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Title: Interview with Wayne Dowler
Description: Wayne Dowler talks about his experience as a history professor at Scarborough College/UTSC from 1974 to 2011, as well as his experiences in other UTSC administrative positions.
Date Created: 2020-02-22
Subject: Housing, Faculty Experience, Community, Diversity
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Title: Interview with Diane Hill
Description: Learning about the barriers faced by a First Nations student while attending UTSC
Date Created: 2015-06-01
Subject: Community, Indigenous peoples
mods_relatedItem_collection_titleInfo_title_ms: Diane Hill

Title: Interview with Heidi Calder
Description: Heidi Calder is a long-time employee of UTSC. She arrived here 18 years ago and has worked, among others, in the Alumni Office and the Athletics Department. Most recently, Heidi was the Special Advisor for the PanAm Games. A Scarborough native, Heidi shares her perspective about social change in the community and reflects on the often negative media portrayal of this part of Toronto. A discussion of overall safety in Scarborough and at UTSC, the media's portrayal of the city's east end, and how different kinds of diversity have effected safety and security.
Date Created: 2015-06-04
Subject: Safety, Diversity, Community
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Title: Interview with Katheleene Smith
Description: Katheleene Smith, a business officer in the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (CMS), reflects upon her career at UTSC since the early 2000s. She talks about her early life, her hiring process, the changes in staff roles and responsibilities over the years, the Scarborough Campus community and its comparison to St. George, and her experience working in the Department of CMS.
Date Created: 2020-02-07
Subject: Community, Administration, Campus Growth, Women
mods_relatedItem_collection_titleInfo_title_ms: Katheleene Smith

Title: Interview with Anthony McWatt
Description: Tony McWatt immigrated to Canada from the Carribbean during the 1980s to attend Scarborough College as an undergraduate student. During his undergraduate career, Tony became a true campus leader; he took on the role of student council president, was very active in student clubs, and was involved in campus building projects that would better facilitate student life (i.e. the student centre). Tony also reflects on his both exciting and painful experiences as an international student.
Date Created: 2020-07-02
Subject: Community, Student Experience, Culture, Immigration
mods_relatedItem_collection_titleInfo_title_ms: Anthony McWatt

Title: Interview with Kevin Wright
Description: Kevin Wright, a long-time theatre production manager in the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre and course instructor in the Arts, Culture, and Media Department since 1995, reflects upon UTSC theatre production and the larger campus. He talks about some of the technological changes experienced on campus, as well as changes around the overall understanding of theatre. He shares insightful knowledge around UTSC's earlier years and its experimentation with the television studio, as well as the history of the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre.
Date Created: 2020-01-10
Subject: Faculty Experience, Community, Technology, Drama
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Title: Interview with Mike DeGagné
Description: Dr. Mike DeGagné was an undergraduate student at Scarborough College during the late 1970s to early 1980s. Living abroad in Kenya with family while applying to university, Mike decided to attend Scarborough College after examining one of the campus pamphlets provided in a Kenya office. Spending his four years in campus residences, Mike speaks on student life, the campus environment, academics, and community. Dr. Mike DeGagné also reflects on indigeneity and the important work he did with indigenous youth counselling after graduating. He is currently the President of Yukon University (2020).
Date Created: 2020-07-02
Subject: Student experience, Indigenous peoples, Scarborough College, Community
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Title: Interview with Paula Sperdakos
Description: Professor Paula Sperdakos reflects upon teaching at UTSC and directing productions in the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre. She shares some of her observations during the time she worked at UTSC for 28 years since 1990, such as the physical transformation of the campus, the changes in diversity amongst the campus population, the changes in faculty interactions, and the transformation of departments overtime.
Date Created: 2020-02-03
Subject: Community, Women, Technology, Drama
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