This version was prepared on the occasion of a one-day special conference in honour of Barbara Godard, organized by the Toronto Semiotic Circle on April 21, 2012, at Victoria Collage in Toronto.This is an updated text of the paper presented at the Barbara Godard memorial, held at York University in May 2011. Focusing on Barbara Godard's lecture notes from Fredric Jameson's seminar during the 1984 International Summer Institute in Semiotic and Structural Studies, the author highlights her contributions to the Toronto semiotics scene