Wojciech Topperman (né Wichrzycki) passed peacefully in his sleep in Toronto, on June 23rd 2024. He joins his wife Maria (née Topolska), who was born in Warsaw Poland in 1945 and passed in Toronto in 1995. Wojciech was born in Warsaw Poland in 1937 and spent his early childhood in Afghanistan, where his father was a leading engineer on the Tang-e Gharu road, before returning to Warsaw with his family in 1944. An artist at heart, Wojciech was a proud member of the revolutionary theatre troupe Student Satirical Theatre (STS) whose members became a second family. When he met his wife, it was love at first sight. Together they lived in Baghdad and Paris before becoming political refugees. They then lived in Sweden and finally Canada. While working for the engineering firm NCK in Toronto, Wojciech was honoured to work on iconic landmarks like the CN Tower and the pyramid over the Louvre. He leaves behind his daughters, Caroline Topperman and Noemi Hallett, and their husband’s respectively Pawel Siarkiewicz and Matthew Hallett along with his grandchildren Vedder and Isla. He will be greatly missed.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested a donation be made to St Michael's Hospital palliative care unit, in memory of Mr Wojciech Topperman.