Tom Symons: A Canadian Life

Preface Becoming Tom Symons -- Ralph Heintzman, University of Ottawa and Massey College Tom Symons and the Founding of Trent University -- Denis Smith, author and biographer Classrooms, Conversations and Communities: Tom Symons's Perspectives on Learning -- Jamie Benidickson, University of Ottawa He Walked in Our Moccasins and Mukluks: Tom Symons and Native and Northern Studies and Policy -- Harvey McCue, former Director General, Policy and Research, Education Branch, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Quiet Revolutionary: Tom Symons, National Unity and Linguistic Rights -- Charles Beer, former Ontario Cabinet Minister Robert L. Stanfield and Tom Symons: A Public Policy Partnership -- Tom McMillan, former federal Cabinet Minister To Know Ourselves: Tom Symons and Canadian Studies -- David R. Cameron, University of Toronto "It's All About Culture": The Cultural Perspective of Tom Symons -- Walter Pitman, former President, Ryerson University Transformative Leadership: Tom Symons and a New Vision of Human Rights -- Rosalie Silberman Abella, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Tom Symons and the Commonwealth -- Alastair Niven, former President of English PEN Peace and International Understanding through Education: Tom Symons and the United World Colleges -- Ralph Heintzman Tom Symons, Independent Schools and the Canadian Educational Standards Institute -- John Stevenson, partner emeritus, Gowlings LLP The Sum of All We Are: Tom Symons and Heritage -- Christina Cameron, former Director General of National Historic Sites, Parks Canada Tom Symons and the National Statistics Council -- Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician of Canada Unexplored Frontiers: Tom Symons and the Arctic Landfall of an Elizabethan Adventurer -- Stephen Alsford, Canadian Museum of Civilization, retired Tom Symons and Massey College -- John Fraser, former editor of Saturday Night magazine and Master of Massey College Summer Islander: Tom Symons and Prince Edward Island -- Edward MacDonald, University of Prince Edward Island Tom Symons and Peterborough -- Sylvia Sutherland, former Mayor of Peterborough Tom the Radical Tory -- Marco Adria, University of Alberta A Canadian Life -- Ralph Heintzman ANNEXES Remarks on the occasion of the retirement of Professor T. H. B. Symons as President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University, at the Seventy-fourth meeting of the Trent University Senate, 24 May 1972 -- Stuart Robson, Trent University, retired Curriculum vitae for Thomas Henry Bull Symons Notes on Authors