The R.A.S.C. Observer’s Handbook

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100086826 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 105 ◽

pp. 225-226

Author(s):

Roy L. Bishop

Keyword(s):

Optical Telescope ◽

Astronomical Society ◽

University Of Toronto ◽

The Third ◽

Royal Astronomical Society ◽

The University

Except for two years, 1909 and 1910, the Observer’s Handbook of The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada has been published every year since 1907. It was founded by Clarence Augustus Chant, who also was responsible for the founding at the University of Toronto, of Canada’s first and largest department of astronomy, and who established the David Dunlap Observatory, which contains the largest optical telescope in Canada. In addition, Chant served as Editor of the Observer’s Handbook for 50 years, which is the main reason I am only the fourth editor since 1907. I should mention that John Percy, Chairman of the Scientific Organizing Committee of this Colloquium, was the third editor.

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Two PopII Cepheids in the Globular Cluster M10

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100109467 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 82 ◽

pp. 260-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C. Clement ◽

H. Sawyer Hogg ◽

K. Lake

Keyword(s):

Globular Cluster ◽

Horizontal Branch ◽

Carnegie Institution ◽

University Of Toronto ◽

The Third ◽

Irregular Variable ◽

Carnegie Institution Of Washington ◽

The University

The globular cluster Messier 10 has three known variables. The first two of these were discovered by one of us (Sawyer 1933) and the third by Arp (1955). Two of the variables, V2 (P=18.7226) and V3 (P=7.831), are population II cepheids while V1 appears to be an irregular variable. Another star which lies in the Schwarzschild gap on the horizontal branch is a suspected variable (Voroshilov 1971).In this investigation, we examine the variations in the periods of the two cepheids over the interval 1912 to 1983 (for V2) and 1931 to 1983 (for V3). The study is based on photographs obtained with seven different telescopes - the Mt.Wilson 100-inch and 60-inch (1912 to 1919), the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory 72-inch, the David Dunlap 74-inch and 19-inch, the 16-inch at the University of Toronto downtown campus and the University of Toronto 24-inch at the Las Campanas Observatory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Some of our magnitudes have already been published (Sawyer 1938) and the remaining ones will be submitted to the Astronomical Journal for publication. We have also included material published by Arp (1955, 1957) in our study.

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Henry Crozier Plummer, 1875-1946

Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society ◽

10.1098/rsbm.1948.0012 ◽

1948 ◽

Vol 5 (16) ◽

pp. 778-789

Keyword(s):

Natural Science ◽

Wide Field ◽

Careful Attention ◽

Natural Knowledge ◽

Astronomical Society ◽

Oxford University ◽

Royal Astronomical Society ◽

The University ◽

Assistant Lecturer ◽

Attention To Detail

Henry Crozier Plummer was born at Oxford on 24 October 1875. He was the eldest son of William Edward Plummer, who was then Senior Assistant at the Oxford University Observatory under the directorship of Pritchard and who was subsequently (1892) appointed Director of the Observatory of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and Reader in Astronomy at the University of Liverpool. Plummer was educated at St Edmund’s School, Oxford, from whence he proceeded to Hertford College where he held a scholarship. He took first classes in Mathematical Moderations and Finals, and a second class in the Final Honours School of Natural Science (Physics). After a year as Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics at Owens College, Manchester, and another year as Assistant Demonstrator in the Clarendon Laboratory, he accepted, in 1901, the position of Second Assistant in the University Observatory under the directorship of H. H. Turner. The salary of this post was not attractive, but Plummer wished to devote his energies to astronomy, a subject to which he had already made contributions in the form of papers published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ; he had been elected a Fellow of that Society in 1899. His career as a professional astronomer lasted until 1921. During that period his published papers (most of which appeared in the Monthly Notices ) covered a wide field of topics and included several well-defined series which represented substantial contributions to natural knowledge. He always approached a problem critically and with careful attention to detail; thoroughness and solidity were the characteristics of his work.

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Italian Renaissance Plays in the University of Toronto Library: Supplement III

Renaissance Quarterly ◽

10.2307/2859949 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 512-532

Author(s):

Beatrice Corrigan

Keyword(s):

Seventeenth Century ◽

Italian Renaissance ◽

Valuable Source ◽

Passion Plays ◽

University Of Toronto ◽

The Third ◽

Wide Range ◽

The University

The Editorial Board of Renaissance Quarterly is most kindly continuing its tradition in Renaissance News by allowing me to publish the third supplement to the Catalogue of Italian Plays 1500-1700 in theUniversity of Toronto Library (University of Toronto Press, 1961). Previous supplements appeared in RN16 (1963), 298-307, and 19 (1966), 219-228. The plays listed below illustrate a wide range of theatrical tastes, from Latin and Italian passion plays, medieval in tradition, to the later dominant vogue for musical dramas. In editions of the latter it became customary early in the seventeenth century to record architects, costumers, and performers, so that the printed plays are a valuable source for stage history. Scenery for four of these dramas was designed by Ferdinando and Francesco Galli di Bibbiena, then at the outset of their careers.

