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Passings

During their lifetimes, these colleagues helped to shape our department in meaningful ways. Read more about their lives, work, and contributions to the university and to the Department of English.

Passings: Professor Emerita Penelope Reed Doob

Passings: Professor Emerita Penelope Reed Doob

Prof. Reed Doob passed away in Toronto on Saturday, March 11. Prof. Reed Doob joined York in 1969. She was a professor of English and Dance, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students in those departments, as well as in the Graduate Programs in Women’s Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies. Prof. Reed Doob was chair of the […]

Passings: Professor Emeritus Maurice Elliott

Passings: Professor Emeritus Maurice Elliott

Professor Elliott was a professor of English at York University from 1966 to 2002, and served York University as Master of Winter’s College (1980 to 1987); Chair of the Department of English (1993 to 1999); Chair of Senate (1998 to 1999) and as a member of York’s Board of Governors. In 1996, he was awarded […]

Passings: Professor Rishma Dunlop inspired many with her poetry

Passings: Professor Rishma Dunlop inspired many with her poetry

Rishma had met with Denis DeKlerck, publisher of Mansfield Press, who had recently published her first book of poetry, The Body of My Garden, to propose an anthology of poetry by South-Asian Canadian women. The publisher liked the idea and suggested that Rishma seek me out as a co-editor. We spent much of the lunch venting […]

Passings: Professor Kenneth Gibson

Passings: Professor Kenneth Gibson

Kenneth Gibson passed away in February 2015. Following graduate study at the University of Toronto, Gibson joined York's English Department, where he taught as an Assistant Professor until his retirement in 2002. Read More

Passings: Barbara Godard Memorial 10 May 2011

Passings: Barbara Godard Memorial 10 May 2011

Barbara Thompson Godard (1941-2010) was Professor of English, French, Social and Political Thought, and Women's Studies at York University, where she also held the Avi Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian Literature.  With a B.A. from the University of Toronto and an M.A. from l'Université de Montréal, Dr. Godard completed her doctorate at l'Université de Bordeaux […]