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EMAIL: [email protected]DEATHSMONA HELEN MARGARET BLAIR BANDEEN
C.M., M.A., M.B.A.
1934 - 2020MonaBandeenwasaladyand scholar who wasdeterminedtomakea
differencein theworldand who succeeded brilliantlyand beautifully inall
regards. Shedied in Toronto on March 23rdfrom complications brought on by
whatwaspresumedtobeauto-immuneencephalitis. Shewaspredeceased
by her husband of 52 years,Robert(Bob)Angus Bandeen(OC), her son,
Mark Everett Bandeen,and her brother, SidneyRobert(Bob) Blair(CC). She
is survivedbyher sonsand theirfamilies:IanBlair Bandeenand his wife,
ElizabethArmitageand their children, Robert(Ridge), Grace,Spencerand
Darcy;Mark’s children, Bradfordand Blair; Robert DerekBandeenand his wife,
BonnieMiaoand their children, Kelsey, Jesse,JeffreyandLuke;andAdam
Drummond Bandeenand his wife, Elizabeth O’Connorand their children,
Kismet, Cassiusand Duvessa.
Sheisalso survivedbyher cousins; Davidand Hugh Gentleman,andAnne
Wallen; by her brother’s children, Megan Roughley, JamieBlair, Bob Blair,
Martin Blair,and CharlotteBlair;and by her brother-in-law’s children, Barbara
Bandeen, BradBandeenand JaniceEales.
Monawas born inWatford, England on February 6, 193 4 toJanet(Nettie)
Russell Gentlemanand SidneyMartin Blair, who werethen living inLondon
whereherfatherwasamong thefirst Canadians to becomeinvolvedinthe
emerging internationalpetroleum industry.AttheoutbreakoftheSecond
WorldWar, thefamilyleftEuropeviaGenoaaboard oneofthefewboats
to survivethelast convoy ofpassenger ships heading to theUnitedStates.
TheysettledinRye,N.Y.whereMonaattendedRyeCountry Day Schooland
herfather continuedtomanagethesolerefinery producing thehigh-octane
gasolineneededbythealliedairforces.With peacerestoredin19 4 5, Mona
returned to Englandfor her high school yearsatWycombeAbbey School,
graduating in 19 49 attheageoffifteen.
In19 4 9thefamily movedback to Canadaand Monaspentayearat Bishop
StrachanSchool beforemoving on to Trinity CollegeattheUniversity of
Toronto. Upon graduating shewanted to pursuean M.B.A., but therehad not
beenany womengraduatesoftheprograminCanadaandat nineteenyears
old shefeltabit too young to beatrailblazer. Monawasofferedagrant by
theUniversity ofToronto toearnherMaster’s degreein Histology, which she
received in 1955. Upon graduation shewasofferedamedicalresearch position
at McGill University which wouldallow her to continueherresearch in herfield
ofinterestfor two years beforeshejoinedtheresearch departmentatC-I-L,
thenoneofCanada’s largest chemicalcompanies.
Inearly 1957 shemetherfuturehusband, Bob Bandeen, who had justfinished
his Ph.D.at DukeUniversityand was workingfor theCanadianNational
Railway. Shewould oftensaythatsheknewtheyweredestinedforeach other
whenshefirst heard his voice.Theyweremarriedthefollowing springand
settled in Montrealwheretheyraisedtheirfour sons.Astheyoungest was
finishing high school, Monareturnedtoheracademic careerandearnedher
M.B.A.from theUniversity ofToronto in 1983.
Duringtheyears oflookingafterher youngfamily, Monarealized it would
not befeasiblefor hertoraisetheboys, travel with Bob(who roseto become
Presidentand CEO oftheCanadianNationalRailwayand thenChairman
and President oftheCrownLife InsuranceCompany)and holdafulltime
job.Insteadshechoseto channelher considerabletalents overthedecades
towards servingasamemberofmorethan thirty boardsacrossawidevariety
ofinstitutions, organizationsand corporations.
