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In Memoriam - Thomas H.B. Symons

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  • In Memoriam
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    • 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
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TRENTU.CA / In Memoriam - Thomas H.B. Symons / Memorial Video / Chapter Eight: A Man of Convivial Friendships

Chapter Eight: A Man of Convivial Friendships

T.H.B. Symons Memorial Video

With reflections and memories by Mary Symons, daughter of Professor Symons; Trent President Dr. Leo Groarke; Dr. Michael Eamon, principal of Catharine Parr Traill College; Harvey McCue, co-founder of Native Studies at Trent, class of 1966; Dr. Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, class of 1966; Dr. Ralph Heintzman, editor of Tom Symons: A Canadian Life, Honorary LLD from Trent University; The Honorable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

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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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