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BURRELL,
Agnes
Morrison
At Bay Haven Nursing Home, Saturday September 17, 2005, Agnes
Morrison BURRELL of Collingwood, formerly of Markdale and Toronto,
in her 95th year. Member Canadian Women's Army Corps World War
2. Beloved wife of the late Melville
BURRELL. Dear aunt of Don,
Douglas and Robert
HAWKES.
Also survived by her great-nieces
and great-nephews. Fondly remembered by Peggy
DIX and Christina
HAWKES.
Predeceased by brothers Clyde, Fred and Bob. A Funeral
service will be held at the May Funeral Home, Markdale, Tuesday
September 20, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. Visitation one hour prior to
service. Interment Markdale Cemetery. If desired, donations to
Centre Grey Health Services Foundation or the charity of choice
would be appreciated.
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DIX o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2005-05-25 published
SNELGROVE,
Arthur
Edward
Arthur Edward, peacefully at The Pines Long Term Care Residence,
in Bracebridge on Monday May 23, 2005 in his 92nd year. Beloved
husband of the late Emily. Loving father of Doug
SNELGROVE and
his wife Marie and Kathleen
ZULAUF and her husband Werner all
of Bracebridge. Grandfather of 6 and great grandfather of 4.
Brother of Bernice (Mrs. Arthur
DIX) of London and the late George
SNELGROVE. A graveside service will be held at the Mount Pleasant
Cemetery in London on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 3: 30 p.m. Memorial
gifts to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind or the
Gideon Bible Society would be appreciated. Arrangements entrusted
to Reynolds Funeral Home "Turner Chapel" in Bracebridge. 1-877-806-2257.
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DIX o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-07-13 published
KHAN,
Namir▼
Faiyaz▼
It is with the deepest regret and sorrow that we announce the
passing of Namir Faiyaz
KHAN, a brilliant teacher, writer and
actor who departed suddenly from this world on Sunday, July 10,
2005. He was born in the city of Allahabad, India on January
11, 1955 to Mumtaz Jahan
KHAN and Fayaz Bahadur
KHAN. He received
his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Political Science at Carleton
University in Ottawa. He was predeceased by his brother Nasir
KHAN and will be missed by his loving family including brothers
Nadir KHAN of Toronto and Nazir
KHAN of California, sisters Nazish
DHIR (née
KHAN) of Oakville and Nigat
HUSSIEN (née
KHAN) of Dubai,
India, numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws and his close family
of Friends including Cynthia
ROBERTS,
Arnd▼
JURGENSEN, Suzanne
ELLENBOGEN, Wendy
DIX, Mark
O'HARE, Greg
KLYMKIW and many, many
others. Namir's professional and artistic achievements are incalculable.
As a writer he co-authored numerous published works including
the books 'Healthy Cities', 'Sustainable Production' and 'Healthy
Work'. He co-wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed feature film,
'Jack of Hearts' and served as a script editor and consultant
to numerous film professionals. Namir's love for cinema was matched
by his love for teaching at numerous universities and colleges
and most recently and prominently as a lecturer at the Centre
For Technology and Social Development in the Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto where
hundreds of students received his passionate and learned lectures.
At the Centre Namir conducted extremely valuable research and
also served as the editor of the Bulletin of Science, Technology
and Society. Namir was also a prolific actor and appeared in
a number of legendary Canadian films including Roadkill, Highway
61, Dance Me Outside, Arrowhead and Jack of Hearts. Namir's life
will be celebrated Thursday, July 14, 9: 30 a.m. at the Toronto
Necropolis located at 200 Winchester Street in Toronto. Donations
in lieu of flowers may be made to Greenpeace International or
the Canadian Film Centre. Arrangements entrusted to The Simple
Alternative Funeral Centre.
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DIX o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-04 published
Namir KHAN,
Lecturer (1955-2005)
University of Toronto teacher, film buff and some-time actor
who enjoyed performing in front of his classes nurtured a dark
secret
By Danny GALLAGHER,
Special to the Globe and Mail, Tuesday, October
4, 2005, Page S9
Toronto -- Namir
KHAN's life was a dichotomy. In his professional
domain, he was an eloquent, fiery orator, whose speeches roused
lecture rooms at the University of Toronto. In private, he was
a complex, bland man, who kept many secrets to himself.
"He had a brilliant flair for performing. It contrasted with
his private life of simplicity and frugality," said one of his
Friends, Greg
KLYMKIW.
Mr. KHAN's animated, note-less lectures puzzled the most hardened
of freshmen students in the U of T's engineering department.
These students were accustomed to no-nonsense, cold, hard facts
in math and science and wondered why Mr.
KHAN, who stood a mere
5-foot-1, sprinkled his lectures with environmental, political
and psychological perspectives. The one-time supporting-role
actor even interjected his love of cinema, literary and pop culture
into his talks.
