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Title: Interview with Christopher Waddell
Description: Christopher Waddell grew up in Scarborough and attended Scarborough College as an undergraduate during the early 1970s. Studying in the General Arts program, Christopher soon became active in the Student Council and in student publications. During the early 1970s, Christopher and a small group of other students founded the student campus newspaper, The Balcony Square. In addition, by the end of his undergraduate career, he served as Vice-President of the Student Council. Christopher went on to graduate school and a long career in both public service and academia. Christopher reflects on student life and the Scarborough community during the early 1970s.
Subject: Campus growth, Community, Scarborough College, Student experience

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.
Subject: Administration, Campus growth, Community, Women

Title: Interview with Sandford Borins
Description: Professor Sandford Borins was the chair of the UTSC Management department from 1991-2003 (with two years of research leave). After arriving at UTSC, Prof. Borins actively created and built a new Management program. Prof. Borins speaks about the administrative and academic challenges and acheviements of the Management department -- as well as the campus more broadly. After 2003, Prof. Borins continued to teach, research, and publish as a faculty member of the university.
Subject: Administration, Campus growth, Community, Faculty experience

Title: Interview with Paul Harpley
Description: Paul Harpley, environmental scientist and wildlife painter, describes growing up in Scarborough in the 1960s and his time at Scarborough College first in the 1970s. He shares memories of public transport, his grandparents' cabin at the mouth of Rouge River and Scarborough's urban development. Harpley reflects upon UTSC's impact on his personal life, his environmental activism and his career in natural heritage.
Subject: Activism, Architecture, Campus growth, Community, Employment, Environmentalism, Scarborough College, Student experience, Transportation

Title: Interview with David Onley
Subject: Accessibility, Campus growth, Community, Disabilities, Diversity, Leadership, Scarborough College

Title: Interview with Devon and Sandra Muhic
Subject: Campus growth, Community, Culture, Drama, Scarborough College, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus

Title: Interview with Paul Gooch
Description: Professor Paul Gooch discusses his experience teaching and chairing the Humanities department at Scarborough College from 1967 to 1985. Professor Gooch reflects on the social and academic climate of the campus during its beginnings. He also provides an insight on the changing relationship between Scarborough College and the St. George campus in terms of its faculty, administration and institutions during this time.
Subject: Campus growth, Community, Diversity, Education, Extra-curricular activities, Faculty experience, Scarborough College, Technology, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus

Title: Interview with Gudrun Curri
Description: Dr. Gudrun Curri joined the Scarborough campus in the early 1970s as an administrator of records. Gudrun soon became the first non-academic at UTSC to become the campus Registrar -- a role she acted in until the late 1980s. She then went on to pursue graduate studies and became a faculty member at Dalhousie University. Gudrun reflects about campus administration, administration relations, and campus community.
Subject: Administration, Campus growth, Community, Scarborough College