Dear friends of Massey College, chers collègues,
It is with sadness that I write to you about the passing of Stephen Waddams. Stephen was a University Professor at the Faculty of Law and a Senior Fellow here at Massey College. Please join me in sending condolences to his family and friends. Stephen’s full obituary can be read here.
The latest episode of the The Junior Fellows’ JCR Podcast COVID’s Untold Story: Exploring the Mysterious Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Patient Treatment Effectiveness is available on major podcast platforms or online.
Junior Fellows Andrew Lam (Resident Physician) speaks with Chukwunonso Nwabufo (PhD Student and CIHR Scholar) about his pioneering research on how patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection respond to medicines.
The JCR Podcast will return with Season 2 on Sept 15, 2023!
MEETING OF MINDS
We are currently accepting applications for mentees and mentors for the 2023-2024 Meeting of Minds. More information about the mentorship program can be found on our website.
We would like to encourage Senior Fellows, Quadrangle Society Members and alumni (that are more than five years out from their graduate work) to apply and participate in this program.
Massey Is Lunch pairs Junior Fellows with Senior Fellows, Quadrangle Society Members and alumni (that are more than five years out from their graduate work) for an informal lunch in Ondaatje Hall. Click here to sign up.
The Massey College 2022 Annual Report is now available online, you can access it on our website, here.
60th ANNIVERSARY
Massey College Alumni Association Annual General Meeting and BBQ
July 8 | 4:00-7:00pm
To kick off our 60th Anniversary Celebrations, the Alumni Council invites everyone to attend the summer BBQ and AGM!
Please consider getting involved, The Massey College Alumni Associate are looking for new Council members (details via link). There will be virtual access to the AGM for those who cannot attend in person. Family and guests are welcome to the BBQ.
Kriegsfilme – Massey’s war movie club will be hosting a special event in September. They have a bracket for the community to vote for which movie you’d like to see. Everyone is invited to participate.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Awards / Honours
Junior Fellow Giancarlo Da-Ré won gold at the IE/NATO Safer Tomorrow finals in Madrid on NATO’s tech future. His pitch was for unmanned, green surveillance technologies for interoperable early warning systems intelligence in areas where NATO’s human resources are stretched thin.
Junior Fellow Sourojeet Chakraborty recently successfully defended his PhD. In complex fluids, U of T Department of Chemical Engineering.
Junior Fellow Chukwunonso Nwabufo’s startup OneDrug (https://ca.linkedin.com/company/onedrug) received the BFN Smart Start Award to support the development of smart point-of-care devices for the rapid identification of patients at risk of adverse drug effects. https://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/meet-the-twelve-bfn-smart-start-awards-recipients-for-2023/
Alum Anjum Sultana received the Emerging Young Leader Award from the Women in Leadership Foundation: https://www.womeninleadership.ca/toronto-u-s (Anjum is organizing an event in the lead up to the Toronto mayoral election about The Toronto We Want, on June 22nd, 5:30- 9:00pm at CSI Spadina. Register here: https://bit.ly/The-Toronto-We-Want-Panel-June-22-2023)
Congratulations all!
News
Senior Fellow Jeffrey Dvorkin explains Bill C-18. Listen here. https://archive.tveyes.com/18120/4553853-202376/bea95b7c-b865-4279-8976-afdd7be369a3/CARADCHML_05-31-2023_17.22.44.mp3
Journalism Fellow Hannah Hoag will be a 2023 #TransatlanticMediaFellow at the Heinrich Boell Foundation focused on Climate & Energy Policy. She will be in Europe to report on hydrogen and on peatlands. https://us.boell.org/en/2023/05/12/2023-cohort-transatlantic-media-fellows
Junior Fellow Karan Kapur was selected for the IE Highway program at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Taiwan. As a part of the program, he will embark on an internship at Himax, a leading company in the technology industry.
Quadrangler Akaash Maharaj was a guest on TVO’s The Agenda last week. Watch the segment here. https://www.tvo.org/video/how-can-canada-combat-foreign-interference
Alum Julian Posada contributed to the “Decoding Digital Authoritarianism” policy report for Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada with his white paper titled “Platform Authority and Data Quality: Who Decides What Counts in Data Production for Artificial Intelligence?” https://lnkd.in/ez-NPmJx
Senior Fellow Janice Stein talks about Ukraine’s spring offensive on TVO’s The Agenda. Watch it here https://archive.tveyes.com/18120/4553853-202376/bea95b7c-b865-4279-8976-afdd7be369a3/CARADCHML_05-31-2023_17.22.44.mp3
Senior Fellow Bruce Kidd is quoted in Andre Picard’s latest Op-Ed in the Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-are-gambling-ads-harmful-you-can-bet-on-it/
Senior Fellow Zainub Verjee shares her thoughts on systemic racism, diversity management, and Canada’s place in the arts https://pancouver.ca/scholar-zainub-verjee-shares-her-thoughts-on-systemic-racism-diversity-management-and-canadas-place-in-the-arts/ speaks out on Commons committee report on status of the artist as well as labour rights for cultural workers
Senior Fellow Armine Yalnizyan wrote an Op-Ed in The Star about why you can’t find an apartment in Toronto https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2023/05/31/why-you-cant-find-an-apartment-in-toronto-the-city-added-15000-units-in-2022-airbnb-lists-16000-units-for-rent.html
ICYMI
Video of Senior Fellow Kim Stanton’s book launch on Reconciling Truths: Reimagining Public Inquiries in Canada https://youtu.be/gr4GxWNXR60
À bientôt, see you soon,
Nathalie