"He loved performing strategically and that also fed him as a
lecturer," Mr.
KLYMKIW said. "Seventy five per cent of his speeches
had to do with movies. I watched Lawrence of Arabia with him
over 20 times. He saw it hundreds of times. Lawrence as a human
being was a complex person and there were parallels with Namir."
Mr. KHAN sought to make his lectures entertaining and many students
stick-handled to get into his classes. His chief intellectual
influences were German philosopher Martin Heidegger and French
sociologist Jacques Ellul.
He would start each day drinking a cup of Earl Grey tea and tackling
the cryptic crossword puzzle in The Globe and Mail. By midday,
he would have finished an academic treatise, with evenings devoted
to polishing off one or two mystery, science-fiction or historical
books.
Born in India, Namir
KHAN was 18 when he arrived in Canada. He
soon enrolled at Carleton University, graduating in 1979. He
got his master's in 1983 and then switched to the University
of Toronto to start work on his doctorate, which he never completed.
He became a teacher's assistant at the University of Toronto
in 1984, teaching social sciences and engineering courses before
joining the university's faculty of engineering full-time in
"He was such a large part of my mind and my vocabulary," said
Wendy DIX, one of his former girlfriends. "He was one of the
most creative intellectuals I've ever known. I was a bit of an
observer but he never condescended. He was probably the most
brilliant mind in the room, and where people were not as smart
or educated, he didn't exclude them."
Filmmaker Cynthia
ROBERTS, another former girlfriend, recalls
meeting him at Carleton University in 1981 when both were photography
buffs. She was toting around a large-format Mamiya camera, prompting
him to remark, "That's a big camera." He then asked her out on
a date.
For all the passion he produced in front of a classroom, Mr.
KHAN's real love was cinema. He not only watched movies frequently,
he played roles in a number of them. In 1989, Mr.
KHAN ran into
Queer as Folk director Bruce McDonald and soon found himself
cast as an undertaker in Highway 61. Later, Mr. McDonald used
him as a bartender in Dance Me Outside, as a photographer in
Elimination Dance and a cameraman in Roadkill. At Ms.
ROBERTS's
request, Mr.
KHAN wrote a screenplay for an underground production
called Jack of Hearts about a scientist involved with body implants.
One of his last acts in the movie business was a voice-over in
the 1997 film City of Dark.
By 1997, Mr.
KHAN had decided to cut back on the movie business
to spend more time teaching and to edit the U of T's Bulletin
of Science, Technology and Society.
A few years ago, Mr.
KHAN discovered he had Korsakoff's syndrome,
a brain disorder that stems from excessive alcohol use and is
usually coupled with poor eating habits. Although he was known
to be a binge drinker who loved rum and coke, the news astonished
his Friends. "He was the life of the party but he kept his close
Friends at bay," said his friend Arnd
JURGENSEN. "To find out
that he had a serious drinking problem was of considerable shock."
In Korsakoff's syndrome, prolonged alcohol causes growths on
the brain; eventually, Mr.
KHAN was forced to give up teaching.
As a lecturer who didn't take notes and relied strictly on memory,
the illness came as a severe blow. However, when told the problem
was reversible if he stopped drinking, and that he would be "good
as new" within six months, Mr.
KHAN refused to quit.
"He was very gifted but he drank himself to the grave," said
one of his university superiors.
Others did not know until near the end. "I never realized Namir
was so close to death," Ms.
DIX said.
Ironically, near the end of his life, Mr.
KHAN began working
on a screenplay that involved a detective who had developed Korsakoff's
syndrome.
Namir KHAN was born January 11, 1955, in Allahabad, India. He
died in Toronto on July 10, 2005. A coroner's report on the cause
of death proved inconclusive. He had been suffering for several
years from Korsakoff's syndrome. He is survived by brothers Nadir
and Nazir and sisters Nazish and Nigaf. He was predeceased by
his parents Faiyaz and Mumtaz Jahan
KHAN and a brother, Nasir.
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DIX,
Freda
At Peel Memorial Hospital on Friday, February 18th, 2005. Freda,
of Brampton, beloved wife of the late Frank
DIX.
Loving mother
of Doreen and Jon
HARRINGTON of Brampton, Brenda and Ivan
NICKLE
of California, Richard and Vanessa
DIX of Saskatchewan, and William
and Brenda
DIX of Brampton. Sadly missed by her 12 grandchildren
and many great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Ward Funeral
Home "Brampton Chapel," 52 Main Street South (Hwy. 10), Brampton,
on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be held
on Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Chapel, followed by cremation. In
lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated.
