THE HARBORDITE
Harbord Club Newsletter
Jerry Gray: Harbord Alumni, honored with
the Joe Hill Award for lifetime achievement
to the Arts and Progressive Social causes!
The Joe Hill award
honors leaders and art-
ists who have contrib-
uted to the successful
integration of arts and
culture In the labor
movement. Given
every year at the Great
Labor Arts Exchange, it
is awarded to persons
based on their dedica-
tion, participation, and
promotion of labor, la-
bor arts, culture, organi-
zation and/or history.
2010 marks the first in-
ternational awarding as
we honor one
Of Canada's leading
organizer/troubadours.
Jerry Gray, a founding
member of The Travel-
lers folk group, formed
in 1953 by
banjo-player and lead
singer. Under jerry's
leadership, the group
would survive for al-
most 60 years through
the changes of the
movement, politics and
the evolution of the folk
music tradition.
The Travellers per-
formed for audiences of
all ages, including chil-
dren and on university
campuses. Continued page 3
I entered a school sing-
ing competition in De-
cember to see how far I
could go and I ended up
winning the title of
„Harbord Idol‟. I then
moved onto the next
level where I had to put
together a creative team
and we worked for
months to put together a
marketing plan. I went
on to compete against
27 other TDSB win-
ners. I created a CD and
a music video (http://
www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=PVBSdstxYGc&feat
ure=player_embedded#
!)
After the second round
of competition, I was
selected for the top 12. Continued page 4
Inside this issue:
Editorial 2
The Principal’s Message
2
Class of 1950
Celebrates
60th Reunion
3
Museum Musings
5
1950 Grad
Speaks
6
Recent Grad
Thanks Harbord
club
8
Harbord Club
Award Winner
10
BREAKING
NEWS!
Harbord Home-
coming Event!
Inviting ALL
Harbordites!
Nov 24,
11 AM to 6 PM
See last page
for more details.
Sierra Medeiros-Felix: Very Talented
Musician, 2010 Grad & TDSB Idol finalist
Don’t miss The HARBORD
HOMECOMING !
Wed. Nov 24, 11am to 6 pm
November 2010
Issue 63
Dear Harbordite Readers:
Hope you all had a wonderful
and enjoyable summer! We wel-
come you all back to this issue of
the Harbordite!
We, Belinda Medeiros-Felix
(class of '81 and Harbord C.I.
Staff) and Ben Lee (class of '78),
are your new co-editors of the
Harbordite. We are very proud to
represent the Harbord Club and
present to you this next edition of
the Harbord Club newsletter. We
hope it will help to connect or
reconnect you with your wonder-
ful high school, friends and ex-
periences!
In this edition, we will highlight
current happenings relating to the
school and its Alumni, as well as
fabulous stories of past alumni
accomplishments and tales. We
will also introduce to you the re-
vitalized Harbord Club Board of
Directors with photos! Also, we
are pleased to say that Syd
Moscoe is back with his Museum
Musings!
It's our pleasure to do our part in
keeping the alumni of Harbord
Collegiate Institute connected as
a community. In this issue you
will find out many different ways
we Harbordites can stay in touch.
One of those ways is our First
Harbord Collegiate Homecoming
Event on Nov. 24, 2010 from
11am 'til 6pm. All Alumni are
welcome! This year, we will be
honouring graduates from the
60's.
On behalf of The Harbord Club
and ourselves, we hope you en-
joy reading this Fall Issue of the
Harbordite. We encourage you to
submit articles about yourselves
or other alumni or Harbord re-
lated stories to the Harbordite. It
can be stories of your post secon-
dary school experiences, accom-
plishments, reunions with other
alumni in the past or future
events.
The email is:
Please also visit
www.harbordclub.com .
If you haven't done so already,
send your name (as you were en-
rolled as a student), address, ph.
#, email address and year you
graduated to
This info will be added to the
current alumni roster and will be
kept confidential in the school
Museum archives. You can also
find us on Facebook;
www.facebook.com/home.php?#
!/group.php?gid=2343351544 or
search Harbord C.I.
Grads/Alumni .
Thank you for your continued
support and we extend an open
invitation for you to visit our
school any time. Especially at
our very First Harbord C.I.
Homecoming on Nov 24, 2010!
Message from the Principal - Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes
Hello Harbordites:
Off to another great year. On
October 7th we honoured 182
graduates, 95 of whom were On-
tario Scholars at our 117th Com-
mencement. I would like to
thank once again the Harbord
Club and Harbord Charitable
Foundation for making available
over 50 awards and scholarships
for our graduates. Thanks also to
the Club and Foundation who
will be helping to honour over 50
students at our Awards breakfast
on November 17th at 10 AM. We
would love to have you as our
guest if you are in the area.
Please call Mary Selvaggi at 393-
1650 if you
would like to
attend.
The Museum
Club students
along with our
Archives class
continue to catalogue and pre-
serve our history. Please visit the Continued page 8
Editorial: Message from the New Co-Editors
- Belinda Medeiros-Felix (‘81) & Ben Lee (‘78)
THE HARBORDITE Page 2
Continued from cover page
Much of their music
resonated with the
years of campus unrest,
and its 1967 recording
of "A Century of Song"
as a tribute to 100 years
of Canadian trade un-
ionism, established The
Travellers' labor pro-
file.
They continued to perform at
schools, protest rallies and union
meetings up to the present. For
the past 15 years, Jerry has
shared his knowledge of union
music, by teaching a university
level course called, "Folk, Pro-
test and Union Music" at univer-
sities in Canada and the U.S.
In 2001, Jerry and The Travellers
were given a lifetime
achievement award by the Cana-
dian section of the American
Federation of Musicians. In
2009 he was given a lifetime
Cultural Achievement Award by
the Ontario Federation of Labor
for helping to instill culture and
music into the labor movement.
Last year, The Travellers per-
formed a sold-out concert in To-
ronto to honor Pete Seeger on his
90th birthday.
Former winners of the Joe Hill
Award include Guy Cara-
wan, Joe Glazer, Cesar
Chavez and Pete Seeger.
Jerry is the first Canadian
to be so-honoured.
Presentation was made in
Detroit on June 20, 2010,
at the closing concert of
the 2010 Great Labor Arts
Exchange. Jerry was the
featured performer.
Continued page 24
Jerry Gray: Harbord Alumni, honored with the Joe Hill
Award - Continued...
Issue 63 Page 3
The Harbord class of 1950 celebrated its 60th reunion in
Toronto on Oct 17, 2010.
At the reunion, in addition to re-
newing old friendships,
schmoozing and enjoying a
bountiful brunch, reminiscences
of Harbord were shared by
a number of classmates, and im-
ages from Harbord Reviews of
that period were presented in a
'nostalgia' slide show.
The slide show, speeches and
snapshots were subsequently
added to our class reunion web-
site (resurrected from our 50th
reunion). It can be viewed
at http://www.thirdeyeview.net/
Personal/Harbord_Reunion60/
index.html.
