Kennth Reid Kent, P.Eng graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He was the owner of Moffat Engingeering. He passed away February 18, 2015.
B. C. S. Prabhu was a professor at Ryerson in the Department of Electrical Technology.
The FED is a Soviet rangefinder camera, mass-produced from 1934 until around 1996, and also the name of the factory that made it. The factory emerged from the small workshops of the Children's labour commune named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (the acronym of which gave name to the factory and its products) in December 1927 in Kharkiv (Soviet Ukraine, now Ukraine). Initially the factory was managed by the head of the commune Anton Makarenko, and produced simple electrical machinery (drills). In 1932 the new managing director of the factory – A.S. Bronevoy (Russian: А.С. Броневой) – came up with the idea to produce a copy of Leica Camera.
Large-scale production began in 1934, and in the same year the factory was put under NKVD control. Production continued until 1941, when German forces destroyed the factory, and resumed in 1946.
INVIZIJ Architects, (c. 2011-)
Started in 1969 as Trevor Garwood-Jones Architects Inc. The name changed to Garwood-Jones & Hanham Architects when Trevor Garwood-Jones with Ross Hanham. After Garwood-Jones' death, Ross Hanham changed the company name to INVIZIJ Architects.
Berridge Lewinberg Greenberg Ltd.
Architectural Firm founded by Margaret Russocki (UofT BArch 1973) and Marek Zawadzki (UofT BArch 1974). After Margaret's death in 1991, Zawadzki continued the company - changing its name to ZAS Architects.
George Baird was born in Toronto on August 25, 1939. He graduated from the University of Toronto School of Architecture in 1962. He conducted postgraduate research at University College in London, England, before returning to Canada in 1967 to teach at the University of Toronto, where he served as acting chair and as chair of the architecture program between 1983 and 1985, remaining as professor until 1993.
In 1993 Baird left the University of Toronto to join the faculty at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he was appointed G. Ware Travelstead professor of architecture in 1996 and where he taught design studio and architecture theory. He served as director of the MArch I (professional) and MArch II (post-professional) degree programs until 2004, then returned to Toronto to become dean of the University of Toronto's faculty of architecture, landscape and design until 2009.
Baird established his practice, George Baird Architect and Associates, in Toronto in 1972. In 1982 the office evolved into the partnership of Baird/Sampson Architects, and in 1998 became Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Inc.
Baird's office has produced award-winning architecture and urban design, and has authored many influential studies, notably 1982's Greening Downtown: Design Guidelines for Georgia-Robson Corridor, Vancouver, British Columbia, which established the firm's reputation for intelligent urban analysis. Notable early projects included the office headquarters for the Ontario Trucking Association, Rexdale, Ont (1980); an unsuccessful but influential entry to the Edmonton City Hall Competition, Edmonton, Alta (1982); and the unbuilt Elliot Lake Auditorium for the Arts, Elliot Lake, Ont (1984).
Baird/Sampson Architects and Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Inc. completed a number of award-winning projects, including Cloud Gardens Park in Toronto (1994); the Butterfly Conservatory for the Niagara Parks Commission, Niagara Falls, Ont (1996); student residences for the University of Toronto in Mississauga (1999) and in Scarborough (2003); and mausolea at Prospect Cemetery (2001) and Pine Hills Cemetery in Toronto and Beechwood Cemetery in Vaughan, Ont (2002).
George Baird's honours and awards include the Toronto Arts Foundation Award for Architecture and Design, the da Vinci Medal of the Ontario Association of Architects, and Governor-General's Awards for Cloud Gardens Park (1994), Erindale Hall at the University of Toronto at Mississauga (2006) and the French River Visitor Centre (2010). He is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and is the recipient of the 2010 RAIC Gold Medal, an honour bestowed in recognition of a significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture. From the American Institute of Architects and the Association of Collegiate Schools in Architecture, George Baird was awarded the 2012 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education.
Ken Danby was born March 6, 1940. He attended the Ontarion College of Art, enrolling in 1958. He quit the college two years later because of the college's emphasis on abstract art. He spent the following three years experimenting with his art before settling on photorealism, inspired by the work of Andrew Wyeth, an American photorealist.
His first one man show in 1964 sold out. Danby was recognized as one of the world's foremost photorealist painters. Danby's work has been the subject of several books ranging from reference publications to biographies.