MonaservedasaDirector oftheFoster HomeRecruitingService(Chair);
theMontreal Council ofWomen; theNational Council ofWomenfor Canada
(NationalChairmanfor theArts); theMontreal Symphony Orchestra;Centraide
deMontreal;L’Institut deRecherches CliniquedeMontreal; theStratford
ShakespeareanFestival(ChairmanoftheArchivesandMemberoftheSenate);
theJohn P. RobartsInstitute(afounding Director); theNationalTheatreSchool
ofCanada;theNationalBalletofCanada; C.J.R.T.–FMInc.; theCanadian Club
ofToronto; theCommunity ShelteredWorkshops(Toronto); theChamber
PlayersofToronto(President);Arts-SuttonInc.(founding Director); theS.M.
Blair Family Foundation(President); theThereseF. Casgrain Foundation
(President); Bishop’s University(memberoftheexecutivecommitteeofthe
Board ofManagement); theInstituteofCorporateDirectors;andtheCanadian
InstituteforAdvancedResearch. Shewasalso; Co-Chair oftheOntarioArts
Council;aCo-Chair ofthefoundation’sappealtotheL.E.A.F.(Women’s
Legal EducationandAction Fund) Foundation;amemberofavariety of
governmentand corporatecommissionsand inquiries directedat improving
theenvironmentfor small business development in Canada;andadministered
six high-tech companiesfor theGovernment ofOntario.Inaddition, Mona
developedher own consulting company specializing in new product
developmentand servedasChair ofaprivatelyownedfragrancecompany.
Astrongadvocatefor womeninleadership roles, Monawas invitedtosetup
theWomen’sEntrepreneurshipProgramattheRotmanSchooloftheUniversity
ofToronto in 1990. Theprogramwasdesigned to stimulatetheCanadian
economy by nurturing women’sentrepreneurialskillsandencouraging small
business development. Theprogramspecifically recognizedandaddressed
theproblemsfacing women who run their own companies. This quickly ledto
therecognition oftheneed to promotewomenentrepreneurs onanational
leveland thecreation ofthenownamed RBC CanadianWomen Entrepreneur
oftheYearAwards in 1992.
In 1996 MonawasappointedaMemberoftheOrderofCanadaand in 1997 was
honouredasaWomanofDistinction by theYWCA.Shewasalsoarecipient of
theQueen’s JubileeMedalin 2002.
InherpersonallifeMonawasathought-leaderand unflinchingly loving supporter
toeveryonein herfamily. Throughout herlifeshesetasterlingexample,ledthe
lifeofatrueladyand inspiredall thoseprivilegedtohaveknown her.
Following cremation herashes will beburiedwith her husband in theBandeen
ancestral plotatDuart, Ontarioand scatteredatthefamily’s beloved Highland
Farm. Therewill belifecelebrations onceconditions permit.Intheinterim,
to registeradesireto participatein thesecelebrations, pleasesendanemail
[email protected]. For thosewishing to makeacharitable
donation, pleasethink ofproviding supportfor thebravenursesand staffof
the5BNeurosurgery/Neurology unitattheTorontoWestern Hospital(tgwhf.
ca/tribute) who workedsotirelesslyand brought comfort to Mona’sfinaldays.
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Business
Postponing the Tokyo Olympics
to 2021 will make the event more
costly for all parties, the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee ac-
knowledged on Thursday, al-
though it offered few details on
what the final bill might be.
Four directors of the Olympic
body held a conference call three
days after Tokyo’s new dates were
finalized, with the Games pushed
back to July 23 to Aug. 8 next year
because of the coronavirus pan-
demic.
While the new dates cleared up
any uncertainty about the event’s
future, there are still plenty of
question marks as the IOC begins
to work with Tokyo organizers
and governing bodies of 33 sports
in a huge task to amend thou-
sands of contracts. They include
agreements for 41 venues, an
Olympic village of 5,000 apart-
ments, hotels, transport, plus the
supply of goods and services.
“All of this now has to be rese-
cured for one year later,” said
Christophe Dubi, the IOC’s Olym-
pic Games executive director.
“There will be costs for [Tokyo lo-
cal organizers] and the IOC and
Olympic family side.”
The estimations for how much
it will cost to postpone the games
have started at US$2-billion and
gone much higher. Japanese tax-
payers are expected to meet most
of it, adding to their share of an of-
ficial budget of US$12.6-billion.
The IOC was contributing
US$1.3-billion to Tokyo’s original
operating budget.
Asked whether the Switzer-
land-based Olympic body would
meet some of the extra costs from
its own insurance policy or bil-
lion-dollar reserve fund, the offi-
cial line Thursday was that it’s too
early to say.
