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Camp Towhee, and founder of the Learning Disability Program at York University. Prof. Minden was also the author of the parenting book, Two Hugs for Survival<\/em> (1982) and worked as a sports psychologist for several Canadian Olympic teams. <\/p>\nLeft: Professor Harold Minden<\/strong><\/p>\n Prof. Minden was a passionate advocate for stress management and personally demonstrated his belief in the power of positive thought. He will be remembered for his profound love of family, his heartwarming smile and embrace and his superb sense of humour. He had deep appreciation and gratitude for life, making everyone he met feel special.<\/p>\n Born Aug. 8, 1923 in Toronto, Prof. Minden was married for 62 years to Maxine. He leaves his three children and their spouses and seven grandchildren.<\/p>\n The funeral service for Prof. Minden will be held at Holy Blossom Temple today. Those interested in attending the service should contact the Benjamin Park Memorial Chapel at 416-663-9060 for details. The service will be followed by interment at Beth Tzedec Memorial Park. Shiva will be held at 407 Walmer Road from 7 to 8:30pm on Saturday Feb. 21 and Sunday Feb. 22. The family will receive visitors from 2 to 4 pm on Sunday. <\/p>\n Donations in Prof. Minden’s memory can be made to the Harold & Maxine Minden Music Enrichment Fund at Baycrest Centre<\/a>, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto M6A 2E1 or to the St. Michael's Hospital<\/a> Palliative Care Unit, 30 Bond Street, Toronto M5B 1W8. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Professor Minden, an expert in parenting and fatherhood, became a faculty member in York's Department of Psychology after a mid-life change of profession...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yfileauthor":[],"qualifier":[],"yfile-author":[],"tags-to-show":[],"workflow":[],"class_list":["post-12068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":{"internal_publish_date":null,"original_image":null},"yoast_head":"\n