Soldier&#039;s Tower / en In photos: U of T community honours the fallen during virtual Remembrance Day ceremonies /news/photos-u-t-community-honours-fallen-during-virtual-remembrance-day-ceremonies <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">In photos: U of T community honours the fallen during virtual Remembrance Day ceremonies</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_9-crop-large.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=ZWvJx8KT 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_9-crop-large.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=ei16jdvr 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_9-crop-large.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=hOgX0-GP 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_9-crop-large.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=ZWvJx8KT" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-11-11T19:30:14-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 19:30" class="datetime">Wed, 11/11/2020 - 19:30</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Muntaka Ahmed, president of the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Students' Union, participates in a physically distanced Remembrance Day ceremony on the St. George campus that was livestreamed to the public (photo by Johnny Guatto)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/bianca-jimeno" hreflang="en">Bianca Jimeno</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alexandra-gillespie" hreflang="en">Alexandra Gillespie</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/coronavirus" hreflang="en">Coronavirus</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/wisdom-tettey" hreflang="en">Wisdom Tettey</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/rose-patten" hreflang="en">Rose Patten</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/governing-council" hreflang="en">Governing Council</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/meric-gertler" hreflang="en">Meric Gertler</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/remembrance-day" hreflang="en">Remembrance Day</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/soldier-s-tower" hreflang="en">Soldier's Tower</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/st-michael-s-college" hreflang="en">St. Michael's College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-mississauga" hreflang="en">U of T Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">U of T Scarborough</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/university-college" hreflang="en">University College</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month, the ºüÀêÊÓƵ&nbsp;community came together virtually to&nbsp;honour those&nbsp;who fell in the First and Second World Wars and other conflicts.</p> <p>On the St. George campus,&nbsp;a physically distanced Service of Remembrance&nbsp;took place at Soldiers’ Tower and was livestreamed to the public.</p> <p>With the sun shining,&nbsp;U of T President<strong> Meric Gertler</strong>,&nbsp;Chancellor <strong>Rose Patten </strong>and Governing Council Chair <strong>Claire Kennedy</strong>&nbsp;joined&nbsp;representatives of U of T alumni, students&nbsp;and faculty in laying wreaths in honour of the fallen.</p> <p>Ann Urquhart Knopf, daughter of alumnus Lt.-Col. <strong>Gerhard Knopf</strong>,&nbsp;also laid a wreath&nbsp;and delivered a moving recitation of the wartime poem <em>In Flanders Fields</em>, <a href="https://magazine.utoronto.ca/campus/history/we-lived-100-year-anniversary-in-flanders-fields-john-mccrae/">written by University College and Temerty Faculty of Medicine alumnus Lt.-Col. <strong>John McCrae</strong></a>.</p> <p>Like many Remembrance Day events across the country, the annual services at U of T’s three campuses were altered this year to respect public health guidelines and&nbsp;protect the health and safety of the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The safety measures included masked attendees, Plexiglas barriers&nbsp;and pre-recorded hymns and anthems.</p> <p>At U of T Mississauga, a livestream ceremony featured opening remarks by Vice-President and Principal&nbsp;<strong>Alexandra Gillespie</strong>,&nbsp;while U of T Scarborough’s virtual service included Vice-President and Principal <strong>Wisdom Tettey</strong> as well as faculty, staff, alumni and community representatives. The archived ceremonies can be watched here (<a href="https://alumni.utoronto.ca/alumni-networks/shared-interests/soldiers-tower/service-of-remembrance">St. George</a>, <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/remembrance-day-ceremonies">U of T Mississauga</a>, <a href="https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/principal/remembrance-day">U of T Scarborough</a>).</p> <p>Nearly 30&nbsp;wreaths were laid in advance of the St. George ceremony on&nbsp;behalf of government representatives and campus community groups, including campus police, student unions and councils. A virtual wreath display was also created.</p> <p>In honour of this year’s 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the St. George&nbsp;service paid special tribute to St. Michael’s College alumnus Lt.-Col. <strong>John Anthony Clancy</strong>, a 1940 engineering graduate who was one of thousands of U of T alumni who fought overseas and distinguished himself in the fight for the liberation of Europe.</p> <p>Here is a snapshot of how U of T paid its respects to the fallen while respecting COVID-19 public health guidelines:</p> <hr> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_12_0.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>Participants in the livestreamed Remembrance Day ceremony at Soldiers’ Tower observe physical distancing guidelines (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_15.