Robert J. Sawyer

Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Northview Heights 50th Anniversary Reunion

by Rob - March 7th, 2007.
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How many high-school reunions can boast that they’ll have not one but two Hugo Award-winners present? Well, this one can — and it’s now just two months away. Mike Glicksohn, who won the best-fanzine Hugo in 1973, and Robert J. Sawyer, who won the best-novel Hugo in 2003, are both attending the 50th-anniversary reunion for Northview Heights Secondary School (formerly, Northview Heights Collegiate Institute) in Willowdale / North York / Toronto (the school hasn’t moved — but the place it’s in has changed its name!).

The reunion will be held Friday night, May 4, and all day Saturday, May 5, 2007 — and I will be arriving exhausted, since my flight from the by-plane portion of my book tour gets me in at the Toronto airport just two hours before the cocktail party begins!

Also on hand will be a bunch of good folk from the Northview Association for Science Fiction Addicts (NASFA), the school’s SF club, including co-founders Richard Gotlib and Robert J. Sawyer (him again!), and members Ted Bleaney, Gillian Clinton, Carolyn Clink, David Clink, Pat (formerly Patsy — another name change!) Clink, and, we hope, many more.

Northview opened its doors in 1957, at the very dawn of the space age. If you’re a former student, teacher, or staff member, come on out to the celebration.

(Carolyn and I, as well as Rick, Ted, and Gillian, have all committed to both the Friday-night gala, as well as the Saturday festivities.)

The Northview Reunion Web Site

The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site

3 Responses to Northview Heights 50th Anniversary Reunion

  1. sorry I missed it a few years to late lol, congratulations on your accomplished life. how do I get on northview website blog so I can contact others? thanks lindalee

  2. rose anne lavender

    I am sorry that I missed the 50th anniversary. I started at Northview the year it opened 1957.Would like to know if another anniversary is planned I would like to also like to contact others from that time frame

  3. rose anne lavender

    I am sorry that I missed the 50th anniversary. I started at Northview the year it opened 1957.Would like to know if another anniversary is planned I would also like to contact others from that time frame

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