Jeremy Mark Sands Schofield

Gone fishing 

Jamie, known by Jeremy in his adult and professional years, was a brilliant, witty, athletic, cool nerd. He grew up in a farmhouse in Charlotte, Vermont, enjoying the joyful chaos of country life until he left for Amherst College, where he earned a BS in Mathematics. Continuing his scholarly pursuits, he obtained his PhD from MIT in Theoretical Chemical Physics.

While in Boston, he met Nathalie, and those who knew them watched a friendship grow until it eventually became more. Theirs was a kind of love that didn’t quiet down over time but settled deeper. Twenty-nine years in and their devotion to each other was still clear to all.

They married and welcomed their son Sebastian, followed by their twins, Kolya and Nathalia. The family settled in Toronto, where Jeremy was a tenured professor at the University of Toronto.

As a father, he was patient while being supportive of who his kids were becoming. They knew without question that he was in their corner. Jeremy’s family always came first, yet his enthusiasm for his work never wavered.

Professionally, honestly most of us couldn’t follow what he was doing. His main field of research was statistical mechanics. The aim of his research was to use theory to describe physical systems and devise computational methods for their study. He studied how matter including glasses, liquids, gases, and tiny particles behave using computer simulations to break down complicated concepts in the physical world and understand the underlying rules driving them. His work showed how complicated physical systems could be understood and modeled from a molecular perspective.

Jamie’s personality seeped into his academic work, decorating his office with laughter. His dry sense of humor, passion for life, and love of a good outdoor adventure were appreciated by all who broke through his initial quiet nature. He found joy in an array of hobbies — from playing the guitar, cycling, and reading, to his most recent passion: fly fishing. He loved trying to convince others to join him.

He withstood and surmounted many health challenges with a quiet grace —never letting them stop him from living full on.

He joins family who traveled on ahead of him: his father, Peter Schofield; niece Jazmin Schofield and “brother” Frederic Curlin.

He will be sorely missed by his mother, Sandy Schofield; wife, Nathalie; and children Sebastian, Kolya, and Nathalia Schofield; older sister Carolyn Schofield and her wife, Kelley Clark; brother Jonathan Schofield and his wife Zainab; sister Julia Schofield and her husband Sean Fleming, “brothers” Makoa Kaleo and Marcel Curlin; niece Simone Fleming and nephews Weston Fleming, Elijah and Isaiah Schofield, along with many dear cousins, relatives, and extended family members.

His space in the boat may now be vacant, but we know he is out there somewhere, casting and looking over to us with a smile.

A public memorial service will be held from 3:30 - 6pm on July 8, 2026 at the University of Toronto Faculty Club, located at 41 Willcocks Street Toronto, ON. M5S 1C7.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to True North Aid (https://truenorthaid.ca) or international relief and development agency CRS (www.crs.org/donate/save-lives-2)

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