He died September 23, 2007.
James R. Bullock served two consecutive three-year terms on the Ryerson Board of Governors, including two years as chair. He was named a Ryerson Fellow in 1991. Mr. Bullock is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadillac Fairview Corporation and of Laidlaw Inc. From 1987 to 1988 he served as Chairman of the International Council of Shopping Centers. He has actively managed and directed his family-owned investment company, Glengate Holdings Inc. 2000. He is also a member of the Real Estate Advisory Committee of OP Trust. Mr. Bullock has been a Board Member of several other Canadian public companies including Imasco Inc., Dylex Limited, Telemedia Inc, and Revenue Properties Corp. He was also a Governor of McMaster University and served as a Director of McMaster Innovation Park. Mr. Bullock was a founding member of the Board of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority and was a Director of the Woodbine Entertainment Group. He has also served on the Board of the Royal Ontario Museum Foundation, the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, the Shaw Festival, and the Board of Ontario Hydro.
Tony Hernandez is the Director and Eaton Chair in Retailing at the Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA) and Professor within the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Ryerson University. He was awarded an M.Sc. in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) at Leicester University and a Ph.D in Retail Geography and Management at the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), UK. Before embarking on his Ph.D he worked in government planning in the UK. His doctoral research focused on the impact of GIS within major retail organizations. After his doctorate, he was employed as a Research Fellow at MMU, working in the Locational Planning and Management Group within the Department of Retailing and Marketing.
Dr. Hernandez has presented and published numerous articles and papers on location decision making and analysis. His current research interests include location analytics, retail planning and location strategy, spatial analysis, data visualization and decision support. He has undertaken research with and supported research activities within a large number of major retail organizations in Canada, the US and Europe, specializing in retail location decision making research.
He is a member emeritus of the North American Research Taskforce of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and the former Co-Chair and member of the ICSC Canadian Retail Research Group. In 2012 the ICSC acknowledged his contribution to industry with the ICSC’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Research Community.
In 1969, he received a BA in Geography from the University of Leeds, an MA and a PHD from Durham University also in Geography(1969-1977) and a MA in Marketing from Lancaster University in 1982. He then became a professor at Manchester Metropolitan University.
In 2002, he received a BA in Applied Geography from Ryerson University, then an MSA in 2006 from Ryerson and the University of Toronto. He currently is the Director, of Data and Analytics at RPS, Real Property Solutions.
He is an author of several books and his primary area of study is the Middle East.
Aversa holds a Masters of Science in Administration degree. He is employed at Ryerson University as a contract lecturer and a certificate course coordinator. His research interests are: geographic information systems/science, geodemographics, retail geography and big data. He is also a co-author of Canada's leading retailers latest trends and strategies: 9th edition.
Wendy Cukier joined Ryerson in 1986 as a professor at Ryerson University in Information Technology Management, an associate Dean of that School between 2004-2010 and Interim Director of the MBA-MTI/MMSC graduate program. In 1999 she founded the Diversity Institute at Ryerson and in 2011 she became Vice-President of Research and Innovation, a post she held until 2016. Dr. Cukier spearheaded Ryerson’s social innovation strategy to help engage faculty and students from across the university in all disciplines in the innovation agenda. This included leading the bid to become Canada’s first Ashoka Changemaker Campus. She also created innovative programs to support student learning, experiential learning and applied research (iSTEM, ADaPT, Summer Company, RECODE, RBC) with particular focus on leveling the playing field between Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), and Social Science and Humanities (SSH) funding and opportunities. Dr. Cukier holds a PhD in management science; an MBA in marketing and information systems and an MA in social and cultural history; and an Honours BA in English and history. She also has been awarded an honorary Docteur d'Universite from Laval University and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Concordia University. An active volunteer, working with non-profit and industry organizations including the International Women's Forum and the Diversity Forum at Toronto Region Board of Trade, she is on the Board of Directors of the Environics Institute, Women’s College Hospital and several hi-tech start-ups. She is a recipient of the Governor General's Meritorious Cross, one of Canada’s highest civilian honours. She was also named one of the University of Toronto's 100 Alumni Who Shaped the Century, and in 2010 was selected as one of 25 Transformational Canadians by The Globe and Mail, La Presse and CTV. Dr. Cukier was awarded the YWCA Women of Distinction Award and named a 2013 Top 25 Women of Influence.