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The F. B. Watts Memorial Lectures, commonly known as the Watts Lectures, is a series of public lectures held at the University of Toronto Scarborough several times annually. It was established in 1970 and named after Fred Watts, a former professor of geography at the University of Toronto and founding member of the University of Toronto Scarborough, initially known as Scarborough College, who died a year before the inception of the lecture series. [1] The series was inaugurated by Lester B. Pearson, former Prime Minister of Canada. [2]

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  2. "UTSC Timeline". Archived from the original on 2005-11-12. Retrieved 2023-11-08.