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Reza Rouzbeh posted a condolence
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Dear Makie Family
I am deeply saddened by the news of Mr. Lain Makie passing. Even though I met him in just a few occasions but I quickly realized that he is a wonderful person. Please accept my deepest condolences.
May God bless his soul in heaven
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Sam Peter posted a condolence
Friday, July 24, 2015
Dear Makie Family; Please accept my sincerest condolences. I am always saddened to see the loss of a loved one, although they are at peace, we still miss them very much. My prayer is that, “Our Father who art in heaven” grant your desire to see your loved one again thru the sacrifice and love of His son, "the Resurrection and Everlasting life. May the "God of all comfort" be with you at this time. Sincere sympathies, SamPeter.12@gmail.com and family USMC, DAV. JW.org
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Brandi Patchett posted a condolence
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
My sincerest condolences to friends and family of Mr. Iain Mackie. My heart and prayers are with you at this sad time
I never actually had Mr. Mackie as a teacher because by the time Mr. Mackie was teaching Physics, I had all my credits for that class and so I never had the wonderful experience of his teaching methods.
For that, I am the one that lost.
However, my sister and many others got to experience his commitment to physics and his commitment to make physics fun and interesting. I wish I could have experienced his classes.
I have heard nothing but the greatest of things about Mr. Mackie, so rest assured family and friends, if you didn't know already, Mr. Mackie touched many lives in such a positive way.
RIP Mr. Mackie. You will be remembered as an angel and missed as an angel.
Heaven is gaining a beautiful soul.
Take care of him Lord. He is one of the good guys.
Brandi
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Nancy silverberg posted a condolence
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
All of us at Port Perry animal hospital were very saddened to hear about Iain's sudden passing. Iain was a great client and a wonderful man. He was always so loving, caring and compassionate. This was so apparent in how he was with his pets and all of us. He had a heart of gold ! He will be missed. We all send are thoughts and condolences to all his loved ones.
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Gail Llewellyn posted a condolence
Monday, July 20, 2015
I'm so very sad to hear of Iain's passing. he will be sorely missed by all who knew him. His wit, and humor, kindness and intelligence were some of his wonderful attributes. Our lives are better for having known him.
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All Fit All Ages Gym posted a condolence
Monday, July 20, 2015
We were so saddened to hear of this. Iain was always a friendly, kind and caring person. I can still remember seeing him and talking to him. Over the years we get to know a lot of people and he was truly one of the friendliest. To lose him so soon, we couldn't be more saddened by this. Our hearts go out to all of those who knew and loved Iain. I know his kind and gentle spirit will be with you all.
All our love during this hard time.
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Bill Grace posted a condolence
Monday, July 20, 2015
My condolences to the family. Mr Mackie was a key influence in my becoming a math teacher. I'll remember his wit and kind heart
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Cody Storry posted a condolence
Monday, July 20, 2015
I cannot imagine that Iain’s teaching has had a greater impact on many people’s lives than my own. I could have had many great careers from working with heavy machinery (my only career match-to-interests based on some mid-80's computer algorithm) to restaurant cook.
Iain was my physics teacher for some years at Brock High School and was just the right person to spark my interest in the subject. There is no doubt that, were it not for Iain, I would not have pursued sciences. The Newton's Day celebrations he threw have never been forgotten. Iain’s humor and demeanor were a great combination. Our group had Iain’s class as a home room for some snowy fun day around 1988 and the group of us physicsed up our costumes in his honor. He introduced me to science as cool and gave me that little push to make it a career rather than an oddity. Iain’s enthusiasm in many ways propelled me to pursue a PhD at York, Post Doc at Harvard, research at CERN and to now travel the world flogging the “Phun in Physics” as Iain had posted in class. He was a role model for me in many ways. I wish I could have shared some of these stories with him in person.
As it turns out I am now professor in Physics at York, also Iain's Alma mater. The last time I saw our friend, he came to York University to visit my PhD student research lab. It was quite a nice surprise for some kid he taught for a few years. I remember him telling me about his times at York and just where to find Feynman’s lecture series, and all the other classics, in the Steacie Library stacks.
I visited his home only once, about 20 years ago, while passing by on a motor bike. I can still see him, calm and cool, hands in his pockets, proud of his office library, with that smile smirk of his.
I sadly cannot attend this celebration of Iain as I am attending a physics conference on antimatter in Portugal. Wouldn’t be nice if he were here with me, of course that would be selfish as he is in a far better place still.
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Lori Zuccato posted a condolence
Sunday, July 19, 2015
I am so saddened to learn of Mr Mackie's passing. My condolences to his family. Mr. Mackie was a wonderful teacher. He was always available for extra help and encouraging words. He somehow managed to make even the most difficult topics fun. I enjoyed his sense of humour. I went on to become a math and science teacher and Mr. Mackie played a role in my decision to do so. I remember him fondly and know that he was a positive influence in my life as well as many others.
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Jessica Patchett-Potvin posted a condolence
Sunday, July 19, 2015
My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Mr. Mackie. Taken from you too young. He was one of the best teachers I had and had such a sense of humour. His quote in my yearbook the year I graduated still makes me smile. It states, "To the Geo-neophyte. Well, if you can't do physics, you may as well concentrate on trivial things like landforms." I was not great at physics and loved Geography more. I will never forget his teachings though or his friendliness to his students in the halls. Always there to help if anyone needed it as well. He will be missed by this former student.
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Sandy Bassett posted a condolence
Sunday, July 19, 2015
I am so sorry to hear that Mr. Mackie passed away. he was a wonderful teacher and helped me a lot. I will always remember his sarcastic humor and open heart. I never would have passed grade 13 geometry if he hadn't given me extra help.
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