Thomas H. B. Symons
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Thomas H. B. Symons was a Canadian academic and public servant best known as the founding president of Trent University and a leading figure in the development of Canadian studies.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas H. B. Symons canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Canadian
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human ⓘ public servant ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Canada
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Order of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1929-05-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Toronto, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Canada Council for the Arts
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2021-01-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
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University of Toronto ⓘ Upper Canada College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Trent University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Symons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Canadian studies
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higher education administration ⓘ |
| fullName | Thomas Henry Bull Symons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonoraryDegreeFrom |
Carleton University
NERFINISHED
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Queen's University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Guelph NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Western Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Winnipeg NERFINISHED ⓘ York University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding president of Trent University
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leadership in heritage preservation in Canada ⓘ pioneering work in Canadian studies ⓘ |
| notableWork | To Know Ourselves: The Report of the Commission on Canadian Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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public servant ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of the Commission on Canadian Studies
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chair of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada ⓘ chair of the Ontario Heritage Foundation ⓘ chair of the Ontario Human Rights Commission ⓘ chancellor of Trent University ⓘ founding president of Trent University ⓘ president of Trent University ⓘ vice-president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ⓘ |
| residence | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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