To help alert classmates of the
website, both those who attended
the reunion and those who
missed it, we are anxious to com-
pile an email address list of all
members of the class of 1950. If
you wish to be included in this
list (which may also be used to
facilitate future communications
of class interest) please reply to
Laurie Naiman
See pages 20 & 21 for Reunion
Photos!
The pressure was on! On April
12, after many weeks of online
voting, the top 12 contestants
sang their hearts out to a group of
Canadian Idol judges joined to-
gether in front of a
massive audience at
the Toronto Centre
for the Arts. The top
6 were selected to
sing one last song
and I was fortunate
to be one of them.
By the end of the
night, I walked out of there with
an unforgettable experience and
memories to last a lifetime. Made
TOP 6 and I was proud to repre-
sent Harbord!
Biography
A native Torontonian, Sierra is a
creative soul eager to enter into
the world of evolving music. Si-
erra enjoys almost every aspect
of the arts from creating dance
choreography to writing lyrics
for her original musical composi-
tions. Her musical passion started
when she was just a baby form-
ing sentences and learning to
walk. Discovering a natural mu-
sical inclination at a very young
age, it was no surprise that Sierra
developed a passion for all things
music. Over the years, her talents
expanded as she explored music
through voice, flute, guitar, and
song writing. She has an appre-
ciation for all styles of music but
believes her heart belongs to
country/pop.
Sierra grew up in a very creative
environment where musical ex-
pression was not only appreci-
ated but encouraged. She has one
older sister who is a trained mu-
sical theatre performer and part
owner of a regional
theatre production
company situated in
Toronto. Definite
influences in her life
are Aselin Debison
(young singer/song
writer), her sister
Ashley, her mom
Belinda, her Godmother Sandy
and her high school vocal teacher
Renata.
When asked what inspires her to
sing, Sierra said it was a creative
outlet for self expression. Just
two years ago, Sierra competed
in Canal Days Idol and was one
of the top 5 finalists. Sierra has
had the opportunity to perform to
live audiences, both at her
school, (Talent shows, Lunar
banquets, Black History assem-
blies), and in Toronto Musical
Theatre productions.
Throughout her life, Sierra has
been a part of different choirs
and vocal classes at school where
in her last 2 years she won the
awards for highest achievement
in the vocal program and the
dedication to music award. Her
Cantemus choir is a constant
gold medal contender at The Ki-
wanis Music Festival, and took
the top spot this year. Right be-
fore she gets on stage Sierra gets
the pre-show jitters, but as soon
as she gets out in front of an au-
dience, the jitters melt away and
are replaced with the adrenaline
and warmth of feeling at home
on the stage.
Being a contender for the title of
TDSB Idol has made her appreci-
ate the hard work that goes into
this profession. Sierra and her
creative team, Paw Printz Pro-
ductions, held many productive
meetings where everyone took on
a very important role. She was
booked for numerous photo
shoots, had a demo CD created,
and also has a music video.
When asked why she would like
the title of TDSB IDOL, Sierra
immediately answered, I have
already learned so much from
working with a creative team and
it would be an amazing opportu-
nity to grow as an artist, network
with like-minded individuals and
industry professionals, and relish
in the experience of a lifetime
Sierra Medeiros-Felix: Very Talented Musician, 2010 Grad
& TDSB Idol finalist - Continued…
THE HARBORDITE Page 4
having represented my school,
my age demographic and
(hopefully!) my city.
The Paw Printz Productions
name came naturally to her be-
cause of her love for animals and
she also thought it suitable as our
school mascot is a tiger. Sierra
hopes to use her influence to
bring awareness and change of
animal cruelty. A percentage of
her CD sales will be donated to
animal shelters.
Sierra's advice for anyone want-
ing to pursue a singing career is to
be realistic about your goals and
know that you must work hard
every day to better yourself. And
remember, Opportunities multiply
as they are Seized
– Sun Tzu.
Issue 63 Page 5
The coming year will prove to be
a new and exciting one for your
Museum.
It is anticipated that at long last
we will have a new picture rail
installed so that we can hang the
framed photos that we have col-
lected over the past few years,
including photos of the unveiling
of “Our Soldier” from November
11, 1921 up to and including the
unveiling and dedication of our
Second World War Monument
on May 7, 2007.
We hope that since our last issue
you have had an opportunity to
click on the Harbord Club web-
site and take a virtual visit
through your Museum. The work
was completed at the time that
you received the last Harbordite.
At the time we issued a special
thanks to Richard Sui, Esther
Jeon and Jonathan To, who were
graduating from HCI.
Congratulations are sent out to
Richard Sui for being awarded a
Kensington Foundation Award as
well as a University of Waterloo
President‟s Scholarship, and to
Esther Jeon for being awarded
the Harbord Club Hank Stratton
Award, a Kensington Foundation
Award , a University of Toronto
Faculty of Applied Science &
Engineering Admission Scholar-
ship, the West Toronto PEO
Chapter Scholarship, and a
Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for
the Top Scholarship.
We welcome this year as Mu-
seum Club volunteers, Rachel
Fabbri , Claire Shenstone Harris ,
Cole Barkman, Sydney Dumett,
and Emily Brown under the lead-
ership of our student teacher ad-
visor Mr. Daniel Le Blanc. As
you may well know, the time put
in by the students in the Museum
counts toward the 40 community
service hours they must earn be-
fore they can receive their
graduation diploma. We hope
this year to digitize a number of
items from the Museum and add
them to the Harbord Club web-
site.
We are pleased to report that af-
ter the last issue went to press,
“The Happy Ghosts of Harbord”,
published for the Centenary of
HCI in 1992, was digitized by
Ron Smith (HCI 1961) and
placed on the web. If you would
like to view it, here is the link
http://www.slideshare.net/
HarbordClub/harbordite-no30 .
We also have copies available for
purchase from the Museum at
$25.00 plus postage.
If you have any memorabilia of
your years at Harbord that may
be surplus to your needs please
feel free to forward it to us. We
shall treasure it and look after it.
When coming to HCI‟s Home-
coming, November 24th, please
come and visit the Museum.
The Museum will be deacces-
sioning some items surplus to our
needs and they will be available
for sale at the Homecoming.
Your Harbord Museum is open
every Wednesday from 1:00 pm
to 5:00 pm during the school
term.
Museum Musings – Syd Moscoe
What is it about Harbord? What
other High School has a 60th year
reunion that has people coming
from across such a huge gulf of
time? Where else can we find
other people with whom such a
strong bond was forged that we
return after generations of time?
Certainly, part of it was the at-
mosphere of the place. It was
immediately after World War II
had ended. People who had
served in the armed forces were
coming home. Optimism for the
future was almost palpable. And
entering High School was the
most exciting and scary experi-
ence that I‟d ever had.
During my earlier years I‟d at-
tended three different schools,
and none are places to which I‟d
return. Don‟t mistake this as a
lack of success or delight in
learning new things. But those
places did not provide the same
kinds of new things. Whether it
was the excitement of discover-
ing the wonders of the living
world around us in science
classes (Mr. Smith provided that
entry), or the mind expanding
words to express wondrous
worlds in English classes (Dr.
