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At its regular meeting on April 19 The Friends’ board approved the nominations of Patricia Fleming and Heather Inglis Baron to serve as directors until the annual meeting when, like all directors, they will be eligible for re-election by the membership at large. Now a Professor Emeritus, Patricia Fleming taught for more than 30 years in the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. Beginning with her first job as a librarian at the Toronto Public Library in the 1960s, she has had a particular interest in this city and its people. Her doctoral thesis on the history of printing in Toronto provided a foundation for studies of the press in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces. Most recently, she directed the national project for A History of the Book in Canada/ Histoire du livre et de l’imprimé au Canada published in three volumes in English and in French in 2004, 2005, and 2007. Earlier publications include Upper Canadian Imprints: 1801-1841 (Toronto: U of T Press, 1988) and Toronto in Print: A Celebration of 200 Year of the Printing Press in Toronto, 1798-1998, a catalogue for an exhibition in 1998 at the Thomas Fisher Library, University of Toronto (with Sandra Alston). As an active member of the board Pat looks forward to working on the plans for the celebration of the bicentennial of the war of 1812.
Heather Inglis Baron is a Senior Planner with the firm of Bousfields, Inc. Previously she was a planner with the City responsible for the Fort York Neighbourhood, King-Liberty area and early phases of redevelopment at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen St. W. Her time with the City also included a stint on the Development Review Task Force and with the Parks Department. Heather began her career in 1990 as a planner with the Ontario Municipal Board. After moving to Vancouver in 1994, she worked on non-profit housing for BC Housing followed by six years with the City of Burnaby. Currently she is completing a Master’s Degree in Urban Design at the University of Toronto. No doubt we will benefit from Heather’s expertise, given our long-established root interest in planning matters. Currently we keep an eye on several issues, including the Georgetown rail corridor environmental assessment (EA), Front Street extension, rebuilding of Strachan Ave., Waterfront West streetcar (Strachan to Roncesvalles) and Bathurst Bridge rebuilding–to name only those we know about!
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