It was also unclear how the pay-
ments from broadcasters will be
structured.
“We’re only just getting into all
of this,” said Timo Lumme, the
managing director of television
and marketing.
Broadcasters including NBC
contributed 73 per cent of the
IOC’s US$5.7-billion income from
the previous four-year cycle up to
the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Of that, US$540-million went to
the governing bodies of the 28
core Summer Games sports.
That figure is expected to go upfor Tokyo, but it’s still unclear
when thegoverningbodies will
get IOC payments from their
share of those revenues.
The IOC has not committed to
paying 25 per cent of that money
in advance in 2020 to ease the gov-
erning bodies’ cash flow. Many
face extra costs for Tokyo while al-
so having to cancel revenue-earn-
ing world championships and
other international events.
“They’ll get to 2021, but in what
condition?” Francesco Ricci Bitti,
head of the group of Summer
Games sports known as ASOIF,
said this week. He told The Associ-
ated Press that “15 to 20 are very
dependent on Olympics funding.”
One Tokyo Olympics decision
could come within two weeks,
sports director Kit McConnell sug-
gested. The IOC will have talks
with FIFA about raising the age
limit in men’s soccer from 23 to 24
to account for the one-year delay.
Hundreds of potential Olympic
athletes who get IOC funding for
their training are getting one-year
extensions to their scholarships.
The IOC has yet to reschedule
its annual meeting that was set for
Tokyo in July – or a presidential
election that is scheduled for
June, 2021, in Athens. That is now
just one month before the start of
the Tokyo Games.THEASSOCIATEDPRESSOlympicdelayaddsworkload,
costs,cash-flowuncertainty
$Cdirectorssayit’stoo
earlytonowwhether
thegoíerningbodywill
help apanpayforeïtra
costsofrescheduling
GRAHAMDUNBARGENEVA
McLaren recently took on a new
role as head of the integrity unit
for FIBA (the international over-
seer of basketball), but his job de-
scription is still a bit loosey-
goosey.
So, like a lot of us, McLaren’s
been considering bigger-picture
issues such as, what next? Also
like a lot of us, he has some con-
cerns – in his case, as they relate
to the legal ramifications of post-
poning an Olympics.
McLaren is uniquely qualified
to think about such things. He’s
arbitrated nearly 200 cases at the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
over the past quarter century, but
he is not a cog in the Olympic ma-
chine.
Since this summer’s Olympics
were cancelled last week, we’ve
heard many uplifting stories
about athletes coming together
more in hope than disappoint-
ment. From McLaren’s perspec-
tive, disappointment may soon
take over.
A little more than half of the
11,000 athletes slated to participa-
te in Tokyo had already qualified
when the world stopped. On
Thursday, the IOC stumbled back-
ward into the question of who al-
ready has a ticket to the sequel,
“Tokyo 2020: Even Tokyoier.”
“All of the [Olympic] qualifica-
tions that have been achieved by
national Olympic committees
and individual athletes remain in
place,” IOC sports director Kit
McConnell said. “Any athlete
needs to be individually selected
because they represent their
NOC. In all sports, the NOC re-
tains the right to select athletes.”
This turns all qualified com-
petitors into Schrodinger’s Olym-
pians. They are simultaneously
qualified and not qualified, de-
pending on what the boss says.
Sport changes in a year’s time.
What looks like a qualified ath-
lete right now may not look so
qualified by next spring.
“We’re goingto see ahuge wave
of cases going to CAS saying Ath-
lete X would not have been able
to compete because they were
under a doping ban,” McLaren
said. “There are going to be cases
where people say they would
have gone in 2020, but a younger
person gets to go in 2021.”
There are no rules set up for
this eventuality. Every country
and national sporting body does
things a little differently, but no
one planned for a year-long delay
announced in the middle of a
qualification cycle.The coming frustration proba-
bly won’t peak until aggrieved
parties know for certain they
won’t make an Olympic roster.
It’s possible all this may have to
be decided on an ad-hoc basis
and individually. It could reach a
head weeks, rather than months,
before the Tokyo Games begin in
July of next year.
Multiply every unhappy sport-
ing camper times hundreds of na-
tional federations overseeing
dozens of sports and you can pic-
ture the snowball getting bigger.