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>The Remembrance Day service on the&nbsp;St. George&nbsp;campus, although closed to in-person spectators, was livestreamed to the public&nbsp;</em><em>(photo by Johnny Guatto</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/UTSC%20Remembrance%20Day%202020%20Still20-crop.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>Participants in U of T Scarborough’s virtual Remembrance Day ceremony observe a moment of silence (image via U of T Scarborough)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_2.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>U of T President Meric Gertler lays a wreath at Soldiers’ Tower on the St. George campus (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_4_0.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>The bagpipes are played behind a Plexiglass barrier (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/IMG_8391-crop.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>Alexandra Gillespie, vice-president and principal of U of T Mississauga, took part in a virtual Remembrance Day ceremony that was streamed on Microsoft Teams (image courtesy of U of T Mississauga)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/UTSC%20Remembrance%20Day%202020%20Still60-crop.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>The national anthem is played by the UTSC concert band during at U of T Scarborough’s virtual Remembrance Day ceremony (image courtesy of U of T Scarborough)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_24.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>Nearly 30&nbsp;wreaths were laid in advance of the St. George ceremony on&nbsp;behalf of government representatives and campus community groups (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><img class="migrated-asset" src="/sites/default/files/2020-11-11-Remembrance%20Day_8.jpg" alt></p> <p><em>A wreath is laid on behalf of the ºüÀêÊÓƵ community (photo by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:30:14 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 166403 at November 11: U of T Remembers /news/u-of-t-remembers <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">November 11: U of T Remembers</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/reembrance_day.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=1ylbRll3 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/reembrance_day.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=nvfkg_hv 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/reembrance_day.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=vSG1P39e 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/reembrance_day.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=1ylbRll3" alt=" The University’s Remembrance Day Service outside of Hart House in 1947"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lavende4</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-11-09T15:41:57-05:00" title="Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 15:41" class="datetime">Wed, 11/09/2016 - 15:41</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"> The University’s Remembrance Day service outside of Hart House in 1947 (Photo: U of T Archives)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/terry-lavender" hreflang="en">Terry Lavender</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/noreen-ahmed-ullah" hreflang="en">Noreen Ahmed-Ullah</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/noreen-ahmed-ullah" hreflang="en">Noreen Ahmed-Ullah</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Terry Lavender and Noreen Ahmed-Ullah</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/remembrance-day" hreflang="en">Remembrance Day</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/veterans" hreflang="en">Veterans</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/military" hreflang="en">Military</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/soldier-s-tower" hreflang="en">Soldier's Tower</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/archives" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>On Friday, the Soldiers’ Tower memorial at U of T will be the site of one of the city’s most widely attended Remembrance Day services with its carillon of 51 bells ringing out for fallen soldiers.</p> <p>It is one of several Remembrance Day ceremonies that will take place across U of T’s<a href="http://www.hrandequity.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-remembers-november-11-services-campus/"> three campuses</a>, honouring the&nbsp;service and sacrifice of thousands of &nbsp;members of the U of T community, including more than 1,000 students, alumni and faculty who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.</p> <p>The <a href="http://alumni.utoronto.ca/alumni-groups/soldiers-tower/">tower and its museum</a> came out of volunteer efforts from U of T’s Alumni Association. U of T archivist <strong>Harold Averill </strong>says the idea for a tower with bells, honouring fallen soldiers came from a young woman who suggested it during a meeting in 1918, although the 143-foot tall Gothic tower would take another six years to be built. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-the-history-behind-soldiers-tower-at-the-university-of-toronto/article32787086/">Read more about the history of Soldiers' Tower in The Globe and Mail</a></h3> <p>Many of the names etched in the tower’s memorial wall came from memorials that initially appeared at University College and Victoria College. Returning students took on the task of raising funds for them. A history professor was seconded to pull together the names of all fallen soldiers from across the university.