Donald Ivey

Donald G. Ivey (6 February 1922 - 25 June 2018) was the principal of the University of Toronto's New College from 1963 to 1974.

[1] In collaboration with his colleague Patterson Hume, Ivey helped to steer the teaching of physics in a new direction through the use of educational television programs and movies.

Hume and Ivey prepared and presented over one hundred television programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on various physics topics.

Short films such as Frames of Reference and the TV show The Nature of Things used humour and creative camerawork to make physics accessible to a wider range of students.

[1] For the education work he carried out with Hume, an asteroid (number 22415) was named HumeIvey in their honour.