Spotlight on Members of the Trinity Community
Trinity alum Tassie Cameron, one of Canada’s most accomplished television showrunners (currently helming Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent), reflects on her four years at Trinity.
Returning to Trinity [for reunion] just brings me back into that feeling that anything is possible. So much of who I am was shaped in those years. There’s real beauty in that.”
Tassie Cameron
Trinity College alum (Class of 1991)
Trinity alum Steven Wang is CEO of Venture for Canada, a national charity that equips young Canadians with entrepreneurial skills, mindset and opportunities — and increasingly, the ability to navigate a 21st-century economy shaped by artificial intelligence (AI). A lecturer who teaches global affairs and AI governance, including at Harvard, Wang returns to Trinity as instructor in the 2025–26 academic year.
Trinity taught me that public questions deserve seriousness and care, and that intellectual rigor and civic responsibility belong together.”
Steven Wang
Trinity College alum (Class of 2011)
Trinity’s Director of Immunology Professor Jasty Singh has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to student learning. Read about her full-circle moment and why she loves to teach.
Teaching is about being relatable and learning how students learn best. It is about active learning and looking for ways to engage students in class and to build their confidence.”
Jasty Singh
Director, Immunology Program at Trinity College, and Fellow of the College
For Black History Month we share the story of Alexander Augusta. He was the first black medical student in Canada West – and Trinity’s first Black student. To honour Dr. Augusta’s courage and significant contributions to medicine and society, his portrait “Mend” by Gordon Shadrach hangs in Seeley Hall.
Playing a short but significant role in the life of this extraordinary person is surely one of our [Trinity's] proudest moments,” says Rolph-Bell Archivist Sylvia Lassam
Alexander Augusta
Completed his medical degree at Trinity Medical College in 1860, Dr. Augusta became the first Black medical student in Canada West.
The Rev. Paige Souter (MDiv ’23) has joined Trinity College as the new Humphrys Chaplain, beginning her appointment on August 18, 2025. A Trinity alumna and the inaugural recipient of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Scholarship, Souter brings a rich background in ministry, community development, and public policy to her new role.
To return to a community that I call “home” as chaplain is a full circle moment. Trinity is more than a campus; it is a community.”
The Rev. Paige Souter
Trinity College Faculty of Divinity alum (Class of 2023), and the College's Humphrys Chaplain
“Tci migwetc [big thank-you]. Thank you so much for the relief this bursary provides me. I truly can’t thank you enough.” These are the words of Mars (Maritza Ayala-Spence), a third-year Trinity student whose journey from high school dropout to determined student was made possible in part by the generosity of Trinity donors. Read Mars’ story.
Tci migwetc [big thank-you]. Thank you so much for the relief this bursary provides me. I truly can’t thank you enough.”
Maritza Ayala-Spence (Mars)
Trinity student’s story of finding hope and purpose: Mars Rises
Among recipients of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2023 are Faculty of Divinity PhD candidates Father Bohdan Hladio and Samuel Lau. Learn what vexing question Fr. Hladio is studying within Eastern Orthodoxy and learn about Samuel’s PhD research on the problem of race and cultural diversity in Christian theology.
My experience at Trinity has been wonderful… and has made me a much better priest – both preaching and teaching. It has improved me pastorally and it has given me a greater understanding about relationships with people.”
Fr. Bohdan Hladio
Faculty of Divinity, PhD Candidate
“In an increasingly diverse world, questions concerning race, ethnicity and culture have become front and centre.”
Samuel Lau
Faculty of Divinity, PhD candidate