&nbsp;</p> <p>Inside the museum, you can learn about notable alumni including:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Norman Bethune</strong>, who served in WWI, was a frontline surgeon during the Spanish Civil War and rose to fame for bringing modern medicine to rural China.</li> <li><strong>Wilmot Amos Burgess</strong>, an African-American who served in the American Expeditionary Force.&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Lawren Harris</strong>, a member of the Group of Seven artists.</li> <li><strong>John McCrae</strong>, author of the poem <em>In Flanders Fields</em>.</li> <li><strong>Thain Wendell MacDowell</strong>, awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Vimy Ridge. A machine gun captured by him is in the museum.</li> <li><strong>Lester Pearson</strong>, who survived WWI and&nbsp;later became Prime Minister.</li> <li>Nursing Sister <strong>Lily Denton Keys</strong>, the only woman listed on the First World War Memorial Wall. A graduate of Victoria College, she contracted pneumonia while on duty.&nbsp;</li> <li>Co-discoverers of insulin, Sir<strong> Frederick Banting</strong>, who served in World War I and was killed in WWII while on a research mission, and <strong>Charles Best</strong>, who survived WWII.</li> <li><strong>Gordon Arthur Kidder</strong> and <strong>George Edward McGill</strong> who escaped from a German POW camp – made famous in the movie, <em>The Great Escape&nbsp;</em>– but were later recaptured and killed by the Nazis.</li> </ul> <p><em>U of T News</em> presents a few of the stories honouring the brave women and men who have served our country in uniform:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="/news/remembering-veterans-sunnybrook-convocation-2015-story">Remembering the veterans of Sunnybrook</a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2436 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2015-11-11-flags_0.jpg?itok=zfpJVYO9" typeof="foaf:Image" width="600" loading="lazy"></p> <p>An interview with physical therapy student&nbsp;<strong>Danny Slack</strong>, who&nbsp;spent five weeks interning at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre.</p> <h3><a href="/news/memoriam-remembering-first-world-war-u-t">In Memoriam: remembering the First World War at U of T</a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2437 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2014-07-18-lawren-harris_0.jpg?itok=ZxSaz443" typeof="foaf:Image" width="600" loading="lazy"></p> <p>Archivist <strong>Harold Averill </strong>discusses&nbsp;the war that changed the world.</p> <h3><a href="/news/flanders-fields-why-iconic-poem-u-t-alumnus-endures-100-years-later">In Flanders Fields: why the iconic poem by U of T alumnus endures, 100 years later</a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2438 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2015-11-09-back-campus-remembrance_0.jpg?itok=UEpOC7k5" typeof="foaf:Image" width="600" loading="lazy"></p> <p>As Canadians commemorate Remembrance Day this year, many will reflect on the solemn beauty and eloquent simplicity of the iconic war poem,&nbsp;<em>In Flanders Fields</em>. This is the 100th anniversary of the poem written by ºüÀêÊÓƵ alumnus&nbsp;<strong>John McCrae</strong>, a Canadian doctor who was in the trenches during World War I.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqOpunWS45E&amp;feature=youtu.be">We will do our share</a></h3> <p><iframe allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oqOpunWS45E" width="560"></iframe></p> <p>U of T archivist <strong>Loryl MacDonald</strong>&nbsp;takes us through the Fisher Library's exhibition, <em>We Will Do Our Share: The ºüÀêÊÓƵ and the Great War</em>.</p> <h3><a href="/news/dr-homer-tien-battlefield-er">Dr. Homer Tien: from the battlefield to the ER</a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2440 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Homer-Tien_12_07_06_0.jpg?itok=OgNloQRG" typeof="foaf:Image" width="600" loading="lazy"></p> <p>Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Homer Tien</strong>, recipient of&nbsp;the Order of Military Merit &nbsp;and&nbsp;assistant professor at U of T and director, trauma services, at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, recalls his exceptional advancements.</p> <h3><a href="/news/canadian-forces-alumna-retires-after-serving-surgeon-general">Canadian Forces: alumna retires after serving as surgeon general</a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2441 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/surgeon-general-jaeger-13-11-11_0.jpg?itok=A8zrrdZs" typeof="foaf:Image" width="600" loading="lazy"></p> <p>Few people have served nearly four decades in the Canadian Forces. Fewer of these are doctors. Fewer still are women. And only one of these –&nbsp;ºüÀêÊÓƵ medicine graduate Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Hilary F. Jaeger</strong>— has retired with the rank of brigadier general after serving as surgeon general of the Canadian Forces.</p> <h3><a href="/news/what-can-civilian-hospitals-learn-military-just-ask-high-school-dropout-turned-trauma-surgeon">What can civilian hospitals learn from the military? Just ask this high school dropout turned trauma surgeon</a></h3> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__2443 img__view_mode__media_large attr__format__media_large" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2014-07-04-andrew-beckett_0.jpg?itok=S2V6zIiX" typeof="foaf:Image" width="600" loading="lazy"></p> <p>Dr.&nbsp;<strong>Andrew Beckett</strong> is&nbsp;a highly credentialed trauma surgeon who has spent nearly two decades in the Canadian Forces – and whose work in war zones has led him to ask questions that never occur to most of his research colleagues back home.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 09 Nov 2016 20:41:57 +0000 lavende4 102385 at