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ROMANOFF,
Kathleen "
Caroline" "
Kay" (née
BOCHNA)
Peacefully at Rouge Valley Health System on April 21st, 2005
in her 91st year. Beloved wife of the late John, loving mother
of Kathleen
ROMANOFF-
PATCHELL and her husband Brien, cherished
grandmother of Nicholas (Nick) and Victoria (Tori), dear sister
of Stephanie (Sally)
DIX and Victoria
SHELDON and the late Joseph
BOCHNA, Peter
ATMAN, Pauline
RISELEY, and Mary
INESON. Kay will
be fondly remembered and greatly missed by all of her family,
Friends and neighbours. No formal funeral services will be held.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Coronary Care Unit at Rouge
Valley Health System would be appreciated. A celebration of Kay's
life will follow at a later date. "Kay always had the right recipe
for Life"
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DIX o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-07-13 published
KHAN,
Namir▲
Faiyaz▲
It is with the deepest regret and sorrow that we announce the
passing of Namir Faiyaz
KHAN, a brilliant teacher, writer and
actor who departed suddenly from this world on Sunday, July 10,
2005. He was born in the city of Allahabad, India on January
11, 1955 to Mumtaz Jahan
KHAN and Fayaz Bahadur
KHAN. He received
his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Political Science at Carleton
University in Ottawa. He was predeceased by his brother Nasir
KHAN and will be missed by his loving family including brothers
Nadir KHAN of Toronto and Nazir
KHAN of California, sisters Nazish
DHIR (née
KHAN) of Oakville and Nigat
HUSSIEN (née
KHAN) of Dubai,
India, numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws and his close family
of Friends including Cynthia
ROBERTS,
Arnd▲
JURGENSEN, Suzanne
ELLENBOGEN, Wendy
DIX, Mark
O'HARE, Greg
KLYMKIW and many, many
others. Namir's professional and artistic achievements are incalculable.
As a writer he co-authored numerous published works including
the books "Healthy Cities", "Sustainable Production" and "Healthy
Work". He co-wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed feature film,
"Jack of Hearts" and served as a script editor and consultant
to numerous film professionals. Namir's love for cinema was matched
by his love for teaching at numerous universities and colleges
and most recently and prominently as a lecturer at the Centre
For Technology and Social Development in the Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto where
hundreds of students received his passionate and learned lectures.
At the Centre Namir conducted extremely valuable research and
also served as the editor of the Bulletin of Science, Technology
and Society. Namir was also a prolific actor and appeared in
a number of legendary Canadian films including Roadkill, Highway
61, Dance Me Outside, Arrowhead and Jack of Hearts. Namir's life
will be celebrated Thursday, July 14, 9: 30 a.m. at the Toronto
Necropolis located at 200 Winchester Street in Toronto. Donations,
in lieu of flowers, may be made to Greenpeace International or
the Canadian Film Centre. Arrangements entrusted to The Simple
Alternative Funeral Centre.
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DIX o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-01 published
Performance was gift of rock star of a prof
U of T academic talented speaker
Charismatic man mad about films
By Catherine
DUNPHY,
Obituary
Writer
Namir KHAN was such a performer -- not just in bit parts in the
films of his Friends Bruce McDonald and Peter Lynch, but also
in the classroom at University of Toronto where he taught engineering
students.
His first-year course about sustainable development, technology's
history and its role in creating a brave new environmentally
sensitive world was never popular with freshmen. Accustomed to
almost perfect papers in maths and sciences, they were suddenly
being asked by this tiny guy
(KHAN was 5 foot 1) with two degrees
in political science to think laterally, make connections and
put it all down in essay form.
But KHAN was a charismatic man, a rock star of a prof who used
to ride a motorcycle in a black leather jacket. More to the point
he was a gifted speaker, someone who could -- and did -- stand
in front of 250 students in Room 1105 in the engineering school's
Sandford Fleming Building and without notes integrate their world
with the thoughts of Martin Heidegger (his personal muse) along
with ideas from David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (a film he'd
watched hundreds of times) and then throw in references to pop
culture, The Terminator and Toronto's bicycle paths.
He was a magus, pacing, gesticulating, his rich voice enveloping
his entranced students, who would then clamour to get into the
second- and third-year courses he also taught as a professor
for the school's Centre for Technology and Social Development
in the mechanical and industrial engineering department.
"He faced a bit of resistance from faculty and students. This
was a course that had a less than positive effect on a grade
point average," said his friend and teaching colleague Arnd
JURGENSEN.
"But he was brilliant, simply brilliant, and he had an amazing
ability to make complex arguments relevant and easily understood."
It helped that there were always a couple of students who would
approach him after class to tentatively ask if he was indeed
the undertaker in McDonald's Highway 61 or the East York landlord
in Lynch's Genie-winning short film, Arrowhead.
On Sunday, July 10, Friends found
KHAN dead in his Chinatown
apartment. He was 50. He had stopped teaching last fall after
being diagnosed with Korsakoff's syndrome, a brain disorder,
but there was no conclusive cause of death stated in the coroner's
report.