Kingston), the precision of
thought and expression of Ger-
man (Mr. Howe), the infinite de-
lights of music, both in listening
and performance (Mr. Haig), to
the magnetism of past worlds in
History classes (Mr. Baker), I‟ll
never know.
I do know, however, that I was
permanently changed by those
classes and those teachers. Har-
bord was a safe place to learn, to
question an idea, to challenge a
teacher‟s memory, or to dispute a
concept, and still come out with
dignity and self-confidence in-
tact.
It was a place where ideas took
precedence, where languages
took on new meanings, where the
excitements of the synthesis of
ideas flourished. Nothing was
impossible in such an atmos-
phere. It was an extremely safe
place for me to try, fail, and rec-
ognize that failure simply meant
trying again from a different
point of view.
Many years ago I read a novel by
D.L. Sayers. She opened her
book with a quote from John
Donne in which he compared the
University to a Paradise: “Rivers
of Knowledge are there, Arts and
Sciences flow from there” but
they are “Gardens that are walled
up, Walls that are sealed up, bot-
tomless depths of unsearchable
counsels there”.
And, judging by the scientific
and artistic accomplishments of
many of my former classmates, it
seems that some of us have been
given those keys. This is why it
gave me such joy to rejoin my
classmates in our 60th anniver-
sary reunion.
Homecoming 2010 by Hannah Banky Brown (Class of
1950 at her 60th Reunion)
THE HARBORDITE Page 6
When Helen Klingman phoned
to ask if I would be a speaker at
the reunion, I had to stop and
think about it. Not that I didn‟t
want to speak, but it‟s hard to
remember what happened yester-
day, let alone recall incidents
from 60 years ago. But of course
I accepted, and soon began jot-
ting down some ideas. I ran
them by my daughter who was
visiting from Vancouver. She
immediately critiqued my writ-
ing, saying, “That speech is all
about you, Dad.” And she was
right! So I sat down and this
time thought long and hard about
what I wanted to say.
Above all, I wanted to convey
the great influence that Harbord
had on me, and by association,
on all of us collectively. We
arrived as young, insecure teens,
just at the end of World War II
and left as confident, young
adults, ready to take on the
golden 1950‟s.
Harbord, of course, was known
for academic achievement and in
those days, with grade 13 Provin-
cial exams , this was quantifi-
able. But it was not just the aca-
demic excellence that influenced
us it was also the extracurricular
activities that drew us together.
All of us rejoiced in the magic
of the Gilbert and Sullivan oper-
ettas staged by Mr. Haig and as-
sisted by the great Harbord or-
chestra. The few sour musical
notes were of no consequence
and ignored by all. We all en-
joyed the precision (and some-
times not), schoolyard drills of
the cadet core and drum band
under the direction of Mr. Frizell.
And last, but certainly not least,
we all laughed at the skits and “
shtick “ of the “Brotherhood of
the Lost Parabola“. This was the
essence of Harbord. It was
these shared experiences, either
as a participant or as an onlooker,
that turned a „me‟ into an „us‟.
I didn‟t participate in any of the
music programs and I wasn‟t
involved in the drama presenta-
tions. I was strictly a sports
“nut“.
I do remember a couple of sports
stories that I was involved in.
The first story is about football. I
played senior football when I
was in 3rd form. The guys on
the team were the only 12 boys
in the whole school who were
brave enough, or stupid enough,
that Mr. Caldecott could con-
vince to “Do or die for HCI”. At
that time I lived above a small
“schul” on Huron St. just south
of Dundas. Peter Miller, who
lived a few doors up from me,
was also on the team. I remem-
ber hiding my football gear in his
house so that my parents would-
n‟t find out I was on the team.
They expected that 100 % of my
school time be devoted to learn-
ing.
That year we played Bloor, in the
final game of the season. Bloor
was a powerhouse, mainly be-
cause Bob Kendal, a mountain of
a man with about 230 pounds of
solid muscle, was on their team.
Playing safety, I tackled him. I
went down like a rag doll and
don‟t remember anything else
about the rest of the game, except
that it ended in a close 52 to 0
victory for Bloor. That Friday
night, at the school dance, a
pretty girl asked me, “Do you
know any of the football players
on our team? I‟d really like to
meet one”. She didn‟t even know
I was on the team. That lack of
recognition, plus the smack in the
head, marked the end of my foot-
ball career. Not that recognition
by good-looking girls meant any-
thing to me back then. Of course
not!
Continued page 9
Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate – Josh Fedder
THE HARBORDITE Harbord Club Newsletter
Issue 63 Page 7
Harbord Club website to see all
the upgrades done to it. I would
like to thank Syd Moscoe for his
continued support in these en-
deavors.
We are always looking for arti-
facts or Harbord memorabilia to
showcase in our Museum.
Without you, the Harbordite
would not be possible. Please
send your stories and let your
fellow alumni know that we need
their stories as well to make this
publication as vibrant as it can
be. I would like to thank Ben
Lee class of „78 and Belinda
Medeiros-Felix class of ‟81 for
volunteering to be the new co-
editors of the Harbordite.
Please remember that your alma
mater is always open to you.
You have an open invitation any
time to come in and visit. We
continue to enjoy an increase in
visits and contacts from more
alumni. Thank you.
Dear Harbord Club:
My name is Ben Carter-Whitney
and I am a member of the Har-
bord Collegiate Graduating Class
of 2010. I am writing to express
my gratitude for being recog-
nized with the Stapleton Calde-
cott Award this year. I am aware
of and extremely grateful for the
amount of effort the Harbord
Club puts into raising the money
which makes these awards possi-
ble.
Over the course of my four years
at Harbord, I strove to allow my-
self to indulge in all of my vari-
ous interests, both through taking
classes from an assortment of
subjects, and participating in ex-
tracurricular through the school. I
was a member of the volleyball
team for my entire time here, and
in each of my final two years I
was a part of the championship-
winning hockey team. I have also
been a member of the school
band and the Boys‟ Athletic As-
sociation.
I am now attending McGill Uni-
versity, studying the liberal arts,
and I plan to follow a concentra-
tion in political science. I am en-
joying it thoroughly and never
cease to notice new ways in
which Harbord helped to prepare
me, both as a student and as a
person, for the situations which I
encounter. Although I am still
uncertain about what I plan to do
upon completing my degree, I
am positive that I will continue
to find the skills I acquired at
Harbord to be helpful and rele-
vant in an ongoing way regard-
less of what path I choose to fol-
low.
For me, this award seems to be a
perfect composite of who I have
been throughout my years at Har-
bord, and who I hope to be as I
travel through life. Awarded for
excellence in athletics and social
studies, the Stapleton Caldecott
Award reflects my variety in in-
terests in a way that is incredibly
meaningful to me. It represents
both how far I have come and
how far I have yet to go. I will
surely carry this and all of my
Harbord memories proudly with
me wherever I go.
Sincerely,
Ben Carter-Whitney
Recent Grad Thanks Harbord Club for Award!
- Ben Carter-Whitney
Message from the Principal - Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes -
Continued...
