{"id":815,"date":"2017-11-11T17:52:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T22:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/?p=815"},"modified":"2017-11-15T20:58:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T01:58:03","slug":"gordon-stanley-davies-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/gordon-stanley-davies-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Stanley Davies \u00a0(\u201953) (1933-2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born in 1933, Gordon lived a rich and full life. He attended North Toronto in the glory days of Jack Dow and played violin in the school\u2019s fledgling music program, although science ultimately proved to be his passion. After completing his PhD in marine biology at the University of California, he returned to Canada and accepted a position at the University of Waterloo in Canada\u2019s first Environmental Faculty. He played a significant role in preparing Canada\u2019s first Environmental Assessment Process, worked with Thomas Berger on the McKenzie Valley Pipeline inquiry and headed up Kenya\u2019s Wildlife Planning Unit, which was responsible for establishing new national parks in that county.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gordon had two sons \u2013 Erik (born in Nigeria) and Ben (born in Vancouver) \u2013 with his first wife, Anita D\u2019Aoust. In 1989, Gordon suffered a life-altering stroke but, although partially paralyzed, continued to teach, work and travel. In 1996, he attended the Maytime Melodies 50th anniversary concert at Roy Thompson Hall and reconnected with Kay Smythe (n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e Charles, also \u201953) \u2013 his first girlfriend at NT! \u2013 whom he had not seen since graduating. Kay and Gordon were married in Muskoka at a ceremony enhanced by a stirring rendition of John Rutter\u2019s \u201cThe Lord Bless You and Keep You,\u201d which had been performed at the 50th Maytime Melodies concert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In living with a stroke-related disability, Gordon realized that there were no books written from the perspective of survivors. He took on the challenge of filling this void by interviewing other stoke survivors. Using a single finger to type, he documented their stories and his in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s Your Handicap? A Guide to Stroke Recovery<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, published in 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known for his gentle humour and quiet wisdom, Gordon passed away peacefully on June 9, 2017, with his wife, sons and stepson at his side.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1933, Gordon lived a rich and full life. He attended North Toronto in the glory days of Jack Dow and played violin in the school\u2019s fledgling music program, although science ultimately proved to be his passion. After completing his PhD in marine biology at the University of California, he returned to Canada and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/gordon-stanley-davies-53\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gordon Stanley Davies \u00a0(\u201953) (1933-2017)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ntci.on.ca\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}