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Napier Tercentenary Celebration, July 1914

The Mathematical Gazette ◽

10.1017/s0025557200014807 ◽

1914 ◽

Vol 7 (110) ◽

pp. 299-300

Author(s):

C.G. Knott

Keyword(s):

Royal Society ◽

History Of Mathematics ◽

Astronomical Society ◽

Town Council ◽

Royal Astronomical Society ◽

University College ◽

History Of ◽

The University ◽

The Town ◽

Educational Importance

John Napier's Logarithmorum Canonis Mirifici Descriptio was published in 1614 ; and it is proposed to celebrate the tercentenary of this great event in the history of mathematics by a Congress, to be held in Edinburgh on Friday, 24th July, 1914, and following days.The Celebration is being held under the auspices of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, on whose invitation a General Committee has been formed, representing the Royal Society of London, the Royal Astronomical Society, the Town Council of Edinburgh, the Faculty of Actuaries, the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, the Universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh, the University College of Dundee, and many other bodies and institutions of educational importance.The President and Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh have now the honour of giving a general invitation to mathematicians and others interested in this coming Celebration.

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Firsthand Experience in Graduating Three Cohorts of Forensic Pathologists Trained With Competency by Design (CBD) Curriculum

Academic Forensic Pathology ◽

10.1177/19253621211063104 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 192536212110631

Author(s):

Jayantha C. Herath

Keyword(s):

Training Program ◽

Royal College ◽

Forensic Pathology ◽

Training Experience ◽

Professional Activities ◽

University Of Toronto ◽

The Third ◽

Stage Transition ◽

The University ◽

Pathology Training

Introduction: The University of Toronto experienced graduating three cohorts of forensic pathologists trained with Competency by Design (CBD) curriculum. We achieved this as a result of multiyear development of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), Required Training Experience (RTEs), and Specialty Competency Requirements (SCRs) by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s Forensic Pathology Speciality Committee, the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, and the University of Toronto. Method: Our academic year is comprised of 13 blocks. We divided the 13-block period into 4 stages to map all the EPAs and RTEs. The first stage, Transition to Discipline, is 1 block, the second stage, Foundation of Discipline, consists of 3 blocks; the third stage, Core of Discipline, consists of 6 blocks, and the final fourth stage, Transition to Practice, consists of 3 blocks. Board-certified faculty members in Forensic Pathology with more than five years of experience supervised the trainees. We graduated 5 Canadian and 4 international trainees at the end of the third cycle of CBD-based training program. Conclusion: Using the Royal College Speciality Committee blueprint, the University of Toronto started in 2016 planning the CBD curriculum in the forensic pathology training program. By the end of June 2021, we graduated nine trainees from our CBD-based Forensic Pathology training program. We are training the fourth cohort, and they will be graduating at the end of June 2022. This article aims to share our firsthand experiencing in CBD training in forensic pathology.

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The origins of Electron Microscopy in North America at the University of Toronto

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100120412 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 2-3

Author(s):

John H. L. Watson

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

North America ◽

University Of Toronto ◽

The University

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Doctoral Training of Psychology Students in France

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027//1016-9040.8.1.3 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 3-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christine Roland-Lévy

Keyword(s):

Doctoral Programs ◽

Psychology Students ◽

Doctoral Training ◽

University System ◽

The Third ◽

Conducting Research ◽

The University ◽

Psychology Doctoral ◽

Phd Programs ◽

Phd Program

Abstract: The aim of doctoral programs in psychology is to help students become competent psychologists, capable of conducting research and of finding suitable employment. Starting with a brief description of the basic organization of the French university system, this paper presents an overview of how the psychology doctoral training is organized in France. Since October 2000, the requisites and the training of PhD students are the same in all French universities, but what now differs is the openness to other disciplines according to the size and location of the university. Three main groups of doctoral programs are distinguished in this paper. The first group refers to small universities in which the Doctoral Schools are constructed around multidisciplinary seminars that combine various themes, sometimes rather distant from psychology. The second group covers larger universities, with a PhD program that includes psychology as well as other social sciences. The third group contains a few major universities that have doctoral programs that are clearly centered on psychology (clinical, social, and/or cognitive psychology). These descriptions are followed by comments on how PhD programs are presently structured and organized. In the third section, I suggest some concrete ways of improving this doctoral training in order to give French psychologists a more European dimension.

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