Gwynne Dyer has worked as a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than 20 years, but he was originally trained as an historian. Born in Newfoundland, he received degrees from Canadian, American and British universities, finishing with a Ph.D. in military and Middle Eastern history from the University of London. He served in three navies and held academic appointments at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Oxford University before launching his twice-weekly column on international affairs, which is published by over 175 papers in some 45 countries.

His first television series, the seven-part documentary War, was aired in 45 countries in the mid-1980s. One episode, The Profession of Arms, was nominated for an Academy Award. His more recent television work includes the 1994 series The Human Race, and Protection Force, a three-part series on peacekeepers in Bosnia, both of which won Gemini awards. His award-winning radio documentaries include The Gorbachev Revolution, a seven-part series based on Mr. Dyer's experiences in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in 1987-1990, and Millenium, a six-hour series on the emerging global culture. Mr. Dyer's major study, "War," first published in the 1980s, was completely revised and re-published in 2004. During this decade he also wrote a trio of more contemporary books dealing with the politics and strategy of the post-9/11 world: Ignorant Armies (2003), Future: Tense (2004) and The Mess They Made (2006).

His most recent projects are a book and a radio series called Climate Wars, dealing with the geopolitics of climate change.

Andrew Woodward attended TCS from 2002 to 2006. He was one of the first students to enter Orchard House when it began in 2002. When he was 16, he won the Sir William Osler Public Speaking Contest (Grade 10) for his speech on a famous Canadian, Hart Massey. Andrew played the trombone in the Trinity Jazz Band and he was an academic steward and House Debates representative. He earned the AP Scholar with Honours award after completing four Advanced Placement courses.

After TCS, Andrew attended Queenʼs University where he studied engineering chemistry – an engineering science programme that was a combination of chemical engineering courses and pure chemistry courses. He completed a thesis project where he worked on improving the flexibility of gels that were used for growing artificial cartilage cells. The most enjoyable components of the project for him were the technical presentations and report writing. He found that throughout all of his degree he was drawn most towards the communication aspects of engineering.

Currently Andrew is finishing his masterʼs degree in theology at Trinity College in the University of Toronto. In May 2011 he returned to TCS to lead the Monday morning chapel services and the annual Reunion Weekend chapel service. For two summers, Andrew worked at The American School in Switzerland, based in Lugano, where he lived in residence with middle school boys from 30 countries. He has learned to read the Old Testament in Hebrew and last summer studied at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

Andrew enjoys meeting new people of different backgrounds, ages and cultures. The possibility that new relationships may lead to future collaboration or opportunities is very exciting to him. He is very much looking forward to visiting TCS for Scholarsʼ Dinner.