Happy New Year, Bonne année,
Welcome to 2023 – I’m looking forward to seeing you all at the College very soon.
Congratulations to Senior Fellow Michael Tulloch, who was appointed as the Chief Justice of Ontario at the end of December. You can read more about his appointment, here.
Congratulations are also in order for the many Massey College members who were appointed to the Order of Canada as well as those who received promotions within the order:
- Senior Fellow Ron Diebert, Officer of the Order of Canada – for his leadership and expertise in digital technology, security and human rights, and for his groundbreaking contributions to cyber security around the globe.
- Senior Fellow Eva Grunfeld, Officer of the Order of Canada – for her influential research in cancer prevention and survivorship care, particularly within a primary care setting.
- Senior Fellow Harry LaForme, Officer of the Order of Canada – for advancing national Indigenous rights as a groundbreaking jurist, and for championing underserved communities in Canada.
- Senior Fellow Andreas Laupacis, Officer of the Order of Canada – for his ongoing contributions to the field of medicine and to a broad range of health care initiatives in Canada and around the world.
- Quadrangle Society Member Martin Katz, Member of the Order of Canada – for his contributions to the Canadian film, television and media industries, as a producer and leading innovator.
2023 PROGRAMS & EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
HIGH TABLES AND SPECIAL DINNERS
- Friday, January 13 – High Table Celebrating South Asian Communities
- Friday, January 27 – High Table Celebrating the 2023 Clarkson Laureates
- Friday, February 10 – High Table Celebrating Black History Month
- Friday, March 3 – High Table, International Women’s Day
- Friday, March 17 – Dîner pour la journee internationale de la francophonie
- Friday, March 31 – Convocation High Table
- Friday, May 5 – Book Club Gala
Public Policy Conference – The Unwritten Constitution: Conventions, Traditions and Norms in Our Populist Age
- Wednesday, January 18 – RSVP HERE
The Ethics Series – Does Participation in Sports Build Character?
- Thursday, January 19 – RSVP HERE
SENIOR FELLOW LUNCHEONS
- Tuesday, January 24 – Robert Johnson, Report on Ukraine and Russia RSVP HERE
- Tuesday, February 14 – Akwasi Owusu-Bempah on drug law reform
- Tuesday, March 14 – Alison Keith on the poet Sulpicia
- Tuesday, April 18 – Presenter TBC
MASSEY DIALOGUES
- Friday, January 20 – The Urgent Need to Know: Science and Science Communication in the COVID-19 Era with Senior Fellows Carolyn Tuohy & Arjumand Siddiqi, Junior Fellow Leighton Schreyer and Journalism Fellow Alum Wency Leung. RSVP HERE
- Wednesday, January 25 – Unpacking Ontario’s Bill 23: Governance and the Greenbelt – Who is speaking – Senior Fellows Nina-Marie Lister & Pamela Robinson, David Donnelly, Prof. Fadi Masoud. Moderated by Journalism Fellow Alum Shawn Micallef RSVP HERE
- Wednesday, February 15 – France’s Colonial Legacy in Algeria and the Paradox of Grievability
- Wednesday, March 22 – The New Psychology of Cities
ARTS @ MASSEY
MASSEY COLLEGE MUSIC SALON
- Wednesday, February 1 – Haunted Voices: Music and Imagination in Remembering the Holocaust RSVP HERE
- Wednesday, March 1 – Transcending Boundaries: The Musical World of Alanna Stuart. RSVP HERE
MASSEY COLLEGE BOOK CLUB
- Monday, February 6 – Dominoes at the Crossroads by Kaie Kellough
- Monday, March 6 – Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service by Massey Alum Tajja Isen
- Monday, April 3 – Celebrating the Cundill History Prize
AN EVENING FOR DEMOCRACY AND FILM SCREENING OF 2020: CHAOS AND HOPE
CITIZN Canada’s 6th Estate invites you to an evening of dialogue, discourse, and private screening of the 2020: Chaos and Hope – a film by the Oscar-winning director June Beallor and award-winning producer Ceci Chan. Join us at the George Ignatieff Theatre (15 Devonshire Place) on Monday, January 23rd from 5:00-8:30pm. RSVP HERE
COMMUNITY NEWS
Junior Fellow Chukwunonso Nwabufo has received CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Award to support the investigation of the strategies for improving the clinical efficacy and safety profile of COVID-19 drugs.
Junior Fellow Maeve Palmer had her Lecture Recital in December. Watch it here.
Read Senior Fellow Mark Lautens’ latest op-ed in the Globe and Mail, here.
Senior Fellow Neil Seeman has published an essay in eurobserver, here.
Read Senior Fellow Zainub Verjee’s latest article in Galleries West, here.
À bientôt,
Nathalie
