Fall: In my second year at the University of Toronto, I move into residence at Victoria College Fall: In residence, I meet one

of my closest, kindred spirit, "soul sista" friends, AnnaLouise Mooreman March 20: A tokyo subway is attacked by nerve gas, killing eight and injuring thousands. The Aum Shinrikyo "Supreme Truth" cult is held responsible April 22: Death toll in Rwanda massacre at Kibeho Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp leave between 2,000 - 8,000 dead Personal Events Personal Events

September: In Grade 10, I was on the "overnight treck" team at Rockwood, a week long camping experience for grade 9 students at Richview Collegiate I join my high school cross country running team

1995 1990 World Events World Events February 11: Nelson Mandela is freed by South Africa after being imprisoned for 28 years May 16: Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets and Fraggle Rock, dies

I receive my first email account through the University of Toronto Spring: My family gets a dial-up connection at home and I use the World Wide Web for a course project (for the first time!). The project is on the Unabomber's Manifesto, which I gleefully download from the Internet using Web Crawler's search engine. April 3: The FBI arrests suspect in connection with the Unabomber case June 15: Ella Jane Fitzgerald, known as the "Queen of Jazz," "Lady Ella" and "First Lady of Song," dies at age 79 World Events Personal Events 1996 1991

Personal Events

Fall: I enrol in driving lessons Fall: I obtain my drivers license

Breakup of the Soviet Union after President Gorbachev resigns World Events July 1: Warsaw Pact is dissolved September 24: Theodor (Dr) Seuss Geisel dies Summer: My father gives me his Pentax Spotmatic fully mechanical camera, and my fascination with photography begins. Personal Events

Timeline: 1990s
June 1997: I embark on my first overseas trip to Paris, France; I spend three weeks with friends, and one week on my own July 2007: I enrol in a photography course at Ryerson Polytechnic University Ellen DeGenres outs herself and becomes the first openly lesbian woman to have her own sitcom James Cameron's film Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet hits theatres as the "most expensive film of all time, costing between $250 and $300 million to produce and market" World Events

Personal Events 1992 1997

Fall: I enrol in a high school drama course The public has access a text-based web browser, marking the beginning of the popularity of the World Wide Web World Events At a peace summit in Rio de Janeiro, 172 nations gather to "address issues of environmental protection and sustainability" Nov 3: Bill Clinton is elected President of the US; Al Gore is elected Vice President of the US; Democrats remain in control of Congress Spring: My family moves to Port Credit (from Etobicoke)

December: I have a Christmas party with high school and university friends December: My Uncle Gerry passes away; the funeral is held in Montral May 3: Europe agrees on a single currency: the euro October 12: Matthew Sheppard, a gay student attending the University of Wyoming, dies from wounds sustained by being beaten in a hate crime on the night of October 6-7; two people are arrested in connection with the crime

Personal Events 1998 1993

Personal Events

Summer: I begin studying classical guitar at the Royal Conservatory of Music Fall: I transfer to Port Credit Secondary School for my final year in high school January 29: Clinton "agrees to compromise on military's ban on homosexuals" October 31: River Phoenix dies at age 23 of a drug overdose

World Events

World Events

May: I graduate from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree (Cinema Studies Specialist; double minor in Semiotics and Communication Theory and History of Science and Technology) August: I move to Montral and begin a Master of Arts in Film Studies program through the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University Personal Events 1999

Personal Events

June: I am accepted into the University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science Fall: I take my first yoga class at university January 1: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. NAFTA is signed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Mexican President Carlos Salinas and US President George H.W. Bush April 6: Thousands of people are killed in Rwanda massacre April 29: South Africa "holds its first interracial national election;" Nelson Mandela is elected President April 5: Kurt Cobain commits suicide

1994

World Events April 20: A mass Shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, leaves twelve students and a teacher dead. The killers, students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, then kill themselves. World Events Y2K bug mania sweeps much of the globe, with millennial theorists warning of the collapse of global infrastructure and, more drastically, Armageddon, in the year 2000.