Interview with Russell Brown
Digital content found in the UTSC Library's Digital Collections are meant for research and private study used in compliance with copyright legislation. Access to digital, and the technical capacity to download or copy it, does not imply permission to re-use. Prior written permission to publish, or otherwise use content, must be obtained from the copyright holder. Please contact the UTSC Library for further information.
Cite this object
Russell Brown looks back at his time at UTSC as an English professor from 1977 to 2004 along with the summer school courses at the downtown campus that he recently taught. He touches upon the “golden age” of UTSC when a small body of faculty and students allowed for close connections and how this has changed with the growing “professionalization” of the campus. He also comments on the tri-campus relationship and the sense of autonomy of what was then the English discipline (now Department of English) at Scarborough, despite the condescending view of Scarborough from St. George. Professor Brown also mentions some of the initiatives he has been involved in, such as the Anthology of Canadian Literature and the second largest reading series in Toronto that brought writers and poets to UTSC to speak to students.