"He liked centre stage: in the movies, at lectures and at dinner
parties, where at some point we would all be listening to Namir
and enjoying every minute of it," said Wendy
DIX, a former girlfriend.
"He wore his knowledge lightly. He had fun with it."
"He would leave you charged," said his nephew Meraj
DHIR, who
is working on a doctorate in film at Harvard University in good
part because of his uncle's influence.
KHAN used to take
DHIR,
29, and his younger brother Eshwin to all sorts of movies, and
talk to them about the mise en scène, the historical underpinnings,
the narrative arc, the director's eye, the rhythm and pulse of
the piece.
Born and raised in India where he used to sneak out every Saturday
to watch movies,
KHAN was the youngest of six children. His Oxford
University-educated father, the minister of education for his
state, sent his children to Jesuit school and would often invite
Hindu and Jesuit priests to dinner to broaden his children's
education.
KHAN came to Canada when he was 18 and a year later enrolled
at Carleton University for his undergraduate and master's degrees.
That's where Toronto filmmaker Cynthia
ROBERTS met him 25 years
ago.
"Namir introduced me to great movies," she said. He took her
to see Apocalypse Now on their first date.
In 1989 she introduced him to director Bruce McDonald. The two
hit it off and McDonald hired
KHAN on the spot to play a cinematographer
in a movie. It wasn't a stretch for the movie-mad academic. Soon
he became part of McDonald's regular coterie, playing the undertaker
in Highway 61, a bartender in Dance Me Outside and a photographer
in Elimination Dance.
In 1990 ROBERTS encouraged
KHAN to write a screenplay with her
three years later Jack of Hearts was produced. His last official
credit occurred in 1997 when he did a voiceover in a film Called
City of Dark, after which he recommitted himself to his academic
work. He co-authored the books Healthy Cities, Sustainable Production
and Healthy Work. He also edited the Bulletin of Science, Technology
and Society.
But he was as passionate as ever about movies at the time of
his death. He was working on a screenplay and developing a mystery
featuring a sleuth with Korsakoff's syndrome.
In his eulogy,
DHIR said that had
KHAN had time to complete any
of those projects, he was convinced his uncle would have become
a "nobel laureate for literature, or an Academy Award-winning
screenplay writer, an internationally renowned celebrity professor,
or a perennial inhabitant of The New York Times bestseller list."
Perhaps, but in the meantime, his true art was in his performances:
the ones he gave to his students, his family and, always, his
Friends.
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DIX,
Stefanie (née
BOCHNA)
Sally died peacefully in her sleep on August 1st, 2005 at the
age of 88. Beloved wife of the late Helmut
FRENCHY, she will
be greatly missed by her children - Walter
DIX,
Nancy
JANITSCH,
Richard DIX and Linda
DIX-
GIBSON, and her grandchildren - Emily,
Sarah, Heather, Billy, Jessica, Hailee, Andrew and Carolyn. Sally's
two great-grandchildren, Nolan and Fiona, also brought joy into
her last difficult years. She was the dear sister of Victoria
SHELDON and the late Joseph
BOCHNA, Peter
ATMAN, Pauline
RISELEY,
Mary INESON and Kay
ROMANOFF.
Sally will be fondly remembered
by her extended family, old Friends, fellow antique collectors
and her caregiver, Svyatoslav
LOBODA.
There will be no formal
funeral service. A celebration of Sally's love, strength, and
long life will be held at a later date. Donations in her memory
may be made to Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences
Centre.
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LOCKWOOD,
Annette
L. (née
BREAU) (1937-2005)
The death of Annette L.
LOCKWOOD, 68 years, wife of Jim
LOCKWOOD
of Shediac, occurred following a period of failing health, with
her family at her side at the Villa Providence on Tuesday, December
6th, 2005. Born in Moncton on February 6, 1937 she was the daughter
of Milanie and Alalnee
BREAU.
While living in Toronto she worked
for several years with Northern Telecom. After a lifetime of
lighting up this world by touching so many with her love, kindness
and humour, she taught us the nature of a good heart and unconditional
love. Annette will be sadly missed by her husband of 48 years
Jim (James); her children Joanne
LOCKWOOD (Marion
PETITE) of
Moncton, Darlene
DIX
(Michael) of Oakville, Ontario and David
LOCKWOOD
(Teresa) of North Carolina. She was a loving grandmother
to five grandchildren. She is also survived by three sisters
and several nieces and nephews. Memorial Mass will be celebrated
at St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church, Moncton, New Brunswick
on Friday the 9th of December at 10 a.m. Interment will be in
Our Lady of Calvary Cemetery in the spring. Memorial donations
in Annette's name may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Arrangements are under the direction of Cadman Bowness Funeral
Home, 114 Alma Street, Moncton. (506-857-1110) www.cadmanbownessfh.com
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