“This award seems to be a perfect composite of who I have been
throughout my years at Harbord, and who I hope to be as I travel
through life. “
THE HARBORDITE Page 8
This final story sums up Har-
bord, for me. I was in fifth
form. It was the last period of the
day and it was English, my fa-
vourite subject ,taught by „Doc‟
Kingston, my favourite teacher.
The whole class was involved in
a serious
discussion about Coriolanus, a
Shakespearian play that was sure
to be on our final exam. We were
running late, but time did not
seem important. The ideas were
coming fast and furious and the
discourse was spirited. Suddenly,
there was a knock on the door
and in walked „Stapes‟ Caldecott,
now as the basketball coach.
Stapes approached „Doc‟ King-
ston and asked, in a low voice,
for Fedder to be let out of class
as he had to play in a basketball
game that was to start momentar-
ily. „Doc‟ Kingston replied,
“Can we talk about this in the
hall Mr. Caldecott”. Out they
went, but through the partially
open door we could hear „Stapes‟
angrily saying,” Kingston, bas-
ketball is important to the school
and we need to win today to
make the playoffs.” Doc replied
in an equally loud voice, even
more scathing in tone, Caldecott,
sports are for the semi-literate
and are not important. Literature
is what will allow these young
people to get ahead in life”.
Looking back 60 years later, I
have to conclude that they were
both right, in their own way.
That little rumble in the hall
epitomized Harbord for
me:”Sports”, “Academics”, and
“Growing up”.
Murray Rubin – Speaking at the 60th Reunion of the Class
of 1950
I would like to congratulate
Helen Klingman and her com-
mittee for organizing this 60th
anniversary of the graduation of
our class. A very difficult task
and I should know as I was in-
volved in 1950.
I have been asked why I spent so
much time working for Harbord
Collegiate. It is difficult to
explain to one or two people who
did not attend Harbord but
maybe some in this group would
understand.
I love this country Canada and
for me Harbord represents every-
thing that is great about this na-
tion. This school is a reflection of
what I would wish on the entire
world.
People of all races, religions, col-
ours and ethnic backgrounds
came to Harbord, as they came
to Canada, and were given the
opportunity to get an education,
and be successful in whatever
field they chose.
This is an excerpt from the To-
ronto Star November 12, 2005
“While Remembrance Day
ceremonies usually draw digni-
taries to cenotaphs across Can-
ada, a former Minister of De-
fense, a top general and a leading
Canadian businessman, went to a
high school to observe it “ Not
just any high-school, our high
school. We rededicated a monu-
ment to the soldiers who died in
the 1st World War. The money
was raised by graduates who
were not even alive during that
Continued page 10
Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate – Josh Fedder
Continued...
Issue 63 Page 9
Continued from page 9
war.
May 9th 2007 and I quote
an article in the Globe
and Mail: “Harbord Col-
legiate remembered its
students and staff who
died in the 2nd world war
during a monument dedication in
their honour at the collegiate.
The monument was created by
Morton Katz a Harbord graduate.
Of the more than 700 students
and staff who enlisted in the war,
more than 50 died. No other
school has even remotely ap-
proached this dedication in re-
membering its past.”
Nothing is impossible at this
school. I could be here a few
hours listing the names of our
individual success stories. Au-
thors, poets, mayors, UN ambas-
sadors, scientists, leaders
of
industry, doctors, com-
posers, musicians, come-
dians, archi-
tects ,soldiers, lawyers,
working people, teach-
ers, Nobel prize winners
and pharmacists. I detected a lit-
tle smile among this audience as
I included pharmacists. It was
not for me but for Leslie Dan, a
graduate from Harbord and after
whom the Faculty of Pharmacy
building at U. of T. is named.
Well, I will not take a few hours
but I would like to read out the
names of some former students
who won the Order of Canada,
three of whom were in the class
of 1950:
Louis Applebaum Alan Borovoy,
Leonard Braithwaite, Leslie Dan,
Judy Feld Carr, Victor Feldbrill,
Frank Gehry, Edwin Goodman,
Bernie Langer ,Stephen Lewis
Louis Rasminsky, Harry Rosen,
Frank Shuster, Louis Simino-
vitch, Harry Somers, Marv Tile,
John Weinzweig.
I am proud that I attended Har-
bord Collegiate and graduated,
and I bask in the reflected glory
of the great people who attended
before and after.
2010 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Amy Zhong
Dear Harbord Club,
It is my honour to be the recipi-
ent of the Harbord Club Leslie
Dan Achievement Award at this
fall‟s commencement ceremony.
As the recipient of a Harbord
Club award for a fourth and final
year, I will once again express
my gratitude for the Harbord
Club‟s continued support to us,
the students, and involvement in
our school community.
Currently, I am pursuing a
Bachelor of Commerce at the
Queen‟s School of Business. I
am thoroughly enjoying my time
here at Queen‟s University
studying something I am pas-
sionate about. I feel the pro-
gram, my professors, and my
peers are helping me challenge
myself as a student, as a leader
and as an individual. Over this
past month I have adjusted to
living independently, developed
some amazing friendships, and
immersed myself in the Queen‟s
Community. I feel well prepared
academically and in terms of
transferrable skills that I can ap-
ply to other aspects of life. I feel
a reason why there was such an
overall smooth transition because
I was a Harbordite.
Harbord has given me so many
opportunities. I have been chal-
lenged in various ways, and from
these challenges I was able to
Murray Rubin – Speaking at the 60th Reunion of the Class
of 1950, Continued...
THE HARBORDITE Page 10
Nothing is
impossible at
this school.
I am proud that I attended
Harbord Collegiate
grow. I have broadened my hori-
zon through my extra-curricular
involvement in the arts, athletics,
and numerous clubs. I have ac-
quired leadership skills and have
learned how to work effectively
in a team. I have engrained in
me attitudes that will help over-
come other obstacles in life.
Through my involvement outside
of the classroom, I now under-
stand the unquantifiable value of
getting involved. I can confi-
dently say that Harbord has given
me the chance to evolve to be the
individual I proud to be today.
I have always admired Harbord‟s
community spirit. It is evident
through the Harbord Club, the
administrators, and the staff‟s
actions that they whole-heartedly
dedicate themselves to helping
the students succeed. It has only
been a few months, but I already
find myself reminiscing with my
fellow graduates on the memo-
ries we have created at Harbord.
Over the four years, I have seen
and heard so many individuals
announce proudly of once being
a Harbordite, and I am too now
pleased to join this large family.
Please allow me to share the fol-
lowing anecdote where I further
recognized what it means to be a
Harbordite.
Thanks to the opportunities Har-
bord has offered me, its suppor-
tive academic environment and
my involvement outside of
school I am privileged to be a
Queen‟s Major Entrance Scholar-
ship recipient. At the awards re-
ception last month there were
also numerous past scholarship
recipients,
current and
past fac-
ulty mem-
bers, and
alumni
present.
I had the
opportu-
nity to
speak to an
elder, re-
tired, sci-
ence pro-
fessor. We
were casu-
ally con-
versing
when he asked how many other
students from my high school are
here at Queen‟s University from
my graduating class of about 200
students. I replied with, “About
10.” He proceeded to ask which
high school I went to. I re-
sponded not expecting him to
know about our school, since
only the rare few have upon my
arrival here.
