Our Massey is Lunch program is running through the summer. Senior Fellows, Members of the Quadrangle Society,Journalism Fellows and Visiting Scholars are all invited to connect with Junior Fellows. If you haven’t yet, please follow this link and sign up for a lunch date. You will then be paired with one or two Junior Fellows to dine with on the indicated day. It is a way to make up for all this lost time in building intergenerational exchanges.
Also note that we are open and serving breakfast and lunch throughout the months of June and July. Please join us – we would love to see you at Massey.
The Dialogues from the past years are still up on our YouTube Channel. As we are still in Asian Heritage Month, I want to highlight the important discussion between Senior Fellows Lily Cho and Sunit Das moderated by Junior Fellows Stacy Chen and Christine H. Tran on Exploring “Asian” Identities in Canada: Beyond Conflation and Exceptionalism.
Do not forget to submit suggestions for the Massey College Book Club’s 2022-2023 season. Please send in your suggestions here.
On Thursday, June 2nd we will mark the beginning of Pride with a flag raising ceremony in the quad. All Massey community members are welcome to attend to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community within Massey and at large. Please join us at 12:00pm.
The Power of Image Lecture Series in partnership with the Aga Khan Museum will continue over the summer months.
- June 12th: Image, Values and Nation Building
- July 17th: Image and Spirituality
- August 7th: Image and Power
On June 13th we are hosting Khaled Almaeena at Massey, a veteran Saudi journalist, commentator, businessman and former Editor-in-Chief of Arab News and the Saudi Gazette. Join us at 5:00pm in the Upper Library. He will be speaking on the “Middle East and its political undercurrents.”
On Friday, June 17th from 7:00-10:00pm Massey is hosting an evening of reflection with the film screening of the CBC Gem Documentary: In Search of a Better World based on Senior Fellow Payam Akhavan’s 2017 CBC Massey Lectures. Join us at the George Ignatieff Theatre at Trinity College (15 Devonshire Pl.) for the screening followed by a panel discussion with individuals serving selflessly in the world of Human Rights.
Panelists:
- Payam Akhavan – Senior Fellow and International Criminal Court Lawyer
- James Orbinski – Senior Fellow and Human Rights Activist
- Farida Deif – Director, Human Rights Watch Canada
- Bob Watts – Senior Fellow, Reconciliation, First Peoples Group
Moderator:
- Rachel Pulfer – former Massey Journalism Fellow, Executive Director of Journalists for Human Rights
RSVP and more information here.
I am delighted to announce and welcome our new Advancement Coordinator, Ashley Templeton. With over 4 years of experience in the non-profit sector, Ashley brings solid fundraising principles to Massey College. Welcome Ashley!
COMMUNITY NEWS
I would like to congratulate Senior Fellow and Chair of the Massey College Governing Board Akwasi Owusu-Bempah. He has been promoted to Associate Professor and granted tenure in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto effective July 1, 2022.
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Alum Michael Bridge has a concert on June 9th
He will perform the Canadian premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s accordion concerto, Fachwerk, with Esprit Orchestra in Toronto’s iconic Koerner Hall. RSVP and more information here.
Take care,
Nathalie
