University of Western Ontario History professor James (Jim) Woycke died Sept. 22 at Chelsey Park Nursing Home after a long illness.
Arriving in Canada from Michigan in 1971, he earned an MA and a MPhil from the University of Waterloo, before he graduated with a PhD in history from the University of Toronto (1984). Starting in 1990, he taught a wide range of courses on in Western’s History Department until December 2006. He wrote two scholarly books, edited another and completed, but didn’t publish, a third book before the onset of his illness. He was also a tireless fighter for the rights of contract faculty.
A memorial service will be held at Logan Funeral Home on 371 Dundas (at Colborne) at 2 p.m. Saturday. Friends and colleagues are invited to gather at the funeral home at 1 p.m. before the service and to meet later at the Morrissey House to share memories.