link titleWilliam George Gabriel Saywell (born 1936) is a Canadian historian.
[2] In 1937, the family moved to British Columbia as his father had received a job position to become Lake Cowichan first high school principal.
[4] While in his second year at U of T, Saywell enrolled in a course called "the Far East" which sparked his interest China and Japan.
[6] After earning his PhD, he joined the faculty of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto.
[13] A few years later, he joined the Board of Directors of Palcan Fuel Cells Ltd.[14] In 2009, Simon Fraser University formally named their new arts and social sciences complex Saywell Hall.