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WATT,
Julia
Conn
Died peacefully, after a valiant struggle, at her Toronto home
April 16, 2003. She is survived by her sons Jeremy and Joshua,
her grand_sons Zachary and Cody, and Friends from all walks of
life too numerous to mention. Born in Sherman, Texas on May 22,
1951 Julia graduated in 1969 from Kirbyville High School, Texas
and later obtained a B.Sc in Education from Stephen F. Austin
University, Texas. She attended the University of Kansas M.B.A.
program while continuing to work to finance her education and
support her young family. Julia demonstrated a rare drive, determination,
and knack for business at an early age, starting her own small
enterprise at the age of nine. She rose through the ranks of
the computer industry to eventually become President of Tech
Data Canada Corp. Though retired for the last few years, she
shared her expertise through her role as director of a number
of companies. She also devoted much time and energy to the community
and was a former member of the Board of Directors of Sunnybrook
Hospital. Julia loved her adopted home Toronto but she never
forgot her southern roots. In her daily life, she always expressed
the highest ideals of kindness, perseverance, and decency. She
will be greatly missed. Her family and Friends ask that in lieu
of flowers donations be made for a Memorial to: Leon
RUDANYCZ
in trust for Julia Watt Memorial, c/o Cornermark Capital Corp,
Suite 1800, 130 King Street West, P.O. Box 427, Toronto, Ontario
M5X 1E3 or charitable donations to Sunnybrook and Women's Foundation,
2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5 re: Angiogenesis
Research Account in Memory of Julia Watt or re: Virtual Oncology
Resource Centre Account in Memory of Julia Watt. A Celebration
of the Life of Julia Conn
WATT will be held at 7: 30 p.m. on Monday,
April 28, 2003 at The Royal Canadian Yacht Club, 141 St. George
Street, Toronto.
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RUDDEN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-12 published
McCOOL,
James
Francis
Patrick
Died on November 10, 2003, Peterborough, Ontario at the age of
77. Survived by his loving wife Jean; his children Sean (Victoria),
Brian (Jamestown, North Carolina , Gael (Vancouver), Kerry (Peterborough),
Dennis (Whitby) and Douglas (Ottawa); ten grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; his sisters Sister Ann Marie
McCOOL
(Convent
of The Good Shepherd in Toronto,) Lorraine
TISCHART
(Beamsville)
and brother Joseph (Toronto); predeceased by his sisters Mary
RUDDEN and Theresa
HOWARD.
Jim had a life-long interest in aviation.
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a Flight
Engineer and Air Gunner on Coastal Command during World War 2.
After retirement from the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce he dedicated
his time as a volunteer at the Alberta Aviation Museum, where
he became President and a member of the Board of Directors for
some years. He was also President of the West Edmonton Senior's
Association and served on the Boards of a number of community
organizations. A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, November
15, 2003 at 1: 00 p.m. in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 1066
Western Street at Clonsilla Avenue, Peterborough. Arrangements
entrusted to Comstock Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 356 Rubidge
Street.
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RUDIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-08-12 published
Lise Aerinne
WAXER
By Diane YIP,
Barbara
YIP, Jonathan
RUDIN, Tuesday,
August 12,
2003 - Page A18
Teacher, musician, writer, traveller, scholar, activist, mentor,
daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin, wife. Born May
30, 1965, in Toronto. Died August 13, 2002, of complications
from ulcerative colitis in Hartford, Connecticut., aged 37.
Inspired by her piano teacher, Lise was in Grade 10 when she
first announced that she wanted to be an ethnomusicologist and
study the people and the music of different cultures. At that
time we didn't even know what ethnomusicology was. She pursued
that goal with a single-minded dedication.
Her formal university education included degrees at the University
of Toronto, York University and the University of Illinois. While
in Toronto, Lise produced and hosted one of the city's first
world-music programs, on
CIUT
Radio, was on planning committees
for a range of cultural and musical events, and provided translation
for visiting Spanish-speaking musicians.
In 1987, after graduating with her bachelor's degree in music
from the University of Toronto, Lise travelled to Nepal for two
months and ended up staying a year.
After Lise finished her master's degree at York University in
1991, she pursued her doctoral studies at the University of Illinois
in Champaign-Urbana. Her mandatory course-work completed, she
embarked on field-work research on salsa music in Cali, Colombia.
But she did not spend all her time doing fieldwork: Lise formed
the first all-woman Latin jazz ensemble in Colombia: Magenta
Latin Jazz. She also met the man who would be her husband: journalist,
author and poet, Medardo Arias
SATIZABAL.
Lise's time in Cali is summed up in her second book -- The City
of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture
in Cali, Colombia -- published posthumously by Wesleyan University
Press.
After completing her PhD, Lise accepted a teaching position in
the music department at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.
Teaching allowed her to continue her travels. In addition to
returning to Colombia, she also went to Ecuador, Venezuela, Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Trinidad.
In Hartford, her adopted city, Lise was very committed to making
a difference. In particular, she wanted to ensure that the university
understood the vibrant life in the city's Hispanic community.
She made those connections in a number of ways.
Every year, Lise put together a student ensemble called Salsafication.
Students learned the joys and intricacies of salsa music and
the band was always in demand to play at numerous functions.
Her energy and leadership not only changed the way the students
looked at music, but also the way they looked at themselves.
Lise was the driving force behind Ritmo de Pueblo -- a cultural
event that brought Hartford's Hispanic community and the university
together in a way that had not occurred before. Lise felt that
the resources of the university needed to be shared and her goal
was to bring down the fences, figuratively, starting with the
Puerto Rican community. She saw the arts as a non-threatening
way for people to see that they are not that different from each
other. As someone
with parents from different backgrounds --
Chinese and Jewish -- Lise knew how important it was to celebrate
our differences rather than allowing them to marginalize us.
Lise taught us all the power that music and dance can have in
breaking down walls.
Lise dreamed big dreams and lived fully; she packed a lifetime
of experience into her 37 years. Her life touched so many of
us.
Diane is Lise's mother, Barbara is her aunt, Jonathan is her
uncle.
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