{"id":281,"date":"2020-10-28T07:16:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancement.apps01.yorku.ca\/impactreport2020\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2021-03-02T12:51:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:51:48","slug":"tentanda-via-albert-tuckers-journey-from-high-school-drop-out-to-glendon-college-principal-an-inspiration-to-many","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advancement.apps01.yorku.ca\/impactreport2020\/tentanda-via-albert-tuckers-journey-from-high-school-drop-out-to-glendon-college-principal-an-inspiration-to-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Tentanda Via: Albert Tucker\u2019s journey from high school drop out to Glendon College Principal an inspiration to many"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From a high school dropout, to a war veteran, to professor and finally Principal of Glendon College, the late Albert Tucker\u2019s career has been unconventional to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After dropping out of high school to help his widowed mother, he worked for some years in a clerical job and served with the RCAF ground crew in the Second World War. When he returned, he then took advantage of the educational opportunities offered to him by finally completing high school and then going on to study history at the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he didn\u2019t stop there. He eventually went on to pursue a PhD in History at Harvard University and was later recruited to teach history at York University\u2019s Glendon College, working his way up to become Principal of the College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Principal of Glendon College, Albert developed an immense affection for the bright young students on campus. It\u2019s no surprise that his generous annual support in life, as well as in his passing, he bequeathed a generous amount of money to support student awards, The John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture, and the activities of the Department of History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlbert was a beloved and revered member of the Glendon and Keele communities, and his legacy will provide lasting support to the programmes and people he valued,\u201d says colleague, Michiel Horn, Professor Emeritus of History at Glendon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike many visionaries, Albert possessed the rare ability to see beyond the apparent constraints of the status quo and to summon a new reality into existence that reflected his values,\u201d says Mark Jurdjevich, Professor and Chair, Department of History at Glendon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, as an undergraduate, Albert was impressed and inspired by the degree to which the Harvard history department brought the larger world to its undergraduates, offering them contact with a wide variety of influential scholars in different disciplines. He decided that Glendon history undergraduates should have the same opportunity and endowed the department with annual funds to invite visiting speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a result of Albert's vision of a dynamic learning environment, Glendon history undergraduates meet a wide variety of intellectuals putting their history expertise to work in innovative ways within and beyond the academy,\u201d Prof. Jurdjevich said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the beneficiaries of Albert\u2019s generosity, Virginia Grimaldi says she would not have been able to complete her studies without having received the critical support from the Albert Tucker Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing from a working-class family, being a single-mother, and being someone who has always struggled financially, attaining a PhD in History has had me quite stressed out at times, even contemplating whether I can afford to continue,\u201d she said. \u201cBut this award not only made possible the first wave of primary source research, but in doing so, I now have a good chunk of what I need and I have been able to get working during this global pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Simon Topp echoes those sentiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI struggled a lot when I first started university, as my early grades probably show. Since then, I've worked hard to turn things around, and receiving the award was an amazing feeling of recognition and validation,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am incredibly grateful to the late Albert Tucker and York University for giving me the sense that all of this was worth it, and for giving others the same feeling in the past and future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tentanda Via\u00a0: Le parcours inspirant d\u2019Albert Tucker, de d\u00e9crocheur au poste de principal du campus Glendon<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Albert Tucker<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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La trajectoire du regrett\u00e9 Albert Tucker est plut\u00f4t inhabituelle : d\u00e9crocheur au secondaire, ancien combattant, puis professeur d\u2019universit\u00e9 et enfin principal du campus Glendon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir abandonn\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudes secondaires afin d\u2019aider sa m\u00e8re qui \u00e9tait veuve, Albert Tucker a occup\u00e9 un emploi de bureau pendant quelques ann\u00e9es. Puis il a fait partie de l\u2019\u00e9quipe au sol de l\u2019Aviation royale canadienne pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. \u00c0 son retour, il a profit\u00e9 des possibilit\u00e9s \u00e9ducatives qui s\u2019offraient \u00e0 lui et a termin\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudes secondaires avant de poursuivre des \u00e9tudes en histoire \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son parcours ne s\u2019est toutefois pas arr\u00eat\u00e9 l\u00e0. Albert a fait ensuite un doctorat en histoire \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Harvard. Puis il a \u00e9t\u00e9 recrut\u00e9 pour enseigner au campus Glendon de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York, dont il est devenu le principal par la suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert portait beaucoup d\u2019affection aux \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes du campus Glendon. De son vivant, il contribuait g\u00e9n\u00e9reusement aux bourses d\u2019\u00e9tudes. Il n\u2019est donc pas surprenant qu\u2019\u00e0 son d\u00e9c\u00e8s, il ait l\u00e9gu\u00e9 une belle somme d\u2019argent pour financer les bourses d\u2019\u00e9tudes, la conf\u00e9rence comm\u00e9morative annuelle John W.  Holmes et les activit\u00e9s du D\u00e9partement d\u2019histoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Les communaut\u00e9s des campus Glendon et Keele aimaient et respectaient \u00e9norm\u00e9ment Albert. Son legs apportera un soutien durable aux programmes et aux personnes qu\u2019il appr\u00e9ciait \u00bb d\u00e9clare son coll\u00e8gue Michiel Horn, professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite d\u2019histoire \u00e0 Glendon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Comme beaucoup de visionnaires, Albert poss\u00e9dait la rare capacit\u00e9 de voir au-del\u00e0 des contraintes apparentes du statu quo et de cr\u00e9er une nouvelle r\u00e9alit\u00e9 qui refl\u00e9tait ses valeurs \u00bb, explique Mark Jurdjevich, professeur et directeur du D\u00e9partement d\u2019histoire de Glendon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Par exemple, lors de ses \u00e9tudes de premier cycle \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Harvard, Albert \u00e9tait impressionn\u00e9 et inspir\u00e9 par la fa\u00e7on dont le D\u00e9partement d\u2019histoire ouvrait des portes sur le monde r\u00e9el en offrant aux \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes un contact direct avec une grande vari\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019experts et de disciplines. Il souhaitait que les \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes de premier cycle de Glendon profitent de cette m\u00eame occasion. Il a alors allou\u00e9 des fonds annuels au D\u00e9partement d\u2019histoire pour que ce dernier puisse inviter des conf\u00e9renciers et conf\u00e9renci\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 sa vision d\u2019un environnement d\u2019apprentissage dynamique, \u00e0 Glendon, les \u00e9tudiants de premier cycle en histoire ont aujourd\u2019hui la chance de rencontrer un grand nombre d\u2019intellectuels qui appliquent leur expertise en histoire de fa\u00e7ons innovatrices dans le monde universitaire et au-del\u00e0, \u00bb souligne le professeur Jurdjevich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia Grimaldi est l\u2019une des b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires de la g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 d\u2019Albert. Elle explique qu\u2019elle n\u2019aurait pas pu terminer ses \u00e9tudes si elle n\u2019avait pas re\u00e7u un soutien essentiel gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la succession d\u2019Albert Tucker : \u00ab Je viens d\u2019une famille ouvri\u00e8re. Je suis m\u00e8re monoparentale, alors j\u2019ai toujours eu des difficult\u00e9s financi\u00e8res. Poursuivre un doctorat en histoire \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s stressant par moment. Je me suis souvent demand\u00e9 si j\u2019avais les moyens de continuer. Non seulement cette bourse a rendu possible ma premi\u00e8re s\u00e9rie de recherches de source primaire, mais j\u2019ai pu travailler sur mon doctorat pendant la pand\u00e9mie mondiale et j\u2019ai maintenant une bonne partie de tout ce qu\u2019il me faut. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019\u00e9tudiant Simon Topp est du m\u00eame avis : \u00ab Lorsque j\u2019ai commenc\u00e9 l\u2019universit\u00e9, j\u2019avais beaucoup de difficult\u00e9s : mes premiers r\u00e9sultats en t\u00e9moignent. Depuis, j\u2019ai fait tout mon possible pour changer les choses. L\u2019octroi de cette bourse m\u2019a vraiment encourag\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Je suis extr\u00eamement reconnaissant envers le regrett\u00e9 Albert Tucker et l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York qui m\u2019ont donn\u00e9 le sentiment que tout cela en valait la peine et qui continueront \u00e0 le faire pour de futurs \u00e9tudiants. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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