PM; no such mistake today, Blest Are       those two imposters – triumph and
                                          the Pure in Heart was a fixture, and there     disaster – in an even-handed way, but he
                                          could be no better epitaph for dad than        was so patient of the latter and rejoiced
                                          “Beati Mundo Corde.”                           so much in the former that I can never
                                              My earliest recollections of Dad were      forget his characteristic open smile and
                                          around allowance where he wrote out            laughter when something went well. And
                                          each of mine, Jose’s, Jan’s and Michelle’s     by well, this meant finishing in the top
                                          amount on cardboard. Amounts were              half of the class not the bottom, passing
                                          measured in nickels, dimes, and the            my driver’s test on the third go, or finally
                                          E.P. Taylor amount of a quarter which I        figuring out how to play the bagpiper’s
                                          never quite imagined I’d get. Cardboard        dreaded movement of the taorluath.
                                          was also used for a far less pleasant              Dad loved the pipes and if not for
                                          memory, that of learning times tables.         him I’d never have taken them up. He
                                          Poor Dad. Somewhere along the way he           bought me my first practice chanter
                                          drew the conclusion that he had to drill       and indeed pipes themselves, a magical
                                          his untalented son in the fundamentals         Christmas present and it would be
                                                                                         harder to imagine who was the happier,
In December 2018, Trinity                 of arithmetic.
                                              This was but a prelude to presenting       he or me.
College School learned of the                                                                Simply put, it took very little to
                                          him with some fairly disgraceful report
passing of one of its most                cards, a bracing tonic with no euphemism       please dad.
                                                                                             Dad was preternaturally good
dedicated Old Boys, John de               whatsoever: some bon mots included:
                                          “Grammar slides off of Adam like water         tempered.
Pencier ’49. Former chair of the                                                             I hardly even saw him become angry
                                          off a duck,” “knows nothing, cares less,”
TCS Board of Governors, John              and “Adam is incapable of rational
                                                                                         – ever, and he had more than enough
                                                                                         reason to be. I never heard him swear;
served as a trustee and, most             thought”; this last one even got my atten-
                                                                                         once, anytime, anywhere.
recently, honorary trustee of             tion, as even I could surmise that the total
                                                                                             However, I now grasp that dad’s
                                          lack of any rational faculty would not be
the School.                               conducive to enjoying the holidays.
                                                                                         outward good disposition and character
                                                                                         was not always matched by a requisite
                                              And I didn’t really want to test dad’s
His son, Adam de Pencier ’78,                                                            equanimity. Yes, he seldom brooded,
                                          patience any more than I already had;
former dean of faculty at                                                                and I think always slept well. But being
                                          or my mother’s; if Dad was the salt of
                                                                                         a husband, father of four, and managing
TCS and past head of four                 the earth, Mum was the pepper.
                                                                                         a busy business and service career
                                              At all events, I accrued said
different North American                                                                 certainly carried a strain. It has taken
                                          reportage by the end of Grade 6, and the
independent schools, spoke                                                               me a long time to grasp just how much
                                          next fall presented my credentials to
                                                                                         pressure he was actually under, and how
at John’s memorial service.               TCS where my father endured several
                                                                                         he worried on all our behalves.
Below is an expanded version              more years of these ripostes, and then
                                                                                             In Dad’s case this concern was
                                          some. Dad was very proud of his TCS
of that tribute.                                                                         refracted into practical plans of action
                                          association, and as board chair steered        to help us remedy whatever the problem
                                          the School through several changes,            was. He never enabled us, but he was
Four years ago, when we had mom’s         including the building of Burns House.         ready to recommend a strategy for
funeral I was aghast to realize that      Both he and the head of the day, Angus         deployment, and if the cost of this was
somehow Praise My Soul the King of        Scott, saw that co-education should be         a mortified teenaged response, well, he
Heaven made it on to the program; no      in the School’s future given the nature        had already accounted for that and was
one would dispute that it’s a lovely      of the contemporary classroom and              prepared accordingly.
piece, but it has the doubtful associa-   changing views on boarding. However,               Dad was graceful; a natty dresser, a
tion of being the school hymn of Upper    Dad also grasped the community wasn’t          neat trim figure, the proverbial tall dark,
Canada College, and therefore as          there yet, but ever the strategist he was      and handsome.
appropriate at a service involving my     instrumental in bringing Rodger Wright             He loved, along with brother Michael,
father as, say, Jeremy Corbyn showing     to the School as Angus’ successor, thus        watching Wayne Gretzky play hockey
up on Christmas morning at #10 to go a    ushering in a bright, fresh new era.