When he heard Harbord Colle-
giate Institute he gently tilted his
head back with a tiny smile, nod-
ding with understanding. He told
me with almost a twinkle in his
eye that I seem to make good de-
cisions as to the schools I attend.
Of course, I was both excited and
curious by this reaction and in-
sisted that he elaborate. He ex-
plained that during the 60‟s and
then again in the 80‟s he was a
part of the admissions committee
that read applications to decide
which students will be offered
admissions. Over time, he came
familiar with schools and the
types of students they produced.
He is aware of Harbord‟s pres-
tige and long history of excel-
lence.
It was a pleasure returning to this
school and seeing everybody
again. Once again, I am very
grateful to receive the Harbord
Club Leslie Dan Achievement
Award. Thank you.
As I leave the commencement
celebrations at Harbord, like
many others, I already know I
will be back- to visit, to contrib-
ute, to reminisce. Staff, students,
and alumni collectively distin-
guish Harbord, as individually
Harbord defines us.
Yours truly,
Amy Zhong
Queen‟s School of Business „14
Issue 63 Page 11
At that moment I have never
been more proud to be a
Harbordite. I felt a sense of
belonging to something bigger,
older, and deeper than what I
could have ever imagined. I
understand in a completely new
context what it meant to be a part
of a history, to be a part of a
tradition, to have chosen to come
to Harbord.
Dear Harbord Collegiate c/o har-
[email protected] ( I know
there's a real person reading this,
but I don't know your name!),
This is the first time I've ever
been asked for the information --
and I'm delighted to give it! My
name when I attended Harbord
was Robin Jane Beckwith. That's
still my name! I began attending
Harbord in 1968.
I attended York University be-
ginning in 1974, graduating in
1978 with an Honors BA in Eng-
lish. I obtained my Masters in
Business Administration in 1984
from Houston Baptist University.
I've lived in Houston, Texas
since 1978, becoming an Ameri-
can citizen in 1985.
I look forward to hear-
ing more from Harbord.
It's been a lifetime since
I talked to just about
anyone I went to school
with there!
All the best,
Robin
PS : Here's one for the coinci-
dence record: In the past 3 hours
I've been reading the two Har-
bord yearbooks I have from the
years I attended, as well
as reading essays I
wrote for courses I took
at York. I hadn't exam-
ined these writings for
decades. Reading a
poem I wrote when I
was 16 made me break
down in tears. It was so
amazing to read my 16-
year-old voice and find
how much I live and speak with
it now. Hmmmm......
Thanks
Museum Volunteer Wins Harbord Club & Kensington Awards
- Esther Jeon
Dear Harbord Club and Kensing-
ton Foundation,
My name is Esther Jeon and this
year I am the recipient of the
Harbord Club Hank Stratton
Award and also the Kensington
Foundation Award. I would like
to sincerely thank you for these
two awards as they acknowledge
the hard work I put into my high
school academics and serves as a
reminder for me to try even
harder in my future endeavors.
Just to give a brief introduction
about myself I have a Korean
background and came to Canada
when I was 6 years old. Cur-
rently, I am a student at the Uni-
versity of Toronto in the Engi-
neering Science program. I have
to say, university life is definitely
a different environment com-
pared to high school and these
days I have come to miss walk-
ing in the halls of Harbord Colle-
giate. I have attended Harbord
Collegiate all throughout the 4
years of high school and one
thing for sure is that my high
school experience could not have
been better.
To me Harbord Collegiate truly
was my second home. Being in-
volved in many clubs during high
school, I spent a lot of my time at
school and stayed well past class
hours. I love how Harbord has so
much to offer to its students and I
was able to benefit from this by
being part of many clubs such as
Students Leading Initiative for
Change, Pink Ribbon Society,
and even had the opportunity to
start my own club called the Har-
bord Rocket Club.
In terms of academics, I love
how there is a strong dynamic
relationship between the students
and teachers and it is because of
their strong interest in my aca-
Letter to the Harbord Club - Robin Jane Beckwith (Class of
‘72)
THE HARBORDITE Page 12
Reading a
poem I wrote
when I was 16
made me break
down in tears
demic well being is what enabled
me to succeed at school. Without
these two balanced components
of extracurricular activity and
academics which I
experienced during
high school, I do not
think that I would be
the same successful
student and the per-
son I am today.
During my final year
at Harbord, I had the
opportunity to volun-
teering in the Harbord
Club Museum and
wrote many informa-
tion articles for the
display cabinets in-
side the museum. Through this
experience, I had the privilege to
learn just how rich the history of
this school really is. I learned so
much about Harbord and its past,
and working in the museum also
developed a stronger loyalty and
respect for the school. I find it
really special that Har-
bord gives out awards to
students every year for
their academic and extra-
curricular achievements.
During the period I vol-
unteered at the museum,
Mr. Syd Moscoe, the cu-
rator, told me how the
Harbord Club started
these awards through the
decision of past students
donating their own
money to the school in
order that future students
would receive these awards. The
amount of collegiality they had
back then for the school to even
formulate such a club, as the Har-
bord Club, and start these awards
truly struck me and gave me an ap-
preciation to these people.
Right now, my goal is to complete
my undergraduate education in en-
gineering and hopefully continue on
to graduate school either in the sci-
ences or potentially in business.
During university, I hope to refine
the skills I developed at Harbord
and as a new Harbord Club mem-
ber, I hope to give back to the
school in the future in remembrance
of what it has done for me.
Once again, thank you for these
awards and the continual support
and commitment you give to the
Harbord Collegiate students!
Sincerely,
Esther Jeon
I learned so
much about
Harbord and its
past, and working
in the museum
also developed a
stronger loyalty
and respect for
the school.
Donation from Class of ‘57 50th Anniversary Committee
- Lucy Shiffman Sadowski, Chair
Dear Syd,
As I explained on the telephone,
I was the chair of the Committee
for the celebration of the 50th An-
niversary of the class of 1957 at
Harbord and I still had a few dol-
lars in the account we set up for
this occasion.
I have finally written out two
cheques today – one is directed
to the discretionary fund of the
principal of HCI, currently, as
you know Rodrigo Fuentes. It is to
be used to help some kids stay in
school or to be able to get the most
out of their experiences at Harbord
by, for instance, being able to par-
ticipate in field trips, etc.
The other cheque I am sending to
you is for whatever you need it for
in the museum. I am a real fan of
museums, being a member of the
ROM and AGO and still teaching
in the ROM Education Department
after I retired from the classroom.
I am thrilled at the job you are do-
ing there. Now that I am living so
close, I might drop in some
Wednesday to update myself on
your progress.
All the best to you and the Harbord
Club for your good work.
Sincerely,
Lucy Shiffman Sadowski '57
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Issue 63
When I was a student at Harbord
I did my best to remain incon-
spicuous. I sat at the back and the
last thing that I wanted to do was
to stand up in front of the class
and speak That hasn‟t changed
much since then, but Helen
twisted my arm and here I am –
on my feet in front of my class-
mates with instructions to talk
about my memories of Harbord
and how it influenced my life
after leaving school.
