About Dennis William Magill Dennis William Magill is Professor Emeritius, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto. His co-authored book, with Donald H. Clairmont, Africville: The Life and Death of a Canadian Black Community, is a classic work in Canadian sociology. Books by Dennis William Magill Survival Strategies The Life, Death and Renaissance of a Canadian Teaching Hospital edited by David Goyette, Dennis William Magill & Jeff Denis Africville The Life and Death of a Canadian Black Community by (author) Donald H. Clairmont & Dennis William Magill