wassailing over a glass of the nog with       Dad treated what Kipling called            Continued on page 36

                                                                                                         spring 2019   I tcs news I 35
Tribute: John Dumaresq de Pencier ’49
     (Continued from page 35)

     because “The Great One” was grace personified. Ditto for                       On behalf of the TCS community, our deepest condolences go
     Jean Beliveau; Dad told me that the Canadiens’ captain was a                   to John’s family, including his children Joseph (Veronica Nunn),
     gentleman who happened to play hockey.                                         Jan (Geoffrey Seaborn), Adam ’78 (Jane LaMantia) and Michèle
          Dad bestowed grace on others, and that was his genius. Grace,             (Michael Eastmure), his brother Michael de Pencier ’53 (Honor), his
     if I understand it, is a gift from God that he wants us to have,               grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Part of a three-generation TCS
     whether we deserve it or not, and usually we don’t. So throughout              legacy family, John’s father Joseph was a member of the class of 1916
     Dad’s entire life, he was endlessly generous of his time, his                  and, most recently, his nephews Christopher Rodgers ’79 and Mark de
     energy, his talent, to help others. From TCS to Trent University               Pencier ’89 graduated from the School, as did Adam and Jane’s niece,
     to the some dozen organizations he championed. Dad’s grace was                 Ava Grier ’16. A fourth generation will arrive at TCS in September when
     his art. And art does not come easy. Our family was the canvas he              Mark’s daughter, Jasmine de Pencier ’23, joins the School.
     loved best, and it’s we who are his greatest beneficiaries.                    Beati Mundo Corde

         milestones                   Deaths
Adam, G. Stuart ’58 on December 26,       Giffen, Aileen “Mike” on December 2,      Mitchell, Douglas Robert                  Stratton, James B. ’61 on January 21,
2018 in Ottawa, Ontario.                  2018 in Toronto, Ontario. Mother of       Maclaine ’83 on October 23, 2018          2019 in Toronto, Ontario. Son of the
                                          James Giffen ’83.                         in Devonshire, Bermuda. Son of Iain       late Wilfrid Stratton ’13. Nephew of
Atyeo, Kelly Marie on March 5, 2019                                                 Mitchell ’56. Nephew of Douglas C.        the late James Stratton ’26.
in Toronto, Ontario. Daughter of          Holton, William Ellsworth ’58
                                                                                    Mitchell ’56.
Richard Atyeo ’73.                        on November 12, 2018 in Ancaster,                                                   Tanner, W.H. Reginald ’47 on
                                          Ontario. Son of the late William          Nobbs, Peter Francis ’60 on               March 22, 2019 in Calgary, Alberta.
Baker, Melissa on January 20, 2019        Holton ’32. Nephew of the late Luther     October 23, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario.
in Barrie, Ontario. Mother of Mark        Holton ’41. Brother of Alen Holton ’67.
                                                                                                                              Thom, A. David ’61 in October 2018
                                                                                    Son of the late Francis J. Hobbs ’29.
Baker ’82.                                                                                                                    in Victoria, BC.
                                          Uncle of Christopher Holton ’05.
                                                                                    Paterson, Blair R.B. ’44 on
Beeson, John David on January 14,         Hubicki, Amy Dorothy Eva on                                                         Thompson, Nigel Firbank ’49
                                                                                    December 7, 2018 in Nerja, Spain.
                                                                                                                              on March 21, 2019 in Qualicum
2019 in Cobourg, Ontario. Grandfather     November 20, 2018 in Cobourg,             Brother of Norman Paterson ’43,
                                                                                                                              Beach, BC. Brother of the late James
of Alex Beeson ’10, Katy Beeson ’14,      Ontario. Mother of Michael Hubicki ’80.   and the late Hugh Paterson ’43 and
                                                                                                                              Thompson ’42.
Juliana Beeson ’15 and Max Beeson ’17.    Grandmother of Hannah Hubicki ’11.        Christopher Paterson ’45. Uncle of
                                          Irwin, Stephen Van Egmond ’56 on          Norman Paterson ’77 and Douglas           Turcot, Peter A. ’43 on October 29,
Board, John Anthony ’53 on
                                                                                    Paterson ’78.                             2018 in Toronto, Ontario. Brother of
December 2, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario.     March 5, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario.