When I arrived at Harbord in
1945 I was a shy, introspective,
awkward, self conscious and na-
ïve child. .I was intimidated by
the size of the school and what I
took to be the maturity and
competence of the older students.
Fortunately I had become a
member of Habonim and had a
group of friends who made it
easy for me to integrate into the
school. That core group - Merv
Kerzner, Red Petroff, Howard
Weinberg and Danny Glick were
my comfort zone from which I
could explore the rich offerings
of the school.
The curriculum was fine as far as
I was concerned and although the
teaching was variable, the stan-
dards were high and I developed
a disciplined approach to learn-
ing. There were a few goofy
teachers but that just taught me
how to learn on my own. My fa-
vourite teachers were Miss Hys-
lop – because she called me
“Bearnarrr Lawnjayy” and Mr
Fraser – because he thought and
taught beyond the curriculum
and also because he offered that
neat elective in THE calculus.
The extracurricular activities
were a very important part of my
confidence building and included
swimming (which I loved) , bas-
ketball (which I played poorly -
but I was tall), dancing (that‟s
where the girls were) and shoot-
ing. You might not have known
it but there was a rifle range in
the basement of the school and
although a *** with a gun was an
uncommon sight in those days,
I actually won a silver spoon in
the provincial shooting competi-
tion.
In Grade 13 I was still not sure
what I wanted to be when I grew
up and I didn‟t apply to medicine
until the very last minute. I fi-
nally did so mainly because it
was hard to get in and that was
where the smartest kids in the
class were going. It turned out
that 15 people from our class
eventually ending up in meds at
U of T or elsewhere.
It was not until I arrived at uni-
versity that I realized how well
Harbord had prepared me for that
new experience. The most im-
portant thing was the confidence
that I had developed and the abil-
ity to try new things without fear
of failure. I still experienced
plenty of failure – but that
became an important part of
learning and getting better at
what I was doing. One of the new
things that I tried was marriage,
and when I graduated I had not
only a diploma but a wife and a
son about to be born.
Laurie has made some nice com-
ments about my career, but I still
look back in wonder at some of
the things that happened to me. I
have to confess that I did not
plan that career – in fact a lot of
what happened came about while
I was planning something differ-
ent. A good example of that was
my involvement in the liver
transplantation program at U of
T.
When I was finishing my surgi-
cal training in 1962 I was offered
a job as a general surgeon at
Speech at Class of 1950 - 60th Reunion, Oct 17, 2010
by Bernie Langer
THE HARBORDITE Page 14
The most important thing
was the confidence that I
had developed and the
ability to try new things
without fear of failure.
TGH with the condition that I get
some additional training in the
very new field of cancer
chemotherapy. I agreed to do that
but what I really wanted to do
was to also work in the labora-
tory of Francis Moore in Boston,
the world authority on the physi-
ology of the body‟s response to
trauma. So I did the cancer work
first and then went to Boston –
staying at Laurie‟s
apartment until I found a place
for Ryna and the 3 kids we had
somehow accumulated.
On arrival in Moore‟s lab I was
surprised to find that he was no
longer interested in surgical
physiology but was feverishly
working to prepare his team to
attempt the world‟s first liver
transplant. That project eventu-
ally failed but I was caught up in
it and the focus of my training in
Boston instantly changed. I be-
came very interested in the possi-
bilities of major surgery on the
liver – something that I had
never seen or done in my 6 years
of postgraduate training in To-
ronto.
After six months in Boston we
came back to Toronto and I
started my practice as a general
surgeon at TGH and also devel-
oping the use of chemotherapy in
surgical practice. My liver sur-
gery was confined to the labora-
tory for a while but I was able to
apply the techniques learned in
the lab to do operations in
patients with surgical liver and
pancreas problems. Before very
long, I became so busy with that
work that I had to train two other
people in that new field. Some
time later we started the first sub
specialized fellowship training
program in liver and pancreatic
surgery in North America to train
surgeons for other centers. In 1963
Tom Starzl in Denver had done the
first successful liver transplant and
over the next decade other centers
were starting up, but it was still in
the realm of experimental surgery.
By 1980 however, the surgical
techniques and the methods of im-
munosuppression to avoid rejec-
tion had become pretty standard-
ized. Also, the UWO had started a
liver transplant program and we
were having to send patients from
Toronto to London for transplant
surgery.
We decided to start a program in
Toronto and sent one of our best
surgical trainees, Leonard
Makowka who had done our liver
surgery fellowship to Starzl to be
trained – and to come back and run
our program. Starzl liked him so
much that he hired him. We had
done all the preparatory work in-
cluding hiring Gary Levy a bril-
liant hepatologist to run the medi-
cal side and the research lab that we
decided to go ahead ourselves .
And so in 1985 I did the first liver
transplant in Toronto with my 2
colleagues and with Leonard Ma-
kowka in the room, who we had
brought back to coach us through it.
That first operation went well but
the patient later died of infection
due to overtreatment with immuno-
suppression –but the program was
started and it never looked back.
This past week there was a 25th an-
niversary celebration of the trans-
plant team that now includes six
surgeons. I learned that the U of T
program has now done over 2000
liver transplants, it has the largest
living donor liver transplant pro-
gram in North America and has
trained over 50 transplant surgeons
for centers in Canada, the USA and
other countries.
So what does all this have to do
with my time at Harbord Colle-
giate?
It also was the place where I made
friends that remain among my most
cherished friends today – including
Laurie, Howard, Red, Josh and Ma-
chi who I am pleased to see are all
alive and well and here today.
I would have to say that Harbord
was the ideal environment for me
at that stage of my life. It was a
diverse community of students; it
was challenging; and it had a wide
range of activities that allowed me
to explore my own interests and to
develop the learning skills and
confidence to go on to university.
Issue 63 Page 15
More Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate
– Mildred (Machi) Steinberg
THE HARBORDITE Page 16
As the youngest of 4 girls in my
family I was expected to attend
Central Commerce and follow
in the footsteps of my sisters i.e.
become a secretary and get mar-
ried….maybe not even in that
order. Thankfully my teachers
and the principal of Commerce
persuaded my parents that they
and I should raise my expecta-
tions academically and my path
was determined to enter Harbord
in the 10th Grade.
Of course, there was no money
for tutors, and truth be told, for
not much of anything – I was ex-
pected to teach myself the Grade
9 curricula for French, Latin,
Math and Science – which I did
over the summer. Thus I made
my debut at this most exceptional
school in Grade 10.
I was figuratively embraced by
both teachers and students, many
of whom I still recall as warm,
compassionate, special people.
After all, most of us came from
immigrant families whose first
language in many cases was Yid-
dish (which did come in handy in
German classes where our teach-
ers were amazed at our facility
with the accent). Many of our
teachers welcomed us into their
spheres of intellectualism and
shared their expertise with us,
not only in academics, but also in
the ways of the world. They cor-
rected our spoken language and
taught us manners.
