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Illustration and photos of UofT alumni who contributed to Canada

Class Acts

As the UTAA celebrates its 100th birthday, we raise our hats to 100 alumni who made their mark on the 20th century

Crusaders

Alumni who exemplify the positive roles individuals can play in communities

Heroes & Icons

Theirs are the names that pass back and forth in conversations around the world

Sod-turning ceremony in 1904 for Convocation Hall marked one of the first and finest achievements of the UTAA.

A Commanding Force

Alumni wanted an organization to keep them in touch with their alma mater, and the wife of the president recognized that there is strength in numbers. The time was right to establish the University of Toronto Alumni Association

Marble sculpture of a man tackling another man

Triumph

The trophy presented to Henry Crawford Griffith, champion of athletics

The Thousand-Year Itch

How do you get 10 scholars to wax anything but bored about the millennium? Scratch the surface of the Y2K hype and ask them to predict the future of their fields

Led by Professor Donald Chant, left, environmental activists recognized Survival Day in 1970.

Green Power

A 1969 article in The Varsity ignited students to start the Canadian environmental movement

Eye in the Sky

Ophthalmologist James Oestreicher circles the globe to treat patients in a converted DC-10

Stepping into the Future

Cutbacks in government funding for postsecondary education have eased off in the last couple of years; the Campaign for the University of Toronto is producing remarkable results, and a quarter of a billion dollars will be invested in new buildings and initiatives over the next decade.

Salt-water solution

Isolation of a gene could improve farming productivity in areas of the world where crops are compromised by saline irrigation water

Playing Politics

Authors say popular English theatre troupe of 1580s was supported by the Crown