McLaren pointed out that fed-
erations give their athletes a four-
year plan. Long before a Games,
people know what happens
when, and what’s needed to meet
Olympic benchmarks.
That’s all out the window now.
Is that kosher? No one knows.
“You’ll have cases where peo-
ple say I had all the eligibility to
go to 2020, but now you’ve
changed the rules. In 2021, you’re
going to have a lot of that going
on.”
What happens when there areno rules? People make up their
own.
“I’m not saying this is going on
in Canada, but it certainly does al-
low favouritism and corruption
to creep into the selection proc-
ess.” Favouritism? Corruption? At
the Olympics?? Pull the other
one.
This is a small matter just at
the moment. Even if it were front
of mind, it is still just sports.
But it reminds us that as a glob-
al community, it’s been a long
time since we have had to hit
CTRL+ALT+DELETE on normal
life and reboot the system some
months later. We’ve never done it
so comprehensively. While world
wars were at their peak, there
were still parts of that world un-
affected by them.
COVID-19 is reaching into ev-
ery corner of a newly integrated
planet Earth. It is not too early for
some people – those not in the
middle of the fight – to begin
thinking about what happens
next.
A lot of that consideration will
boil down to the core issues
McLaren is thinking about – who
wins and who loses? What is fair?
How do we arbitrate that fair-
ness? And because we may need
new rules, what do those look like
and who makes them?
These questions will apply to
every facet of our lives, all of them
more important than the compo-
sition of the Bulgarian pole-vault-
ing team.
But the Olympics is a useful
imaginative device on which to
project the coming problems.
Something simple – who is fas-
test? – may soon become ex-
tremely complicated in the ab-
sence of a framework to consider
it.
Try the same exercise with bai-
lout packages, health-care reform
and international relations.
“On a general level, the other
side of this isn’t picking up where
we left off,” McLaren said. “It will
be a changed world.”Kelly:Aqualifiedathletetodaymightnolonger
lookthepartbythetimeTokyoGamesbegin
FROMB10Alittle more than half of
the 11,000 athletes
slated to participate in
Tokyo had already
qualified when the
world stopped.EDFARMER,WHITESOX
BROADCASTER,FORMER
PITCHER,DIESAT70
CHICAGOEd Farmer, an all-star re-
liever who spent nearly three dec-
ades as a radio broadcaster for the
Chicago White Sox, has died. He
was 70. The White Sox said he
died Wednesday night in Los An-
geles after complications from an
illness. Farmer was 30-43 with a
4.30 ERA and 75 saves while pitch-
ing for eight teams over 11 sea-
sons. He was an All-Star for the
White Sox in 1980, when he saved
30 games – then a club record.
Farmer joined Chicago’s radio
booth on a part-time basis in 1991
and completed his 29th season
last year. Farmer became an advo-
cate for organ donation after un-
dergoing a kidney transplant in
1991.THEASSOCIATEDPRESS
BRUGGEDECLAREDBELGIAN
CHAMPIONSAFTERREST
OFSEASONCANCELLEDBRUSSELSClub Brugge have been
declared Belgian champions after
the remainder of the country’s
professional league season was
cancelled on Thursday because of
the coronavirus pandemic.
Brugge had a runaway 15-point
lead at the top of the standings
with one round of matches left to
play before the start of the post-
season playoffs, involving the top
six clubs. They were runners-up
last season to Racing Genk, who
were seventh when the league
was suspended last month. The
decision by the Pro League board
must be ratified at a meeting of
the 24 clubs but 17 had already
last week called for the season to
be cancelled.REUTERSSOUTHAMERICANSOCCER
PLAYERSSEEKFULLPAYSAOPAULO As soccer players
around Europe accept pay cuts
amid the coronavirus pandemic,
some of their less-well-compen-
sated South American counter-
parts are fighting for every penny.
In Brazil and Argentina, players
aren’t budging during the league
shutdown despite forced cuts to
staffing and wages in other
leagues around the continent.
Negotiations in Brazil between an
association of clubs and the play-
ers’ union have failed to reach a
deal on pay and early vacations.
Team captains and executives are
now trying to reach individual de-
cisions, but those could end up in
court. Brazil’s top clubs wanted to
cut player salaries by 25 per cent.
THEASSOCIATEDPRESSSportsinbrief