Where does one begin to remi-
nisce about the happy days spent
in study, recreation and our
own personal expanding uni-
verse? Of course, we must first
pay tribute to our outstanding
music teacher, Alistair Haig.
He imbued this entire generation
of students with a love of fine
music, especially the Gilbert and
Sullivan operettas, which he
mounted in the most professional
manner, demanding if not perfec-
tion, then the closest thing to it –
and we all rose to the occasion.
I think half the school was some-
how involved in these memora-
ble productions – from stage
hands, sound people, set design-
ers, make-up artists, costumers,
publicists, photographers, to or-
chestra members, soloists and
chorus.
I had the good fortune to have
the opportunity to dance in two
operettas – my favourite was The
Pirates of Penzance, dancing the
Cachucha. What an enormous
thrill it was to be part of that ex-
perience.
To this day, most of us still wax
nostalgic about those times and
whenever possible make every
effort to attend a Gilbert and Sul-
livan production when it appears
in Toronto. We owe a great debt
to Mr. Haig who gave us the gift
of music.
Many of the Operetta performers
went on to considerable fame –
singers Evelyn Gould, Esther
Ghan, Selma Lenchner, our dedi-
cated convener Helen Klingman,
and musicians like Morry
Kernerman, who established the
Kernerman Trio while still a stu-
dent. You all know he subse-
quently went on to become Asso-
ciate Concertmaster of the To-
ronto Symphony.
Morry loves to relate a story
which took place about 15 years
ago. He received a phone call
with a voice from the past, Mr.
Alistair Haig, who was now resi-
dent in a nursing home and in-
volved in their programming.
He wanted Morry to bring “The
Kernerman Trio” to this nursing
home to entertain the oldsters.
When Morry tried to explain that
that young group had been dis-
banded long ago, Mr. Haig
would have none of his excuses.
He gave Morry the date when he
expected his group to show up
and Morry responded with a firm
“Yes Sir, Mr. Haig”….and he did
show up, with a group of won-
derful colleagues from the To-
ronto Symphony, who played a
magnificent program to honour
this special man. Everyone had a
fine time, especially Morry.
When I think back on those days
I have only the warmest feelings
towards our teachers. I know
that many of the boys gave some
of them a hard time, but I like to
think that it was only in good fun
and not at all hostile. I have only
gratitude towards these teachers
who really did respect our enor-
mous abilities and who urged us
on to excel.
Our most elegant Miss Hislop
(Euphrasia) – I loved that name –
with her chic French fashion, in-
cluding black lace stockings -
insisted on calling some by their
equivalent French names, like
Bernie Langer, who was always
pronounced Langer. I think she
had a great affection for him and
whenever she called upon him
she had a certain gleam in her
eye and a smile on her face.
Of course, being Bernie, he al-
ways had the correct answer.
Perhaps her sixth sense told her
that he was destined for great
achievements. She only referred
to me as Mamselle, because,
what could she do with
Tameanko?
I truly looked forward to our
classes with Smitty, our science
teacher, whose teachings I still
remember in my day-to-day life,
because he taught us more than
science. Even at that time he
was teaching us to respect the
environment. Who could resist
Archie Baker, our Grade 10
Latin teacher, who opened a
whole new fascinating area of
language to me? Who knew that
English rested on the shoulders
of ancient Latin? I was devas-
tated when he passed away dur-
ing the summer before our Grade
11 year.
My love for books and reading
was fostered by Dr. Kingston‟s
analyses of Shakespeare and con-
temporary poetry, which resonate
with me to this day.
How fortunate we were to have
interested and willing teachers to
meet with us extra-curricularly,
not only to promote the sports
activities, but to also set up clubs
like the Soldalitas (the Latin
Club – can you imagine kids to-
day sitting around in togas, chat-
ting in Latin?), the Debating So-
ciety, the chess club, the Harbord
Review and the Parabola Club.
We all know the history of the
Parabola Club and its demise, but
did you know that even then, we
had our very own rabble-rouser
in Alan Borovoy, who led a dele-
gation to the principal to plead
for justice and re-instate our be-
loved Parabola Show? Alan won
that case, but was not so success-
ful when he led a student strike
on the Opening Day of the Ball-
game. I remember marching
around the school grounds sing-
ing “Take Me Out to the Ball-
game”, but our Principal was not
amenable to giving us the after-
noon off. It was still a lot of fun.
We enjoyed the talents of so
many of our fellow students who
went on to careers in show
business on stage and screen, but
one stands out for me – Toby
Robbins – a beautiful person
both inside and out. On many
occasions we were treated to her
quoting poetry or a Shakespear-
ean monologue. Remembering
how she recited “In Flanders
Fields” on Remembrance Day
still moves me. We lost her too
soon.
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Issue 63 Page 17
Continued from page 17
Although I experienced very few
low points, the lowest point came
with the stealth of my beautiful
new shoes, bought with my own
hard-earned money, from the
dressing room, as I played bas-
ketball with the girls‟ team in our
gym. The funniest moment came
with the newspaper announce-
ments of Harbord‟s scholarships.
Among the winners were three
Japanese-Canadian students:
Marc Sumi, Teruo Izakawa and
Mildred Tameanko.
When Helen approached me to
share some memories of Harbord
I at first declined claiming that I
would not be able to remember
much, but lo and behold, once I
began to write I was filled with
memories. Because of time con-
straints I am sharing only a small
portion of them.
I have never ceased to wonder at
our good fortune to have been
born too early to experience
the horrors of the Second World
War, but old enough to be
scarred by the aftermath of that
war, when we learned of the ter-
rible fate of our European rela-
tives.
I guess we can still consider our-
selves the fortunate generation
and how very, very fortunate we
were to be students at that won-
drous time at Harbord Collegiate.
Our school and its dedicated
teachers helped to mould and
shape us so that our graduates
could go on to distinguish them-
selves in all the professional
fields – medicine, pharmacy, the
sciences, the performing arts and
visual arts, journalism and litera-
ture, the law and in the field of
finance. We remain a unique
group.
Onward Harbord !
Harbord Club Awards Assembly to Celebrate Outstanding
Student Achievements!
More Reminiscences of Harbord Collegiate
- Continued...
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No other high school exists in
this country whose grateful
alumni has taken on the
responsibility to keep alive the
exceptional spirit of those
magical years, by endowing
scholarships to commemorate
our teachers with living
memorials to reward deserving
students and to preserve the
memories of the past history of
our school. Your attendance
here today demonstrates our
ongoing enthusiastic spirit and
our gratitude and support for a
truly extraordinary school.
Harbord is having an Awards Assembly and Reception on
Wed. Nov. 17, 2010.
Class of 1960 are invited to join us in the Harbord Museum
at 9:45 am with the Assembly in the Auditorium from 10 to
11am.
Including Commencement Awards, this year the Harbord
Charitable Foundation and the Harbord Club are giving
over $10.000.00 towards over 65 student awards.
Sid Ingham, Class of 1978, B.A.
U of Toronto, M Div, Tyndale
University College & Seminary.
Self employed entrepreneur.