                                                                                                                              C.S. Elliott Turcot ’39 and the late
Father of Simon Board ’86.                Father of Julian Irwin ’97.               Payne, Mary (McDerment) on April          John P. Turcot ’38. Uncle of John
                                          Jamieson, John B. ’59 on August 4,        21, 2018 in Mexico City. Wife of the      Turcot ’67.
Bowen, Walter M. on March 12, 2019                                                  late Gordon Payne ’47. Sister of the
in Toronto, Ontario. Father of Staunton   2018 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
                                                                                    late Robert McDerment ’52. Mother         Vallance, George Victor ’48 on
Bowen ’93.                                Joyner, L. Mackenzie on January 18,       of Christopher Payne ’80 and Robert       February 11, 2019 in Burlington,
                                          2019 in Toronto, Ontario. Father of       Payne ’77. Grandmother of Robert          Ontario. Brother of the late John
Bruce, Stuart B. ’48 on December 26,
                                          Geoffrey Joyner ’77.                      Payne ’08.                                Vallance ’39.
2018 in London, Ontario.
                                          Lake, Claudette Marie Lisette on          Pidgeon, Edward L. ’60 on February 8,     Wallace, Michael John on
Callum, Norma Jean on November 11,
                                          March 1, 2019 in Victoria, Ontario.       2019.                                     November 27, 2018. Brother-in-law
2018 in Toronto, Ontario. Mother of
                                          Mother of Scott Lake ’87.                                                           of Clive Grandfield ’73 and the late N.
John Callum ’63 and Bruce Callum ’67.                                               Sayers, Roger on February 8, 2019         Bruce Grandfield ’70. Michael was, for
                                          Livingstone, David ’47 on December        in Fort Myers, Florida. Father of Peter   many years, our TCS photographer, and
Clifford, Ann on December 12, 2018        17, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario.              Sayers ’75 and the late Clinton Sayers    will be well remembered for taking the
in London, Ontario. Mother of Jake
                                          Martin, Douglas Ross ’63 on               ’80.                                      full school portrait each spring.
Clifford ’92.
                                          December 31, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta.    Scott, Kenneth A.C. ’43 on March 20,
Costello, Jacqueline on January 26,                                                                                           Waters, William “Bill” Ernest ’46
                                          Maynard, Lady Zoe on December 10,         2019 in Goderich, Ontario. See tribute    on March 18, 2019 in Williamsville,
2019 in Hamilton, Ontario. Mother
                                          2018 in Nassau, Bahamas. Mother           on page 34.                               New York.
of Joseph Costello ’97 and Daniel
Costello ’93.                             of David Maynard ’81 and Clement          Scott, Kenneth G. ’58 on January 6,       Wells, Bruce G. ’56 on November 19,
                                          Maynard ’86. Grandmother of               2019 in Switzerland. Brother of Charles   2018 in Toronto. Father of Thomas
De La Cour, John ’56 on November 17,      Christopher Maynard ’91, Julian           Scott ’54.                                Wells ’85.
2018 in Warkworth, Ontario.               Maynard ’92, Jason Maynard ’94,
                                          Joseph Maynard ’95, Justin Maynard        Scott, Lily Hudoneil on February 19,      Wilder, William Price on March 23,
de Pencier, John Dumaresq ’49             ’97 and Tatyanna Maynard ’16.             2019 in Orangeville, Ontario. Mother      2019 in Toronto, Ontario. Father of
on December 18, 2018 in Toronto,                                                    of Hugh Scott ’82.                        William Wilder ’75.
Ontario. See tribute on page 35.          McLaren, William Stewart
                                          Cunliffe ’51 on January 30, 2019 in       Spaidal, Silvia Naismith on February 1,   Wilson, Michael H. on February 10,
Dillon, Murray Clifford on December       Kingston, Ontario. Son of the late        2019. Mother of Joseph Naismith ’71       2019 in Toronto, Ontario. Father of the
16, 2018. Father of Thomas Dillon ’88.    Henry McLaren ’22.                        and David Spaidal ’80.                    late Cameron Wilson ’85.
Frew, Bonnie on April 7, 2019 in          Melloy, Stanley Frank on February 7,      Stirling, David on March 11, 2019 in      Winfield, Barbara Ann on March 26,
Peterborough, Ontario. Mother of J.B.     2019 in Toronto, Ontario. Father of       Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Alison       2019 in Port Hope, Ontario. Mother of
Lee Frew ’96.                             David Melloy ’71.                         Stirling ’02.                             Scott Winfield ’94.

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