Category: The Institution

Oral History with Daniel Karagiannis

Daniel Karagiannis, UTSC’s Electronic Technologist and a long-time resident of Scarborough, looks back on his tenure at the school, which he joined in September 1973. He provides insight into his work involving the maintaining and designing the electromechanical equipment used for teaching research and how technology has changed over time.

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Future Technology at UTSC

Daniel Karagiannis, an Electronic Technologist at UTSC, looks back on the development of technological services on campus, commenting in particular on the growing reliance on computers in campus operations and the — perhaps consequential — reduction of the school’s service staff over time.

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Oral History with Franco Vaccarino

Franco Vaccarino began his career at UTSC in 1984 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. Between UTSC and a return to UofT as Chair of the Department of Psychology with responsibility for the tri-campus graduate program, he worked in several executive capacities at the Centre for Addiction

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The Arts Management Experience

Will Kwan, a UTSC alum and current UTSC faculty member in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media, discusses his rationale for attending UTSC and an undergraduate student and describes the Arts Management program as a unique opportunity to explore his artistic creativity while building practical transferable skills.

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Oral History with Doug

Doug discusses his experience as a part of the second incoming class to what was then Scarborough College in 1966. He begins by discussing how Scarborough College allowed him to pursue his passion for English through a Bachelors of Arts degree despite his difficult Grade 13 experience. Doug then highlights

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The TV Campus

Doug, a UTSC alum who was a part of second incoming class of Scarborough College in 1966, here speaks about his experience working with the television studio on campus.

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“You Must Remember 712055719”

Chris Ambidge, a Scarborough College alum and current member of the Department Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry at the university’s St. George campus, here speaks about his experience at the College in the institution’s early years, including the original layout of the campus and the course enrolment process.

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The N’sheemaehn Child Care Centre

Kim McLean, a UTSC alum who served as the university’s Chief Administrative Officer from 1999-2012, here discusses the N’sheemaehn Child Care Centre, which is located right on campus, and explains how big of a support the Centre was for her as a young working mother.

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Oral History with Michelle Stinson

Michelle Stinson speaks about the impact the Women’s and Gender Studies program had on her as a student and as a community member of Scarborough. A strong supporter of Women’s and Gender Studies, she shares her sense of how the programme is undervalued by the institution. Michelle talks about the

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The Little Things

Michelle Stinson, a graduate of the Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) and Sociology programs at UTSC, explains her view of the treatment of the WGS program within the larger academic structure of the university, including the prioritization of the hard sciences over other fields of study.

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