Tom Symons: A Canadian Life

Notes on Authors

Notes on Authors Rosalie Silberman Abella has been a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2004. Previously, she served on the Ontario Court of Appeal and on the Ontario Family Court. A member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 1975 to 1980, she headed the 1984 federal Royal Commission on Equality in Employment and subsequently served as chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board and of the Ontario Law Reform Commission. She has written more than eighty articles and written or co-edited four books and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Marco Adria is professor of communications and director of the graduate program in communications and technology at the University of Alberta. He is the author or co-author of four books in the areas of organizational communication, popular culture, and nationalism, including Technology and nationalism. He has served as president of the Canadian Association of Library Trustees and is a convenor of the Edmonton Citizen Panel. Stephen Alsford spent most of his career at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, until his retirement in 2008. He is the author of numerous publications on museological and medieval history subjects, as well as editor of the volume The Meta incognita Project: Contributions to field Studies. He served as secretary to the Meta Incognita Project Steering Committee. 444 TOM SYMONS: A CAnAdiAn Life Charles Beer is a partner with Counsel Public Affairs Inc. He is a former minister of Community and Social Services and minister responsible for Francophone Affairs in the Ontario government, and a member of the Ontario Legislature from 1987 to 1995. As an Ontario public servant, he supported the work of the Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation from 1966 to 1971. In 1971 and in 1973, he was seconded by the Ontario government to serve on the two French-language schools’ reviews conducted by Tom Symons in Sturgeon Falls and in Cornwall. Jamie Benidickson teaches Environmental Law, Water Law, and Legal History at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. His publications include The Temagami experience; idleness, Water and a Canoe; and The Culture of flushing: A Social and Legal History of Sewage. Christina Cameron is a professor at the School of Architecture at the Université de Montréal, where she holds the Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage. She previously served as Director General of National Historic Sites, Parks Canada, and as secretary to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. David R. Cameron is chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, where he previously served as a vice-president. He has also held senior positions at Trent University and in both the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including Taking Stock: Canadian Studies in the 90s, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Ivan P. Fellegi is Chief Statistician of Canada Emeritus, Statistics Canada, which he headed from 1985 to 2008, during which time it was ranked by The economist as the best statistical office in the world. Past president of the International Statistical Institute, the International Association of Survey Statisticians, and the Statistical Society of Canada, Dr. Fellegi is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, and has published extensively on statistical methods, on the social and economic applications of statistics, and on the successful management of statistical agencies. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada. NOTES ON AUTHORS 445 John Fraser is Master of Massey College in the University of Toronto and the former editor of Saturday night magazine. One of Canada’s most distinguished journalists, he is the recipient of three National Newspaper Awards and eight National Magazine Awards. He is also the author of several books, including the international best-seller The Chinese and eminent Canadians. He has received numerous honours and honorary degrees and is a Member of the Order of Canada. Ralph Heintzman is adjunct research professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. A former editor of the Journal of Canadian Studies, his career has spanned the university, research, and government worlds. He worked with Tom Symons in his first full-time job and witnessed a model of leadership that was not equalled in the rest of his professional career. Edward MacDonald...