U of Toronto

[Donna Orwin]

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to respond to a recent posting on SEELANGS about the future of
Toronto's program in Slavic.  We appreciate colleagues' expressions of
concern but would like to clarify the situation.  Our university is in the
process of a reorganization of several language and literature departments
in which our department is involved.  We have been assured that the
university is committed to the continuation and even the strengthening of
our programs on both the undergraduate and the graduate level.  In the midst
of this process, we would welcome testimonials sent to our Dean of Arts and
Sciences as to our status in the field. Our programs are thriving and look
forward to a prosperous future.   We are excited about new possibilities for
us.   

We have one of the youngest and most dynamic and varied programs in the
field, and we intend to keep it that way.

If anyone has any further questions, please write to me or other members of
the Slavic Dept., or Christina Kramer, the Chair.

Sincerely yours,

Donna Orwin


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Donna Tussing Orwin, Professor
President, North American Tolstoy Society
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Toronto
415 Alumni Hall
121 St. Joseph St.
Toronto, ON M5S 1J4
tel. 416-926-1300, x3316
fax 416-926-2076

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