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July 7, 2022

The Woodsworth College Alumni Association held its first in-person AGM in three years!

Alumni Association AGM

It was a lively Annual General Meeting and Alumni Reunion Reception held at the University of Toronto Faculty Club. This first in-person event in over two years saw a new Woodsworth College Alumni Association Board of Directions voted in during the AGM portion of the evening. Erin Rud Thompson, the outgoing president was presented with a floral gift.

WCAA Volunteer Awards Presentation

During the AGM, the Alumni Association was pleased to present its volunteer awards. Setareh Malekian Naeini, outgoing Woodsworth College Students' Association president, was presented the Alumni Association Appreciation Award for outstanding leadership and volunteerism at Woodsworth College.

Outgoing WCAA past-president received award

Harland Tufford, outgoing WCAA past-president, was presented the J.S. Woodsworth Award of Distinction for his many years of great service to the association, the college, and the wider university.

25th Anniversary Pin Presentation

25th Anniversary pins were presented to a number of alumni who had graduated in 1997. Congratulations!

Alumni Reunion Speaker

The Alumni Reunion Lecture was delivered by Carolyn Harris, historian, and author. Her talk was entitled: Royalty in the 21st Century: Tradition and Innovation.

Alumni Reunion Reception

A wine & cheese reception concluded the event.

College News

Amir Alam’s journey to the Faculty of Arts & Science started with a bet.

As a teenager, his love for creating music was ignited one night when he saw a DJ spinning records for a raucous crowd. He struck a deal with his mother: if he got accepted to every major Canadian university he applied to, she would buy him his first set of turntables. He won the wager after fast-tracking his last year of high school and receiving an offer of admission from U of T (along with other top-ranked schools) a few months later.

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