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  2. In Memoriam - Thomas H.B. Symons
  3. Chapter Seven: A Lifelong Scholar, Teacher, Mentor, and Leader

Chapter Seven: A Lifelong Scholar, Teacher, Mentor, and Leader

With reflections and memories by Dr. Michael Eamon, principal of Catharine Parr Traill College; The Honorable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario; Trent President Dr. Leo Groarke, Trent Board of Governors Chair Armand La Barge;  Kathryn Matheson, assistant to Professor Symons, class of 2000; Christine Bata-Schmidt, daughter of Tom and Sonja Bata, former member of the Trent Board of Governors Advancement Committee; Bob Taylor-Vaisey, former president of the Trent University Alumni Assocation, class of 1966; Mary Symons, daughter of Professor Symons; Dr. Ralph Heintzman, editor of Tom Symons: A Canadian Life, Honorary LLD from Trent University.

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Memorial Video

  • Chapter One: Nunc Cognosco ex Parte
  • Chapter Two: The Founding of Trent University and the College System
  • Chapter Three: A Place of Aesthetic and Intellectual Excitement
  • Chapter Four: To Know Ourselves
  • Chapter Five: Indigenous Studies and the Relationship with Curve Lake First Nations
  • Chapter Six: A Local and Global Citizen
  • Chapter Seven: A Lifelong Scholar, Teacher, Mentor, and Leader
  • Chapter Eight: A Man of Convivial Friendships
  • Chapter Nine: A Final Word
  • Full-length Video

Special thanks to Trent University Library & Archives for photo support, former CBC/680 News personality Jack Roe ’73 for providing narration, Catharine Parr Traill principal Michael Eamon for source material, and filmmaker Michael Hurcomb for editing.

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Trent University respectfully acknowledges it is located on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishnaabeg. We offer our gratitude to First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings.

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