President & CEO of moist wipes
manufacturing and supply busi-
ness.
Ben Lee, Class of 1978, M.A.Sc
in Civil Engineering, U of T,
B.A. in Comp. Sci. York U.
Senior Systems Integrator at the
City of Toronto. Very proud to
be a Harbordite! And looking
forward to reconnecting with
former classmates.
Introducing the NEW Harbord Club Board of Directors!
Syd Moscoe, Class of 1952,
President Pro-Tem. Curator of
the Harbord Museum. Years of
volunteering in the Harbord Club
helping to reconnect Alumni
with the School!
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Diana Da Silva, Class of 2009.
Coordinator of the Homecoming
Event commemorating 1960s.
Currently enrolled at York Uni-
versity in the Criminology
Program.
Helder Frizado, Class of 2009
Currently in my 2nd year at
George Brown College in Me-
chanical Design. He also works
at George Brown's Athletics De-
partment
Belinda Medeiros-Felix, Class
of 1981, B.A. U of T, C.Y.W.,
Centennial, volunteered for
HCI‟s 90th & 100th reunion.
Creator of Facebook group
“Harbord C.I. Grads/Alumni”.
She encourages you all to keep in
touch with the BEST high school
in existence!
Class of 1950 - 60th Reunion Photos on Oct 17, 2010
Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes,
Principal of Harbord C. I.
Since Jan. 08.
Mrs. Sue-Lang Wong,
Guidance Counsellor &
Teacher at H.C.I. since
1998.
Harbord Club Staff Contact:
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Helen and Her Guys
(Petroff, Naiman,
Warner, Fedder,
Langer and Rubin)
Fran Simms, Phyllis Sandler
Platnick, attendant, Ruth Scol-
nik, Jean Mednick Korman,
Annabelle Zarnett Fine
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Murray Lazer, Helen Klingman Cait,
Howard Warner & Deanie Rumack
Esther Klein Pohn and Moe Polansky
Ted Izukawa and wife Joyce
Morris Librach and Belle
Steinberg Alan Borovoy and Myra Gula
Sheldon and Doreen Wengle Friedland
Front: Anne Finkel-
stein Allen
Rear: Jean Mednick
Korman,
Annabelle Zarnett
Fine,
Lorraine Kushner
Resnik,
Sylvia Goldfarb
Bongard
2010 Harbord Grad Award Winners
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From Left: Matthew Tuen,
Ilham Elias, Ai Yamamoto, Tina Ta,
Babylon Hatfaludy-Kantor
From Left: Ben Carter-Whitney,
Eric Lin, Daniel Lee,
Kieran Bunting, Simon Thompson
2010 Harbord Grad Award Winners, Continued...
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From Left: Esther Jeon, Bayer Luo,
Lea Damata, Dino Alic,
Phyllis Pearson
From Left: June Lee,
Sierra Medeiros-Felix,
Tracey Biinna
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Jerry Gray: Harbord Alumni, honored with the Joe Hill
Award - Continued...
Continued from page 3
A congratulatory
letter to Jerry
Gray from the
President of OFL,
Sid Ryan.
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AFM Member honored
with Joe Hill Award
The Joe Hill Award honors lead-
ers and artists who have contrib-
uted to the successful integration
of arts and culture in the labor
movement. Given annually at the
“Great Labor Arts Exchange,” it
is awarded to persons based on
their dedication, participation,
and promotion of labor arts, cul-
ture, organization, and/or history.
This year marks the first interna-
tional awarding, as we honor one
of Canada‟s leading troubadours.
Jerry Gray of Local 149
(Toronto, ON) is the last original
member of The Travellers, a Ca-
nadian folk group begun in 1953.
Much of their music reso-
nated with the years of campus
unrest, and its 1967 recording, A
Century of Song, was a tribute to
Jerry Gray: Harbord Alumni, honored with the Joe Hill
Award - Continued...
100 years of Canadian trade un-
ionism and reinforced the
group‟s labor profile.
The group continues to perform
at concerts, schools, protest ral-
lies, and union gatherings. For
the past 15 years, Gray has
shared his knowledge of union
music by teaching his course,
Folk, Protest, and Union Music,
at various Canadian and US col-
leges and universities. Under his
continuing leadership, the group
has survived for close to 60 years
through changes in the labor
movement, politics, and folk mu-
sic traditions.
The award presentation was
made June 20, at the closing con-
cert of the 2010 Great Labor Arts
Exchange in Detroit, where Gray
was the featured performer.
Congratulations
from Ken Georgetti,
President of the Ca-
nadian Labour Con-
gress, to Jerry Gray
for winning the
prestigious Joe Hill
Award!
The Annual Meeting of the Harbord Charitable Foundation will take place at Har-
bord Collegiate Institute, 286 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, on Wed. November 24th,
2010 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will take place in the Museum – use the Harbord
Manning entrance (southwest corner of the school) and along the main floor.
The meeting will be followed by The 2010 Harbord Homecoming Event, Honoring the
1960’s, ALL Alumni from All Years are Welcome! The Homecoming will run from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m.
2010 Annual Meeting of The Harbord Charitable
Foundation
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Harbord C.I. Grads/Alumni
THE HARBORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
TORONTO, ONTARIO
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
Take notice that the Annual Meeting of the Members of the Harbord Charitable Foundation will be held at
286 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
a) To receive and consider the Report of the Board of Directors, and the financial statements of
the Foundation for the year ended February 28th, 2010;
b) To elect Directors for the ensuing year;
c) To appoint Accountants for the ensuing year; and
d) To transact such other business as many properly come before the Meeting.
Any member who cannot attend is requested to sign and return the attached proxy to the Secretary, Harbord
Charitable Foundation.
(By order of the Board, Pat Wong, Secretary.)
--------------------------------------------Cut and Mail----------------------------------------
Proxy
I, ___________________________, a member of the Harbord Charitable Foundation hereby appoint
______________ as my agent to vote for me and on my behalf at the meeting of the members of the Corpo-
ration on the 24th of November 2010, and at any adjustment thereof.
Dated the ________ day of _________ 2010
Signature of Member ________________
If you are unable to attend the annual meeting, please fill out and return the above proxy or a facsimile, it is
an indication of your interest in the affairs of the Foundation, and will help to obtain a quorum so that the
business of the Foundation may be conducted.
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2010 Harbord Collegiate Homecoming.
Calling all Harbordites & their families
Date: Wednesday November 24th, 2010 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
We will be honouring those who graduated in the 1960"s (1960-1969) with a special dedication for the
graduating class of 1960.
Theme will be the 60's as we will be taking a nostalgic look back through the music, dress and technol-
ogy of the 1960's era.
Event will be held on site at Harbord Collegiate Institute, 286 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario,
M6G 1G5.
Tel: 416-393-1650
Email: [email protected]
Contact Information:
Name: Sid Ingham
Phone: 416-871-6775 or 416-446-0252
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.harbordclub.com
Website: http://events.insidetoronto.com/view-event/30401/286883/Harbord-Collegiate-Institute-F
HARBORD
COLLEGIATE HOMECOMING 2010 !