Trinity College, Toronto - Alumni

Alumni

See also: List of University of Toronto people

Trinity has graduated notable academics including Michael Ignatieff and former Trinity provost Margaret MacMillan, numerous politicians including the aforementioned Michael Ignatieff, his father George Ignatieff, former leader of the opposition and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, now Trinity Chancellor Bill Graham, former leader of the New Democratic Party Ed Broadbent, and former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson as well as numerous notable diplomats including former Trinity Chancellor and Canadian Ambassador to the United States Michael Wilson. To the field of business, Trinity has contributed Ted Rogers, president and CEO of Rogers Communications, and Jim Balsillie, former co-CEO of Research In Motion. To the arts, Trinity has contributed poets Archibald Lampman and Dorothy Livesay, architect Frank Darling, and filmmaker Atom Egoyan. Numerous high-ranking officials in the Anglican Church are also former Trinity students, including Andrew Hutchison, retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Thirty-five graduates of Trinity having been awarded Rhodes Scholarships.

  • John Black Aird, CC, O.Ont, QC – Senator (1964–1974) and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1980–1985)
  • Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research in Motion
  • Ben Barry – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Ben Barry Agency
  • St. Clair Balfour, O.C., D.S.C., (1910–2002) – Chairman of Southam Newspapers
  • Addington Bruce – Journalist
  • Jackie Burroughs - Actress
  • J.M.S. Careless, O.C., O.Ont., FRSC – Historian and biographer of George Brown
  • Michael Chong – Former President of the Queen's Privy Council, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister for Sport
  • Adrienne Clarkson – Former Governor-General of Canada
  • Peter Coffin – former Bishop of Ottawa
  • Andrew Comrie-Picard – X Games athlete and TV host
  • Andrew Coyne – columnist for the National Post
  • John Duffy – Canadian political pundit
  • Atom Egoyan – Filmmaker
  • Juliana Farha – internet entrepreneur and writer for The Guardian
  • Malcolm Gladwell – author and columnist for The New Yorker
  • Bill Graham – Politician
  • Jonathan Hart {http://us.macmillan.com/author/jonathanhart]- Scholar, writer, historian
  • Bill Hastings – Chief Censor of New Zealand
  • Andrew Hutchison – Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
  • William Hutt (1920–2007) – Actor
  • George Ignatieff – Canadian diplomat, UN ambassador and former Trinity Provost
  • Michael Ignatieff – Academic and politician
  • Craig Kielburger - Founder of Free the Children
  • David Ing – Academic and senior consultant
  • Colin Johnson – Bishop of Toronto
  • Archibald Lampman – Poet
  • Dominic LeBlanc, PC – Parliamentarian and former Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.
  • Dorothy Livesay – Poet
  • Margaret MacMillan – Historian, best-selling author, and former Trinity Provost
  • Victoria Matthews – Bishop of Edmonton
  • Sir William Osler – Father of modern medicine
  • Sir Gilbert Parker – Novelist and British politician
  • Patricia Pearson – noted Canadian author and journalist
  • Michael Peers – Former Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
  • Jagoda Pike – Publisher of the Toronto Star
  • John M. Robertson – National Gift Planning Officer, Anglican Church of Canada
  • Ted Rogers – Former President and CEO of Rogers Communications
  • Paul Sheehan – Entertainment Journalist
  • Dr. Charles Sheard – Toronto's Chief Medical Officer in the late 19th and early 20th century, Member of Parliament
  • Bruce Stavert – Archbishop of Quebec and Metropolitan of Canada
  • Alastair Sweeny – Writer and Web Publisher
  • Michael Wilson – Canadian Ambassador to the United States
  • R. H. Thomson - Actor
  • Ravi Vakil - Mathematician

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