Thank you to all of those who attended High Table on Friday evening. You can visit our website here to see who was introduced. It was a very impressive group!
On Feb 15: Massey Dialogues: France’s Colonial Legacy in Algeria and the Paradox of Grievability with Hervé Tchumkam. Professor Tchumkam is a visitor to Massey College for a few days. Let me know whether you would like to meet him during his stay. RSVP
Feb 15: On Wednesday, we are hosting the next Alumni Dinner for the 1980-1989 cohort. Everyone is welcome. RSVP
ARTS @ Massey
Feb 15: Album Launch “A Woman’s Voice” songs and duets by composer Alice Ping Yee Ho with Junior Fellow Soprano Maeve Palmer and pianist Jialiang Zhu.
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March 1: Music Salon – Transcending Boundaries: The Musical World of Alanna Stuart RSVP
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The Massey College Book Club will meet on March 6 to discuss Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service with Senior Fellow Lily Cho, Principal Nathalie Des Rosiers and alum Niyosha Keyzad. The author, Massey alum Tajja Isen, will join in remotely.
On Wednesday, March 1, 4:00-6:00 p.m. you’re invited to The Sacred in the Everyday: Objects and their Meaning in Spiritual Life at the Chapel Royal.
Join Alumna Audrey Rochette, Junior Fellow James Bird, Senior Fellow Nurjehan Mawani, Gordon Rixon SJ, and other members of the Massey fellowship from different faith traditions, who will each bring a unique object or artifact and talk about its personal and spiritual meaning. All are welcome. Come with an object of your own, or simply join in an open discussion centered on sharing and learning. Refreshments will be served. This event is organized by the Chapel Royal Committee.
March 1 – Alumni Dinner (2000-2009) https://masseycollege.ca/events/alumni-dinner-2000-2009/
On March 3, we will celebrate at our International Women’s Day High Table. RSVP and join us.
On March 10 from 9:00am-12:30pm you are invited to Strategies for Better Child Care: A Massey College Discussion
As the provincial/federal agreements on better child care are concluded, what do we need to do to ensure that child care is indeed better and affordable, and that it continues to improve?
What strategies will work throughout the province?
Organized by Principal Nathalie Des Rosiers, Lorna Marsden and Constance Backhouse
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On March 11 join us for our annual Wine Grazing event. More information and tickets, here.
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REMINDERS
Beginning Feb 18th. We are hosting an 8-week Anishinaabemowin course, which will cover the basic tools for students to continue to learn Anishinaabemowin independently or in community.
Register to attend here Register to attend here
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Call for Proposals to Celebrate 60 years of Massey College
Since 1963 Massey College has been both a physical and intellectual home to thousands of graduate and professional school students studying at the University of Toronto, Journalism Fellows and senior members. Over the past 60 years Massey has built a vibrant interdisciplinary and intergenerational community, one that often begins at the dining table. The contributions of Junior Fellows, Senior Fellows, Quadranglers and visitors come to life through the many activities of groups such as Massey Dialogues, Grand Rounds, Writer-in-residence, Book Club, Audeamus, Music Salon, Science at Massey, Public Policy events and the Alumni Association.
It is with this in mind that we have formed a 60th anniversary committee to help coordinate events for Fall 2023, and we want your ideas to help celebrate this landmark year.
If you have ideas to help celebrate Massey at 60 – our past, present and future – please send proposals with a budget to Massey60@masseycollege.ca before March 31, 2023.
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A new JCR Podcast episode is available.
Massey College Junior Fellow Leighton Schreyer, a medical student at the University of Toronto interviews Hannah Hoag, William Southam Journalism Fellow and science journalist. They explore science communication and how one can communicate more effectively to a general audience and why it is important. Listen to it here.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Junior Fellows Hadeel Mohammad and Omnia Elebyary were interviewed by UofT News on their participation in the International Day of Women and Girls in Science event at the Aga Khan Museum this weekend.
Senior Fellow Paulo Granata featured in Maclean’s
Senior Fellow Brett House in Toronto Star
Senior Fellow Danielle Martin quoted in the Globe and Mail, here
Senior Fellow Joan Simalchik writes on the recent earthquakes in Syria and Turkiye
Senior Fellow Armine Yalnizyan in the Toronto Star here.
Alum Milan Ilnyckyj interviewed about his recent dissertation
A Celebration of Life for Senior Fellow Trevor Levere is to be held in the Music Room at Hart House on Sunday April 16th from 3.00 to 5.00pm. Light refreshments provided. Please RSVP to Jennifer Levere
À bientôt,
Nathalie
